THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947.
Big 4 Deputies Argue Procedure Memorandum
Strike Spreads In Rangoon
Rangoon, Feb. 13. Strikers carrying the Anti- Fascist Peoples' Freedom League flags to-day picket- ed Rangoon banks as about 2,000 bank clerks joined strike-bound labourers and commercial firms' em- ployees, estimated at 40.- 000.
Early this afternoon all banks in the city shut their doors, displaying a notice that the day had been de- clared a bank holiday.
The Burma Police Union is holding a conference to morrow to decide its policy towards the strike.-Reuter.
TRADE WITH CHINA NEARS. STANDSTILL
London, Feb. 13.
The deputies to the Council of Foreign Ministons for Germany to-day continued the debate started yesterday on the fatost Soviet memorandum on procedura for the making of peace with Germany.
To-day's very lengthy scesion, was almost entirely devoted to the effort to elucidate the exact meaning of those parts of the Russian memorandum which distinguish between "directly interested Allied powers" and "specially Interested Allled powers" and the degree of consultation to be accorded to each by the Big Four. The exact func- tion of the standing committee proposed by the Russian memorandum was also the subject of detailed questions to the Soviet deputy, Mr Feodor Gusev.
Russlon memorandum on procedure.
The British deputy, Sir Wom Strang, subjected Mr Gusev to a close but friendly interrogation on the sallent points of the Soviet me- marardum. The British deputy sought closer definition of the word "con- sultation" In the paragraph desling with the function of the standing committee. For instance, would the Allied powers be consulted singly or together, and if together could one Allied power ask questions on state- ments made by another Allied,power.
Amplification of Denmark's written memorandum on Ger- many was presented at the be- ginning of to-day's session by the Danish Minister in London, Count Reventlow, and consisted of a brief oral statement. The only questions put by the depu- ties to the Danish delegation were asked by the American deputy, Mr Robert Murphy, and concerned economic subjects, They were answered by
Mr Gusov replied that if the Minis- Danish commercial councillor inters, or their deputies, after
ulready eldering memoranda London. Mr Veetbirk.
posited by the Allied powers felt that they wanted more Information
rem
the
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British _MP_Missing On Trip To Greece
Athens, Feb. 12.
Nothing has been heard of the British Labour MP, Mr T. G. Thomas, since he was believed to have entered guerilla-held terrory in Thessaly, four days ago.
A British Embassy spokesman here to-night said he did not know Thomas' whereabouts,
Mr Thomas, who came to Greece last month primarily to give evidence for the defence in the trial of members of a Left Wing organisation, was advised a week ago by the British Military Mission that they could not guarantee his safety if he tried to contact the guerillas.
Thomas, who is a Welshman from Rhondda, is 38. Last July he headed the British Youth Delegation to War- saw to attend the Polish Youth Conference.-Reuter.
DRIVE
TO OPEN
ON TO ON
JAPAN WORLD TRADE
By MORRIS HARRIS
(Associated Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Fab. 13.
The Allied nations, conquerors of Japai are consider- ing opening that nation again to private traders.
When and how remains to be decided, but the pro- Board here. posal is up before the Inter-Allied Trade con-
That body, made up of Far East Commission nations, is trying to work out details, but there are many difficulties.
with investments in Jupan It is likely to be some time, men
be permitted to go there before international salesmen would
"within the very near future" to visit are again walking down ocean and Inspect facilities, but that it UNAGREED PHRASES
liners' gangplanks at Yoko- would be on a system of rotation" Meanwhile, the special deputies for hama, Kobe and other Japanese such as was used in Germany. Austria to-day completed their con-commercial gateways. sideration of the report of the poli-
they would invite any power to ceme before the standing committee give that information.
and
Asked what reparations from cur- world. production Denmark claim from Germany be listed coat as his country's first requirement and stated that Denmark had now 50 percent of her prewar conl only consumption available to her. Among San Francisco, Feb. 14. cther items he gave fertiliser for Harry Radcliffe, executive agriculture, machine tools, iron and steel, He reculled that more than secretary of the National Coun-half of Denmark's prewar consumptical sub-committee on the political cil of American Importera, said yesterday that fluctuations of the Chinese dollar had brought American trade with Chinn to a virtual standstill.
Imports are the hardest hit, with American Arms candelling orders generally until they get their bear- ings, he said. Reflections are ux+ pected to be seen within a week on reduction of shipping to the Orient, unless the yunn is firmly pegged.
"All we can do is to hope the Chinese Government recognises that the American dollar has three differ- ent values in China," he added. Values hented were the offeinl
sate of exchange of 3,350 to one, the . export value of twice the offelal rate established last week and the third, black market price of 13,000 to une.
Other factors restricting trade, he said, are the Chinese Government's foreign purchase order Umiling im- port purchases to $2,000 worth of goods and the 50 percent surcharge to provide funds for export subsidy established insi week. Associated Press.
ITALY:
Argentine Move
Splits Press
Rome, Feb. 13.
The Italian press registered a sharp split to-day on Argentina's refusal to honour the Italian peace treaty clause concerning Italian property for Allied re- parations.
Italia The monarchist paper, Mouva, alone, among the morning ⚫nowspapers played up the Argentine headline: announcement with the "Treaty that satisПes 110 one Argentina will not tolerate seques- tration of Italian property."
Other papers
the CA
extreme Right displayed the announcement prominently, while independent centre i Бекараретя gave it cursory
men-
tion of steer of 400,000 tons per an num was supplied by Germany.
Asked by Mr Murphy
whether
mark adhered to the principle of self-determination, the Donish Minis ter replied that she did in all cir- cumalances,
GUSEY INTERROGATED
After the Danish delegates had withdrawn,
the deputies plunged staight into detailed discussion of the
the
section of the Austrian treaty. In most cures they agreed that clauses
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containing unagreed un for phrases should be passed final decision tu the Council Foreign Ministers with these phrases in brackets.
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The source added that he believed persons wishing to go to Japan "to purchase goods for export would be The Inter-Allied Trade Board
able to do so by the end of this year" made up of representatives of the but that that depended on develop- United States, China, the United
ments. Kingdom, Australia, India, Nether- Commenting on å report from Lon- innda East Indies, Philippine Redon that British businessmen sought of públic, France, New Zealand, Russia to return to take up normni pursuits
and Canada.
there, the source sald there Was
"no indication simply
as to just when that would be possible on permanent basis." He said negotia- British and the State Department, also discussing the matter with General
the State Department was MacArthur.-United Press.
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The Hague. Feb. 18. Prince lands has decided on elaborate ar-
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Among the points on which there is still disagreement are the question of banning Pan-German propaganda way in an effort to get Japan back tlona were going on here between the pened at the time of the birth of
and propaganda hostile to the United Nations. The United States criticised both these phrases on the grounfis Fot freedom of speech. Reuter.
COLLIER FOUNDERS IN
GALE-16 THOUGHT DEAD
Waterford, Elre, Feb. 13.
Sixteen seamen are missing and believed dead from exposure after four freezing days and nights in two life- boats off the Waterford coast, a survivor of the wreck of the collier Ary said to-day.
The collier Ary foundered in
a gale on Saturday when nearing
Waterford and the men took to Death
the boats, Jan Bouski, 19, a Pole, was washed ashore in one
lifeboat and said eight who had
been with him had dod and had been buried at sen. Another lifeboat carrying eight persons had disappeared.
Bouski was suffering from expo. sure and avas so exhausted that his story was barely coherent. He was
Who
The idea originated with the State Department, which is leading the on its economic legs. It passed the Far East Coinmiation, which held the proposal to be an Allied Trade Bourd matter. Now, in this latter group, the plan is being examined.
In brief, the proposal asks that private traders of Allied nations be allowed to set up shop ogoln in Japan, both for import and export business.
Admittedly, there is no need in Japan to-day for a foreign commer- cial: such Ds was there prior to the war. There is not enough business in Japan to support it.
So how to international limit the corps of traders that might be given passports to Japan is one of the primary ques- tions facing the trade board.
REPARATIONS CLAIMS
Of Who's All nations represented are enger
Editor
Bright, Feb. 13. The man who first compiled "Who's Who in its present form, Dr Dou-
Klax Sladen, novelist, biographe, poet, traveller and sportnan, died at Hove near here last night, a wert:
The idea for a modern
"Who's
taken to Dungarvan Hospital hereafter his 91st birthday, where morpline Injections were given him to alleviate the pain of frost-bite which he was suffering,
The Ary was reported overdue by Lloyd's yesterday. It was owned by the British Transport Ministry and came from Port Talbot, Glam organshire.
Who" came to him at the end of the last century when travelling in the United States and seeing personal
paragraphs about people in the press.
in
to have their commercial men Japan If there is any business to be! done or if possible competitors are going in.
Even more important is the ques- tion of when such trading might be resumed. This problem awaiting an answer.
U.N. ARMED
FORCES
STAFF COMMITTEE
TO REPORT.
He is anxious to avoid what hap-
Princess Beatrix, his Art child. when some British newspapers over- bidding the Dutch press were able to publish photographs first.
The Prince will fake photographs himself. The negatives will then be taken under henvy escort to the Court Photographer. A detective guard the dark mom while they being
developed,
will
arc
Prints will then be taken by the police to Amsterdam where they will be Issued to the foreign pross under a 24 hour embargo. This will mean that no pletures will appear until 30 hours after birth-Reuter,
Gen Hodge To Report
Lake Success, Feb. 13. Britain this evening urged he United Nations Security Council to take action to stop the delay in the Military Staff Committee; which has been dis- cussing the organising of the
armed also is United Nations
since it was set up a year ago.
Sir Alexander Cadogan urged that the Council should call on the com- mittee to produce report of its
newspaperden that
Ire had been called to Washing- activities not later than April 30.
France supported the proposal, but ton. He is expected to return In the Soviet delegate, Mr Andrei about Gromyko, oppered the setting of any
Visit time limit.
The Trade Board is understood to be inclined to the view that it should not be before the interim reparations question has been settled. That is to say, net before 1.100 industrial plants In Japan already marked for re- paration claims have been divided among claimants and taken away.
LICENSING SYSTEM
If Japan is to be opened to private trade what should be the timing? What sort of trude licensing system is to be established and will operate
In 1897, "Who's Who" was merely a Court list, but when Sladen then became editor, he introduced com- it? He
pact little blographies with such in- timate details as "favourite recrea- tion."-Reuter,
Bouski wna washed ashore at Mine Herd on the Waterford const. made his way to a farmhouse and then was taken to hospital. United Press.
ilon in round-ups. The Communist CZECH PLANE
paper, Unita, and the Socialist organ, Avanti, did not publish the £137- nouncement.
The Foreign Office refused to comment to-day and there were no presa editorials on the subject.— United Press.
CRASHES
Undersecretary For Air
London, Feb. 13. Slr Willam Brown, Permanent Undersecretary of State for Air, died on Tuesday at his home t Monksgaton, Northumberland, it was learned to-day. He was 53.
Prague, Feb. 13. Sir William had been at the Air The crow of three were killed | Ministry since October, 1946, und when a Czech Air Lines Dakota previously was Secretary to the crashed near Klavne to-day shortly Ministry of
Home Security. He after taking off from Ruzyno air went to
mission in 1944-United Press.
U.S. Democratic field near Prague.
Line-Up
Washington, Feb. 13. Gael Sullivan, aged 42, World War II combat veteran and until yester- day Second Assistant Postmaster- General, became to-day executive director of the Democratic National Committee.
The plane caught fire on crashing. It had not yet been uut on the re- gular service.
An Inquiry into the cause of the disaster has been ordered.-Reuter.
NAGA HILLMEN
WARNED
The new personality in the Demo-
New Delhi, Feb. 13. cratic headquarters is expected to Naga tribesmen in Assam, who presage quick opening of the cam- helped the 14th Army intelligence paign to give President Truman an- service in the Burm war against other Lern.in the White House. Japan have "collected" 315 heads in The move follows less than a week head-hunting operations since the Chairman Robert end of the Far East war, Mr Pandit after National Hoonigan asserted that Truman is Nehru sald here to-day. the choice of the Democrats candidate next year. Associated Press
for
Stern warnings were being sent to the offending villages on both aldes of the Assam-Burma border, saying that further hend-hunting raids would result in punitive action
BOY SURVIVOR OF being taken against the offenders, ho
AIR CRASH
London, Feb. 13,
A 13-year-old boy from Shanghai, Richard Jeremy Spiking, arrived from Hongkong at Poole Harbour by BOAC Gying boat to-day.
He was thrown into the sea from a wrecked Far Eastern Airlines air- craft near Luzon, spent 17 houra in the water, was rescued and taken to Manila by American transport, then taken to Shanghat by a worship and Onsily a week ago caught a BOAC fying boat which has brought him to England.
He is the son of a Shanghat Gas Company official and he has come to England to complete his education at a preparatory school before going to college-Reuter.
addad.-Reuter.
Eire Gives Food To Austria
London, Feb. 13.
A gift from Eire to Austria of 570 tons of Argentine beef and 2,000 live head of cattle was at a London food stations to-day handed over to Dr. Schmidt, representative, of the Austrian Government in London by the Eire High Commissioner, Mr John Dulanty,
The meas is contained in twelve refrigeration wagons, and will not be removed from them until it reaches Vionna-Reuter.
forces
The British amendment asking for the Military Staff Committee to re- nine votes in favour and the Soviet port before April 30 was passed with and Polish delegates abstaining.
on the
Disarmament Commission resolution
The Council then voted
as a whole and this was passed by ten voles, only Russia abstaining and not invoking the veto.
How about the yen? Should Japanese money be restored to a place among the mediums of ex-
Pasange of to-day's resolution change of the world and given an ex-
formally creates a special United change rate against other currencies? vations Commission to be known as Answers to these and related ques-Commission for Conventional Arma- tions may be somewhat slow in comments, with the task studying the ink. but the drive to get Japan back regulation and reduction of arm- Into international commerce la on iments, not including atomic Wen- The question-cun it be done?-ap-
Dons. pears to have pussed. Now it is ET imatter of when.
ENTRY OF BRITONS
Washington, Feb, 13. A State Department said to-
lity that British and other business-
Mr Gromyke stated that he was repared to make a statement morrow and the Council then journed.Reuter.
Ad-
Washington on a special day that there was a source sobi: Two Men Face
American Protest Over British Film Quota
Hollywood, Feb. 14.
Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Asso- ciation of America, said that further British restrictions against American pictures would injure the British indus- try as well as Hollywood producers.
Johnston, reporting to 590 top; that the United States has no studio executives on his recent tariff or other barriers against trip to England, pointed out importation of foreign' filma.
"An increased quot In England would breed In other
First Indian tries he said, "Every country with
Envoy To U.S.
London, Feb. 13. Asal All, first Indian Ambassador to the United States, landed at a London airport to-day by a BOAC
Dakota.
x-
a struggling Alm Industry would fqtlow the British example and Instead of England finding on panding trend overseas for her alms, she would meet with increased re- sistance.
"Further restrictions of any kind would constitute picket fences acroas
the path of expanding world trade,
"I am looking forward to spending The motion picture industry, to be a few days in London before I profitable, needs a world market. leave," he told Reuter. "I can only This is as true of the British in- hope that I shall make a success of dustry as the American industry," my office fi Amerlen."
he rald.
Asad All, was met at the airport" by Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, per- sonal envoy of Pandit, Nehru. Mr R. S. Mani, representing the High Commissioner for India and oficials of the India Office. He was driven straight to London by car and is staying at the Dorchester Hotel. Reuter.
Murder Trial
Seoul, Feb. 13. Lieut-General John R Hodge, commander of the United Stutes occupation forces in Korea, seld he will leave by air to-marrow for Washington to confer on Korean
He told a group of affairs.
years.
a month after his first to the United States in Ave
Major-General Albert E. Brown. head of the U.S. delegation to the be in charge during Hodge's absence. U.S.-Soviet joint.. commissiona. will.
-Associated Press
Wold Skating ·
Contest
Stockholm, Feb. 13.
At the end of the morning session of the men's compulsory figures sec- tion of the world figure skating opened here championships which to-day, Hana Gerschweiler (Switzer- land) led with 463.7 points.
Richard Buitoni (United States) stood second with 453.7 points, Ar- thur Apfel (Britain) was third with 124.5
and points
Vladislav Cap (Czecho-Slovakia) was fourth with 414.9 points.
Apart from the parents of some of the competitors and a group of newspapermen, few people attended for the opening phase of the cham- pionships.
in The temperature centigrade below. The sun cleared the early moming fog that settled over the rini-United Press. n
London, Feb. 13. Protesting their innocence Thomas John Ley, 66-year-old Company director and former New South Wales Minister of Justice,
and Lawrence John Smith, (30) London joiner, were al a
West London poller court to-day com- mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with The murder of John MacBain Mudle, a 35-year-old Reigate Hotel barman whose body was found in a Surrey' chalk-pit lost November. served their defence after the de- Doth pleaded not gulity and re-
fence submission that no cause had
been rejected by the court. been established against Ley had
Doctor Eric Gardner, the patholo- gist who examined Mudie's body in the trench in the chalk-pit identified pieces of rope which were found on the body.
trussing,
Some had been used for fie sald, and one piece which was in a noose round the neck, had caused death by agphyxia.-Reuter.
THREAT TO BLOW
UP EMBASSY
Buenos Aires, Feb. 13. The threat that the British Embassy here would be blown up Johnston deplored the action of the this afternoon was made shortly after British Film Producers' Association lunch by an unknown person, who in proposing legislation that would called the Embassy from a public decrease the playing time of Ameri- | phone booth and who described him- can-made pictures on British screens self as a Jew. and required British exhibitors to The Embassy informed the Buenos Increase, bookings of English films Aires police of the call and carried Associated Press,
on work as usual. Reuter,
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