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BIRTHDAY
HONOURS
FOR HK RESIDENTS
A Hong Kong journalist is among the local residents who have been honour- ed by the King. Mr. Henry Ching, editor of the "South China Morn- ing Post," has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (Civil) in the King's Birthday Honours List.
NEW TRADE TALKS IN TOKYO
cd:
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FOR GENERAL STRIKE
Action by SCAP termed violation of Potsdam MacArthur orders Yoshida to carry out new purge
Tokyo, June 7.
Japan's Communist Party today defiantly called for a general
strike to protest against General MacArthur's purge of its leaders, but the Occupation authorities so far appeared un- willing to be baited into outlawing the Communist Party, Headquarters officials said denunciation of SCAP's action 'in the official Party organ, "Akahata", and scattered protest demonstrations through- out Japan would be considered individually rather than as cause for a blanket Red bar.
Nevertheless, the Communists, apparently itching for martyrdom, hawked
today's edition of "Akahata” with megaphones on street corners and "Akahata”, although well aware at tram and underground stations.
it may be banned, published an official Communist Party statement calling SCAP's purgo "violation of the Potsdam declaration”,
Yoshida sees MacArthur
"Tokyo, June 7.
Shigeru Premier, * The Yoshids, mot General Man Arthur at Bp.m, and confer« red far one hour, presumably the Whole-Communist situs? tion. No details are knly to be revealed.
Dr. S. N. Chau, Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, has been awarded the Order of Commander of the British Empire (Civil).
Other local residents honour - 1 Rauṇugam
It said 65 labour unions in Malnyan Railway,
Tokyo had decided "there is 180: Mr. Nell Garland (Marine
King's Police and Service Medal no longer room for argument“ Department),
Mahmud Bin Mahmud, Assit- und henceforth would stage MBE (Civil); Mr. Chung KingInnt Superintendent of Polier strikes wherever possible, with pui (Secretariat for Chinese At-Malaya, Patrick Joseph Shannon, a general strike as the ultim fairs) and Mr. W.E. Holland Commissioner of Police, Sarawak, ate goal." (Public Works Department).
Caionul Police Medal-Mithan In Fukuoka City. Kyushu. CPM (Maritorlaus Bervice): E. Tyrer (Assistant Superintendent Cal Angrish, Malayan Police, Ser-Communist lenders told a crowd of Police); Fong Yik-fal (Inspergeant Renald Carnaby, Malayan of 300 that General MacArthur's tor of Police?; and Man Sai Police," Acting Superintendent Irons (Sub-Inspector of Pollee).
Charles James Haines, Sinagporetan "equalled in viciousness" Certificates of Honour:
Potter, Superintendent Robert the Appanese Government's supdiscussing redsy'n arder and pression of the Communists in Cheung Ka-cheung, Mr. LA Shiu Harper, Malayan Police; Assist March 1920. (One of SCAP's Brs'
Superintendent Tokyo, June 7.
Peter
Howes, nets after the surrender was to sum and Mr. Tank Tal-hel, British Commonwealth TE-
Mr. Ching has been head of Malayan Poller.
free the former Sceretary-General, and American presentatives
Jal Detective-Inspector the editorial department of the
Bin Kelch Tokuda, and other Com- Occupation trade officials today"South Chinn Morning Post" to Tail Malayun Police, Sergeant munists Imprisoned since
He
was Albert Jarrold, Malayan Police inter. began talks on the third post-more than 20 years.
in Yawata, Kyushu, the Com- Stoff-Sergeant Abdul Latify Sin war Sterling bloc-Japan trade born in Austraila.
He joined the newspaper us Ibrahim, Japanese
Police, Asstounists put up posters summon- agreement
einergency officials hope will be more reporter when he passed through tont-
Leftist students Malayan Pollee, Assistant meeting. satisfactory than the previous Hong Kong on his way back to
distributed Moule Tokyq Edwin
University perlatendant Singapore arrangements.
Police, Acting-S
handbillis caliing for -Superin
u general tendent Donald Nichols, Singapore student strike: There were
Notional polica hend- Police, Assistan: Superintendent arrests.
received no quarters in Tokyo Desmond Palmer, Mnlayan Police,
Detective Gulab reports of violence anywhere, but Special-Grade
alert Shah, Singapore Police, Assistant- continue on the
The Attorney-General, Shunk!- Song Kok-129.
Government chi Ueda, said the Superintendent Sagapore Police.
may expel Communists from the Civil Service, the teaching pro- fession and 'key industries. Legislation dealing with the Reds was expected to be put before Futtery the forthcoming Diet session, probably this month.
which
Far East awards
Singapore's Chief Justice, Charles Murray-Ayneley, is made a 'Kuight Bachelor.
Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG)
Australia after accompanying his birthplace near father to his Indin, Shatavkok," The United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South
Other awards Africa and Ceylon are represent-
at the talks with the Japanese-Reuter reports-the-following- ed at the
tending as observers. The con- ferees plan to draft a irħde ar- rangement by June 30 when the present agreement expires ond to avoid the vacuum caused in the past two years by a delay in the talks.
The Japanese Trade Ministry C.B.E.. Economic Advisor to the wants a larger volume of trade Commissioner-General In South with the Sterling bloc but amelala East Asla, Marobon Vincenzo Del are definitely wary of any agree-Tulo, Deputy Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya, and Wil- ment that does not include re- elprocal guarantees.
Frederie Charles Denham.
ont-Superintendent Claude Law- lug comrades to an
tha
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Authoritativa Headquarters sources Bald the new list of 17 to be purged was a pretty good cross section of the men responsible for the trend and policy
of "Akaḥšťa," Communist.pape
the
While declining specifio identifications, the
men
sourcen gald those purged, were both.
and active employees who wlotdéd Influence ovar the paper without holding positions on it. They con. odiforial na will policies Associated Press.
Woo Albania over
Belgrade, June 7. Buper-secret negotiations between important British, Grook and Albanian offolała ars under way in Rome with the aim of bringing Albenia Into the Western camp.
The conferences caused serious concern In Yugoslav omcial circles and were reported to have greatly surprised the few American officials aware of, what is taking place,
The source, who has recently returned from Italy, sald ̧n very high-ranking Albanian delegation arrived in the Italian capital from Tirana recently and immediately contacted apodial British amissarles who had come from London for the meeting. Bo Tar-reaching and delicate are the matters being direusand in Rome that the informant predicted that all: the Governments concerned would deny the story." The Gresk representatives are not members of their country's Foreign Office but special Intelligence officere.. The report by the source was for the most part confirmed by independent sources in Delgrade.
On May 1, he said, the Albanian delegation headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister, M. Prifti, arrived in Rome, Ostensibly, their visit was to negotiate a trade agreement with Italy' and sase relations with the italians in an effort to alleviate the difficult position in which isolated Albanla found Itsatt follow. Ing the Cominform break with Marshal Tito-United Press.
JAPAN IN THE WESTERN CAMP
Tokyo, June 7.
A spokesman for the victorious Government Liberol Party" said today that Japan is not neutral and must be counted in the Western doma- cratic comp.
:
The Chief Cabinet Secretary. He asserted that the recently Katsuo Okazaki, justified the signed Russo-Chinese pact, osten- Government's anti-Communistsibly nimed at preventing Japan }from invading either country, polley as natural inasmuch, or Japan exists with the demo-was strange since Japan is, com-
pletely disarmed. cratic 'camp of West Europe. Sa long as Japan was in the Mr. Okazaki told a 'Press con- lemocratie camp the Government ference. I don't think that the must consider the issue of out. Soviet Union is so dumb as to lawing the Communist Party, corrective regard this country as neutral."
He said the world is divided
Japanese Press and its policy calls for prompt corrective action to safeguard the public penes.
"One course such aetlen might take would be to close the journal and destroy for into two camps and if Japan tri- alf time its propaganda-making ed to stay neutral other coun- power and constant inclination to tries would not permit her to do violence and revolution. Another so.
would be the reinstitution of a
pre-censorship over all material
it proposes to print. Both courses,
violative at the band philosophy WAVELL Preasfreedom In Wopan and HERO'S
however, are optigiant to me de
which has guided development of ne
should be imposed only
measures prove ineffective."
other
This appeared to be a stern warning that "Akahata' must
GETS A FUNERAL
London, June › 7. Field-Marshal Lord Wavell, change its consistent policies or former Viceroy of India and face sterner actic
"trolled mapapement and busl.mdering putlawing the Com-to St. Paul's Cathedral in the
It
The Premier, Shigāru Yoshida, at a separate Press conferánoun. warned the Japanese, against regarding" America's wish, with malice and skepticlam heckuva the Communiste: „were saying that the. United States wit convert Japan Into military HO
bake.
thinking
He painted out that the United States is aiding "Japan, to the tuna of: $2,300, 3,000,- enabling her to recover, from: defeat faster than some vietor nations.
The (secret of diplomacy is to approach the other party with good faith, Mr. Yoshida sold.
He again expressed regret over the Memorial Day, incident in which eight: Japanese; 'who' have been sentenced to prisen by a U.S. Army ourt, assaulted five Ame- rirant -United Press,
TACHENS NEXT?
***Talpok, "June","7" Official despatches sold the Reds are massing troops on, the mainland for Invasion of the Tocher lilands, 180 miles South of Shanghal,, which the Nation into a blockade base since their lists have been trying to convert withdrawal from the Chusans last month...
The announcement of the linew hero of the Western Desert Leaders of- Japanese party campaign, was given a hero's was made after Yoshida, whose funeral in London today.
In the first river funeral since Government obviously fears its
Red mammoth
neighbours1800, when Nelson's body was Russia and China-sald he was brought from Greenwich Palace City of London, the Field-Mar- Party in Weak
chinnest
berpectacled shal's body was borne sigwly up Thames by launch Etsuo Shlino, a former coal miner the River who was held in prison 10 years from the Tower of London to
Westminster Abbey. by Japan's former militarists,
Nineteen guns, fired by the heads the new Communist group: Tower battery, broke the silence General MacArthur said it, too, may be purged. But
of the morning as the coffin was sometime survives, it plans to direct Com- "Akahata" "has for
mhad lain in state in the Norman assumed the role of mouthpiece munist policies in Japan until placed on the launch. The body for the most violent of lawless the party congress in the autumn. Chapel of the Tower, of which
A short time after the new Lord Wavell was formerly Con Party and as such has deüled its MacArthur purge, Japanese stable, slucu. his death on May Four steamships and more elements within the Communist
the thin 300 Junks, 24.
reports news columns and editorial pagellee raided headquarters of the with licentious, false, inflamatory Panic Employees' Union in quest
Guards of honour' walled at declared, have been massed at mainland port of Holmén. and seditious appeals to irrespon« of what they said was documen- Japan hed
£10,000,000 |
Assault on presumably, for an balance at the end of the 1948-49
sible sentiment in the effort to tary evidence of aprótest letter the great door of the Abbey as the MacArthur General agreement, then had that washed
Service chiefs and representa- the Tachens, today provoke defiance of constituted on Saturday to General Mac- the coffin was taken. Inside,
Ulves of the Royal Family were Nationalist warships were cre- nut and is now several million in
threa ordered the purge of 17 more authority, disrupt the progress of Arthur, ¡ the red in the past one year of
among those present. Later Lord dited with having sunk C.D.E. (Honorary) Yong Shook
The Navy communique sald Communiste responsible for, the coronile revival and create; so- for public services in the that five armed Communist craft pofioles of the official news- trude with the Sterling area.
Wavell was being buried pri- out of eight Communiat motor vately in the cloister of his old boats in waters near Haimed. Trade Ministry sources said the Federation of Malaya.
paper "Akahata." on Monday night moved up to
school at Winchester. Retter, Associated Press Japanese would press for: 1. Qifteers of the Order of the attack Nationalist gunboats on Increase in trado volume to British Empire (O.B.E.) Milliary patrol
This is the second police action East of Yachow balance the expected decline in Division Lieutenant Colonel near Lingling Island in the Minister, Shigeru Yoshida, the named unday as he ordered taken in this case which involves a
Watson-Hyatt, Pearl River estuary.
Two Com-Allled commander cold this was against the 24 members of the letter signed by representatives of nding the Singa-munist boats closed in up
to an alternative "method of cor- party Central Committee. one year as in the past two aromont Commander
Corps (Lleison) 1,000 yards, received direct Are rection" to closing the newspaper This cans they cannot belong 28 unions. The letter was read *force adherence to the agrocs | Edward Lümmert, D.S.C., and were sunk, Three others were and establishing censorship. Both is the party, hold influential pesi brusque language and in a re- rangements: A clause to en-Realment
ACTION NEAR HK
Talpeh, June_7. Continued action in the Pearl River estuary was
reported in
unofficial reports told of British military planes on reconnaissance over the island stilt in Nationalist hands.
lum John Vickers, Director of an official Navy communique and
Medical Servicor, Singapore.
C. M. G. (Honorary) Dato Mahmad Bin Mat, O.B.E., Menta! Besar, Pabang.
aid from the United States; 2. Aitonald William two-year agreement instead of meer
ments.-UnRed Press.
GENERAL SMUTS
Frank
at
Bland
New purge
cial unrest and mass violence." Three demands
The General directed the Pre- mler to apply the same purge, re-
In a second letter to the Primestrictions crainal the 17men
2
tone, the lotter repeated
the Communist demand for a quick "total" paade for Japan, withdrawal (of Occupation forces and release of eight Japanesa convicted of assaulting five Ameri- can soldiers in a leftist Memorial
at a Communist meeting. In these courses, he said, were re-tions, write, for publication or damaged hut escaped, Caninaning the Malayan Royal
engage in dny political activity. The report of British military pugnant to him.,
he Among those named was Naval Volunteer Reserve, and plones stated that Kai Tuk-based Lieutenant-Commander John Ar-aircraft were making dolly fights Katsumi Kikunami, who yester Action needed.
low
afternoon was named 'a thur Marshall, Malayan Royal
Notionalistday level over Naval Yo
Volunteer Reserve.
qunboats, which are continuing member of the party's, eight-man Pretoria, June 7.4
OB.E. (Civil Division) Tobers to operate against the Communists "leading group" to replace that
General MacArthur sald "Aka- General Smuts had a very good
Edward
Edwards, M.C., Dircetoin Wanshan Islands,
and the purged Central Committee The night inst night and continued to
Warks, Borak. Dr. tower
editorial hata was a glaring exception t Day demonstration: Pearl River estuary.--others were, mainly make progress, according to to.of Publie
the kanerat responsibility of the Paticharam kunnath Nayar. United Press,
I workers on the paper. day's official bulletin,
His doctor told. Reuter that the Medical Officer North Kedah. De- General's heart ivda, getting en Malaya, and Richard Walker, Ari very nicely.
the partment, Singapore,
OB.E. (Honorary)-Qusk Kal pexition, but 1, must: aktress' that, Kee, for notable support to the General Smuts is not dût of the Government during the emergency wood yet," he added-Router. period in the Federation of Ma- Jaya, and Tan Pais Lim Kapitan
"I am very hanno un fauperintendent, Education
THE WEATHER
U.S. military reinforcements
in the PI would be welcome
China of Teochow Community,
At one point Mr. Quirino an- Manila, June 7. Lashing out at American Prest Sarawak.
Members of the Order of the President Elpidio Quirino reports which pleture the Philip-gry denounced what he claimed
welcome Military Division would
additional pints as rotten with graft and were exagerated.accounts of the British Empire, At DB GMT - (3 p.) (KET), ^{
reparis are reproductions of starles Philippines. He stated that this. Anand tropical depression in the MB.E.) Major Fom Foong Hee, American troops in the Phillp-corruption, Mr. Quirino said these pesce and order problem in the Fasenitores, in B Formona Béral de Singapure Volunteer Corps, and pines.
He told a Fress conference that appearing here originated by situation show is much better than Communists, deprecators or it was even during the American moving NB. et five to 10 knotat Lloutenant Jam Din Mustaffa.
he doubted that there a d này
regime. He pointed out that buopelated active icmuch exfonda de Singapore Volunteer Corps.
American troops often had been tea deprendien over the Def Tonkin MB.5. (Civil Division) Missficial move in Washington to other (Il wishers/ and MP ward across the choose Kate Darcthy Ferguson. Libra-"take over the Philippines Buf, Although he classified all this called to but dowa Moro and other Fastward to be. Facile. Moderate hath ihn. Erkish Council. Singapore, asked what his reaction would be talk" as mere propagandem uprisings
velous rarers the Face of Gom Chiang Chuan, Customs and if the United States were to mule conceded that there are some
Excise
Deportment. Singapore, tiply greatly the number of troops crooks" in the Philippine GovWhat li serious here,” he said, Quirino roerament. He said the recently is the carripala of demoralisation
·winde," "elinity with fata pithiphy Endday Chudles Kobert Howe, Districă In bases would be fmyolirable" | tormed Integrity, Board-is'chasing of bur, people, if wo sucumb to
Officer. Negri Sembilan, Malayan,
Palice Medal as plted: "That
would
This certainly there will be dise welcome 14 especially la
lodown guilty, parties, an Low Ping-fong, "Finanela' view of the troubled conditions in Asked to comment on report" ucgration. We must, close ranks Segretary's Once Singapore, San- this part of the world quoting the Occupation President, and stand arm,
Tolley's Forecakti-Moderate s Yesterday's Weather ENFERMER
Ralofalls
M
aragetu?” Blatlaties. Asserting col Byrne Presidenti diked to com
lays, Charles Rd-leve U.S. would ever falik os "Achainistration is doomed to
to, the "reconquering?", the // Philippines, jupes due to immorality "drid
eneng the President rémáikedy,
There may be big pegap
sulle think?
tuptióni Mr. Quirina retorted:
A police officiel "said" only a rald on the Employees' Union headquarters" was made today. But the newspaper.” “Asahi” “sald'emidu“ had' Batı'mada 'on ,headquarters of mit unions that
signed the fettariko
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