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ALLIED TRAIN SABOTAGE SUSPECTED PICTURE OF THE DAY REINFORCEMENTS FOR
Japanese Communists Urge Rise Against Occupation
PROTESTS AGAINST SCAP
Tokyo, July 29.
An Allied express, carrying Allied troops and occupation forco members, was derailed one station south of Kuro, near BCOF headquarters, shortly before five o'clock this morning. Sabotage is suspected.
Typhoon Damage
*********[Americans in Yokohama have ordered the arrest
In Canton
The typhoon which missed Hong Kong and swapt part Canton on Tuesday night
•ause three deaths and injury to more than 10 others la Canton.
Several house cot-
Japaed,
Canton
experienced heavy rain and wind of gale force from 9.m. untit the next morning, according to reporta yesterday from the Kwange tung capital.
Electric enisles were torn apart, throwing the whole city into darkness for several hours. Telephone poles were uprooted.
Telephonic communications between Cantun and outlying districts wate ao diarupted
of striking railway ringleaders and are inves tigating reports that a switch was forced open to derail the Allied express "Dixie Limited."
The American order for arrast of the ring-leader was followed by the pasting of a Communist manifesto urging all workers to rise against the occupation.
General MacArthur's new ruling curbing Government workers' unions resulted also in a second resignation from
Kure Station, and just short of Iroshima, the engine run off the
but continued through the tunnel before overturning.
his staff. Paul Stanchfield, Railways
deputy chief of SCAP's labour division said he was
returning to the United Hampered
States.
carlier.
Twenty-four hours Jomes S. Killen, chief of the Inhour Division, rerigned, saying he was unable to "adjust myself to the new SCAP labour policy which denies Government work ers the right to collective bar-
***t galning."
Relief For Cheung Chau Island
Never before have any BCAP.
Jeft Bubordinates
In protest against his potic!ex,
The line will be out of opern- lion for the next 20 hours.
The Kyodo new service at
noon today reported that rall- way. services throughout the country continued to be greatly hampered as the result of an Incressing number
Topal work stoppages by railway workers.
of
In Niigata, north-west
of
No casualties were, reported in Tokyo, freight trains had been
GOING TO MALAYA
INNISKILLING Fusiliers bearing the troopship Larcashire yesterday. They will temporarily reinforca personnet fighting insu,gents in Mainy...-China Mall Photo.
Premier's Bitter Attack On Communists
Nanking, July 29.
Premior Wong Wan-hao, in one of the most out- raged denunciations of the Chinese Rods heard in Nanking, today charged them with being stooges of the Communist Inter- ́nationale and called on a stronger united
China against the "liors" and "traitors."
⚫of drawing the attention of the nation to
the seriousness of the conflict in China.
the express derailment, but the cut by 30 per ceni. In the north-The Premier issued the statement with the purpose engine was overturned. and the ern island of Hokkaido, worters baggage car 21 mail car cuntinued to refuse to contact stations, causing 150 fraight carn In handbills distributed through to be suspended, factories and posted on billboards, On the island of Shikoku, thres
dernited.
He said, "It is not a civil war (diately" and help the Government the Communist Party said "this passenger trains and one treight nor an inter-party conflict. It reconstruct the war-torn country Is the time for all workers fo rise train were suspended because of is a struggle to preserve the as loyal-citizens up for the prevention of enslave-the mass absenteeism of workers, existence of China-e struggle ment and the colonisation of the
Relief foodstuffs were sent race, and for protection of the to Cheung Chau Island yesterivelihood of the workers."
day for 54 people made home-
less by Tuesday's tidal wave,
which sank 71 junke.
The relief goods, including.
“Suppression Of
1 000. 11 of rice, 245 il) of meat, Working Class"
ins of railk and 30 lb of peanut
wers donated by the Hong
Kong Social Wellare Omeer, Mr. The manifesto said that colite-.
J.C.
Fire Dougall,
for repairs.
Five
thousand for national independence and
salvation."
hundred workers will demonstrate In downtown Tokyo on August 16 against the proposed anti-strike legislation, trade union leaders disclosed today.
"Union Rights"
Wong promised that all those who abandoned Communism would receive full protection and all rights of citizenshlo guaranteed by the constitution,
Communist Serfs
The Premier appealed to all his countrymen to "clearly distinguish between right and wrong" and co-operate with the Government in the battle against Communism,
He said the Chinese Communist He also appealed to all those condemnation of Marshal Tito on "dragged by the Communist pro July, 10-is-iron-proof-that-they paganda into joining the Com-
nationale,"
The leaders of the "Zanbetsu,munist bandwagon to quit imme-are serfs of the Communist Inter- tive bargaining d the right to pro-Communist Labour Federa Fifteen Junks have been sal-strike were fundamental rights tion, comprising 2,400,000 govern- comment workers, predicted that vaged since the tittal wave and recognised in demineratic towed to lipways
No one could infringe workers munities.
would stage regional Somo wrecks
strikes were still Boating upon such rights. If they did, they
to defend their "unlon on the harbour yesterday.
were violating the spirit of the rights," Two hundred craft were In Poisdum Declaration and the 18 They added that the "Zanbet- Cheung Chau harbour when the points of the Allied Commis-su" would not consider General tidal wave struck, but most of
the crews were sheltering ashore.
Fifty-four people who lost their boats ofc καιν
Bion's
principles.
MacArthur's request for a pre- Referring to General Mae-hibition of strike by government Arthur's
letter to the Prime workers as an older, as the gov Minister, staying with
Mr. Hitoshi Ashida, erment had done, but as the manifesto declared the next letter of
" a private nature," move would be the suppression of the
friends. They lost all their be longings.
2 Hurt In Junk Piracy
Two persons were wounded when a fishing Junk was at- tacked yesterday morning after one hour's sailing from Aber-
deen.
According to the report recely- ed, a nishing junk, with a crow of 13, left Aberdeen at about 6
Bm
Shortly after 2 aim it was noticed that two other junks,
with sails holsted, were beari
down on the fishing Junk, which
PRINTKIng class, headed 15,500 professors from
Govt Takes
Over Tsen Ho Bank
Assignment For Ling Fu
The 1,000-on Ling Fu, one of the two warships presented to Chins by Britain, was tent out on her first cffiofal assign.
mant shortly after arriving here on Wednesday. She want to search for a missing aub. marine chaser.
The destroyer WAL de. spatched by vica-Admiral Yang Chih-atung, Com mander of the Fourth-Naval Base, who arrived in Hong Kong a few days ago to mast __the__warships.
The
The
submarine-chaser was reported mlaskrig on. Tuesday afternoon on tier way from Canton to Hong Kong. Chinese Custema boat, ported in difficulty on Tuea. day night was apparently con- fused with the submarine chaser.
After a fruitless three-hour soarch, Ling Fu returned to harbour at 9 "p.m." on"Wed- neaday.
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CAT Plane®
Crash Kills 19
MALAYA SAIL TODAY
At 1:45 yesterday afternoon, the First Battalion,
Inniskilling Fusiliers bogan to embark on the troopship Lancashire on the first stage of their journoy to the United Kingdom, Tho First Battalion, which is made up of five Com- panics comprising about 600 mon, were all on board by the middle of the afternoon. They remoined on the ship last night. They will
not be allowed off until they reach Singa- · pore where they will be stationed temporarily until the Malayan situation improves.
1
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Leaflets To Coax Insurgents
The Lancashire has a tota). passenger list of 1,100. Apart from the Inniskillings, she is carrying 500 Naval, Army and R.A.F. personnel who are re- turning home on domobilisa- tion, repatriation, or to attend
They military courses.
will embark from 8 a.m. onwards
Singapore, July 20 this morning until the ship's The Royal Air Force today salling time at 4 p.m. today.
1,000,000 dropped The ship is due to reach Singa Communist leaflets some show- pore late on Tuesday evenipering down on the bullet-torn or Wednesday morning.
bodies of terrorists as the Bri- Yesterday afternoon, At the
tish stepped up their campaign North Arm of the Naval Dock-
Some
anti-
yard, troops going on board were of psychological warfare. supplied with tea and cakes by members of the W. V..
set
up
the side
way.
who had pictures
at
V.S.
stall
of the leaflets showed _of the bullet-riddled bodies of Insurgent leaders el- small.
battle, including of the ship's gang-udy killed in This will
be the first leader Lau Yew with his face ime since the
torn by bullets. re-occupation
One
of the series of leaflets of the Colony that a troopship warned insurgents that they were has saliod from the Dockyard, being misled Into
03 they usually berth in Kowloon. This afternoon, The Regimental Band of the 2nd-Buffs Regiment will play military tunes as the ship's moorings are loosed and she sils into the Harbour.
4
GOC's Farewell
The
G. O. C. Major-General Matthews will Le present at th departure and will exchange with tha Officer-lis- farewells charge of the Battalion, Major Cunningham.
The First Battalion arrived in on August 22 leat Hong Kong year. They previously saw service In this particular locality of the Far East between 1934 and 1930, when they
were.
mad venture
to uchjeve freedom by murder, arson and robbery although such freedom is an illusion and really
ja. form of slavery.”
RAF planes dropped a total of 7,500,000 auch leafiots today along. The leaflets are printed in Chinese, Tamil and Malayan, United Press.
:
Syrians Must Get Out
Application for extended
in Shanghai and raid a visit to stay in Hong Kong by eight
stationed
football
the
Hong Kong to play
Syrian merchants has been the Irish Regiment. ugalest
turned down by the local Im- The battalion is under Command of Lieutenant-Colonel migration Department, accord- D.M. Shaw, DSO, MC, who willing to the current issue of the By Singapore next week. On "Far Eastern Economic R- Heir voyage to Singapore the view." Their visas expire at men will be in charge of Major the end of the month. Grimshaw.
Battle At Airport
The "Review" did not mention the nemes of the merchants, It added that while no renson has been given by the authoritios for the refusal, it is believed that -it-is-because one of the men concerned were engaged in im-. porting gold into Macao.
The weekly economic Icarnat ald that one of the merchants London, July 25. represents '16 American Arms in Nine men, armed with crow- Hong Kong and that he is a bare anti clubs, fought a pitched | director of a limited liability battle with the London airport company incorporated in the police today in n during but futile Colher of the a
attempt to rob the airport gold bullion warehouse.
Wong added also that the Chin- ese Communists do not have na- tionalism and their demand for a coalition government in China "is merely a smoke screen and they are llars when they-avow tplern- tion of capitalism and promotion' of the interests of the farmers."
Wong recalled that the Com ̧”
added the "Review oncommeil, represents u All nine were captured.
New York firm, prominently con- munist pariles in nine European
Scotland Yard, apparently tip-nected with Far Eastern trade for nations issued a joint statement denouncing the Marshall plan.
Shanghai, July 20.
pea off, had aring squadron many years before the war. The The Hong Kong Government secking to sabotage the recovery
Nineteen people were killed icers waiting around the shed company is well-known in major universities colleges and
when late this afternoon when ₫ C-
the gang drove up in a citler in the Far East and well by railroad employees and elec- went on strike yesterday despite Quartering Authority yester-Programme,
black truck.
In Europe, said the Journal. the Cabinet Ministera
Ching the Chinese Com-40 airliner, belonging to Major- warning day requisitioned the premises
Passengers alighting from the Government offejäla (vesterdos General Clairo "Dear Workers," the manifesto that they are flouting General formerly occupied, by the Teen munists followed the same line,
Chennault's plane. from Brazil watched the declined to comment on the ra concluded. "We must be united MacArthur's order torviding Gov-Ho Bank Limited in Exchange subsequently they started, Just as Civil Air Transport crashed ight. Nine police were lujured port when approached by tho into one. We, the Communist ernment employees to strike.
were after a take-off in Tsingtao, United Press.
"China Mail". yesterday. Building for the purpose of China aid administrators Purty, promise you to start the The first strikers were 2,000 housing, the offices of the Gov-about to arrive in China, an anti- Chinese naval base, opposition,
American movement in movement together faculty members of the slate-
Chinese This is the frut major accident. with you."
schools," operated Kyushu University at ernment Exchange Control Amer
involving General Chennault's alr The British authorities at Kure, Fukuoka, who planned to be Department.
statement
carefully line, which, after the famed "Fly- giving further detalls' of the way from their posts for 24 The requisition notice, which avoided direct mention of Mosing Tigers" wartime activities, en- derailment of the "Dixie Limit-hours. Reuters, Associated was signed by Mr. K.M.A. Bar- cow but strongly rapped at the tored Chinese aviation as one of: ed." suld it was southbound from Press, United Press and Agence nett, Deputy Colențal Secretary, Cominform --United Press. Kure. At the third tunnel from France-Presse,
trical Industries employees.
Rice Crop Threatened
Yangtze Floods
By
Kiukiang, July 29,
changed its course in an attemp! Rising flood waters along the Yangtze River today
to escape from. Its pursuers.
The two pursuing Junks open-
ed fire on the fishing Junk, which
wa eventually overtaken and
robbed by the-pirates.
and Lai To, 12.
threatened the second rice harvest of this fertile river valley.
was affixed to the premises by Mr. P.F.J. Eardley, Government Quartering Authority? in the pre- sence of a large crowd of passers- by.
Following the posting up of the Notice,, a party of police was placed on duty inside the ́ ́ pre-; mises.
The HK$5,000,000 capitalised Teen Ho Bank, which was incor porated in Hong Kong on Sep- tember 24 1940, closed its doors to clients and depositions on Aug- Fust 6, 1047..
The capital was divided mto
One harvest. has been wiped dard Vacuum Oil Company's 50,000 shares of HK$100 each. The town's well-paved Most of the depositors were Chin- out already. The farmers were office.
The wounded were Lat Ne, 10, ready to reap it nearly a month waterfront has disappeared comes the working cinta.
ago when the Yangtze over-pletely. Only floating pentoons The ban's had branches or flowed its banks and diapossess remain above the water, but to agents in
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ed countices thousands of farm-/all effects they are uselesa; · Dis-- [Chunghila Canton, Shanghal,|
ers along the lower and middle reaches, leaving them cropless The second harvest of the year
Is duo in November, but the flood in must receda within a month froin
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The first two
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embarking passengers must re- and
embark on sampans or barges to Hongting
Wuchow 40,000
ling, Kunming,
shares, Of the 50,000 ah reach dry land back of the tow. werd lesued, and called up to the
The flood, as it always does, extant
per share. Tho
has Brought famine, 7 and 20 thứ biggot shareholder was Mr. Pang Hong Kong (11,000 shares
famine has calend" tha ̈'airesdy [B]n=CAW?;ollowed; by Falik ka}-
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STOP PRESS
Tokyo, July 29.. American military govern ment officials at Kure, work-. ing with the special Allied Investigators, reported this afternoon that the "Dixie Limited wa
was derailed
act cidentally early this morning. The piece of wood which Jammed open the switches and caused the derailment of the train was dropped from an earlier train, it was omelally reported Router
the · three airlines
domestically.
operating
plane was carrying an American pilot, Captain Tarbet, a Chinese co-pilot, a Chinese radio operator and 18 passengers. It is belleved here tonight that there were no survivors.
The plane went into a spin after reaching 100 feet and then came crashing down, killing all ***
General Chennault, on receipt of the news, ordered an Im- mediate investigation-Reuter.
The Weather
Fressure eqntinues. Serve ‘over · Mongella sid÷China apd le also-relatively low over, The Pacific to the rest of the Philippines. the video of high precoro · from. (be Paelße unticyclong · pozulsta: across Japan to Formosa. N
„Today's Forecast:="Light" "or: modarsta |wouthwely | winds,, cloudy, with Ɛecennioan)
Toiterday's Weather -- "
Three RASC members were seriously Injured 'shortly after 10 o'clock last night it when ⠀ their military truck topplodin over an emìbankment on- Is ¡land Road 'and dropped 800
2- Their names were given as: FA; Sherwood; : Willlama
Builckleton
watching, the still rising is based, has doubles its price in Kee; of › Wuchow (4,000 nm) KABARETtick caught, fire attes
wed prices. Rice, on which all aime in China son of Canton (4,000 shares), Pin If will two
Loon Kee at Canton (8:000 shares) Business in this former thriving and King Kee of Kwellin (3,000 Uproar in Commons. On Malay river notched up several inches brought to a standstill. Shops are holders held a to
the swollen treaty port apparently
rest of the shard- Was shares).
ranging from el, flood on Kluklang's marooned shuttered up
himdrød: to 11,400 SALE SAL waterfront. The best estimates ure that the Hood is at. Is feel Filing Lone of the few remain. Maths Pant Bin-phins Pin-
"Rang "Kal-san **ware. i also and is reported blaher at Han And #fishermen ihelf scope i diraciom of the banks. *kow,
widened are out in the Hundrede Severnu the **Sampans paddle through the They've set up their pain in what wars In Singapore, Rates of the biggest building on once were the city's Strossman Sumatra, Batavia, Klaklang'a, waterfront-the Stan- sociated Press.
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