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ARAB WAR ENTERS 2nd PHASE Soldiers Of Islam S'hai Protests
Two More British
British Officers Badly Wounded
CPA Air "Police Constables"
Service To
Macao
Saturday has been fixed provisionally for the in- auguration of an air Her- vice between lour Icon and Macao, thr "China Wal" learned last night.
Negotiations between Cat- hay Pacific Airways and thie Macao authorities for tralife rights are expected to he
concluded in a few days.
Cathay Paclile Airways have been carrying out test 1ghts almost dally during
the past week. Catalina flying-bonts will be operated between the two cities.
The Catalinas will carry passengers and freight. Fare to Macno will cost $30 per heud.
Raid Arab Bus
Jerusalem, Doc. 21.
Three Arabs were shot and killed when be- tween 15 and 20 men, wearing the uniform of temporary Palestine polica constables, attacked an Arab bus with rifle and automatic fire between Remich and Remullah shortly after dawn today. A British Army warrant officer was seriously wounded by an unknown gunman in King George Avenue, Jerusalem. today. Another British Army officer was also wounded by the same assailant. Meanwhile, reports say the brewing trouble over partition in about to enter its second phase the nhlfing of the battle from the cities to the country-mic loss of arson and bombinga side.
Haj Amin Husseini,
Grand
Bandits Set Fire
To Kowloon Train
Mufti of Jerusalem. reportedly has ordered fighting to be taken outside the city walls because towns could not stand the econo-
and business disrupted by riots. Dr. Yussef Heikal, Mayor of Jalla, who called on the Mufti in Calro for instructions, was told to pacify his people,
Key Figure
With this change the key igure in the Jaffa district ro- portedly will be Hassan Sale- meh, ene of the most feared of Arab band leaders in 1936 riots between the Jews nnel Mostenis.
10
Arac leaders in Jaffa refused
Jet Salemch have any way in the sniper warfare that want on with Tel-Aviv but the shifting of fighting away from towns may bring him into pra
An attempt to rob a slow Canton-bound train from Kowloon was made on Friday by bandits near Canton, according to press messages from the Kwangtung capital yesterday. While the train was travelling the train and roll down the towards Canton, denge smoke, embarkment. Tea were injured. followed by leaping flames, in a The smoke prevented rallway freight car caused a panle among guards and gendarmes on the passengers in the adjoining train from using fire extin-minence again. carriages.
Kuishers. The engine driver's Jewish oficials are worried attention was attracted by firing about the ascendunty of several rifle shots.
meh since he had a "black re- cord" in the 1936 riots.
He is
the also wanted by British authorities on a charge that he was parachuted Into Palestine by the Germany in 1944.
Many were seen to jump from
British Labour Appeals
Rally To Meet Red Sabotage
When the train stopped, the burning carriage was unhooked and sand was thrown on it to put the fire out. It eventually burned out.
Acid Found
A nearch by the gendarmes in several bottles of reguited
avid being sulphuric
found concealed in other carriages.
Under one car was found a container with incendiary liquid in it.
The pollee theory is that the bandits had planned the fire to catise the train to stop in a cer-
tain area.
Bicycle Bandits
Sale-
Men Of The Transjordan Army Are Mobilised
Here are some of the troops on whom the Arabs are depending when → or if —
to open warfare with the Jews.
they come
They are men of King Abdullah's Transjordan Army.
Astronomer
They are being inspected by Rind Bey Buhl. Fredent Royal Says:
of the Transjordan Republic.
Riad Bey Buhl is accompanied by Arab delegates from neighbour States who came to Abdullah
cert plans against the Jews. APhoto,
recently to con-
New Comet
Accused Seems To Be
Wandering
Cominform Accused Of Planning "Spring" Offensive
Paris, Dec. 21.
hu the lighter side of the M. Jules Moch, new French Interior Minister, to- day declared that recent bloody disorders in both France and Italy were part of a "concert- ed offensive" by the Cominform. He predicted possibly worse Communist attacks against Western European Governments in early spring.
tease situation, the British au- thorities in Nablus-belleved to be the headquarters of the schelulra Arab uprising aud- denly ordered all their troops to conne carrying arms.
It seems that practically every Arah youth
fashion.
At Newsprint Embargo Grow
Shanghai, Dec. 21,
In a statement, Issued last night, Mr. Lee Tse Kwan, Chairman of the Shanghai Newspaper Guild, expressed surprise over the public at- tacks on the Guild by the North China Dally News and Shanghai Evening Post in regard to newsprint allocation.
He repeated that the reduction in their quotas "was solely due to their increase of pages in violation of the Government decision and not due to any other motive,"
Meanwhile, Mr. T.L. Trong "Charity begins at home. Lot publisher of the "China Press," the British and American firms in another long statement in his and individuals in Shanghai pat- the entire ronize only foreign-owned Eng- paper, charged that matter from an "Internal affair" ish-language newspapers. of the Guild 'had been built up Into a case
"By doing this they won't losa of discrimination any business for, as a flm's ad- two-foreign-owned vertising man with many years 1 am experience in Shanghai,
against tho
dailies.
This is absolutely false." Mr. convinced that the North China сотраге declared. and the Evening Pest Taong emphatically
with the newspapers more than favourably "Had any Chinese inercased their number of pages other two papers as advertising after the "freezing order," "simt-media" far action would have been taken,
British commercial circles hers take the attitude that those ros-
I believe,"
down the Meanwhile, letters from rea-ponsible for cutting dera urging a boycott of Chinese quotas. so drastically had "bitten English-language newspapers of off more than they could chew,
China Dally advertisers, appeared in the Bri- said the "North"
News". News today.
One
of these letters, signed; "Shipper" snill:
businessman expressed opinion of many, the news-
One the
"I view of the discrimination paper added, when he said, in it won n good
Engenowed".*
com-
so obviously almed at foreign-one sense, thot owned daily newspapers by the thing.
Guild. I "The Government will now be Newspaper Publishers am giving instructions that my brought, to see that it has placed authority in the company's subscriptions to the far too much China press and the China Daily hands of guilds," he said. Tribunc (both
Chinese-owned Other Complaints dailles) are not "Importers have been to be.
1plaining of similar treatment - "In addition, no advertising, though not so fantastically ob- will be placed with either of viour in its discrimination--for a these newspapers."—Rouler, long tome without getting much
Protest
sympathy, despite the support of Another letter signed "Amor the press.
a guild has "Now, however, Justitiae." said, as a protest; "Y London, Dec. 21.
trust all British and, American begun to tamper with a very dif "Comet 1947 N" with a farms in Shanghai will cease to ferent sort of tommodity 10,000,000-mile tail said give these two newspapers (the the everyday things in which we Chinn Press and the China Dali deal. Indirectly they are throt- to be travelling at 250,- Tribune) any advertising untilting the import of news, People, foreigners nilke, Is brought to It Chinese and 000 miles an hour, seems the Guild
Fwill not stand for that-Reuter, 10 be wandering.
It had been reported that the comet might be
seen over Bri- tain, but Sir Harold Spencer Jones, the Astronomer Rayal, 18 convinced that it will not be here for some days.
# it was
"If it was approaching Britain, receiving swarms in Nablus hud "It is quite clear there hnd accurity of the country, said the we should bo
on French Government knew of of reports but I have seen nene bought a bicycle and started rid-boen a concerted offensive
lovel against plan the French Communists from the United States or South- They intended then to ransacking it through the narrow coban international
lo put into action inern Europe. It and rob the passengerA.
ble structs in an amateurish the Marshall plan," said M. wanted
moving north, It Moch, referring during an ex accord with the 'Cominform and would have been visible in mid- The train, fortunately, over-
Italian Commanists. die latitudes before it can be Any British soldier venturing clusive interview to the bloody with
seen in this county."--Reiter, shot the point where the bandits
on the streets was quickly strikes and riots which spread United PreKR.
last France and Italy knocked down by one of more over bicycles and, in the process of month.
disorders his feet by He said: "These being helped to friendly Aruba, his tommy gun were unleashed by the Com League's and General Head- munist parties in Europe on that three days previously quarters' opinion of how they orders of the Cominform to break fire occurred on a disappeared.-Reuter and United down..the economy and normal
were walling.
London, Dec, 21. The Labour Party to- day called on its mem-
This was due to the ineffective bers to fight an expected co-ordination between the bandits campaign of sabotage by on land and the agenta on board Communists "and their The Canton report recalled fellow travellers" during the coming months.
A statement issued by Mr. Morgan Phillips, General Secretary of the Labour Party, saith
"We can expect Communist-inspir- ed attempts to foment discontent in the factories and workshops which may result in slowing down the pra duction drive, On which national prosperity and recovery demandy"
The statement followed Frports yesterday that British Labour leaders expect a new Communist strike offen-
the train.
mysterious train from Kowloon.
Press.
CHENNAULT MARRIES
CHINESE NEWSWOMAN
Shanghal, Dec. 21.
ive in Western Europe before the Maj.-Gen. Claire Chennault, retired wartime com-
apring.
They believe, that this time there will be a serious attempt to include" Britaiti, in les cupe.-Reuter,
STALIN WAS 68. YESTERDAY ANDhe "ELECTED" DEPUTY
London, Dee H., Moscow railio reported today that
Prime Minister Stalin
WAA
mander of the famed 14th Air Force, "Flying Tigers," and now head of CNRRA Air Trans- port, was married today to Miss Anna Chan, according to Central News Agency.
life of these countries So that the Marshall Plan would he Ineffective when put into operation.
"Rehearsal"
"I am certain the recent troubles in France were not a
| trial' civil” war but a"general
rehearsal for the next time,
CHIANG BROADCASTS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Nanking, Deo; 21.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, in a Christmas message to the nation, said "when we look at the present world situation through the lens of Christian faith, much of which is obscure and confused, becomes clearer."
"The clashes were used to "We realise oven suffering has able losses due to war and In- train militants commandos in ita part in the low, process of ternal rebellion
national self-realigation," he the north and in Marseilles.
clubs."
"We have kann misrepre- sentation and cruel slander in its": "In a word it was a military added.
blackest. form. action since the Communists: had
"In the midst of all the "Our motives have been mis. strict orders not to use arms but privations which China is suffer-interpreted, Our faults have only stonos, pieces of iron and ing today, we are.. strengthened been distorted beyond all sense
by the knowledge that these of reality. M. Moch, as Minister of the trials, if manfully faced, will "Our Government und pubile Interlor charged with the internal
lead to ultimate self-renewal,” servants have been held up as pillars of abuse in propananda Recalling. Christ'a aufferings, of those traitorous and Com-} the Generalissimo said:
who seek to munist elementa "In China, during the past destroy free China-Associated
known the Press, low years, we have,
The bride was given away by 1041 to help fight the Japanese
nther. Dr. Y.W. Chan, Invasion. Consul Designate to Kuching, The "Flying Tigers". scored Sarawak, and former Chinese epecacular successes against f*** Consul, in San Francisco.
enormous odds' and Gen. Chen-'
IS CHINA NEAR beenme famous night.
She was a reporter with Con-naul unan-tral News.
mously elected deputy to
B
over-
the The wedding took place at He holds the rank of B COLLAPSE?-Pg 2
general's home, Holly dier-general in the Chinese
Moscow Soviet. Today is also the
'Stalin's 68th birthday,
Reporting eri results of balloting in health,, in a suburb of Shang-my-United Press.
five Russian republics, the radio hai.
ald: "The whole procedure of voting Cel. Thomas Generay,
old
In the 58th electoral area in the comrade-in-arms of Gen, Chen-
Stalin district of Moscow took only naught, was beat man.. five hours.
"By fl .m., 100 percent of the voters had voted for Joseph Stalin,” -Associated Press,
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: Marshall Plan-
Past Five:
Thirst of the World. Past Sereng
We Marab Guerilla Tactics.
Page Twelvé BazzWeekend Sport,
dregs of the bitter cup-national
sorrow.
..
"We have suffered Incalim- The Weather
The elder sister of the bride, 300 Corpses Gathered From S'hai's
Mied Cynthia Chan, of Canton
Was the bridesmaid.
The organony was performed
Shanghai, Dec. 21.
Blood Thursday 300" corpsen have been picked up off Shang-
by the Hev. Ralph Mortenson, hal's sub-zero aireetthe In-
Sub-Zero Streets
aver
'Aridge from a moderata sotkeyclone the Gobl desare extends : south- l'enstwards to the Yangtse and then mat.
ward to JapaiVA DA A
Prosaurs is low over Manchuela and, in
a trough over the Bed, of Japan.
Work depresion appear to be forming
To alleviate the suffering of within this low, NORAUEN KÜNK.“ Toedy Chinese, 'Admiral Charles Forecart-Light norther northwest Cooke Jnr, announced a plan for wind cloudy la metty moralar, balne donating Christmas presents fine by darnNOT
Mostardar's Weatherly and money to refugees. Séanimum, 64,8 dega Takov
He urged his friends wishing Minimos: 6. dem habe Bunshines 6.1 hostrato de Rainfall Nit. Total - ange
of the Ching Bible Houno. fority of them children who
The bride' stepmother, who alled of exposure, «« recently arrived from the United The temperaturen, hince the States, was also present; in ad- cold wave hit Shanghai three At Talogiko, netting a record to make gifts to him to donate altion to Mr. George Yeh,. Chia-stays ago, hovered between 21.7 low for the past 10 years, the instead la roifef. eno-Vice Foreign Minister and degrees Fahrenfelt, and 82 temperature dropped to 10-ho He nuggested to officers and US
Vico ConsulArthur degrees a new low for Docem-low ruro, causing intense Buffer- men of the American Navy to Itoned, geboren ing among refugees. Kommer follow his example,
-Gentral Chengault arrived in Weathermen, however-nald With coal aclling at CNB10,- In addition, the Navy Chink in 1037 as sir adviser to today that, the weather, would 000,000, a, ton, - nine-tenths of tot The Geiterällasimb and organised become milder during the next Chinese families are without student Allamerigan volunteer group in few days
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