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A CHINESE PICTURE
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1948.
SECRET BOMB SCHOOLS” Arabs Train Under Explosive Experts
"Testing Ground" Jewish Shops
Jerusalem, Feb. 8.
Secret "bomb schools" have been set up by the Arabs in different parts of Palestine and are believed to be under the direction of Iraqi, Syrian or other "outside volunteer" explosives experts, according to British security officials here.
Two empty Jewish shops, destroyed by heavy ex- plosions in the burned-out commercial centre of Jerusalem today, were believed by authori- tative circles to be testing centres för various types of explosives manufactured by "stu- dents" at the underground "schools,"" where they are trained in the use of modern
plosives,
to a position on the hills,
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About six shops and stores in ¡Jerusalem today found and dis- the deseriad testing ge: undi“ of mantled a road-mine buried in the the commercial centre of Jerusa- convey's path with wires leading ler have already been blasted by (different types of experimentai bombs, No loss of life has re- sulted from the recent explosion. British Meluls believe that the "barre) beumbs" used by the Arabs in n
In Culvert
One road-mine blasted a vehicle
Jewish funeral procession
in recent explosions, stich as that.ging to the Mount of Olives, |which blasted the offlers of the Paletine Post, were planned In such schools.
Road Mining
The Arab guerillas on the hills surr:unding Jerusalem have now begun a campaign of road mining
SYRIANS FIRE ON JEWS
Jerusalem, Feb. 8. Syrian regular troops were reported by Jewish sources in Tel Aviv tonight have fired on Jews near the "Bridge of the Daughters of Jacob" en the Palestine- Syria frontier today.
There were no casualties. sources added—Reuter.
Chiang On Holiday
Nanking, Feb. 9. yesterday stipped quietly out of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking for a few days vacation at Chinese New Year at Kuling mountain-his favourite resort.
The Generalissimo, accompanied by his wife un a few mides, flew 5. Kuling in his special planc,
A military armoured car un the | "Meiling." | Jerusaicin-Tel Aviv road was
overturned by the explosion of ai road-mine yesterday and two zol- diers slightly injured,
a
Troups unearthed another mine along the road and shortly after- to halt convoys, mostly those bewards Jewish settlers found tween Jerusalem and the Jewish mine hidden in a culvert on the town of Tel Aviv, and these mines rond leading to a fewish settle have already taken
ofment nearby.-Reuter, several vehicles.
The minings are apparently de- signed to fores the occupants of armoured buses, blasted by the explesion, to leave the vehicles and thus present unprotected tar- gets to Arab snipers, entrenched in the hills flanking the ambushed positions on the roads,
U.S. Policy
In Germany
Washington, Feb. 8.
uf State M1.
The Secretary
Am detection squad leading curge Marshall, said lay, i a Jewish convoy from Tel Aviv to
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letter to Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee, that it would be unwise to stop the shipment of Giess
stan plants to other European na
nerely because Russia hart broken the Potsdam Agreement.
The dismantling of German plants now i would aid, not hamper enumir recivery of Europe, as [hey coul: She pus use plan where.
Mi, Marshall wrote,
De spoke of "the Soviet's refusal Jallow in practice the principles of firsmas self-support and capacity ja pay
and of the economic unity laid lawn in the Putsdain Agreement.
"I would be obviously be unwis re abandon the Potsdam reparation
element inerely by reason of Soviet malfeasance," he addlerk-Reuter.
No Relaxing Of Austerity Ban
the ban
Shanghai, Feb. 7. Reports that the Gavertinent an thorides were prepared in reconsider cabarers and ballrooms following the recent cloring in Shang bai by cabaret employers, werr denied Tast night by Mr.
Chiang Yun-tion, ekairman of the special
Gunfire Heard In Athens
ATHENS, FER. 9. ARTILLERY BOOMED ALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE HILL, COUNTRY BE- YOND MOUNT PARNES, NEAR THE NORTHWEST OUTSKIRTS OF ATHENS.
Greek armed forces and gen- darmerie converging from dif- ferent directions had contacted the guerillas, who, on Friday. staged a raid on two villages only a few miles from the cen- tre of Athens.
Fighting went on from early afternoon until the evening, the Athens news agency said,
The veria posillons were spotted from the air earlier in the day and were subjected to an air attack before the ground forces opened up.
Although Chiang left the capital As Buon as dusk fell, the
time when the military | guerillas began t** withdraw, I situation in Manchuria is grave,, fleeing through the envines, the the political and economie sibua- agency added, tion has been brightened wha! by
some-
Troopa,
following up tho reports of it more favourab American aid plan to guerillus, have closed the pas
sage across the river Asgmpos, | talling US$370,000,000.
and are in control of the passes teading from Mount Parnes t the plain of Thebes and southi- west 10 the passes of the
The fact that Chlang took his (aides with him indicated that the President planned to devote much
of his time during his rest to Cithuiron Range in an effort to private study of all phases of close the escape routes.--Reu- Government ills-United Press.
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ing the enforcement of the national austerity drive.
Mr. Chiang asserted the Govern ment would carry through its declar- regarding closing dance policy balls throughout the country.
Ied
With regard to future employmen for dancing girls, Me, Chiang sug gested the cabaret owners converl their establishments into restaurants seeving cheap
and
create
job for INT
of the girl, Mr. Chiang also revealed that the Gov- ernment authored two cabstels to keep open temporarily in Tsingtao for the benefit of members of the American service units stationed at that port-Reuter.
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