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THE CHINA WAIL, SATURDAY, MAY \0, 1940.
SECRET SOCIETIES ACTIVE Anti-Chinese Underground In Siam
Call For End Of Immigration
Bangkok, May 6.
|'An "underground war” between secret sacieties in Bangkok come to a head today when four ultra- Nationalist bodies plastered Bangkok with posters demanding the ending of Chinese im- migration.
Newspaper reports stated that four Siamese socie-
ties-calling themselves the "Black_Siamese,' "Black Elephants," "Block Tusks," and "Buddha's Disciples"-had launched a cam-, paign "to crush the Chinese menace", to the country, and distributed leaflets calling on the
Weygand ARCTIC
Vindicated
Paris, May' 0.
A purge court legal com. „mbalor" today dismissed col. Jaboration charges against General Maxime Weygand and restored his civil rights, Associated Press.
New Plan For Aid
Government to set up "Chinatowns" in Bang- Allocation
kok and other places.
Officials In Bribe
HONGKONG-LONDON Scandal
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DEFENCE TALKS
Ottawa, May 6. Mr. James Forrestal, the United States Defence' Secre- tary, will visit Ottawn to- morrow for talks
on joint United States-Canadiary” Arctic
lefence measures.
It is understood Mr. Forrestal
Pago 7:
Tathay Pacific
ISPEED COMFORT SAFETY
will present the American view Hongkong
on
Acetic defence. Canada Is
no defence forces in her north- ern areas, though several units have had training there,
Mr. Brooke Claxton, the Canadian Defence Minister, it la urlerstood, will give Me For- Cauda's plan for defending the restal detalled. picture of
north.
Washington, May 6. The disclosure of the anti-i
A provisional plan to allocate Chinese societies followed yen-j terday's allegation In the Marshall aid supplies on the Siamese Parliament that Chi-basis of quantity instead of nese secret societies, trying to eller value has been adopted "colonise" Slam, had offered] by the Economie Cooperation
Administration. bribes to police officials.
Today, the police were investi- }
Under the new plan, if there galing the societies of both camp commodity after an alltcalton had air interceptor
were a marked rise in price of a It also embodies a-jet-equipped
force ant
The Canadian plan is believed to be centred on a proposed air- bone brigade states at a central point and capable of being rush= ed to anywhere in the north at short notice,
an
A police official said today been announced but before shop. Aretic air raid alarm system.- the situation in Blant's southernment, "the allocation might have| Reuter. district, where an anti-Govern. to be made all over
ngari
A story of alleged bribery ment uprising, by a Mertem Administration official explained. and musconduct by public off-
minority wifi reported 10 days Allocations would similarly be end; and large scale thefts of ago, le now "perfectly normal." reviewed us a drastic price decline fowl war unfolded here today
occurred. Colene! when 140 Germans were in-
Chao Sriyanong, De- The change 10 p quantity puty Director General of the Po- dictor for black market activice, who has just returned from allocations within the limits of formula was adopted iu. keep The scene of the trouble, sold one the supply from the The reanudal. one of the most of the leaders of the revolt, had Hemisphere. extensive in Germany's postwar been captured, another was be- | Pastory. Involved several officials lieved to have Bed.
of the Wurttemberg-Biler Min- latey of Food and Agriculture For
1.
a stood many prosperous and other vise respecteil shopkeepers
and merchants.
The Publi prosecutor's charges against the alleged blackmarket- ers include, bribery, fatsiliculjon of stock reports and thefts by which they combined to deprive The people of the State of more than 22,000 pounds of butter and almost 10,000 pounds clicca.
'The albe found.. several caches in which
wric
stored
The Siamese peace preserva tion force had not yet been with drawn from the area, he added. -Reyler.
Western
Blow To Austria
Vienna, May G.
Dr. Leopold Figl, the Aus- trian Chancellor, expressed "very great disappointment"
It could have the effect, how-when told today that the four- ever. that Britanin would
Austrian peace treaty had been not power London talks on the
indefinitely
suspended.
again suffer from a shrinkage in the purchasing value of dollars such as had occurred with the | Anglo-American, loan.-Reuter.
Railways Slowing
Down For Strike
Washington, May 6.
several hundrad pounds of rich The railways today began slowing down in prepara-
buite and cheese, much at which
was spotkel.--United Press.
Arsenal Attacked
Rome, May B.
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tion for the national strike set for down on Tuesday, despite indications that the Govern- ment would use seizure powers to koop trains moving.
Dr. Figl said: "The sudden la- terruption of the "talks destroys the recent hopes of a quick con- clusion of a, treaty.
"On the other hand, the A- trian Government has repeatedly stated quite clearly it could only sign a trenty which guaranteed the 1938 frontiers.
"The present disappointment must, therefore be accepted al- though hope is not given up that the frontier question will be fually cleared up and decked in accordance with Austrian wishes," -Reuter.
LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT
London, May 0. The Liberal Party today gave its full support to the Congress of Europe which opens at the Hugue tomorrow.
In a telegram to Mr. Winston Church, President of the Con- gress, Mr. Clement Davies Chair man of the Liberal Party, said:
Hope for peaceful settlement of the dispute that threatens to throw 1,200,000 out of work and paralyze the United States railway system ap- pears to hinge largely on a peace parley to be held in the White House tomorrow (Friday). The police announced today that an armed band attacked an Leaders of the three strike. Despite Government peace ef-The Liberal Party of Great Bri- ersonal on Mount Soralte, 30 threatening nii unions agreed forts, the rallways are preparing tain wishes every success to the miles north of Rome, carly this to meet with the Presidential for the worst. Embargoes began Congress of Europe in its efforts morning but were repulsed by assistant. Mr John R. Steelman, Kolag on shipments of perishable of such vital importance to the the guards.
for a "last diten" attempt
foods and, livestock and many future of the to
world to promote big carriers notified employees the union of Western Europe."-- break the stalemate.
that a general layoff would be-Reuter.
This was the latest vin à'series » 15 attacks on arscanis and ammunition depots. This morn-
ini-
ing's, assault alarmed the people
the are brought In mediate police reinforcements from Rome.
A high Government officialgin it a atrike occurred. said that if the White House peace encrts Tall, the railways will be
the strike happen." reizéd Necatise "we just can't_lat
Railway Action
About 150,000 locomotive gineers, firemen, enginemen and Président Truman, The arsenal. situated at
at his switchinen belong to the the weekly
three fout of Motini Soratte, where the side-stepped
press conference today, strike-threatening unións, aut
all questions on Gerinan_commander in Italy what action would be taken going to halt alt service and most railways said they were during the war. General Kes-the dispute could not be settled would need only a skeleton nd- selring had his headquartermicably. He said the Governministrative was defisited by sentinels who meal was doing everything were forced to fake enver from its power to head off a walkout, attackers' fire in caves ofurting within the provisions the mountata.-United Press.
the Railway. Labour Act.
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Their National Duty?
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Berlin, May 6. Walter Ulbricht, Moscow, trained deputy chairman of the Socialist Unilly Party, told a mecting of the People's Con- gress Economic Committee that to "fight against the Marshall plan-today is a-national duty of the entire German people."
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