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VOL. I NO. 36
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1946,
NOT YET PREPARED TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS Bitter Battle For
ON FRANCO SPAIN
UNO DELEGATION THINK TIME NOT RIPE FOR ACTION
Four Mad Men At
Large On Long
Island
New York, Nov. 8. (UP).— Military and State police search- ed Long Island to-day for four mad men-three U.S. Army veterans, one a German POW-
The Shantung
Peninsula
Tsingtao, Nov. 8.-Messages received here last night reported Government troops surging ahead towards Chefoo from the Laiyang aren while another column, which has recovered Ych-hsien, is making consider nble progress towards Lungkow from two directions.
SW AFRICA ANNEXATION DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT described as "highly dangerous" against the Tsinan-Taingino Rail-
NEW
JEW YORK, NOV. 8.—IT IS UNDERSTOOD' THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NOT YET PREPARED TO TAKE STRONG ACTION AGAINST . FRANCO SPAIN - SUCH AS ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, PROPOSED BY WHITE RUSSIA.
A meeting of the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly to-day discussed the whole question along the lines that the time is not yet ripe for such decisive action, but did not reach any definite decision. The position will be reviewed again next week.
White Russia has, presented | un amendment to the Polish resolution,
which asks
the Cow Runs Amok
United Nations to break off
diplomatic relations with Spa In Manchester
proposing that each member of the United Nations should terminate commercial relations! as well. such action to include the suspension of communica- tions by rail, sen, air, post and telegraph.
who escaped from Mason General Hospital by clubbing the ward- men into submission,
Sentenced by courts-martial to long prison terms, the three Ameri- cans were brought to Muson from eastern disciplinary barracks. Other wardmen arrived in time to prevent eight other mental patients from es- caping.
The mad men had fashioned clubs from broken furniture. The Ger- man was believed to be the ring- leader.
Escaping from seventh floor room they raced down the stairs, vaulled a ten-foot wire fence and esenped into the nearby woods clad only in pajamas. The police have) established roadblocks.
SERIOUS MANPOWER SHORTAGE IN FRANCE
Communist saboteurs are Inter- sifylug their subversive activities
Library, Supreme Court
Trieste-Gorizia Exchange Offer Boomerang
Rome, Nov. 8 (UP).-Com- munist lender Palmiro Togliat- ti's unsuccessful attempt to arrange a backroom swap of Gorizia for Trieste with Marshal Tito to-day boomeranged the Italian Communist Party into its most vulnerable position since the war.
Every Italian newspaper-except the Communists' Unita-backed the of Togliatt's Cabinet's rejection proposal with editorials and denun- elation of the Communists and any- one who would barter with the
sacred Italian soll.
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Efforts Serious Food Shortage In British Zone
To Alleviate
HAMBURG, Nov. 8.-One ship carrying 8,000 tons of flour is on the high seas bound for food-short British zone of Germany and three more are being loaded with 9,000 tons of food in the United States, it was announced officially to-day.
"In addition to this 36,000 tons of flour and 7,000 tons of oats will be loaded in the United States for shipment during the last half of November," the official announce- ment said.
The ships are not being diverted from
other porta American Plan For
They are part of the normal import programme delayed by the shipping strike in America. 'The offelni announcement gave hope that the critical brend situation in the Brliish zone would be eased in the nick of time.
The 50,000 Communist troops whe unleashed a fierce assault upainst The deepest underlying political Wellsien were routed after night-significance of the rejecilon and long sanguinary battles,
reaction to Togliattl's proposal was that one only recently concluded Socialist-Communist unity of action pet was put to its first serious test.
These shipments constitute in all There was no unity of action. Socialists, led by their chief, For-about two days' rationing. Another eign Minister Pietro Nenni, broke five days rations are being loaded t from the Communists and joined the United States in the second half Premier Alcide de Gasper's Chris-
of this month. tian Democrats in speedy damnation of Togliatti,
UNACCURATE AND COALA CZEKAZARIERTEN
DUTCH DESTROYER
FIRED ON
Batavia, Nov. 8-The Dutch destroyer Plei Hein was fired on by two shore batteries in Kroeng Raba Bay, north Sumatra, while on patrol of the area, Dutch naval authorities announced to-
day. Tho GOD-ton coaster
Hollandia was shelled thero last week.
The shots were near missea and the destroyer went into action against the batteries. The French liner lo de France was shelled at the same place some, time ago.
Fighting in the Dutch East Indles officially chiled this week. —Neuter.
BACTERIAAL QUOTANTOLSUN İNŞAŞIRTANT
way.
Ruils were torn up at. Nan- attempts chuth last night while were made to demolish
steel the Paris, Nov. В (UP)-France, bridge across the Taku river. Manchester, Nov. 8.-After which is suffering from severe man-
Com- for 15 hours power shortage, has virtually thrown In northern Shamsi, Five being chased
started an through the streets of Manches-open the Italian frontier to "clandes munist brigades have tine immigration" of
towns unemployed attack on Government-held ter and Salford "Clarissa", & Italian workers. two Paris news along the Tatung-Talyuan Railway mad roaming cow, was on her papers reported to-day.
and have taken Tunisien, Yuan- way home this afternoon with
pingiseng and several, other strate- The authoritative Combat in agic points south-west of Halahslen, ten other cows to pacify her,
dispatch from Modone, on the along the railway-Central News. Franco-Italian Trontier, said appro- ximately 0.000 Blegni immigrants had crowed the border at Montere
The proposal that the General Assembly should recommend that the Security Council re-examine United Nations membership applies- tions by Albania, Mongolin, Trans-loaded front a van. Police in paullian since September. jordan, Eire and Portugal was made to-day by the Drafting Sub-commit- tee of the Political Committee.
The Drafting Committee, which has been established to co-ordinate the resolutions submitted by the de- legations from the Philippines, Egypt and Panuma on the question of United Nations membership, urged that the applications should be re- viewed by the Security Council strictly on their respective merits as measured by the yardellek of the
Charter,
The Le Pays reported from an point on the frontier
that as many as 135 immigrants per day were questioned at a receiving
centre by the lentent French authori
U.S. WARSHIPS TOTM VISIT TURKISH PORT
The chase began last night when Clarissa bolted as she was being un-
curs and on foot, prople on bicycles and others gave chase na she curce- ed through the streets knocking unidentified Gown police and other partders and then colliding wi (1 wtor-ear.
Washington, Nov. 3.-The 20,000- and Clarissa, sth in an ugly mal, charg.
ton aircraft carrier Randolph the 10,000 ton cruiser, Fargo, flog ed anyone approaching her and Com- pany Set/Major R. Sayers of the Both papers described the toler-ship of the United States naval will Manchester Garrison, was sent forance of French border officials which forces in the Mediterranean,
of Izmir to shoot the cow."
they said was inspired by instruc- call at the Turkish purt tions from Paris following a deci (Smyrnn) in one of the series 'sion of the Ministry of Industrial courtesy visits by American Production to encourage immigra- ships to Levanting ports during late tion as a solution to the manpower November, the United States Navy shortage, particularly In French Department announced to-day.
Clarissa escaped again, "visiting" the newly-installed rector at Lower Crumpsall. A police-sergeant arm
fles.
Fed with a bucket of enttle nuts tried
to tempi her Inte captivity but she coal mines." bolted again.
Clarissa then saw some other cows;
of
wer-
The itinerary. of the Randolph and Forgs includes Beirut and Piraeus, while the cruiser Hunting- to visit Alexandria
The Egyptian delegation has sub-| mitted a resolution to the Trustee- ship Committee oaking the commilt-
discussions tee to postpone
on and joined them on the way home. BASKI-WOODCOCK FIGHT? don (10,000 tons) is scheduled South-west Africa until the joint-Reuter. meeting of the Legal and Political committees has dealt with the Indian- South African dispute.
•
The resolution says: "The Trustee- BURMESE WANT
ship Committee shall postpone dis- cussion on the request submitted by the Union of South Africa for an- nexation of South-west. Afṛica uniil such time as commillees one and six
SEAT ON UNO
Rangoon, Nov. 8.-A state-
The
The speed of the rejection by the Cabinet which returned its decision on the same day without waiting to sample public and newspaper reas
Shipment Of Jews To Palestine
Paris, Nov. 8.The United Marshal of the Royal Air Force States Army in Europe has a Sir Sholto Douglas returned to Berlin complete plan for shipment of Jewish refugees to by air to-day after consultations in 100,000 London about the food shortage in Palestine per year, the Presi- the zone
dent of the World Executive of Political observers in London think United Revisionist Zionists, Mr.
tion was regarded as a demonstra, the British Government will make an Mover Salgsman,.stated in Paris tion of the unpopularity of the Com- of the crisis by achieving a long-term to-day.
urgent attempt to avert a recurrence munists in regard to nationalism in
settlement with the United States of Italy.
British Views
I undon, Nov. 8 (UP),--The „Bril- ish Government to-day viewed Mar- shal Tito's offer to swap Trieste for Gorizia with a
amounting reserve
foreign polley to suspicion, while experts considered it a move to get Triesto by default by controlling its communications to Central Europe.
The Foreign Office spokesman Wel- comed any negotiations which raight. facilitate an agreement solely be- that tween Italy and Yugo-Slavla would remove the Trieste question from the arena of East-West con- tention.
.
food arrangements in the occupied
zone.
Agitation and "so-called legal
The next big move is likely inmigration" would not stop until to be an important Anglo-American the British allowed unlimited im- economic conference on international migration into a free Jewish state, co-operation to be held in Washington Air Salssman added. next week.
The release this week of detained The British zone labour leader, Zionist leaders from Latrun Camp,
inz Piledt today Franz
warned the Palestine, indicated
in a change British military Government that British policy. Although this the German trade unions did not a step in, the right direction It war Zionist know how long they could keep not enough to change the German workers from open revolt
Plieut
U.B. Assistance Berlin, Nov.
8.- Ur
J. B
was
"The Army's plan is complete. It includes Genoa as an embarkation point and includes the ships needed,
This belles the British statements that the United States is unwilling to take action to implement the Palestine policy," Salssman ended.
Reuter.
if the food alination continues to programme, he said.
He also stated that the Zlonists. deteriorat
Transfordan incor- with a "heart ery expect to see appealed to the conscience of the world to pornted Into a Jewish Palestine, and that they favour a population ex- save Germany from starvation."
The Chairman of the Hamburg change of Arabs In the Middle East a predominantly Trades Union Congress also appealed to give Palestine directly to the American people for Jewish population. Jut the spokesman immediately help. Reuter. questioned the type of autonomy, Marshal Tito is asking for Trieste under Italy-on which the possibl-Canning, acting chief of the Ameria two months' food supply and cer- lity of Yugo-Slav infiltration de- can military government's food and tain financial assistance for refugees pends and then pointed out that agriculture branch, said to-day that and for the establishment of camps
In Palestine, Gorizia lies astride Trieste's only the American zone food supplies were remaining non-Yugo-Slav-controll-sufficient to tide the hungry British ed" communication lines with Aus- zone over a brief emergency. ----- trin, Hungary and Czecho-Slovalda. Dr Canning stressed, however, that no agreement had been reached Whitehall
that argued
here to shift reserve stocks across with Gorizia, which is
Italian the zonal
borders to supplement Jerusalem, Nov. 8--An explosion city within the Slovene hinterland the proposed diverting of food ships early to-day damaged about ten and controls the important road and briginally scheduled for American yards of railway, track on tho. rail
northward from zone communications
consunters. He pinpointed Jerusalem-Lydda. line near Ramich, Trieste, Yugo-Slavia would be in a Free danger urcas where food
to control the overland position to
stocks
"dangerously low."qut 40 miles north-west of Jerusa trafe from Trieste
port. If she These were the cities of Hamburg, The Jewish resistance movement's
Andlo chose she could further dictate the
and the Bremen enclave.
secret
"The Voice of Larnel" economic well-being of Trieste by
Meanwhile, the British military announced in a broadcast to-night:
has announced
cus The Haganah's drive against the government dividing traffic to Flume and Polu,
from 1,750 to 1,500 grams in the Irgun Zval Leumi and. the Stern south of Trieste.
cereal ration for one month period Gang terrorists has already begun." The fishi The broadcast did not disclose beginning November 11. rallon was slashed from 150 to 600
form the anti-terrorist action what fo The British announcement, was taking, and added, "We shall not grams. ensuring that the "basic ration will be informers.”
boosted
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 silled remain at 1,500 (calories),"
to neutralise Jewish craftsmen employed in eleven allowance the potato
diamond
Luctories the reductions.
sources
an
were
Railway Damaged
A Beuter despatch from Montreal, Nathanya between Telavi
at
Tito's proposal to make Trieste an autonomous region within Italy similar to South Tyrol Gn which Italy and Austria reached an auto- nomy agreement blessed by Britain and America-presumably would The 10,000-ton cruiser Houston
also give Trieste's main labour un- will visit Port Said and the des-
tons of shipbuilding and dockyard Wilson
workers a Nov. 8.
a free hand ta (UP) The troyers Nos, Robert and
La operate. wlii
A visit to Jedda Jack Solomons,
ga to Crete.
These unions are Communist-con- quoting the Board of Grain Comunis and Halfa-ceased work to-day in said to-night that he was negotiating and his mer, by the destroyers Corrytrolled and have followed the Yugo- sloners, to-day sald about 140,800,-protest against their employers de-
atmer.Reuter.
Slay line in their demonstrations 000 bushels of Canadian wheat for cision to cut the working week from a match between
wailing at six days to three and a half days.— Britain directed for months against italians export to
Porta the und heavyweight Joe Baskl
for Router. British heavyweight Bruce Woodcock,
to the coast. which probably would be held late in THIEVES'
Three million bushels of wheat in January in Harringay Arena.
Iondon,
boxing promoters,
the American
are
and Intterly against Anglo-American Great Lake
BUTTER HAUL accupation after the Russian Foreign
Minister, M. V. M.
on
The bulter ration is two per person per week,
emphasise the daygan to
of
setting Atlantic coast elevators and 4,000, STOP PRESS
const storc-
British and American troops out of 000 bushels in Tacifie
houses were ready to go overseas, Vencala Giulia, and Italy.
thun aware it was, added.
British experts aro that by trading Trieste, which he does not have, for Gorizia, which is assigned to Italy, Marshal Tito would advantages that might
A warning that severe political repercussions in Germany may re- ault from the Impending crisis has been given by Mr Ernest Bevin, the the United
London's gain many Italy's receipt of Trieste Foreign Secretary, to
ounces
In Joint session shall adopt a resolu- tion on the complaint lodged by the ment of policy issued here to- Government of India against tho
London, Nov. ·B (UP)-One Union of South Africa,”—Reuter. day by members of the Govern-
ration for London, Nov. B+Miss Mary i week's bulter
143,300 or's Executive Council (Bur Churchill, youngest daughter of Mr persons was stolen during the night
declared mese. Cabinet)
that
Mrs Winston Churchill, and
is when thieves took a truck contain- QUICKER AND CHEAPER their leading objective was to engaged to marry Capt Christophering eight tons of butter from the
DIVORCE IN BRITAIN be the establishment of Burma Solmes, of the Coldstream Guards, Harringay car park,
is a sovereign state under a only son of Capt Granville Spames outskirts. truly national government with and the Hon Mrs Rhys, it was an-
nounced to-night-Reuter.. London. Nov. 8-Recommenda- unrestricted control of internal tions which it is belleved will make affaira, defence, finance and divorces in Britain quicker and foreign policy.” cheaper are made to-day in the second Interim report by the com- The statement assured complete mitice on procedure in matrimonial equality of status and opportunity for all races in the country and the im- The main recommendation of the mediate withdrawal of all laws and regulations considered as repressive. Referring to foreign relations, the
courts.
committee is that county court judges
should try bath defended and un-statement, continued: "The advance
ment of Burma's International status
• defended divorce cases because there
deal with the increased number of CASES.
INDONESIA
FATE OF HANGS IN BALANCE
Batavia, Nov. 8 (UP)—Prime Minister Sjahrir and President Soekarno met with the full cabinet at the Indo- nesian capital of Jogjakarta to-day to decido. whether to accept the Dutch proposal for a union between the United States of Indonesia and the Netherlands Kingdom, 2-
are not enough high court judges to will be one of the fundamental prin- ciples of our policy. We shall seck to secure the independent represen detalled tation of Burma at all international The report also makes proposals how procedure In divorees conference affecting us.
"We Intend requesting Hla
for realise The issue of war or peace
that the Government in should be reformed to bring about. a reduction in coats, whiels at present Majesty's Government to sponsor the
Indonesia hangs in the balance be-Holland is unlikely to permit any admission of Burma to the United are £70 or more in undefended
cause tho Commission-General Batly additional concessions; and 2, the Nations. chees
stated that a link with the crow Indonesians fear that world opinion immediate lank will be to
which the Indoncalans must grant insist on fighting to throw out what Press reports to-night state that form a nucleus of Burmans, trained represents the irreducible minimum would turn against them if they the final report
of the committee, to fill our embassies, legations and +1
fur recognition
is largely the theoretical sovereignty exchange Wo shall
of the crown and which offers no which is expected to be ready before consular offices abroad.
republic. national
restrictions Two factors favour the neceptance ren!
to Independence. Christmas, will contain recommenda- endeavour to build up a
The Indonesians particularly four tion for setting up of a state recon- defence force sufficient for the de- of the Dulch offer: 1. In order to
which International intervention, take preserve the link with the ciliation scheme, with the object of fence of the country and ta
Iets mending marriagen that would other-effective steps for the withdrawal of the Dutch have granted Inrge con- they believe will grant them
And ccasiona, non-Burma troops,Reuter.
Indonesians I than the Dutch are already offering.
wise end in divorce-Reuter.
the
#
crown
well make
disadvantage and almost certalaly would defeat the hope of the Brit- ish Foreign Minister, Mr Ernest Be- vin, that Trieste would become the principal port outlet for Central
Europe.
The British were unable to com- ment on the possible bearing of the Tito offer upon the Foreign Minister Conference scheduled to reconsider the Trieste free state statute again to-day but their unfavourable reac tion indicated the Foreign Ministers will perhaps continue trying to reach an agreement on the statute.
SUBMARINE SINKS.
London, Nov. 8 (UP)The Even-
submarine former French
Aubin had sunk in the North Sea 150 miles ing News reported to-day that the
cost of Hull.
The paper sald the submarina was being towed from Southampton to Copenhagen for scrap by the British lug Winnie. It is not known whe ther there were any casualties.
States Secretary of State, Mr James F. Byrnes.
W. H. DONALD 'DEAD
Shanghai, Nov. 9Mr. W, E Donald, formney personal adviser Mr Devin is understood to have Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, died the Country Hospitali fat said it was unfair that the British in 003 tons of grain out of an overall zone was being allotted only 100,- 1.15 am. to-day-Central News.
allocation of 585,000 tons for British and American zones in the fourth quarter of this year
the
He is preparing for Mr Byrnes' consideration, a complete paper on the food situation in the British zone and the British Government's views on the question.
Coming on the eve of the Import ant Anglo-American conference on Germany's economic situation. Mr Bevin's move is interpreted as en-: suring that the German food problem will be at the top of the agenda. United Press and Reuter.
CHINESE DETECTIVE` ON BRIBE CHARGES
Lau Chl, 45, a detective sergeant In the Hongkong Police, appeared at Central Magistracy this morning on three counts of offering bribes to Inspector W. N. Darkin.
The charges were that on Septem- "
to ber 2, ho gave a bribe of $3,000 Inspector Darkin; on the same day offered the inspector $10,000, and on September 15 gave Inspector Darkin. a bribe of $300.
CDI Shaftain, who prosecuted; Shanghal, Nov. & (UP).Chinese stated that Inspector Darkin was policewomen to-day were given three days to cut their hair, and to acting on bis instructions and was in
no way implicated with the ease.
Lau was remanded for seven days remove all facial make-ups or quit and "In order to show seriousness
for the defence, dimity. There are more than 600 on ball of $20,000. Mr P. II. Sin is policewomen in Shanghai and clerka and searchers,