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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947.
EGYPT WANTS BRITISH TROOPS
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON STRIKE THREAT
The following statement from the Labour Officer was officially released this morning:
The statements which have ap- peared in the Chinese Press regard- ing the meoling held on Monday. August 11, between representatives of the Chinese Engineers Institute and the managements of the dock- yards have been so garbled as to be entirely
misleading. The correes position in as follows;
has
The Chinese Engineers' Institute put forward certain demands relating to the basic wages of griison workers in European-owned celah- lishments.
In view of the fact that conditions vary tremendously in different indus- tries, and also that the Chinese En- gineers' Institute is only representa- tive of cortain categories of workers, and. furthermore, that many
workers In those categories are not members of the Chinese
Institute Engineers
Motor Ship Rammed, Sunk
Port Angeles, Washington State, Aug. 13-The United States motor ship Diamond Knot, 3.805 tons, was rammed amidships by a heavy freighter, Victory, of 7.601 tons, in a fog carly today and sank after day- break near Crescent Bay, west of Port Angeles.
The Diamond Knot was being towed by two tugs when she Hank,
Sho was carrying A salmon cargo valued at £750,- 000.
After the collison, the Victory radloed in a dramatic 6OS: "I am keeping the Diamond Knot afloat with her cross trees hook- ed
over my bow."
A message from the Coast Guard station at Seattle said that the ships collided in a heavy Ing and that the Diamond Knot was penetrated to a depth of elght feet-Reuter.
Bomb Derails Leave Train
within
but are members of other unions, il
for the. is obviously impossible
Euro- whole to nego employers as a pean tiate an overall agreement with this ane union withnut immediately in- volving themselves in endless nego-
Vienna, Aug. 13.-Two bomb liations with other unions. Since the
indexplosions took place
80 slated Chinese Engineers Institute
miles of each other is Corinthie, in their that the discontent among members was strongest in the dock the British zone of Austria today. yards, they were requested to pre- One derailed a British leave train
passen pare
their case for submission to the injuring men and women
their homes, Aand the other exploded outside the managements of the deakyards at a Bers returning from meeting in the Labour Offico this
meeting, however, the Chinese Mary Headquarters nt. Velden, in Engineers' Institute did not put for Carinthia. word their request with special re- to conditions of work and ference reanuneration in the dockyards, but contented themselves with reiterat--
request for ប ing their former
The train was derailed as it pass- ed by a cliff edge during darkness at Malinitz, near its journey's end. Emergency crews and breakdown trucks equipped with searchlights general overall increase for artisans. went to the scene to find a number
LABOUR OFFICE PLAN
of Forces men and women slightly One person was taken to The Labour Office has for some injured. various dockyard unions with a viewed to explode.
to setting up
mach
the employers of the
Joint negotiating
dockvards. This
a
-presentos
of
A small bomb
WITHDRAWN
BY
SEPT. 1
-The Prime Lake Success, Aug. 13. Minister of Egypt, Mahmoud El. Nokrashy Pasha, today called on the United Nations Security Council to order that British troops be withdrawn from his country by September 1 of this year. This was the first time a date had been mentioned by Egypt.
Nokrashy Pasha, who was speaking for the third time in the Security Council on Egypt's com- plaint against Britain, had just heard Sir Alexander Cadogan, the British spokesman, ask the Council to dismiss the Egyptian case.
Sir Alexander declared: "There is no dispute here which endangers peace and security unless Egypt de- liberately creates one rather than to comply with her Itnernational obli- cations."
The British delegate, speaking of the British sojourn in Egypt, said: The British found Egypt under un arbitrary though ineficient despotism, When they left, elements or rule of Arbitrary law had been established. despotism is characteristic of Nazism. When the British came to Egypt they found slave trading and slavery, When they left both these things had Slavery is a characteristic ceased. of Nazism."
After referring again In detail to the bombardment of Alexandria in 1922. Sir Alexander sald: "The Egyp- sian Premier said that because the convenant of the League is no longer in force, the important provision of treaty had ceased to be operative.
"If the
my
DOLLAR DELEGATION
NOMINATED
London, Aug. 13.-The composition of the British. delegation to Washington to discuss the dollar crisis was decided today.
The loader will be Sir Wilfred Eady of the Treasury. The other members are Sir Edmund Hall-Patch of the Foreign Office, Mr H. J. B. Lintott of the Board of Trade, Mr Thompson-McCausland and Mr P. S. Beale of the Bank of England...
+
They will leave by air for Washington on Friday ovaning. Whitehall today expected the talks to be brief and to centre not on more technicalities of the convertibility. and discrimination clauses of the loan agreement, but on the vital question of whether the United States Treasury can get an appropriation to support sterling after the loan is exhausted.
The only alternative London officials could see was virtual chaos in the foreign exchanges and disruption of trade between the dollar area and the rest of the world.-- Reuter
..
Arabs And Jews In Conflict:
Three Killed, 13
Injured
Jerusalem, Aug. 13.-Arabs and Jews continued today to stone, stub and snipe at one another in the streets of Tel-Aviv and adjacent Jaffa, causing three deaths and injuries to 13. Two Arabs, and one Jew are on the death list.
M.P.S INCENSED OVER
*
SOVIET BAN
London, Aug. 13.-Incensed members of the Commons today suggested that the British governmentrike back............. at Russin unless it lets 15 Russian wives. to join their British husbands.
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BATSMEN
SCORE FREELY
Lancashire's 510
London, Aug. 13.-Perfect weather produced another crop of big scores in the Coun- ty cricket championship games today and only Hamp- shire, with a total of 280, failed to reach 300.
The outstanding performance of the day was accomplished by the Lanenshire XI, who ran up a total of 510 against Essex.
"Twins".
For A change, the Middlesex
Bill Edrich and Denis' were dismissed--both Compton clean bowled for small scores and Middlesex are having the worst of the argument against Kent.
Fdrich's brother... George, however, came into the, limelight when play- ing for Lancashire. Place and Ed- rich put on.no fewer han 273 runs in two hours and 40 minutes for Lancashire's third wicket
The day's top scores was Palmer,
. of Worcestershire, whose 170 not out was
his best in
cricket and.. in county was Worestershire's best individual score of the
in of the season. Palmer was wo century stards and has. so far, Sinto Sunday night when an Arab batted for five hours: ten minutes. band attacked the Hawall Cafe on
Gloucestershire, leaders
in the the Yarkon River, Tel-Aviv, there
championship, scoring 80 for the loss. have been six Jews and three Arabs of two wickets finished the first day killed. Since the enfe Incident, all 130 runs behind, but with eight wie- casualties have resulted from street Aghting, especially near the Tets in hand against South Africa,
totalled whose first innings Aviv-Jalta border. In most of the This was not a particularly im- Arab attacks, knives have been the pressive display by the principal
while. the Jews
bad. all too rares tourists, have used
sticks and knives. In an effort to
to curb theso attack,
who of lively batting, For the most part, they rather flattered the bowling and a curfew has been Imposed on the there were: some painfully slow
if
two quarters of Jaffa where mest of the Incidents took place. It star ted at G tonight
the covenant of the League had been in force and Egypt had brought her present claim before the Coun- ell of the League of Nations, Government would have contended
The Conservative member, Lord | peal should be made. I think before that body that the Egyptian claims should be completely rejected Winterton, who raised the question the Soviet government continues to
Commons adjourned; take
打 up this attitude pending visions of before the In accordance with the provisions
"I think that official corres- hearing of the question by some covenant on precisely the same pondence on the subject should be intern
international body, the Soviet
in dismissed axploded these claims should be which
grounds as
has no case because a valid treaty accords a complete answer to both demands and there is no danger to unicas Egypt creates one security
GENUINE DISPUTES
Alternatives To Film Tax
and
periods.
The loss of three men before the will last 106
100 was reached may have led to the until six in the morning.
raretuiness and some of the brightest This is the first time that a curfew hitting was seen late in the after-
has been placed on an Arab com- nnon by Harris, whose 36 included
Brigadier A. R. W. Low, Conser- APPEAL FOR CALMNESS vative member. Gald one of the reasons why women were not per
Union mitted to leave the Soviel was the shortage of manpower but the Soviet Embassy was manned entirely by Russians.
Every responsible leader and or Ganization in Tel-Aviv and Jaffa has appealed to the people for calmness, holding that the acts were perpetrat id by irresponsible hooligans."
aut
Dyer, who opened the innings with Melville, was top-scorer with 79.'
Gloucestershire had two wickets dow. aur 30, bu, tie combination of two leithanders, Allen and Crapp, -held-out for: the-temalader-of-the-
day's play
J
time been in consultation with the hospital. A second bomb had fail- the cover she now contends that out in the form of a White Paper government should be informed that munity since the days of 1936 riots izbe fours, and Fullerton, who played nery between the workers and outside the Military Headquarters accordance with the provisions and the government should consider It is embarrassing for the govern- when Arabs railed Jewish setile-imself in carefully, but showed that of what is the oppropriate Interment to provide visas for members ments and massacred the population, he could hit while compiling 33. not would take the forent Velden caused neither casualties the UNO charter, namely that Egypt national authority to which an op- of Russian delegations."
of nor damage to the building, which malito: on which would be re- i was occupied by the staff of 138
the unions of workers Brigade., all in the dockyards und re- employed in th
While the British military police resentatives of all the managements and the civilian force attempted to through failure to full her treaty
The object of this trace the people responsible for the obligations.-- döckydive. committee would be to consider all train wrecking, it was unofelully problems which are common to all believed here that Jewish terrorists the dockyards, including questions of were involved. The help pay and working hours, and general American authorities in the neigh- conditions of work of all employees bouring zone was requested.
But for the fact that a baggage In the dockyards. Machinery of thes
and is function van was next to the engine type has been sel up
been more casualties, might have successfully not only in the ing United Kingdom but in
serious. The floor of the van was many
shattered and the next four conches countries. It is in accordance
Trade Union practice and the derailed Reuter, sound Tra recommendations of the International Labour Omice. It provides a sound and democratic means for the amic- able sett
settlement of
between disputes workers and employers.
At the
on
Office Monday
meeting
EDITORIAL
other
In the Labour
OPERA STARS BETROTHED
in
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the
of the
be a
of the
statement
he knew all the facts.
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London, Aug.
13.---British
tax
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SUGGESTIONS REJECTED
Hc
Russia would
Today's clashes started at about 9 a.m. and continued all day with more than a dozen individual at-
Jews.
CLOSE OF PLAY The close of play scores were. South Africa 225 (Dyer 74). Gloucestershire 89 for two. (Allen
2 not out).
At Scarborough: Derbyshire 309 (Townsend 137, Pope 00). York- hire four for no wickets.
At Weston-super-Mare: Hamp- shiro.. 280 (Rogers 69, Hills 58. Hazell six for di). Somerset 01 for no wickets.
At Lords: Kent 301 (Fage Ov Valentine 01). Middlesex 133 hree (Robertson 73 not out).
At Hastings: Sussex 382 for seven (Parks 111, Juines Langridge 105, Cox : 01).
At Swansea: Glamorgan son 50, Jones 78, 02359 (Dy- Clarke five for 123). Northampton- shire 42 for no wickets.
At Dudley: Worcestershire 420
for Ave (Kenyon 102, Palmer 176 not out, Jenkins 02 not out) against Not-
shire.
443
Coventry: Warwickshire (Ord 125, Maudsley 82). Surrey no
"My Government fully oeccpts the position at genuine disputes re-
He suggested that Britain ask the tacks. They began with the stabbi lating to the application or inter- pretation of the treaty of 1030 should film producers sought today an Soviet Union to withdraw 30 Rus-of a Jew and were followed by the
women who were here for fatal stabbing of an Arab.
Then the dealt with in accordance with the early meeting with their oppo various reasons and perhaps, in re- the Jews launched on attun
provisions of Chart of the site numbers in the United
ble market on the border, consider re-vegetable United Nations".
teasing the wives of the British men, wounding three Arabs. The Arabs way Sir Alexander could not agree with States to find some
The Under-Secretary of Foreign Nattrashv Pusho's
that which the British Government
turned down the suggestions. both parties to a treaty should have can cut the dollar, drain for Affairs,, Mr Christopher Mayhew, retaliated with an attade on two This afternoon, Mr E. Flanagan. the right to submil differences of the Hollywood movies without uti-
The Labourite, Mr J. McGovern, Superintendent of Police, Lydda League of Nations after ten years. lizing the present "confiscatory" said he had concluded that the So-district, conferred with, General B. N. The treats stipulated a time limit of
of 75 percent of tax 20 years.
their viet government had no intention of Gale on the subject, of tightening He also said that Nokrashy Pasha earnings here.
listening to the voice of reason from security measures and the possibility would not have said that Egypt was
of billeting more troops in Tel-Aviv, The Producers Association, in any part of the world." August 11, Uc
Lord Winterton, outlining an emergency
GOVT. STATEMENT the position was explained to the
London, Aug 13-Mimi Benzell, not grateful for United Kingdom statement following rc-
The Palestine Government issued presentatives of the Chinese En-Metropolitan Opera soprano, and help in getting rid of capitulations if meeting today, said that it refused background of the case, said during
to believe that the an- Bug- John Westbrook, British actor,
measure and just after the war 30 men con- a statement tonight that there was gineers Institute and it was
Sir Alexander also strongly refut- gested to them that they should nounced thele engagement today. roserve their demands until this Westbrookt is Mins Benzell's lead-ed what he called the "insinuations" once as a surprise move by the nected with various British missions nothing to indicate that the present Government a weelt ago, was intend-in Moscow and Murmansk and eine- disturbances were anything more been established, ing man had
Nokrashy
where married Soviet girls and the than a series of disconnected in committee
Pasho, Arstly, that ed as a permanent regulation. Britain wanted to keep the Sudanese The statement sald that the Pro-Soviet government did not object to cidents. It is not considered to be a (Continued on Page 4)
out of the discussions relating toducers Association was assured "that it.
general Jewish or Arab uprising and their future, whereas Egypt wished the main purpose of the order was
said 15 of the wives were is not believed to have any political to bring them in, and secondly, that to cali a temporary halt 1 the granted permission to come to Bri- significance. Britain wished to defer
A spokesman of films Sudanese
for tmportation
Into this van but some 15 were still in Russia
the Jewish for Palestine summed up Reif-government distant thus with their
and they had whlic Egypt was defending the rights of time during which delalled and been told that they would never be situation: tale to beere, that there of the Sudanese,
careful consideration can be given allowed to join their husbands in are Arab organisations, bodies and Egypt's case before this Council to the best method by which the Britain.
Individuals in the country who are has been that the,Sudan is tied to adverse balance between the amount Lord Winterton said, "It is one of being influenced by Incilement from Egypt by
Beographical, racial, Britain pays for American pictures the many general complaints that certain quarters in Cairo. We Jews linguistic and economic ties and so and the amount which British pro- letters sent by husbands to their are not interested in having incidents tied Indefinitely.
ducers receive froin America
may wives and those written by Russian
with the Arabs. We have sought to prove the be substantially reduced."
wives fall to reach the husbands or
"We
are convinced that the vast contrary and it the Sudanese people NOT ENOUGH FILMS wives as the case may be. The wives majority of the Arabs do not want should wish for complete Indepen- With a view of finding such a 20- cannot get work under ordinary cir- Incidents. We prefer to look on the dence there are no reasons to breation, Mr J. Arthur Rank, Prest cumstances and some of these girls Incidents ar purdly local affairs but vent their achieving, ik
dent of the British Producers Asso-have received demands to pay. the we have the experience how such Aberdeen . clation, said the Alm Interests here childice:ness tax payable by all affairs can develop into something Airdrieonians
Invited Mr Eric Johnson, and Soviet women over 20. This amounts much more serious. The Government Clyde "Nokrashy Pasha, speaking in the other representatives of the Motion to 1,500 rubles a year. One girl was must, therefore, take every step to. Egyptian Chamber in December last, Pictures Association of America to threatened with imprisonment if she put an end to these outbreaks Im-forton
did not pay."--Unlied Press, sald Everybody, must know when I attend an early conference,
inediately"-Router. say the tinlty of Egypt and it would be a
Mr Rank told
newspapermen that dan
the crown of Egypt I under
British out sufficient mean a permanent unity and it was Alms Producere British Because of statements of this kind Alms other
to keep
after And of the
the fact that the United
accupied
noxt when the real pinch caused Kingdom would not, toʻguin Ra poll- dical destres in Egypt, barter away by the American producers' refusal to the future of the Sudanese. that the
ship
is expected to be Alms here negotiations broke down.
felt.
He said that British producers had that they would do every- possible to increase home pro-
Same Old Obstructions
the
IN his reply to the public address the King's of welcome at Theatre, Sir Alexander Grant- ham found time to make speciño reference to the future of the Hongkong Univerally. He said: "One" malter on which I feel I must comment is the University, I regard it as a matter of the kreatest importance that University should become a first- class institution beacon of
en tightenment and culture in this part of the
world." This pro- nouncement suggested that a new policy for the future of the University had been agreed upon; no longer would it have te that an live on a hand-to-mouth level; that it had expansion plans wide public, interest,
this be
lief, the Telegraph endeavoured In oblain the Information for its readers. We were coldly rebuff. ed, being told that the Vice. Chancellor would, in due course, Issue a statement to the Press through the Government Publis Relations Officer. When our re- presentative suggested that fi would be a rather good idea lend some "colour" ip the story by vising the University, noltar Its wartime damage, and detailing is rehabilitation work and proposed Improvements, frigid reply came back that the University was not interested;
to
then
whatever
publicity was needed would be released through the time PRO. This was the first
we knew that, laymen wore bet- *ter experienced or more aerom- pilshed reporters than members of our staff, but it was not the first time we had carpuntered this type of obstruction, It AVER prevalent before the Pacifio. War, and, apparently nothing must be changed.
The
self-appointed VIPs can still impose their own
effective (alded, today by
s
• form of channel the TKERTI
an escape
Re- lations Office. Many Government departmental heads (and people) lave decided publi-
a. decided that olly consta of "angled hand- auts to the Press through the PRO; under which method, of course.
only that which executive amfleer feels disposed to reveal is made public, ́ ́Our un- derstanding was that the PRO
tho
existed to assist pressmen to ob lain the facts-not to be a stooge. Perhaps an unequivocal directive from the proper quarters might correct the poellion. In the meantime, much as the Telegraph would like to give its readers a and interesting story about at
future of the Honakoar University, we fene they will have to wall for the official hand-out which will probably be las unins formative as a University;exami».. natton paper.
STIRRING UP FEELING
Counell that the future of the Sudan
1
domestic
matter between Egypt
Bсrecr
six
GERMANS ATTACK GIS
Berlin, Aug. 13-Thirty to forty persons, believed to have been Germans, attacked three American soldiers in a park about 600 yards from the Spandau war criminals' prison hero last night:
okrashy Pasha ainted before this EMS, but said
the handicaps of longed to, the guard at the prison; with his girlfriend · suistasa
and the Sudanese and that there wore
to be no intrudern from outside In
this matter. Before the Egyptian and other
lie maapower problem fied before the attack, but the third ther considerations would leave
was beaten unconscious and then Chamber he said that the Sudanese Britain dependent upon American thrown into a lake, according to the are to be bound forever to gyat imports for a long time to come. German news service in the British
In a recent statement in the United zone, whether they wish it or not.
which adds that he was res
American
• the
boza stir.
runs for no wickets.
At Clucton: Lancashire 510 (Place 111, G. A. Edrich 132, Wharton 01, Cranston 08, Ray Smith six for 152). Essex 11 for two-Reuter,
SOCCER RESULTS London, Aug 13. The following ore the results of football games in the Scottish leagues:
Division A
Hearts
Queen's Park 2 Queen of S. Rangers
Jbernian
3 Celtic TFalkirk
St. Mirren Motherwell Third Lanark
a Dundeo
✔ Partick
pivision B
Ayr United 0 Albion Hovers Dundee, United`6;' Alloa. Dunfermline 24 Arbroath: ... Hamilton
Leila
1 Cowdenbeath". 0 East Fifo Ralth Hovers 2. Dumbarton Stenhousemut Surling
St. Johnstone 2 Kilmarnock
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NN NOGAN bingmerÒN.
with the tho
Two of tho. Americans, ・ who be, being beaten up while standing
DAVIS CUP DRAW Spandau cafe.
Montreal, Aug.13,-Australia and. The other was attacked by four Czechoslovakia' will commence Germans who asked for citarettes, their. Davis Cup interzone:
Private Bell, who is a guard at the final here tomorrow, Spandau Prison, which houses the winner qualifying Nazi war leaders sentenced' at United States for, the
been that two Nuremberg, to have b The two, singles tomorrow, will be Jack Bromwich (Australia) against. D. Cernik (Czecho■lovaldia) and ference of the Anglo-Ameilein f}}=} AMOR IQ work in: hospital after bottle and then jumped on, and made i
thrown Dinny breinst
Palls (Australia) - versus Jaroslav Drobny (Czechoslovakia).
Bromwich will also play in F- day's doubles, partnered by Coun Long-Router.
Sir Alecander "concluded that States, Mr Eric Jolinston Indicated eueri
that he might vigt England in the hospitnd taken to Egyptian
have politicians ring up teeing against the treaty near future. with the deliberate intention of gan that no time, or place for Ing their wishes,
Con
interest had been fixed but ins
before
beaten up by Germans,
unconisetous It in they tho
pra. creating
First Clack Private Thomas Bell. into the lake. menace to peaca 1: there is any. "I dicated that it might take place in of Cambridge, Maryland, according One of Bell's assaltants has been submit that Egypt has made na case a few weeks and probably, frí Lón" to the Intor version, was merlously arrested and Investigations into the
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all in the American hospital after | incident are continuing-Router.” ***
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