.
Admiral Vlan's Appointment
London, May 8.
One of the most decorated men in the Royal Navy, Vice- Admiral Sir Philly Vian, has been appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff for Air.
Bir Philip, who retains his ranks of Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Fifth Sex Lord, won Kallantry
seven
awards for between September 1939 and July 1944, including the United States Legion of Meril In April 1940, he was awarded the DSO for leading a boarding party from the destroyer Cosmok on to the German prison ship Altmark in Josing Fjord and freeing 300 British prisoners.-- Reuter.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1947.
Middle East Seen By Levant States As
Future Battleground
Beirut, May 5. -
Fears that the Middle East will be the battle- field for a third World War have forced official circles and the Levant Press to refrain from com- menting on President Truman's programme for immediate aid to Greece and Turkey.
Being uncertain with whom to throw in their lot, the Levant states (Lebanon and Syrin) see themselves cornered In this "West versus East" clash, militarily powerless to protect themselves,
Smuggled LARGE CROWDS
Gold DEMONSTRATE
283 Gold Watches
London, May 5. Polish company secretary convicted of attempting to smuggle 283 gold watches into Britain, was rebuked by a Lon- don magistrate today for his "disgraceful, conduct the country which protects and keeps you."
to
The Pole, Henry Chalm Laufer, 52. was fined a total of £3,000 with 30 gulness costs for intent to evade the watches, for Customs duty on carrying prohibited goods and for at- guilty, saying he
tempting to evade purchase tax.
He plended
На
not
had innocently tried to sell the watches for a relative who had visit- ed him from Brussels.
lind me
Passing sentence, magistrate nul Bennet! remarked: "It is a disgrace ful thing, You, a foreigner, came here in 1938. presumably to avoid the horrors of the Continent. You
home here for yourself, child, and you also established business. Your Iden of gratitude to the country which protests and keeps you is to try to defraud us of these large sums of duty, knowing that we all have to pay very heavy taxation."United Press.
and
Fact-Finding Deadlock
IN VIENNA
With Soviet Russia as their next door
neighbour and the Western democracies thousands of milea away, the Lebanese and Syrians are struck with pole when they con- template what their fate would pro- bably be in the event of a clash in the Middle East between the Great Powers.
Lebanese and Syrian offeln eir- cles state that their attitude is one of strict neutrality between the two Vienna, May 5. parties and one of faithful compli- More than 5,000 persons ance with the United Nations cove-
The nant:
press. which han staged 7853two-hour hunger t
splashed the speech of the American demonstration at the doors of President on front pages with ban
has refrained com- the Federal Chancellery today ner headlines, and later dispersed quietly after pletely from commenting. a six-men delegation conferred with Chancellor Leopold Figl."
POCKET CARTOON
by OSBERT LANCASTER
WHITEHALLI
"When i saw there was no Incention of cutting the Civil Service was 10 relieved· 1 cheered in "triplicase,"
JET PLANES
IN SOVIET
AIR REVIEW
New 'Realistic' Policy Towards Poland
London, May 5. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, announced in the House of Commons today that Britain had decided to ratify the Anglo-Polish financial, agreement, restoring to Poland £4,000,000 of the £7,000,000 in gold, brought here by the Polish Government-in-Exile during the war. In addition, it is learned, an- condonement of the methods and other £2,000,000 of the gold practices of internal home polities would be returned to Warsaw to British views on the referendum of which Britain had denounced before. enable the Poles to purchase last June and on the parliamentary goods in Britain under the elections of last January, as express- Anglo-Polish trade agreemented in various official statements and expected to be signed by the diplomatte notes, would not be affer- end of the month.
ted by the new "realistic" policy.
Polish Peasant Party Under the original provisions of
It is still hoped in London the Anancial agreement. Britain was to retain £3.000.000 of the gold in the Internal set-up in Poland would payment of Polish wor debts. Mr conform more with the principles of Western democracy. British policy, Bevin's announcement was tanto-
ain's diplomatic observers said, did how- at Britain's mount to a reversal
ern over recognise that the Folish the Polish Govern- policy toward
of
former Prime ment. Although the financial agree. Peasant Party
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk ment was signed last June 24, Britain Minister
sald she would not would be unable to bring about this eted change. The British apparently elected
in count more on Socialist forces inside
Subsequently
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Warsaw in compliance with the the Polish coalition camp now. Yalta and Potsdam declarations.
It is believed that such gestures Britain, together with the United as the feturn of Polish gold might States, made it clear at the time stiffen the Polish Socialists against that the February Polish elections the overtures of the Polls Com- did not comply with those provi-munists for the formation of a sions.
Socialist Unity Party on the German pattern.
Printed and published by Frederick Polish Socialists reportedly gained Percy Franklin for and on behalf of considerable ground recently and now South China Morning Foot Limited
almost have
1,000,000 organised members, while the Polish Com-st 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Vie munists total 000,000,-United Press,toria. In the Colony of Hongkong
any
Ing and began crowd, they sud- either British or American schools bombers which fell into Russian Anders and the
The demonstralion, began on * small scale at about adop (GMT). A government jokesman sald three men appeared in front of the build- attracted anall denly disappeared in a large sedan. Within half an hour, the Balhaus Platz-the square in front of the
people Chancellery flied, with shouting,
hunger "Away with the government," and describing Figl as the famine Chancellor."
circles
Misunderstandings Cleared Well-informed diplomatic Washington, May 5
anid that Mr Bevin's talks with Po Sympathetic To West
The report of the Unitedish statesmen in Warsaw, on his Moscow cleared States Ambassador to Russin, way home from Despite power politics and the nearness of Soviet Russin, the General Walter Bedell Smith, on away various Anglo-Polish misun- Poland, Wic circles Lebanese and Syrlons are more
a recent air parade over Moscow derstandings.
sald, realised that Mr Bevin and generally sympathetic to the British
and the new light on tho
Government British
did not and Americans. Most of the educat- may throw
the five U.S. B-29 After they ed Levantines were brought up in mystery of
with
G sinister plans
Polish Resettlement scattered throughout the Middle hands during actions against himself that Poles returning while Mr Bevin had con- East, and they look towards the
the Japanese. West for their cultural inspiration.
home from the West were not vic- timised by their
government but In addition, about 500,000 people (50 percent of the entire population)
were given a chance to participate Lebanon outside the
in reconstruction work. are resident In North, Central and South Ameri-
and West Africa.
The Also, ca Moslems of the
East,
con- Middle serval servulive by nature and religion, prefer the political ideologies of the rather than the Soviet Com- munist doctrine which they abhor.
Most of those in power in the Middle East are capitalists and are panic stricken at the thought of a Communist regime in this part of the world.
Several bricks were heaved on to the third floor of the building, ap. parently Intended for government workers who appeared in the win dows. I wns, nol disclosed whether any damage was inflicted.
Policoman Knocked Down
One Austrian policeman WEN knocked down by agitators, and a
member of Socialist
Parliament, Rudolph Appel, who attempted appease the crowd, was chased from
the scene.
At several intervals, part of the growl raised their hands in the Com anunist salute and some song the Internationale. Many wore the off- cial
Party emblem of the their Communist hammer and sickle, with the Aus trian colours beneath it.
broke through
the
About 300 police were on the scene to maintain order, but they failed in Geneva, May 5. attempts to keep streets leading to The United, Nations Balkans the Chancellery blocked. Additional Commission was understood to-do trdon. The police appealed
police day to have decided to ask the
to the crowd, over a loudspeaker Security Council for a decision from a police car. to disperse, but on the Yugo-Slav and Albanian the appeal was ignored. refusal to take part in the sub-
Members of the crowd also shout ed demands for new Austrian elec- sidiary inquiry group going to tlons, and when one mentioned the Salonika.
presence of the Allies hls remark was greeted by boos.-United Press.
A source close to the Commission
suld the subsidiary group probably also would go on to Salonika tc await the Council's decision.
Bulgaria also was expected refuse-to-take-peart:-
tr
The Commission held J private session to-day, at which it
Was
understood the Yugo-Slav and Al-
banian
20,000 ON STRIKE
-IN-BILBAO
About 20,000
Madrid, May 5. workers were
on
Neutrality Hope
help
Despite all this responsible lea- ders in Lebanon and Syria prefer to keep silent rather than indicate
sympathies in
any public statements. This will not their friends, they state, but merely jeopardise their countries interest in the event of a major clash. Their hope is that in such an event the might be able to remain neutral as fict. Turkey did in the recent world con-
"Former presidents of the Lebanon Ministers of State, Republic, politicians, students, merchants, and the men-in-the-strect all agree that the present controversy should be no concern of the Lebanese people.
They argue that President Truman In right when he claims that Greece and Turkey should be helped so tha the Allied war alms be redeemed.
"If Hitler was knocked down be- -he-wanted-to-lord it over. others, then
any other dictator should have the same fate," remarked who an octogenarian civil servant
they might live as free people and
cause
representatives explained strike in the Bilbao Iran Works to served under the Ottoman Turks as their reasons for refusing to parti day. The conflict arose from mea-senior officer in the Palestine front cipate and indicated the group could sures taken against May Day during the 1914-18 War. not expect facilities for work in their absenices. countries.
The first part of the group is scheduled to leave for Saloniku by
• plane to-morrow.---United Press.
STOCK EXCHANGE
RULING
London, May 6.
The London Stock Exchange pub-| lished a new rule last night authoris
Public
services were not affected. Apparently, the civil governor of Bilbao ordered that some 14,000 men
Clear Oilway
Another Lebanese Christian
Ambassador Smith told reporters in Berlin yesterday that during the May Day parade at Moscow, he saw 100 jet planes and a large four- engined bomber which looked very much like a B-29.
Airmen here were not surprised to hear that Russia had jet planes. They speculated, however, that the plane which looked like a B-29 may have been one of the lost planes or a copy-Associated Press.
30.000 Girls In
Pilgrimage
Lisbon, May 6. More than 30,000 Roman gevemi Catholic girls from European countries and South America made a 180-mile reli- gious pilgrimage yesterday, in a motor caravan of 1,000 buses, to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima,
After attending mass and praying for world peace, the girls, ranging in age from 10 to 21, dropped all their jewels valued at $4,000 at the of the Virgin foot of the image
Mary.
It was pointed out in London that towards the new British approach Poland did not amount to wholesale
Gandhi Asks
Jews To Stop Terrorism
New Delhi, May 5. Mohandas Gandhi said today: "I fear the world is heading to- ward another showdown."
Then he quickly added, in a "But statement to newsmen: if all goes well in India, then the world' may have a long peace. It will largely depend on the manner in which India takes it. And that will depend largely on British statesmanship."
The 77-year-old. Indian spiritual tender advised Palestino Jews to give up their terror campaign because "It simply damages your own cause, which otherwise would be a proper
It was said that the Virgin Mory chey should meet the Arabs and
appeared to three shepherds at the site of the shrine in 1017.--Asso- clated Press.
PICNIC TRAIN WRECKED
Brisbane, May 5. Sixteen people are known to have been killed and 30 Injured when e train filled with picnickers, includ-I was wrecked! who ing many children,
who absented themselves from work witnessed the 1880 massacres be- to-day near Camp Mountain, on May Day should be dismissed and tween the Druz and the Christians miles north of Brisbane-Reuter, must apply
ply individually for ro- | said, "President Truman's adven- employment, Another 0,000
em
came out in sympathy,
men ture carries with it a clear-cut Indi- cation that Americans are now inter-
OUTWARD MAILS
The strike, movement is reported ested in the fate of the minorities of to have been directed by Com the Middle East, and this constitutes Articles munists, Socialists
and Basque kind
of guarantee for the
national leaders. Many arrests have endence of the Lebantinued
been made.Reuter
ing Exchange officials to demand full COAL MINES IN
Identification of the principals in o company submitting original issues
by a prospectus or an offer for sale.
by
A similar rule was recommended
a Government committee for
IDLENESS
circles here sce in the President's programme a clear indi- cation that Washington would like to keep the Mediterranean as clear a highway as possible for lis oll sup- plies in Sau
Saudt
Arabia
The question of help to Greece and Turkey has overshadowed the problem of Pales- British and Americans decide to do tine which can be solved when the so with goodwill and understanding The new rule states that where tain's coal mining iridustry began its vach other's necessitles, and some the promoter or other Interested five-day work week.
determination, these diplomatic quar- party is a limited company or a firm,
From 25,000 to 30,000 miners However, the same circles believe could not reach digging levels in that some modus vivendi can Another rule provides that a com- approximately 20 Durham pito bofound and a position found where pany freshly quoted on A
foreign cause of the strike of elevator opera one great power's rights end and exchange must make a sepurate aptors. The daily loss in coal was es
another's begin.-United Press. plication for approval bofore timated at 32,000 tons.
can begin in London.
London, May 5. insertion in the new companies bill at the coal mines nt Durham and The strike of non-digging workers but was later deleted by the Govern- Lancashire forced come 32,000 ment.
minera into idleness today as Bri.
a statutory declaration disclosing:
identity may be required.
dealings Associated Press.
More Troops For
Madagascar
Paris, May 5.
The Cabinet, in its frst meeting
today since the government's break
Lancashire, the strike of 400 surface workers, who will have to work slightly longer each day for the same pay under the new schedule, closed pits at which 2.000 miners aro employed-United Press.
ANGLO-US
AVIATION POLICY
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Beyond the issue of policy and organisation, however, there is the
Lord Citrine is known to all who
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with the Communists, approved the
to crush the rebellion in Madagascar. British,
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make friends with them, and not depend on British or American ald, or any aid save what descends Irota Jehovah,"
he continued. Gandhi said the Constituent As- sembly's approval of a proposal for banning untouchability in any ture Indian constitution was not "re- volutionary reform for Hindu
fu-
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confess untouchability is not yet pulled out, root and branch, from the soil," he said. "It may take some years perhaps before a stranger com- ing to India can say there is no un- touchability in any shape or form."
Gandhi has for years been a strong advocate of abolition of untouch- ability.
Noblest Act Of Britain.
He paid tribute to the Viceroy, Viscount Mountbatten, as a "great warrior and statesman" sent "to finish their great act" of quitting India. He said the presence of Bri- tish troops hindered rather than helped progress, because "everybody looks for help to the great military machine they brought into bion
He referred to the British
to leave as "the noblest act of the British nation" and said, "it would be a
a good
thing if the British were to go today."
He also said he envisaged friendly will Britain, "assuming relations complete withdrawal takes place with complete honesty behind it”,
"We have not defeated the British. by force of arms," he declared. "It has been a victory for India of He pointed out a moral force." that all his life he had maintained that resistance to British rule should He denied cm- be non-violent. phatically that partition of India was needed to solve the Hindu-
Stratis, Batavia, Rourabaya, Blacatter Moslem question.United Press.
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