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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1946.
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ANTI-GOVERNMENT REVOLT CHURCHILL FORCES Tabriz "Surrenders" To
BREAKS OUT IN VENEZUELA
Thugs Assault Residents In
Kowloon
AIRPORT Aggressive U.S.
REBELS
MAJOR SEIZED BY
Attacks by "Europeans dress- MOVEMENT LED BY ARMY
ed in khaki material" are re- ported to have taken place in Humphrey's Avenue during the Jast week in November. One of the. victims
knocked unconscious and confined to hospital for three days and the other received a broken nose and which
was
a wound in the' hend necessitated
stitches.
two
It is stated that the
tempted their victims
or three
thurs first
with ariny
blankets at favourable prices and
AIR LINER CRASHES
Jerusalem, Dec. 11. Two of the Egyptian crew and a passenger were killed when a Misa Airlines (Egyptian) Air- craft, flying to Calro from Bagh- dad, crashed three miles east of Iata last night, it was learned here to-day-Reuter.
BEATLETANKER ENTRANCE TOPICANA CESTARTVELTEK SPRING CARTI KENTUT when they showed no inclination to accept, the ruffians persistently lured them to a badly illuminated place and beat them up.
CARACAS, DEC. 12. INSURGENTS YESTERDAY, IN A SUN- RISE ATTACK, SEIZED THE MAJOR AIR- PORT OF MARACAY, ABOUT 150 MILES
· FROM THE CAPITAL OF VENEZUELA AND IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED A CAPTURED PLANE ON A BOMBING MISSION OVER MARACAY AND CARACAS.
One bomb, estimated to be a 25-pounder, landed near the Presidential Palace here and another struck within 300 yards of Maracay's Jardin Hotel. A third hit the airfield of the Military Aviation School near Maracay. No damage or injuries have yet been
reported.
President Romulo Belan court said shortly after noon that the Government had the situation under control, but at 1.30 p.m. the Valencia radio broadcast insurgent pleas to all-Conservatives to arise, which indicated that the city was in the rebel's hands.
A chambermaid in the Jurdin) Hotel was struck by a stray bullet as Loyalist soldiers in a jeep fired at a plane bombing Maracay.
President
Betancourt said that
Mr A. Madar, of the Lebel and the revolt was led by followers of Company, was wuildng near Itum-Gan Isains Medina Angarita, who was phrey's Aventic about 9.30 p.m. on overthrown in the October, 1945, November 25 when he was ap-revolt whileh was led by lenders of proached by two "Europeans" dressed the present government. in khaki shirts and trousers of a civilian
lian type. They asked Mr Mader whether he would like to buy arny blankets and sheets and when he refused the offer, the two strangers engaged him in conversation until they re
a side lane. There Mr reached Madar
WHE knocked unconscious and when he came to, he reported the incident to the police and was taken to Kowloon Hospital where he was detained for three days, He lost a wallet containing $270.
The other victim of the assault, which took place in the same locality Untun ̈Parly,"
on November 28, three days after the
first inciden's
of
21,
10.30
p.m.
was Mr J. C. Remedios,
Building
About
a European confronted binnkets and
him and offered him
described
He informed the stranger, as a tall man dressed in khaki shirt and trousers and a dark brown sports jackets, that he was He also
not interested in the offer,
was attacked in a side lane but fought
back.
As a result of the struggle
broken nose and a wound in his head' which required stitches,
Greek Troops Fight Guerillas In Mountains
Athens, Dec. 11. reported to have been killed in About 40 Greek soldiers are
five-day mountain battle be-
It
Technique In Zionist Congress
Basle, Dec. 10.
The powerful American dele- gation, in an open revolt against moderate leadership of the World Zionist Organisation;; campaigned to-day to win sup- port of majority of the Zionist Congress for the most militante and aggressive policy in the his-
DEBATE UN INDIA
London, Dec. 11.
The Opposition leader, Mr Winston Churchill, charging that Indlau aairs were assuming a grave aspect, succeeded to forcing The Government to-day to agree to full-dress debate on India this week, despite Government fears that discussion might destroy prospects of an Indian seille- ment.
Mr Churchill's demand for a debate was made after sintements in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, and in the House of Lords by Lord Fethkk-Lawrence, pledging the Government not to Impose a constitution on India at the expense of the minorities.
ની સા
"Matters are assuming so grave a shape," declared Mr Churchill, "It is necessary the nation should have attention concentrated upon ft."--UnRed Press.
tory of the movement for the REDS RENEW
establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine,
After three days debate the issues were clear. The delegates were called upon to choose between co- ordination of policy and appeals to world conscience to attain Jewish statehood and the aggressive Ameri- can technique which would include full support to resistance brainst British restrictions on "Illegal im- nigration of Jews to the Holy Land.
ATTACKS ON
PAOTING
1
Persian Govt Forces
Teheran, Dec. 11. Tabriz, capital of the autonomous province of Azerbaijan, has "surrendered" to the Persian Government forces.
Dr Djavid, Governor of Azerbaijan, to-day sent to the Shah of Persia and Ghavam Es-Sultanch, Persian Premier, the following message: "The Persian Army is welcome in Azerbaijan."
The "surrender" of Tabriz | took the form of a message to
the Shah. It came less than 18 France
hours after the Persian Govern-) ment forces crossed the Azer- baijan border on Monday night.
The troops met with little re-
Sinking Deeper Into
sistance, as they advanced with Political Crisis
practically no losses on either side.
Wrecked bridges were
their greatest obstacles as they moved forward through the
Paris, Dec. 11.
town of Minneh, midway be. France to-day sank deeper tween the eastern border and the into the political and economic capital.
The Persian Headquarters
lo
C-
crisis and the Assembly Presi-
that all bridges on the road said dent, M. Vincent Auriol, was Mianch had been
by expected to make a strong plea blown up Azerbaijan democrats und.
for an end to the deadlock when cording to the Teheran Radio, when the Assembly meets to-morrow. Government troops reached the town
All
day Party leaders conferred they found the railway station on but were bogged into worse din
Besides the advance on Tabriz by the government.
agreement over the composition, of
There another
appeared column little chance for agreement, on either a government or the man to head
fire.
Peiping, Dec. 11. While Communist troops Two dominant figures have arisen poured across the Sungari River way of Mianch, from the three-day session of the cast and north-east of Chang-pressed forward from Tekab. Congress. The
first is aging Dr chun, in Hopei, Reds launched Describing the advance, Generalit, before to-morrow's afternoon As- Chalm Weizmann, present leader, another offensive against Pro-Headquarters announced: "All points sembly session. who had planned to retire after ting, the provincial capital and have been captured by the Persian of the Ghaflankuh heights years service to the cause. The second is a newcomer, Rabbi Abba pushed within five miles of the Army." Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, President Peiping-Hankow rail hub.
the Zionist Organisation of America.
of
ícor Supporters of Silver
that Weizmann plone can fight for moderate policies against Silver who yesterday drew prolonged protests when he branded Welzmann's accep- tance of the principle of partition as a grave error in judgment.---United Press.
Mr
anti-British
after
Mr
Other Red units crossed the frozen Sungari from Kirin province under cover of an artillery barrage.
Government reports said that the Reds were preparing counter- offensives against the Nationalists who took five towns north forth- west and west of Changebun.
Late reports from Taiyuan, capital Caracas was quiet yesterday af-
of Shansi, said that the Nationalist ternoon. Normal caini was broken only by a single bomb dropped near
Conflict With Britain
garrison was still holding out for the thirteenth day at Chungyang against Mirafiores Palace, the Presidentini
Basle, Dec, 11,
the besleging Red forces, who have residence-Associated Press.
Meyer Grossman
New thrown their main force against the of Maj Carlos Maldonado Pena, Assis-tween a reinforced battalion of York, ace leader ot the Jewish city's north Kate under heavy
Inspector Lant
of Armed Forces, was the Greek Third Army and
shelling reported to hund the ravement, sup guerilla band, estimated to num-Congress to-night we are in open for three hours at the same time as
party which has now rejoined the Zionists, told the World Zionist
In Hopel, 2,000 Reds attacked ported by Maj. Terensio Contreras,
Suntsun, five miles east of Paoting head of the Army garrison in La ber at least 600, near Dedemo- conflict with the English regime, Victoria, adds United Press.
tiche, in the eastern purt of In
large numbers of Reds were driving Palestine
this Congress And must intensify that strugglic."
against the rail centre from the west and south, Among those arrested is Dr. Joviio Greck Thrace, Villalba, leather of the Republican
The Reds large-scale offensive in Speaking for _.__inis
·A-number of guerillas are reported-
rejoined northern Hunan found its stride as to have been captured. Reports of Pitry, which had just
two Communist ten
columns this engagement, combined with Sun the Zionist movement
were driving a years' day's train attack by guerillas, 40 demanded immediate establishment
to Kalfeng- Grossman Associated Press. separation.
wedge miles north of Salontita, have increa-
Street Fighting of sed the nervous feeling in the whole for Palestine.
Jewish provisional government
Nanking, Dec. 10. He said of this area.
The Hain Min Pao to-day reported Jewish resistance 10 the
British
that Nationalist troops and the Com- The Salonika-Alexandropolia ex-
In Palestine was a "remarkable munists were still locked in furious press stopped here last night in- manifestation of Jewish heroism and
street fighting in Yencheng, North has increased the respect of stead of continuing cast. A copi-
the Kiangsu city 85 miles north of the pany of Greek infantry had been world for the Jewish people."
Kiangsu
provincial
capital of put on the train before it left Sa-
Chinkiang. party representatives
troops smashed into the south and The paper said the whole of the Grossman city was on fire as the Nationalist north gates, cornering the Red de- fenders in the cast and west gales, where Red resistance was sold to be weakening.United Press.
Jewish Raid On
Arab Village
After cordoning off the village of ITALIAN HOTEL MURDER several thousand population, the al- tackers searched the home of the village chief and arrested his son and cousin. Milan, Dec. 11.
euch coach
While his
Palestine.
armed
M
BIRCH AND GAOL FOR JAFFA BANK ROBBER
Jerusalem, Dec. 11. he sustained bruises on his face, a Jewish underground attacked or faced gendarmes allotted to roared: we send greetings to an
Sixty alleged members of the Jonika to reinforce the small num-stamped and cheered, the Arab. village of Salamc,
who stand weapon in hand south of Jaffa.
The train was on its way from Alexandropolis to Salonika on Sun- "If we really want to rise to the day night and was reported to have occasion as been attacked by guerillas, the driver form here a
statesmen, we must and another railwayman being killed Government which will lead Jewish provisional Jewish and two officers and five xoldiers resistance in Palestine," he said. kidnapped. Reuter. The police are searching for the Authorities said the raiders were murderers of Ave people killed by a armed with tommy-guns and
Correspondents Missing
He also declared, "The period of co-operation with Englina. Is 11- volley of shots fired through the tomatic pistols and
over. Athens, Dec. 11.
Instruments must now. be threw several window of a hotel in the Alpine hand grenades and fired guns during
A communique honounced
employed in the fight for a Jewish to-state. town of Ventrolo, north Italy, on the attacks.
night thut
Jerusalem, Dec. 11. Monday.
Jeep carrying two
Benjamin Yossef Kimchin, 16- tint the American correspondents, was found) The vic'ims belonged to two fami- attackers were trying to recover arms abandoned in the Louzestion region drew the, notstest, demonstration of Jerusalem Military Court to-day to Grossman, speaking in Yiddish, year-old Jew, was sentenced by the lies, and the police believe the mur- allegedly stolen by the villagers. in the province of Calambaca. The any speaker yet who has addressed terms of 10 and 12 years imprison- derers are men who were anxious They reportedly notified the village correspondents were Robert Ver- the Congress as in conclusion. hement, the sentences to run concur- to avenge the death of an SS man chief that his two kinsmen would be million of the United Press and John warned that "any. bad compromise rently, with 18 strokes' of the birch, killed by the member of one of the held as hostages until the turns were Philips of Time and Life,
decision reached here' wijl be re- on two charges arising from the femilica in the last days of the war. returned, No casualties were re-
Jected actively by the people £5,000 bank holdup in Jaffa last -Reuter.
ported in the raid-United Press.
The local authorities sent twe Palestine,United Press.
September-Reuter. Army' detachments Into the Louzes- tion region to locate the correspon- dents, but the search sp far has been fruitless.
One
theroy
Was
SATELLITE TREATIES TO BE SIGNED FEB. 10
New York, Dec. 11.
The Council of Foreign Ministers to-day agreed that the peace treaties with Italy, Finland, Bulgária, Hungary and Rumonia would be signed in Parls on. February 10 by the representatives of the ex-chemy states and Russia, Britain, the United States and France.
The Foreign Ministers will later commission is to report by February also algn, probably in their respec-20. tive capitals.
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a
According to the communique, the two detachments tried to enter the province yesterday afternoon, but were met with gunfire from the han dits In the region. The bandits tried to drive away the forces with mortars and reinforcements, but tho Army forced the bandits to withdraw south of Louzestion, the Communique, sald.
TANGANYIKA'S FUTURE INDIA'S INTEREST IN
New York, Dec. 11.
The attempt to get India recognised as a "state dircct-
ly concerned” in the administration of Tanganyika, Enst Africa, drew sharo United States questions in the United Nations Trusteeship Sub-Committee to-day.
that its
The bandit force was estimated at; 50 men, who fled under cover ut) darkness with many casualties, ac-
Declaring that India · should Mr John Foster Dulles (United cording to the communique,
The communique, also said the have been consulted by Britain States), Intervening, raked: "Does
India honestly belleve Greek nuthorities in Calembaca, who in drawing up the draft trustee-strategic and economic interests in described the action, did, not men- ship agreement. for Tanganyika, Tanganyika are so great that India tion whether the two correspondents Mr Krishna Menon said that should be entitled to overrule tho India could not accept the Judgment of the United Nations and Upon receipt of the Calambaca re- United States proposal that the quickly of the truteeship system?"
prevent from coming into force port, the Minister of Publie Order, question of "states directly con- M. Costas Kalkanla, and the Minia ter of Information, M. Nikoloog Hal- corned" should be left for future indil, held a special conference ond definition. A resolution to this then forwarded urgent cables to the effect was passed on Monday. local nuthorities offering to them all possible assistance to And Tanganyika's future and the
India was vitally concerned in days correspondents,-United when one Englishman, was worth
250 Indians were over" he said.
The Council postponed discussion on the question of the right of comin The Council agreed that between`/ mercial aircraft to land in the free had been found. now and February 10 it would de- territory of Trieste. Agreement on cide whom to appoint as respective this question has not yet been representatives on the
reached. commission, which is to visit and report on Italian It agreed upon the draft of the colonies. The · commission would article providing for settlement thou start work Immediately after disputes over Interpretation of the the treaties had been signed,
treation for inclusion in all Ave The Council agreed to send a com Discussion of the agenda for the miston to Trieste to report on the German peace treaty will be resum- problems of finance, there. This ed Inter to-day-Reuter,
treatles,
of
the two
Presa
Kront
Mr Ivor Thomas (Britain) sald unable to admit India's claim to be that the British Government WAB
recognised as "a state directly con- corned" because they did not yet know the meaning of the phrase in the charter but it would be taken into full nole."-Reuter,
of the
returned said:
rc-
signed to discuss the crisis and the
The inter-party meetings were de-
Neutral observers who
programme of drasile cuts in milltary from the battlefield to-day
and civil spending and the lopping The rebels' fire is poorly aimed." off of perhaps une-third of the mil- llons of Government employees. Both Meanwhile, great popular
the Socialists and Communists re- joicings in Teheran followed. announcement of official confirmation sought by the MRP and Right wing the fused to agree to the payroll cuts Reuter.
"surrender".
of Tabriz
groups. Some caution was evident in the economic plight into which the coun- Indicative of the increasingly grave Government's reaction to the Tabriz try is rushing was the oficial an message, odds United Press: Officials nouncement that all non-priority in- said the Army was continuing to dustries probably would have to shut advance 113 planned, nince all down Azerbaijani might not have heard of
December 22 to January the decision.
7 due to lack of coul,
Prices continued to mount steeply The Chief of Staff after week the Bank
quantity of arms and ammuni- France note circulation rose to well tion was taken and a number over 200,000,000,000 francs for the prisoners
captured,
Orst time-United Press.
of
from
ANTI-BRITISH RIOTS
IN ITALY.
Rome, Dec. 11. Casualties in the anti-British dis- orders at Padua were to-day ported to total 30 injured. Fow of the injuries are serious.
10m
Latest
reporta auld Ghavam's troops had
passed beyond the Haniankuh range of hills along the provincial border and were headed for
or Tabriz, capital of Azerbaijan. troops operating from Zenjaljan had Rusmara, Chief-of-Staff, -nald reached beyond the provincial border on the road to Tabriz. Small units will be detached along the way and dispatched to various localities where the task of disarming the civilian population will begin as a prelude
Omciala
Padua sald
was to-day put out of A bounds to all troops, except those bassador, M Ivan Sadchikoy, submitted a mild protest yesterday
duty General Headquarters the the dispatch of Central
compatible with Perain's agreement maintain order or stern measures Government troops to Azerbaijan, Prefect had been called to General Forces announced that the British saying that the move Was in-leadquarters and told...he rpust with Russia which stipulated that would be taken, disturbances and bloodshed along the Soviet border would be avoided.-night and the situation is described No incidents took place during the United Press.
as being under control.-Reuter.
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