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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949.
NEW SYRIAN LEADER Meeting Held Council Assembly
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EXPLAINS COUP D'ETAT Assures London Of Regime's Respect For Obligations
Influence On Arab Meet
London, August 14.
Colonel Sami Hinnawi, the new Syrian leader, has written to the British Gov- ...ernment explaining his coup d'etat today and assuring his regime's
respect for Syrian international obligations.
In London today it was considered too carly to say how the revolt would affect Middle East politics. Though Colonel Zaim's Government was on good
kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan.
terms with Egypt it was considered a threat by the two Hashemite The change in Syrian Government will have great
Swiftness Of Coup Unusual
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Washington, Alusos 114 State Department officials today
Gaile and reports from States Legation in Syria in the enup there, bark been coming da
influence on this week's mocting of the Arab
League in Cairo, which was generally believed
to have been called to close the split between the Arab Governments caused by the hostility between Colonel Zaim and his Iraq and Jordon neighbours.
TORSOGO
from
A Reuter Damaseus repouts that an Army spokesman said tonight that the coup was staged merely to re- move the polles rule imposest by Husni Zaith aut to give Syri
democratic proper
rule for
In Damascus
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Damascus, August 14.
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The first of a seriou meating designed to effect the change from military to civilian control in Syria was held at the Miniatry of De- fence this morning,
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A number of decisions were taken to abollah Colonel, Zalm's orders.
These included:
of news-
(1) restoration papers, mostly belonging to political pertica suppressed by Zaim; and
(2) re-engagement of peo ple driven out of official posts by Zalm.
One of
Colonel Hinnawi's first stepa was to invite poll. tlelans dlacarded or imprl.
MEU By Zain to take part in the talks to enable the Army to withdraw from the political scene.
Many of these men origin- ally supported Zalm in hiǝ coup in March. Reuter.
Servicemen Withdrawn
From Mines
wern
Sydney, August 14. Servicemen
withdrawn from oped-rnst coalfields in New South Wales at enidnight last night,
Twenty-three thousand miners, threw whose seven-week strike Inore than 100,000 people out of work at the peak and brought
teel and other industries standstill, have been ordered by their festlers to return to work today.
to a
Colonel Zalman and only re leased from prison on April 27. It was apparently organised 10 enforce the principles behind the March
which the revolution, military group now in control midntain that Colonel Znien had failed to put in praeblee, This right-hant mc
behind today's revalt, vidently chiefly young Nationalisminde army officers. They said tonight that they refused to dent with Hoor-anything political and left poli-Ministers were pressing the Com-
neighbouring
steadily seen this corning, but | happier future and full under- it would be premature 10 * whnt this government's attitude on the meadent would be.
Ometals lid say, however, that the swiftness with which Prest dent Hozani ed Zalm and Premier Mondin e Baazi were executed was unusual, pevalling that Sy had not had a handy coup
vent years.
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Cairo Reports
Although reports from Cairo Indiented the belief among some Egypilon government eireles that the cup was fostered by forein Influences. Department
offletals
sald their information reverved si far al nut tent credence to sach reports,
Meanwhile, the Syrian Minister here, Mr. Faris el Khouri, told the United Press he had received un ofed exble explaining brielly events in Damascus, but said he had no comment. Members of nther Near Eastern Legston and Embassies called the Unted Press office here seeking latest word un evens-United Press.
Rebels Step Up Activity In Burma
Rangoon, August 14.
watha standing Counties.
A new Cabinet was exported to be formed tonight,
One protective, Premier is dhe Independent leader Akram
enllaborated will BAG Colonel Zom in his early days in
wh
A number of officers turi rivis Hans, of Colonel Zamm's adralulse feation have been arrestel, in- cluding Major Drah M. Husseini, head of the Mary Police, aru! NazLY
Colonel Fanza, brotheron-law, who helped the March coup.
Zario's
Return To Normal
Life quickly returned to nor.) mal in the Syrian capital and official reports from all over the country Bald that the 1 situation was calm. Colonel Zuim was Syrian -Aral to French regiment Vichy Brigade Damascus Frise
the first command vulted + |
វា
Ende wuch
defended British ngainst
and French troops under Field- Marshal Maitland Wilsen int World War 1. In World War 1. The fought with the Turks.
He became Inspector-General of Police in January, 1948 and in May he took over Syria's armed forces.
Relations between Syria anel he seized Iraq worsened after
Inerrased nctivity by rebel power and he rejected the Iraqi Karens in the rice growing Irra-scheme for waddy della
was reported
Sunday's official communique.
in
I said that the biggest attacks
"Fertile Crescent" the union of Iraq, Syria and Hashensite Kingdom of Jordan,
The Iraqi Premier, Nuri el
against government forces took Said Pasha, refused to recognise place a Myaungnya and Maubin, the validity of the Syrian FC-
confirmed
The Colonel Zaim-the only candidate
as President.
Internal Revolt
In one engagement the Karens | ferendum which lost 37 killed and wounded. communique stated Wat four Karens were killed and two wounded when government troops from Daiku railway town, miles North of Rangoon, shelled the rebel stronghold of Mauyo.
It added that government forces were striking out from Akyab on the Eastern sea-board and had caplured Mathauk. Associated Press.
The signs are that today's counter revolution was staged Internally without any foreign
es to the new Cabinet,
were
Fifty-five-year-old Colone! Soul Bunwi, dark-skinned and strully hurt, tonight The following questions him by Reuter's currieqontlen":
Q. "When was the comp plan-
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Army authorities said that the troops produced more than 109.000 tubs of coal in the 13 daya they worked the open-cast mtnes,
A usually reliable source sold that New South Wales Labour
monwealth to declare the Austra-
was
that
Hans Communist Party an legal organisation.
The labour opinion answered
put such a move would follow natur- ally on to the Labour' Parly's victory over the Communists in the coal strike, the source said.
Minister It reportedl one saying. "The Prime Minister, Mr. Chiley, has so far refused to ban Communists. But his view has fuw pas! been changing in the months."-Reuter.
When
the majority people started marmuring against the oppression of the existing regime", "Is all the Army baeking
you?"
All the Army is support- ing and tracking the coup.“ "What is your next step?"
"Forming ย constitutional democratic
Kovernment
based on the people's con- Sen"
Man-Made Rain
In Britain
Preparing For Start Of Debate
Strasbourg, August 14, Strasbourg, seat of the first Parliament of Europe,
was a deserted city today.
The excitement of the last week's inaugural meet-
ings has, vanished as Strasbourgers celebrate the Feast of the Assumption which this year falls on a Monday and is being observed with a festive long week-end.
Many of the 101 delegates to the Assembly dis.
persed to the countryside, some joined a.con- ducted tour to the famous annual wine fair at Colmar and others motored to surrounding beauty spots for lunch,
The Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe Cabinet began leaving for home today after approving the agenda for the Assembly.
At their final meeting Inst night the Foreign Ministers oc- -cepted the agenda sent to them earlier in the day by the A- sembly.
te Includes
the main head. for general discussion pro-
posed by the Minister them. selves economic, accial and cultural-plus such itema the
consideration of Euro- реал passport, A European patents office and collabora- tion in scientific research and technical development suggested
by the representatives.
Debate Today
Snag In Talks On Austria
Vienna, August 14.
Austria will refuse to pay Run- in the agreed sum of £37,500,- 000 for German asseta in Austria Russin continues to ship those assets out of Austria, the Interlor Minister, Oscar Helmer said to- day.
M. Helmer said that any Auss
Russia 1rian who helped
ship the goods Enst would be regard- ed as a traitor, When the Assembly begins its The payment referred to was Innl debates on Tuesday it will
the the amount agreed on by launch immediately into the only Foreign Ministers in their meet- general political resolution nc-ing In Paris. The amount is to be cepted by the Foreign Ministers paid over a six-year period.
Although the Foreign Minis who, by the Charter of the Coun
hat all German tors agreed cil, have the last say the agenda,
susela held in Austria were tol be returned to Austria; except | for the Zlatarndorf oilfields and the Danube Shipping Com- pany, the Rusalans have never submitted a list of the property they hold.
ir fixing
This resolution, sponsored by Mr. Wintson Churchill, calls for consideration of any necessary
changes in the polical structure
of Europe to achieve a greater unity between members of the Council of Europe.
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Recently, according to reliable sources, Russia has been slip- ping out vast quantities of the property which should, according to the draft treaty of Indepent- dence, be returned to Austrin.
M. Helmer was #peaking at Wiener Neustadt in the Russian
ciated Press,
Mr. Churchill may make the to be big speech he is known planning during this debate which
last over aš i is
expected to
Tomorrow will sessions.
Day in Strasbourg.
Britain's veteran atatesman, here as one of the main archi-cupled zone of Austria Asse tects of the new Europe, la to receive
be
Churchill
the Freedom of the City for the part he played in freeing Strasbourg from
Nazis.
Citizen Of Honour
the
ARMISTICE MEET TO BE CANCELLED
Middlesbrough, August 14.
On The Syria-Israeli Border,
August 14. Man-made rain fell twice in Q. When is the new govern
At noon, in the beautiful 16th
The meeting of the Syria-Israeli ment expreted 10 be Britain during August, it was dis-
the century City Hall, the Mayor, M. elused here today. It was formed?
that rain had been Charles Frey, surrounded by his Armistice Commission, which was Municipal Councillors, will pre-to have been held here on Tues "Tonight a general mocting first time
will
of Liberal manufactured in Britain.
with a day under General Riley, United A Royal Air Force Bomber dis-sent kaders and the formation charged carbon dioxide in cloud diploma making him a citizen of Nations Chief of Staff. is likely or 4 government is ex-formations on two occasions, pro- honour, pected later."
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be held
Q.
Has the coup any con- nection with foreign coun- tries?"
A. "No foreign connection
whatsoever" Colonel Hinnawi
Mr.
Churchill
the
ducing showers In drought areus Today the local press reflected near the Pennine Mountains.
the popularity, amounting almost
which The operation was carried out to adulation, with by the Imperial Chemical Indus- British wartime leader's name is tries and the Air Ministry's Meteo-held in this age-old city of many rological Office.
Jike WAS.
The two successes
wars,
the were
Colonel Zaim, horn at Aleppo, result of three attempts.--Asso- Northern Syria.-Reuter.
clated Press.
Japan Key To Far East--Eichelberger
New York, August 14.
Intense, its not thought to General Robert L. Eichelberger told a reunion of the
have been engineered by ar President
Bhukry Boy el Kouatly, who was doposed by!
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24th Division Association last night that Japan holds the key to the Far Eastern situation and must not be allowed to fall under Russian control.
The wartime Pacific leader who later became chief
newspaper
"Dernieres
The Nouvelles D'Alsace" pushed yes- terday's proceedings of the Coun- cil of Europe into a corner anl splashed a portrait of Mr. Chur- chill on the front page, printed
printed with a large blue
The
OVIT-
heading rend, "Bonne Chance. Citoyen Winston Churchill" ("Good Luck, Citizen Churchill").
Winston
The article, recalling his
famous speeches, declared. "Stros-:
bourg considers him as one of t her sons"--Reuter.
Mr Chifley's Message To
of the United States occupation vorce in Japan Aussie Miners
said that the country would be a great prize for the Communists.
Britain Swelters Australia it would signify the
In 'Heat Wave
"But to the United States, Canada, the Philippines and loss of World War I and a potential defeat in the Pacific in any future war that might be forced on us," he said.
General Eichelberger said that the wartime victory over Japan was mainly responsible for a con- The temperature in Londondition that has resulted in the 27.8 degrees Centigrade in the current spread of the Communists shade was the month's highest. Londoners poured out of the city to the countryside and to seaside resorts.
London, August 14. Britain today sweltered in heat-wave.
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There were big queues at rail- way stations, but relief trains got all the trippers away.
to
Dry, sunny weather is expected continue for some days.—
Heuter,
SLOVAK GENERAL MAY BE RED
in China,
Russia's Action "With your defeat of the Japanese the vateran Kwang- tung Army of almost a million mon was compelled to sureen- dar to Availa, a nation whose contributions to victory in the
·Far East did
not change the time of the unconditional, sur- render by single hour," he sald...
Canberra. August 14, The Australian Premier, Mr J. B. Chifley, broadcasting today on. the end of the coal strike, urged the miners to purge their ranks of Communists,
He said that members of the Miners Federation had
now learned what the disruptive tac- ties of a Communist section of their lenders could mean,
Mr. Chitey revealed that over-
orders scas
for A £1,250,000 worth
01 heavy equipment were.
now being filled. Heavy plant should be available for use in a few months.
He added that with the plant. already.available, Australia should eventually produce four to five million tons of coal annually from open cast mines alone-Associated Press
Egypt To Mourn Zaim's Death
King
"The arms and the equipment of this great army were not des-
Cairo, August. 14. Farouk ordered the New York, August, 14.
in ac troyed by the Russians General Mikulas Ferencik cordance with their promises but Egyptian Court Into mourning for aged 44, former. Slovak Minister used instead to arm the Chinese three days from tomorrow over, of the Interior, was detained an Communist divisions which even. the execution of the Syrian Pre-
suspected Communist here to-
awept Southward to defeat aldent, Hum! Zalm. tually day on arrival from Europe as a the Nationalist government which
Zaim had estabilibed "most cor- dial relations with Egypt and Inst displaced person.
Rusia t turn had
had agreed to work presented King faròck with The Immigration service said support:" that he and -hla - wifo, ... Milada, He said that when the Kwang the "Wissam Cmatya", the highest
Syrian decorationy aged 82, would be held on Ellis tung Army war allminated all The Minister st State, Moham- Inland ponding further investiga economie and ideological Infl- tonight tame Egres would y
of: China" lay open to: political, | med, Hasbar. Hey, told repletara
They were
placed persons.
822 dis- tration from the North-this: In || postponement of the Arab triska from spite of all the wartime awe Poldest a Committee a Breephaven on a United States - poured out to the Nationalist: Which is due next. Ardy, transport
to be cancelled as a result of the in Syr, ac- counter-revolution cording to Israeli sources.
The Syria-Israeli frontier was quiet all today and no suspicious moves were observed-Reuter,
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