BUREN
THE PERFECT
SWISS WATCH
Antarctic Areas Dispute: Lands Leased By Chile
Santiago, Chile, Mar. 2.
The Chilean President, Senor Gonzalez Videla, has leased "State-owned lands" in the Ant- aretic to an Industrial company for setting up whaling bases, the Chilean Ministry of Agri- culture and Land Settlement announced to- day.
The President signed the decree during his visit to "the Chilean Antarctic base of Puerto Sober- ania" on Greenwich Island in the British own- ed South Shetlands.
Both Chile and Argentina always expressed wishes for a claim sovereignty in British-friendly settlement and did not owned territory in the Antare- need the "mediation of a third tie.
over
Senor Trucco added Chilo and the Argentine
Guatemala Resolution
CHINA MAIL
ITALIANS TO STAY HOME
Rome, Mar. 2.
The Executive Committeo of the Italian Labour Con- lederation decided tonight not to take part in iho London Conference of the Marshall aid plan.
The voting was 13 against four, with two abstentions.
Reuter,
Guatemala
Mob Yells, Screams
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948.
America Backing Benes Hasn't
Partition Plan
Lake Success, Mar. 2.
The United States still supports partition as a solution of the Palestine problem, Senator Warren Austin, the United States delegate, told the Security Council here today. Senator Austin said: "The General Assembly vot
ed for partition as the Palestine, solution! The United States voted for that solution and still supports it. As we have stated before, the United States supports the General Assembly plan for partition as the framework of imple- imentation by pacific means.
Answering objections raised against | Five" committer which, would far- the first paragraph of the United ther investigate threats to peace in States resolution calling for a "Big | Palestine. Five" committee to study the ques Mr. Creech Jones reiterated that tinn, Senator Austin and the revolu- there could be as hope that Britain tion asked the Security Council might keep her troops In Palestine accept, subject to the authority
already set. any longer than the August deadline
the Security Counell under, the Char- ter, three parts of the General As sembly partition plan.
party," as they were already Jr (By William Hardcastle. Reuters Senor Manuel Traeco, the direct diplomatic contact with
Special correspondent) Chilean Under-Secretary for Britain. Foreign Affairs, said last night
Guatemala City. Mar. 3. that Chile and the Argentine
A total censorship was clamp- It was stated in Guatemalaed down on British correspon- would not submit their dispute City that the Guatemala Gov-dents in Guatemala today at a with Britain
10,000 Antarc- crnment was tica to, the Pan-American Con- polution for submission to the
preparing a re-mass demonstration of
Guatemalans; who yelled and ferenco; to be held shortly at Pan-American
screamed
the British around Conference allegation here. Bogota.
Bogota calling on British This despatch has been smug. that Honduras Europeans to abangled out us the Guatemalan
baddon all territory in the Western authoritien have refused
Hemisphere.
cable and telephone facilities In Washington, the GUA- A huge mob assembled out. temalan Ambassador-designate side the Presidential Palace of Senor Ismael Gonzales Arevalo. Dr. Juan Jose Arevalo, and helion as the Palestine solution." reiterated Guatemala's inten- and members of his Cabinot tion today to press for a settle- ment through arbitration of the current dlapute with Bri- faln, concerning British Hon- deraя.
CHESS DRAW
The first round of the quali lying tournaments for this Jear's Colony Open Chess Championship WAJ concluded At the Peninsula Hotel on Tues day night
Players In Group "A" shui conclert- el their, second round games, R. C. Danenberg taking the lead in this station with two clear wins.
V.
A doubir
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naluted it from the balcony. The banners read: "America for the Americans." "Down with Brk tain." "Belize le oura.”
Chanting the Gentemala Na- tional Anthem amid the grow a ing uproar, the mob marched
The United
Mr. Cleech Jones declared: "What-
ever may be the merits or demerits of the Assembly's recommendations, their workability essentially depends
Arab Allegations
Resigned
London, Mar. 2.
A Prague report in a Løn- don ovaning paper that President Benes had resign- ed from office was denied tonight by the Czechoslovak Embassy in London,
An official at the. Em-
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10 Ice House St..
Tel. 33188
Nineteen Burned To Death In London Air Crash.
London, Mar. 3.
bassy told Reuter officially: Nineteen people are stated to have been killed
"We are authorised to say that it is not true. Pres}- dent Benes has not resign- ed."
The newspaper report
"The Communists: stated: have not yet allowed the résignation to be made publip for fear of violent reaction, among the people.” - Router. ·
Resisted Arrest
when a Dakota plane from Brussels, belong- Ing to the Sabena Airlines, nose-dived, explod- ed and burst into flames at Heathrow Airport, London, tonight.;
Three passengers were, thrown clear, but badly burnt. All members of the crew of five are be-" lieved to have been burned to death.
The plane had radioed the airport | Wom that it might have to make an em ergency landing. There wa skick fog.
Ambulances, doctors and fire ten- ders stood by, but the rescuers could do little in the intense heat.
A worker at the airport, who ran
were men and
Women
creaming and trying to loosen their afery belts," he said,
The fire service, with sie fice ap-
Paraphernalia For Boiling Raw Opium
WAS
Member Of Notorious Triad
Ip Ping-kei alias Yip Kel (88), as sentenced to six months' hard labour plus a fine of 8000 (or another threa
pleaded guilty before Mr. W.
Det. Sub-Inspector C Pope, Kowloon C.1.D. Headquarters, said that accused was arrested (! by Det-Cpl. Chan Lap at Temple Street near Pakhbi Streat at 8 pm. on March 1.02
Questioned, accused admitted": that he was a member of the Wo. Shing. Wo He allegedly added that, before the war, and ' Immediately after the rem occupation, he was thb, society's › treasurer ("the second highest : position in the society," "autd" DSI Pope)..
He said: "I feel bound once more. 10 emphasise the increasing gravity The Security Council should of the plantion in Palestine, I must Det.-Cpl. Lal Kwong was walk-to the plane when it crashed, forced take the necessary measures to im point out that whatever procedure ing along. Waterloo
his way into the blazing aircraft, Road near plement parts of the plan.
the United Nations may decid to Nathan Road at 9 pan. on Feb. and dragged one pukenger out.
There 2-The Council should decide adopt with a view to assuming res 27 when he saw a man carry- whether there is a threat to peace ponsibility for the Government of ing glass jar of melon seeds, and, if so, should take measures short Palestine on May 15, that the coun rimning past him, foilpwed by of war to support the Palestion Com ry is rapidly becoming disorganised, two other men carrying three minion.
disinterested and will be even more jars ef foodstuffs between them.pliances, had the flames under con manths hard labpur) when he The Council should decid-'violent and disrupted on that date."
· Tha' defoutive found that Matrol in three-quarters of an hour. whether any opposition to partition
No Coercion
Ming owner of a store at 528. A fireron said: "The beat by force constitutes a threat to parce
Nathan Roud had just lost four terrific and it was hopeless to try. Latimer at Kowloon yester day to being a member of the ar #gression.
glass jars. With Mn, the detecto do anything." tive chased after one of the men Mr. Austin mid: "A vote for this
and overtook
The Ministry of Citil Aviation notorious Wo Shing Wo Triad paragraph would be a vote for part
Street.
him at Portland issued a statement that the plane was Bociety.
airborne Brussels at 7.40 p.m. on the measure of cooperation be One Reservation
The man hid the jar in the carried 19 passengers' and a crew of tween the Jews and Arabs.
doorway of a nearby house, and three or four. Stairs accepted the This cooperation, on which the made us to unbutton his belt. General Assembly's request to "take maintenance of essential services and When
"Visibility at London Airport was the detective arrested very poor at about 200 yards," the the necessary measures provided for the normal life of the country de him, the man resisted and struck | statement added-Reuter, in the plan for its implementation" pende, cannot be secured by coercion, the detective on the forehead with one reservation, he said.
"A force seat into Palestine from with a torch. Senor Arevalo said he had no
limitation that armed forces eagnor ceptable to one or the other com- blows on him Dot.-Cpl. Lai put "This accepted subject fo the outside to impose any plan 'not ac- As his caplive kept raining information to support
be used for an implementation of the munity would have to be kept there up his left hand to ward off the statement attributed to a towards the British Legation, plan because the Charter limits the for, a long and indefinite perlad." Attack and received a cut in the Guatemalan official in Mexico where the police wore lining use of United Nations force express-Renter
middle finger. City that his country would the front.
edly to threats and breaches and Rg;
Finally, the
was man
over- break off diplomatic relations Mob leaders leapt onto fara | gressjoni . affecting International
powered and brought back ti with Great Britain because of to harangue the crowds through pence
Lake Success, Mar. 2.
Yaumati Police Station where he the presence of three British loud speakers.
The Arab Higher Committee today gave his name as Lai Hung, 41, "Therefore we must interpret the accused Jewelah terrorists of plotting unemployed. warships in
General Assembly's resolution to blow up Christian and Arabi hols Guatemalan wa.
He was relieved of this jab meaning that R
Admiting the United Nations places in Jeruzalem
charge of the and lay the larceny of the
A raid by Revenue Officer- about a year ~ ago, ; said: D81 measure in implement this resolution blame on the Arabs,
glam-Jar and of Fowler in the afternoon of Pope, and was, at the time of are peaceful measures."
Lissaulting, the detective, Lai ask- Denying charges made by a Jewish ed for two further larcentes, on March 2 on 421 Reclamation his arrest, only a member, i Agency spokesmin on February & Dec, 30, 1017, and. Feb. 24 fast. Street, second floor, rosulted in Defendant's claim to Hong into the area of the Mosque of Omar, that Arabs bas smuggled explosives to be taken into consideration "the seizure of 15 taels of raw Kong birth had been sub-
Charged before Mr. W. H. La- and 11 taels of prepared opiumstantiated. the statement-valdi
timer yesterday, in three crunts and a quantity of paraphernalia, "On reliable information, the Arab Higher Committee maintains
that arren, and one of assaulting:
officer, Lau was re
and the arrest of Leung King there
plot by certain Jewish termanded to today
When Leung appeared befor for sentener
Mr. W. H. Latimer yesterday torist groups to blow up Christian when Det, Sub-Inspector E. G and Moslem holy places, and thet Baker informed the Court the charged with possession af Of Kwangtunk province's the statement by the Jewish Agency accused had a previous convic oplum, Revenue Officer Knox total 15,000 kilometres of rail- was only to prepare the mind of the tlon and that his record would informed the Court that the ways only 4,000 kilometres are world to blame the Arabs for such be produced within 24 hours.
paraphernalia were used for at present usable, it was offl- BUITREOUS acts.
boiling the raw opium. Throughout the last 28 years, the
cially disclosed yesterday In Three new Bills were added Zionists have displayed their hostility
Defendant, said RO Knox. Canton, according to press have to the Colony's statut bookc towards Christian and Moslem holy
admitted possession of the despatches from that city. their second and third reading antiyesterday when they passed place their programme that a tem
drug. It was believed that the Lack of funds coupled with premises were used as a supply bandit activity was said to be in Legislative Council,
pis of
of Soloman be erected an, the
depot for divans.
the main reason for most of the The first was the Dangerous site of the Moique of Omar, and Druga (Amendment) Ordinance their contempt and hostility for
"I do not consider this to be
Accused, who was on ball of province's railways not being int 1043, amending the principal Christian
'opération. Ordinance
and Moslem holy places e serious as, say, a learner- $2,500; was fined $2,600. of · 1935. adding have
serious drivar driving without the "L' always, beenna - vELY oplum poppy to the list of dan-cause for friction in Palestine." gerous drugs and empowering
plate." said Mr. W. H. Latimer "The Arab the seizure and destruction. of wishes to draw the anention of kr when Li On (86), Atter,
Higher Committer to Chief Inspector F.. J. Clarke oplum in cultivation
whole world to this The second was the Forestry which is brewing in the minds of car 1184 without a licence and conspiracy, charged with driving private (Amendment) Ordinance 1948 Jewish terrorists. Amending the principal Ordin
(era,
The Ambassador-designate
Speech
at
One game in Group "B" between v, N. Dounself and P. K. Prokopay and another in Group "C" tetween V. Kolatchoff and To Yu-lan, had been adjourned from the previous Thursday and both ended in draw
Dunaeff and Prokopny agreed to paid a courtesy call on Mr. In a speech to the crowd ai draw some ten minutes after re- George Marshall, Secretary of it stood before his palace; the sumpsing of the game on Tuesday State, today, but afterwarda Guatemalan President said that evening, having reached A locked told the press in Washington he would call at the forthcoming paddlon evolving out
Pan-American conference that he had not discussed Bri- franchetto.
Bogota for the abandonment of Kolatchoff and To Yu-iau pinyedtish Honduras.
'all European colonies in Ameri- out a marathon game that lasted seven hours in twa sessions and was drawn on alemate on the 97th move. He said he had nothing to
"This will constitute a begin. Standard of play was generally in add to the Guatemalan note toning of a solution not only to different" and no exceptionally good American república, published our claims on British Honduras
yesterday, which called for peaceful settlement of the cur rent dispute.
game wax scen
Results were:
Group "A" R..C. Danenberg (w)
J. P. de Carvalho, A. Biriuke (w) "best A. Briedis first round.
Nothing To Add
Asked what further action
ni
R. C. Danenberg (b) heat A. Briedis, Guatemala might take in reply Eugene Tapas (1) beat A. Birinkoff to the despatch of British war -second round.
ships, he said: "We are Group "B": V. N. Dounast (w) peaceful country. We have no
with P. K. Prokopov, A.
small in Archangelsky (w) beat J. V. Tau, Warships, and are
drew.
F. X. Sequeira (b) heat J. Ramfer.
Group "C" V. V. Kolatchoff (w) drew with To Vufa; K. M. A. Harnett (w) Beat R. W. Carter; Schute () beat A. E. Gomes.
BOXING
Brussels, Mar. 2.
Laurent Dauthulle af
France
number.
"We will take no drastic ac tion, but will continue to pro test against Britain's Atand through legal channals."-es Reuter
TEAM
will meet the Dutch middleweight The following players are re- champion Van Dam in Brussels
on March 20. I was announced quested to turn up for the here, the winner to be matched H.K.F.C. 1st Team v C.A.A. on
but also on similar situations In the neighbouring centres and beyond the seas.
"Argentina and Chile cipated events by deeds," already taken steps and
President said.
the
The dispute with the British over the sovereignty of Belize "was the most important of our task. Reuter.
Troops Destroy Groves
with Vince Hawkins, the British Sunday, on the Club ground Jerusalem, Mar. 2. middleweight: Uitle
Brussola, on April 17.
holder
ink.o. 4.30 p.m.:
British troops today McKenzie. Ritchie, Gardner, destroyed "the orange E.. Strange, Forrow,
It is understood that the win E. Fowler, Barker, L. Strange
and
ner of la latter bout will surel Marcel French
on May Reuter.
Tennis
Redman.
Championships
British Warning inked Kingdom Colonial Secretary. Mr. Anthur Creech Jnner, the following Senator Austin, told, the Security Council that Britain refuses to join the Americant proposed "Big
Three New Bills
"It holds the Jewish Agency and ace of 1937, creating a separate terrorist gangs responsible before department for forestry.
Beck grove where Jewish ter H.K.
Legislative
Dollar
་
of
Police Take Serious View
WES"
driving without the owner's permission.
on
on
RAILWAYS REHABILITATED
"Let's switch on
to luxury
Monntag
Maurier? No switching about it for me. They're
my, pro-
"And on mine to0.
Was there ever cooler, smoother cigarette!”
́CI Clarke said that the Polico The third was the Defences the Christian and Moslem worlds for (Firing Areas) Amendment Or- any damage or harm to these pacred took a serious view of the cass dinance 1938. amending
as 'defendant's licence was aus. the and holy shricos.Reuter, principal. Ordinance of 1936, Russia's Attitude pended for three months and reducing the number of tiring areas from five to two.
Russia accepted conditionally Feb, 7 by the Commissioner of
Bby the c the United States plan, Police.
Gromykovalced
Russia's According to CL Clarke, the decision' against creating a private car was put in the shop, formal committee of the big where defendant was employed · always on European Champion, at Brussels Henderson, Mullen, Weller and rorists had hid while And The Franco bad the live great powers defendant, according to his
five powers, for consultations as a fitter, for repatro.... with Araba and Jews, Gromy・ At 10.10 p.m. March 2gramimno blowing up the Cairo- Haifa' passenger train as A resolution was passed by certainly should consult among own statement, took the car out Council yesterday themselves, but that a commit for a test of the brakes, He a precaution against fur-raising the Hong Kong dollar tee as such. would only drag was stopped at Talpo Road ther attacks.
equivalent of the French franc out a settlement:
near. Polho · Street and falled The Army, using tracked vehicles from 10 to 1-54 for the pur "No one great power should to produce his driver's licence. and "chalna; - rooted up about eight Dose of calculating duty pay hide behind a committee," bel able on toilet preparations and
Stating that defendant might acres of orange riress,
Orange groves have been favourite proprietary medicines under the said, adding that the US pro- have acted under a misappre- cover for bath Jews and Arabs pre-ance 1991. N
Dutlable. Commodities Ordin-posal for a big five committee hension, the Magistrate dis- parinje attack».'-
the second charge British troops wounded two Jews as given by the Attorney on the Arabs was. Partificially In- against accused. On the first
The reason for the revision, to consult with the Jews and missed and, arrested, two others when five eral (Mr. J. B. Griffin) troduced" and could not be count, Li was fined $25. A number of new names up- Ayres is a hard-hitting player Jews, travelling in an American devaluation of the prane that justified. The Palestina Com- pear in bgth sections, but the who is expected to give a good saloon car, tried to crash a military has taken place since the pre-mission already was consulting “most eŋecürazing part:_fe_ that account of himself, while young road block south of Haifs with vicus rate was approved on with Jews and Arabs and there soma who figured in the Colony Lin's entry is, as only to be ex-| automatic" fire, it was
re: Dec. 3, 1947. A championships before
byarallel' channel for consulta- sre. sul interested enough in petitive lannia that should stand In Jerusalem today, to prepare. His SALVATION ARMY tons
. In him in good stead, in later years, reply to the Palestine Government's
statement - Yeterday" accusing -
Ho give no hint on Russia's] the
ANNUAL APPEAL position on the: International | Agency, and the Jewish population of
yondoning murders of British security Previously acknowledged $3,140,
force requested by the five members and generally obstructing Jones & Co Ltd., $200,- Dodwell member Palestine. Commission the maintenance of law and order. Co., Lid. $200, Mr. and Ms to help carry out the partition tolapsak on that point—As80- Gidungli Waumall $50, Mial Boyd ciated Press.
Although the entries for the Colony Tennis Cham- plonships are by no means near the record, it must nevertheless be satisfying to those run- ning the tournament that no fewer than 51 players have entered for the singles cham- pionship, with 37 couples for the doubles.
excaptd.
some of pected, essentially for him tej ported today. Aga mee
the younger blogdą » were
born in that, experience Incom The Jawish Agency
tennis, to take an active part, h the championships.
Man-kam La and Man-wal Lo more fam|||arly: known to, alder followers of the game aa the Lo brothers, are Again in the dou
bles
pair
SHOT BY A CONSTABLE
8 | section, | Another -"veteran" LI Chung wo alias Lau Sze in Falerige Reuters
are the Rumjahn cousins, sang alins. Lau Chien-haung--
Was no Decessity to create a Gambled
With Payroll
Twenty nine-year-old godown" coolle Lau was en route to the & Fung Co., Ltd godown at Wast Point on Feb, 28, with
pany's coolles, which the Head
Hutton/se $500, Caldbeck Macare & Blank - Mambérs have been slow 565; the payroll of the com-i
& Co. $100, Sapooran Co.
REQUESTS FAIL
Brussels, Repeated requesti
S. A and 17. D. who held the 24, rattan worker, who was shot doubles trogn Ter umpteem years by Police constable at Kow
Although in expected that loon Ton on Feb-22, made hir "anno domini will prove to first formal appearance before
-pairs, it is fetligt Farme "that" they will MrW H Latimer at Kowlooned to get the Bovlet FIVE, BOOG, SOCÓunts of themselves on the charges of armed rob- mentis à consent for
amuch for thein two
baryat #518 Nathan Road,
ground floor, and por
$10, Mr. Brant 510 32 Ran
· Office, bad entrusted to himeri When the tram reached, Tung
$30 $50, MANGLOFFRENCH" Loy Street, Lay Jumped off and
&
verna P.8. Law SST.I.. Loo.31*
Dod
well $20,"Allon: Perion $10, ME CO.
Jang $10.
DISCUSSIONS
joined Nigroup a playing "ten tannie lost all the money.
:went to the godown
I've never found one. Nor more perfect flavone: Virginia at its host.
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