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EARLY U.N.O. CLASHES The Soviet Cloud Trieste Formally Made
Governor Of Kwangtung For H.K.
General Lo C suing, Pio- vbeint Governor of King- tong, will be visiting Hong Hng on September 25 an a courtesy mail, te return the official vinit of Sir Alerander Grantham la Couton,
During Getemit bola atay in the Colu he will, be the ghest of His hoteliency the Governoe,
The turnt Chinese, commen it in uetunging a sleeption in how my of the doinguished pinitor..
"Smugglers Active In Macao""
Macao, Sept. 16. Illegal traffic between here and China is re- ported again to be very rampant.
Several VERSCÏ«, reportedly operated by influential eireles,
districts.
T.
OVER GREECE Two New Russian
Vetoes Recorded
New York, Sept. 16.
An angry dispute between the United States and Russia over Greece clouded the opening of the United Nations, Assembly today. Diplomats. agreed that a long and stormy session is in prospect.
Two new Russian vetoes were registered in the Security Council on the eve of the Assembly meeting. They added to the Soviet string of such votes.
.
the
They failed, finally, to pre-known size infiltrate into vent the United Petes from centre of Larissa and machine. getting the Greek case taken gunel the guards posted in the they town of Salonika before out of the Council's hands.
were driven off by elvilians The 55-Mation Assembly was Muted to open its second supported by tanks, the newn- antial session in a flug-bor- | paper Eleftheria reported today.
ered hall at Flushing Men--United Press und Associated!
Prou. dows at 100 GMT.
The first organisational task was election of a President.
Must prominently mentioned for the post were Premier Paul Henri Spaak. f Belgium, and Foreign Minister Herbert V.
kvatt. of Australia.
Some of the world's best known leaders, including Unit- ed States Secretary of State Marshall and French Foreign Minister Ge rgen Bidault, were
for debates on hand
which
made successful runs to nearbyny marke a critical point in One vessel, the "Kwan Yick," the world's quest for organised
peace.
which is one of the largest of the Others, notably Foreign
e trade vessels, was reported
Secretary Ernest Revin (uf to have brought luck to the Par
Britain and Foreign Minister V.M. Melolov (of Russia). were aiment at the outset bul
(200
fuguase enlony last week no iese than 1,000 bugs of rica enttice por bag) and 500 drums
of oil of 53 gallons cach,
pastbly may show up later.
"Surprise"
on
The "Sun Tai On," which was recently detained by the Harbour 'Russia's big surprise of 1946| Office hêre at the request of the¦ scheme calling
th Chinese Customs but later re-world to lay down · arms→→ lensed, report:dly took large romes before the current Unit- consignment of cigarette paper toed Nations General Assembly Shuntak District for transit toacasion with virtually nothing Canton.
accomplished toward imple-
Four other vessels-the Sing menting the Molotov proposals. Lee," "Lu Sing", "Shuen Ning" The Soviet surprise for 1947 and "Hup Wo," (sold to be-if uy-remain hidden in the operated by influential circles)➡ Kremlin safe, but UN dele- made several successful calla at gates this time are prepared Som Klang (Shui District),
for any sudden manoeuvre by Russia's Deputy
Foreign Minister Vishinsky or even a dramatic light from Moscow by Foreign Minister Melotov.
Further evidence of the in-
Others that broke through for Taj Chung (Chungahan District) included the "flog Fat,"
Fat." "Chil Hing" and Lin."
,
"Kin "Man
Meanwhile, two more molor
Casts Its Shadow
AROK HOŠTILM. PESCA,
A.RIA.C.
Association Republic ecens Cotibaltardy-
Huge Flood Ruin In Jap Homes
Tokyo, Sept. 16.
vessels, the "Cheung On" and the tense but limited concern for the Incomplete Ainerleán Military Government reports
put
Tal Hing Yul" will soon into service, according to on- their by inde nouncements agents.
In addition to the river traffic, toxl dilvers and bleycle hawkers also participate in this traffic,
common sight to see It is a trucks speeding with heavy loads along the Mnean.Chungshan high. way-United Press.
United Nations in grappling with world issues, les In the rung fact that, if the meeting fa three months, 16 some offi. els predict, both Marshall and Bidault, will have to pull out for London and the November meet. g of the Big Four Foreign Ministers on Germany.
Meanwhile Athens reports that a
guerilla force of
Fuel
Acute Lack In China Likely
11n.
safd today that 1,698 Japanese are dead or missing and 100,000 homes are flooded or dam- aged in four of seven prefectures hit by typhoon-bred waters flooding 200,000 miles of flatlands north of Tokyo.
ક્ષમ વ્ય
The Omens
Two signs of Russia's bið for power: (above) Russian publicity posters at the In- ternational Film Festival In Venice. (Below) Commun- ists rally in Paris-APhoto.
More Viet Nam Leaders Arrive
A Free State Dr. Chu Chong
FIERCE TENSION ON YUGO-SLAV BORDER
Trieste, Sept. 16.
British Major-General Terrence Airey, ranking Allied officer In the area, formally proclaimed the creation of the Trieste Free State today amid flerce tension generated by yesterday's violence. Gun-jumping troops on the Yugo-Slav border and
a Communist inspired strike of 50,000 workers added to the tension,
Shortly after. 9 .m., Gen. at midnight GMT and that the Airey read Proclamation No. 1 Yugoslavs were going to take up "hot their positions on the treaty.fixed 1 of the free territory
inoving
corner" and declared himself frontier at once. governor of the British-Ameri- General Moore hastly 3201 Lean one intil the. United Na-instructions for u American niill
Lions appoint.a new governor,tary outposts to start
The
six-pago proclamation back at once.
The main British forces were specified the death penalty for enauthorised carrying of arms, ordered to start moving af ten niting Allied forces, in-pan, and the Americans by mid- aturted However, both elting the inhabitants to insur-night. reetion or organising public ahead of the deadline.
As they moved back, Tito's demonstrations to overthrown established free state author- triumphant troops marched sing. ing into their new posts. The ty.
Italian army whs caught footed.
Strike
Italian Strikke
Assassinated In Macao
Macao, Sept. 16. Dr. Chu Cheng war andA- sinated here at 10 a'clock thin morning.
Dr. Chu's wife, Lam Cheng. Jui, a
Taiwanese, is also a doctor.
The police are investigating *the geminutizm.
Dr. Chu, who was ahat hy an unknoten ausmasin in the strect, was a well-knoten T- sident of the colony having practised here for many years.
He was rushed to hospital but died en route-United Presit.
Police
Revolt In Havana
fat.
Havana, Sept. 16. Army
troops today
Almost simultaucously the Communist-controlled Labour
Meanwhile, Rome reports that smashed a police insur- cut Confederation called
on Italy's 85.000 metal workers be rection in which six per- strike shipyard and dockyard gon their general walkout today sons were killed and six and
1rewery workera-sonie amid the greatest strike activity
Havana's wounded in sak it would be a
general
In Italian history demonstrating strike by noon-t protest the for the first time in action the fashionable Miramar re- mysterious machine-gun slay; power of Communism's iron grip sidential section. ing on September 13 of an 11 on Italian labour.-United Press year-old girl as she sat in the and Associated Press.
arden of the
Pecple's Club..
Communist
The local Communist Party
also scheduled a mags funeral DOIHARA
|-for-the-little girl, this morning,
with the corfagspresi BEGINS HIS
Four more Viet Nam thugh the streets with an
estimated crowd of 50,000.
refused permission
leaders arrived in Hong! The Allled military-.j DEFENCE Kong" yesterday to parti-thorities
Tokyo, Sept. 16. cipate in the conference for the funeral.
che Jast Communist mass Testimony, in the individual which ex-Emperor 'Bao
funeral in Trieste in March, defence of General Kenji Dol- Dai of Viet Nam has 1946. led to widespread violence hara, the Japanese Army's ad called.
and several deaths when the vance agent in China, began to Tecol nalice machine-gunned day before the Internaționa! Tri- the crowd,
The delegates, according to emmunique issued by Mr. Lub Due Trung, accredited' spokesman for Bao Dai, re Fresent all political, cultural, religious.and government or ganisations in Tonkin. They arrived from Saigon by air.
The delegates' are: Luang Van Phuc,
Ho Van Binh,
Le Van De, and
Nguyen Ba Chinh.
bunal.
anoller On Monday night gun battle broke out in down- town streets of the city.
For nearly three hours, the police and Army. tropa he. sleged a small group of rebel- Hous police omcore holding. qut Inside the heme of Antonio Morin Dopico, major in the powerful National Police rebel- Feree, and one of the Hous leaders.
Resistance inside the houso attackers collapsed after the
red more than 5,000 roumis
of machinegun bullets and used some tear gan bombs.
Morin Dopico escaped with tho Formal ceremonies were Makato Alzawa, first witness several companllins OFFI
the rooftops of the adjacent houses held at Gorizia for the turning for Dolhara, testified that buck of the city by the Allies Kwangtung Army's special serand, ducking heavy fire, made the Italians and at Pela for vice organ, which he compared a getaway in an automobilo. turning
In The House - over this farmer to the "press, section" of a mo. Italian city to Yugoslavia, dern army, never handled opium In the house were. Morin wife, (Aurora, It-Gen John Lee, Acting during the period that "Dolhara Dopico's Supreme Allied Commander. healed the unit, from 1936 to Emilio Tro), a major' In the presided
and a at the
national police force ceremony 1937.
The prosecution has charged veteran of United States Army transferring the city of Pola, which had been emptied of all that the Army used revenue service in the war, Police Lieut Puerta Yorts, and but 6,000 of its 35,000 in- from the sale of oplum grown] Mariano The four representatives
in Manchukuo to further Jesuz Dieguez, secretary of the from Tonkin, were received by habitants,
Italians Enter Mr. Luu. They will be present-
schemes for expansion of Japan. "Revolutionary Insurrectionist North ct Trieste from
Organization of which Emilio ed to Bao Dai todny after
the ese control,
not Dolhara does
intend to Tro is leader. which they will take part in northern tip of the now free ter
ritory post Gorizia to the Austrian lake the stand in his own bo. The police later announced the current discussions.
The arrival of the four dele- border, Italian troops of the over, half, unless the judges wish to the death of Luis Padierne, a
from gates from Tonkin makes the sized Mantua Division, today ask him questions Fremre is high over the whole of China
of Viet marched a few hundred yarda to bench-Associated Press. extend and ridge of high premuze
frum dead, nearly northward
Borneo to ozone tha Gumma:-150
Nam leaders in Hong Kong their new positions facing the 40,000 homes destroyed or dan Phlippines and the eastern half of the Rged. over 30.000 acress of rice- Chias Sv. A trough of inw premur fully representative of Viet Yugoslave
Nam. The delegates who ar- The Italians moved into their land Inundated, 13 bridges des-extends from 'N French Indo-Chiusto
Farmerilce. The typhoon fo the frived earlier represent Annum Positions as the Anglo-American troyed, 14 roads cut.
troops moved out."" Horner is mavidg northwards,
and Cochin-china. Today's Forecasti-Light variabia mata- Techlgi:-86 dead, 1,402 miss- ing more than 32,000 homes ariy inds partly cloudy with a
(tow scattered showers. destroyed, damaged or flooded. Yesterday's Weather -
These were the latest avallable Military Government reports by the prefectures:
The Weather
Baltama:-45 dead or mis-su: 70.0 deg. Fah
Maximum: #1. eg. Fah.. ing, 23,500 hantes flooded. 20,000 (sunehine: 2 bisura. neres of riceland inundated.
Rainfall: 0.5 mm.,62 Inch. Total sines Jan 1485.4 mm.08.24 inchra nd ngalows an average of 1930,9 mm. 72.44 inches,
Yamanashi:-Two killed by landslides and 13 missing.
Nanking, Sept. 16. Chinese Government officials with supervisory powers over the nation's coal mines, predicted an acute fuel shortage in the coming winter. This will further aggravate engineers cudgelled their brains the people's living conditions. fon means to boost fuel pro-jon already made unbearable by civil war high prices,
duction, **
#
Reading
10.m.
Ple
$2,10 Baunde
87
20.0 Inches, 16
J1
TA COR. P.
15
51: knots.
The Army reported that recon- naissance plants spotted Japanese Ham, nt m...106.9.2. 1008.0 by
roof.tops northword of
Rel. Humility Sondal, This extends, the known Dew Point Two-thirds of this goal-area of the storm danlage. Wind Furce First to feel the impact, of roughly 5,000,000 metric tons
Water is receding, from itby coal shortage will be the trans were supposed to come from
towns but some reports said that | ** port businesa, as many of the coal mines in Manchuria. shipping firms will probably These experts had counted on rivers were all flsing as rain- have to curtail schedules or Government recapture, of some swollen tributaries poured down operate niggardly quotas of of theso important coal mines from nearby mountaine,
Government ratione, ma pë
It is even expected that many
from Communist hands in
Manchuria when they hopefully were two mato flood areas.
Fragmentary reports sald there
set this goal..
..One stretched neroña the
some 40 miles' haethward of
current
conference
Along this new border confu. sion and rantor, occurred
ON OTHER PAGES throughout last night because the
Pago T100
New Huwkers Laws. Page Threo N
Blunt Speaking to Britain.
Page Four
Marshall on Greece,
Page Six
The Gracle Case.
Page Eight
Britain's Last Reserves, Page Ten
Latest Sporting,
Is
Super-Hurricane" Sweeping On Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 16,
Inga wad
Yugoslave suddenly decided to ad. vance their troops alidad of the scheduled hour of 9 alin. today. Moore charged Antly last night US, Major 'Geporal Bryant E.
that the Yugoslavs moved ahead of time to embarrass the Anglo.... Americans who sought to avoid
-the cadet
in the national police forge.Unliad Press.
PROTESTS OVER DOCK LAY-OFF
One hundred and twenty-three men of the Kow- loon Dock, who have been ordered by the management to stay away till work is avail-, able, brought their complaint to the Chinese Engineers Institute yesterday.
Institute officials will be taking in expect:d to be reached.
confusion of double troop move-representatives of the men to see. Today is the deadline set by
ments.
.
War the Commissioner of Labour to the men at Monday night's meet. General Moore guld the
with day to arrange for their roinstute. Ing, for satisfactory reply from Department also offleer
their employers, falling which "un him informed the United States ment. Embassy in Rome of the alleged Their complaints that if there ultimatum may be sent in. Yugoslav bad faith and the Em.le really Inaumelent work, mes hassy immediately informed should take time off in turn, Washington.
Instead of a certain number beling
told to stay away Indefinitely, The Commissioner of Lats will also be aceing representativer
However, the American Em bassy in Roms sold it had no comment on the matter today,
Withdrawal
ni
The Tramway men are taking the lead aniong the other utility workern.
Any action they may take may,
of them will close shop.
of the Talkon contractors today, according to agreeinent reported. Some of their workmen have y reached at meetings, between Despite several conferences Continued Communist necu-
Earlier despatches amid the returned to work, but the mafort. the men; be followed by jint of Ministry of Economic pation of these mines had notochigi and Cumma preticlutes, A super hurricane, terrifying in intensity, stormed
in out of the Atlantic Ocean today and headed withdrawal of United States and are still out pending a Gual action in enforcing their comp Affairs
demands. HAMMASAN British troops to the new Italo. and National Re only upset their plans, but had Tokyo, where river and baln
straight for vacation-packed Florida beaches.
settlement..
Enquiries, mado by the "Chinn aources Commlesion officials thrown on the lap of Govern
There were also isolated ca15 Mail" have ellelted that there is The storm was centrod by be expected in the next 12 hours. Yugoslav frontier was completed. Apecially devoted to the disment relief authorities the pro- Water spilled across the fallands.
The second main area was the Weather Bureau at midnight
The Weather Bureau warned at 12.30 h. today in a delicate of reported lay off of men
very te krilhood of on cussion of cool production In- bien of thousands of unem southward of a leste break in Jatitude 20.9 langluds north.captera Bahama Isignis non various works...
tóreed, by troeps of Communíat. create plans, there is no indi- ployed miners nila workePA..
There, čases oro bring taken blovers, going up to even a 60; 2 ration that this year's conl Among important coal min. the Ton River-about 25 miles (75.8, or about 270 miles direct to prepare for a shock of the butput will reach anywhóra ing centres new-held by the northward of Tokyowhery cast of West L'alm Beach, stormsently on Tuesday: more dominated Yususlavian S
ensualties apparently were light, Floride.
The withdrawal of the Anglo by the Chiness Engineers Insti. percent increasb, the scald af fute in conjunction with the Com. rived at in the settlement with The recently pikiria i mechanica Amaticon forats to the near the Government's annual Communists:
Pehpino, because the villager world amply It was streaking in a west Red Cross disaster workers frontier had been fixed for tas missioner of Lebour
and sklede dock, labout@re. pretluction goal of 7,500,000-where-experts estimated 200, metric tons, '.
*** ↑ 000,000 tons of coal deposit are Officiate of the Agriculture and northwestward course with her have completed emergency today Utility Workers They are looking to the men to- In Yout, one Government still buried underground.
PRECA song on short notice, with 100 omicon of Moscow-trained Marshal focussed on the utility workert, level; the centre;EN 'spökesman said the Govern- There was the famous Fun Forestry Ministry however, said winds clocked it 140 m.n.h."neart plans to evacuato 10,000 por: At 7.30 paha 5 list - hikhian Meantime, all attention is, ilaw scale down to ja mora realistic
they belleved there would be ho ment should be satisfied with shun coal mine which had come serious damage to rias fields. Spread over a churning area man committee ready to com Tito's army arrived at held head all of, whom have fled demands Mars meeting of all, utily two-thirds of this goal it wi to Nationalist control, but had They pointed out as the pro. of 100 miles in diameter to mandeer city risen to evacuate quarters of disain Division with their managements for pay workers werk hold last fight, a which Geriéral akoore, cónimands. -Increases, of approximately 100 which the Chiad Motor-Bu om could get them.". it normal monthly yield of sent crop had already entered the hurricane was sering gales 200 resident, syst
*The Yugoslal pointed out that percentations between the Trum: purpose of united action in this MZAMAN plogaci alai, took dårld for the The Government set this 400,000 tons drastically res ripening season and wald, the miles to the north and 100 Sycho" National Guned was, mark at one of the spak pros duced due to Communist dat plants no change in it year's miles to the south of the centre, standing by there ready to go on Fuega ställda Trefor which Negotiations Muution increžné enasaranoid ages bruts equipment, Anto-ciel Midts (plifa Asschied Freni The Weather Borage Bald 24hour afty if thepiredyalerta purunestions which dining
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