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UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE'S ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DUTCH ARMED BLOCKADE OF REPUBLIC
Lake Success, July 26,
The United Nations Good Offices Committoo in In- donesia charged today that the Dutch used armed force to blockade the Indonesian Re- public, thereby causing "grave" hardship to 80,000 natives.
The Committee said that trade restrictions, backed by the Dutch Navy, "give the civil and military authorities of the Netherlands absolute con- trol" over trade of the republic.
caused
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Communism In Pl
Manila, July 20. Four alleged Communiata have been arrested by the Philly ping Constabulary In the southern Philippine port of Hello, acoording to press despatches | réuching Manila today.
The four.mes, captured on the outskirts of the city on Sunday,
were nald to be Larrying Communist papera at the time of their, arrest. They are all young Filipinon. -Reuter.
The Committee cabled the foreign credits secured from ex- Council that this total embargo | poris go to the Dutch Govern- 1***** on the Republic's trade had ment.
shortages medical supplies, as well as machinery and other goods needed to repair war havoc in Indonesia.
Commission Bald joining the coasts of the Republic" "large and important areas nd- were closed to shipping not pre- viously approved by the watch- tog Dutch Navy. This firm and unequivocal sup- "This makes porsible almost hort of Indonesian charges that complete prohibition of import he Dutch had clamped a block-inta Republican-held territories ke on
them during the six of equipment and supplies onth truce came as the Security transportation and rehabilitation. Council prepared to consider to- "An overwhelming proportion why mediation efforts of the Republican population has been practically cut off from sea- The Commission, in a 2,000-borne trade and trade with other "What Republican areas United Press.
Put rew
had failed.
word cable, declared: over the intent of the Nethar. lands Government, the block- ade violated the truce #grea- ment and in effect gave Dutch complete mastery the Indonesians.”
for
Britons In Jewish
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RAT STARTS A PAMPHLET WAR
Singaporo, July 26. Seven' Malay policemen in Johore state drøve off a band of insurgents who ralded the police sta-
tion at Kahang today. FRENCH
CRISIS SETTLED
The police spurned on offer by the insurgents not to attacke station if the officers would turn over their weapons.
Shots were then traded for 15 minutes and the Communists fled. Bloodstains indicatel they suffered casualties.
Felice, Army and RAF pursued the attackers.
"We can't do much about the Australian Navy," Mr. Shar- kay added. He said the Aus tralian Communiet Parly re- garded the struggle by the Man Paris, July 26.
layan people for Independence The Socialist Party Secre-
" Just, because their freedom The first round of a psycholo- tury-General, M. Guy Mollet,
had been promised during the the campaign against
struggle against the Japanese. announced today that the So-leat clollst Party informed
Mr. E.V. Ellot, the Communist M.querilius opened when RAF planes Andre Marie that
dropped 150,000 leaflets on vil-Secretary, of the Australian Sca- they were inges throughout the Federation. men's Union, announced last week ready to participate in the
that his union would boycott any Cabinet he is about to present Printed in Chinese, Malayan. move to send arms from Austra- to the House,
Tamil and Engilah, they declar-lis to Malaya.
U.S. Arms The United States has opened the way for shipment of-small the Federation of Malays to assist in the suppres. alon of disorders thers, The
mada homeless
Stato
in Department Washington wald today its Munt-
More than 100 Chinese were tions Division is issuing promptly today when the necessary export permits for burned down! shipment of arms purchases from
purchas of Renis. In Amertean manufacturers.
These arms are going to
to private
Malayan bandila half the village Sitiawan district. There were
[have
no craunition, but 47 shops and American firms in Malaya which houses were destroyed.
appealed for the means to defend themselves and their per- sonnel from attacks by invaders, in Issuing the export licences
Aussie Rods' Appeal
He anounced that this decisioned: There can be only one end had been taken by the Socialist for the running dogs of the Com- death." parliamentary group by 65 votes munists-betrayal and
the death of Lau. They told of with 12 abstentions,
arms into Yew, leader of the outlawed.Ma- The same group opproved, by layan People's Anti-Japanese 48 votes to 21, that the Ministry Army, who was shot by the of Finance and Economic Affairs police on July 10. should be given to the former remier, M. Paul Reynaud, who in cirongly supported by M. Morle. Lake Success, July 20, Britain will raise the Jewish
M. Marie told the preas that, detention of five Britons cently abducted in Jerusalem by Socialists
re-following the acceptance by the and, considering the Irgun Zvai Leumi terrorists in fact that all other the Security Council tomorrow.proached by him had accepted his parles ap-
prope als, he would be able ta Sir Alexander Cadogan, chief introduce his Cabinet to the Pre British representative, was ex-sident of the Republic.-Agence pected to ask the Council to ap-France-Presse. Prove a resolution supporting the! Hamburg, July 26.
efforts of the Palestine Truce! Adolf Hitler's largest Commission to have the five men naval graveyards will be probed released. Trado Policing
soon when German divers plunge It the five men, formerly em- The Commission sketched this into the North Sea oft Kiel to
The police in the Federation of the Jerusalem Electri-1 In ployed thorough job of trade policing by clean up" the bottom of the har-city Company, are released to-
Canton, July 26.
Malaya and in Singapore have the Dutch: All goods leaving and bour, administration officials said y
With entering
the local Government received in recent weeks 10,200 night, no complaint will be made Indonesia are Dutch- today,
in the Council, it was
п
оп under concentration the industrial filles, 1,250 Sten guns, 50 Bren licensed and must poss Dutch
are 150,000 tons of what Below
stood. But if their detention development of Whampoa,
pistols, the guns, 1,800 check points. All trade within once was the German Navy, sunk without a formal charge is con- port of Canton, the value of land weapons, together with appropri the Republic must be done on a by Allied bombs.
tinued, the British delegation, in that area has increased con- ate quantities of ammunition, barter bunia and Indonesian The officials said most of the
with traders may not cross the
several siderably in recent months. truce relles would be sold, to
the support of Britain others, is determined to press the line set by the Commission. All as scrap metal-United Press.
care as strongly as possible.
The
Council is
meeting 10- morrow to consider the Indone- Bian and Palestine question.... Reuter.
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FIGHTING IN KASHMIR
New Dolbl, July 28. Two hundred "enemy" troops were killed, including two off- cers, one bellaved to be a bat- talion commander, on July 28 in the Kashmir fighting, an Indian Defence Ministry communique slated tonight.
The engagement took place be- tween Indian troops and Pakistan troops and raiders northwest of Chakothi.
50 miles west of Srinagar, the communique stated. In another clash, a party which which attempted to filter into one of the Indian forward positions in tho Tithwal area, 66 iniles south- wert of Srinagar, was forced to Fetreat after effective mortar five, the communique added-Router
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WHAMPOA LAND PRICE INCREASES
1
Some sites along the Whampoa Bund are now said to be worth as much as HK$2,000 per 100
square feet,
The Whampoa reconstruction
with
The RAF Headquarters at Kuala the Department is making sure Lumpur announced that 10 armed that the arms go to approved re- rebels were found dead in a hut cipients. Associated Press and attacked by rocket-firing Spitfires Reuter. last Wednesday.
and other
The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, gave these Burcs in a Parliamentary reply in London today..
In Sydney, Mr. LL Sharkey, Secretary of the Australian Com- tonight that munist Party, said
+
Greek Premier Resigns
The
Athens, July 28, Prime Ministers,
. M. Themistocles Sophoulis, who took office less than
a year ago at American urging, went to the Royal Palace tonight to present his resignation to King Paul.
Reliable sources said M. Sop- houils hall fallen out with some members of his Libers?
Party over the
wheat. price of The King rushed back to
scheme, to be carried out the aid of funds from the Ameri- the Communists would make a can loan to China, includes the direct appeal to aircraft workers Athens from a trip to the coun- construction of an airfield, a rail- to join the waterside workers and try and called M. Sophoulls to way, wharves and godowns.seamen in banning the export of the Palace in an attempt to Reuter,
change his mind.--United Press,
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