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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1949. **)
JEWS MAY A A Portable Plane
CAUSE TROUBLE
Munich, October 10. American Army authorities today tightened precautions against a possible outburst by
| Landsberg's 4,000 displaced. Jews uhem se Koch, infamous “Ris- tress of Buchenwald,” tras- ferred to German custody Ca Monday.
camps
There are two big Jewsh DP at Strewel, not far from the Kim American military prison.
in
Many of the inmates may have had relatives
Buchenwald while the 40-year-old Use was there
Authorities were uneasy about the reaction of these Jews and alerted U. S. military - units at Landsberg and prison woards. They will form a protective cor- when the don about the prison veman is given over to the Ger- 13:15.
Early on Monday, she will complete a four-years allied war crime sentence and will be turn-}||
for trial ed over
on similar charges by German authorities,
The Germans have charged her on five major equnts, one of which involved the
Wanton-
shooting of 24 Jewish prisoners
1941
Major General Clayton Pierce, 3. S. Commander in Augsburg where the Germans try the former Buchen- xidow of the wald Commander, said that strict reasures would be
taken to prevent any demonstration either by Jews or Germans.
He conceded that there was definite possibility of trouble when se Koch walks outside the protective walls of Lands. berg.
He disclosed that earlier Army restrictions which would have banned Allied reporters from acting the trasfer had been rais-
He said, however, that no Ger- man reporters" or photographers would be permitted
the action. Allied reporters and shotographers only will be per- mitted. Associated Press.
Among the fantasies on display at the Concour Lepine (Miner inventions Show) in Paris was this "portable aero- plane" presented by Gaston Amedee Mourlagué of Pariz. Not relying solely on the little motor, the propeller may also be powered by the levers Mourlague is holding, extending to the lower left holds the flyer up when the plane is in action.
GREEK GUERILLAS STOP OPERATIONS
London, October 16.
The Greek guerilla army tonight announced that it ked cased operations "in order to gyaid the total destruction of Greece" but had not dis- banded.
The announcement, made over the Free Greek Radio in a proclamation from the "Provisional Greek Government," came 24 hours before the United Nations Conciliation Commission was due to report back to Lake Success.
reorganising in Albania.
At the same time, the Greek! He surrendered
Greek General Staff in Athens alleged Army detachment five days later. that the ruerilla forces-"defeat-
Vasili Bartziotas the of the Interior to the Government "Meria
to a
nister Greek
ed, in recent battles"-were dow
The guerilla proclamation de neunted the role of the "Angle was alleged by the Greek General American imperialists and their Staff to have said in a speech agon the Marcho-Fasets, last month at the camp: We are ations when Have organising amongst the Albanian
han the opwally since the people for the attack, which will)
tern Greece
and of the world war?
Theougat
give us, final_victory""
At Lake untold
misery to the Greek 'people sinée they pushed it into a civil Th three and a half years ago,"
{ lied
The proclamation said that
Success, the United Nations Political Commission, os September 29 last unanimously approved the creation of a Cons ciliation Commission to try to settle the Greek question and. to
peaceful solution of Greece's pro-report back by tomorrow.
blems was now being sought in the United Nations with the participation of the Soviet Union." ***Athens,” It added, “is:
speaking
Conciliation Group
For the first time in the three
about amnesties and agreement; years that the United Nations the Greek but in fact, the Moa cho Fascist had been discussing (the guerillas term for the question, there was a unahimo Greek Government in Athens) go vole, the Soviet Unior and its usual supporters voting with the Aemocrats persecuting
remainder of the 39-member Poll- wherever they and them
tical Committee.
O
Greece." The long rod
The gadget has yet to be flown. (AP Photo).
Chinese Largest Group In Malaya
to witness The proportion of locally-born Chinese and Indians resident in the Federation of Malaya and the Colony of Singapore has greatly increased since 1931,
SHINWELL IN TRIESTE
Trieste, October 10. Britain's War Minister, Mr. Semicl Shir, well, inspected Allied military outposts in Trieste
He arrived on Saturday after inspecting troops in Austria.
He is the guest of Major- General Terence S. Airey, British Commander of Anglo-American secupation troops in Associated Press.
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territories were 4.347,704: in 194,ut the
they were 5,848,910.
In- Ruins
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The new 'Conciliation group comprised General Carlos Ro. mulo, of the Philippines, who is President of the General Assem
the
After declaring that the in-ly. Mr. Trygve Lie, the Secre- terests of the Greek people were tary-General of the Uniter Na- the paramount consideration otions, Mr. Lester Pearson the guerillas, the proclamation Canadian Chairman of the As said that the Greek people resembly Political Committee, and ed peace and bread.
Mr. Selim Sarper, of Turkey
i Vice-Chairman... who Committee,
Its
of the
terms of reference WITC
Sacrificing Balkans For
The Far East
16
t
London, October 16. The Greek gueritian' ces- sation of operations was, re garded in: London diplomatic quarters tonight as confirma- on that the Soviet policy for months past has been willing
sacrifice aims Balkans for
success In the Est. Far
The fallure to arrive at a settlemarcel with
of the 15-menths' Marshal Tito was always seen here as meaning that Moscow had to For the risk of giving up its -----Popestin Graces.
On the other hand, events In a matter of months has
brought the Chinese' nätiön of nearly 500,000,000 into friendly relations -with the Soviet Union.
This, it was thought, must be for Moscow worthwhile compensation for writing off Kreece Reüter.
VIENNA LEGATION SCANDAL
Vienna, October 16. Investigators of the Ministry of Interior, probing a $3,000,000 So- vict-sponsored smuggling ring. announced today they had de- "Greece is now in ruing and)
faite proof that the. Bulgarian hunger reigns everywhere," R
Legation here had shipped thou- declared. But, the proclama
sands of ball bearings by diplo- to devise methods and procedure matic transportation out of Aus- tion asserted, the temporary for resolving the existing dif- tria cessation" of military dipera.
ferences between Greece and her tions did not mean that the
The alleged leaders of the ring. Norther neighbours-Albania, Max Schwartz and Herb Brecher. "Provisional" Greek
Govern Bolgarie
and Yugoslavia. British nationals, were arrested ment and the people of Greece"
Reuter renounced the fight for the
in June along with eight Com- munist officers and some 20 Aus-, rights of the Greek people,
trian Government officials and merchants.
"The Monarcho-Eascists arc mistaken if they think that the struggle is ended and the De. mocratic Army has ceased to
Disastrous Floods In Guatemala
According to police reports the ring bought up essential metals and textiles in Austria and ship- ped them to the East by the So- viet-operated Danube Shipping Company. The investigation was suspended for more than a month
Par the National election cam-
Locally-born Chinese now number two thirds of the entire Chinese population of the two areas and for the first time the Chinese are the largest national group, exceeding the Malaysian com- ponent by more than one per cent of the whole. These facts are revealed increase in the Malaysian popula- | exist,” it said. the report on the 1947 census tion. small though it is, is a fact The declaration ended with an of population which has just considerable prestat import appeal to the Greek people to be been published.
apce, alhough it cannot be taken united and to continue the indicative of a struggle for peace, bread and The report shows that Malaya's as necessarily
Guatemala, October 16 future trend: He says that the liberty," with the assurance that Trieste population increased by 1.501,206
Forty are estimated. to have in the 16 years between the 1931 increase in locally-born Chinese all true democrats are with them died in
Ministry officials said they ar- foods,
receding rested six Now In 1931 the seems to be generally distributed and that they belong to the same which and 1947 censuses.
Austrian drivers of inundated Federation: în
widespread the Bulgarian Legation who had combined populations of the two
camp as the "truly democratic areas of this Central too there has been a countries and the Soviet Union, Republic last
American driven trucks
buith Eulgarian rise, although there the pros the champion of peace and demo weeks of the worst
week after two licence plates. During
portion of foreign born Chinese js
rain in 15 the same
period the seal greater than in most of the cracy in the world."
years Chinese population increased from
The Greek General Staff said: 1,704,452 to 2.614.667, the latter states of the Federation.
tonight that guerilla forces which 45,508 square mile country had that the All reports indicated that. figure giving them 44.10 per cent Mr. Del Tufo gives what he
defeated in of the
the total population. On the feels is positive evidence of a were
the recent suffered a major disaster. Coffee ether hand the Malaysian com- general intention amongst the battles for the Grammos and operators estimated that at least ponent which includes Malays Chinese community to settle in Vitsi Heights were now reorgani-20 per cent of the crop Guate and Aboriginal stocks, increased: Malaya. He states: "The increase sing in a camp in Albaniz by only 613.525 to a total of in the Malayan-born part of thei 2,543,569. This gives a percent- Chinese population being just age of 48:49 of the total popula- over 1,100,000, it is scen that tion.
nearly 90 per cent of those born The increase in the Indian com- in 1931 and still surviving remain con ponent was smaller, the figures in the country." There was also being 599.516 and £21,847 respec- an increase in local born Indians tively.
There were only minor from 121.474 to 298.674 for the whole of Malaya and the Census changes in the other communi-
Superintendent points out that, ties, including Europeans and although the percentages of In dians born in Malaya are still Comment On Report
smaller than
the corresponding gures for Chinese, they have in-
(Continued on Col. 8)
Eurasians.
Mr. 3. V. Del Tufo, the Superintendent of Census, com mcats in his report that the in-
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These tricks, the officials said. were used to transport illegally- East under the protection purchased ball bearings to
the of Bulgarian diplomatic tra
transport"
The authorities said the in- -vestigators accumulated "sutf- Inala's principal export-had!
cient, evidence" to warrant the been destroyed "by winds, and arrest: of six textile firm mana- rain.
gers who had similarly assisted XL. this figure is correct,
the
in the smuggling, of essential This" camp, "the statement said, enflee loss will probably exceed materials to the East.” was in a wooded region near $7,000,000.
Offcials said the six business Pallway installations were ex men, would be arrested on Mon- Skoumbi River. about six miles. Iron the Southern Albanian town instvely damaged and railway day. of Elbasute.
communications are expected to Interior Ministry officials said The existence of the camp was be paralysed for at least twe.the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed by George Dzoums, a weeks.
fias protested to the Bulgarian · sergeant in the Eighth Com Evacuation of the Pacific coad Govenment against the strange
Division, who munist
entered port of San Jose was halted tacties of its Vierma Legation" in Greece from Albania on Septem-yesterday as the food waters bej smuggling several million schil- ber 24 last to gather informatiorgan
and the to recede
'rains | lings, worth of essential materials and CITY out sabotage, the stopped-Reuter, -
-United Press. statement declared.
(Continued from Col. 5.) creased even more rapidly than the latter.
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The report notes that there has been an all-round and marked Improvement in the general lite- racy rates. This improvement was only to be expected during a period of relatively smali m migration, for, claims the report. The the educational facilities of cred In Malaya have latterly been much superior to those generally available in China or South India, and certainly to the relative areas whence the bulk of the im- migrants come.
Washington, October 16. Secretary of Commerce, Charles Sawyer, today warned that 5,000,000 men will be thrown out of jobs and thousands of small business men forced to the wall if the steel Strike continues until December T.
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In a statement today, summing [up the possible economic impact, of the two-week-old. shutdown, Mr. Sawyer asserted sombrely: that the stoppage has reversed" the upward business and em ployment trend and now the nation's welfare is at stake.
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settlementa is made by the end of the week, the pro- biem. Itself will be coming into Its crucial stagé," he said United Pres