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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948.
HOLY LAND GUNS SILENCED
Last Minute Sallies Before Deadline
Quiet In Peiping
Pelping. June 11.
The wecond and last day of
a strike of an catimated 25.. 000 dents In North China
against United States policy In Japan
The
There were monstrations,
yletty.
no ublic de.
Police precautions IB the foreign Legation Quarter of Peiping. where the United States Consulate fumituried, relaxed and traffic in were
and out
being allowed —freely:—Associated Press:---
Steamer
'Hwah Jang' Total Loss
Moves To Ensure Jap Protest Truce Fulfilment
Tel-Aviv, June 11.
Daybreak today ushered in a four-week truco in
Meeting Sanctioned
Official sanction was grant ed on certain conditions, not fully disclosed, to the Chin- ese Manufacturers Union yesterday to hold their spon. sored "Opposition to Anieri. can promotion of Japanese industries" meeting next Saturday, the "China Maii” from authoritative
the Holy Land, silencing Arab and Jewish guns on all eight main fronts of the Pales- tine war for the first time in months. Twelve hours before the ceasefire went into effect Jewish forces took one last major swing at the Arabs by sending their planes on a 15- minute bombing raid against Damascus, capital of Syria and former headquarters for the Arab Army of Liberation.
The Jews at the learns Of Israeli communique Jurisoners
Red Cross report- sald the Jewish planes drop International
thas 625 Jewish prisoners are "targe
quantity" px
At first, refusal of permission one Arah prison being held borbs on nubtary objectives,
снар nt Matrak. Transjordan.as contemplated because of the It said all the planes return-
This does not account for other politieal tendencies of the meet- rel to their bases.
Kreml prisoners who may be held by rg. Yesterday morning Mr. C.L. Hsu, Vice-Chairman of the Manu- facturers Union, called At the against an Arali rapitid by Jewther Arab countries.
Affairs, Secretariat for Chinese The Arst with made 45l planes.
He explained to the authorities against weeks ago BAL
and capital of
the object of the meeting Abdullah's Transjorden.
assured them that the proposerl conference WPR without JOY political background.
The
The 243 WAS
123
One by one the slx. natione
fighting in
announced
they had
pf
Rin Arabis Accuse
Ampun
Arai Palestine ordered their troops to hold fire at the
GMT. appointed hour, & a.m.
The s.s. "Hwah Jang," of the Hwan Sung Steamship Co. of Shanghai, is a total loss after going aground un Piling Rock, approximately mer David Ben Gurion warned
100 miles south of Shangha!.
On the Jewish strie Israel Pre- penaltion
All
that drastic possibly the posed
irst- ther
The Transford, Arnis Legion accused the Jews of violating the truce with gun fre which kille
hour after at Arne goldler an
the penisice bes
began.
sources.
Onc of the conditions im posed on the forthcoming meet.
"ant! ing
le that the words
be
American" should deleted
any
from
title. confmunication. or address in connection
The Legion said the Jews con-
In the Musrarı Bagel shunting
with Murter f Jerusalem Just north including the old walled city and that
opposing the local movement the older was killed when he
revival of Japanese Industry, looked over a sandbae narapet to
The meeting will be held at the Investigate a burst of fire.
Restaurant next to be Kam Ling The Legion report was
Represents- sent to Count Falke Bernadotte, Saturday 1 p.m.
commercial UN. mixtator, as soon as possitives of all Chinese
have been and cultural bodies ble,
invited to attend.
would anyourfemm A statement
Irsued by
Jewish side who broke the trues, Naval authorities in Hong Kong
The warning was directed to yesterday revealed that at 6 ay the dent underground or a message was received from thr
Irgun Zval Leum CANISHTRIES B. and S. ship "Shengking" say-ad Stern Gang, both of which ing that the "wah Jang" wns Instiented they would not em- aground, the No. i hold Was sider themselves bound by their
flooded and that the "Hwah Jung" required immediate assistance.
H. M. ships Consort and Comun which
from wore on passage Shanghai to Swatow and were In a position about 120 miles south of the damageti ship were diverte ed to her assistance and arrived in the reported prisition at 12.30 p.m. yesterday. The ship's lun-
government's action.
The first great teat of the order I expected to ceasefire come when a huge food and fuel, convoy..
forming here, sets out to travel through Arab blockades on the high- way to Jonusalem under. Red Cross auspices.
now
tion was found to be serious and Jewish Claims
the crew was embarked in H.M.S. Consort.
The Jews claim nine
that
The falest report received at 4.30 p.m. local time from H.M.6. tenths of the highway is in their
Consort plated that the stern
The Transfordon, Army sald it vas stip abiding by the cease- are orifer.
Farlier random shooting had in Jerusalem for six continued minutes after the truce deadline, but then quiet descended on both Jewish and Arab battle lines.
Tel-Aviv, chief city of Israel hurt an air raid warning an Hour after the deadline, but other- Wise reports from both Bides showed the lighting fronts were generally quici.
British
hausts but admit the use of the Consideration
effectively
highway has been
of the Hwah Jang has now blocked by the Arub settled in deep water and 'only!
whose hovy
tnteurינת
Legion
International dominates
the bowe and bridge structure the four-mile stretch in the strict fulßliment of the Palestine
wers vlable,
H.MS. Consol reported that must be considered a total
1035.
The row of the Hwah Jang is being transferred from the des- troyers to a tug om Shunghat und the destroyers will proceed on their intended visit to Swalow,
Captain J. Jeffers, D.S.C. is in command of .M.S. Consort and l'Anson is in Lt. Commander communil of HMS. Comus.
Letrun area,
Jewish
sourcees.
A manifesto, almost completed, will be read for approval before transmission to SCAP, UNO, and the governments of China, Aineri- en and Britain.
HEAVY
PICTURE OF THE DAY Israel's President
Dr. Chalni Wolzmann, President of "armel," leaving the Mauretania boat-train in Pario. A British subject, he refused to land in England because of his disapproval ор British polley. (A. P. Photo)
TOLL FEARED
IN DANISH DISASTER
Copenhagen, June 11.
A Danish passenger ship, Kjobenhaven, officially reported to be carrying 450 passengers and crow, struck a mine in the Kattegat early today and sank within 10 minutes,
but missing,
come probably Press reports from Hals, 10
were picked up by fishing boats. miles from where the disaster
The 1,860-ton vessel, en route occurred, said it was feared were killed or
from Copenhagen to Aalborg, Jutland, hit the mine live miles tur drowned.
Bald 230 Leter advice
south-east of Aalborg Bay light- vivors were reported to have
The ship.
Kattegat, which that Mr.
been picked up by the sister-
during the Foreign
ship Frigga and 35 fishing boats Separates Denmark from Sweden, and landed at Hala, leaving 170 was, heavily mined with
war.
moves to ensure
cense-dre from G a.m. CMT to- es Unathi morrow begun today while guns their gains in the 27 days of war still thundered in the Holy Land. The New York Itadio, quoted a siner The British abandonet res- ponsibility for Palestine, claimei ceport from Tel-Aviv today say at least 100 their forces are now in posses-ing that the Stern Gang had re-
fused to accept the Palestine". sion of Arab areas equal to one-
Jewish state as Iruce plan. sixth of the
added The report Nations outlined in the United
Moshe Shertok, Israeli partition plan,
negotiating Minister, was the Stern Gang for the safety of int Nations personnel United Palestine.
Britain in considering sending enastal vessels and aircraft to aid in observance of the truce, it was authoritatively stated in London.
They said the torzoll armed forces, Including land. air and sea, numbered 50,000 men at the time of the ceasefire. About 1,200 Aralis are how
MacArthur Can
Send Japs Abroad
Washington, Juno. 10.
The Far Eastern Commission has given the Supreme. Allied Commander,' General Douglas Mac- Arthur, blanket authority to sand Japanese abroad to attend inter-governmental confer-
The Italian Government, in the meantime, announced that It would ban the sanding of arma ar emigration of comba tants to Palestine from the time the cease-fire begins.
Recognition Of Regime Advocated
Echoing
sentiments
the
statement pressed in a public. A Reuter despatch from Rome marle on June 3 last by the China said that thousands of Jewish re- Campaign Committee in London, leaders of three political parties. Italy, fugees are now living in
oppated to the Central Govern many in special camps.
luas of The Greek
eek Governmen! today's letter sent to the Committee, announced that it had agreed to
The letter, signed by Marshal United Nations request for the
Gen. Tsal LI Chai-sum, Palestine peace talks to take place kai, Tan Ping-shan (Kuomintang in the island of Rhodes, where Revolutionary Committee), Shen Count Bernadotte will set up his Chun-ju, Chang Po-chun (China Leaguo) und Ма This was a policy victory for, talve education and one to per- headquarters, an Athens message Democratic General MacArthur
Shu-lun (China Democratic Pro- and the mil
omicers arrived motion Association), endorsed
onces.
International
United States and a defeat for Japanese businessmen,
those nations which wanted
The Commission
travel
by
said.
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BELIEVED
HEADQUARTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL GANG
Yokohama, Juno -11.
The authorities said today that an international criminal gang, with headquarters in Hong Kong, apparently is behind one of the big- gest smuggling operations in the occupation history.
They said that British, Dutch, Chinese and Japan- ese nationals attempted within five days recently to dump $35,000 worth of black- market goods in Japan.
getl
The water police foiled an attempt to land
contrabni
penicillin, streptomycin, sac-
cigar- charine, lighter flints,
Vessels
ettes and hundreds of belts and suspenders which brought to Yokohama.
The
three
were
vossala named a Timenteng, manned
by
by Dutch officers and Chinese crow, Fogchow, manned British officers and Chinese crew and the Flying Arrow.
of American registry.
M.M. Crew Suspects Detained
Shanghai, June 11.
No new date of has yet been French liner,
TYPHOON
CANCELS FLIGHTS
Manila, June 11. All fights to Hong Kong were cancelled for the past 28 hours as a result of a typhoon sweeping through the South China Sen.
The Weather
Bureau locnted the storm this morning going ashora southwest of the British Colony and rapidly decreasing in intensity as it came into the Kwangtung coost.
Another storm, located in the Pacific 19 degrees north and 135
is moving in degrees cast, northerly direction.
#
The return to the Philippines Secretary Miguel
o Finance
Cundergo from the ECAFE con-
flight
departure ference in India was delayed by fixed for the the
of the cancellation And re Lebon, Irom Hong Kong.
In Tokyo captala, following the detention of fou
The Flying Arrow's Robert Mauldin, convicted by n suminary
court, had been sen-
and $1,000 fine.
tenced in five years Imprisonment
Woman Caught
Patrols caught the Tlimentene transferring a susplelous Cargo to a Japanese fishing boat. The Timenteng also yielded a slow- lived in who formerly Hway Japan but latter went to Chine about one year ago. The author
les said this slowayay "may have engineered the plot."
of its crew members by
Army Central the
to Iwo
Jim and
the United States Weather Bureau
"all other Chinese authorities as suspects today flashed a typhoon warning in the attempted smuggling of stations." CN$10,000 million's worth
The Bureau sald that "Nudine," contraband aboard the ship. with a wind force of more than The China Press this morning a mile per minute, was increas quoted the agents of the vessel as Ing. in intensity and moving at stating
"That
they had no know 10 knots.--Associated Press. edge when the Andre Lebon would leave Shanghai and denied hot in Customs authorities had Ilven them pal clearance papers. The newspaper said that all four suspects are Frenchnen, and they have been handed over by the Customs to the District Pro- "urale,
At the same tine, part the contraband opium, igarettes, wrist watches, snc- harine and tolber banned Im- orts is reported to have been transferred the Municipal |
The major port provos" marshal's office sald the, au- thorities word also holding Japanese woman, bellave to be wb. a member of the gang, was caught while Iš posnemalan |Police Burenu. of American currency.
One hundred and eighty passen-: gers and 200 tons of cargo are The police descended on the affected by the hold up of the Foochow's crew while the vessel ship's sailing-Router.
was locked at Yokoljama port
unloading large concedid "Glarena mahaiah jern, an jijen of valuable drugs, all of which were belleved to be from Hong Kong United Press.
Broker Released
while
Aircraft Smuggling
Cairo, June 11,
Yesterday's Heavy Rain
During the
24-hours ended at midnight a total of 5.7 inches of rain was recorded by the Govern ment Observatory.
The fall brought this year's total to date to 2.15 ins, short of average.
Exceptionally heavy rain fell between midnight and 3 a.m. today, overflowing stormwater drains, flood- Ing footpaths and shop
doorways, a
THE WEATHER
A deep and complex low pressurefires cavern China and the adiacent sem, witli depression centred over the Yellow Bes. Human wad the Gulf of Tongkia.
from
fart thin A trough extende depression eastward to an extensive but relatively shallow low pressure aros NE said to have dropped from a low sad of the Philippines. nying plane over e deserted air-
After Camel Corps officers had seized £50,000 worth of drugs
A small anticyclone is centred betwe49 TO
Tey's Forecast:-Fresh southeasterly
field, the police arrested plane Indo-Chin and Dorne pilot, radio operator, a passenger winds, strong at times. Cloanly with and six alleged accomplices.
For several months the Camal Mully showers, improving alightly dur Corps watched the former air-Yesterday's Weather:--
CRICKET TEST SCORE-PAGE 14
In the afternoon.
Maximum: 80.0 deg. Fah Minimum 74.1 dem. Fab. Sunshine NI.
Rainfall: 144,7 mm, 8.7 Ina, Total sinem
Jan, 1-657.1 mrs. In 'against average of 112.0 m
28.03 the.
Readingt al 10a.m.
Shanghal, June 11. The District Procurate today. released Chester Fritz, pro- minent American broker on a bond following brief question- ing on charges that Fritz at- templed to smuggle from China US$31,840 which was found in his suitcase emplaning for Hong Kong.on field at Bei Bels, between Cairo Baro. a m.....1002.4 1080.8 m.l. Thursday.
Equal anti Ismallio, where it had been The Procurately detaining the reported that
plane Rel. Humidity .... mystery fund pending final disposition of hud landed frequently.
Dew Point Wind Direction.... Yesterday, a plane circled and the case in which the
Wind Force authorities have invoked the anti-dropped 10 parcela, containing
Tides - smuggling law.
675 pounds of hosklsh and 176 High Fritz, who is a partner of the pounds of opium. The police also: said Leokerage firm, Swan, Culbertson stopped a car opproaching, the w
customs
Only Two Lifeboats Several persons were believed to be killed by the explosion. Other's were believed to have gone down with the ship.
Reports from the scene the vessel listed sideaways from & Fritz, with offices
Hong Kong and New York was! the explosion.
in Manila,
The United Steamship Com-seized at the Lunghwa airfield.
The
sald customs Inspector pany, owners of the ship, said
Fritz declared some foreign cur- the ship's angle prevented the launching of all but two life- rency-below US$100 which out- boats.
guing passengers are allowed to carry-but failed to mention the
reenbacks in his suitcase.
Royal Danish Navy planes, carrying doctors and emergency equipment, rusticd to the scene und-all shipping in the areas was diverted to old rescue operations. -United Press.
red Wu
in Cairo today to help the Count the China Campaign Committee's
should birong Economic, and cultural relations with the reguue
General MacArthur. to secure authorized General MacArthur-In all, he will have 83 military suggestion that Britain
lo send SCAP observers abroad advisers from several nations to engish Commission approval on each to any inter-governmental con-help to supervise the truce con
ference to which he was invited-ditions.
case as it came up.
The FEC decision was com-to send representatives and per- municated to General MacArthurmitted him
to
the observers if he wished. Unilateral Basis
have Japanese Jewish Plot" today after the Commission had technical personnel accompany agreed on it late yesterday.
Commission
sald sources
it apparently paved the way for FEC approval, of two olher American proposals, one to send Japanese students abroad to re-
On Other Pages
Fate Two
Pana. Thrag
in North China.
"The Chinese people demand a new Chinu
peace and
democracy. This la
interventio possible only after Amman, June 10.
by American Imperialism is done Although their Governments away with the "letter concluded. have accepted the Palesibe The only qualification is that truce. Arab people from high to the country in which the can-low are convinced that the whole
forenoo is being hold would thing is a Jewish inspired plot have to give its permission for to gain time and to throw the the Japanege to enter.
The bond was furnished by his etteiney who promises to produce Fritz in court when hearing re- sumer-United Press.
Asks Students
For Clear Answer
Shanghai, Juno 11.
with independance. Mayor K. C. Wu last evening rejected the Chiao- tung University-students' reply to his question- naire asking for information about the parson who instigated last Saturday's threatened anti- American demonstration, and sent another sorios of questions to the institution, according to local pross reports.
LEAD ON- BURGLARS
In an
Arab military, machine out n A lead has been obtained, and The effect of the Commission gear.
accompanying nole, this freedom must not infringe decision was to give its formal
fund: an carly arre expected, the Mayor demanded a clear the school regulations or Govern "The" -Jews realised" "We" by the Police Investigating the
as the authorities cut-law: (3) the authorities are blessing to a procedure which the now in a position to crush them,"
towards patriotic sympathetic audacious burglary in Mr. E. B. dnswer United States had adopted on a a Arab Legion commander
certain students, but will not tolerate con- in Teasdale's house at Castle Peak desired to know for Jerusalem said. "Therefore they Road between the night of June whether a "certain party" was spiracy veiled in so-called patrio- -inquest on Woman Pirate temporary unilateral-basis.
FEC, sources Виерест.
said it was the engineered the trucc
during and the following morning, the utilizing the students as tools tiam; (4) everything should be United States' Gir fatention to which they hope to. Import-men | "China Mall"! learned yesterday, in the present agitation.
carried out fn the open and there Chinese Chamber Ob. handle the matter unilaterally and materials from abroad."
The burglars, who broke into Since the students claimed that should be no subversive activi-i Jactione
Dobter which forced the to
The Commission to
man in the street is the premises by cutting a hole they seek democracy, the Mayor ties. Creditor Bit.
deside that it might as well give puzzled by his government's ac-in the mosquite
netting said, the authorities have four Thirty-eight students of the Formal
ceptance bf the truce. but and Bing the latch of a ground standards for the stulant move University of Shanghai declared Generapproval.
MacArthurs also theorised that it was, brought floor window, stole money and ment. They are: (1) The Gov-in an advertisement in a local using the same unilateral tech-about by "American dollar pres-property to the total value of ornment belleves, in, democracy, paper yesterday that they would nique, under an interim directive rura" applied indirectly through approximately $2,000, and her but cannot tolerate any movement fast for one day to protest against from the United States Goverd the British, who have financial helped themselves
con which hoaxes the people through the United States aiding Japan in In the fraudulent use of the word reviving her militariam and to rent, to send Japanese business-linka with Trans-Jordan,' Egypt tents of a refrigerator Promen Premier's
on economie analons and Iraq.-United Press, Reuter kitchen before
their "democracy" (2); the authorities "express our patriotism towards
favour freedom for students, but our country."-Reuter,
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