Britain's Future In Indian Trade
Calcutta, Fab. 4.
The economic bonds linking Britoin and India will romain firm for many years, but Britain's military position hero is the big question mark, observors of the swiftly changing Indian scone baliove,
Self-government of one form or another virtually is asured the Indians. That has prompted British business. men to make hurried visits to New Delhi and other major trade centres for a cold appraisal of future prospects. Their reports to the home offices so far are discouraging.
On the other hand, military men say frankly that how long British troops remain in India is dependent on what the Con- stituent Assembly does in the next few months. If the troops
All-India Congress, has raid that India wants trade with Britain and has no iden of suddenly sovering economie ties of more than 150 years,
Nehru has intimated, however, that such "rominerce will be on Indio's terms,
exporters
British merchants and are withdrawn, business pros-hope they will be able to do business pects will become less encourt-with the "New" India on a "most ging.
favoured nation" Unsis. One Indian lowpoint is that the British will have to compete with the rest of the worki for India's business.
American Interest,
If India necks Dominion status, the British military forces would remain until the Indian Army is ready to take over, Even with com- pinte Independence, a treaty granting A representative of a London firm British milltary establishments would has admitted that he is worried over be possible but that is a problem the inroads of American business belonging to the uncertain future.
Interests since the war. He said the British trade with Indin should Americans had made considerable continue to flourish unlens Itin | headway, partly due to the inability interrupted by civil war. Pandit of British companies to deliver goods Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the which could not be produced fust enough even for die United Kingdom.
LOSSES BY
CHINESE IN
INDONESIA
Nanking Protest
Nanking, Feb. 4. The Chinese Government has protested to the Netherlands
Government about the losses of life and property suffered by
very
Indla to-day Is onc of the fow creditor nations. It has Gavourable sterling balance and able to purchase from the United States and other "hard currency" nations.
India wants to buy just about the consumer goods there are to offer on the present world market. The tendency here is to free business as rapidly as possible from offeint war- time restrictions.
Indian leaders dream of the great industralisation of their nation In the near future. This will-necesari- 17
be slow because noeltinery s hard to buy these days and India must siert from scratch. Nehru himself has pointed out that in- dustrini India now is hardly more than a joke.
If peace can be maintained, India Chinese nationals at Palembang, gradually will become industrialised. Sumatra, when Dutch and Indo-Some economists feel that this will nesian forces clashed there at not reland but Improve foreign aut that pointing the beginning of January,
prospects, In India's 400,000,000 population Hot Chinese Foreign Office circles more than 40,000,000 or 50,000,000 stated to-day,
are potential buyers to-day.
The Dutch Government has agreed to give relief to the Chinese concerned the same sources added.
.
The Chinese Consul-General at Batavia in said to have made a similar protest and request to the Indonesian authorities.
It is learned here that the Chinese Government Intends to dy relief sup- plies to Chinese residents in Indonesia. The planes are to return with women, children and old people.-Router.
To Arm Themselves
Nanking, Feb. 5. Foreign Office sources said China had fled "grave protests" with the Netherlands Government over heavy louses of Chinese life and property during Indonesian-Dutch fighting in southern Sumatra in the first five days of January.
|
Tarifi Barriers
Indians may be expected to establish tariff barriers to protect home indus try, but the general feeling is that there will be plenty of business for all.
British interests feel that since they have been here longest, they have the best contacts and the largest framework and will come off best in the race for India's business. But even the British may suffer from the "buy India" and-white campaigns which have flared up in recent years.
Although British military domina- tion la declining in India, it must be remembered that there are more than 500 nativu states in India. Britain might well make
agreements with the various ruling princes for mili- tory bases, such as the United States is
the contemplating in
They said the Foreign Ministry pro-Philippines, even if the regollations posed to the Dutch and Indonesian with New Delhi fail- United Press. authorities that safety zones bu
Sterling Balances established and Chinese nailonals be armed
London, Feb. 4. ciated Press.
for self-protection.--Asso- Mr Winston Churchill, referring
to India's sterling balances in the Queen, Wilhelmina's Thanks
House of Commons to-day, asked Batavin, Feb. 4.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer: After reading a letter by Queen "I
it not B fact that the Wilhelmina, thanking the Chinese Governor-General of India, in society, "Ful Haing She", for its part the time of the late government, in resistance work during the was notified that Great Britain re- Japanese occupation, Dr. Hubertus
served her full right to present a van Mook announced to-day that the
counter-claim on account of the Netherlands Indies Government had
the effective defence of India by decided to make a grant of 100,000 | W
all Ruliders to the Chinese Red Cross diplomacy-by
means land, Rea, air and which the freedom of India from foreign invasion wis secured."
The Chancellor, Mr Hugh Dailon,
"I cannot replied:
charge my memory, but he was Prime Minister and if he says such a message. Was sent I would not for a moment challenge It. That is a fact of history."
Reuler.
Beauty Queen Sentenced
Liverpool, Feb. 5. Former beauty queen Mary Hilton, 'who is expecting her fourth child, was sentenced to fe imprisonment yesterday after she pleaded guilty to poisoning her five-year-old twin daughters.
Evidence showed that she adminis- tered polson to the twins, another eight-year-old daughter and herself, following the breaking off of u ro mance with a British ex-serviceman. The older child
recovered. As- sociated Press.
Early Teaching of
Facts of Life:
that
Mr Churchill:
point going to be made? How could we accept the great concessions
made on lend-lease by the United States and yet divert large proportions of our remaining assets to payment of an exactly similar war debt to the Indian Government."
Mr Dalton: "I would prefer to walt until preliminary discussions have advanced."
Mr Churchill: in mind?"
"Will he bear. It
Mr Dalton: "Yes."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947.
FOR 24 YEARS
BANK GOVERNOR Good Pay For Teachers
As Step To Combat Juvenile Delinquency
Pictured above is the statue of Lord Norman, Governor of the Bank of England 1920- 1944, which has bean
installed at the Bank. The sculptor is Mr Charles Wheeler, RA., who is also doing four figure groups for Waterloo Bridge.
At Lord Norman's feet is Mr Wheeler's representation of the Old Lady of Threadneedlo Street, holding the bank in her loft hand.
The picture below gives a closer view of the Old Lady. You will notice she is not so old.
Grave Industrial Situation
London, Feb. 5. Conl shortages closed more British Industrial plants yesterday and the Government gravely faced a situa- tion that could and may throw the industrialised nation into chaos before spring.
economic
Washington, Feb. 4.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director. J. Edgar Hoover has asked for better pay for teachers, with, a warning that the nation is inviting greater juvenile delin- quency by its "penny-wise and pound-foolish" attitude to- wards education
Moscow On
"Our teen-uge crime rate has dropped slightly from the wor- time peak, but it is still alarm- ingly high," Mr Hoover said.
Anglo-American "We cannot afford to court fur-
Co-operation
ther trouble by denying our youngsters the best possible educational opportunities."
London, Feb. 4. The Moscow Radio quoted a teachern as a step toward combatting Mr Hoover urged more pay for New Times article to-day on juvenile delinquency. Ito deplored Anglo-American military Co-the present trend of qualined operation, which said: "One students to spurn the teaching field can only assume that the Com- during the last Ave years of about and called attention to the loss bined Staffs are working out 350,000 teachers to ether Joba. plans for future operations."
#5 those
The article, by Gen Golokhtianov, "Better education-and that means Bald thunt military co-operation better teachers--can cut our national between British and the United crime bill," he said in an Interview States was "unusual in the history with the United Press. "The school of international relations," since can be a decisive supplement to the such relations
between home in directing the child Into a lifetime course of law and order, A Britain and France were simply
good teacher can make up for other horn of necessity,
"In 1942, Britain and the Soviet facks in a youngster's training for Union signed
a treaty of alliance,oud citizenship." collaboration and mutual aulatunce Mr Hoover's warning came as after the war," the New Times said, police reports from throughout the "but in the frat two years of the country revealed the first drop in war military co-operation was con- juvenile delinquency since before the Red to the delivery Bned lo
of arins and i war.
long-range plans co-operation." the British
com.
supplies,"
The New Times reviewed British In the first half of this year, 17.0 and American wartime military co-percent of all arrests were of persons
below 21 years of age. This operation which, It said, WIS exceptionally close, and added: pares with 21 percent for all of 1945. "There IN talk of
"First Offenders" for Anglo-American The
paper claimed
The FBI predicts that about 17 Government was compelled to deny percent of the expected 600,000 any intention of merging forces arrests this year will be juveniles. with the United States.
They will be for larceny, burglary Standardisation
and car theft, in the order named, the FBI anticipates. Many of them. both juventies and adults, wil be called "Drst offenders."
to
"It not surprising
that British and American circles found necessary deny such reparts," the New Tunes
as standardisai- tion
would
make Britain still more dependent upon of British airmen being trained in America Lo an extent that its they came to the attention of the abandoning its own measurements Jaw. for the metric system.
The New Times concluded: "There have Licen already reports of British airmen being trained in dropping atomic bombs which at present are produced only in the United Statea."-United Press.
REPATRIATION OF
JAPANESE
Mr Honver rebels at the term. He said studies of criminals have shown that invariably they committed minor uffences of anti-social acts before
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Washington, Feb. 5. could be detected in the school rooni
President Truman yesterday by a good teacher," he said. "With tossed diplomatic niceties aside) proper guidance many of these chil- and told the new Polish Am- dren could be educated to become bassador to his face that his law abiding citizens, lustead of cri-country had "failed to fulfill"'
minals.
Mr Hoover believes that the younger the child, the more suscep- fible he is to character-bullding in- dren could have been helped inosi fluence. He, added: "These elill- in the lower grades. But we offer little inducement for qualified sons to become grade school teachers. We pay our grade school teachers throughout the country an
average
its pledge to hold a free election.
At the same time the President formally accepted Josef Winlswicz as representative of the Warraw government,
The ceremony symbolised what officials privately admit is the failure of a major American policy-an effort to put control of Poland's govern- ment into the hands of the Polish. people.
London, Feb. 4. The Government plans to begin repatriating Japanese surrendered personnel in Singapore and Malaya in the near future, according to the War Minister, Mr John Bellenger. in a Parliamentary reply to-day. Mr William Gallacher (Communist) of $1,388 a year-less than we pay nnd asked how many Japanese many typists or day labourers."" prisoners of
WAN were still in Malaya, how many had been used
Serious Injustices for strike breaking in 1947, and when they would be evacuated to Japan. Lesser, but still. serious salary Mr Bellenger suld: "There are no injustices, pre found alt along Japanese prisoners of war in Malays the teacher pay scale, he pointed out. but there are 48,000 surrendered "NO wonder
ed Polish administration. every school board
has trouble Personnel in Singapore and Malaya. in the nation
in ro- None have been breaking in 1947."-Router.
used for strike cruiting teachers of needed com-
petence, character and eltizenship. he-sald: "Our penny-wise and pound-foolish attitude towards our educational system is ohe of the tragedies of America.
PRINCE GUSTAV
For the time being. American policy seems to have been thrown on the defensive by the political advances of the Communist-dominat-
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Unles -top officials to deny -Poland-such
otherwise
stated,egistered economic aid as would hurt the Articles and Parcel Fosta close 30 minutes: government but not the masses of eariler lian the time stated below. the Polish people.—Associate: Press.
Wednesday, February 5
"Comparo "the
cost of better education with the cost of crime. COMPROMISE For every teacher at work. there are seven persons who have been PARTITION arrested. For every college stu- dent there H
10 potential
BURIED With dozens of factories closed and at least 50,000 workmen thrown into
Stockholm, Feb. 4. idleness, the crux of the problem Thirty-ive nations were present was this winter coal consumption at the funeral at Haga, outside exceeds production by nearly 150,000 Stockholm to-day of Prince Gustav tans per week-a deep dig into Adolf, son of the Crown Prince, who stocks that have already dwindled to was killed in the Dakota crash at less than two weeks supply,
Copenhagen inst week.. Discussion on how to stretch sup- King Gustav of Sweden, who is criminals," plica and prevent further deteriora- 38, attended the funeral of his tion of the position were given grandson but on medical advice he priority yesterday at. G special was not in the procession to the Cabinet meeting originally called to graveyard from Stockholm "Great study the Palestine situation.Asso-Church" where Sweden's Kings are cinted Press.
crowned.Reuter.
Schools cant reduce the ranks of future criminals, Mr Hoover con- tinued, by teaching students "lo live
well as to make a living" United Press.
Exhilarating Cricket Features Fourth
Test Match At Adelaide
Adelaide, Feb. 4. Commenting on the fourth Test match to Reuter to-day, Discussions Under Way
Victor Richardson, former Aus This exchange between Mr Chur- tralian Test cricketer, said: chill and Mr Dalton followed a "Exhilarating cricket was the question by Col Crosthwaite Eyre (Cons.) who asked with what coun-keynote of the day's play.
were not pro
iries negotiations eeeding relative to the liquidation of blocked sterling balances,
"Miller who Кля become the greatest stroke maker in the came thrilled the crowd before lunch when he severely trounced England's do- pleted attack,
nives
The manner In which England opened their second innings hopes of an attempt at snatching victory but neither attack Jonika strong enough to permit a decision to be reached."-Reuter.
CONFIDENCE FOUND (By Norman Proston)
Adelaide, Feb. 4. At this rather late stage of the tour, England cricketers have found their confidence and are now playing up to their home form.
| particularly evident in the hottest part of the day, when with the tom- perature registering over a hundred degrees Wright and Yardley bowled for one hour during which only 47 Tallon and Lindwall were obtained. rung were scored and the wickets of
ina during this trying innings in the Yardley showed remarkable stom- field, only 101 runs being taken from his 31 overs.
McCool and Talion after his partner-Miller, Australia excoded England's deliveries. He was unlucky in having the defensive but Lindwall refused offset this slight deficit, Hutton and 116 and again at 140 when Evans
partner.
Keven
PLAN
(Continued from Page 1) barricade at Jerusalem while Jewish leaders studied the British ultimatum
giving them seven days Co- operate in "locating and bringing to jústico members of the terrorist groups."
Approximately 2,000 civilians up- rooted from Ueir Palestine humes were moved under "milltary escort to Sarafand and Haifa to await re- moval by plane or train on Wednes day Egypt en route to England. Tension in the Holy Land con- tinued high as Brilish soldiers strung new barbed wire barriers in anticipation of new outbreaks violence.
Airmails:
Rangoon, Calcutta, Delhi, Jotxanesburg.
Catro, 3.30 p.m.
Avajais:
Btraits. Batavia, Sourabaya, Macassar,
2 p.in.
Canada, USA.
Central and South. America (via Vancouver) 3 p.m. Macao. Teinshan, Shekki, 3 p.. Kongmoon, 4 p.m.
Taamkong. 4 p.m.
Train:
Canton, 4 p.m.
Airmaila:
Thursday, February
Salgon, Singapore, Colombo, Sydney,
Auckland, London, 3.30 pm.
Stammals:
Canton, 830 p.m.
Shanghal 10 4.
Amoy, 10 nm,
Swatow, 10 ..
Swatow, Bangkok, noon.
Sandakan, 10 am.
Shanghal. Honolulu, USA, Central osa South America (via San Francisco), 3 p.m. Macao, Trinahan, Bhekid, 3 pm. Kongmoon, 4 p.m.
of Train:
10
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Friday, February 1. Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basra, Cairo, Johninesburg, Augusta. Marseilles. London, New York, Cana- da, 3.30 p.m. Dangitok. 10 am.
Beamails:
. Some 200 Jewish families were given 24 hours to find new quarters | Altmala: after being ordered from their Jerusalem homes and bulkinga make rooms for the compounds being built for Government officials,
The latest security measure was an order forbidding officers and men on British ships at Palestine ports from going ashore-Associated Press.
Sunny Weather For Royal Family
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Manilat, 10 am.. Shanghal, 2 p.m. Marzo, Tainshan, Shekki, 3 pin. Canton, 4 p.m.
TO-DAY'S BROADCAST
20W on 845 ke from 13.30 to 2 pm., and 330 to 11 p.m., and also on '9.03 me in the 31 metre band, from 12.30 to 1:18, 339 to 730 and 9 to 11pm,
?
Fardicy set aler field and Blackpool, Feb. 4.
bowled to it. At one stage he Kindergarten children
had only two men on the offside will
and so splendid was his control of Mr Dalton sold preliminary dis- begin learning the facts of life
length and direction that
only with their Bible and fairy India, to be followed by similar cuasions were taking place with
rarely did be deliver a ball that stories, according to a plan an- discussions with Egypt and Iraq,
There was a grand fight here to-
be punched through covers: nounced to-day by the Blackpool view of the crushing amount of Mr Walter Fletcher (Cons.) asked:
"The sudden loss; however, of thanks to the lives given to Keith Monday and sent down fewer short
day for a first innings lend, but right bowled better than
on Education authority.
The plan. which sets up an almost circumstances attached to them," will Indian sterling balances and special
ship with Johnson throw Miller on first innings total by 27 runs. To Miller missed in deep by Edrich at cradle-to-altar, programme of educa- Mr Dalton give an assurance that no
to be subdued and Dooland added Washbrook In the final 80 minutes should have slumped him: tion, will end in the penior year when the students will finally be arrangements will, be, finalised until | in the Australlän: sida by batting such skill that they made 86 without overs at the cost, of. 34 runo. His
colour to the long line of all-rounders punished the Australian bowling with taught the correct biological terms.
they are presented to the House."
Bedser sent down only
Aboard HMS Vanguård, Feb., 4. The plan specifically provides for had just begun, and any conclusion comparison with his now lustrious 09. ahead with all wickets in hand. Enoped his energy and he became a
Mr Dalton said the discussions confully and did not suffer by being parted, so that England stand great effort on elementary facts on sex to be intro reached which was satisfactory to the
the previous day duced in scripture talks and fairy Government
The King and Queen and the two 0.30 Variety: 6.49 Commentary on the This unfinished opening partner- sick man. As the temperature In
Princesses stories to infant school" youngsters, notified to the House.
would certainly be
ship of Hutton and Washbrook was creased, he was forced to rest in the Vanguard, carrying them on their "We Sing for Valera
were out on the open Test Match; "0.51" Variety, (Costa); "In the great uphill fight, both
sun deck to-day as the battleship Itelay: Home News from Briain; 7.35 London Relay: World News: 7.10 London Meanwhile in London. Dr Edward Another reference to India's ster- the oppressive heat. A shower of
sides stuck manfully to their job in most gratifying because of its sheer dressing room
domination of the Australian bow-
Lemnitz riage Guidance Council, recommend- bate on the Exchange Control Bill for shelter had the cffect of electrify balle just short of good length from Middlesex man maintained his speed Edrich was the only available re-
visit to Bouth Africa, entered, warm
(Soprano) Tursten kalf (Tenor);~730 ed that engaged couples go to the in the House of Lords, where Lording Fution who after the resumption Lindwall and Miller was a revelation but he was rather astray in direc-
or opin and the way they hooked bowled with
the nequest Fragranie ranged by Lynn Marriage
coast of Morocco
Frazer; Bag With Elgar: 0 London Rafky:, Guldance Centre two Pathick-Lawrence, Secretary of State carried on in the most glorious after cautious starts in so many pro- tion, too many balls travelling out- months before, the wedding "to allow for India, analysing the caUBCA
The King took a cinefilm of News 0.10 Interitide! 9.15 London Rele plenty of time for correction of any Britain's financial position, declared
& Talk-Think on These Things"; SÃO of fashion. His brilliance galvanised vious Test innings.
and bread being hauled, by 11. Squire Celeste Ostel: D.40 Blare minor conditions."
that through the part the played in
line from the Vanguard to the des- Parade" Stege and Film yourited of Washbrook to action: Nover has The Griffith explained that
more thrilling cricket been wit their stand for 23 minutes made the the war she saved. Indlo, Egypt and
shower which interrupted; Miller to cut.
side the off-stop for enterprising trosor St. James, which is returning To-day & Yesterday: 10.13 Laadon Trail-
to Gibraltar after being relieved of tion The Boy who saw throug
scription Service; Mystery and Imagina- "broken engagement is better than a many
nessed, A.
freely, broken marriage.”
other countries from tho
pitch casier but Hutton was just as again of a high standard, Compton, England's ground folding was
Royal
escort duty' by the destroyer "Dind Man's horrors of conquest, ·
But 1045) TW confident as before the break when Ikin, Hordata and Yardley excel-
St.
Xits, out from Gibraltar.
Melodies': 11 Close daya. But saving other countries these, horrors' seemed to have been
Washbrook received: very expensive, and to-day Britain
only buy divery
thanking them for their owed her friends abroad between
behind the stumps and it was un- Under the handicap of losing Bed-fortunate that he did not manage to kept up valiantly in bad weather, farewell message: You have ser for nearly an hour and in oven stump Miller off the ball previous to £3,000,000,000 and £4,000,000,000
like heat, England did a grand job to the one that ended his nalogs joying hot food again
I hope you will get dry and be en Router.
dismiss Australia for 407. That was Router.
Reuter,
F. Grimth, consultant to the Mur- |·linx balancos was made during a de- rain which' sent the players scuttlingling. Both were untroubled by pacelier to Wright and Yardley and he unahing and calmer seas of the Hudio: "I bring, you musto," Classical
2 on
In a six-page survey. marital sex education, he said
pre- good homes where sex is never mentioned org ez bad or worse than those in which sax is loosely discussed.- United Press,
from
Hutton proved that he is an aggressive player when at the top of his formI."
Ti cannot imagina him ever returning to the ranks of the mediocre by allowing any a tack to drive-bin back into his shell.-
a great heart. The
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