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ARMED REVOLT IN SINKIANG Rush to fill up with petrol Peaceful
Woman killed in landslide
A 39-year-old woman, Chan Kam-yung, 'was killed ́and a man and 15-year-old boy. were injured in Jandalida en the hillside of Ming Yuen H
North Point, yesterday after- noon,
The landslide occurred at 4.86 p.m.
The injured, Lam Wing, aged 44, and Blu Wan, aged 18, were taken to the Queen Mary Hospital. They were on the killuido
at the
Fiva persona, threa women and two man, ware killed and eight others were injured, In a landslide at a thing Kong Quarry Company
quarry In
Shaukiwan above thing On Street on Saturday morning,
Sino-Soviet plans in SE Asia
London, June 3. Informed quarters sald today that British intelligence re ports indicated that Russia and Communist China had split their "colonial objectives" in
South East Asia and embark
ed on a plan of "practical co. operation" in the area.
Intelligence reports to the Foreign Office said that among the Important "plums" parcelled Chinesa our to Mao Tse-tung's Communists were Burmese, Indo- nesian and Malayan rubber and in and Siamese rice, India and Pakistan were sali to be includ-
of influence," a goal to bd attain-
Kazaks, White Russians involved in rebellion
REBELS SAID ROUTED
A rebellion in China's Sinkiang province against the new People's Central Government of Chino was disclosed by the Chinese Communist's official news agency, New China News Agency yesterday.
The report from Tihwan, capital of Sinklang, said
that the main rebel force under Wu Sze-man
was routed in operations against it from May MAUNA LOA
17 to 23.
It claimed that the rabel force included Kazaks
and White Russians. The robols suffered
1,000 casualties, including 167 killed. White Russians were among the dead.
Two
The report said that prison than surrender when the Reds ers captured included 13,330 swept through Szechuan last win-
ter. Kazaks, 40 White Russians and 840 rebels, presumably Chin-
ese.
Booty captured included, 744 horses, 80 rifles, and one light machine gun with 10,745 rounds of ammunition,
Revolt in Szechuan
of
Despatches claimed that mem-i bers of various powerful secret societies in Szechuan notably the older Brother Society, were sup- the anti-Communist porting. movement in the province.
Their Influence has always been
an
STILL ERUPTING
· Honolulu. June 3. Muuna Loa's cruption-- greatest in Hawali's volcanic history-today shows no sign of abating.
One village, Upper Hookena, has been destroyed. Several others have been partly destroyed by the
of Sactor in the affairs scaring rivers of molten lava.
The societies are said to have turned against the Communist following the execution of some of their leaders and an order tha members had to hand in all arms and ammunition in their posses Slon.
Unrest in the rich, hinterland province of Szechuan fismed 30 into open revolt in the middle of May near Taeyang, pro- Nationaliat despatches claimed, according to an Associated Press report from Taipeh. Tzeyang is miles South East
50 the provincial capital
Reports estimated that the total umber of men in arms against Communists in Szechuan were
of
the
British motorista-ration od with petrol Tar ter! years-rushed to the petrol pumps to 811 up with fuel following the announcement, that, rationing of petrol had cessed as a result of a deal with two United States oil companies. British motorists have been receiving' a· barle Patior sufficient for 90 miles of motoring monthly but this was Increased to 180 miles monthly from June 1. The price of petrol was increased in Britain's lank budget from 28/3d to 36/-per galion. Photo shows a long line of care waiting at a London petrol pump to 11 up with Unrationad petrol. (AP Photo).
Arab overtures
Soviet Russia
to
The lava moved down and cutting burned telephone poles,
the therefore communications, extent of the destruction and the The fate of small parties reported There trapped were not known. were no casualties reported, how CVETA
Volcanologist Ruy Finch sald the eruption was the most violent
on record for the amount of lava
Cairo, June 3,
recent Arab suggestions of overtures to Rus- zia which at first looked like á bluff to create more favourablo Anglo-American policies are becoming a real possibility, neutral observers here feared today.
ed in Communist China's "pher Chengtu on "the highway leading which would be an over-generous | The nearest to it was the eruption}
between 300,000 and 400,000, hurled out in the first 13 hours. The Big Three declaration on arms for the Middle ed by #eveloping peasant re-to Chungking.
sistance,"
The rebels ara former Nation assessment. Sources claimed there is list troops who had been in- They admitted these forces had evidence in reports that the corporated Into the Chinese Com-been suffering Jusses in recen Chinese Communists Interid to munist army, despatches declared, months, but not so many as 75,000 intervene directly, in the Indo-but no estimate of the number casunities which the Communists
are said to have claimed. Chinese conflict between the involved was given. French puntored Vietnam The revolt caused total disruption
Government · under
Emperor of trafle on the Chengtu-Chung- Warlords' plot Bao Dal and the Vietminh fac
*cking highway, main artery
tion led by M. He traffic in Szechuan province, only
Chi minh.
Haiphong
two days after it had been re- opened
The rebels were said to have The Chinese Communist oc jained forces with guerilla units cupation of Hainan Island wat composed of Nationalists who had sold to fore-shadow. a Communist blockade of Halphong which is taken to irregular, warfare rather
SOVIET ZONE
LAND MINES
of
Mauna Lea's Eastern,
Kilauer crater, in 1983;
Mr. Finch had·
-had- dlocked... the lava flow at the startling rate of from 20 to 40 miles an hour Dr. G. A. MacDonald, Hawal volcano observatory geologist said today the flow is st spectacular.
By radiophone, he reported that the edges
of the flow are moving
Fost has had a very bad reaction throughout the Arab world. Soviet Russia appears to realise that the moment may be ripe to ex- tend its influence in the Middle East and is reported to be reinforcing its diplomatic mis- sions there with specially trained experts.
2. Britain's reluctance to accept
evacuation of the Suez Canal area. All of this has not been unab- served by the Russians."
Insisting that they are anti-
Concessions to Western Germany
election in Japan
Tokyo, June 4. Soma 35 per cent of Japan's .44,500,000 eligible voters peacefully elected half of the House of Councillors today as the polls closed at 6 pm. with no violence reported.
It was Japan's fourth post-war election. The results are not ox- pected to be known until Monday: There were 24 arrests-22 Com- munists, and two candidates. The Communists were arrested for illegal electioneering. One candi- date was held for alleged swindl ing, the other, a member of the. government Liberal Party, on suspicion of
of bribery.
Voters braved rata throughout mort of Japan to choose 182 members of the Upper House among 663 candidates running as Independents or on seven party tickets ranging from the Govern ment's Conservative Liberal Party to the Communists.
Chief issue
The ohlf, lanus, at stake, wąt endircement of the sccupation polloles and separate peace with the Western Powers as représ sented by Promler Yoshida'à. Liberals or the "protest vote" which could go to the Com *muhiste Socialista.
While the Communists
most
were
violent in their attacks on 'America, the Socialists and other. non-government porties oppose a peace pact without Russia and Red China and do not favour per- maneat American miltary bases In Japan
Communist de anticipated monstrations, banned by the police, failed to materialise. Rain further dampened, the Red efforts conduct "peace plebiscite," also forbidden by the police.
zo.
Washington, June 3. Offelal sources here said to- day the Allied, authorisation of a police force for Western Germany is only one of a serica of far-reaching. conées. slons to the Federal Republic which may be placed in effect gradually and as quietlygas, 199 possible during the coming devedeset months.
The Communist groups were permitted to display placards but not where the police considered would interfere with the voting.
United Press, Ne
They said these may include Secret U.S. air
the following:
1. Approval of some form of
German Foreign Office and relin-
quishment by the Big Three of
all
but a few critical review
manoeuvres
Washington, June 3.
that slowly but a channel in the centro Communist, the Arabs still are the Egyptian demand for the porters over German foreign rơm gà Thẻ U.S. Air Force disclos-
is travelling at 20 miles an hour across the main highway West of the volcano.
talking about the possibility of a pact with Russia or of get-: ting armis from her.
further said Reports varlous Szechuan, warlords who had gone over to the Com munists in December planned general ravolt, but the plot was
clouds still issue
Anti-American and anti-Brilish' Huge steam discovered and they were being from the ocean where the hot lava sentiment is growing instead of kopt under strict surveillance.
Is pouring into the sea, he said subsiding. It is against this back- Hsu Tao-lia, former Nationalist He estimated.
found that most of the Middle that the ocean i emcial who escaped to -Talwan
bolling over an area up to about East received the recent Big Three after 11 months in Shanghai fold one mile off shore.
declaration on the area coldly be- that
the
the eruption, in sudiences here.
people
the Western while damaging cause of the fear that that once thriving metropolis wort to the coas
coast, was a boon to one of powers want to include the Mid- anxiously awaiting the return of Hawaii's major industries, the dle East in their cold war.
tourist trade.
Thero
other reasons: Reports further said everyone Newspapers were full of ad- 1. Continued conviction by Arab In Shanghai with radio pets, vertisements offering special ex-leaders that the American polley was listening to the Voice of cursion flights at bargain rates. is pro-Israel. They feel that all America radio prog
Anglo-American programmes despite Air traffic is se thick over Hawail recent
state- the prospect
of punishment if they that the Civil Acrsuautics Ad- monts, including the Dig Throe were caught dolag so.
ministration had to set up an declaration, favour Israel, and Communists in Shanghai wers serial traffic pattern
over the Ignore the legitimate Arab rights. paying large sums of money for volcano. the Tass news agency service, but "nobody reads it," he said,
the chief supply port for Frencht forres in Tonkin province, The British and French navies were understood to be making plans to
attempt this Counter
through co-operation in coastal patrols.
Intelligence reports said when the Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung, was in Moscow he was allocated by Moscow a
Hamburg, June 3. "programme for execution," In- cluding assistance
to lo Chi- Seventy thousand land mines mình âu
the
capture of Tonkin, a produced in the Soviet zone move un Slam and finally to re- of Germany were bought in love the guerilles in Malaya.
Hong Kong by unidentified The reports said that
"resisl ance" in Indla was "taking root" customers reputed to be in mainly in Bengut and South East league with Communist gueril- Hyderabad. Moscow radio was la fighters in Indo-China. said to be supporting this cam- This was reported today by the pain by "a full programme of German weekly "Der Spiegel.” kliortwave Bongal - Hindustan The magazine sald that the Soviet zone of Germany is engag- international arms Ing in the
BOUGHT IN HK? Chiang Kai-shek a forces.
broadcasts.
Uned Press.
MR. BEVIN'S OPERATION.
Ipran
Every rumour of American at to Taiwut, no matter how false it was, gave-great uplift to th inhabitants of Shanghal, he added
False reports of the presence of
had the anme effect,
Hsu Hslap-yen, Director of th pro-Nationalist
Kona "Hong Times," also brought encourage. ment here.
Police Chist Mariin of Htin; after a thorough canvass, reported the only confirmed losses word seven, homes and, 12 uninhabited buildings at Pahoehoe and Kache villages Avociated Press.
trade despite the Yalla ad Pots- Japanese volunteers in Taiwan FAIKA MARRIED AT
dam agreements forbidding it.
The magotine gave no source
ita article.
It claimed that the Soviet zone was manufacturing-and ex-
-
London, June 4 The Forolyn Secretary," Mr Ernest Bevin, is making good porting rifles, machine-guns, progress Biter undergoing on operation * yesterday
mortars, land mines and recon- naissance.cars. anal fistula-a pipe-like ulcer.. a Foreign Omce: spokesma today.
Mr. Bovin,
The Soviet zone arms traffic be spokesman said) gan with the export of sporting is 69, is expect guns in 1948, the magazine said, ed to remain in a Lónsion gilnic Associated Press.
who
for another three weeks. This
vas Mr. Bovin's second operation SULTAN OF BRUNEI
Ho underwent
Chloese in Hong Kong he claim ed, were by and large, "strongly pro- Nationalist, though they were much depressed by the abandon- ment of Hainan, particularly, the false news of a great victory."
Associated Pressi
MOSLEM CEREMONY
·ATE
Voting in Belgium
Political weapon
*
Russian diplomatic, misalenti in Arab capitals have recently beon Bugmented by a number
of
experts who have receives; special training. The Egyptian and Syrians have been using
·Rusdian Stalke na a
politica weapon
Tations.
Removal of the pressnted today that secret man- restrictions on the
and
oeuvres, including air defenco speed of German merchant ships exercises, will be held under which may be, constructed for simulated wartime conditions export.
it had been freely throughout, the United States atated in offiolat quarters that during the next two weeks. the Brlilah have new agreed to
this despite any qualms London Details of the manoeuvres are may have over esmpetition of being withheld because one pur- German shipyarde
pose is to train Air Force. per-
3. Transfer to the Germans of sonnel in wartime security mea- many of the present Allied on, the spokesman said.
The Continental and Strategic forcement powers over prohibited. and restricted industries and ap- Air Commands and the Military proval of an increase in the steal Air Transport Service will par
ticipate in the axercises. production levels.
· Major General Lucas C. Beau, Commander of the Civil Air Patrol, fald CAP and the Air Rescue Service will also conduct extensive training exercises, this month. Search and rescue prac-
4. Temination of the present state of hostilities with the Bons Republic within a legal frame
designed to force the Western powers to revise the "the Arab world. policy toward the Ara Against such a threat, however, are two strong factors that must not be overlooked.
1 Arab military circles are cer-work yet to be agreed on. |tainly anti-Communjel and pro- 3. Review of the occupation
bably will remain se. They would statute and its modification to tice missions will be undertaken like to buy arms from anyone but provide Western Germans with by a CAR wing in each State they don't want to get linked up the broadest feasible degree of Alaskan, Kawail and Puerto Rico
in any shape LED
General Beau said United Press: sovereignty United Press. with Communism? in
realists
many
2. There amoog. insuential Arab bankers and businessmen veño are coil- Brussels, June 4. ·
vinced that their futuro is incx- Belgian voters turned out
linked with Western tricably early today to cast their bal-
Europe and the United States. But lots in a legislative election Cairo, June 4.
which may decide the future they realise that the present drin
will increase or dis gerous trends Princess. rister of King, Farouk, today
Falkn. 23-year-old of exiled King Leopold.
crease depending
upon America's married Fund Sadek, a commoner,
the fourth nation-wide atitude toward Israel and Bris
Lain's attitude toward Europe." Moslem ceremony. The two | ballot since the war, in which the had returned to Cairo in answer royal true has predominated.
The attitude toward the United States was Some 5,500,000 volers streamed House of Deputies deb
was indicated in the recent to a summons from the King after
debata in
In Calro a civil law wedding in the United to the polls to vote for a new Anti-American
at
It is the
States two months ago-Router. House of Representatives and eventually fatements were
Operation for haemos las DIES IN SINGAPORE Europeans in Singapore
"strangely complacent'
April and. came out of hospital. Singapore, June 4. (only a few days before the "Big| The Sultan of Brunel, Borneo
Three Forcl Ministers's talks His Highness Sir Ahmed Tajuddin began last month.--Reuter,
Akharul Khairi Wadin, died here
London, June 4. today, aged 38.
In a report from Singapore, The
had Sultan
a sudden haemorrhage: last night and died published in the mass circula the Singapore General Hospital. tlon Sunday Pictorial" today, His territory is sandwiched bethe newspaper's correspondent, tween
en Sarawak and North Bornes Ralph Champion, stated: "The Rafn hawled about 30,000 aub. British citizens of Singapore decor,"service and
do not seem to give a damn one of the about the fight which fromab, perolate, frimi North ··Inda-Calusi Brunel, though one
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erow the China Sea, North finansmallest territories in the British young troops are waging
depression. how i erntent, bear), Tokyo,
minking big money out of almost any project they undertake."
Singapore's shops were packed with luxury goods, and there are pleasant evenings to be spent
variety of night spots, which both in London's West British social life; he conducted on a curious custe system reminiscent of pro-war
equal
about two-thirds
Voting
the
Senate.record, but nevertheless, the fact
that
from the
Mohammed Nilay,
Waldistendamment deputy,
up before remslas apparently anxious to cast their ballots and hypocritical, igrateful and im
snapped at the United States as enjoy the warm
spring day The |main issue before the voters 15-
perialistic United Fress."
should King Leopold, in exile as in the 1946 and 1949. elections"
as monarch Associated Press. In Switzerland, resume his duties
JAPS APPEALING TO WETU
“Iba Luson Strali, iberos „XRwardsŭto | Commonwealth, is its biggest oll against the guerillas,kupa imatorists would giva "oven ), Labour Unions, with a member-
(27%ło Vi depression, lip moving, 'slowly
ENEngerdawid, deepening, NY
strong," Letterly winder- falti ›ƒYesterday's "Weatherimi??)
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DROWNED
IN PETROL
Quam: June 4.
5. Air Force paid today that Privalo-First Class Mary J. Zestwood, New Jersey,
a
K16al
and the
18
uk Tokyo, June 4.3 The All-Japan Council at "In fact, 200 miles from the jungle front, they re as happily litt soldiers plodding along the intentions of appealing to the ahip of 3,000,000, has announced Ignorant of the campaign as are in the heat on theiry into town World Federation of Trade Unions Xe and otherris world- democratic Champion, wrot
ming, one of
Troplex
most people thousands of ☺ miles { from, Inolated: Carrigitte all; a forces to help liberata Ullalanı
away in Britain.
Yet, these troops are risking faults, Singapore their lives the security of the the best run town businessmen and their quobbish. A sliverncalien wives, who frim Waig the away lo ralta, the lot in the smart-sygte of Singapore. 187 plazANA
hampion" dese the
patriota sentenced by an Ameri
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