Release Of Food To Germans
Washington, May 18. In a report to the War De- partment, the American Military Government announced that it was releasing 30,000 tons of food from special stocks act aside "for the prevention of disease and unrest" in an effort to com- bat the German food crisis.
The report said the Government decided to release the stocks because Civil Affaire imports had slackened and imports of seck potatoes had not been as heavy as expected. The report said the fallure of imports to arrive in sumcjent quantity in March and April was an Important factor in maintaining established rations,
Only 170,000 tons Imported grain flour for Germany Anglo-American zones
in the had arrived
In April, the report sald, compared with 245,000 tons in March and 200,-
000 tons In February.
. Black markel activities in Bavaria had increased but food thefts had declined, the report added.-United Press.
Whitsun Travel
Ku Klux Klan
In Britain
-MOSCOW RADIO
London, May 18.
A Moscow radio commentator sald today that Brillah Fascista were reviving their organisations which were banned during the war with the import of the Ku Klux Klan into Britain along with United States dollars."
"Derplie statements by home officials that incidents will be in vestigated, Ku Klux Klanners and other British fascists have
be alarmed,
he no reason to said.
announce- Quoting a recent ment by the Home Secretary. Mr Chuler Ede, that there was no need for further legislative action against Fascist activity. the commentator concluded; "'It is not hard to neo that such argu- ments only encourage the Bri- tish Fascists by utilising the ser- vire of cerinti aham democrats 10 intensify their subversive work."-Reuler.
Chaos And Confusion
In Arakan
Rangoon, May 18. Arakanese residents in Ran goon, at a public meeting today. criticised the Government's nc-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1947.
Mountbatten Due In London Today For Crucial India Talks
London, May 18.
Mountbatten, The Viceroy, Admiral. Lord according to authoritative London quarters, will arrive by air in London tomorrow (Monday) for his crucial talks with the Cabinet on the plan of power transfer procedure to be announced at the conference of India's leaders at Delhi on June 2.
Awaiting the Viceroy is his Chief of Staff, General Lord Ismay, who flew to Britain two weeks ago with the Viceroy's report to the Cabinet on the Indian political situation.
India's Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, is also in London, though he did not come to Britain primarily in connection with the Indian constitutional situation.
be can
and
Speculation was given promin-India at the forthcoming conference for political ence in a lending Sunday news-in New Delhi elects
unity or plurality, paper here today that Field It remains to be seen to what Marshal Auchinleck might re-extent the political ideologies
adjusted in sign in certain military eventu- philosophle alities in India. This speculn-align with the vital defence factor. tion, however, has 31.9 foundation as the rumour week ago that he had been suddenly recalled to India for Indinn consultation on the
little
П
Army's future in the event of partition.
Will Be No Funtion in sending military forces Britain
London May 19.
Sir James Milne, general mana- ger of the Great Wertern Railway in an article in the News of the World warned that holiday travel this Whitsun will be no picnic.
With the 10 percent reduction of the summer service "in order to save cont all hopes of providing better facilities than last year have been shallered, he said.
"Coal is not the only difficulty "Little progress has been made in overtaking the heavy artars of re- newals and repairs. There are 7,000 Lower coaches' in service than in 1930."
Reservation of siuts has had to go and "alf holiday makers, whether travelling first or third class" must be prepared to run the risk of have Ing to stand for long journeys in corridors and compartments even though they have already slood for hours in queues before entering the declared.-Asso- train," Sir James ciated Press.
COMMANDEERING
OF RICE
comman-
Bangkok, May 18. The government began deering rice yesterday to meet the quotas established by the terms of was the tripartite agreement, learned today.
Commerce an- The Ministry of nounced that the move was neces- sitated when merchants and millers
started hoarding stocks in anticips
_tion. of higher prices._____
The announcement said the govern ment was paying
cuntrol below prices-United Press,
Soccer Match Panic: 50 Injured
London, May 18, Some 50 people were seriously in- jured and had to be taken to hospi- tal when a crowd panicked in the ktand which swayed and seemed to be about to collapse at a Millan foot- ball match to-day, the Milan Radio stated).
Dozens of people had slight in- Juries.
Iron railings were Broken by the crowd pressing against them. Many people were thrown to the ground and trampled in the rush for exits. Other people jumped from the stand into the crowd below.
The match was stopped for half an hour. Reuter.
to suppress the unrest in the Arakan division in southwest Burma.
The meeting was attended by Ara- kan lenders, who arrived by ale to- day to make representations to the Government, as well as by prominent political leaders.
Sir Paw Tun. former Premier, addressing the meeting. declared that the Arakan problem was "es- sentially a political upheaval rather than a case of terrorism" and that i was improper on the part of the Government to use troops to sup
He urged press such movement. the Government to order the imune- dlate withdrawal of troops it om te Araltan and release the Arakanese leader,
U Seinda, and thereby secure the conildence of the Arakanesc peoples.
The meeting appointed A COTT- mitter to take up the Arakan pro- blem with the Government and sự- cure the withdrawal of troops and the release of V Seinda.
How Situation Arosa
The situation in the Arakan ia to Arakanese "chnotle," according political leaders at present In Ran- goon.
were
Field Marshal Auchinleck came to to attend fizy Imperial and bas General Staff conference steadily refrained from any pubile statement, or opinton, on India..
It is generally recognised that the crucial political questions and the military considerations linked with them are for India to decide. Britain, it is thought, can only offer
such guidance as india is prepared
to conalder.
Both Want Calcutta
Meanwhile, Doon Campbell, Reuter's Correspondent in New Delhi, reports that the fate of Calcutus, by for the largest city of India, was be- points of which agreement had not been reached between the Congress Party and the Moslem League In the plan for the transfer of pavar
ta Indin,
lleved there tonight to be ona of the
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
"You mark my words, the next thing we shall be told is that clever Mr. Strachey has gone and bought a lot of lovely mince-pies in the Argentine."
ECONOMIC LIBERTY
MEANS RUIN
M.
£50,000,000 Orders From British Industries Fair
London, May 18.
The British Industries Fair closed down on Saturday night after bringing, according to one newspaper, an esti- mated £50,000,000 worth of arders to British manufac turers from overseas.
Buyers at the Fair, though pleased, had one major com- plaint, that they could have taken still more orders had- labour, materials and machinery been available.
of
Describing the turning away buyers as a tragedy" the Sunday Chronicle said that the Fale could fis much hava netted three ilmes business for export if resources had Бесп
there.
to wait till
But the paper claimed the buyers of 43 countries had been so Impress ed by the quality of goods on show that many had agreed next year's show to place their prders.
The 500,000 visitors who milled around the exhibition mands includ- ed 16,000 from overseas. Many of the late comers were allowed to place told they might orders, but were have to wait a year or more for ile- livery.
£1,000,000 Dolla
among
for £1,000,000
The fair, one of Britain's biggest -RAMADIER efforts yet to expand her vital over- seas markets, brought in some re Paris, May 18.
them markable ordera, Prime Paul Ramadier,
£1,000,000 worth of kitchen utensils Minister, speaking in the wine for South Africa, £700,000 worth of light-house equipment for Brazil, centre of Macon, near Lyons, and for Macy's department store in York, maid the Sunday todny called on wine growers for New disciplined co-operation with the Chronicle, an order
"movic dolls." export Government's gramme, warning that without economic discipline France would Both the Moslem League and be seized with social paralysis, Congress Party are claiming this
'disorder and ruin. sprawling city of over 2,000,000 peo- ple, strung out plong the banks of! the Hooghly, forming India's greatest shipping and trade centre.
Congress spokesmen argue that the Moslem population of the city. which has a Congress Municipality, is about 24 percent. They point to The defence of India, Internally the Cabinet Mission's uian of last and externally, Is, of course, one of year, in which it was stated that a all Pakistan conned to Moslem mu- the things which Britain has mlong considered substantial Jorily areas would exclude "a large argument in favour of "Indian part of western Bennal, including Union, proposed in the Cabinet Calcutta, in which city the percen- population is Mission plan. The question hinges upon the even larger one of whether 23.6."
D
an
THOUSANDS
FLEE LAHORE
Communal Rioting
of the Moslem
The Mostem Jeague contends that the prosperity and trade of Calculla largely depend on the jute industry, the raw material for which comes from eastern Bengal, which is a Moslem area.
Another issue not likely to be or quickly met relates to de- carily or fence arrangements in the event of partition. The proposed division
bc
pro-
if we un our-
"We will escape inflation impose certain disciplines selves," he said. "It would certainly casier to let everyone sell his produce where and when he wanted, but the consequences of such course would soon be evident. There would be social paralysis, disorder ruin."
that
and
nut the
M. Ramadier expressed the hope Government eventually the might be able to discard some of the restrictions upon French economy. He added however: "But do nurse any Illusions. During coming months a return to economic liberty would be the ruin of France and would lead to a collapse of our money."-Reuter,
-
MRS TRUMAN IMPROVING
Kansas City, May 19.
Нагту President
Truman Was
the
The dolls, nccording to the mant-
foeturers, will bring Britain 1,000,000 badly needed dollars but he innnned: could have sold Macy's 3,000,000.
K.
One firm sold 60,000 pairs of shoes to a foreign buyer who wanted 160- 000. Another, a textile concern, took so many orders that it had to fly a representative to Switzerland to get the demand. more machinery to
Must of the visitors were content to place orders or wait, Some were in a hurry, and one exhibitor found his stand minus £1,000 worth of binoculars and precision instruments closing night-Associated
on
the Press.
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Rangoon. Calculta, Delhi, Johannesburg and Cairo (Air), 3.30 p.m.
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Was
and subsequent steps, it was pointed cheered yesterday morning by out, were without prejudice to the news from the bedside of his 94- mother, Mrs Martha year-old separated areas joining the Chion at Truman, who, the President any future date. Lahore, May 19.
This position is told, has definitely improved
Calling on Saturday. Thousands of persons led recognised by the political parties. from Lahore, the capital of Pun-, jab, today, seeking to escape the bomb and brickbat fights between the Hindu, Moslem and Sikh mobs which have caused at least 15 deaths.
on the mobs
The police fired several times in attempts to halt the riotous street battles,
It was the
in
one
Change Of Spirit
be taking to London
Lord Mountbatten was believed to
the greatest common measure of the two major parties, with the written views of both the Congress Party and the Moslem League.
Although
the large measure
of
These leaders told Reuter: "There a good deal of chaos and confu- sign in
the Arakan. There is no proper administration in large areas. The authorities
to force! evacuate many townships where the people set up pamllel governments," some at which were mere Dacoit dictatorships and others improvised courts of village elders. Anxiety and Insecurity prevall throughout fleth day of communal riot
Lahore, Casualties remained un the Arakan division."
the counted when night feil, but started in January with hospital said it had received troubording to these leaders, "no tax" campaign and other anti-dead and 32 wounded, and a police government activities, which get out official reported 15 had been with its arranged programme for re- of control despite
the Anglo-Bur- and 12 wounded in
buttle. mese agreement and the Interim Government's appeals for peace and offers of amnesty. They added that the situation worsened with the sending of troops and the arrest of U Seinda, who is regarded as one of the most popular leaders of the Arnkanesc
Movement- Freedom Heuter.
"AWFUL QUIET" FOR YANKS
↓
were
Sydney, May 18. Guards from the United States aircraft-carrier, Shangri-la. called out today to control a good- humoured crowd of 12,000 people massing the pier in eagerness to go on board the vessels of the visiting United States Task Force.
Crews on shore liberly, although impressed with the warmth of the welcome, said the Sunday here was "awful quiet,”—Router
FINAL
NOTICE
Pre-Occupation (Army) Claims Commission SEAC Hongkong Section
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Companies/ Individuals who have not already filed their claim against the Army for unpaid accounts contracted prior to 25 Dec 41 are requested to do so IMMEDIATELY.
2. All claimants will complete Army Form P.1922, and submit originals or certified true copies of all documentary: evidence in support of their claims.
3. Claims to be forwarded to A. D. Claims & Hirings, Room 205, 2nd Floor, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building, HONG KONG, (Tel. No. 30009) and clearly marked "PRE- OCCUPATION CLAIM."
4.
Claims must reach the above office by
31st, MAY, 1947.
H. VENIS, Lt. Col.,
A: D. Claims & Hirings. HONG KONG.
11
51 pre-dawn
British and Gurkn troops
were
recalled from their cantonments to assist the police.
agreement believed to have been reached on the plan might be due to political expediency on the part of the Indian political leaders, it was held that their change of spirit was
Government to go through British also due to the determination of the
linquishing is authority In India by June next year,
It was
No official clue was available to- night as to the details of the plan, hut it was generally assumed that The worst situation developed in measures for effecting the partition the old walled city of Lahore. Fires of the provinces and division of the In the
that section lighted the sky country might begin in the first week Sunday
49 night as brightly
the of next month. sunrise.
District manager, J. C. W. Eustace, Imposed a collective fine of 200.000 rupees on a predominantly Moslem area of the city and another 100,000 rupees on a Hindu sevtion because "there appear to be no serious ate tempts) on the part of the citizens),
the commission of to slop
acta prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order."
Mrs Truman fractured her right- hip in a fall in her home in February, The bulletin said she slept well overnight and her pulse is normal.
· UMBERTO BACK
Lisbon, May 18. Ex-King Umberto returned to Lis- hon by plane today from a visit to Calro, where he saw his father, ex- King Victor Emmanuel, other rela- tives and friends.
Umberto Ilves outside Lisbon with his family-United Press.
Death Penalty For Attempted Murder
Napur, Central Provinces, May 18.
A decree providing for the death penalty for persons guilty of attempts
Frederick Bourne, the Governor, nt murder was promulgated by Sir here today.
ment
Tuesday, May 20
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HONGKONG & KHANTOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,
Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting « of the Company will be held at 18 Pedder Street (1st floor) Hong Kong on MONDAY the NINTH day of JUNE; 1947, at NOON, for the purpose of proposing and if thought fit passing the sub-join- ed resolutions as a special xo- solution, viz:-
That the Articles of Association be altered in the manner follow- ing:-
(a) Article 17 shall be cancell-
ed
(b) In the third line of Article T1 the word "two" shall bo substituted for the word "three"
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Chief Manager.
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CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA
WEAKEN SOVIET
INFLUENCE
taken
Hodge's disposal was well trained States economie ald for South Korea for the administration of conquered Japan. To the Americans who land- at Inchon on September 6, 1948. Karea then, was an alien and som what distasteful land.
BY STANLEY RICH
has caused the Russians to lose face (United Press Blaff Correspondent)
in the North. In the closest pro- Seoul, May 18. When the Joint Soviet-Ameri-
ximity to their comparatively affluent neighbours in the South, the North can Commission convened in
Korcans are becoming dangerously Scoul's Duk Soo Palace on March Another factor which was against restless at their own progressively 20. 1946, the Russian delegates American success during last year's worsening circumstances.
negotiations of the Joint Commis 2. As against last year's apathy had two distinct advantages sion was almost complete lack of concerning the situation in Koren. which enabled them to seize, the world interest in what was happen- today there appears to be world- upper hand in their diplomatic ing in Korea. To many Americons wide. interest In the Commission's "a large island in reconvention. American authoritien offensive throughout the six Korea still was
the Pheife!!! Consequently, news admit the present trend of world weeks of fruitless negotiations. of the Commission's meetings was publle opinion will furnish extremely When the end of World War II received with only minor interest fa useful moral support for the Ameri- left Russia with all of North Korea the United States. Lo occupy, the Soviet Union was not entirely unprepared for this for- tuitous windfall. Though physically handicapped for full-scale occupation
unilateral news releases or press nt that lime. It is a matter of his conferences, the Soviet representa- toric record that Russian interest for tives freely granted interviews with more than 300 years involved the selected members of the Korean possession of Korea,
!press and with unofficial Soviet cor- History books also relate how in respondents. I 1904 Russla proposed to guarantee
Moreover, while the American [delegation falthfully observed their commitment that there, should be no
Shoo On Other Foot
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3. Living conditions. int North Koren have. steadily deteriorated during the past year and the Soviets apparently have found their position untenable.
Soviot. Withdrawing The Soviet Army has been execut- ing an extensive withdrawal for tho past two months. Reliable Bources estimate their present strength at he sovereignty of Japan over all Cores "below the 38th parolla" if But today the shoe is distinctly approximately 25,000,
For 21 months the Russians lived
Innd.. Japan would permit the north to on the other foot. It is safe to say remain "free
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