RUHR THE KEY TO GERMAN REHABILITATION
(By Edward W. Beattic)
It In uscletas to
job of stimulation. speak of recovery until a stimulus| for it can be germinated.
Now there is no incentive to work.
FROM the town of Lippstadt down to the Rhine the Ruhr slopes gently over rolling, forested hills and tilled valleys which at first glance look as though the land had always been at peace. Fields are well kept, the forests are thick and green and the haystacks are fat and yel low. Everywhere from behind There is little or nothing to buy in the hills forests of tall brick | the stores. There is only meagre chimneys or spitlery steel seaf-food ration. And there is no future foldings mark, the mine-shafts to which a miner or a steel man can of the great Ruhr coal flekl.
The autobahn down to the Thine
while, smooth even the old road signs unscathed. untouched, the bridges intact and Then come the bridges in long
which Ruccession
the Germans blasted in a last effort of resistance.
runs for
Wrecked Clies
W wrecked
and
look forward to at least none on
He which he is yet able to focus. might better stay and try to repair
town two or three days a week in is shattered roof, if he has a home at all, or help some farmer outside
return for a 1ttle cabbage, a few potatoes ur some carrots,
In
Absenteeism
for
TV18 result is labour shortage and WITH the bridges
the Come
absenteeism, in every plant, cities which onrei
Essen, for instance, 6 city and steel into the! which has a rubble clearance prob- poured coal industries of an entire continent.
lem which may take 30 years To-day the Ruhr les prostrate handle, it is estimated that 60 per Hike a glant racked with a pingus cent of the male population between
and in almost exact proportion to its 18 and 42 is now dead or missing, Ills Germany and Europe suffer.
Near Lippstadt, on April 1, 1945,
of the American 1st and Di unils Armies met in what Gen. Dwight
Elsenhower has called
wer has called "the largest double envelopment in history." With the collapse of the Ruhi pocket 17 divisions hind been 325,000 prisoners had taken been
and Germany's war power whe gone.
liquer, 21
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946.
BRITAIN SHARES HER LOAF
BREAD
Mrs Elizabeth Crocker of Pinner, London. looks at the piece of bread which represents the dally bread ration for one person under the now rationing scheme in Britain.
The Krupp Works, which was the VIET NAMH PROPOSAL
yet
essence of Essen, Is alnied for obliteration and nobody can immagine what will replace it as o job giver.
1550
It through economle unity with the American zone the taste British ration can be raised to the hoped for calories a day--the heavy workers get much more there is a chance that more coat can be mined and
consumers and a new trickle of goods to give new life to trade.
and
REJECTED
U.S.
ARCHBISHOP RUSSIA
ATTACKS
New York, Oct. 30 (UP).--Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, to-day sounded a warning that Rus sin is bent on world domination and accused Moscow of "anbolaging
"Squatting" Charge Against U.S. Red Cross
The National Development Company in Manila has accused the American Red Cross of "squatting" in four of the Com- pany's buildings which, it in stated, are urgently needed to house a plant for the production of yarn for home weavers, and. net manufacturers.
Omeiels of the Company clalm that the Red Cross refusal to vacate the buildings has resulted in delay in rehabilitating the local weaving and fishing Industries.
The four buildings which are in the company's compound are being used by the Red Cross for auctioning of its excess supplies twice weekly. According to the company's officials the Red Cross has no lease on the building. The plant. If installed, could produce 10,000 pounds of yarn daily.
This is the second complaint to be Red mnde against the American Cross in Manila recently for refusal to vacale buildings, the first being brought by the owners of the Jai Alal building which before the war was one of Manila's big sports centres. The building is now being used as a club-the Roosevelt Club.
tor American troops,
No Longer Needed
Although the Red Cross has a lease on this building.-the owners claim that there is no longer any need to use it
soldiers' club since there are now many other re- creational facilities and the number of troops using it has decreased
The Ruhr has never recovered from that battle and from the years more coul will mean more food funtion to observę, the newly-conclud- | efforts for a just reage with the in- I considerably. of air pounding which preceded it and the effects of its crippling reach far beyond the struggled British Zone of occupation and he borders Germany as a whole.
Vicious Circle
of
Ruhr is caught in a vicious! e of coal and food.. With more coal the population could be fed more ran the present near;] starvation diet. But without more foor the incentive to mine mure coal | Is gone.
Until this riddle is solved the Ruhr seems destined to stagnate song its ruins. Far from making the contribution It would t peaceful recovery of Germany, will continue to function more com pletely than any other par Germany in the grip of a "hand out mentality, which is the Reich's most outstanding, characteristic to-day.
it
of
"Until Wn can get the mers minds off food and on to his job we are going to do more than scrape along the coal mon say.
All of Western Germany will be the sufferer until that time and all Europe will feel the pitch,
CHANGES IN CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL POSITION
London, Oct. 29.—Three
Hanol, Oct. 30-The first National Assembly of Indo-China yesterday re- jeeler the proposal submitted by the Viet Nimh Government that instruc- tions should be sued to the whole Fed treaty between France and Indo- tention of utilising the .resulting
China. The Assembly contended chaos to spread Communism.” that the new treaty might be put into
In an article published in the Cardinal execution only after It And been magazine 'Cosmopolitan passed and ratified by the National Spellman said "every Communist is Assembly.
a potential enemy of the United States and only these blind as bats More than 150 delegates attended can fall to be aware there is an ac- the opening meeting which unani- Üve Communist Invasion at GUT mously adopted a resolution to send | coun) c.7." telegraphic messes to China and France paying respects to the Governments and peoplea.
iwa
Meanwhile, it is reliably learned that Dr Ho Chi-Minh, President of the Viet Namh Government and all the responsible erials
the i At will soon factors Government,
resign en during the second war have changed ble to make way for the formation Chini's International position,
110W Government.--Central cording to an Engilsh commentary New?. broadcast to-day by M. Maslennikov over Radiu Moscow and monitored here.
CINC
ac. ut
CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE PSALMS
is off the press.
ANTI-TE MEASURES IN SHANGHAI
Shunghal, Oct. 30.-Latest equip men for treating tuberculosis donat- ed by the American Red Cross Society will arrive here as soon as the maritime strike in the United States is settled, it was learned here to-day.
Th Shanghai An-Tuberculosis Association, being, the recipient of the urgently needed equip:neni combating the dreadful disease, has decided to set up clinics and sanatoria capable of accommodating 150 patients.
The Association also planning u city-wide campaign to nequaint the
The Russian commentator said that You realise this when you begin to the three facts were 11) Cideo took notice that most of the tall chimneys an active part in the rout of Japan- Japan's of the Rubre not smoldag, dat imperialism and after
Shanghai, Oct. 30.-The first the glunt wheels which plunge the defeat China occupied a worthy place- curs down the aluating mine shafts in the ranks of the Unlled Nations edition of the Chinese version of the
as an equal member of the UNO; are usually motionless. And you
Psalms in the Old Testament, edited (2) start watching people trudging
The
and annulment of unequal by President Chiang Kai-shek along the rouds and through the streets of treaties with Britain, United States published by the Commercial Press, towns where rubble is banked high and other countries; Inside the skeletons of dead buildings. (3) The result of the Sino-Russian Regarded DX possessing. great People pull their Hutle carts treaty of friendship and alliance literary value, the Psalms were loaded with brush or firewood of a which expressed the mutual interests translated into the Chinese language few salvaged belongings or lug the of the two peoples who participated by the nation's eminent jurist and knapsacks they used to use for the struggle against Fascist aggres- scholar, Dr John C, H, W. Presi- summer hiking tours-or just stand. | sars.
dent Chiang, in A preface to the The third factor, sald M. Maslenni. translation, expressed gratification at koy, was the most important.
seeing consummation of such out- However, he added, the abolition standing wirk. He believed that the E faces of the city dwellers are of unequal treaties did not ensure Chinese version surpassed any pre yellowish in testimony to the China's free national" development vious attempt in
accuracy and inadequate diet and almlessness is because China's economy and poll-quality, and expressed the hope that their outstanding elu.racteristic. Hier were subjected to the strong! In the entire New Testament would soon The British occupational authoritt.ence of American imperialism-be rendered into Chinese-Content les face here in the Ruhr a fantastic, Central News.
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Admitting that altendance at the club had declined the American Army Command, however, in a press
ess note replying to the complaint, stated: "When attendance falls to a point that no longer justifles operatfun of the Roosevelt Club, the Jai Alai building will be released to. the professional gamblers who operation 50 formerly made its jucrative."
AFWESPAC (Headquarters, Allled also Forces Western Pacific) altacked recently by Col Angel M. Tuazon, former Manila Chiet Police, who charged the Army's division estute real
with rank inefficiency and disregard for the
civilians." in
its civil rights of handling of property occupied by the 86th Infantry Division.
Was
of
Col Tuazon alleged that the Army which occupied the property on May 1. 1915, had not paid one cuntavo in rent and was "legally and technical- ly a 'squatter'."
"We could throw them out," said Col Tuazon, "but of course,
you know that is physically impossible."
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femenibrance Day will be observed on 10th November,
Popples will be sold on Saturday, Oth November.
1 day of remembrance dedicated to those who fought and endured no much between 1014/18 and 1030/45. It has become also an ozessinn when those In distant parts of the Empire turn their thoughts to Britain and feel that they share that great tradition which she has treated and so splendidly maintained throughout the centuries.
It even inore necessary than ever. before to secure support for Earl Haig's Fund for the war Disabled. The need is great, and the Committee of the Brit- Ish Legion feel that you will wish to he ideniifted in an endeavour to mileviate the distress of the present and future
ufferet.
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BUILDING FOR SALE.
The undersigned is prepared to receive on behalf of the Owners Tenders for the purchase of No. 0 Ice Houso Street, Sec. A of M. L. ZA.
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Dated the 25th October, 1946.
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