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The Arabs CHINA OPENS ATTACK Back Into Control Yuan Demands
Prepare
As the Morlem world prepares a protest strike, more Jewish llegut emigrants are pressing towards Halfa, Here Is same of the back ground,
Genrtal Sir Alan Cunningham. Palestine High Com- missioner, addresses tribal leaders of Beduin Arabs.
Airways Protest Over B.O.A.C.
A vigorous protest against the formation of Hong Kong Airways Ltd. by B.O.A.C., the firm de- signated by Government to operate scheduled services between the Colony and Shanghai and Canton, was made last night by four Hong Kong aviation companies.
Companies the
East
1'r Aviation Co., Ltd. Far East Flying Training School Ltd. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, and Skywars (Far East) Led-in a letter to the "Chins Mail" termed as "whitewashs” the D.O.A.C. invitation to members of
community the Colony's curnimercial
to join the Board of Hong Kong Ali ways.
Letter
The letter, signed by the campantes, is as follows:-
lou
"We see in today's Press an announcemest reganding the com- mencement of local operation by the B.O.A.CAN Subsidiary con- pany, Thung Koog Airways.
The operation of Hong Kong Regional Services by Hong Kong Airways has been clearly impos ed upon the Colagy by the Home Einvernment to the exclusions of lucal air interests: unne of whom have been waiting for months and seam for the opportunity start local services.
A merger
of these interests hail been ar ranged with the support of the Hong Kong Government and one, at least, these interests kand actually been operating for over year. The merger could have
statted
All regional months ago with greatly superior equipment than that now being offered to the public.
ON VETO RULE
Soviet Blunders On Italian Appeal
New York, Oct. 2.
China has formally introduced a resolution urging the UNO General Assembly to recommend that the five great powers on the UNO Security Council voluntarlly surrender the veto right in cases involving a peaceful settlement of disputes.
Meanwhile, diplomatic experts have predicted that Russia's veto of Italy's bid for UNO mem- bership would badly handicap Italian Com- munist efforts to gain greater power and prestige.
American officiala privately | Austria, Ireland, Portugal and expressed surprises at the netlon | Transjordan →→ to the larger which Russin took isst night in forum of the General Assembly. a session of the UNC Sețurity. Connell.
Some called it blunder"
which
trongly to the Italy's prosent goveyrument.
R
The ballot on Italy was one
of a series of votes taken in the "political | 11-nation council, which apl would work cleanly along the usual Enyt. advantage of West line.
non. Communisti Not one of the five applicants | considered yealevday received į
"Veto-Crazy"
The Italian application was the required vela-free majority,: supported by the United States,; Britain, and seven other mem- bers of the Council.
the
Finland. Russia alau vetoed It was blocked only by
Hungary, Rumanta and Bulgaria. United States "No" vote of Russia's Deputy pposel by the services
Fureign Commissar Gromyko,
and British governments, falled American Delegate Warren of approval because they could Auştin indicated the United not get the necessary affirmative |States would take the
majority of seven. Italian
Tony case and those of other Soviet-vetoex stood at a total of, 22.
Russia's string Finlan
***Iriting members of the Colony canmercial community to join the Board of Hong Kong Airways is merely white-wash in endeavour to give the com- pany the appearance of being lucally - moiralled. There has
been no attempt to conceal the fact that Hoog Kong Airways will be almost entirely owned and robutely controlled by
B.O.A.C.
aver-
10
" has been a direct ruling of the desires and inter- es of Hong Kong by the UK. Government, and it you are in- terested we will be pleased give you further details of the lengthy negotiations and discus sions over the last many months towards the furmation of * gemuinely local organisation. lo operate the Hong Kong Regional
Services.
"We are now asking ourselves whether this is merely the pin d of the wedge. What is to follow in this process of Colonial Nationalization?-shipping, other forms of gansport, public utili- ties etc, etc."
Tel-Aviv Agog At New Jew "Exodus"
Jerusalem, Oct. 2.
vetue: countrica
Chinese Reds Push
On Mukden
Peiping, Oct. 2. Communist forces today swept down close to Mukden, blowing up bridges along railway life. ne to Chlua Proper and at the time attacking the Na- sime tionailst corridor stretching north to Changchun.
As the scramble for airplane passage out of Mukden anew the first arrivals
In
nt
Self-Ration Washington President American Truman's drive for "Helf-rnlioning” “ head off) starvation in Europe went inte high gear today amid hints that;
taler the administration
may more drastic aetion if necessary.
President Truman and Secre tary of State Marshall
will bradenst nation wide apral) on the four major networks on Sunday-Associated Press.
PHRASE
Solitude
Yesterday's news cables reported that French Admiral Thierry d'Argenlleu had returned to a monastery.
1 Former High Commissioner in Indo-China, it was in 1930, after he had already experienced alueteen years of monastic life, that d'Argenlieu joined the Navy for the see- and time. When he escaped from a German, prison, camp he became General de Gaulle's 'Halson officer, and later he was involved in the fighting in Tongking and Annam.
"U.S.-ON-THE SPOT" PROBE IN JAVA
Batavia, Oct. 2.
Teams of the American military observers flew to hoth the Republican and Dutch-controlled areas in Java early today to begin an "Ameri- can-on-the-spot" investigation of the enforce- nient of the UNO cease-fire order.
At American insistence, the UNO.Consular Mission's final report to the UNO Security Council will be delayed until the Americans' findings completed.
TYPHOON HAS FADED OUT
Tokyo, Oct. 2.. Typhoon "Nanette" had died begon
low in Pet down to a
pressure ares ping sald General Chen Cheng, and is now stagnated 40 miles past the China coast ver-all commander In Man Inland
Swatow, the churin, has executed more than lightly north of
United 20 high army officers in a pre-
meteorologieni battle purgs.
nuthorities announced this af-
Winds of 30 miles per hour were reported at the centre of the low pressure area,~~~Reuter. Stuten
The report, earrled by the ternoon, "Hsin
Min Pao." Lacked con- rmation.
States
THE WEATHER
れでい
One team flew to Jogjakurta, the Indonesian capital. in a US Army Haison plane, while the other went to Sourabaja in 'an Army C-47.
Rener adda that Dr. Whiter Foote. the retiring United Consul-General, de- The fighting, which may de cide Manchuria's fate, spreud
clared at a meeting of the swiftly from the Great Wall to
Consular Commission yester Mukden areas where Red cavalry At 06 GMT (3 pm. 1.. toeat day that he would not sign the bearing down from the north time the typhoon was entred at 3 final report until eight United disrupied the railway 30 mlios miles ESE of Hong Kong, moving slowly States military officers, who from Manchurin's nerve centre. WNW be RW and fuelna in intensity.
Two bridges were blown
afternoon Another tropical depression is developing arrived yesterday up.
in the Pacino to the W of them. The after being delayed by weather Fighting followed the raid.
This means that the Peiping rend vastward across Japa
Antlerclone over N China continues conditions. had carried Mukden Railway already
their own investigations. Today's Forecast:-V refti N W NE Their arrival is expected to all the orange groves in that paralysed between the
Greatws, slowly moderating: fair or Gar. "Linggudjati по eclipse the Arab strike sched-district would be uprooted us Wail and Chinhalen-la, now dis. Yesterday's Weatheri-
forms a tants for future dis- uled for tomorrow profcating punishment.
rupted between Chinkalen and Maximum: $2.1 deg. Faði
cussions with the Dutch," said the United Nations report on Transport for
Minimum: 70.5 deg. Fab.
Republican Premier Amir petitioning Palestine.
Fighting also flared on the Sunshine: 8,8 hours. refugees from the illegal ships, railway between Changchun andant: NIT. Stal Jan.
vince While the Jewlah under should they succeed in landing, Kungchuling-United Press.
2560.4 mm.141 Ing. ne against m would pass through Petah
averns of 1966.5 mm.TIAL INL Tiky.
Reading at
Tel-Aviv was agog today with the expected arrival of two Jewish refugee ships now being dogged by the British Navy.
ground organisation, Hagann, set up Reveral loud-apenkors in Tel-Aviv's Allenby Road to relay
transferring Mukden also,
The Hagana was expected to broadcasts from the illegal broadcast from the refugee ships. the British were taking ship "Redemption" at 1.30 p.m. precautions.
Depth Charges
Broadcast
A previous - broadcast · re
Shanghai Prices Hit
Haifa harbour, where ceived by the Hagena this A New High
..
ships taken into custody by morning said: "We are sur- British destroyers are usually rounded by soven destroyers..
Shanghai, Oct. brought they. Navy. Atarted We see them preparing for ac-
Shanghai's inflation-harassed dropping depth charges.
tion....We are not afraid....... five million' population woke up These are precautions against We are singing songs because this morning to find the prices
tije underground's. "Progmen," "a
specially equipped swimmers
who could sabotage
n British TYPHOON
for shipping, rallways, postage, | telegraph, public utilities, and WARNING coal, all substantially increased
or about to be increased..
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Balkan Link?
Athens, Oct. 2. Reliable Creak Government sources today forecast the carly formation of a joint Grecce-Turkey general stafs coordination
The short iceek-end visit to Ankara of General Stephen Chamberlain, head of the United States, army - intelli. pence department, and Mr. Lincoln MacVeagh, United States. Ambarsator in Greece, tras thought here to be auto- c'ated with such a schemc.— Router.
longer British
Airways
|_ | Sjarifuddin in a statement be-
Daro, at me.t.....1912.8 1500.2 mb.
Brunta 20.01 29.50 incl.
Rat. Humidity Dew Polark Wind Directions. Wind Force, Sk
71 47
63 sex. F.
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□ knota.
fore the Working Committee Cut Staff
of the Indonesian Parliament
at Jogjakarta today.
The Prime Minister said ali;
London, Oct. 2.
DARING BREAK AT ximately one-third of
VICTORIA GAOL
Soong's Recall
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUER ATTACKS TONG
Nanking, Oct. 2.
The Control Yuan today formally resolved to ask the National Government to recall T. V. Soong, the newly-appointed Governor of the Kwang- tung Province,
Mr..Soong, with a staff hand. picked from among personal associates, ja now in Canton awaiting the. completion of official transfer documents by former Kwantung Governor en Lo Teo-ying.
Members of the Control Yuan at an Informal meeting previous- ly had adopted a proposal urging the Government to revoke Soong's appointment.
Meanwhile, Dr. Lo Lung-chi, Democratic "spokesman of the
League, Ching's third largest, politieni party, which, with the
refused to parti Communiats,
cipate in the Nanking Coalition Government, today refuted alle- gations anade against the party yesterday by Dr. Hollington | Tong, Director of the Govern. ment's Information Offier, anyė a Keuter despatch.
yesterday,
In his statement Dr. Hollington Tong hinted that: the Government may take aetior. against certain members of the Democratie League who reemily: aligned themselves, with the Communists and marle, many attempts to arouse nationwide opposition to the Government'a polletes.
Sandy To Get His Gongs
San Francisco, Oct. 2. Sandy, a canine war hero inho saw action in both the European and Pacific thea tres, arrived from Shanghai
esterday en Toute Washington to be decorated for killing three Japanese in the Aleutian lighting.
meniber
to
The five-yearold" Eskimo dog-a retired The K-9 Corps-was skipped to Europe after the Aleutian campaign and
parachuted France D.Day.- United Press,
info
on
Chinese Warning Of H.K. Smuggling
Nänking, Oct. 2.
Halo Min
Dr. Tong said that tr the
The independent Hong Kong and Kowloon area. Fabbin spite of #-British Em there members Issued
bassy intement yesterday that manifesto inciting the people to the visit of the Governor of Alexander rebel against the constitution of Hong Kong, Sir
Grantham, was "purely D the Chinese Republic.
In his counterblast today, Dr. hope in an editorial today that courtesy call," expressed the
the
Lo Lung.chi denied Dr. Tong's the Governor would discHES accusation that the Ro-called ways and means of suppressing Central Committee of the Démo- the smugging from Hong Kong cratie League had been fornied to China, to carry out a programme of
The paper added that getting the people to participate visit of Sir Alexander Grant- in open rebellion against the
ham was significant and most Government.
He said that the League was important to the Chinese econo
mic
situation, coming at a peaceful and the only recognised time when Hong Kong, as the opposition in China, but that the
aims of the party were to tighten called "show window of de and cement national unity.reing charged with harbouring mocracy in the Far East," in Dr. Lo niso dented the allegu-Chinese Communists and other tion that Mr. Chow Ching-wen, subversive elements..
u member
of the Democratic
|League now in Hong Kong, hotl "We can say for certain that
over held position in Coni-
minint-held territory AsRock-if the Hong Kong problems in ted Press and Reuter..
(See Story Page 10).'
rot
settico rationally, Sino. British relations will suffer," the paper concluded.-Router.
Tito Issues "Be Prepared" Warning
Belgrade, Oct. 2.
Marshal Tito today called on Yugoslavians "to be"
prepared at all times, if necessary, to taice up arms and fight.”··
He told the men who fought which would be humillating for under him in the parties cur people and for ather Bal-. movement during the occupakan 'countries.
Ogreements to be made in the British European Air- tion that "we are working as "I declare that we will future with the Netherlands ways announced last if there will be peace for 100 never Durmit anyone to play should have to be guaranteed night that because of the to 500 years but let us prepare the master in our country and and supervised by a third drastic curtailment of curscives as if there will be impose his will power. Associated Press,
Realstance to war tomorrow."
.pressure," Reuter and Tnited Press. foreign pleasure travel
"When I say that we must Tito said, "depends upon our by Britons, they will be prepared, this does not mean not, being shaken, not being have to release: appro- that war will start tomorrow. intimitated by threats of atomle
“This only means that: ft in bombs or anything else," good thing to be prepared #1 think that today the their present staff that because, in this wey the men- strength of the democratle is between 2,000 and ace of war will be removed."," elements of the world is 80 2,500 people.
"Hyena" "
nowerful that imperia'iam will ivater to it with exploalves. brs., GMT (9 p.m. ILK. timel Shipping: passenger fares A daring bid for freedom by two men in the Vic-
***Imperialism is like a hyena not Le able to realise its ins The Mayor of Petah Tikva, a centred within 60 miles of 21.5
toria Remand Gaol early yesterday morning will advise British Overseas get away most cheaply and
British European Airways which seeks to see where it can tention to launch a new world
wari'', he said.epoda kyrburb porth-cast of Tel-Aviv, der. N 118 deg. E moving. NW at cint, freight charges by 20 to 60 had a sequel at Central Court later in the day, Airways and British South make the most, profits
"But the provocations wes given a "final warning" 4:khols and slowly filling up, per cent, train-· · fares between
out of Hack-saws had been smuggled by the prison authorities that a American Airways, of any staff it.".
nob excluded, and, it is easier. that if military transport ware
70 and 100 per cent, postage into the prison and a woman jail break would be attempted, being released so that full con- Marshal Tite described the wicie a nation is weak. Thores to begin theee provocations sabotaged near his township on they cheer up the young ories.” 200, por cent, s
necomplice wafted outside the with violence if necessary. the Tel-Aviv-Halfa rond, 48
sideration can be given to the Truman Doctrine as "nothing One part of the broadenst In addition, another upward gaol with an automalle cigarette The names of the defendants possibility of them being ab- else than the creation of Lord Yugos avia -- must Aas been happoning recently, sold: "We were left behind..
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It was belloved that one of the two ships—whichever is the faster would, attempt to land the rofugees while the other would attempt to baffle| the Navy by zigzagging, tactics:
gugoline.—Reitter.
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