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VOL. III NO. 63
New Police
Training School
The Telegraph learns iliat work wil start shortly on the construction of a new Fellco Training School af Shouson I, Aberdeen.
It is expected to be com- ,pleted and ready for use by the
end of May.
The new buildings will re- place the present Training School at Waterloo Road, and will consist of five temporary wood buildings designed to ae- commodate 240 traluces all Frades,
The new site will also pro- vide a larger ground area for training.
It is estimated that the new school will be able to accept 40 mere prospective police con- niables than can now be ac- commodated in Kowloon,
Guards Stoke Up Palace Fires
London, Mar. 16. The Strike
of the Committee stokera, whose stoppage of work has deprived the Houses, of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Government departments of central heating and hot water, will tomorrow consider proposals which may result in an early end to the strike.
The proposals have bean, sub- mitted in the recommendations from
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1948.
U.S. Nervously
Awaits Truman's
Special Message
WASHINGTON SPECULATES
Washington, Mar. 16.—This nervous capital speculated today that President Truman might ask for new emergency powers or funds to check the Communist expansion across Europe when he addresses a joint session of Congress tomorrow (Wednesday).
The capital was startled by the unexpected White House announcement of the personal presidential appearance before Congress at 12.30 p.m. EST on Wednesday.
None was
new
President Truman | position the Rursions Reports that
will order their to revive con-
the might ask Congress
representatives to ease Keripilon were nécompanied by pressure in Western Europe, notably rumours that the Soviet Union had Italy and France.-United Press.
alliances with demanded military
CRAVE CRISIS WARNING Norway, Sweden a! Denmark
confirmed
10-A Non
although they Washington, Mar. circuinted among responsible mem- warning of a "grave crisis" in In- was sounded bers of Congress. The State Depart-ternational relations inent sald i had not heard of any by a top ranking Republican tonight on the eve of President Harry Tru- Russian demands on "Scandlaavia,
Secretary of State George Mar-man's State of the world message.
House Speaker Joseph Martin, shall and others have prepared the way for the President with grim Massachusetts Republican, one statements that the European situa-ed to meet with the President before
qur Congressional leaders summon cd becomes graver daily, ' It was believed certain that Mr his address. blamed "the constant
further Con-advance of the iron curtain. Truman will urge
000,000
instalment of the Euro- the "gravo crists."
In R which
lion
of
across
the Ministry of Works district jointgressional action on the first $5.300,- Europe" for what he described as
Industrial council.
The men are demanding 22/-peri
the
weekt Increase in their wages, which puan recovery program and awnitsf April 18 Italian elections as the next
has passed the Senate House approval.
other
was
of
The United States, he said, must become absolutely supreme on land, sea and in the air.
The world's attention centred
on
Washington tonight on the eve of the
The
Due Here Today
Earl of Listowel, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, who is due to arrive on an official visit to Hongkong this afternoon. He will remain a little more than a week.
House Of Commons In An Uproar
London, Mar. 16.-The House of Commons was in an uproar tonight with 500 Members cheering and counter-cheering until the noise was almost deafening. The tension arose from the Govern- ment's decision to abolish separate University representation in Parliament.
the
+
statement spotlighting
The Opposition strongly objected to this 300-year- repeated previous old tradition being broken and
that the at present average about £4.0.0.
great test between Communism and
charges of Government bad faith, asserting Bollers at Buckingham Palace Also, he
expected to osk Western Democracy, Martin declared
University Labour Party had agreed to allow of civiliantion is at were stoked by men of the famous House Republican leaders to keep that "the fate brigade of Guards late this after-separate funds for ERP and for stake."
representation at a wartime all-party conference. noon when the kitchen staff refused China, Greece and Turkey.
This was denied by Mr Herbert to perform the strikers duties. It had not yet been decided whether
Morrison, the Deputy Prime Minis- ter, who declared that he did not see be the universitles should why separately represented any more ok that old scholars from his elementary school.
Later, amid cries of approval from hundreds of
Members and shouts of
roval
from Con- servatives, the Home Secretary, Mr James Chuter Ede, declared: We belleve in the abolition of all frun chises. This is the last that remains. It is high time I was wiped out."- PANDEMONIUM
During recent re-examination United States policy responsible to send Guardsmen to revive the
tificials here have been talking along central heating and hot services at the
these lines: buildings
President's address. Mr Truman's affected.
MUST BE STRONG
message will be delivered to a joint
and Senate and) States must be session of House (1) The United
at 5.30 if she intends to broadenst
p.m. GMT militarily strong
Wednesday. pursue a vigorous policy.
"NO OBJECTION"
A spokesman of the Strike Com- mittee said the boiler men had no (2)
A Etrong United
States
objection to the Guardamen healing should make it clear to Stalin that the Palace for the King and Queen, easy Communist but "we do ask that they leave the
longer possible.
when we resume work."
successes
are no
“bollers-in-good-condition-for-s (3) The United States apparently The Palace was without hot water.cannot hope to check Communism central heating and lift service ali further with so-called halfway
da yesterday and most of today.
The strike
Also
or
must United)
04
LEADERS' PREVIEW The President cancelled a number of appointments today to work on his speech and called. Congressional
leaders House
of both parties to a White conference on Wednesday
MCZ1300 ROSENSARDINIEZIESMANNSTA It's Shameful Neglect To Have A Leaking Tap
SAVE WATER
MARINEZ
morning presumably to give them. BOLLAERT'S
a preview of it.
cheap measures.
Western Europeans (4)
The Ume set for this conference affected Marl- have
confidence that the borough House, the residence of States will back the $17,000,000,000 was an hour and a half before the
If scheduled address. Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, and recovery investment with force Kensington Palace, the temporary necessary, town residence of Princess Eliza- There is considerable support in beth and the Duke of Edinburgh.government circles for the idea that If the United States takes a Brm -Reuter.
EDITORIAL
Don't Waste Water! WHEN the Jubilee Reservoir
Was
of
opened In 1935 the opinion was expressed that Hong- kong had solved its perennial But water shortare problem. unforeseen circumstances, such as the :overwhelming Influx refugees between 1938 and 1941 had not been taken into consi- deration, and the Colony found varying that restrictions In degrees of severity remained an The Inconvenience. annual danger point in waler storage has been reached again and the authorities have found it neceя- sary, as from tomorrow. to impove restrictions that will make it por- sible for water to be
drawn the, malus only nine and
a half a day. This is a a sudden
bours
from
and startling cut which, she sht will feel Inclined to believe, might have been avoided if Govern ment had shown altile more Admittedly the water to 16 restricted supply has been hours, a
for the last day
iwo monilis, which can be regarded as ** a tentative effort to conserve the reservoirs; but sware of the bir Increase In water consumplich, and knowing that the Colony could expect very little rainfall during the winter months, the present serious position
tion might
have been avoided if restrictions had been imposed at the end of November last, and gradually ¢x» tended. The latest restriolions, from the point of view of incon- venience, come at the worst poz- sible time with the weather growing bolter-and allckler and coincidentally Increating demands for bathing and washing facilities. Night time restrictions of water
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PLEA FOR SPAIN'S INCLUSION
IN MARSHALL PLAN
Paris, Mar. 16.-The second plenary session of the 16-nations Marshall Plan Conference was asked by the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Dr Caeriro da Mata, today to include Spain in the European recovery programme.
Saying it was necessary to constituto a solid bloc to ensure Western European recovery, the Portuguese Foreign Minister, declared: "In the west of Europe exists a people of 28,000,000 in a key position on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and holding valuable and strategic sea and air positions. It is not easy to seo how Spain can be left out of the task of European reconstruction."
rc-
In the present circumstances, this
seemed increasingly uncertain.
here believed the conditions Informed quarters
of European Portugal would not propose a resolu- covery laid down in the Paris re-. tion calling for the admission of Spain port last September was that the Into the Marshall Plan, thus avoid- European nations should be self-
the necessity of other delegations supporting by. 1951. publicly edopting an attitude for or against Spain's
ain's participation. The Conference agreed that the Western Zones of Germany should be metto Badak, said the reports of represented at the Conference
the technical committee had not yet Mr Ernest
the Foreign been studied by the Turkish Gov- Secretary, submitting a six-point ernment and their acceptance did (not automatically, mean an endorso- Invitation, proposal embodying told the Conference: "Since the ment by the Turkish Government.
Bevin.
this
economic unity of Germany has not been established, it is natural that the Western Zones should be con- sidered R3 an economie arca separately".
The Turkish delegate, Mr Nec
-Router..
EXPERTS TO MEET
Paris, Mar. 10.-The committee of experts the "working party"-set MUST GET DOWN TO WORK up by the 10-nation Marshall Plan As the second plenary session of Conference to draw up a constitu- the Conference ended this afternoon, tion for a permanent body to carry after rapidly dealing with the rent the European end of the plan is ports of technical committees, Mr expected to hold its first meeting on Bevin declared: "We go back to our Thursday,
presided over by M. countries to get down energetically her Mariolin. to work.
M. Marjolin wan France's repre- will sentativo on the Anglo-French mis-
sion
led the which recently
The work against poverty be won."
which
The resolution of Germany pro-thirt caritals of Western Europe and
that the gathered the information on posed by Mr Bevin said full co-operation of Germany, in the tho self-aid report. adopted today work of the continuing organisation was largely based.
With the admission of Western was essential to European economic
representa- Germany agreed upon, recovery.
The combined (United States and tives of the Commanders in Chief of British) Zone and the French Zone the Anglo-American Bizone are ex- should cach be regarded as an pected to arrive in Paris tomorrow. General Joseph Koenig, the com- Independent participating area and
signatory of the mander of the French Zone, is al- each should be
multilateral proposed mult
agreement and ready in Paris. participate fully in the activities of the continuing organisation. Agree.
A few German technical advisers ments relating to the recovery pro- gramme would be signed in respect will be attached to the staffs of the of ench
by the occupation Zone commanders' area authorities in that area.
and
of-the mittee.
GERMAN ADVISERS
representatives
The Conference-also-adopted today and may be asked to sit in on some A proposal that a "working party of the meetings of the working com-- of all the par- Conference officials agreed this representatives help powers" be immediately would answer the need for bringing set up and instructed to prepare expert advice into play without
An Opposition Member got up to speak, but the noise was so great could not be heard.
Eventually the Government moved detailed draft for submission to the offending any Allied susceptibilities.
that the debate should be ended until tomorrow.
was defeated by 328 votes to
morrow.
seats
The presence of a team of
United
next meeting of the Co-operation Committee, regarding the uims, functions and organisation of the States experts headed by a high State Department official in Paris (o proposed body.
NO PUBLICITY
give
counsel to the technicians of the Conterence was disclosed this "The Committee of European afternoon. by a United States Economic Co-operation, in denning Embassy official.
the task of the working party, in The team is headed by Mr Henry structs it to give no publicity to its Labrousse, special assistant to the proceedings and calls attention to Director of the Ouice of Economic the members of the working party
In the American State dispensable to the effective outcome Department-Reuter. of its labours," the terms of refer- ence stated.
TWO GRAVE QUESTIONS Paris, Mar. 16.-M. Emile This was the signal for another And in the House, Representa Bollaert, the French High Com-outburst by the Opposition. Finally secking tive E. Cox, Georgia Democrat, missioner for Indo-China, had aan Opposition amendment sald he hopes Mr Truman will tell narrow escape when a grenade to retain University representation 198 Congress that "one more act of
ggression by Russin means war." exploded 15 yards away from and the debate adjourned until to
Congressional leaders hope the him while he was visiting Nha and President will answer two grave Trang, Annam, on March 11, The House was discussing in com- the French news agency re-mittee. point by point the Govern- Just what phase of the con-
to preserve such discretion as in in- Affairs ment's B providing for the redis- flict with Russia and the west has ported from Saigon tonight.
of Parliamentary tribution led him to say that his confidence
Another grenade which did not made necessary by the movement of declare that a "world crisis" exists? longing to a French official
2.Just what does Mr Truman want the United States to do about that on the night of March 11, a third The French agency, report sald bomb, of Japanese make, weighing the cur- about 30 pounds, was discovered in rent no man's land between Com-the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang. munism and Western Democracy,
supply from November-to-Marchand Seretany (orge har man to explode was found near a car-be-population-Router.
are tolerable, and had these Imposed towards the end of last year it is conceivable a sufficient amount of water would have been saved to have allowed the Colony to continue on them antli the start of the rainy season. Undeniably a contributing factor to the sont serious shortage of stored water has been the below average ralofall since the beginning of the year, and whether or not the authorities might have intelligent- ly anticipated the
position and catered for it; the fact re-
Existing
that the community
17
Marshall
They look for a statement US policy toward Italy,
in particular.-Associated Press.
on
Investigations showed that the bamb had been tuned to burst during
A More Amusing Sort Of War.
slanding by and were scored.
Passersby scattered
Earlier in today's session, Jends of delegations promised their coun- tries' co-operation in the reconstruc- tion tasks ahead. Switzerland's co- operation "to the limit of its
modest
means" was promised by M. Kari Burckhard... the Swiss delegate.
Consul Falls
To His Death
behind.
Dr Carl Gruber. the Austriari Saigon, Mar. 16-Mr Norman 16.-Arabs and Foreign Minister, told the delegates Sands, the British Consul at Saigon, Jerusalem, Mar. the visit of M. Bollaert to the bulla, Jews fought each other with snow-that "Austria, absolutely determined seized by a fit of dizziness, fell to
Central Jerusalem today, to defend her true democracy, will his death from a balcony balls in
the Hongkong Bank building here 'LONDON COMMENT,
today. Ings, but the fuse failed to work with groups of Royal Air Force men work together with you".
hits cheering as
A FRESH START London, Mar. 18.--Diplomats and Reuter.
Mr Sean MacBride, the Eirean A statement issued by the British newspapers forecast tonight that
for
fresh start Consulate here said that Mr. Sands shelter, Foreign Minister, said- President Harry Truman would give
con-recovery, which would have to be was killed instantly.
Mr. Sands arrived, recently at certain barbed wire separating them treated on the same basis as a milli-
Saigon with his wife and two young from the Jewish quarter. The Jews lary emergency.
Ho 'Greece's Foreign Minister, M. children from South America. quickly replied and the engagement
one of will be buried tomorrow-Router. Constantin Tsaldaris, said Insted for half an hour.Realer.
Russia a plain and positive warning tomorrow to halt Communist pansion.
limits mirhi
malna
saddled with the respon- Drain sibility for seeing that everything .Is done to avold water. waste. Government has already intimated that one duty is to see that taps do not leak or that any other de- fects remain unreported:
city also be surrested that the streets be washed down with water from the harbour and that any fires within reaching dlatanes with water of
the Praya he fought pumped the harbour. These
from may only be insignificant cantet- butions to the conservation of our water
but an officiat un- supply, nouncemeat that it was proposed to adopt such measures would help to bring home to the pubilo the seriousness, of tho ■ituation
WEL
raina
and to encourage
courage them to practise frugality in the use of water In their own homes. It is reasonable to expect that we shall enjoy the customary
scasorial year: nevertheless, if they' come Jate, the water shortage will be stavely *ggravated, with the Possibility of supplies being out to
· Kix... hours a day. It therefore behaves everyone to adopt overy precaution against wasting water.
in
ux-
Retailers Offer opened up a barre across the crabs would have to be made on European tell about 30 feet to the ground and
To Bear Loss
Bellef was general that the chief executive would extend his policy of combatting the spread of Com- ntunist influence and that, the exten- sion would go beyond the present
London, Mar. 16-British retail
today of economie ald for shaky distributors
answered the democracies.ome
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Diplomats said Mr Truman must Stafford Cripps' plen for reduced have been influenced by the Com- prices and profts with an offer to munist
coup
Czechoslovakia, bear the £30,000,000 cost of a 50- Russian der
demands
on Finland, and per cent cut of the Government's the intensive Communist campaign purchase tax.
the Italian elections. The London Times said in The efforts of manufacturers and editorial:
"The extreme proposal distributors alone cannot make any which
being discussed in substantial impression on the prices Washington is whether the United of the wide range of goods carrying regional the purchase tax so long as a tax States should enter a security pact. with Britain, France at high rates continues to be charge and the Benelux countries similar able, the 'retallers told the Chancel the lor. to that already applied to Amoriens."
In
The
on
France Expects To Be Self-Sufficient.
Paris, Mar. 16. Premier Robert Schuman announced on Tuesday that France will be self-sufficient in brend if the promise of this year's wheat harvest is made good...
...
:
In Bread This Year
reaches us in April or carly May poris of essential food supplies bo-
With there will be no interruption in our cause of last year's bad harvest.
Agricultural production, he said, slow but steady recovery. this aid from abroad we will win the would be at 81 percent of normal this year. Industrial production is battle."
nt The Premier added during
105 percent of 1038. The budget news conference that the bread M. Schuman enumerated his has been balanced except for the
would at Government's enorts, to negotiate cost of reconstruction ·and
require ration for Frenchmen that time be increased from the import accords with Italy, Belgium, ment which was being Ananced by present eight ounces daily.
the Netherlands and Great Britain an extraordinary loan.
Jant
and added "what we are doing is Food prices, which have a direct M. Schuman was commenting on Liberal London Evening The £30,000,000 loss, which the Stor said Mr Truman might offer retallers offered to bear, would a report of France's accomplish- not aggressive. At the same time in induenes on the workingman's-at- we are striving to enlarge, our accordaj sald, have started downwards after Plan Conference a 60-year US military alliance with result from the fact that stocks on ments since the end of the first every case where it is in our power, tude toward the Government, he the five Western European nations. which they have already paid the Marshall Since
Although it is the worst period of tho Czechoslovakian coup, full tax would have to be marked September. The report was present with the countries in Eastern Europe." rising in January and February
ed to the delegates of the 10 na The Premier said that the Monnet the year for supply of vegetables British newspapers have been con down to the new levels.
Plan for France's reconstruction and" "concrete generalised prico decreases tending that US economie ald, to The retailers insisted that control tions on Tuesday, he said.
are without apprehension re-equipment, however, had to be have resulted. There has been a "Wo
of the trend,” he said. be effective, should be strengthened of salaries and wages must go hand with military guarantees Asso- In hand with the control of prices for the first six months of this year," revised downwards temporarily in reversal
he declared. "If Marshall Plan aid February and March to permit Im- ! Associated Press. elated Press.
and profils.Neuter.