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THE CIUNA MAUL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1940.
COMMUNISTS KILL 48 CATHOLIC PRIESTS
Shanghai,March 29.
Since V-3 Day, 48 Catholic missionarios have been
killed in Communist oreos of Ching. Thirty-two more have died in prison, three shartly after being released from prison, and 13 have been missing for more than two years and are presumed dead.
Last Note Was Thanks For Rope
London, March 28, A Czech-born woman, faul hanging from her bedroom door post in London, left a note say- ing: "Darling, thank you very much for leaving the length of I should not have Tope for me. had the courage to go out and buy ne."
This was disclosed at the res sumed inquest today on Mrs. Ida Young, wife of a former
These statistics are reported by the Reverend Charles Me- Curthy.
Of the missionaries killed, ‚15 were foreigners. There were three Germans, two French, an American, a Danc, a Belgian, a Hollander and a Swiss.
Thu
was
Father American Jomes 1. Divine, who was killed at Sankan In Fukten Province In May, 1917.
prison.
33
The the foreigners died in
Most of the missionarke vere
to
death, Reverend shat McCarthy all. But the otherr were beaten or bayonetled.
The largest casualty group wa
nionks from Yun- Trappist klaping monastery, 80 miles West Commander. Edeur Philip of Peiping. The morstery wa taken by the Reds on July 28
Of the original community 1947.
Navy
The coroner, Mr. Bentley Pur- chise, banded the letter to Com- Inander Young and askerl
him what it meant. "Noiling as
1 am concerned," he replied. The Implied suggestion
n is quite fantastic."
for
He said he had many plcers of rope to emplhem but "frank-
yden know if I had that i dece."
never
The Commander and he had Cortainly
suggested uicide to his wife, or discuss ed it with her. The letter was sold to have been written by Mira. Young two days before she was found dead.
The coroner adjourned the in- Mrs. est again until April 5. Young was. before her marriage in 1939. Dr. Ida Sindelkova, Doc- tor of Philosophy of Prague Uni- versity-Reuter,
BEDELL SMITH GETS COMMAND
of 75, six were shot and 27 were sent to prison.
Careful Chocks,
Reverend McCarthy said the Hwa Ming records of mikalan ories were gathered from reports from merchants. missionarles and other travellers from the Communist zones. He said the reports were not entered in the records until carefully checkas for accuracy.
1,062,000 of th
At present there are propor- tionately more Catholics In Red than in Nationalial China. It i ostinated; that 3,300,000 Catholics in China re under the Communists and 350,- 000 others live in areas imme diately adjacent to the Red areas.
After the war there were 1,280 foreign and 1,426 Chinese priests, 040 foreign and 290 Chinese bm- thers and 827, foreign, and 2,438 Chinese Nuns.
Out, of this group, approxi mately 1,220-660 foreigners and 550. Chinese-re continuine
Washington, March 28. Lieutenant-General Walter Bedell Smith. whose resignation 15work. Ambassador to Russin was no-
Catholics maintain a number
reptel an Friday by President of mission schools throughout Truman, was named today to be China. Two Universities are in the First Army, the Communist North. Fujen in commander of with heniquarters at Governor's Peiping and Tsinku in Tientsin. Island, New York.
There has been utepork from Gentorn Smith succeeds Gen-Tsinku since Tientsia Lell to the eral Courtney 'Hodges, who re- Reds, bui Fujen has been, reor- tared on January 31.-United ganised and control .. passed to Press.
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INSTAL
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SWITCH TO RIGHT
Civil Service
Berlin, March 28. An American Labour lead- erwald today that so many former, Naxle have infitrated back into the German alvil service that they now hold About half the publla joke In the U.B. zone.
"The altystion is serious." sald Dr. Joseph Mire, an axecutive in the State County and
Municipal Employers' Unlon who has just complet ad a three monthe survey far the U.S. Military Govern-
ment.
He told a news conforance that conditions will worse as public payrolls gro reduced because fermer Nazis are preferred for the jobr Associated. Pron.
'Queen's' Are
Worth 15.
Millions
London, March 28.
A White Paper throws some hight on what has always been a closely guarded secret-the value of the two famous Cunard 'iners, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth.
Paris, March 28.
A sweeping reduction in the number of Communist- hald seats featured the French departmental olections, the final resulte of which were made known today.
Though each party is crying victory, there is general agreement that France has moved to the right, whether inside or outside the Government's "Third Force" Coalition.
RUSSIAN OBJECTION ON JAPAN
The full significance of the! He and General Charles de results will not be known untit Gaulle's ex-Finntice Minister, M.
Bangkok, March 28. are sold to want an official analysis is published Rene Pleven,
to And brige between the Strong Soviet opposition to of the votes cast yesterday, and
the Third Force the study of Japan's economy ntil the 401 Independents" Gaylists and
opinion
by the United Nations Econa- clarity their attitude.
"New Force"
mic Commission for. Asta and
the 167 outgoing i Only 37 of
The Socialists and Popular Re-the Far East (ECAFE) marked Communist Councillors regained publicans are expected to resist the opening session of the Com- their seats.
any Cabinet resume. The Gen-mittee of the whole Commis- cral will state his view at
"sion in Bangkok today.
In almost all of the 725 seats press conference tomorrow even- for which a run-oil second baling.
lot was held yesterday-hvolvr The Premier, Henri Queuille, in Duge million voles the declared:
"Thiral Force" and Gaultist elec- "The people of France answer tors combined to defeal the Com-ed the call which I made to munist candidates.
them in the name of the Gov- ernment. Without the slightest
An official classification of the various groups which took part In the election divided up the full 1,507 seats contested as fol-j lows:
doubt, they trusted the Govern- meat.
"After the success of the bon drive, which showed that French Government supporters (So-
savings were behind us, a new cinilsts, Popular Republicans. force has been established to
and "Independents"
pursue a policy of recovery." Radicals, The State document details the
nine smaller groups)-1,081
Official Bures gave the Gov. the Cunard In- sents. Gaullists provisions of
und 10 other crament Parties 544 councillors"
Associated Gallist elected-Reutor and deals with groups accepting the surance Bet, which the insurance of the two liners platform-389 seats. The Com- Press. The figures
mentioned in the munists and near-Communists- Act are £8 million for the Queen 37 seats. Elizabeth and £6,250,000 for the Quern Mary.
115
be
Reynaud's Call
May Cease Shipments To Britain
experts emphasise Shipping thint these Agures cannot
The Gaulista today strongly representing the disputed there gures, claiming garde erst of replacing the liners. They 543 candidates, while the Com- are merely values agreed for munisis sold they won nearly a
Act
The votes in spite of quarter of surance purposes under the and experts say that the White their low number of seats.
The official figuree assume Paper nowhere suggests that the to be re-
who in- "Independenta." values are intended
crossed from 158 to 401, to be placement costu.
Government supporters. but Enquiries in shipping circles
mest observers prefer to wait show that, at present shipbuild. ing prices, the replacement of and ace.
Already would probably cost
the chie Each line neare 15 million or between leaders of the "Independents," a two and a half and three times former. Premler, M. Paul Rey-ment's decision that all sales of oient in Britains from Friday, the entrees values for insurance gaud, has called for changes in
the Cabinet.
April 1,must be paid for at prices purposes.-Reuter.
which, authoritative reports say, would be well over double those pald by Britain under the Andes Alcat Agreement.
one
of
Pontiff's Warning To Workers
Vatican City, March 28.
Pope Pius in a speech published here today warned Italian workers against exploiters of misery, who fostered discontent without bringing any rogl relief.
Buenos Aires, March 28. Suspension of Argentine meat shipments to Britain is being discussed us a temporary possi- bility.
A suspension Consideration of followed the Argentine Govern-
This new price, according to advice received by the British Embassy last week, would apply not only
to all future shipments to be negotiated, but also to the balance of mest Argentina talled deliver under the Andes Poet which expires on Thursday.
Although the British Embassy has not yet replied, it is under- stood that Britain would discon- thue incat purchases until the present Anglo-Argentine trade negotiations are concluded, rather
TRADE OUTLOOK BARE IN P
The Soviet Minister to Siarn, M. Serge Niemchina, asserted that the Far Eastern Commission is the only body entitled to cls- cuss the subject.
The British delegate, Mr. P. J. H. Stent, sald ECAFE intends to consider only the promotion of trade between Japan and the the Asiatic area. countries of There is no intention of Inter- fering with the Far Eastern Cem- mistion's control of Japan's in- ternul economy.
}
ouivoted M. Niemchina was after he had refused to withdraw his request that the discussion of the promotion of Japanese trade should be deleted from the con- ference's agendo.
The Netherlands Government and Amlintod States are not re- presented at the conference, but the Indonestan Republicans sent
la dentativo of the Vict-
A
nam Indo-Chinese) Republic is also attending as a "vleitor," The Slamėse
representative, eineled Phya Srivisar Vacha, was chairman of the meeting and the Pakistani representative, Profes- M. Hassan, vice-chairman. The conference was adjourned until tomorrow after agreeing on the following agenda:
1. An examination of reports and recommendations about re- Nional industrial and trude do- velopment problems.
2-Consideration of the im- plementation of the recommendn tone of the working party on in-' dustrial and trade development. 3-Planning of a machinery for this purpose-Reuter.
Shipping Rates War
Rotterdam, March 28, The United Netherlands Ship- ' ping Company today denied re- ports that the Ditch had started the present freight rale war on The India-Europgan run.
The company, in press state- mont, said she Dutch line huet silk- mited many proposals for a solu- ton of the problemis Involved, but ally were rejected.
in hia speech. made yesterday, but also against the deliberate than accept Argentina's demands. to 100,000 pottery workers from of exploiters of misery, who-Reuter Civita Castellana, North of provide no real help and seem home, the Pope said: "With-to have no other object than to out doubt work is often ardu-crease the evil and impotence. of those who Want to work, to cus and it often happens that excite discontent and to provoke the slice of bread it procures is exasperation with disastrous con-
Manika, March 28. very small.
sequences to the interests of the
The Republic will not be able workers themselves.
to balance her foreigh trade in The most anti-human and three years, despite the new in- The statement declared that anti-social tactic is to portray port contra! law, the Secreinry the initiative came from the Con- work as hateful.
of Commerce.. Senor Cornell Bal- ference lines. who decided at n "Whereas in fact work, though inaceia, told the Appropriations meeting in Antwerp on March 1
turing, though often Juce with their responsibili- rigorous and hard, is in ittell Committee of the House of Re- to set up a fighting committee in.
presontaliver Today,
Rotterdam and Antwerp and to beautiful aid ennobling, because However, he predicted that the threaten.
supporters of the "Nevertheless, our good will,; it pursues, by' producing, the increase in exports in 1940 wit: mulch line that they would lowe
men of good work begun by the Creator and be greater than the expected in heart and love of Justice, strikes is the generous contribution of crease in imports.-Reuter.
"We have tone, and will not cense to do, whatever lies in our power not only to help those who are in need, ut also to bring those who avoid their duty face often
ties.
like that of many
not only against apathy and in-cach Individual to the well-being
comprehension from many people, of all."-Router.
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