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CHINA MAIL
No. 35156
Establishod' 1845
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952.
COMMENT OF US. LIFTS COTTON BAN
THE DAY
Flag Day AGAINST HK A Doomed Village
Appeals Willing To Meet
1OVERNMENT has made
Ga
д welcome move In requiring charitable organi sations which conduct "Ang days" to publish a state- ment of accounts within a specified period. Very properly it hae boen pointed out by a Govern-
official ment
that
Colony's
Essential Needs
THE UNITED STATES HAS LIFTED
the THE BAN ON COTTON SUPPLIES TO
public have a right to know HONGKONG.
how much money In collected on these flag days
absorbed in expenses. The
A United States Information Service
and how much has been release made here this morning states that community's contributions the US Commerce Department's Office of to charity in the course of International Trade (OIT) yesterday an- * year ure substantial,
tonounced resumption of export licences probably close on a million dollars. for American cotton shipments to Hong- The public respond willing-| ly and generously to the kong.
amounting
constant calls made on The release disclosed that, recognising Hong- pockets by deserving kong's urgent need for cotton to keep its mills in cause4; they face up
operation and to maintain employment, OIT will now cheerfully to the demandi of the ubiquitous street approve US cotton for export from the United States
ellers and office caliers during the current crop year.
who labour conscientiously Hongkong Government соп
All other non-spinning
pence per pound.
cot-
on behalf of a remarkable trols provide effective safe- ton prices are reduced at 10 variety of very worthy guards against export of raw. charitable societies and cotton or catton yarn to Com- institutions. It
not munist areas, observes the USIS asking too much for the statement.
con
organisers of these appeals The Office of International
has received numerous.. to make public a working Trade. statement of accounts; they applications for cotton expart should, in fact, be very licences to Hongkong and these happy to do so, for the more applications will now be
sidered for approval.
Additional applications will" be considered as received; until
cotton
has been
they take the community into. their confidence A more ready and more sufficient generous response can beflcensed to meet Hongkong's expected to future appeals essential short-term
require- for financial support.
ments,
Licences approved during the MOVERNMENT has also current crop year will expire on July 31, 1952. Each licenco decided to put a ban on the sale of emblems prior application must be to the oficial flag day. This, panied by a statement from the ultimate consignee ant pur-
GOOD NEWS
accom-
No changes are made in any other descriptions-Reuter.
Malaya Terrorists Stage New Attacks
Singapore Mar. 20.
A rash of Communist guerilla attacks on the Malayan police broke out
too will be greated with chaser declaring what the cot- Hatisfaction by the public. ton will be used for, the OIT Donors can and will respond reminds exporters.
on the face of Malaya yes Just as readily to an appeal!
terday even as the High on the day set aside for it. Charities need not fear any An official of the Hongkong Commissioner for Malaya, adverse results from the General Chamber of Commerce General Sir Gerald Templer,
in this morning expressed his de-outlined
the Federal restriction. Moreover the light that the ban had been Legislative
donors
Council his danger of mulcted by bogus collectors На
"blue-print" for the restora- He agreed that one of tha
tion of law and order.
being uned.
the
is considerably reduced. It effects would be to lower is proper that flag days price of cotton on the local
It was officially reported to- should be organised in market and that Hongkong im-
that 18 casualties were manner beyond reproach, porters should be able to obtain night
at prices which inflicted on the police in a series and in this connection more shipments
and "snipe and are now of ambushes attention could and should Japanese Importers be paid to the methods paying for American cotton,
(Although which atreet sellers adopt cotton hava tees for Pakistan | areas while
considerally
re-
American
benefitted Japanese textile industry.}
of Commerce
The Chamber
Price 20 Cents
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American Senate Ratifies Japanese Peace Treaty
•
Washington, Mar. 20. The Senate ratified the Japanese peace treaty today. The vote was 66 to 10. The treaty formally ends the state of war between Japan and the Allies and recognises Japan's full sovereignty over her home Islands.
By voice vote, the Senate also ratified two security pacts one with the Philippines and one with Australia and New Zealand.
After some debate, the Chamber later voted 58 to 9
to ratify a security treaty with Japan granting the United States the right to post milltary forces in and around Japan for the maintenance of peace anywhere in the Far East, including Korea.
However, Senator Arthur clude the Ryukyu Islands and the Watkins (Republican-Utah) said Bonin Islands,
Foreign Relations
Electric Iron Attack On Student
Leldenter, Mar. 20. Avizit in being kept by men and women pollos ombers at the bedside at the Leicester Royal Infirmary of Mi Margaret Freneb, a. 20,year-old law student at the Leicester Univeraity College, who was attacked with an electrio iron in her bedroom at the Collere on Tuesday.
She had an emergency operation last night and was stated today 'that her condition had improved.
Bo far she has been un- able to tell the police any- thing about the attack. Kenter.
Peasants Storm Town Hall
POLICE
he thought the pact was being 4. Records Japan's agreement rushed through too fast and said to live peaceably and in con- He might file a motion for re-formily with Unlied Nationa consideration.
charter principles. States that Chairman Tum Connally occupation forces will be with- 1 (Texas Democrat) of the Senate drawn within 90 days after the
Committee trealy takes effect, but that HURL STONES AT rought to have President H. foreign troops may be stationed
at there Truman notified Immediately of
under other agreements. the Senate's action, but Watkins
Slates that
agreements blocked the move, Unanimous dealing with commercial prob consent is required for im- '
m-lems, Hishing and clvil alr mediate notification. Otherwise transportation are to be nego it is done the day following the flated later.
6. Recogulses that Japan is Five of the 13 nations involved obligated to pay reparations for in the war against Japan have damage and suffering it caused already ratified the treaty. One during World War 17. but-states more is required before it goes that because of its limited re into effect.
sources Japan is required to one pay, only with assets it has in Mc- turplus excess labour and m
vote,
Nine Republicans and Dem:crat, Senator Fat Carran of Nevada, voted against used plant capacity-Associated ratideation, mocrats and voted for it.
Thirty-eight
28
De-Press
Republicans
OPPOSITION POINTS Leading -the opposition, Senators Everett Dirksen." (Re-
Natives of the tiny village of Tignes in the French Alps discuss their decision not to leave their homes. which are threatened by part of the great French Elec- tricity System to supply 800,000,000 kilowata of power-Illinois); Maton Young an hour. To do this the slices gutes of the great dam bullt across the valley in which Tignes les will soon be closed, and the valley covered with 500 ft. of water. Troops have already reached the village in case öf difficulty-London Express.
Mystery Of The
Stolen
Payroll
Golfe Juan, France, Mar. 20.
(Republican-North Dakota), and Willian Jenner
(Republican-
Appointment For
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Villa Literno, Mar. 20. South Italian peasants went sullenly, about their work around this heavily- guarded village today after
bloody fight in which their land-hunger touched off clashes, with
the town hall at disk yesterday, Six hundred peasants stormed hurling stones at the 30 police guarding it.
Shots rangout One man died from a bullet through the
Admiral Joy stomach. Two others were sent
Washington, Mar. 21."
The Navy Department yester
hospital-one-shot, the other
clubbed
men ware
Infuriated peasants fell backs
dispersed
Indlana) argued that when day confirmed that the chief of Police said four for favb of
mty the United Nations truce delegather Japan regains full sovereignty on, Rear Admiral Charles stones.
injured by she may open trade relations with Red China, They also Turner, Joy, was named tom- States argued that the treaty should mander of the United be shelved on the ground that Naval Academy at
Annapolis out of the town hall in dis- mans in the Pacific
of America's World War Admiral Joy is expected to order and anally
fear a take up his new duties in July, after the shooting. resurgent Japan.
it was said. The Pentagon hüs Administration supporters. de not yet decided on Admiral
Today 150 Carabiniere were duty guarding the city. Their In
leutenant today flatly denied his men opened fire.
TI
the past as a "treaty of Joy's successor reconciliation" designed to re-France-Presse. admit Japan to the family of nations."
The Senate voted 83 to 11 to
Dirksen's
motion to put off ction on the treaty indefinitely. down The Senate also beat
54 to 27, a motion to specify that
Korea.
PHILIP ACCEPTS
A NEW JOB
on
Villagers contradicted him and claimed the demonstration was motivated by the way Italy's highly-publicised land redistil- bution programme was being
The Navy was all at sixes and sevens today run" alacks in widely scattered over who faded away with all the payday money in ratifying the treaty the Senate accepted an invitation to become carried out here.
one terrorist was in the carrier Midway's mysterious midnight dice believed to have been wound-game.
the east coast,
Mightly in soliciting for donations. cently, there is all a substantial ed. Too frequently are they difference between.
The most generally credited of several stories was Three police were killed and allowed to make a nuisance and Pakistan prices which
has 10 were wounded when two told by the US Consul at Nice, Mr Quincy Roberts, He of themselves. The techni-
the lorry loads of police on a coun- said three sailors, masked to the eyeballs, waded in among que of working in droves
try road in the Kuantan arcu a group of astonished dice players at midnight on the at key points, such as the omelca painted out that under Pahang, or Kowloon terminus of the Imperial Preference, toont in drove into withering automatic Carrier, waved guns, and picked up some $4,000 in ready Star ferry, and literally porters have to use 25 per cent fire from guerilia dug-in post-betting money." fighting among themselves of Empire cotton, which would tons on high bank. to assall passengers mean that Pakistan cotton would alighting from busos does continue to be imported to the cause for which those Hongkong despite the lifting of sellors are operating more the American restrictions. harm than good. Normally willing and cheerful givers
NEW RATES
uro made to feel distressed
London, Mar. 21. and
by tho The British Raw Cotton Com~ annoyed inslatent and
clamorous mission today announced dif- attentions of the vendors. ferential changes in East Indian
Thore is a need for
cotton by which Sind
י
Roberts was first to tell the
Rechecked The police left the lorries and story.
Jater, he engaged the attackers but the commented, "I think It is about superior and sustained guerilla tight."
are continuing before the Mid- way's scheduled Friday sailing.
The ship itself rode at anchor in the Bay, rolling gently Associated Press.
SAAR
‘at all."
London, Mar, 20. The Duke of Edinburgh has
Crave | President of the Royal Mint
One peasant, claimed: "Some did not approve any of the cof Advisory Committee on the de-
men with six children were told troversial Pota
agreements
they would receive only two affecting former Japanese islands sign of seals, coins and metals, the Treasury unnounced 971 Soviet Russia. by
hectares (about five acres) and night. now occupież
Thursday The
resolution ratification
The invitation was made by others were to receive nothing the Senato specif- the Chancellor of the Exchequer, adopted by cally states that Senate appro- Mr Richard A. Butler, in his Villa Literno, a town of 8,500, val of the treaty does not im
as capacity
Master
the had of
A Christian Democrat provisions recognition: of
Royal Mint
(Government Party) majority Yalta agreement in favour The Duke will preside over at the last election. However, of Russia, but does not mention the next meeting of the Com- some Communist agitation has the Potsdam" agreement.
Royal Mint on been reported here Associated The Potsdam pact was signed mittee at the
Press, Friday,--Reuter. The Yalta in August, 1945. agreement, signed six months earlier, handed. over .South Sakhalin Island and the. Kurile Islands, lying just North of Japan, to Russia,
the
of any
to
imply of
the
the
strictar control of uvár Ragoon types are reduced from frict of Selangor in Southwise gested to Naval oficials theyAGREEMENT twined in the peace treaty and
enthusiastic
the
flag
day
per
more types.
4.
today by four pence (Sterling)
smaller pound with sellers. The more dignified ductions 11 American seed
the appeal, likely is the average person Non-spinning Sind deast is
respond happily and reduced by four
pence generously,
(Sterling) per pound.
to
The
fire "forced" them to withdraw, Even his version wasn't sure a Government statement said, when the pistol toters made
(Earller report of this action this pass. Saturday was pay gave the number of pouce day. It might have been that casualties да 16 but tonight's night, or even Sunday or Mon- [count placed it at 13).
day. Another security forces'
American diplomats patrol in Bes!, dis- Malaya was attacked by four ve out an official version of the incident. But up to noon reguerillas. After a brief engage the Navy was still saying "no
ment the guerillas were driven alee" to all such Ideas. off with, it is believed, one of culprits were still at large. them wounded, according to an official report.
Cmrd. Robert Fullie of Boston, the Midway's Intelligence Off- Three police were slightly cer, gave correspondents a ver wounded when they were am-on of the story last night. Ho bashed in a vehicle in the said the gamblers all ran away Taiping area in Central Malaya. at the approach of ship's officers A terrorist attack on a police and soms mysterious person Inter post guarding a village in scooped up the money.. Johare Bahru, the southern tip of Malaya, resulted in one police. killed and another wounded-Reuter.
General Bradley Gives A Warning To America
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SENATOR'S OBJECTION Senator
told Jenner Senate that references
Nations were so inter- the three Pacific security pacts effect of ratification that the
cout would be to
American boys under
the UN control of Senator Homer Capehart (Re- backing publican-Indiana) Paris, Mar. 20. Senator Jenner urged a six- The Federal Chancellor, months delay in ratifying the Dr Konrad Adenauer, ́an-
on the ground. that treaty President Truman and Secretary nounced tonight that he
State of
Dean Arheson had reached an agreement "bankrupting
with one with the French Foreign scheme after another
have
worked ourselves Minister, M. Robert Schu-
́into' a position where we man, for a definite solution liikely to be at, war econtinuously
because we've taken Explaining one unnatural, be- of the Saar problem.
obligations," Capehart said. haviour of sailor who leave In a statement to the Counci Twenty years ago Russia was gambling money behind Instead of Europe, he said that talks Backwoods country. With the scooping it up on the takeoff, had already been started be help of the United States, we WOMAN SPY Fullic said it was because gamtween the French and Federal e bult them up to point
bling is forbidden on the ship.
Fullle estimated the take at governments which he hoped where we are afraid of them.
would be brought to a satisfac- SENTENCED only $3,000. Asked about other tory conclusion,
major provisiona treaty: versions of the affair, he re-
1. Formally ends war between Salzburg, Mar. 20. piled, "Everything I don't tell Dr Adenauer also said that Speaking at a Junior Cham- General Bradley described da Margarete Reyzek, 42, an Aus- you is falso." :
it had been agreed with M: Japan and the Western Allles. Schuman and the Baar-Premier, ber of Commerce bouquet, ha a "will of the wisp" concept the trian woman accused of spying Some sections of the French Mr Johnannes Hofman, Bald the key to a succosiful theory of withdrawal of Ameri- for the Czecha, was today sen- Preas, which regard stories of the present“; alluation in the United Nations and to try to military policy Lor
can ground from Europe tenced to seven Imprison-American.cowboys mobilation to our own North American ment by an American civil court sexican cowling to a love Barwould be exam ga gole Declaration of Human Rights zustained.
or robbers Saar. examined by the realise the objectives of the UN effort,
plus maintenance: of Gibraltar," adding: "This Gib here. security agreements with other raltar. concept is a
She collected information and shooting, reported three sallors eruments.
tillo to territories which the Batidas,
added:
We defensive one.
passed it on to agents of Czecho stuck up the Midway's pay-
continue were to be takeh from her,! Americans now and ourselves The American spirit would slovaidia to the detriment of the master on Monday night and this he would not low of Polodom Conferetice arounced in a position of world leader tire of it right after the first ato- United States forces," ship. It is a portion of
thousand dollars." roat
bomb dropped on an Ameri
A democratie conditions in the urile Islands are South Seichn influener from which we can can city. Our chagrin and our sentenced to six years gaol last Meanwhile none of the several Saar. or that concerning Saar's in Island Records that Sapon decide" almost, every "Important thame would be unbounded if work for espionage.
hundred gallors in the Midway right to sign conventions, International question,,, except saw the enemy making slave A third alleged spy, Agnes von crew appears to have beenThis statement was confirmed thea, alternative, PE, DEBLE OF camps out of Paris, Brussels and Heyno, is to be tried next Mon-restricted. Riviera, bare, are both by M. Schuman and N
Derfin" Router va
day --Router.
thronged with them. Leaves Hoffman, Franco-Fresta, To
Pasadena, California, Mar, 21, General Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned here inst night that if America suspended "Its defence effort, "It would be only a matter of time before the Iron Curtain would drop with a splash in the English Channel and the. Bamboo Curtain would roll down around all of Asia."
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