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VOL. II NO. 332
Crowds Overwhelm Police
Paris Communists In
Demonstration
Paris, Oct. 28.-Overwhelm- ing the police, who tried to stop them with truncheon blows, of Communist-led thousands French demonstrators tonight broke through cordons in the Etoile district in Paris in an at- a meeting or- tempt to stop ganised for the benefit of "Peoples oppressed by the So- viet Union."
Police and demonstrators mel in the several savage scuffles before
bruke of the crowds sheer weight
the police lines,
כניי
The demonstrators shouted Gaulle
10 prison" and "Ramadier to prison" Bang the Internationale.
Lind The demonstration occurred only A few hours after a stormy session of the National Assembly, at which
M. Jacques Duelon, the Communist Parliamentary leader, was told by
Premier. the French
M. Paul
to provide proof of one
Ramaditions against the Govern- |
of
ment, or if not, shut up."
An hour before the scheduled
ing of the meeting in the Etoile
began
Lonight, the demostrators
The
bør hud un Lehulf of
SOUTH CHINA MORNEIG YO LED.
NJONGER, BUS. Rubkalier
.Dino
At the
Thongkong Telegraph. P.G.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1947.
Churchill And Morrison In Lively Debate
Dead Bodies
Looted
Athens, Oct. 28. Thirteen villagers have been treated with Inoling the boilles and wreckage from the airliner which crashed In
In flames on Sun- day night on Mount Itymettus. 25-kilometres
southeast Athens, M. Constantine Rendis, the Greek Minister for Public Order, disclosed last night,
of
The Minister said that "many others" had voluntarily return- ed the valuables they had pleked 12p.
The arrests followed Intensive poller Investigations €911 the searchers, peasants and shep- berds who claimed to have been on the scene of the crash before
gendarmes arrived,
Those arrested will be caurt martialled.
The remains of the 31 vietas of the crash
were tonight
brought down Hymeitus to the vllage of Koropi-Reuter,
UPROAR IN
ASSEMBLY
NATIONALISATION CALLED A FAILURE
Opposition Leader's Speech "Dreadfully Reactionary"
A lively exchange of chargos and counter-charges between Mr Winston Churchill and Mr Herbert Morrison marked the opening of the House of Commons debate on the Opposition's amendment to the King's Speech yesterday.
Mr Churchill declared that Nationalisation had been a failure and he accused the Government of precipitating the communal warfare in India by its decision to quit at the present time.
Mr Morrison in reply described the Opposition Leader's speech as "dread- fully reactionary," and strongly defended the Government on the questions of domestic and overseas policies.
to mas outside Salle Ramadier Opens Fight today moved what
the
Wagram. Reinforced pollee squads
tried to keep the crowd moving, but it became my dense that it block- ed ail traffic, and the police had to clear an avenue in the vicinity of the hall.
TROOPS STAND BY
Six lorries loaded with combat troops carrying rifles and submachine guns and wearing steet helmets were parked in a nearby side street in
rid
of trouble.
the s
Shortly
before
9 o'clock
th:
To Save Govt.
Paul
Parls. Oct. 28-Premier Ramadler, asking special session er the National Assembly for a vote of confidence in his government, threw the House into an uproar Today with attacks on both the Commentsis and General Charles de Gaulle as threats to France.
Shouts of protest
demonstratora broke the Price Country.
cordous and succeeded in breaking through, once ugain massing and shouting "De Gaulle to prison", "Down with Fascists", and "Ramadier to prison."
Our
Winston been led since the new Parliament |sions
was elected two and a quarter years nga upon a flood of high hopes and promises,"
the The atmendment accused Government of partisan policies, lack
whk a confession of funda- mental error.
"Confession is good for the soul but after confession should come penance and not praying." Affirming his strong
conviction that Sir Stafford Cripps was leading the country down the wrong road and that in a year or two the coun- try would be worse off than now, Mr Churchill said that he did not believe that the export trade could
Thought Dead, Found Alive
Berwick-on-Tweed, Oct. 28.-
Six prople, believed to be lying dead beneath the wreckage of the Edinburgh-London express near here, were found today to lo alive and unlifured.
They were
five-month old baby, Its parents and three din- Ing car attendants.
All were sinted to have new
той
returned home.
The death roll from the crash rose to 24 today when a dining car worker died in hospital.
The passengers still feared to- day to be lying dead under the coaches straddled across ditch were an 18-year-old girl, two
far all, three dining
and two sailors who had failed to report to their depot at Portsmouth after their leave-Reuter.
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Word War Declared On Communism
Gonera! Lucius Clay Accepts Challenge
“SLUG IT OUT”
Berlin. Oct. 28.-The United States Military Government in Germany is to launch an attack forthwith On Communism throughout the United States | Occupation Zone, General Lucius D. Clay, United States Military Governor announced today.
"We
are going to defenti principles we believe in and attack those we do not believe in," Generat Clay wald.
the
"We certainly do not believe in Communism in any way, shape or form."
General Clay said that a pro- paganda attack against Communism would be carried on by making every effort to explalà the democratic sys- tem to Germany, its achievement and its alm. It would point out parti- cularly the right 'and dignity of in-. dividuals and democracy's effect in safeguarding them,”
BERLIN DECISION London, Oct. 28,--Princess
General Clay, who was speaking Elizabeth's wedding in November 20 will cost only about
at a press conference, sald that his £4,500
staff had hitherto avoided malting from public funds, the Chancellor unfavourable comparisons with other of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh Dalton, disclosed in a Parliamentary reply today.
This would be spent on decora- tions outside Buckingham Palace and in Whitehall. All other expenses would be met from normal paynents In the King.
of nation: leadership, administra- survival a matter of uncertain me be founded upon a starved home the heads
tive incompetence, and of giving no assurance of measures to meet the economic crisis and so relieve the "ever increasing hardships of the people."
"Last week, the Minister for tually a single-Chamber Governspring and until the country
"He revealed with more precision than any of his colleagues the depth of misfortune into which we live
de-o
"I am sure that if Parliament set the nation free it would be able to living in Ue world. carn its own This policy of equalising misery and organising scarcity Instead of allow ing diligence to produce abundance has only to be prolonged to kill this
gifts
diplomaile corps-which arrived only 30 minutes before the preview began was in a blue morroco silk- lined case live feet by three.
forms of political government, but they would not in
futuro. The Military Government, he de- clared, wax no longer going to "avoid discussions which might be controverstar" us it always had in the past.
the
The weaken
power
in
Rightist deputies when M. Ramadier arose from Prevented from gathering in front plaved General de Gaulle among the of the hall, the crowd passed at both "nemies of the Republic". The aging ends of the block, pressing forward Premier, fighting a life and death against the
Mr Churchill began in an ironical intention to establish what la vir the double corton of police battle for his government, also at-
the Internationale and tacked the Communists, demanding vein.
to national Affairs. that
Stafford Sir no French party "should follow Economis
as a stimulus to
Mr Churchill Cripps. made ends
Nationalisation, an Important and foreign to the safety of
courageous speech in which he pro-clared, had proved a failure. It had Premier Ramadier said he wished claimed the complete failure of the meant dearer food, dearer coal and any future strikes would be based Whole policy of stale planning and soon it would mean dearer transport
grievously on professional reasons and enfed management in industry in time of which would
Britain's
Competitive on the working classes to beware peace," Mr Churchill declared.
foreign markets, of any group tending to split their
"Sit Stafford Cripps' speech, with As the crowd rushed the police
ranks." -lines, the police tried to stop them
There
will be civil war and it
its long series of damaging admia- with truncheon blows about the will be the ruin of Frmee if the shoulders and upper arms. Severaduation should split into two camps, scuffles resulted, but sheer weight of M. Ramadter warned. thousands of demostrators over- Sarcastically, he referred to Gen. whelmed the police and their cor- i de Gaulle as a modern Joan of Arc, dons gave way without any gener- saying, "It doesn't seem to me some- olised fighting.
one on the order of Joan of Arc As the crowd innssed before the could become the head of a political Sallo Wagram, the Communist Mayor | party."
levision and dissolution," said of St Dents, wearing a French fri colour- as snah, climber a lamp M. Hamadier, referring to Cien. de port and began addressing the crowd. Gaulle's demands yesterday for In dramatic tones he shouted: revision of the constitution and dis- solution of Parliament, these are "The people of Parls have arisen. There are certain people who would old phrases which
always ike to dissolve the Communist Party (Continued on Pare 4)
United Press.
EDITORIAL
jave
British island stone dead.”
turned.
London, Oct. 28-Mr Churchill, leader of the Opposition, Is regarded as virtually a vote of censure on the Government. It was the official Con-
Mr Churchill added: "He called servative amendment to the address for a spirit of unity from the whole in reply to the King's speech lin-nation in bearing new sacrifices so
forthcoming that he could continue Ing the Government's
with oven legislative programme.
greater vigour the experiments in
General Clay said that the decision Socfullen which have already made
openly to "alug it out" ideologically what be described as our economie
A magnificent 30-piece, dressing with the Russians had been tolken in table set in silver and guld, sent by Berlin and was not discussed in "In the shine week.
of London's diplomnile Washington during his recent visit the Govern market Minister announced
missions, was the most impressive there. The absence of a strong domestic gift among sume 500 wedding presents to nationalise the ment's intention to
He said that he did not expect his con-consuming power was a fallacy con- to Princess Elizabeth, shown to the officials to attack any other govern- ron and steal industry as a ery demned by all great economists of tribution to our Industrial recovery
press here today. und his the past.
ment at present "but the systems of (Ironical Opposition cheers)
The State planners had broken the The display in the picture gallery Bovernment--yes."
of St. James Palace of the
Asked if he meant something com- got a new one, the watch would not ranged from tiny hand-embroidered parable, to the Hussian system of at- tacking American businessmen, hut handkerchiefs to pieces of
furniture.
not The presents from the London General Clay replied: "Exactly."
American Government,
THE NEW POLICY
new policy, according to General Clay, will be to provide So far, Princess Elizabeth and information to the German people. Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten have. He said that he would expect not received as many gifts as the "every American over here to stato Duke and Duchess of Kent, who top his views on Communism and what ped 1,050, many of which were re-it lends to" and he added: "I do not
interd
to have any personnel on- posed to the Military Government views, and those upon which
Answering
Military Government is based," criticism that the "We support them in their policy, i appensed for the postponement of
But the Princess is accepting all General Clay also said that the had no
polley, Mr but it is the delay that I am draw-steel nationalisation by a diminution Conservatives
hers, no matter how small, particu-alm of the new propaganda "Our policy is m
to the strange im of one year in the powers left to the ing Churchill said:
the inck will und
larly froin the United States, where would be to give the German people of Lords. adequate basic standard and above polence
"On this petty and worthy many people, of whom the Royal a free choice to decide the govern that within just and Well-known tenderstupe
Whoever. was responsible for pro- Iround," the Prime Minister had family have never heard, have sentment they wanted-to ree both sides nws, let that best man win.
longing our stay in Palestine, he
of political arguments." opened constitutional settlement gifts.
A
A Miss "Winnie Brown" from the General Clay sald that he expected Praising the American decision added, bote a "guilty load,
which formed part of the constitu-
United States sent a blue silk hand-to remain in Germany "certainly for to do Churchill said:
with nway
controls. Mr
tion for 38 years. iteferring to the reduction in the "I feel fortified by British Home feet, Mr Churchill said "At this moment when frantie kerelief with a poem, which began the immediate future-a substantial
there were more men appeals are made to us for national "Love is like a garden with fragrant length of time."
flowers rare."
He added that as long as he was Stater. The sovereign remedy for in the
was unity for the site of the economic Navy
Some one else from the United in Germany he expected to maintain Britain's present tits and deepening being spent on it than before misfortunes was to set the people war, yet, owing to "incompetence and shameless to the laat degree.
upon which Was embroidered: The fact that the Government on and the Jack
k of politicul grip," the Charging the Government with ad- Navy could man only a quarter of now what to shorten the term-of-the "Don't fence me in." ministrative incompetence, Mr the ships which were in commission suspensory powers of the second Churchill declared: "Burma has when war broke out,
chamber indlestes that they fear cast away. India has been With fewer men and less money they will be defeated at the general flung into the first of a long series perfectly adequate fleet could be election.
"What they are trying to do is of sanguinary convulsions which maintained by any competent ad- have, during
20 years, ministration,
not to give effect to the will of the the
past predicted
Another Indictment against the
people but to carry through party for Government, he said, was its "reck- legislation irrespective of the will prolonging Britain's stay in Pules less partisanship and inconsistency of the people. Line,
Mr Churchill said: "The of that partisan with appeals made Government base, at length, adopted for national unity and the Dunkirk a policy which I urged upon them in spirit.",
Mr Churchill declared: "We con- the summer of 1946 of laying down the Palestine mandate at
Administrative Incompetence
attention
"LOVE IS LIKE A GARDEN"
tho
war
covered enemies of the Republic what has happened in the United that although and more money the survival of the country, this is base states sent the Princess a cushton his headquarters in Berlin.-Reuter.
Give Us Some Figures
PERHAPS it is due to an
dental oversight, or
of
acc-
maybe the Treasury is too busy, or even, possibly too lazy to do anything about it; whatever the reason, the fact remains that today Hongkong is kept in bilssful ignorance of its Jinances.
Since the beginning the 1917-48 naneial year in April not a single figure has been made much Indicate how pubile to
been spent, and mency what, neither has any attempt been made to disclose the Colony's revenues over the same
Fiod. One
of
has
an
the strongest lines of rlicism directed at the Treas after Budget Day was the
to produce anything resembling a balance sheet. The plea then put forward was that civil
ment's recounts for the preceding were so tangled up
financial
with undetermined obligations - curred during the UMA that it was not possible to
to clime Picture: however an
fum the Finan
accurate
promise was
rung
1
clal Secretary that he
would b future, endeavour to meet popular In is direction! This
vishes
still leaves the publlo:less Inform- ed than before the war
when monthly financial statements were the Government published in Gazette, which enabled people to keep track of current income and expenditure and to compare them with the gures for the perlod during the previous year. The procedure commends
same
Staclf
and should be restored immediate- ly. Under the normal heads of revenue and expenditure Govern-
the
MIBEX
ment now has a complete preced- Ing financial year for comparison, although actually that is not of first importance. What the publle would like to know is something about the enrrent Anances of the Colony. Are we spending more than our income, or are we show- ing a credit balance? What has been the monthly reventie since April 1 from Duties, Assessed Taxes, Internal Revenue, Licences, Fees and
Forfeitures, Water Revenue. Post Office, the Kow- loon-Canton Railway, Land Renis and Land Sales? Before Ule war these were tabulated and publish- ed every month and compared with estimates
made when budget was presented. On the other side of the ledger, this finan- cial statement disclosed expen- diture under headlugs such as
Office พงเ Secretary's Off
Botanical and
and Fores- try. Dent
Department, Charllable Ser- vices, Education Department, Fire Brigade, Harbour Department and Air Services, Pubile Works De- partiment und Water Works, Public Works Recurrent, and The Public Works Extraordinay, statement was both comprehensive and Informative. On behalf the public, which is entled to
far
DN possible financial position, Colony's
easury is urged to return to the system of publishing a monthly financial statement. There is no reason why the first six months' working for the current year should not appear in next week's issue of the Gazette.
know
218
of
the
the
been
* Criticising the Government
" is not democracy but authorl- tarianism (Opposition cheers).
"This formidable issue was flung oui m
at the time of economic crisis the seat sider that this Government, except not as a result of gave historic and of the United Nations und giving n the Held of foreign affairs, has prolonged constitutional controversy
but as time limit for our evacuation of the forfelled all claims to be the filth-st a cheap, paltry and dis- ful guardian of our national interesis
den! between country.
Jorring reputable "It is a mecsure of their inade- and that they are just playing a nonentitles in the divided legista- quacy and of their embarrassment lowdown
Mr Churchill concluded: "I am sure in taking decisions and of the curio party game from start to ture"
Nothing. balance of
in forcek
Churchill. 13 [1 Cabinet that
'it usefulness. The Ministers nuri than a year proved this more plainly than the hat this Parliament has exceeded and a half of expenses and waste of behaviour of the Prime Minister their supporters may eling to office nationalisation of the until the last dregs of their self- our limited military forces have been about the allowed to flow out sincs then.
sicel industry and amending the respect are gone and the last remnant "And yet they came to the con Parliament Act of 1911 to curtail of our financial resources has been clusion which they should have come the powers of the House of Lords. spent, but the longer they do the It was known, he said, that the worse it will be for their reputations
the Cabinet were and for our unhappy country."
more
their
to with all that saving nearly 18 months ago..
Mr
extremists
in
said
Mr
Morrison Replies For Govt.
Herbert
Morrison, Lord competition and unbridled flow of, mic conditions botwoon President of the Council, who profi motives land us between the and we shall be content." followed, described Mr Churchill's wars. It landed us with persistent speech as "dreadfully renetlohary, depressions and crises,"
Of Mr Churchill's references
to
have we got now?"
two
wars
Taunting Mr. Churchill that he
fore he was much older, Mr Morri-
far more fitting in parts for the An Opposition member: "What would hear more of this speech be- son said: "It will not do his political atter part of the 19th-century."
Mr Morrison: "We have not got n export, Mr Morrison said: "It is no depression mass employment" friends much good."
(Government cheers and Opposillon laughter).
Mr Morrison added: "Let it be
good Mr Churchill indulging in these
Mr Churchill: "You ought to be pleased." platitudes and generalities.”
"He has got face the facts of life
Mr Morrison: "I hope you do not complaining. On the as they are before us at the present understood that the leader of the think I am time and that, if I may say so, he Conservative Party stands for free contrary, you were useful to us in won not doing.".
competition, the free play of the the general election-a reference to On the profit motive, he said: profit motive, in fact, that he wants Mr Churchill's "Gesinpo" meech- "Where did this system of freelio return to the political and econo-
(Continued on Page 4)
Tariff Agreement Details Tomorrow
London, Oct. 20.-The details of the new
Queen Mary's gifts to her grand-- daughter are mainly tables and other Queen Mary und pieces of furniture. the former Peter II and Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia are the only Royal
vers so far represented, The presents from the King and
agreement between, the Queen and the crowned heads of United States and Britain on tariffs Europe have not yet arrived.
and Imperil proferences ore ex- The Princess did best in china pected to be announced in the Flouse and the glass line. There was | of Commons tomarrow, - te WOR Dresden and Wedgewood. There author intively learned tonight. were whisky decanters, wineglasses At first, these details had bren of every description-Reuter.
expected on Thursday.—Router.
British Civilians Begin To Leave Kashmir Capital
Aro
New Delhi, Oct. 28. Two the parts whore the conditions
A party of 197 Britons has already Royal Air Force Dakotas today not too settled. flew British civilians to Rawal been moved, by special utin and pindi from Srinagar, the capital military road convey from Simia, as of Kashmir, where the Indian well as 15 from the hill station at
sent Government has
Sikh Mussorie, and 21 from Amrlisar and troops to resist tribesmen in- Dalhousie in East Punjab.
"The Government of India and vading the state from Pakistan. the Indian army, have been very
the
the
Wifteen moro aircraft will com-co-operative in this work," said a plete the muvement of Britons British official. Several more plane wishing to leave Kashmir tomorrow, loads of troops, ammunition and sup- An official of the High Commis plies have been flown to Srinagar sioner's Office which arranged the from Delhi.
Rear Admiral Lord Mountbatten, withdrawal, told Reuter "thin is not
of Governor-Generat an evacuation but a scheme whereby Dominion of India, and Mr. Pandit those who wish to leave may do so."
Nehru, the Prime Minister, are leav Although there is no suggestion ing for Lahore tomorrow for talks of any imminent danger to the with Mohammed Ali Jinnah, tho European residents in Kashmir, the Governor-General of Pakistan and Pakistan British authorities in India and Liaquat All Khan, the
'akistan have organised all facili- Premier, on the invitation of Mr. ties to help British Subjects either Jinnah. It la expected here that stranded on account of the break the Kashmir situation will be dis- down in communications or are in cussed. Reuter.