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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949.
PRESIDENT, PREMIER OF Esang Coming SPAHI CAVALRY LEAVES
SYRIA TO BE BANISHED FROM POLITICAL SCENE
Domascus, March 31.
President Shukri El Kouatli of Syria and the Syrian Turkey Wants
Prime Minister, Khalid El Azim, arrestad dur- ing the Military coup d'etat by Colonel Husni Zaim yesterday, will be banished from Syrian political life, the new regime announced today. Damascus, the capital city, resumed its normal life today following the seizure of power yesterday. Reports from various parts of the country give no news of further incidents.
The Syrian Parliament, It wanted to hold the reins of gov-j was expected here, would beernment for a day or two. dissolved soðn and general elec- tions held to return a new Gov- ernment.
Colonel Zaim, who is Comminn- der-in-Chief of the Syrlun arm- ed forces, was thought by obser- vers to favour a Coalition.
Muhsen Barnzi, a Minister, has All Government been released, departments were upen today and
work was resûmed.
The armistice negotiations with Israel, he said, will
go ahead a scheduled, The open- ing date will be April 4.
"Little UN" Permanent
Lake Success, March 31. Turkey proposed today that the United Nations "Little As- sembly" be continued as a per- munent organisation.
The interim committee of the UN General Assembly--popularly known as the "Little Assembly" -was established by the world organisation over the objections of Russia and her satellites.
The Turkish representative to- day asked the UN to appoint a sub-committee
Colonel Zaim, who fought for the Vichy French in Syrio in Only the Eastern bloc, among 1942, said negotiations were now 38 United Nations members, does going on to form a new Govern- not participate in discussions ot interi committee,. which munt, Political sources declared the
Hessions Officials who today that the task of forming meets between
of the abstained from attending their Government would not be easy. full General Assembly.
would offers yesteriny were immeThey sold Colone) Zalm diately dismissed.
probably head a dictatorship un- nemonstrations supporting the til at least the end of April, when new regime were held by the he declared he would call
elections. University and secondary school general elect
Reports from Beirut According to reports circulating sald, security measures there had in the capital tonight, Faris Bey been lightened.
El Khoury, the President of the Pohtical
trere
and chief sald Syrian Parliament Colone) Zaim was now convening delegate to the United Nations. military coserts. The security has turned down an offer of the precautions taken prevented Premiership by Colonel Zaim, disclosure of their purpose,
students.
Sources
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to consider the for
advisability of establishing standing committee of the General assist the latter in Assembly to the performance of its functions when it is not actually lu session.
On receiving Furis Dey's re- Diplomatie offices in Damasetus fusal, Zaim was reported to have Naht wan not known f any consulted a mamber of Members charges would be preferred of Parliament on the pussille meninst the Syrian President and formation of a Coalition Guvern- the Premier, the only Government. inent lenders now in rustody.
Wants Coalition
satt
One unconfirmed report Fawz Bey Kawukj), the Com- mander of the Arab Liberation Army in Palestine, hard been ar-
Don't Talk Polites
Colone) Zaton,
short, balding, | rested, | chain-smoking Commander - lo- Told Chief of the Syrian Army, Routers that he wanted to set
up demogralic Coalition Govern- He said the entire Syrian inent.
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only seizure of
power and he
White Reuter's correspondent In Beirut wan talking to friend In Damascus, a voice on the Iine
with Interrupted
BOXING
*
GOLDEN GLOVES TOURNAMENT
IN
CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE
TONIGHT at 9.00 p.m.
G-ROUND CONTEST RAMSEY BUCKS
YS
P.O. TOMMY SCOLLINS (H.M.S. London)
Alfred Mailg
3-ROUND CONTESTS
VS
Lưu Hoà Kong
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P. O. Williams
Va
Tony Silva
Vi
Young Wing Ol
VS
(H.K. Police)
Gunner O'Shea (A.N.)
A. B. Priest (H.M.9 Belfast) George Upjohn (H.M.Ş. London)
LS. A. Chanter (H.M.8. Hart) Leading Patrolman Reeve -
(H.M.B. Tamar)
Ldg. Writer Bob Pulling (H.M.8. Tamar)
V$
A. N. Other.
Added attraction Weight Lifting Exhibition by Valentine Knige
The official weighing-In of all boxers will take place at 9.30 a.m.
on Saturday morning in the China Fleet Club.
(Programme Subject to Alteration)
Prices of admission Stage & Ringuide
(Including Tax) Main Hall
Balcony
$10 A $6
$10, 98 & $3.50 $10 & 58
Beats may be booked in the Hall of the China Fleet Club.
Telephone 25804
The General Public are cordially invited to
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The Turkish resolution in effect would give the interim comunittee serinangnt status-United Press.
From Tientsin
Shanghai, March 31.
The Jardino, Matheson stcamor Esang sailed from Communist - hold Tlanisin Inst Monday for Hong Kong with 70 tons of export cargo and sovetat foreign passen- here gers, it
was reported' today.
Bhel believed to be the first forelyn, vesect to Garry the export
from products North China port afhos is fell Into Communist 'hands.
Foreign pastangera on board the Ewang are said to Include the Peiping staff of the United Atates Econo- mlo Co-operation Administra. tion, headed by Mr. Ritohle W. Davli, and Mr. Andraw Roth, one of the Pelping cor.
respondents recently banned
Communists by tho
from operating.
Mr. Roth represents Nation Magazino-Reuter.
the
Commonwealth Trade Meeting Opens In London
London, March 31. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, told the opening Commonwealth trade conference--to which India and Pakistan sent delegates-that "Don't talk politics or 1 with all the conference nations were ent you off."
on the road to economie covery..
When he started speaking in English, the same voice warned!
h must speak in Arable, About 18 heads of departments are also in custorty, It was leam- Zaim last night and today saw groups of Parliamentary de- putics for
on consulations
the formation of a Goverment.
Faris Bey El Khoury was re- ported to have been eautious un» til he had ascertained the con- stitutional position, it
was derstood.
The uprising way perfectly limed and excellently executed, Insurgent troop movements were camouflaged by other movements of troops withdrawing from the Northern frontiers.-Reuter.
POP
WHAT'S THE IDEA,,
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OF THIS PROFESSOR.
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Mr. Wilson said it might have been hard, but Commonwealth co- operation had proved worthwhile. He said "I am not going to say any one country represented here is out of the wood,
1 do the suy we see pretty clearly direction we should go tu reach a mitch greater measure of freedom
but
FOR INDO-CHINA FRONT
Paris, March 31.
Two thousand Spahis (cavalry troops) left for Indo- China today. They are spacial reinforcements, trained in jungle warfare, a French General Staff officer told Reutor.
I
He said it was very likely that, the regiment of Spahis, who embarked at Mers El Kebir, near Oran, would be sent to Northwest Tonkin, which was invaded this week by Chinese Com- munist forces,
'The
Chinese Communist force, which was reported today to have invaded the Northern Tonkin area of French Indo-
Swiss Breaks
China, is led by a 30-year old 100-Year-Old
Intellectual named Chu Kai-pl. a traveller from this area told Reuter in Saigon today.
He sold the Communist band was about 500 strong and inched- el mercenary troops of no poll- tical creed.
Tradition
Berne, March 3f. The Swiss Foreign Minister, Dr. Max Petitpierre, today de- fended before the Federal Par- The raids have taken place fiament his break with Swiss around Alas Kol and Hoang Sutradition in attending the Mar-
Phee. In the
Upper Song Kol
Valley, which was captured from shall Plan countries' Foreign Vietminh (Indo-Chinese nu-Ministers meeting In Parts last tonomist) forces during the month. French winter compaign of 1947- 48.
to
Observers believed that the nt- tacks were part of a Vietminh organised campaign control the Chinese frontiers.
The traveller said the French forres on the Upper Sang Kal relled for supplies on 20 out-of-
dute Junker transport aircraft. as all other forms of communica Hous
us are impossible.
The Spalls are tough fighines, always ready for band to hand warfare, the offfeer snid.
Paul Ramodler, the French Minister of Defence, told Par- linment today that newspaper reports had axaggerated the Importance of the Invasion of Tonkin.
†
(Swiss Ministers have paid only six official visits to foreign coun- tries in the last 100 years),
Switzerland's neutrality policy, he said, demands that we observe greater reserve than other states
International affairs. Switzerland did not intend to accord blind adherence to anything that might be proposed under the Marshall Plan, he declared.
"But neither do we intend not to follow closely, to disinteresi ourselves from everything that is
mhleved under the plan."
The Marshall Plan hod Injectedl into Europe's economy a flow of dollars and gold, "There is no
doubt that we derive benefit from this, and that certain difficulties in bilateral trade have been overcome As
"This is not the Chinese Com-result, beachitting particularly the
That munist Army invading,
Industries, tourism. and army is still far from the inda- anuncial transfers. Chinese frontior," he said. "The invarters are just local bands."
The
said that Minister
de mands by the Far Eastern Com- and ma- terin had been met and fresh
from our economic dificul dosed mand for more
men
Participating in these talks, which an to present common front at the April open-aircraft would soon be sent out. Ing of tariff discussions in France, The only problem was the short- were india, Pakistan, the United age of transport vessels. Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zoland, South Africa, Ceylon and Rhodesla-United Press,
1. SUFFER FROM NERVES IN THE
NIGHT
"All that is necessary and poo- sible has been done up to the extreme limit."
"There is no doubt that without
the American help,
economic situation of the European partners would have grown worse, and that our trade with them would have died awey.
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"It is better for us to have the free play of competition in I healthy Europe than to have necessarily temporary position semi-monopoly in a sick Europe."
-Neuler.
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