THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1948.
Diamond Bigger BURMA TO STAMP
OUT COMMUNISTS
Than Koh-i-noor
Bombay, Mar. 29-An Indian Maharajali has Imported from the United States a diamond rivalling the world-famous Koh-i-noor, the tablold news: paper Bombay Sentinel sald today
The report did not identify the purchaser, who is described as "Maharajah of a large Indian state" 'and who is said to have the for US$2,000,000 pald diamond, which weighs 107 carats.
The Iraniaction is the biggest In the blatory of the Bombay diamond market, the report said.
The Kah-i-noor was sald to have weighed 186 carats when It was first acquired by the Persian conqueror, Nadir Sheb, the but after li passed into hands of the East India Com- presented to pany Queen Victoria it was recut at Amsterdam and now welchs 100 carats.
And
WAD
The famous Stope diamond, ac- quired by an American colles- tor.. weighed 44 carats ond tho original purchase price was re- ported to have been US$100,- 000.-United Press,
SUBPOENA
IGNORED
BY LEWIS
Washington, Mar. 29-John L. Lewis, leader of the United Mineworkers Union, today nd- vised a Government fact-finding board of his "disinclination" to attend a hearing on the causes of the nation-wide coal strikte in the United States.
Rangoon, Mar. 29.-The Burmese Premier, Thakin Nu, declared today that the Government would take "ruthless action" to eliminate the Burmese Communist Party.
The Premier's statement came after police had arrested 300 people and raided pickets engaged in an alleged Communist-inspired strike here.
ATOMIC CONTROL
RUSSIAN PLAN TO
Employees of four British-owned companies who have been out for about three weeks in a strike are Bald today by the semi-official Burmese Review to be "engineered by the Communists to throw the country into disorder."
The newspaper said the Commu-
10
the nlats intended "paralyse Government and create civil com- motion" and "having thus prepared the ground, the Communists hope to step into power."
Tho
the Secretary-General of Than Tun, and other party officials Burmese Communist Party, Thakin on the police "wanted list" were still at large today.
BE REJECTED Lake Success, Mar. 29 four-power proposal to reject the Soviet suggestions for atomie control was supported A police Inspector was stabbed by four other nations in the and several people injured in yes- terday's raid on pickets outside the United Nations Atomic Energy supply depot of the British-owned Committee today, ensuring Burma Oil Company, more than the seven votes Broadcasting over Rangoon Radio needed.
to
selze
EDITORS PREGU SERVICE.
England Meets Disaster After Promising Start
today, the Premier said his Govern- WORLD SPORT: Dritain, Canada, France andment beld conclusive proof that. the China submitted the rejection of the Communists were trying Soviet plan, which has been under power by force of arms.
Fing and Red Both the White discussion since it was put forward last June, on the rounds that it Communists (both banned parties) was useless and would not eliminate had combined forces to start a
armed insurrection, he said.--Router. the danger of an atomic war.
Admission To U.N.
Success. Mar. 20. The Security Council's Committee
of new members agreed today to recommend Burm for membership of the United Na-
The United States, Belgium, Colombin and Argentina representa- lives spoke in support of the rejec-
tion,
Mr Richard Miles, on behalf of the four powers submitting the rejection. said in the Working Committee that by further discussion of the Soviet "no useful purpose can be served" proposals.
Lake
the admission'
tions.
on
formal vote, to report to the Coun- The Committee agreed, without a cil that Burma fulfilled the neces- sary qualifications
Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 29-England were all out for 227 in their first innings of the cricket Test match here today.
:
the
the French forwards In 90 minutes before lunch) Several of
and this weight today, England scored only 38 sealed 10 stone, runs and lost four more wickets superiority of their heavy pack. proved too much for England. The In the fourth and final match speedy French three-quarters made Mr. Miles, who is the British de- legate, read n four-power state-
The Charter requires that new with the West Indies here, and the most of the good service they Lewis replied to the board's invita- ment proposing rejection of
so the scoreboard showed 221 received and, in the closing stages, the member states shall be peace-loving.
France completely dominated tion only three minutes before the Soviet plan.
accept the obligations contained in
play. Reuter, lendline set by the chairman, Judgo
Gromyko's Accusation the Charter and, in the opinion of for nine wickets at the lunch
MILLS-LESNEVICH MATCH Sherman Minton. The board Im-
for At the same Committee meeting the organisation, be able and willing interval. a subpoena
This was due to grand bowling
London, Mar. 20-Ted Broadribb, mediately Issued
earlier in the day, M. Andrei to carry out these obligations.
manager of Freddie Mills, the Lewis' appearance later in the day. Gromyko, speaking for nearly an Representatives of Britain, Syria, and elding by the West Indies
If Lewis should ignore the sub-hour, repeated the charge that the the United States, Canada, the Soviet rather than to stonewalling by Eng British, European and Empire light heavyweight champion, revealed United States. and to
a lesser extent Union. Belgium, Ukraine and China land, who found the pace bowling of of' Burma's ad-Kentish and Johnson too nurb for poena, the fact-finding board might
tonight that Mills and Gus Lesnevich Britain, Great
were deliberately spoke in support
the
will meet in their return contest for senk court order alreeting him to
trying to
to wreck any real interna-
began W today England's dikaster Dr Rodolfo Munoz (Argentina) appear.
the world title at the White City tinal control of atomic cnregy.
London, on Monday, "This cool and enlculated line of reserved the position of his delega- when Kentish joined the attack, for
not yet received Ikin was brilliantly run out when Stadium,
the West Indies captain; John God-July 20 under the promotion of Jack militaristic American circles is harm-tion, which had
Solomons-Router. ful to the maintenance of peace,
The Argentine delegation had, he
dard. threw down the wicket from he declared, adding that if anyone nurred
the hope that the Soviet said, some objection to the present The 400,000 soft cont miners who Union would
the basle procedure for the admission of new are led by Lewis have been on strike principles of its plan, their expecta- members, and reserved the right to udy the question further without for a fortnight in support of-his-de-tions were in vatre
taking a stand now oil Durma's ap mand for pensions to be taken from
M. Gromyko
stressed tint the
plication. problem of control was foremost a nininers' welfare fund.
political problem and once settle- ment was reached,"technical difficul- ties
Lewis claimed in effect that the Tort-Hartley Act, under which the board was appointed, had not been violated by the strike,
President Truman set up the fast- Anding board lust week and Lewis, who failed to appear at the boned's first meeting on Friday, said he he had would do so today when studied the legal aspects of the case. -Reuter.
L.
Mar. 29-John Washington. Lewis tonight ignored a subpoena to appear before Government fact- finding board investigating the cause of the two-weeks old strike.-Reuter,
Reuter.
abandon
would be smoothed out.
GHOST HUNTER DEAD
Pulborough, Sussex, Mar. 28.
Britain's best known Harry Price. "ghost hunter," died here today, aged
07,
mission.
Instructions.
from the rear.
was
CREDIT TO WEST INDIES
an average
by
Franco Speech Gives No Hope For Changes
Madrid, Mar. 29.-Generalissimo Francisco Franco, speaking on the ninth anniversary of his capture of Madrid in the Spanish civil war, today deplored Spain's exclusion from the plan of rehabilitation of Western Europe and reaffirmed her stand, against Communləm, -
Franco spoke for 19 minutes would come when those nations from the balcony of his reaf which now opposed Spain and its dence, El Pardo, to 4,500 cadets regime will all be rubbing elbows
together in the same trench.”....... belonging to the Falange Party Childran Sent To Russla youth organisation. The ocen He said the Spanish example in sion was the date on which | defeating Communism had been Madrid, Valencia and other ignored by the world, wherefore 12 cities of Southern Spain were ing the Communist yoke".
European nations are now experiene-
He recalled how thousands of Spanish children were transported to
captured by the Nationalists during the Civil War.
Now
YOR!!!
continued,
the
Visibly moved, Franco referred in Russin during the civil war.
"gloriour a choking volee to the
"We did not care about the gold victories" of the civil war. His stolen
from
us," he said. "But the youthful Falangists cheered his re-children, yer
France ferences
to the war and other signi- ficant passages in his speech. chlidren of other European nations Politicat Kources regarded the were being stolen by Communism. speech as a reaffirmation of Falangist He said the world wae suffering
"spiritunt eclipse" but that Spain. said that Spain, like other was ten years ahead of other nations nations, believed in liberty, equality because of its civi which ho
"cruenta".
ся
*
and fraternity, and said those prin- /describe be necessary to destroy
woul
ciples were applied in Spain In a "Catholte sense."
08 before wa could be made "We refuse foreign intervention into forget the glorious deeds of our our fatherland and its workers," he civil war. Today, 28,000,000 Span- suld, and prophesied that the day inrds give peace and prosperity to our country. Other nations have an enemy in their very homes."
One Captain
OUTWARD MAILS
He then deplored foreign pollileal Unter otherwise stated, registered attempts to achieve our disuniva," articles and parcel posts close 30 minutes and likened Spain to a ship with a earlier than the ordinary tail. I "in Toyal crow of all Spaniardy aboard, close before 10 a.m., registered and
parrets will close at 3 p.m. the previous
day.
TUESDAY, MARCH 30 Closing Timerby Air Bangkok, Stangoon, Calcutta, Karacht, Bahrein, Cairo, (Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marseilles via Calro) Augusta & London (Kowloon CP.0.) 3 p.m. (G.P.O.) 330p.m.
Singapore, Sourabaya, Colombo, Sydney and Auckland 330
taking orders from ono captalit.
He praised the "mmad Koniuta of the Spanish race," which had produced such leaders as Cervantes. He said the nation was blessed that could produce sucli "locos" (or lunatics) Columbus, Cortes, Loyola and others. Pizzare, vantes
He concluded with the Falangist
"Arriba Espana." Political observers believe that Franco's speech, in addition to TC
cry: and
Shanghai, Nanking. Tankow, Tsingtao. Priping, Canton, Ainoy, Foochow Swatow 3.30 p.m.
Closing Times By Sea & Train Swatow (ca) 1 pm.
2 p.m.
Tizian and, Shekki
Macau,
Canten (Train) 2 pm.
Straits (Sea) 3 p.m.
Shanghai (Hex) 0 pm.
(Sea)
Macau, Tainshan and Shekki (8ea) p.m.
Kongmoon (Bea)
Canion (Rea) 5 p.m.
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 Closing Times By Air Manlin P.1. Honolulu, U.S.A.
Canada 9.30 nm. (reg): 10 am. (ord).
Shanghai 11.30
3.39 pm.
and
Japan (Ord. Letters & Carda only)
Canton, Lluchow Kunming. Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtao, J'eiping, Tainan, Swa:ow and Foochow
330 p.m.
Closing Times By Sea & Train Canton (Traits) 7 win,
Mocão, Tainshian and Shekk (Sea) B
m
Amoy (Sen) Noon,
Hothow and Bangkok (Bea) 1 pm,
affirming his loyalty to the tenets and principles of the revolution, also signifies his determination to con- tinue in control of Spain, especially in view of the Communist threat to the world.
They say it must be interpreted" as giving no hope to the monarchists for any chge of administration in Spalu-United Press.
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Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, L. Marques, Delra and South Afrtes via Durban (sea) 3 p.m.
pun.
Kocao. Tsinaban and Shekki (Sea) 4
Canlon (Sea) 5 p.m
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
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PAU GRAND PRIX square leg. Then Kentish had Allen
Pau, France, Mar, 20-The
ace and Evans caught, and Johnson, in
won the Pau Grand Prix Interna- the last over before lunch, got Lakes Italian dilver, Pagani, in a Moserail, enun caught.
Meanwinle. Howarth, who-had-tional-motor race here today in three ceived week-end treatment for boils hours, 33 minutes 39.3 seconds at of 85.507 kilo- apced The French delegate said his
in his ear, otTered a détermined re- delegation also had not yet received sistance to prevent the West Indies metres per hour.-Reuter. instructions, but hc
IRISH GRAND NATIONAL supported from completing the dismissal of Burma's application provisionally,
England before lunch.
Fairyhouse. Eire, Mar. 20. Mr B. Chinese Comment
Hamilton's Itamstar, by Noble Star The Chairman, Dr. Shu-hat Hsu, The finish of the England innings out of Home Again, won the Irish speaking as representative for China, was not long delayed after the lunch Grand National, valued at £1,500, sald Burma had made some Interval, Johnson bowling Tremlett and run over three and a half miles, "mistakes" at the initial stage of the to put England all out for 227. This here today, beating the Cheltenham
that first Gold total after war but soon had joined the struggle was a poor
winher, Coltage Rake, Cup for
by F. L. Vickerman, freedom and had helped the wicket stand of 129, but West Indies owned Allies by harassing the Japanese deserve every credit for, in the old, 15
eld. 15 lengths, with Mr F. S. Myers- they backed up splendidly the cough's Fear Cruaid, a further length Burma's application
the brilliant captaincy et John Goddard, away third in a strong field of 17 first to be considered under the and Johnson, particularly, gave a runners.
and Price, who was honorary secretary amended rules providing that any grand display of fast bowling.
Ridden by Eddie Kennedy and 1. Gold, frankincense and myrrh. of the University of London Council application
favourite, affected. 3. Detroit, Michigan. fine pace that he never had need easily, the six-to-four So accurate was he in developing starting at six to one, Hamstar won 2. Pneumonia when both lungs are to resort to intimidation of the bats Cottage Rake. finding his welter The,eastern Mediterranean and the burden of 175 pounds too much for coasts of Syria, Asia Minbr and "Had England-fielded as well,-three him-in-the-closing-stages... ——— Egypt.--5,-Johann Wolfgang von
wickets would have
Caughoo, winner of the Aintree Goethe, 6. Dumas' "La Dame aux been down for: 41 for, after the first Grand National in 1946, was in the Gamelias." wicket stand had been broken at 39,
rear.-Reuter. two easy chances were missed, first yet it and was quite a useful start Tand
rld of two made in getting teading batsmen before tea.
At the ten interval, West Indies had scored 70 for the loss of two (Continued from Page 1)
wickets, after which they continued to add another 98 runs for the loss LAUNCH RESCUED
"Unless appropriate steps"
are of another wicket until stumps were Tokyo, Mar. 30.—General Douglas | taken, the Christian holy places in drawn. BY LIFEBOAT MocArthur today invoked a general | Jerusalem may not be in existence
At the close of play, West Inates strike bar to halt rapidly spreading next year, a Jewish Agency spokes- tolal was 168 for three-Reuter. London, Mar. 29,-An SOS threats of walk-outs by Japanese man said here today.
EASTER SOCCER sounded on a siren and red flares government workers.
Welcoming the appeal by Dr London, Mar. 20-The Easter today brought a Margate lifeboat to He specifically instructed Japanese Cyril Garbelt, the Archbishop of holiday soccer fixtures which were the rescue of an ex-naval launch officials to prevent, the threatened York, said the Jewish Agency | the promotion and relegallon prob-
for peace in
in Jerusalem, which had gone aground on a sand-strike set for Wednesday by an spokesman bank with our men on board.
estimated 400,000 communications would consider any positive reaction lems of the English Leagues, owing The launch, undamaged, was employees who are the spearhead of on the subject of a fruce in Jeru- to the remarkable evenness of the
stoppage movement by salem from an
meu.
MILAN TENSIÓN for Paychical Investigation (former-ton made inall contain a declara" ly the National Laboratory of Pay that the applicant accepts the obli- chical Research, of which he was gations contained in the Charter. Milan, Mar. 29. Tension-was-in-founder) investigated
-large-nu
numbers
“Mr ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄Valentine G. Lawford, for creasing in Milan tonight after Com-of houses sald to be haunted.
Britain, warmly supported Burma's West Indies munist Party loudspeakers reported He broadcast in 1036 description
application. Reuter. to city crowds the shooting of three of his wait in a cellar for the ghost Communists carlier today at nearby of Dean Manor, an ancient house in Kent. He told listeners how the Somaglia.
A Communist was shot dead and two others seriously wounded Somaglin when local youths attacked a group of workers-Router.
in
temperature rose and fell suddenly for no apparent reason-but ghost appeared.-Reuter.
STRIKE BAN
towed Into Margate harbour and its n work crew,
BY SCAP
no
PALESTINE
TRUCE
by Evans then by Auch Eng-
by
representative result of the 88 clubs gained
who were uninjured, will 1,000,000 government employees, Arab
source so
so long as they could probably continue their journey in Tokyo Tramcar and bus workers absolutely rely on that source. it from Medway to Scotland,— | have been on strike for three days.-- Reuter.
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The responsibility for any pre- pasals regarding Jerusalem reated with the United Nations, the spokes man added.
Dr Husseini Khalid!, Secretary of the Palestine Arab Higher Commit-
tec, sald here today: "If any danger exists at all to the sacred places in Jerusalem, it comes from Zionist nggression."
CAR BLOWN UP
of the
U.S. SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Sun Valley, Idaho, Mar. 20. Jack Reddish, Salt Lake City Olympic team skier, swept every men's event national ski championships here on a basis of unofficial results,
Yves Latrale, of
Canada, Quebec, was rated second and Dick Movitz, of Salt Lake City, third.
Suzy Harris, of Salt Lake City, won the first place in the women's division. Grace Lindley, of Minnca- polls, was second and Jannette Burr, of Seattle, third.-United Press.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Only the full six Easter points-Sheffield Wednesday, now League II promotion contenders; Queen's Park Rangers,
An Appeal For Pen still on top of the Third Division, South; Rotherham, who drew lovel Friends From NZ with Lincoln at the
head of tho Third
Northern, and Divity.
Sir.-Mny na a semi-shut-in whe Stockport
for almost four years has been laid Preston North End, Torquay up with a tubercular spine, make on United, Southend, Rochdale and appeal through the columns of your
ZBW RADIO
Tranmere falled to salvage a point paper, four pen-triends to help me
all in the
enforced from their bollday games.
long hours of De Garbelt, ho said, could rest. Sunderland, beaten at Wolver-Idleness?
ROBERT H. MENZIES, assured that the Arabs,would shed hampton today by a last-minute their blood in the defence of Chris-goal by Smyth, look the most likely 39, Maitangi Road, tlan, Moslem and Jewish holy places, team to accompany doomed Grimsby
Wadestown, Wellington, N.2.,
New Zealand. He added the Archbishop should direct a warning to supporters at Town into the Second Division.
One of the biggest blows of the Jewish terrorism who "initiated, the
' bombing of buildings over the heads Easter soccer was suffered by the 108 Cup
finalists, Blackpool, who had of innocent people."
Six Jewn and one Jewess were Stanley Mortensen (bruised knee) Matthews (bruised too) and
HX.T.
dio, Chil- 6, Programme Summary: killed when their armoured car was
drens Story "Peter Duck by Arthur blown up during an attack on an injured.
Without these two stars, Black- Tansome. Episode 7First Night at Bea" Arab
In the area of Lydda,
Read by Captain Flint, (Studio): 0.30, pool were beaten by the odd goal at Alvino hey, its Singing Guitar and The
Four King Sisters, Vocal; 6.50, Derby, illegal A group of 737 Jewish
Losss zotlled weather today Ten on Sport (Studio); 1, World and immigrants into Palestine left Halla
Recital by Bergo Rachmanino 7.30, for Cyprus on board the ferry ship brought a drop in attendances, yet Home News London Relay); 7.15, Plano They had been nearly 3,000,000 soccer fans saw the Blage and screen Favourites" Presented Empire Rival.
by Alleen Woods, (Bludio); 609, Royal brought into harbour in the Yehtam, holiday programme. Reuter.
FRANCE'S RUGBY WIN Open House Orchestra Covent Garden "Merry Go-Round Melody and Home a single-masted schooner with an auxillary engine, intercepted by the
Paris, Mar. 20-England finished Bank (BCS) World and Royal Navy yesterday 60 kilometros at the bottom of the International News London Relay): 115, Weather Re off Palestine,--Router,
Rugby Union championship as the porti D.30. "Dangerous Corner" by J.
Priestley, Excerpts from the Production result of their defeat by France by of the itong Kong Stage Club,
the ital airport.
being
15 points (one goal, one dropped presented this week at the Missions to Moa! iwe tries) to zero in the last fermen iẞtudia) Ciltford Davies, ro- Hurer: 915, Interlude: 10, Hadles News International of the season played neol (London Relay: 2015, Fred Bart.
03,000 spectators
at the lay and 11s Musta (ubers): 10.30. Danes
to the RAF Hand; 11, Close Down England scored only one paint France's from their four matches. win takes them into second place in
Customs? Big Haul London, Mar. 29-Customs officials found more than 2,000 watches and before many hundreds of English banknotes in an aircraft which landed Lympne, Kent, after a journey from the Continent.
Colombes Stadium here today. at
The pilot was questioned and map will appear at the Hythe court on Thursday, accused of smuggling and currency offences-Re
Printed and published by FREDERICK
the table with the same number of Pracy FRANKLIN for and on behalf of points as Scotland.
mainly
South China Morning Post Limited France owed their victory today at 1-8 Wyndham Street, City of the overwhelming Victorial in the Colony of Hongzőta
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