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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1048.
ST. LUCIA FIRE DISASTER: FIRE DESTROYS THE CAPITAL
Marshall Aid Flow To Begin At Once
Washington. June 20, Flye-thuysand-million dollars. worth of Marshall nil goods will begin to flow to Europe almost a once as the result of President Truman's dramatic weekend victory in the Con- gressional battle over the European recovery programme.
St. Lucio, June 20.
The cruiser Sheffield was standing by at Bermuda tonight to go to the aid of the stricken pooplo of Castries, capital of St. Lucia, in the Wind- ward Islands, whore fire today destroyed the main part of the town.
Forty blocks of buildings were destroyed by the fire
which broke out during the night. The build... ings destroyed included Government-offices and major business houses,
The centre of "the town, in-į cluding the Secretariat; the
Supreme Court, the Legislativė Bollaert
Connell, the Registry, the Cus-. toma, the Education, and the. Health buildings were com~
pletely gutted,
while the
Satisfied
With Pact
All grocery and drug stores were destroyed. The '80 Luela Library, the Carnegle buliding. the offices and printing worke of the newspaper, "The Voice
Paris, June 20. of St. Lucia, Barclays Bank. the Cable and Wireless offices
The Franco-Vietnamese treaty Only the Prealdent's signature is
of June 5 "could only bear fruit now needed to set in motion the and a theatre were burnt to
in a propitious paychological the ground. gigantic al programme for Bri-
M. Emile Bollnert. The stricken town is threaten- atmosphere,' tain and Europe, launched by Mr.
the French by serious food and supply to Indo-China, said today at a High Commissioner George Marshall, the Secreary of
of ed State, one year ago and Dually
shortages,
homeless luncheon offered approved by Congress early today. are presenting an almost insuper Aunicipal authorities of Saigon, him by the After the longest Senate sitting able problem to the.
Island according to an Agcace France for 21 year, the Senate and the housing resources, diMcult
Presse report from Salgen. De- House of Representatives oted enough in normal times. approval for nearly all the funds The police--the town's only caring he felt honoured to have the agreement-and fightlog originally promised to the 16 na-fire
force and litife signed
sinined full tions-thus ending the, deadlock | chance of
responsibility for it controlling the fre which began on June 4 when the owing to the low pressure of the
--M. Bollnert went on to say:
In convinced House of Representatives Appro- water supply, depleted by an un-
there
no Was priations Committee voted to cut usually long drought.
other way of conciliating the deeply patriotic feeling of the the funds by about 20 per cent for the rst year.
Vietnamese and the material und moral interests of France.
A joint conference committee of both Houses had earlier agreed to restore the cuts,
As a result of the Congress vote, #pending will begin almost imme-
lately-Reuter,
Destroyer Patrol
G.I.s Assist
United States troops rushed in
equipment from re-lighting | Beanedlőld, two nud à half hours distance by cond from Castries, and fored the battle against the
fasties.
destructive
Shanghai Property Tax Protest
Shanghai, June 21.. Shanghai factory owners have voiced strong-option to the proposed introduction of a property tax now being dis- Feussed-in-the-Legislativo-Yuan-
At a special meeting over the weekend, they unanimously pass- fed a resolution petitioning
Yuan to throw out the proposat. Among those present at the niceling were representatives of the local Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tu Yu-sen, socal industrial magnate and uthers,
Mr. Tu, who presided, attention to the
eniled increasing effects the tax, if passed, would have on Industrial and trade in- it hard to tide themselves erests who were already finding numerous other difficulties. Mr. Loh Chang-hua, a tive Yuan member representing
over
Leglala-
Commerce jn- the Clinmber of terests who may be considered to have led the opposition" in the Yuan debate on the tax, told the meeting that the provisions in the draft law called for a levy of a tax from Ave to 50 per cent an the total value of movable and <1 "Peace is a continuous crea inmovable assets not only ton. The treaty cannot be ex-wealthy individuals but also of pected to produce an immediate corporations,
Writtings are miracle.
Enforcement of worth
the law, Mr. only
what spirit animates them. Loh pointed out, would not only This trenty can only bear fruli appell ruin for industry and trade. 111 it. propitious
psychological but also produce most haritul effects on the general social stabi.
atmos pilvere.”
M. Bollaert called on all Vietty and security,
The tax is said to be applicable these who were not serving "partisan ideologies" to recognize to both Chinese met foreigners.
Reuter.
This disaster to Castries. the second In 21 years-ws
cvon more
than the fire which swept through the town in May, 1927. St. Lucia, one of the Wind vard Islands, forming the east-the aspirations of a nation which hinds itself freely to our destiny." General Nguyen Van Xuan, head of the new Vietnam Cen- tral Government, also the lunch. Reuter.
between
ern barrier to the Caribbean Sea Tri- Martinku and Wandlad, has a population of 75,179 and an area of 233 square miles, -Reuter.
Lake Sueress, June 20, The United Nations formally notified that there US, destroyers were being, assigned to a U.N. Palestive pattu),
Ah
anit
the 1 In-
U.S. Naval Commander in Mediterrmenn had bren structed to turn the vessels over ["> Count Folke Bernari»tle, U.N. Palestine" mediator.
the
in lending the destroyers
UN..
10
the United States
i'made these stipulatioris
1. The vessels must be used
altended
EUROPE'S REDS IN
SECRET CONCLAVE
London, Juno 20.
only to transport persons and European Communist leaders were tonight reported
materials in connection with the
truce or for observation and re-
porting duties,
-
2. The vessels are not thorised to use force or to stop
or board offer ships.-Associated į Press.
VANDENBERG
FOR PRESIDENT
-Lansing,Meh: June-10- Dapper Governor Kim Sigler of Michigui saiti today that Senator Arthur Vandenberg will be "available as a candidate for the presidency.
assembling somewhere behind the "iron cur- tain" for a meeting of the nina-nation Com-
launch inform-possibly to
απ offensive against the Marshall aid plan finally approved by the United States Congréss today.
Genevieve Tabouis,
A stricter line for the member-parties was also fore- shadowed by Italian political quarters as on outcome of the meeting, the most likely venue for which seemed to be Bucharest, although Prague has also been mentioned. Signor Palmiro Togliatti, the Madame
the French said
Communist Although the Michigan senntor italian Communist leader and writing in today's France Libre, himself was silent on his plans, one of the Movement's biggest leader, M. Jacques Duclos, "had Sigler sukel
to go to Prague for a new ses- he believed next theoreticians, left Prague for week's Republican National Con- Bucharest last night after Ayion of the Cominform in which vention will wind up by nomina- ing from Rome, a Reuter des-Moscow personalities
ng Vandenberg as the party's patch reported. candidate for President.
In Herr Wilhelm Pleck and Herr
Paris too, the The Michigan delegates, Sigler Otto Grotewohl, joint chairman newspaper, Le Paque,
the said, are pledged to vole for Van- of
Communist-dominated inte Journal of the denberg on the rst ballot, and German Socialist Unity Party, as urging a rejection they have no second choice.-have-been-officially reported in "Popular Front United Press.
some days.
Rumania for
The SINCERE Co Ltd.
Part,"
Andre Lebon Still Held Up
Shanghai. June 21.
The French liner, Andre Lebon, is still here-12 days afler she was scheduled to shil with 168 passengers for Europe.
11
No definite sailing dute has been arranged by the company following postponement of her departure after discovery of oplum and other contraband board by Customs oficials,
remain The crew decided to until the anal outcome of the caso against four French crew mem- burs charged with complielty in smuggling is known,
The four accused were
Arst brought before the District Court
on June 11, but there have been 10 hearings since. Reuter
New Aussie Ambassador.
Officer
Canberra, June ⚫20. Dr Herbert Evati, the Aus- wilt take tralian External Affairs · Minis- ter, today, announced the ap- rightwing pointment or Mr. Kelth
the Australian Ambassador quoted the Cominform to China and Mr. Fred Stirling of the as High Commissioner to South formula-under
Ander Africa.
Mr. Officer is al. present which the Italian Communists Minister to The Netherlands and Socialists Mr. Stirling is Minister assisting in the recent general elections.
Mr. Norman Makin, the Austro- The formula meant a "swamp-llan Ambassador in Washington. ing" action by Communist lead-Both are carcer officers.
joined with leftwink
ers and "undermined the .con--Because of the dollar shortage. fidence of the masses" the Australia does not propose at present to appoint Ministers to Journal was quoted as saying.
Too Big
Chile and Brazil. The Ministera there completed their terms of L. Poque reported that the service and the posts will be Cominform journal also called left in the hands of the present for "discernment" in considering Secretaries of the Legations.
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Communist parties.
Signed by M. V. Grigoryan, a Soviet writer, the article suid: "The rapid growth of a party has the effect of lowering the de- gree of conscience of its members and to discedit, to some extent its standing."
He estimated the membership of the
cight biggest
European
Chinese Deported
Bangkok, June 19. Convicted of offenses in viola
Communist parties outside Rus-tion of Siam's, anti-proßteering sto às totalling 9,000,000, made laws 22 Chinese have been de-
as follows:
ported from Italy-2,283,000 up as
Siam to China in Czechoslovakia-2,000,000, France, June, necording to Lt. Col. Cham- Mandhukanund, Assistant Hungary and Poland-1,000,000 ras cach-Rumania 800,000-Bulgaria Chief of the CD. -500,000. Yugoslavia-430,000,- Another group
Reuter.
CHANGE IN KMT PROGRAMME
Shanghai, June 21, Because of financial difficulties,
of 18 Chinese are due for deportation whs-revealed.-
It
5000,
violating In addition to thore anil-profiteering lewa, there have been some Chineso deported, convicted of secret society netivt ty, the courts having ruled that they are undesirable aliens,
the Seventh Plenary Session of Deportation for violation of the Central Executive Committon Siamese price control laws went
of the Kuomintang, originally into effect last January, United
scheduled to open at the begin-Press.
ning of July in Nanking, will be changed into a Joint Party and San: Min Chu I (Youth Corps) Conference to be held in Kuling in the near future.
President Chiang Kai-shek will preside over the joint session.-- Reuter.
US FILMS BANNED
The Chief
by
Chiro, June 19.
Censor of the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior on Saturday banned flas Singapore, June 20. Danny Kaye and Mickey Rooney China has established a con- on the grounds, that the two sulate in Malacca, on Malaya's | American stars · contributed their west coast, ono of the historic earnings to Zionism.. centres of Chinese, in Malaya. The ruling affects cinemas Cheng Chia-hun, who recently throughout Egypt and the Censor arrived in Singapore from Samoa, sald that, it expected other coun has been appointed the Consul tries to take airailar stopssso- for Malacca,Associated Pre
clated Press.
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