4
Condemned
Man Is Divorced
London, Feb. 12.
Walter Graham Rowland, 36- year-old convicted murderer heard yesterday that his appeal, against the second death sen- teneo passed on him had been diamlased.
With the dismissal came the re-. Velntion int in wife and bech granted a divorce in December. which line been kept secret no that the murder trial jury might not be prejudiced.
Rowland was sent to Borstal in 1027 for the attempted murder by strangling of a 16-year-old girl, Ann Schofield.
On its relcase he married, and ofter his wife's death remarried His second wife was the girl he had once tried to kill, Ann Schoßeld.
In 1934 Rowland strangled his two- year-old baby daughter and
Wun Rentenced to death, though he con- sistently
plended
innocence. This sentence was commuted to one of life imprisonment but he served only six years before being released to join the army in 1940,
Again Protested Innocence Rowland
was sentenced to death again in January for the murder of n 40-year-old woman on a bombed site in Manchester. Again be pro- tested his innocence.
It was while this trial was pend-1 ing that his wife claimed and was granted a divorce on the rounds of cruelty.
The condemned man had based his appeal on a "confession" said to have been made by a fellow prisoner who is stated to have admitted the killing, and on Monday when he heard the Lord Chief Justice dismiss his appeal Rowland shouted, as he had done so often before; "I am an innocent man.” It is now consider- ed kely that his solleitor will ask for leave to appeal to the Bouse of Lords.
David John Ware, a clerk who is serving a sentence for theft, may not be called on to give the "con- fesalon" which the authorities, It is
Press,
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PEIPING GATE
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Europe In Grip Of Icy Weather
London, Feb. 11, In many parts of Europe Ice, snow and bitterly low temperatures have dislocated transport, held up food supplies and clogged the wheels of industry, Router despatches from continental centres said to-night.
The freeze-up of German inland waterways has deprived Hamburg of coal supplies. With stocks avall- able to inst only two and a half days, the city's electric power works has introduced an emergency programme by which current is to be switched of except for a short period during the day.
Forty-four person died from frost- bile in Hamburg between January 1 an February 4, while 152 persons suffering from frost-bite were mitted to hospital, the British Control. Commission announced to-day.
The American-controlled port ut Bremen in clogged by nearly 150,000 tons of wheat and flatir products whiteb cannot be forwarded because of traffe dislocation, the German news service in the United
Skates Zone reported.
The agency also reported that which has formed on the Rhine over planes will drop bombs on the ice
a five kilometre stretch near Lorelei Rock.
the
It is feared that when the thas
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Etna Activity Causes Panic Among Villagers
Catania, Feb. 11.
A wave of panic swept small villages on the slopes of Mount Etna to-day when the loftiest volcano in Europe showed renewed signs of activity. Masses of molten lava and ashes were hurled high in the air from the volcano,. illuminating the truncated central cone of Etna, which has been silent since 1917.
Although the observation station advised that there was no danger, the terror-stricken inhabitants of the village of Nicolosi marched in a supplicatory procession to the outskirts of the village reaching the locality of Altarelli where they prayed in a chapel.-United Press.
Mark Clark Lectures Gusev On Freedom
·London, Feb, 11.
Plain-spoken General Mark Clark to-day bluntly in- formed the Soviet deputy Foreign Minister, Mr Feodor Gusev, that the United States would not agree to any clause in the proposed Austrian peace treaty which would give the Soviet Union, or any other nation, excuse to inter- fere in Austria's internal affairs, -
In a sizzling session at un-schluss or not," said he resented Gen Clark's inference that the Soviel
heated Lancaster House, Gen
on
Clark lectured Mr Gusev American principles concerning freedom of speech and press, and the usually smiling Gusev also lost his temper.
"We stopped just short of shooting at each other," one of Gen Clark's aldes said.
would interfere in Australia's Intern
offairs.
by HODGES:
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DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR
NORTH BORNEO
of
Singapore, Feb. 11. The Governor-Designate North Borneo, Mr Edward Twining, who will leave Singa- pore to-morrow for Jesselton to take up his new post, disclosed to-day that the Colonial Welfare Development Fund had allocated £650,000, for rehabilitation work on the island which was devastated during the war.
Mr Twining suld that there was no opposition by the Chartered Com- pany of North Borneo, former ad ministrators of the territory, to an nexatioh by Britain and it had been agreed to leave the question of com- pennation to arbitration by Lord Justice Uthwatt of the Court of Ap- peal.
Mr Twining will sail to-morrow in HMS Oppossum for his installation ceremony, which will be held in Jes- selton on Saturday.
British North Borneo, administered by the chartered company of that name for 64 years, was ceded to the British Empire on July 15, 1046 Router.
PARIS PRESS
STRIKE OFF
Paris, Feb. 11. National Journalists'
only knew what he had seen during Gen Clark snapped back that be his 18 months as member of the Allied Control Council in Vienna,
Soviet Extremes American sources here said the The Soviet had used an early Council Union to-day announced that ruling against pan-Germanic pothe strike, which lasted two paganda in a repicated effort to sup- press newspapers which "mede any hours among Paris newspapers reference to
was and the Agence France Presse news agency, had been called off.
stated. believe is false-Assoclated comes, the temporary Rhine bridges
will be carried away by floods.
Ice-fines in the Po river, In nor- thern Italy, have smashed the main bridge over the river at Pincenzu.
At Scheveningen, Holland, the crew of a Dutch trawler reported having had to back their ship free from the tee before they could return to port.
Extraordinary cold wa reported The row started when Mr Gusev throughout Norway, in a message | attempted to insert a clause banaing not derogat Germany which
Sixty-six degrees of "pan-Germanic propaganda of
nature" into the section forbidding he feared Soviet interpretation of Austria ever again to seek an anthe promised clat
clausd schluss with Germany.
Mr Gusev,
the while insisting trenty must ban pan-Germanic pro- paganda, "whether aimed at an on-
Peiping, Feb. 12. Government military leaders held an emergency conference wake of the Chinese Communists most daring raid on the cast gate of
Peiping.
the cas
from Oslo.
was registered In the frost
at Engerdal, Frost, together with labour shortage for woodcutting and transport, has caused difculty in maintaining sup- plies of fuel-Reuter,
Chinese newspapers reported the attackera fired several buildings, killed 200 persons and freed 08
from a Government jail. few hundred defenders around gate where the attack was centred called for an armoured train to repel the hit and run assault.
One report sald the Communists smashed through mother said some scaled the
the
cost
wall,
Buildings reported to be set afire
were a district
government building, housing, a jail, a police station, railroad depot, a water tower, supply offlees, an army hospital and a mill- tary building-Associated Press.
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CHIANG SEEKS
ADVICE
Shanghal, Feb. 12, Generalissimo Chiang Kni-shek asked his leading financial and economic advisers for suggestions to end the nation's financial debacle.
For the third straight day the Chinese national currency dropped nt record speed losing as much as 2,000 points in single hour in relation to the US doliur.
The Chinese dollar plunged to 19,000 to one US dollar on the black- market a one day drop of 4,500 points.
From Canton to Pelping the psleg of rice soared.
Hoarders cleaned out stacies in many shops in Shanghal.
In many cities merchants with draw their stocks rather than sell
More Refugees For Australia
Melbourne, Feb. 11.
any
The Australian Immigration Minister, Mr Arthur Calwell, stated to-day that the Australian Govern- ment had no part in arranging pas sages In the Dutch liner Jolina de Witt, which left Marseilles on Satur- day with reported total of nearly 1,000 Jewish refugees from Poland, Austria and Hungary on board.
He added list the ship, on her way: to Australia via Batavia, Java, wos not under any form of charter to the Australian Government.
Sources close to Gen Clark sald
might conceiv- ably go so far as to include speaking German, playing German music or presentation of German operas.
present word the Soviet member of
According to the announcement, the publishers agreed to increase the editorial pay by 12% percent.
Despite the Union announcement,
American Trade With Russia Expanding
Washington, Feb. 11. Development of United States economic relations with Soviet Russia will be a most significant aspect of world economy in 1947, according to the opinion of some high authorities here.
United States foreign com- Kory of United States tariff, is pre- merce, credit and political relu- cursive to the attempted organisation tions will all be largely influenced on, whereof the ultimate succes of an International trade organisa- by the course of economic events may require Soviet Rusalan partici between Washington and Mos-pation.
cow,
At least four phoses of United States-USSR economy will be de- termined in 1947:
Thirdly, Soviet Russia's ultimate Intentions concerning the Bretton Woods monotary and exchange pro- grammes are yet unknown here, USSR's decisions in the coming year largely determine whether the
can auticipate
with
"Klobal
Firstly, the United States com- mittee for reciprocity will hold hearings en commodities Involved In the proposed reciprocity ment negotiations with 18 countries,
ternational co- agres-eration comparable to that made Including
Soviet Russia, The Unit-possible by the "global war" concept ed States does not at present have of former years, or alternatively will a reciprocity
the resolve itself into economio-camp: agreement with USSR, but has a general
with conflicting economic policies, commercial recent dated August 4, 1941, by whiel: Soviet Russia
Fourthly, the United States fo favoured-notion treatraent on tariff business relations with Soviet Russia Kets most-aludying further steps to improve cuts accorded to other countries. on purely commercial lines, as for Many commodities involved in the example, better daellities for contact on Soviet-American trade, especial- fective exchange of commercial in- public hearings will have a bearing between buyers and sollers, more ef ly furs, mai
manganese. Asheries ducts
pro- formation, and opportunities flax. Russian tarifs economists' conferences. affecting United States commodities are all on a 1939 basis,
and
Trade Organisation Secondly, the United States pro- ramme for negotiation of the treaties allecting almost every cate
for
Imports Quadrupled Current interest in these topless nccentuated by the fact that United States imperts from Soviet Russia in 1946 totailed four times more than any year since the Russian revolution, and they face the possibility of ex- posllion via-n-vis Soviet ILussia is not yet clear statistically, because lend- lease deliveries and UNTRA ship-
re Large
factors in the 1946
Swedish Houses pansion. The United Sides export
Sold To Britain
London, Feb. 11. Several Conservative members sharply questioned the Government spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Mr Charles Key, in the House of Commons to-night regard- ing the increased cost of Swedish houses sold to Britain.
A touch of comedy was introduced into the exchanges because Mr Key WAS speaking 118 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health and was making his last appearance In this capacity before taking on his new duties as Minister of Works.
Mr Key argued that these ques- tions concerned the Ministry of Works and he was not Minister of
were
that Soviet Russla has. AD extra
need and desire for United ordinary States manufacturers and other com. codities which would become operat- ive it some credit arrangement is found
on a
at
United States imports of Russian commodities during last year were American purchases were manganese contract basis. Some large are valued at $11,000,000, palladium, platinum and iridium valued about $0,000,000, chrome ore valued at $3,700,000, and murinte of potash valued at $3,500,000. Imports of furs in the first half of the year were valued at over 841,000,000.
Lend-Lease Goods
not
Works until to-morrow. To-day. he could only reply for the Minister published irade figures for the entire
The United States has of Health.
year, but during the first half of After a series of exchanges Mr 1940 exports to USSR were valued at Key said that of 2,500 Swedish $223,439,000 and imports $56,004,000. houses, 2,438 had been completed Nearly half of the United States ex- and the remainder would be finished parts were lend-loase reimbursable between now and March. The ad- exports. Statistics for the entire ditional cost of 2,500 houses year when available are expected to £124,000. This increase was mainly double the first half year.
costs. of transportation and
all Paris afternoon newspaper build-higher costs of erection. Reuter. the Control Council once attemptedings were still picketed and it was to penalise
understood that other parts of the for newspaper article which stated; "Austria re-staff, except for the typographical
П
ал
tains some of Germany's best cul- workers, were seeking 15 percent H. K.
tural herilage."
Prohibition of the anschluss was ogreed upon in principle, with the United States agreeing to the French and British proposals thereon, which provided exclusion of pan-Germanic activities. The deputies also agreed on the human rights clause.-United Press,
CORRESPONDENCE
CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY CHARGES
boost.
Press hands struck for more pay last month, depriving Paris of news- papers for eight days.-United Press.
JEWS REJECT PLAN
arca
wans
H. K. Forestry
Scheme
(Continued from Page 1) made by the Japanese for the pro- vision of Brewood.
This area will, in future, be the centre of forestry feld experimental work,
The Fanling area has always been well afforented. In 1940 and 1941
·large-scale "fellings were carried out to provide a supply of frewood for the colony in an emergency, but the Breas cleared were replanted and inspection at the end of 1945 showed that, in spite of complete neglect, some of the plantations were satis- factorily established.
for the cheapening currency.~~Asso- grants maintenance and accommoda- † I had thought that we (the buyers and cinemas. Outside of progressive Protection and reafforestation of this
ciated Press,
currency.
Washington, Feb. 12. The United States government expressed growing concern to-day over China's deepening economic crisis, inost prominently evidenced at present by the nation's sogging
Through a Stales department spokesman, the government said it was following developments in China most closely and was receiving con- stant information thereof from the Embassy at Nanking and the Con- sulate-General at Shanglini but declined to disclose the nature of these advices.-Associated Press.
(Continued from Page 1) launch into a secret
of the harbour as a routine measure in guaranteeing the harbour's safety.
The authorities did not expect any major trouble until the death sen- (The Editor, H.K. Telegraph)
tences on three Irgun Zval Leumi extremists were confirmed and the Sir,-In these days of democratic † position of the Irgunist, Dov autocracy it is gratifying to and a Gruner, was cleared up. public champion of (lost?) causes. The Irgunists were scheduled to Most of the landing permits had With reference to your leader in broadcast for their secret station to- been issued over a year age on the Saturday's issue of the Telegraph morrow night. application of close relatives who concerning Custodian furniture, the out of 123 screened at Tel-Aviv dur- Six persons were detained to-day were able to guarantee the immi- least I can say is that it was timely, ing the police search of hotels, cafes tion as refugees or displaced victims | at
point) bac
had been left to the Distol
restrictions on trafic of enemy persecution.
mercies of a rapacious government. munications
and com- I am one of the fortunate unfor- no new precautions have been taken throughout Palestine, The Dutch Shipping Ministry, Mr tunntes or unfortunate fortunates, in the Calwell said, had advised Mr Frank whichever you will, who is in denied that the military judges who East 24 hours. Officials Keith, an officer of the office of the possession of so-called Enemy pro- sentenced the three Irgunists to death Australian Minister to the Nether-perty (though it is more likely to yesterday were being heavily guard- lands that the liner was carrying 600 be that of some of my pals who ed against possible retaliatory action. persons with landing permits for set-
were interned either at Shamshulpo United Press, tlement in Australia. He had no
or Stanley, and who in turn, pro- EVACUATION QUERIES knowledge of the reported figure of bably, have been asked to buy some 995 passengers.
London, Feb. 11. of what was mine); and the pre-war Lord Hall (formerly Mr George valuation of that furniture, was, in Hall, Colonial Secretary) gave the principle, fair enough feven though following replies in the House of mean paying again for what Lards to a series et questions by the
for aiready).
Labour peer, Lord Sirabolgi, on the of British women and that valuation 50% for the children from Palestine:
British Jews and foreign autionals
He had pressed for a 25 per cent limit of passages to Jewish aliens but was advised that considerable hard-did ship would ensue if the embarkation plans were not followed.-Reuter.
Byrd's Rapid Progress Through Ice Barrier
Aboard Icebreaker North Wind, Feb. 11.
Over 1,000 members of the US. Navy's Antarctic party crowded the decks of the five vessels evacuating them from Little America to-day and watched the conquest of Ross Ice Barrier.
Crazy Patterns
:
or government now to; evacuation
purposes of purchase is grossly un- fair, There are those I know, who are not being evacuated.
fought
led Intern Hongkong nor
anything and
No entry permits for Palestine will who lost little be granted to British subjects with- I strongly sub-fout reference to the Palestine ou mit, were not entitied to the amenithorities. In the present situation ties of Custodian furniture; and
car
the
There is wide speculation on the attitude of the Republican-controlled Congress toward United States- Soviet Russian relations, Although there is definite hostility to Communistic activity within United States. some Republicans will look favourably upon expanding commerce with Soviet Russia if ideological ramifications
be avolded. United
States-Russian trade flourished during the years of. Republican presidential ndministra- tians, desplic non-recognition ent tendency for United States in- Russia politically. With the appar dustrial production to overtake domestic consumption, Republicans must watch the export situation.-- United Press......
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of
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Wednesday, February 12 Airmail:
Rangoon, Calcutta, Delhi, Johannesburg.. Cairo, 3.30 pm.
Shanghal, 330 pm. Seamall:
Bangkok, 2 p.m.
Straits, 2 pm.
Macao. Teinshan, Shekki 3 pm.
Congmoen, 4 pin. Canton, 4 pm.
Shanghai and Formosa, 3 p.m. Thursday, February 13
Amoy Shanglial,” Nanking, Taingtao. Felping, 3.30 p.m.
However, the golf course area, which had been used as a military zone throughout the Japanese occu- pation was finally completely denud- ed of its growing stock to provide fuel for The calony during 1040.
area must be undertaken for amenity reasons,
Referring to other areas in the New Territories, the official said that some of them are to remote as tú | Altmail; make afforestation difficult from the point of view of protection, especial- ly against deliberste firing.
Ile added that education of the villagers in these matiers in
badly needed
BIGGEST PROBLEM Referring to the history of af- forestation in Hongkong, the official said that the chief problem had been the high cost of protection, and for this reason he doubted whether fores- try here could ever be a paying proposition financially.
Illicit tree cutting and deliberate Bring had always been a serious hindrance to afforestation.
In 1038 n protection system was
then there are those like myseit only urgent and important cases are introduced, but it was only partial-
spent three years and eight months In Shamshulpo while the Japs took nfl we had. It is on the latter majority ( pleases me to thinks that, perhaps, we are a majority) that the imposition falls.
being referred Reuter
PLANE
.
ly successful. It did however, HELD UP
mariago จ
cek forest to clicck
depredations. New York, Feb. 11. Method of
was the set- operation Trans-World Airline oficials saldting up of outposts of forest guards: here to-day that the plane in which at various points of vantage through- Mrs Helen Friedmann, sister of Dov out the colony. Only the It is almost Hitlerism to say-tence of death in Jerusalem, was on taken to court (and they averaged Gruner, Jewish terrorist under sen- serious cases of apprehension were Take it or leave it, and it complete- her way to Palestine has been de- nearl by beggars the question to
bought on mechanical trouble,
1
other
reason
moro
Hankow,
Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Sydney, Auckland, London, 3.50 p.m. Scarnall:
Farmosa, Shanghal, 10 a.mn.
Swatow, 11.2.
Manila, Honolulu, USA, Central and South America, Canada, (via San Fan claco) p.m.
་
Amoy, 2 p.m.
Maceo, Tainan. Shekki, 3 p.m. Kongmoon, p.m.
Canton. p.m.
Airmail:
Pilday, February 14
Mantia, 10 am,
Bangkak, fangoon, Caleuito, Karacht,. Basra, Catro, Johannesburg." "Augusta.. 3.30 p.m. Marselilea, Indon, New York, Canada.
earl
Martie, noon. Stralia. 3 p.in,
Shanghal 3 pun.
Macao, Tsuenan, Shekki, 3 p.m. Train
Canton, 4 pm.
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nearly 200 a month), the minor
fiscated, thereby making their whole me, Now York, them relatively worse of than be
fore they set out. Faced with this prospect only the more desperate and thought it worth while to take the
chance.
no
for my going,"
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Rear Admiral Cruzen was! olated over the rapid progress of
The surface of this great sheet | the furniture cannot be gue that loyed at Gander, Newfoundland, by offenders having their gleanings con- ƒ 0,30-7.30 p.m., and -il p.m. also on 9.03 the convey.
He said the shen broke as it was attacked by the loe-the open market at the same prices - Mrs Friedmann, before leaving the day's work a waste of time, leaving
breakers. Giant slabs of ice were to-day We know that, and that herding of the two icebreakers hurled atop one another and imme- why I call ourselves the "buyers. at yesterday said that she hoped to
Is LaGuardia Airfield, -originally only one was ex-diately from together in crazy pat-pistol point."
see General Sir Alan Cunningham, pected may make it possible teran The snow covering the foo If the proceeds are to be credited Palestine High Commissioner, for the party to reach Scott hurled aside, and the water tossed why are we, of all people, forced to
clung to the slabs as they were to the Japanese Reparations bill, leading military authorities as roon
as she arrived in Palestine. Island on Monday, two days up by the boats froze instantly into inflate that credit? ahead of schedule.
"My trip is only for my brother's disordered moss.
Or am I wrong? Do we owe the sake Bbc added. "There is The thinnest coating of Ross Bar- Japs something or do they owe us? With the approach of the Antarerler was enough to make past ex-Perhaps, the loss of several of my Reuter. tie winter, lenbergs of oll
alzes peditions to race for open waters to friends and everything I possessed drified north from the Polar con- the north. Bilt to-day the two most was my fault? Unent and south from. Scott Island destructive leobreakers ever con-
don't know what other valuations bank to meet in an orca where the structed were crashing without trou were, but I da mow that the stuff Great Barrier is formed;
ble through a barrier that was well (It's nothing more) I've got could Already a gigantic ice shoot has on its way to becoming formidable. have been bought pre-war for two- coated the waters and has. joined those frozen masses into an historie real trial at the end of this month masked the 50% increase.
The two Vessolg
svill have their thirds of what, is being naked barrier that will become increasing- when they return to evacuate the
Bullets have stopped flying, but, ly formidable as the southern winter party sillat Little America. By Golly! the war's still on. advances.
United Press.
EQUITY.
Stalin
Elected
London, Feb, 11. Generalissima Stalin was elected unanimously in all districts where he Supreme Soviet Republics of the 'stood as candidate for election to the Soviet Union on Sunday, the Moscow Iladio reported to-day-Router.
Truman's Budget Slashed
Washington, Feb. 12. A $0,000,000,000 cut in President Truman's US$97,500,000,000 budget budgetary subcommittee to-day. was voted by the Senate and house A bitter wrangle over the question whether such a slash would impair the nation's defence proceded the voleAssociated Press-
Percy Frankiin for and on behalf of Printed and published by Frederick South China Morning Post Limited. at 1-8 Wyndham Street, City of Vic-.. toria, in the Colony of Hongkong. v.