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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1947.
Fuel Crisis: Attlee's
Sentenced Appeal To Country
To Death
more
Jerusalem, Feb. 10. The British authorities or- dered virtual martial law in Jerusalem, effective Thursday, and sentenced three underground members to death after the Jewish Agency and Jewish National Council had rejected the seven-day ultima- tum to help suppress violence. į
The new death sentences brought an immediante tirent of reprisals by the Irgun Zval Leunt and officials belleved the day's events had brought the Holy Land to the brink of n showdown between the British and the underground.
A fourth extremist, who was 171 years of uge, was let off with a He! sentence because of his youth. All four were captured In a search for whips and gins when four British soldiers were flugged in retaliation for the flogging of an Irgunist.
Deginning at noon on Thursday, the 3,000 British civilians will be restricted to a security zone of two quare kilometres. The city's entire population will in turn be restricted in four major cantons.
The restrictive measures were an- nounced offlefally, when Mrs Golda Meyerson, hend of the Jewish Agency Political Department, re- fused thre British ultimatum that 600,000 Jews in Palestine co-operate In suppressing undergone nelivity by the 10,000 militant extremists. United Press.
AGENCY'S REFUSAL
Jerusalem, Feb. 10, The Jewish Agency for Palestine in a seven-point reply to the Palestine Government's "ultimatum" galling for Jewish collaboration in dealing with terrorism expressed the coavic- tion that any appeal to resist ter- rorism on the lines suggested by the Government would "not only he in- effective but likely to cause han rather than good.”
Replying to letter from the Palestine Chief Secretary, Sir Henry Gurney, dated February 3, the Jewish Agency says
"The Jewish community does not feel itself able to resist terrorism activities in the manner suggested in your letter However determined to oppose ter rorism it cannot make use of the resources of the Government, which is enforcing a policy regarded by the community as a break of the fundamental law of the country.”
The Jewish National Council for Palestine, which Agency were asked whether they would be "prepared within seven days to lend ald to the Government by co-operating with the police and armed forces in bringing to justice members of
terrorist groups," in reply to the Chlef Secretary, Issued simultaneously to-day with
with the Jowish
P. M. To Givel
Radio Talk Co-operation Needed
London, Feb. 10.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, decided to go to the people in a radio talk, asking support in the fuel crisis which has shut down all but Britain's most essential, industries and browned out its homes and shops for the first time since before the end of the war with Germany.
The announcement. that Mr Attlee would speak to the Commons this afternoon
and to the nation this even-
ing followed an urgent Cabinet meeting this morn- ing--United Press.
CUP DRAW
Charlton at Home
In Sixth Round
London, Feb. 10. Draw for the sixth round of the English Football Association Cup, to be played on March 1, was made here to-day and resulted as follows: Shefeld v. Newcastle United or Leicester City.
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Nottingham Forest Middles- brough v Luton Town or Burnley, Charlton Athletic V Shemeld Wednesday or Preston Northend,
Liverpool v. Birmingham City.-- Reuter.
FIXTURES
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London, Feb, 10.
To Save Situation
London, Fob. 10.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, told the House of Commons to-day that Britain's fuel crisis was so grave, the emergency could be, met only by the co-operation of all parties.
To Mr Attlee's appeal, members of the Conservative opposition shouted, "Resign, resign."
Mr Attlee told the Commons that actually Britain was suffering from a chronic fuel problem rather than from an isolated crisis, arising due to severe winter weather, He said supplies were expected both by ship and by rail and further decreases in the coal reserve should be averted by Wednesday. "If there is full co-operation by cansuriers in carrying out Govern- ment Instructions," the Premier satd. "stocks would appear suficient and should begin to rise. If they do not show co-operation, other steps will have to be taken. Reports to-day show excellent response."
Mr Attlee said as soon as a reason- able margin of stocks had been built up ni power stations, the first step must be to restore power to in- dustry. "It is over how soon this will be," he declared. carly to forecast
Mr. Winston Churchill demanded and gained assent for the House to debate the fuel and power situation. Government agreed to start the de- bale as soon as it could be arranged.
United Press.
CHURCHILL'S TAUNTS
He predicted that the situation would get worse.
Back To
The Dole
Grim Effect Of
Coal Shortage
London, Feb. 11.
The dreaded dole came back to England and Wales to-day.
For the Arst time since the black depression days, hundreds of thou- sands of workers plodded through the mist and siusis to employment exchanges where silent queues to sign for unemploy-
they walted
ment benefits.
In
A thin-faced foreman from one of the London industries Bald:
"I do not mean that this particular never thought we emergency is going to lay us low, but the country is going to suffer increasingly and it will learn by suffering."
דיי
London, Feb. 10. "It would be a merciful deliver- ance if the country's anger at the ordeal it was undergoing resulted in
Government's expulsion the
from power," said Mr Winston Churchill, The following are the football fix-tender of the Opposition in to-day's tures for mid-week: Tuesday,
debate on cool. February 11-F. A. Cup, Fifth Round Wed- replay, Burnley versus Luton. We nesday, February 12, F. A. Cup, fifth found-Shefeld Wednesday versus Preston Northend. Fifth round re- play-Middlesborough versus Notts Forest. First Division, Aston Villa versus Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers versus Charlton Athletic, Liverpool
The electricity cuts were versus Grimsby Town,
very serious in view of Britain's inunciál Second Division-Manchester City, and economic position, he said. It
There was no light in the drab versus Westham United.
was not just a week's less of produe-hall where the men waited for clerks Thursday, February 13.-F. Ation but at least one month's disto-
at candle-lit desks to All in their the Jewish Attency's answer, said: | Cup-fith round replay: Leicester cution one way or another.
applications. There was little light "The National Council Bind them-
United.--
except for secplag gray daylight In a bitter attack on Socialism, { anywhere in the 24 blacked out Mr Churchill said: "We are
now countles where 22,000,000 persons experiencing a sample of Socialism live. - you will, half-baked Socialism- in action.
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EDITORIAL
City Reuter,
versus
Newcastle
It's Up To The Public
AT
T the moment, three things are crystal clear about the system which governs wholesale and retall marketing of flak in Hongkong. 1, that the government scheme has immeasurably onofitted the fishermen: 2, that untli deep-sea junku and trawlers are available, fresh fish will remain comparatively scarce; 3, that, despite a gentlemen's agreement, fish market - retailers are charging excessive prices, and that it is still necessary to take
some sort of action that will make them toe the line.
The first point is bereft of argument. So for as, fishermen are concerned, the wholesale marketing scheme has succeeded even beyond the hopes and expectations of its sponsors. It has brought to tha fishermen # livelihood and social benefits superior to anything previously experienced. The second point is significant, because it helps to explain why the European housewife to-day finds her fish an expensive. Hard figures show that oven 10 months after the re-occupation only one-tenth the pre-war quantity of fresh fish is being caught. With the law of supply and demand operating, despite government supervision, this' Involves higher prices. The obvious answer is, pet more flihing craft for deep sen fishing. But that calls for capital, of which government, judged by its budget figures, has none, and the Suhermen, not much.mere.. A loan is the remaining remedy; however, A this has been' allowed for under the official scheme, it must not be laboured.
The third point is vital.,, it is true that since last October (when Dr Herklots broadcast his challenging statement about retail prices) Garoupa has fallen from $3.50 to $3.80 a catty to $1.90 to 62.20; that Golden Thread Is now $1.40-$1.00 compared with $2-$2.40, and that Yellow Croaker selin to-day at 80 conts to $1.20. Instead of $2.40. Out those comparisons are not due to the ganaraslly of the fish retailers, but because of the plentifulness of these fish which is purely reasonable. And the gentlemen's agreement to sall at a fixed maximum margin of profit le being flaunted more often than
BOL
One answer atoma to rest in the ability of the once publialsed Hongkong Co-operative Boclety to function. Government, not unnaturally, in loth to enter the retail competitive market, and therefore, it devolves on the publle to 'profect Itself. In this case the solution is not simple. Well established and not unimportant vested interests would be affected by the incursion of a competitor whose prime alm is to give the public fullest value for its money irrespective of profit. Wherefore, one stall in, say, the Central Market could hardly hape to hold its own. A public co-operative organisation would need several stalls to make itself effectual. Also, it may have to run'at a losa in the early days. There are other restrictive factors, one being the difficulty of obtaining atall space because of old-established government; policy of permitting licandos to continue unt!! licensed and his family die. However, there is nothing to prevent the authorities from taking away a licence where it is being abused; for example, where a gentlemen's agrea- ment is being fagrantly broken. But in the long run, it is the pubilo who wifi dealde the problem of reasonable and excessive retail fish prices. Thoro is good reason to bellave that government would support any sound and fair method of achlaving this solution.
would see this again." He will get the standard benefit of 24 shillings a week for himself and 10 shillings for his wife, after a three-day waiting period.
Mostly there were confusion, in- convenience, bewilderment, Irrita-
"They are so busy with doctrinaire tion. "Worse than the blinking fly nationalisation and class war that bombs," growled a top-hatted bank they have no time or strength or messenger when he found a brains for making the ordinary ad-closed. "You voted for inbour.
a tenshop ministrative arrangements which hope, you are satisfied,” said a
a girl cominon prudence demands,
behind the counter of a cigarette klosk. "It's a Tory plot," announced The brute fact is that Socialism a man in a bus queue. "The rich means mismanagement and bud have bought up all the coal, that's housekeeping, incompetence and pro-what happened." gressive degeneration of our island life,"
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81 Bodies Recovered IER Night Club Fire
Berlin, Feb. 11. Rescue squads have taken the charred bodies of 81 persons, including four British soldiers, from the ice-recovered ruins of the dance hall in Spandau.
But German Police reported last night that 91 persons who attend the tragic costume ball there on Saturday night, have been reported missing by relatives.
A largo crew of workers will be sent Into the ruins of the burned out dance hall to-day to sift the debris in the remainder of the building and it is expected that some additional bodies will be found. However, British authorities sald they did not expect, the toll to rise much higher.
A British Military Court of inquiry will conveno within the next few days to consider the military aspects of the disaster. In addition to the four British soldiers killed, four others were taken to hospital with burns and a number escaped by breaking out windows.
British rescue workers were highly praised by the German press for their rescue work during the fire-Associated Press.
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Sorrowful Signing Of Treaties
YUCO-SLAVIA ADDS
HER NAME
Paris, Feb. 10. The peace treaties with five of Germany's former satellite nations-Italy, Itamania, Bih garia, Hungary and Finland -- were signed here to-day at the French Foreign Office, but it won' not a gay or harmonious event.
zsaru@miRNINNATTAANIANCONERETTcontents, Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria
H.K. Air Crash Findings May Be Made Public
It has not yet been decided. whether a coroner's in- quiry will be held into the circumstances surrounding the air crash at Mount Par her more than a week ago, when the crew of four perished.
The Telegraph" was officially in formed to-day that if an inquest Is conducted, it will be held in open court.
The investigation carried out last week by the Inspector of Accidents
Standardising Of Military Equipment
was done so under the Government Gazette nofcation No. 31 January, 1932.
Although they penned their names to the white and red ribboned docu- ments and bound themselves by the
and Hungary were not suffused with happiness, while Finland maintained grim silence.
*This is day of sorrow for Italy,” the Italian representative told Router after he had signed the first treaty for his country. "The document that I have just signed is not really a treaty-It is a set of conditions im- posed upon, Italy."
Even before the day of the cere- mony had dawned Rumania, through its Foreign Minister, had.voleed dis- sulisfaction.
Bro
"Certain obligations imposed on Rumania are excessive, others unjust. Their execution will aug- ofment the already ponderous commit- ments which shackle the life of our The Gazette order states thug in people," he said in a note delivered certain instances civil air accidents to-night to the French Foreign Office. are nollable to the Director of Air A similar note, to-day from the Services, who may order an investi-Bulgarian Foreign Minister zalik gatlon into the circumstances of the "The clauses of the treaty aro dificult accident.
for our people. We hope the meaner will be found to ameliorate the un- injust destiny which "weighs heavily over the future of our country,"
The inquiry is conducted by the Inspecter of
of Accidents, who Hongkong, is also the Director of Air Services, or his deputy.
Est
to
A HEAVY HEART The principal aim of any such Investigation is to discover evi-
In the Hungarian note its Foreign dence which will cable the au- Minister said: "The people of Hun- thorities
prevent simillar gary watch the signing of the pence in the future. The in-treaty with a heavy heart, not only quiry
not concerned with because it contains grave decisionin mte from the economic point of view but attaching blame for past accidents. When Mr Philip Price (Lab.) asked
Its interest Iles in technical faults also because certain problems have the Foreign Secretary, the House
hich may have caused, or contri. of Commons to-day If he would con-
buted to, an air disaster, so that sider discussing the standardisation subsequently these faults may be of military equipment in Moscow eliminated. next March with a view to conclu- The investigations are not carried ding arrangement with the
London, Feb. 10.
out in
where this was technically tongs, and hitherto the An
was
remained private.
the the
similar to the Anglo-American agree However, under the International ment, Mr Hector McNeil, the Minister Civil Aviation Arcement of Chicago, of State, replied that he had nothing
where 1944,
0 plane rushes to add to the statement made by the In foreign territory, Prime Minister on November 10, in government to which ́a_speech replying - to the foreign plane
registered must be affairs debate.
the government carry- approached by ing out the investigation to ascer- Mr Attlec, after referring totain if it is willing for the findings Anglo-American collaboration said: to be made
public, "I am naked "Why have you not made a similar arrangement with USSR?' We should be glad to have it; we have been trying hard to get In February last we appointed one. Military Staff our representatives to try to get the Commitice of the Security Council going, and again und again we have invited our friends of the USSR to come in.
If it is mutually agreed, there find- the ings are then released.
Unfortunately they are still con- sidering the matter and they have not been able to come. But that is not our fault. We are trying to work it under the United Nations organisation. Why should it be thought that we are wrong if in the interim we have to make various ar- as we have to, all over
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Mr Price: "Some disquiet has been caused in Russia by the Anglo- Amerlean agreement. Would not a suggestion on the lines indicated In the question go some way to allay
"It is not the case that we would sold: Mr Anthony Eden (Cons.) warmly welcome Soviet co-operation on these lines but we can only invite co-operation. Only Russia can give it?"
In some places, whole areas were blacked out by the pulling of a switch, Referring to the difficulty men-essential as well as non-essential in- tioned during the debate of getting dustries found themselves without Poles to work in the mines, Mr power-and protests swamped the Chureblil said had he been responsi- Ministry of Fuel. ble he had always intended that 180,- 000 Potes and their dependants Other sectors were put on their should go to Cermany as part of the honour to switch lights and ma- Army of Occupation far from the chinery off, most shops, banks, public tention has been called to the ap Mr McNell: "My Minister's at Russian or Polish frontiers. There houses and restaurants complled, and might then have been 180,000 Eng-candic tomes glowed cheerlly, if in-
parent disquiet but in reply to Mr lishmen at home with their families cffcetively, through the gloom, res-
Eden the Prime Minister has already f working in British Industries. "But toring the
made napect of Victorian
statement to that effect,” this was brushed aside by superficial England, and short-sighted criticism, "he de clared.—Reuter.
Tennis Stars?
Lucky Escape
London, Feb. 10.. The American professional ten- nists, Bobby Riggs, Don Budge and Alice Marble, escaped uninjured to day when their Swedish airline Skymaster skidded of the runway on landing at Northhold Airport from Stockholm.
plano touched down on a The slippery patch, slid off the runway and bocamo bogged in the snow.
The tennis pros, who are opening a three-day
exhibition series here to-morrow, were within 10 minutes of Northhold, yesterday when bad weather forced the plane back to Sweden. United Press.
Elevators stopped, cinemas post- poned until late afternoon; dry clean- ers refused business, hair dressers turned customers away.
At Cambridge University's famous research laboratories, the atom smashing machine and giant electrical equipment capable of producing eur- rents of well over a million volts went allent.
Public transport facilities were cut because increasing numbers of people had no reason to travel to their jobs, most London buses normally crowd- ed to the permitted limit, were part
The Southern Electric ly empty. Railway took off thirty trains-As- sociated Press.
NO GREYHOUND, RACING London, Feb. 10. The Government decided to-day that electricity could not be used for greyhound racing throughout the country, which is tantamount to banning the sport-United Press,
Reuter.
Rescue Mission's Difficult Trek
Shanghai, Feb. 10,
o!
In one of the most difficult ground rescue missions ever sent out crashed pinnes, a party of about 10 men will attempt to-morrow to reach the wreckage of a C-47 believed to ba. the CNAC airliner number 138, which has been missing since January 25 with 16 pazengers and a crew of three-over 6,000 feat up in the Kwelchow mountains,- 300
mites south-east of Chungking,
ex-
A minimum of two days Is pected to be required for the dim- cult trip through trackless country and up through unmarked ravines and gullies of the towering Kwei- chow range.
The CNAC Iner disappeared 10 days ago while en route from Canton to Chungking-Reuter.
sald
not been resolved.”.
Even on the Allied side the atmos- phere was tinged with a degree of dissatisfaction.
Greece, concurrent with the open- ing of the ceremony, delivered a note to the French Foreign Ofer expressing certain protests against ed on to sign, clausee
in the treaties she was call-
At the inst minule Yugo-Slavite contracæted the strong rumours that she would not sign the treaty with
but in a
Simits, Italing
statement later, the Minister, Dr. Stanov
Gald:
penco
"Signature to tho treaty does not mean that Yugo-Slavia gives up her claima to territories that ethically are part of our country."
Hongkong government official to-day that in the case of the
Apart from the proceedings them- Philipines Airline Dakota crash at
selves, which were conducted with
the Mount Parker, Philippines businesslike formality, the ceremony government Was
being asked had a considerable amount of colqur, whether it was willing to have the
HOLLYWOOD TOUCH findings made public.
The whole scene was given The official added that the in-cinema-like touch by photographers vestigation by the Inspector of Ac- with theis powerful drclights beam-. cidents was not'a substitute for any ing down on the table in the "Clock”
La coroner's inquiry, but that room of the Foreign Office, around functions were quite distinct.
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