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'ENVIOUS EYES' BEING CAST Lord Listowel SNIPERS
UN COUNCIL TO DEBATE RED COUP
Decisive Vote
Lake Success, Mar. 17.-The United Nations Security Coun- cil late today 'voted to have a full airing of the Czechoslovak Communist coup. The vote was 9 to 2.
Russia's Andrel A. Gromyko fought bitterly to bur debate on Chile's proposal to luvestigate tun- nin's role in the Czechoslovak crisis. On the vote, however, all mein- bers of the Council but Russia and the Soviet Ukraine supported Coun cit consideration of Chile's complaint. The first test here of the crillen) Czechoslovak issue came a few hours after President Harry Truman had told Congress Russia was trying to dominate all of Europe.
1
The Ukraine's delegate objected to the Council Inviting the Chileon UN delegate, Hernan Santa Cruz, to the table to present his case, Chile is not a Council member.
The Counell quickly overrade the| Soviet objections. It voted 0 to 2 for inviting Santa Cruz to make a
statement.
the
Gromyko told the Counell that in the Prague regimo change 1 was an
intornal matter, outside United Nations Jurisdiction. He said any charges that Russia Inter- fered in Czechoslovakia were a libel, -Associateci Press.
Committee Approves ERP
Washington, Mar. 17-The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved today a US$5,300,000,000 European recovery programme,
Committee directed that
ON HONGKONG
Conservative Peer
Asks For Public Statement On Govt. Policy
London, Mar. 17.—“Envious eyes” were being cast on Hongkong and the residents there were an anxious people at the moment, Lord Mancroft, a Conservative peer, declared today.
Speaking in the debate on defence in the House of Lords, Lord Mancroft asked what Britain's attitude was to the future of Hongkong and Singapore. Surely, he said, the Government had learned a lesson in the last few weeks over the Falkland Islands, British Honduras and other places.
Asking what the British policy and strategy in the Far East would be, Lord Mancroft said very little had been heard about Malaya and Hongkong since the fall of Japan.
"We should.state publicly what our policy there is going to be and say we are not going to be chivvied out of Hongkong and that, in fact, we do intend to develop it as a major base," Lord Mancroft declared.
In a brief reference to the Far East in his reply to the debate, Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty. roid: "There Is a permanent force in Malaya."
Lord Mancroft said there
Lord Hall, referring to Common- Malayn would apply the principle of wealth defence in his reply, sald parity of pay and
status 09 be- Britain also had responsibility for tween teachers of equal qualifica- colonial defence. She had to con- tions, whether recruited locally or in sider the security of the territories Great Britain.
were themselves and the extent to which Mr Creech Jones replied: "Yea two important lessons to be gained they might be able and willing to sir. The principle of parity of basic from the despatches recently play their part in Commonwealth pay and status between officers of published on the Far East campaigns; defence.
equal qualification, irrespective of closely race
or domicile, will be applied in the throughout the Malayan public ser-
The other was the difficulty Bri- tain ran into in trying to make up her mind what was the minimum she could afford for defence and what. was the minimum defence required.
Admiral's
Diary Will Be Censored
Malayan Campaign Statement
One--was the dimculty which These matters had been Britain got into by not being able to examined, both here and make up her mind whether her colonies. In East and West Africa, vice. foreign polley was to be dictated by the Government hoped to establish
"Expropriation pay, in addition to volunteer military forces and provide strategy or vice versa.
basic pay, will be proposed in appro- for expansion in wat.
cases on the In the other colonies with. small priate
Fincs of the -report and in accordance populations, it hoped to, establish Trusted
with the principles of the White auxiliary forces. There was,
Paper, Colonint No. 197." said, permanent naval force in
Air Commodore Malaya
Harvey, Con- servative, asserting that all Chinese TOO MUCH BLUFF
Lord Nathan, the Earlier,
schools in Kelantan and Trenganny, Minister for Civil Aviation, anid rieneral Percival had summed up important changes had been made in administered,
Malaya, were being Communistically.
asked the case rightly when he said that planning the organisation of the
what the The US$1,000,000,000 of the total be in much play with a strategy depending gration of civil and military plan- schools are subject to Government miralty has told Admiral Sir in the past Britain had made too Government to secure closer late-Minister proposed to do in the matter. Mr Creech Jones replied: "These
. London, Mar. 17.-The Ad- lending authority for the Export-
on hluft.
ning in Britain. Import Bank.
A new post had enemies been created-Selentine Advise to disclosed no indication of any political manded the British naval forces
inspection and recent visils have "We did not bluff our
Geoffrey Layton, com- This means
would be Congress
This would and we asked to appropriate directly oily
did, unfortunately, bluff the Home Offee. ourscives," Lord Mancroft declared. Alled by the director of scientific activity."-Reuter. US$4,300,000,000 for the programme.
in the Malayan campaign, that During The total amount is the same as
critics research to the Ministry of Supply, armchair levelled
harsh abuse, who is a radar expert. He would
it reserves the right to censor: has been approved by the Senate. indeed at the commanders in Malaya, planning staff
serve as the link between the
on the anything he writes It would be for one year of aldord Maucroft added.
and the scientists
battle for Malaya. Chairman Charles Eaton. New
research for various M. "We had not seen any withdrawal engaged on Jersey Republican, and John
kinds connected with defence ewa of those accusations, nor had there Vorys, Ohio Republican, told
RowS conference ofer closed door been-apologies-for-the-many harsh problems. Reuter,
A session that decisions were deferred things said at that time.
"Mud sticks and I think it, is foreign ald other
proposals. include US$570,000,000 In time we began to wipe some of that economic nid to China and US$275,- mud off. Our men did their best 000,000 in military aid for Greece out there under appallingly difficult and Turkey-Associated Press.
'on
These
EDITORIAL
1942. some very
circumstances."
Lord Listowel's Visit HONGKONG welcomes a unique
021
In
as it is devoted. We venture to that Lord Listowel will Ruggest
that despite the Colony's rapid post-war recovery
and its ostensible prosperity, it is beset with a variety of pre
problems. Most -of-them-are domestle, and their solution lies in the hands of the local government, but it would be renerous of our visitor if he could
interest himself in one or two matters of moment, action on
largely with which rests
tho Colonial Office which he repre. senta. One is the future of the Hongkung University, which the Trade Mission to China rated as one of the most Impor- tant factors in making the Colony Britain's show window of the
WINDOW For East Without the active backing of the Colonial Office and the support of the Treasury, there can be no future for the Univer KILY Bucli as envisaged by the Trade Mission. The prospects of development and
expansion are
visitóris Majesty's Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, The Earl of Listowel, who is the first to hold this new, -and—to-us-here-somewhat-
mysterious office, is bettre recalled as British Minister to Burns and the leading part he played helping to bring into effect that country's new constitution. He is India, having also an expert
Parliamentary Under- served as
India Secretary of State In the Omee. Ile is known also to have been
Britials a loyal and active member of the Labour Party since 1937 In which year he became Labour member for East Lewisham on the London County Counell. We are, however, rather in the dark
the nature and
and scope
ope ut his present office, and Hougtour. which naturally, is
Ja interested in matters pertaining to the Colonial Ministry, wilt be
be grateful to Lord
ak
Listowel for enlightenment before he leaves us. Hongkong appre clates Lord Listowel's presence, it than fi in-
for
o other reas not entirely
lentes the Colony forcotten by the Colonial
Onee (though in the past there have been good reasons for suspecting that the CD has become obliviour to our existened). If therefore, our distinguished vislior can do, what the Hongkong Government apparently cannot altake up some,Colonial Oflee interest In the Colony, bo will have fuifljed
(a very useful- mission, and we shall be grateful. Lord Listowel will have ample time to form con- crete Impressions of Hongkong. and, it is to be hoped, he will be given full opportunity of meeting those whose interest in the wel- fare of the Colony is as seiflers
nil while the University has to strusele along on its present pittance, and unless Homeside is willing to offer assistance, University has a dreary future. Hongkong has a second speciat problem which, we believe, could fruitfully occupy Lord Listowel's attention. It is the old one of laxation without representation. Representation the Colony has been promised but not riven; taxation the Colony has. We ask Lord Listowel, In due course, place most forcefully before The Secretary of State for the Colonies the loJustice of this situation, and to urge the Secretary of Blate to use his good offices to the fullest In speeding up the establishment of a Municipal Council-the first step to self-government in Hong-, kong.
be
MALAYAN QUESTIONS London, Mar. 17.-General Per- cival's criticisms of Malayan Chinese were referred in his war despatch lo at question time in the House of Commons today.
Another New
Military-Pact-
who
Arrives
Lord Listowel, Minister of State for the Colonial Office (extreme right) met by the Colonial Secretary (Hon. D. M. Mae- Dougall) and the Director of Air Services (Mr A. J. R. Moss) when the Minister arrived at Kai Tak yesterday afternoon on an official visit to Hongkong. --Francis Wu.
LIGHTHOUSES RAIDED
China Sea Navigation Endangered
some
BLOW UP LORRY
10 Arabs Killed
Jerusalem, Mar. 17-An explosive-laden Arab lorry.. was blown up by Jewish anis pers on the Haifa.Accra road today, killing 10 Arabs and injuring seven.
The blast Injured 39 Jews and blew over a passing Army lorry, in- Juring two British soldiers,
BRITAIN BLAMED
The Jewish Agency's three-man committed of inquiry today blamed Britain for the Ben Yehuda Street explosion in Jerusalem on February 22, in which more than 50 people were killed and 50 wounded.
The persons seen in the armoured car and trucks which carried out the assault wero British, and there was no evidence that any other per- com-
sons
There were Arabs, the
report said..
mittee's rer
It established that the car which led the explosivo-Inden trucks into Ben Yehuda Street was a police car, It added. The
armoured
cor
had been stolen by Brilish
police on February 14, and there appeared to bo negligence on the
part of the British police authorities
in
failing to give warning
unui!
dis-
after the disosier of the appearance of the car, the report asserted.
Had the population been warned, the armoured car and trucks would probably not have been allowed to enter Jerusalem.
The
Inquiry, conducted by three lawyers, was ordered by the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council.
HAGANAH REPORT
Between 5,000 and 6,000 Syrion, Tengi and Lebanese volunteers for the Arab army had entered Pales- fine, a Jewish Agency spokesman said today,
Quoting Haganah--the Jewish de fence organisation-reports, he sald there were 2,600 Ayrlans, 2,500 Iraqla, several hundred Lebanese and also 174 Egyptian Army officers and men, and 100. Yugoslavs in the Arab camp.
Most of the Arab commanders in the Holy Land were not Palestinians, he said-Router.
ARAB'S WARNING Jerusalem, Mar. 17.-Abdul Kader Husseini, commander of the Arab Palestinian Army, issued a warning on Wednesday that the Hebrew
and Tiniversity
the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus might be or destroyed by Araba it
captinued in use them as bases
Jews for attacks.
Husseini, a cousin of the Mufti of Jerusalém, told The Press that Jews are using both institutions as bases (or "murder, bloodshed and aggres- alon" with the deliberate intent of provoking the Arabs into an attack. The Jews say they are only de- fending the University and the hospital-Associated Press!
́Shanghal, Mar. 18-Navigation In the China Sea is being endan- zered by Continuing raids on light- houses from Ningpo to Tsingtao for heroznue and food supplies, uc- The admiral, who told a reporter
cording to the China Press-today. tonight-that-last week-he-had-asked-
The latest rald was carried out on for permission to publish his war
means that Steep Island, some 150 miles from London, Mor.
"It diary, added: 17-Britain and
southern ap- I publish mutual
anything on my own. Shanghai, In the Transfordan have pledged
should be caught under the Oficialproaches to the Yangtse Estuary. military aid in war and have agreed
Six armed men from a small on the right to bring troops to each Secrets Act, I cannot do any more
at present." other's territory if war comes..
pirate junk landed on the roof, firing shots without causing any casualties. Mr Leonard Cammans, Conserva-
Under the terms of a military tive, asked what action the Colonial annex to the new Anglo-Translordan House of Commons today reiterated keeper
An Admiralty spokesman in the They got hold of and beat up the and his wife, and finally text treaty, the of Secretary proposed to inke on the
to publish made off with 74 ting of kerosene Britainch was pub-the. Admiralty's refusal Hshect protests made to the British Govern-
today,
almost unre- the
war diary contemporary
of and
effects. mant
stricted by prominent Singapore
right under the 1948 treaty
Adiny personal
earlier. Chinese against General Percival's to station troops in Transjordan has Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, who
the lighthouse on been dropped, but until
commanded the British naval forces Elgar faland, 100 miles from Shang- despatches on the fall of Singapore.
in the Malayan campaign, but said hal, was visited by, a
amall open Arthur Creech Jones, the countries agree that the state of the admiral could ask for permission junk, from which five pirates landed, Colonini Secretary,
Shanghol, Mor, 18-The China replied: "I world security renders such
to publish his own review of the locked up the staff and their families Merchants Steam Navigation Com- understand that the Secretary of measure unnecessary, Transjordan
evente
Chihsin, left for the in a storeroom and made off with pany vessel, War has just received a communica-invites Britain to maintain unlta of
36 tins of kerosene, plus all the rice (South Sea yesterday with 1,000 tons tion from the Chairman of the the Royal Air Force at Amman and
Asia Federation
und other provisions of Mafrak airfields. South-East
of cotton yam and cloth and over Altogether five such raids have 1,000 tons of miscellaneous goods China Relief Fund Committees on
The treaty fully meets the claims The spokesman, who recalled that been carried out by pirates since aboard." of Transjordan covereignty to meet the admirat was now a private-per-last-November-In each case, the which the revision of the old treaty son, sald the Admirally would have pirates before leaving ordered the undertaken on Transjordan to consider any such application from keepers to keep the lights burning, Initiative. Reuter.
otherwise they would return and Conservative Member, Captain massacre everybody-Reuter. A. Marsden, had asked whether
war diary
the subject of criticisms of Malhyun Chinese contained in General Per elval's despatch.
"This communication is now under consideration. I
out. must point however,
that the views expressed in General Percival's despatch are opinions of the author.
was
the two
bim.
M.P.'S QUESTIONS
he personvernor of Singapore paid Honduras Dispute: he published and whether it would
public tribute to the courage and bearing of Chinese during the hosti- itles and later, during the Japanese occupation, when he assumed that 'omee."
SLAVE LABOUR? Mr William Teeling. Conservative, asked whether the Minister had any statement to make on the conviction of two land dayaks in the district court at Kuching, Sarawak, for fail- kig to comply with an order to assist in transporting a district officer's Unggage, from Kampong Begu Kampong Hunggu during officer's visit to those kampongs.
He asked how much they were Ained.
to
that
After Mr Creech Jones had said he was making Inquiries of the Governor, Mr Teeling asked whe ther there was, in fact, any com- pulsory slave labour in Sarawak.
Mr Creech Jones said he was not aware of any compulsory labour or anything of the kind but there were certain provisos under the Forced Labour Convention, He would look into the matter,
And
Mr Teeling: "Will you also out whether these people are sup- porters of the Brooke family."
Mr Creech Jones: "Yes.”
PAY PARITY PROMISED Mr Frederick Skinnard, Labour, naked whether in connection with the report of the Trusted Salories Commission, the Government of
U.S. Intervenes
on instructions from
be made available to naval correz- pondents and historians.
Belize, Mar. 17.-The United Captain Marsden, further asked States has, intervened in the terri- whether notes written on, the spot torial dispute between Guatemala were not more valuable than diaries and the United Kingdom over British written weeks after the incidents Honduras, it was reported authori- they reported.
today.
He wanted to know why these tatively here
The United States Ambassador to notes could not be published. Guntemala, Washington, is understood to have
The Admiralty spokesman, Mr sought and to have received Guate John Dugdale, the Financial Secre malan Foreign Office assurances that tary of the Admiralty, said at the there will be no aggressive
his action time Admiral Layton wrote against the colony.
associated notes, the commandera On that basis, it, was gald, the with him were prisoners. They did Reuter. cruiser Shefeld was withdrawn not write their reports until some
time later.-Reuter..
FOUR INCHES OF WATER ARE ENOUGH FOR A BATH
SAVE ALL THE WATER
YOU CAN
VALUABLE CARGO
The vessel-plans-to-call-at-Bang kok and Singapore, via: Hongkong.
The cargo was sent by the State- operated. China. Textile Industries. Icuter.
Woman Prosecutor In Tokyo
Mrs Tom Lambert,, former Spokane, Wash.,” and San' Francisco lawyer, makes her first official appearance as one of the prosecutors of Japanese in the Tokyo war crimes trials, Mrs Lambert is the wife of an Associated Press staff member in Tokyo. - AP. Wirephoto.