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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 11, 1939.
British Explanation Of Palestine Is Refuted
"TRANS-OCEAN" QUOTES ARAB DECLARATION
ACCORDING to a "Trans-Ocean” (German) message from Cairo, representatives of Palestino Arabs to-day, gave a statement refuting the declaration published by the British Government on Monday regarding, the situation in Palestine.
The "Trans-Occan" message states, among other things, that the British account of the situation was intended to conceal the true state of affairs, that the procedure of British troops in Palestine was so cruel, and, substantiated by such numerous cyc- witness accounts and incontestable documents, that the proofs would fill volumes,
The declaration, says "Trans-damaged by numerous projectiles. Ocean", claims that the British! "In the sacred mosque district In assertion that reports of the Jerusalem, a Britich police station shooting of Arab prisoners in cold blood were untrue, is con-
had been crected.
"As for the reasons given for British collective expiation, it
tradicted by the evidence of eye-stated that these make no impression witnesses in the trial now going
on the general population, but bring
on in Jaffa of four British police about the total ruin of the Arab officers, and by hundreds of population of Palestine, documents signed by eye-wit- Through collective explation, about nesses, and the statements of re-one-eighth of the population's for- lative of those shot.
tunes have, up till now, been Dscnted.
con-
"It is even indkaputable that more civilians, including women and chill-Arab people and Moslems through
"Not only the Mufti, but the entire dren, than Irregulars have been kill- ed by the British military forces in out the world condemn the proved Palestine." Trans-Ocean adds.
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ENGLISHMEN EVICTED "The British assertion that houses of innocent people hand been demolished is not income
cruelties of the British, and regret that through the British Palestine policy, the Arab press is gagged", write the Jewish press and the British press dependent on the Jews, poisons world opinion about Pales- tine, and lends its influence in the of Janin were blown up by British etion set by Brit propaganda."
the facts.
all
to
"Innumerable houses in the town
troops. The village of Cliahnb, us well as the villages of Kuflch, Silch, Kabatjak, Aaun, Tabeh and Hati had Numerous Englishmen have had completely annihilated.
leave Palestine at the order of the because they expressed nation at
at the treatment of Arabs by British soldiers.
"Assertions
made by the English that differences exist among the Irregulars are
are not in accord with the facts. On the
On the contrary it is true that mercenary bands and Arab civilians were sent against Nationalist irre- gulars by England In order to avoid impression that a civil war was progress,
and thus to couse Internal
the
In strife.
"The British assertion that private property had not been demanded is incomprehensible, since hundreds of attested statements by eye-witnesses about the theft of gold and valuables are available,'
MOSQUES VIOLATED The statement at the mosques had been respected is incomprehen- sible, since up till now, altogether 30 mosques had been destroyed or damaged, namely the mosques of Jenin, Chahab, Kullef and Jaffn while the sacred Aksar mosque in Jerusalem had been
Trans-Ocean,
Formosa Takes
S'hai Market
Shanghai. Jan. 10.
A Japanese paper here reports au increasing influx of Formosan gods into Shanghai.
Some of these are said to out- distance similar goods from other countries.
Spanish Sailors To Be Repatriated
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 10. THE captain, officers and crew of the Loyalist des- troyer, Joso Luis Diez; which was damaged in a fight with Insurgent war- ships last month, will be
CHINESE
GENIUS PRAISED
Now Burma Road Is
Remarkable Construction Feat
LONDON, Jan. 10.
sent to a Spanish Govern-MR. Nelson Johnson, who
ment port to-morrow aboard H.M. destroyers Glowworm and Greyhound, according to a reliable authorities.--
Router.
TOO MUCH WHEAT IN WORLD
Fear Of Decrease
In Prices
leaves for New York by the I De France on Wednesday, to-day laugh- ingly dodged the question whether he saw any supplies entering China during his motor trip of 2,100 miles along the new Burma road.
He said: "I was very much interested in the scenery. To get an idea of the Chinese feat, it must be realised that the en- tire road was surveyed and built by native Inbour, without a sin- gle piece of road-building equip- ment, The Chinese used bul- lock-carts to take away the material, and stone rollers carv- ed from rocks to smooth down the surface of the road.”~-
VISIT SPECULATIONS
LONDON, Jan. 10. THE International Wheat United Press,
Committee, on which the governments of 22 wheat- growing countries are re- presented, met for a con- ference to-day at the Board
of Trade offices.
In the absence of the United
London, Jan, 10. The United States Ambassador to China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, ar- rived here to-day. Although his visit
is stated to be purely private, poll- | ileat circles believe that it is con- nected with the economic "pinn of campaign" against Japan, contem States.
States Ambassador, Mr. Joseph plated by England and the United
Kennedy, the chair was taken by the United States Minister to Sofia, Mr. Ray Atherton.
The object of the conference is to consider measures for avoiding the disastrous consequences which threa- ter the international wheat anarket owing to the excess of supplies re- principal wheat-growing lands.
It is expected that Mr. Johnson will have conversations with a num- ber of busincas leaders interested in trade with China, and possibly also before with political personalities, embarking for the United States.
The Ambassador, on his return to Amerien, will report to President
East.-Trans-Ocean, .
With 50,000 tons of sugar in 1035ting from bumper harvests in the Roosevelt on the situation in the Far against 5,000 tons in 1937, Formosa topped the import list, even threaten- ing to monopolise the market.
With the original price low, and shipping costs small, Formosan sugar constitutes a big rival for Java's sugar exports.
The conference after a study of statistical data, will discuss uppro- priate measures to be recommended to the governments concerned.
At the opening of the raceting, Mr. At the same time, the paper ex- Atherton announced that the United peets that Formosan fruits and veget-¦ States intended to withdraw from the ables will, to a large extent, replace chairmanship of the committee. This the Singapore goods,
step, he added, did not imply any The 0.5.K. shipping line is aid to diminution of American interest In be contemplating an increase in pas-the committee's work. renger and cargo services between
Shanghal and Formosa in order to It has not yet been decided who link up the producer and consumer will preside at future meetings of seriously markets-Trans-Ocean,
the committee.-Trans-Ocean.
Puppets Won't Pay Foreign Loans
Pelping, Jan. 10. The Provisional Government has issued
a statement declining to assume responsibility for the repay- ment of loans to Britain and America, claiming that they were nude to the Chiang Kai-shek Government.-Reu-
ter.
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