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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1947.
THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC Britain's Approach To U.N. Assembly
Malayan Merchant Thwarted
Reference To The Colonies
Flushing Meadows, N.Y., Oct. 20. Britain, supported by the United States, today re- quested the United Nations General Assembly to reverse a decision of its Social Committee, which had voted to make the conventions on the traffic in women and children (which are being transferred from the League of Nations to the United Nations) directly applicable to colonial territories.
Singapore, Oct. 21. The first Malayan mer- chant seeking to reestab- lish trade with Japan Sir has returned to Singa- pore after waiting with- out success for 22 days in} Hong Kong for an entry permit to Japan.
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Hartley Shawcross insisted that Britain be allowed to adhere to the conventions on behalf of the colonies in accordance with normal constitutional procedure.
GOOD WHEAT HARVEST
As a seralt of the Committee's, later today without taking a vote on decision, the calmules would be bound the British proposal.
the Conventions in
Upon resumption, the British pro their Awn The merchant, Inder Singh, tight,
posal was defeated by 23 votes to whose frm for more than 25
In a veiled reference to the Soviet 22 with 15 abstentions→→→Reuter. years before the war
cristeixes traded in, Sir Hartley
the with Japan, secured approval for their remarks that Britain, by i
Russian delegates on the Committee of his permit application from opposition, secissed to want to per the
Singapore Economic Af-petuate the tradic This Secretariat on August 16. children by its colonies. The Secretariat Informed him
regter that in the Committee, that the United Kingdom Mis- a delegation which has itself neither sion in Tokyo would secure the signed nor ratified the conventions,
from General Mac-hould have permitted itself in Arthur's headquarters and the Ress at the United Kingdom was peruit emuld be expreted
ucinated by a desire to allow in het nny moment.”
prolonial territories practices which were prohibited under the conven-
Inder Slugh went abend foton," he said. Hong Kong. Inquiries by the! Hong Kong Government to Gen.
al MiArthur's headquarters bright no reply. Inder Singh, who had plained to inty Japan ese textiles, after three weeks returned to Singapore.
it
of women and
Slanderous Reports
delegation which made it has bern "That suggestion was fake. The lol in its protestations alot the dissemination of inaderous reports. "Olle must continue to hope, even It be with diminishing confidence, that that delegation will exercise some The Economic Secretariat light degree of care here still assures him that the themselves practices which they ca
to avoid permit mhy arrive "nt any dran in others." moment."-Associated Press.
ndjourned
The Assembly
Britain Disbands
Polish
Corps
London, Oct. 20.
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A well-informed Trade Union source said today that the Polish Resettlement Corps would pro- bably be disbanded by the end of the year and its 50,000 members given civilian jobs. At the existence of the Corps i
nions ansi employers--must be de
havet on a special, "Patish Resente ided by the Parliament after a pre-
ent Ari," disbandmrsk af 1 Coeps-demanded. by both traile
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iminary decision has been reaches! In an inter-ministerial level.
It was understand that the Minis-
er of Labor, Mr. George
laaacti
rieweil dissolution of the Carpa favourably as it would enable Bri-
Sydney, Ort, 20.
As official figures came in fram all states, the estimates of Australia's wheat harerst were today still rising:
The total for the Common- wraith yesterday rose to 260,- 000,000 buskets, which—if the wchrat is successfully harvested- seould gier a record total of 180,000,000 bathely available for export.
Some experts believe this es timate will be excerded-Reuter,
Yard Men Discharged
London, Oct. 29.
Twa Scotland Yard "Flying)
Alleged Confession By Accused
Rangoon, Oct. 20. The Special Tribunal trying U Saw, ex-Premier of Burma
MANILA
and eight others for the CONNECTIONS: sassination of U Aung San
Burma's Prime Minister, and his Government colleagues in July, today heard a confession aald to have been made by Bn Nyun, one of the original ac eused who turned King's evi dence.
The confession stated that Ba Nyun, a 29-year-old former Heutenant in. U San's Myochit Party, collected 200 Bren guns and 100,000 rounds of ammuni. tion from the police ordnance depot and distributed them to Myochit Party centres in Kan goon,
Besides the confession
reml In court, Ba Nyun gave evi- dence in which he said: "By following U Saw I thought 1 serving the country's cause. Hnd U Saw ordered m to kill myself I would have done so."
was
Ba Nyun said he made the confession voluntarily. Three of the undefended accused and they signed undated auleide notes, which read, "I have kill- vd myself as I have betrayed my country." These noter they said, were kept by U Saw
They added that after the oath-taking and signing of the aufelde notes, U Saw told will be punished. It needs them: "He who betraya just one revolver."-Router.
Squad" offleers, who were sen- able that it could not stand. Lenced to prison in London re-i The officers, Albert sently on a charge of conspiracy Compton and Harry
ma
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Edwin Gordon
to atent from persons they pur-Cooper, both aged 37. had been purted to
interview on duty. sentenced to 12 and nine months
walked out of the Criminal Ap- Imprisonment respectively. peal Court here free men today. They had previously been ac
The judge
ruled that the quitted on robbery and inreeny Jury's verdict was so unreason-l charges-Reuter.
COMPLETE
DENIAL OF
RAPE CHARGES
London, Oct. 20.
ain to solve her manpower problem John Henry Cole, 28-year-old electrician facing
Fercign
it a quicker pace. The Secretary, P.
Me. Ernest Bevin, the War Minister, Mr. Emanuel Shin- veil, and the Hone Secretary,, Mr. Thutter Ede, have yet to give their igreement to disbandment,
Forty-five thousand Poles who riginally belonged In the Polish Resettlement Corps and the Polish Air Resettlement Corps already have been given civilian job and the re
maining 40,000 are being almoshed
British
coumy at the rate of 1,000 week. Both trade unions and employers want to accelerate this proces by immediately allocating work in mines and the textile - Justry Resettlement Corps mem-
F
bes
Exception
A possible
.
charges of rape and robbery, today denied as- saulting criminally any of the three girls in- volved in the charges against him, but admit- ted that between April 2 and June 25, he had entered five shops and had tied up and robbed ............... -the girls employed in tliem.
Last week, three girls-two dairy workers and a girl employed in a coal, order office-gave evi- dence of how they had been attacked by Cole. One girl, a dairymaid, Joan Lodge, told how she had been lured to an empty house with promises of coupons; free stockings and then tied to a bed and doped with pills.
Cole,
whose arrest followed
+
night together, she, replied: "If I nation-wide manhunt, rold the court can think of something to tell my that he had been married for five mother."
"small daughter;' exception night be Year and had matte for the small Air Resettlement his wife left him last May. Corps, which is only a few though the young dairy maid, Joan Lodge, He degled robbing or assaulting men strong. It is realized in Indus or giving her pills to stupefy her. trial and political quarters that even,
Cole denied any suggestion that be had arranged to meet Min Lodge
Reuter, and provide her with silk stockings,
London, Oct. 20.
after the liquidation of the Resettlee also denied using personal vio- ience on any of the girls in the meat Corp.
part of the
12,000
J. B. Priestley, British dele- Polish adicers, for whom it would shops he admitted robbing.
gate to UNESCO, informed the Cale said that he had known Joan Minister of Education today
be difficult to find proper employ Lodge for two or three weeks be ment, might continue to constitute a fore the date of the alleged offences certain political problean.
intimate with
It was understood that the Polish and had unce been
that he would not be able to attend the 'UNESCO conference in Mexico City; opching No- On August 16, when he suggested yember 15, because of Uliness in
her that they should spend the his family-United Press,
government would highly
disbandment of the Carps, whicht they have always considered
welcome her,
to
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the Polish state.
Army la disguise and a metace to
guarter
Well-informed Polish supporting the Wardy government
the existence of the Corps was practically the last. olutacle prevent- ing establishment of really cordial relatiotis between Britain
and Paland. These quarters expect that
number of members of the Resetile ment Corp. was likely to go to Poland rather than accept civilian employment in Britain United Press,
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