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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946.
Chinese Chambers Slovenes Cold-Shoulder Design Of British
Of Commerce
To Be. United
资
Nanking. Oct. 29.-For the first time in history, Chinese merchants in China and abroad will be united under ono single organisation — the National Federation of Chamber of Com-| merce which will be formally inaugurated 'hore on November
1.
The inaugural meeting will be held j In the capital and will last for Ave days during which commercial leaders from all provinces, special¦ municipalities ind Chinese commu-. nities will gather to discuss a long- range plan for development of com- merce and improvement of economic conditions in China,
some
The inaugural meeting will be featured by an exhibition of native products brought by the delegates The meeting will also hear reports on commercial and economic condi tions in different places in China and abroad.
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British Troops In
The Trieste Area
(By Elizabeth Barker)
RITISH troops at Basovizza, a Slovene village on the uplands six miles south-east of Trieste, are being cold-shouldered by the local girls.
The attitude of the local population' towards these 'British troops in contrast to their treatment of German prisoners has led the troops to ask whether the Slovenes have already forgotten all the Germans did to them during the war and whether they now regard the British soldlers äs encniles.,
Warships To Be Changed?
London, Oct. 30.-Wing Com-l mander Roland Robinson, Con- servative, asked in the House of Commons to-day whether any change was proposed in the de- sign and construction of British warships following the United States Navy's atom tests.
Mr John Bugdole, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, told him that these matters were at all Umes subject to modification "as the re sult of experience, research and ex- periment.
The leasons
learned
Canada One Of Foremost Producers Of Toys
Canadian toys and games, for the first time since 1939, will be on sale this Christmas in stores in many parts of the Even in the United world. Kingdom, where imported toys are still classified as non-casen- tial products, a limited quantity will be available this year.
A
pince before these résults could be time. $18,180,557, which was four
Mr C. R. Gallow, Acting Canadian Trade Commissioner in Hongkong. sald to-day that his country now ranks
prod as one of the world's foremost the trom utam tests would certainly be useducers of toys and other playthings. to the full, but a great
dent of Canada's 1945 toy production
Value of examination and analysis must take
thon the Dominion's on-
fully apprehended, Mr Messrs Wang. Shno-ial, Chairman
Dudoje numl Production in pre-war years.
With
ith German and
Com Japanese of the Preparation Committee, mald
nuded. delegates, are
These are questions which some }
Asked whether any communion- coming from
"Of course they're all for Com-
petition eliminated because of the war, lon But we
find been north-east of the men of the Third. Field Remuntem and all for Tito.
received from Canadian toy exporters are at present Communist-occupied provinces, Sinkiang, Sulyuan anil giment Royal Artillery are brooding get talking and we on our side keep America indicating whether, changes finding their best markets in South Chinghal as well as from London, aver-particularly now that autumn of politics. I mean, of course, I in warship construction were neces- Africa, which cancelled kuport con- Singapore, Java. Manlin.
sary, as a result of the atom tests, trois several months ago; in Central Canada, rains have come, and while waiting wouldn't start saying, "To hell with and the United States.
to move into winter quarters, they Tito or anything like that. But we
Mr Dugdale said an official report and South American Republics where Was "still awaited
Britain.
are less rigid than in import controls are are shivering on the bleak wind-get chatting all right over a glass
Reuler. swept heath, overshadowed by a line of wine or in the street,"
countries; and in New- some other
British West Indies. foundland, tho of pine-covered, hills, where they A British private told me: "I've
and the United States. have been living under canvas for seen Germans coming back proper
The British Government this your the six months
tell just past.
merry some evenings. I enn
is permitting Canadian toy exporters, Some of the men prefer to go down you."
who sold their
in the United products to Trieste by lorry whenever they Later I talked with the Roman
Kingdom during 1030.
1036, 1937, and 1938. are free. Others like to go along to Catholic priest of Dasovizza-all the
to make token shipments up to 20 per Basovizza in the evenings, to have a villagers are Catholles-and he said:
cent of their pre-war shipments. plain, but well cooked meal in one "Yes, it seem strange to
may
Sanguan Bangkok, Oct. 29-Mr
toy manufacturers of the village's four simple bare that our people are not hostile to the
German prisoners. it is not that they Tularak has been named as the first operating In Canada to-day for every He one that was in the business in 1939, wine. They would also like to get have forgotten the war they suffered Slamese Ambassador to China.
was a member of the Cabinet and Mr C. R. Gallow added. Items now talking with the men of the village so much. As you know, most of the
in the Dominion in- of the Free being produced out
a prominent member men went with the partisans. You over a glass of wine, or to go
Siamese movement.
toy balloons, scoolers, tricycles, can see our death-roll painted up on with some of the girls.
the wall of the church.
During the
war
Infitrated steel Are engines, dolls, Christmas tree model aircraft, playground equipment, They are not revengeful. And in miral Lord Louis Mountbatten
lot of difference. Kandy. He afterwards proceeded of all kinds, and a wide variety of makes Kuuge
we to Washington and returned to Siam other articles suitable for people of all They can talk together. Also,
the Japanese surrender ages. Materials used in the man- were under Austrin once, and that after
ufacture of these toys and games in- gives a certain common base for un-
clude wood, metal, rubber, plastics, derstanding one another.
and paper.
PROTEST BY ALBANIA eating-houses, and drink the local
Unauthorised
Penetration By British Warships
'
No Friendliness UT most of the British say they BUT Belgrade. Oct. 30.-Gen Enver can never get any further with Hodja, Albanion Prime Minister, bas the Slovenes. In the restaurants they
enough sent a telegram to the Secretary-are served politely
but General of the United Nations, pro- there is no friendliness, no smiles, testing strongly against the "un- They never manage to get talking authorised penetration of British with the other men sitting around at warships into Albanian waters". other tables..
on
Declaring that four British war-
waters ships entered Albanian October 22, the telegram asserts that they were
"attempting to provoke Incidents and were violating Al- 'banian sovereignty.
you
Siamese Envoy To
China Appointed
There are
clude
Пус
"But our people liave good hearts, fnto China and later contacted Ad-decorations elle furniture, games
Retter.
SOME ARMY FIGURES
"Another thing, is that when the! Germans were occupying this area] during the war, they were harsh butį As for the girls, "they just look we knew where we were with them. through us as we walk down the When a German commander sald he
Washington, Oct 30.-The Armour- that the street as if we weren't there.". The was going to do something he did it. wnalierwomen
their pre
only With the British, we don't know. Our ed Cavalry Journal sald friends.
people say that the British promise Russian Army was the largest in the Working in the same camp with one thing, but something different world, with China second, Britain third, the United States fourth and the British
German happens. are a few
Yugo-Slavin fifth. prisoners of war, classified as "Sur- They rendered Enemy Personnel."
The author, Major H. D. Stewart,
army are serving as cooks,
3,000,000 men compared with the Ied lot from you. But you officers batmen or on other chores. You were Allies and we expect estimated the Russian
the Germans
of 20,000,000. The
strength peak British say decent enough, work very hard and forced Marshal Tito's army-which
Britain 1,500,000, October 22 was the day when the do not grumble. But some of the we look on as our Armyo leave other estimates were, China 2,700,000, and woops are rather pitter because they this village and all this region. We 1,100,000 and Yugo-Slavta 800,000, of British destroyers Saumarez
are don't feel you treated us as friends, which 10 per cent were women. villagers Volage struck mines in the Corfu believe the Slovene
estimated that Communist channel with the loss of 40 dead and much friendtler and kindlier towards or that you brought us liberty.
China had nearly 1,000,000 men 43 wounded.-Reuter.
the Germans than they ever are with
under arms, the British.
It added: "On the same day and the following day, several British planes flew over Albanian territory with the aim of intimidation and provocation."
mess-waiters,
are
Expected A Lot
"It is true that there is no shoo ing now and no concentration camps. Hans Lehmana, a country boy But a slap on the face from a friend WOOL FROM SOYA BEANS from North Germany, now hatman to hurts more than a heavy blow from
officer,
told me: an enemy. That is what is at the a young British "Yes, we get on with the Slovenes bottom of it.
jot "I cannot admit that any instruc- well enough. For one thing a
British. Mukden, Oct. 30.-Wool shortage of them can talk German. The older tions have been given to our Slovenes in Manchuria has prompted the Pro- ones learned it when this was part not to fraternise with the
German felt superior to us Slovenes. Yes, duction Supervising Administration of Austria. The younger ones seem But your soldiers look as though they here to plan for the establishment to have learned it when of a factory in this city to manufac- troops were stationed here during the maybe you are right, and they are only shy; but that is what our people think. ture wool from soya beans which are war. That makes it easier. very abundant in the north-east pro- vinces. The factory is scheduled to: be completed by the end of 1947.
Many Partisans
partisans and
1
.
He
war
Overseas Chinese Difficulties In Returning To NEL
Anding
than
Nanking, Oct. 30,--Overseas Chin- Indies ese, from Netherlands East
United States more than four years are
who are home for the first Ume in visas for re-entry in the Dutch East Indies harder to get going,
heaven," declared Messrs to Wu Shen-chi and Wang Shang-chih, Netherlands East Indies Chinese delegaten to the National Assembly. in an exclusiva interview with Cen- trai News to-day.
LOURDES MIRACLE
Lourdes, Oct. 39 (UP). The Bureau of Verification at Lourdes to- day announced the official registra- ton of the miraculous healing of a four-year child who had been "I am against our girls going with blind and paralysed before malting soldiers at any time. Our girls are a pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine.
It is said that 11 physicians have "IT'S
T'S true most of the men of the naturally modest anyway?
attestation of the com- village were It is pointed out that wool made
That is how things are in Baso-signed the
young Francois from soya beans possesses the same that there was fighting with the Gervizzu.-1 is not the came.. every plete recovery of flexibilliy and other qualities of mans. But the men went to the hills where in the Anglo-American zone Pascal who was blind and paralysed natural wool, the only shortcoming and the women usually stayed home of Venezia Giulia. Some, Slovene in both arms and legs when he was being its durability which is not up helping their men when they could. villages, even though they are solid- brought to Lourdes in 1938. to the standard of natural wool. At the same time the women don't ly pro-Tito, are friendly towards the Estimates show that 11 tons of seem to have got on too badly with British or American troops station- general the wool can be produced from every the Germans. Anyhow quite a lot ed nearby. But in
reserved und soya beans-Central of the village people are friendly Solvene's attitude is
mistrustful. enough now.
What seems to be at the bottom of it is that most Slovencs here-at
100
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They said that many .ovèrsons Chinese who are seeking to go back. to their families or business or both in Netherlands East Indies after have ing returned to China after V-J Day harassed by the Dutch in Hongkong with various Consulate are being "obstructionlat" methods from heavy service fees to delaying taciles.
Mr Wu, a newspaper publisher from Batavia revealed that all Chin- ese requesting for return vises in- gained Dutch cluding those who
·ellizenship by..
their origin of birth are obliged, to begin with, to spend
cabled applica- charges of individuensibly to cover tions
ns to the immigration authorities Walt a long Comic in Batavia. Then the_BU
for, a reply, which usually takes more than a month to arrive. Mr Wu said that he and Mr Wang Shang-chih
China
In returned to
attend March the National Assembly originally scheduled for May 5 only to find it 12. How- November postponed to ever, instead of returning to Java in the meantime as they had intend-
least for the present-mistrust British and feel that the Brilish have the power to hurt them. Whereas the Germans have no power to hurt now. -Reuter.
According To Culbertson
The
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South dealer.
Copyright, 1946, by Ely Culbertson)
Neither side vulnerable
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to they stayed in Hongkong ull this time in view of Dutch restric- tions on granting re-entry visas to
Both National Assembly delegates
in
anil-Chinese sentiment
contract in to-day's West, hoping that dummy would Chinese nationals.
with one diamond, Inld deal was tecidedlyTM Optimistic But turn up the declarer took full advantage at down the ace. This was. rufed, were of opinion that Indonesian ex- the good break of cards.
and declarer then led the heart jack tremists have inflicted more loss n
on Chinese property through East. The king was captured life and and, hoping for a 2-2 break of trumps, Netherlands East Indies in one year during the declarer led a second round. West than the Japwxso did put up the queen, and in an effort to entire length of their occupation. Bu lock the play in dummy, led another they hastened to add that it is no diamond. (Fast had given a high altogether correct to assert there is signal on the opening lead, hence a universal was fairly well marked with the among the Indonesians.
Mr Wang, who is an king.).
Declarer had no choice but to member of the Kuomintang branch ruff this second diamond, lead in in the Netherlands East Indies, sald that Chinese in Java are having a dummy, and now it became neces-
control are sary to do several things almost very hard time. He stated that those
under Dutch West's remaining in areas simultaneously. heart had to be extracted, dummy's suffering from a business depression while those in Indonesian controlled clubs had to be established (In they didn't break), and above all, territories are living under constant South had to return to his own threat of pillago and slaughter-
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U.S. PLANES FOR CNAC
a
Shanghal, Oct. 30-Six new pas initial strong bidding however, was
passengers. not, to be misled. renger plones of the C-45 type, each (two spades over South's, one There was only uno chance, so he capable of carrying 40 heart), North was far out of line ruffed the third round of clubs,have been procured. In the United in jumping all the way to six drew West's eight of trumps, and States by the China National Aviation
the
finesse. spade
Lucic Corporallon, it was learned here to Hearts. Four hearts at that point took
day. his good play, and the would have covered North's full crowned
slum was home. strength,
By Ernie Bushmiller'',
-ERNIE BUTİKİLLER
COME BACK WITH MY BABY!
These heavy-tornage, aircraft wir be used on the CNAC's oversens Bres and the Shanghal-Telping route; The' CNAC at present have a feat of Gu aircraft which is sit far from suf- fielent in coping with Chinn'a, Increas
people-Central ingly air-minded News.
WOUNDED EMPLOYER
Tokyo. Oct. 30 (UI).—Brondishing a avonden club in his right hand and, n butcher's knife in his test, 22-year- old Rikla Ishikawa, shouting “You're going to die". reverely wiunded his boss Torn Wada, 40.
Ishikawa escaped, but later nove himself up to the pollen. Ke sald he intended to kill, Wadá because “Woda became too pecuniary/minded,,nud. begon moring ethics in his relating with his henchmen".
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