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VOL. II NO. 316
TOMORROW'S RACE TIPS
Double Tenth Meet
(By. "THE TURF"}
FIRST RACE
Bappy Season
Kelly
Ropebud
Cutalder:-Jinx,
Pelay
SECOND RACE
Peacock
National Congress
Oulder:--Toolsie.
THIRD RACE
Argentine Moun
V-J Day
Wilhelmina
Outside-Spanish Onion.
FOURTH RACE
Airfeld
Emperor's Gate
Jackal
Outsider:Betty in
FIFTH RACE
Norse Queen
Bashful Beauty
Daisy Bell
Outsoder:--Shannon.
SIXTH RACE
Canary,
Iloneybelle
Golden Wheel Outsider:--Souvenir.
SEVENTH RACE
Masterpiece Cooper Lucky Strike Outsider: Speedaway.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1947.
No Telegraph DOLLAR CRISIS Tobacco Tax
Tomorrow
Tomorrow, being the Double Tenth anniversary, and a public holiday, there will be no publication of the Hongkong Telegraph.
The South China Morning Post will publish as usual to- morrow, but will not issue a paper on Saturday morning.
The Telegraph will pub- lish as usual on Saturday. and the paper will contain, not only its usual weekend features, but Friday's world news, holiday sport, and the result of the ZBW ques- tionnaire.
Fight To Curb Cholera Epidemic
WORSENS
Cripps Foresees "Gradual Economic
Strangulation"
London, Oct. 8.-Grave warnings that unless new dollars are made available to Europe in the "quite near future," Britain will be driven to slash her dollar imports still further and thus begin a process which would lead to "gradual, économic strangulation,” were given here today by Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain's newly appointed Minister for Economic Affairs.
Pressed to define the "quite near, future." Sir Stafford told a press conference that new import cuts would follow "unless something happens to ease the generally tight situation this year."
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Cairo, Oct. 8.-The Egyptian medicni authorities' worked He suggested the immediate, transfer from British reserves held
given to in New York. micht feverishly today to curb the dollar relief
The Rancial effect of the dread cholera epidemic before Britain in various ways, including
a now loan from the International | things is of course the same: the start of winter weather.
important thing la how much gold Bank.
where Brst ease*
she In two works since the
"We have already begun to dip Britain owns and vot wm reported the disrase, according into our reserve of gold and dollars", holds it.
But at the time of the mid- Įto unumlicial Mgures, has struck down he said, "a reserve which is none
it was argued in D02 persons and claimed the lives to ule and which serves the whole. September sale
victims, No official figures on
therefore some quarters that a physical ship- Unless area, the total positive cases ned
deals
meat from Britain would have had That been immed.
a bigger shock on the public. This dollars before long, swe
on this has apparently been done obliged to embark upon further cuts,
occasion, even though Britain is still That is the urgency of the present believed to hold some gold in the situation so far as we ourselves are
States or Counda, concerned. Sir Stafford Cripps de- United clared. "Other countries are faced could have been transferred to the with the same problem and indeed United States. will not be able to feed their people".
Medical experts indicated that the rpidemic was slacking off int tha government took a more cautious attitude. Dr Ahmed Kamal Bey, Dieretor of Preventative Medielne the Publle Health Ministry, said "We hope that the epidemic can cease within one or two months. Al jany rate, we must completely stame
it out before winter."
Kamal, one of Egypt's cholera ex- perts. cinimed that the present epidemic has produced the smallest
scourges in the world.
sterling
there is some new availability of
AC
Shan
bo
which
THE ONLY SOURCE It was believed, though not de- finitely known,
this week's Sir shipment was larger, and perhaps
FAST QUESTIONS Replying to fast questioning! by 200 correspondents, Stafford said that Britain was at- teinpting "to get other parts of the far as possible to
ance their
好弥
that
much larger, thun £20,000,000 sold in mid-September.
While the $400,000,000 balance of the United States loan remains un-
Threat
London, Oct. 8.A veil- ed threat by the Economic Affairs Minister, Sir Stafford Cripps, at a press conference here tonight that "we might double the tax on tobacco again and see if that will stop people smoking". caused a gloom among smokers and consternation in the trade.
Last April, one of the most severe customs duties ever applied to a popular commodity, "at one blow" sent the price of a packet of 20 cigarettes rocketing from 2/4 to 3/4d a packet, re- presenting a tax increase of 50%. If this tax is "doubled again", the price of a packet of cigarettes would go up to 5/4, a price which would be prohibitive for hundreds of thousands of smakers.- Reuter.
Palestine Partition
U.S. EXPECTED TO BACK PROPOSAL
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French Military Offensive Im Tonkin Imminent
Saigon, Oct. 8.-A.French military offensive. in Tonkin, north Indo-China, is imminent - if not already started reliable reports reaching here, from Hanoi said today.
Admiral Battet, acting Commander of the French Forces in Indo-China, loft Saigon for Hanoi this morn- ing. Internal air servicos throughout. Indo-Chinnore cancelled, it was officially announced today.
All reserva parachutists were re-addresting a special menion of the ported to have received orders to Coin-China Comelj, upponlod "O stand by ready to move up to the al patriots engaged in national no. north of the country, at the shortest sistance to reemasider their presont notier.
attitude and nearch for a penceful solution."
The Immediate objective of the reported offensive according to rellable sources, was to encircle Bac Kan, present headquarters of Ho Chi Minh, President of the Viet Nam Republican Government. about 100
males north of Hanoi,
was also aimed at drawing a millory ring around northern Tonkin and the eastern region of eastern Tonkin held by Viet Nam
「ざい奴を
VIET-NAM BROADCAST
Viet Nam-controlled radio, The "Voice of Viot Num." today an- nounced
have that "the French opened un a fullscale autumn offen- sive against us. The Viet Namese people will resist aggression at all cools.
arg ready to sacrifice millions aur patriots to uphold national free-
The
"the and
tiom."
PARIS DENIAL -- Meanwhile reports that s. "French rollary offensive is éminent” in Tonkin wire devcribed by an offcial of the French Colorsal Ministry in Party as "very exaggerated."
He pointed out that the radny senson 'does not end until November and, meanwhile, all operations word difcult
"To talk of a military offensive,*i ho naid, "implies that there are two organised armies incing enu anothér,, which is not the case.”
The spokesman added that oma villages may have asked for pro- tretien and some French troops may advanced accordingly. να have relatively few troops to the
by
have
mo
cowe prefer death to slavery and north. Our policy in that of pro-
ofgressively extending protection
elping villagers to defend their villages and by startioning amali unita - froops where they are asked for. The villagers know who is fighting gainst them, and if threatened they warn us."-Reuter.
broadcast stated that Viet Nomese armed strength
Lake Success, Oct. 8.--A lead- ing. delegate to the United Na- tions Assembly reported today he had been told by a high State Department official that the United States would support the proposal for partition of Pains fine with perhaps a few modi-nouncement concluded. fications."
on
death rate of all previous cholera | sterling area amnings ogsinst there usable, and until Britain can raise Palestine had been completed, but he
balance
expenditure of dollars.
Vonnuish
that
tr
on-
Trade More Important
Than Politics
munition supplies are a match to French resources" and added France, "because of its unenviable Internal distress and staffering, can-
not sustain the war in Vict Nom.
"We
arc.
certain the rudio
circles in Saigon con→ sidered that the French decision to A spokesman for the United States delegation said a rough draft of the speed up the offensive against Ho Minh was "nost probably iné American policy declaration
for negotiating a political
'Liverpool, Oct. 6.—The Minister of Ho Chi Minh, in a broadcast last Food, Mr John Strachey, declared week, claimed that the whole nation here today that Britain and the S... supported Republican resistance to viet Union must forget their poli- A source close to the Soviet delega- the French. He disputed the right tical differences and draw up a new of Bao Dal to negotiate with the rade agreement which would ge A report of the British Common-tonald the Russians were waiting
the two
complementary two mutually Pakistan. The food may only wealth sterling area financial talks to hear the US. declaration before French on behalf of the Viet Namese.ne
countries the grods they needed. bo available in South America-in,
making their own polley statement. which case it can only be bought fur in London. Issued on Tuesday night This source sold the Sovic policy
Speaking after he had sampled talked of strengthening the sterling was
crnli-ment rot deinitely determined, al- of dollar
from
54,000 tons of tinned Referring to the cent Comm- arca's gold and dollar reserves by though Russla inclined
cutting dollar imports, but did not speak of doing it by enlarging the Empire's gold output.-Reuter.
10% DEATH RATE London, Ori, 8-British expert
said, "Of all cholera cases who, it was learned authoritatively tonight, will examine the possibility which have been isolated and treated of an Empire Customs Union, are not more than 10 percent died. Tals likely to work out a plan involving due mainly to the most modern new form of preferential tariffs.asures employed by the Ministry within the Commonwealth. The Public Health in combat principle of absolute free trade finds j-pidemic."
no favour among the Dominions, it was stated.
The
representing experts,
the Board of Trade, the Treasury and the Commonwealth Relations Office, will prepare a report for sulanission
to the Cabinet, which will decide whether it should be sent on to the Dominion governments when their Prime Ministers come to Britain for Elizabeth's wedding next Princess month.
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EDITORIAL
the
An overwhelming majority deaths from positive cases occurred in Sharkich proving, north of Cairo. The lack of drinking water and poor newage systems in poorer peasant districts rocketed the dis.ase rate.
its biggest snag when panieky thou- sands hide infected areas slipped through
the police and army curdons way of farm traits and tiny irrigation canals.
The anti-cholera campaign struck
1773
United Press.
ve
contributed
Russia's Latest Move
THE establishment of a nine-
United inove
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"Naturally, it is difficult mallor the wind by selling her South declined to discuss its contents. The dced by Bao Dal's recent con-
Biore
of adjustment. In some arena it la obviously or difficult than others and depends
very largely availability of food supplies.
Take the problem of feeding India
kirirl
on the
wenib: dollar talks in London, bir Stafford Cr pps hope that the doll r d: neit under this head (dollar ac- counts in sterling area) would be much reduced by the action of the sterling
who have area countries
just concluded, an important confer-
nice in London.
RUBBER PROBLEM
stocks
but
DI
American utilities or in other ways, the gold reserve is almost the only source for financing the still huge deficit in the balance of dollar pay- ments.
900 mph Robot
Rocket Plane
besettlement in Indo-China."
United States stateinent will made here probably on Thursday or Friday.
support
CILUVCH
Was
01
Utena
to
federalised slate.
The
proposal for a federalised state was recommended by the minority report of the speelal United Nations Committee on Palestine, but has boen opposed by both the Arabs and the Jewish agency for Palestine.
POLAND'S ATTITUDE
to
the
had earlier
CEDING SOVEREIGNTY Bao Dai
announced that he had accepted an offer by certain
from Nam delegates Viet parties other than the Communists with the French, who to negotiate were said to
have indicated they would recognise 11 provisional gov- ernment headed by Bao Dai,
ar
fish which had just arrived here as the first consignment of a 7,000,000. ton order from Russia, Mr Strachey said that he firmly believed that ft was essential for Britain to 'establish better relations with the Soviet Union in and through trade,
are mutually than com-
General Xuan, who today 18- "flere have been verlóig politica! and sumed ofle: ns President of the differences between ourselves Cochin-China Government, declared flussia in the past two yours. They that his government had agreed to are so deep and intractable that the for "ecdc the country's external best course would seem to be, sovereignty to France," while it was the time being, to agree to differ in "determined fully to exercisende the political field. pendence in all internal affairs."
"But that regrettable fact does not realities uiter the basic economic A National Army, he agreed, con- integral
factor
realition is that of and one of those siltuted
nty," but he asked Britain and Russia Nallemal sovereignty, the Viet Namnése people to "ponder complementary - rather over the astronomical expenditurepetitive in the economie Beld", hu necessary for training and keeping declared. up an up-to-date separate National "Surely it is not beyond the wit Amy in these days of the race for at mun lo device ways in which tu atomic power,
Interchange of commodities am be Poland's position was outlined by "Atomic research studies alene arranged to the immence good of Josef Winiewicz, before the General would cost us 150 med pitistics, both countrica week Assembly's 67-nation Palestine Com- while an equal amount would be re- Mr Strachey added that "if this | mittee, which already had heard. quircet la perf:ct rader equipment. modest beginning in the restoration Uruguay and Panama support the Saying that his government, which of Anglo-Russian trade is to grow Partition plan and the Moslem Domi- is "provisional and transitory" would into a substantial interchange to both OVETULI Katisfactory nion of Pakistan line up with the "help to re-create a favourable nt-countries, nurt in opposing it. Winiewicz did mosphere for peace and appense- trade agreement in nexensury."
specifically accept the partition|ment," General Xuan, who was Reuter. plan, but he expressed opposition to both the Arab plan for an Indepen- dent Arab state and the minority
gold which it holds for the entire robol, 22 feet long with a
recommendationa
the vinca
Nutions Sneelal Committee 411 Palestine, (UNSCOP) for a feder alised state.
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Lees And Whitcombe Lead
Professional Golf Field
When another questioner suggest A tremendous quantity of medical ed that Britain should encourage the Britain had hardened her attitude supplies has been flown into Egypt United States to buy more natural
Poland urged the UN to drop all
solution: to towards the United States claims in and friendly rivalry has sprung up
other proposed rubber from Malaya, Sr Stafford th: trude talks at Geneva, where a between diplomat representatives commented: "We are of ecurse -
Palestine problem and concentrate deadlock sill exists on the problem regarding the amounts
should buy mat
'British Invention xious that America
un plans to partition the Holy Land and Arab Inta separate Jewish of Imperial preferences, according | by their countries.
natural rubber but it is oifficult to a reliable authority. It has bien
Padstow, England. Oct. 3.-A 900-evuntries] At the same time, Poland It believed that there was and rather compllented problem be
Im- permit made clear that the Commonwealth set thuch chance of the epidemic cause it is mixed up with the quca-mile an hour robo! rocket aeroplane, demanded action countries cannot reduce Imperial sprending to other countries because
first to be used in new experimente mediate Immigration of 250,000 tion of strategie reserves of synthes
Jewish with lights faster than the spred of | European preferences without some immédiate of the stringent measures invoked-tic producing capacity.
refugees inju Pestine, despite
Arab backward", sound, streak:d vertically into the compensation.-Router.
vigorous "We liave not been Sir Stafford added with a smile, "in sca Roday w. minutes after being protests against further Jewish m
a Mosquito bomber launched from making representallen that rubber 1
inigration, a very healthy commodity to buy". at 38,000 feet.
The Minister agrted thui one British scientists cautiously refused temporary solution would be for lo esinment "for at least Britain to draw on the remaining
ing until they can collect and plot datu $400.000.000 of the American loan of recorded by nudio from instruments which Britain suspended drawings on board the robot-on whether the the in grecia with the Unlled States, plane actually passed through
Sir Stafford said that if the re- mysterious "sonic barrier" of piled- maining $100,000,000 were unfrozen, up air believed to be encountered this would "very likely enable Bri- at very high speeds. tain to get through this year,
One observer said it appeared to how much further would depend on be a "reasonable assumption" that how much we dipped into our re-it did since most of the fight was n serves," he added.
nose-down
own power diva, Estimating Britain's
The.
of polished mahogany, glided sterling area at between £500,000.- for only 16 seconds and then turned 000 and £600,000,000, Sir. Stafford its nose deran just as its 2,000 horse- said that no one knew how far this power alcohol motor adapted from could be run down, without reach that of the German V-Z-belched
of white Ing danger point because it Imd its first puff never been done.
Scientists of the The Government could not ent Ministry of Supply heavily into this reserve unless the R A. F in the project, said there was a definite prospect of another rocket would be launched replenishing it within the hear soon but "not for some wecit." fulare, he declared.-Reuter.
Associated Press. GOLD WITHDRAWN?
FOR THE FUTURE London,
was no definite indiea- Oct. 8-Circumstantial Chicago, Oel. 8-Brig-Glen Donald
Och Calculta,
3 Tho though unconfirmable reperts were Putt, Deputy Chief of the Engineer- tion as to the land Russin would tuke. Both Be United States and circirated in London today that aint Division of Air Material Com Russia are expected to make their
Another 30 holes will be played to-
football team, Sing Tao of Hon large consignment
morrow. Only 20 compititors are
thured of gold, takermend, sald' in speich hero today
which recently from Britain's reserves, was on its that
misille guided
capable of polley statements later this week,
In the field, which is confined to long, tournament winners and Ryder Cup Southern England, arrived in Cal- way to New York.
revelling 5,000 miles will become a possibly Thursday or Friday. Today's list of speakers included Egypt and
cutta today on the way to Hong- season, but Henry players this There was an indication in London reality within 15 years.
Colton was unable to pluy owing kong. He said with unlimited funds and Czechoslovakia. that the timing of an official an-
M. Winlewicz said Poland hoped to the after effects of tonalitis.
The player-manager of the party nouncement of this news would be resources the air forces believed a
It had been hoped that Hobby admitted that the defeats werg dog arranged so as to have the maximum 5,000-mile missile could become a that at some future time Jewish effect in bringing home to the British really within five years, but at a and Arab relations could be esta-Locke, who called in England on his to the superiority of their opponents
way home to South Africa from the peacetime research pace the bilshed on such a public the seriousness of the dollar normal pes position.
probably would be 10 years. time
binational foderated state would be United States, would foin the select and their own lack of finish and not a little to damper conditions spd a This was supported by the fact Calling for American air security, practical, but said a solution of a Held and an invitation was sent to that the movement, as reported, was Gen Futt said only 1.010 military binational state could not be the him, but after being delayed at heavier ball,
Ho mentioned one game played in an kelual shipment of gold from aircraft of all typta were delivered right and just one at the present Shannon Airport, making it impossi Britain's reserves in London and not, to the air forces last year compared moment, The tension which prevails ble for him to compete, Locke con- Holland under are lights with the as was the sale of £20,000,000 to the to 30,000 in 1948 and 70,000 in 1944. and the antagonism witnessed there fessed that he could not accept as ball painted.
Press he needed a rest. United States in mid-September. al-United Press.
aro too great.Associated Press.
nation Communist Informa- tion Bureau-engineered and car- rled through by Moscow-ht produced sharp and lively renc- tlons among the non-teillarkon countries, notably the States and
Britain. The has been described as a "clear declaration of political warfare," while other observers suggest this is the prelude to Russia's with- drawal from the United Nations. Both may turn out to be exaggera- tions, but whatever the Intention behind his sudden development, It cannot be regarded as anything less
a widening of the than breachi between
and eastern western Europe. Ju what the activities of the Bureau will bo there is at present little evidence.. but it is not unreasonable to
rc- MBK4
such an organisation as a resuscitated Comintern, masque. radiog under a more high falutin tille. The sinister network of political intrigue and sabotage which
the original Comintern spread throughout the world was notorious, and is still remembered. Any attempt by the Communist International Information
Jon Bureau
to follow the same pattern will call for concerted resistance among the, democracies, whose freedom of political thought is a prized podscision. At the moment It would appene that the Kremlin
intends to use its new organisation as a lg silek to achieve two purposes; (a) to
tlic frighten United States and her politaal partners, (b) to intensify is pre- paganda for home consumption. The latter is well illustrated hy the lines already adopted in Mos- cow's announcement of the new Bureau. It is described organization to save democracy from the freedom-haling United States and
her
capitalistic col- leagues studied misuse of the word Democracy us it fs Known by those who enjoy is benefis, To the Russian at home, however, this ridiculous assertion will be swallowed without question, and the misunderstanding between Russia nud the western world, which Mr. Molotov and his crocodile friends shed so many
IT- tears,
will accordingly be creased. Perhaps the serious
must Inmediato
of this new effect Soviet move will be felt at the forthcoming Big Four conference In London. Certainly it will pot
Abou
help to dissipate the mutual suspicions which stalemated the previous meeting In Berlin, Mr Molotov, already on the defensive Is likely to be oven more cbiurato In future discussions on Germany, and I must be confessed that the pecspects of ал agreement' In November, slight enough a week aro. have now become almost negligible.
Poland's statement, made if clear that the Eastern European countries
Les led the Beld after the firet. were not following a unified Soviet Birmingham, Oct. 8.-Arthur Į policy on Palestine. Yugoslavin and Lees, one of the last players to round with 69, a nonre which Von Nida and Max Faulkner equalled in Czechoslovakia already had taken be chosen for the British Ryder the afternoon, after respective mundo ment's different positions as members of
Cup team, and Reginald Whit of 73 and 75, The Opin champion, the partition plan and Yugusiuvin combe, former Open champion, Fred Daly, took 79 and 74-Router, advocated a federalised state.
SOVIET VIEW AWAITED
There still
basis that
shared the halfway lead with aggregates of 141 after the first 36 holes, of the Dunlop Masters tournament on the Little Aston course near here today..
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