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VOL. III NO. 211
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The
TODAY'S WEATHER: Moderate West winds, light variable tonight; fair of Ann.
1 p.m. Observationsı - Barometrio pressure, 1007.0 mbs, 20.74 in. Temperature, 89 der. F. Dew poini, 30 deg. F. Relative humidity,
7. Wind direction, West-North-West. Wind foren, û knots.
Low water: 2 ft. 0 in. at 0.46 pan. Ugh water: 6 ft. 3 in, at 1.11a.m. (Wednesday),
Thongkong Telegraph.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948.
Pact With Soviet-Controlled Police
Karen Tribesmen
Rangoon, Sept. 6.- The Burma Government an- nounced, in an official com- munique tonight, that an un- derstanding had been reached with the Karen tribesmen who occupied Mealmein, 蹭 east of Rangoon, on Septem- ber 1.
A peace
city
preservation committee has been set up with the Butmezs divisional commissioner as chairmaTS. administrative other
. Police And
functions, it is expected, will ze restored immediately,
Burma Government troops have recaptured Nattalin, 40 miles south of Prome
on the Rangoon-Prome
Tawny, from
railway
Furgents
sald
to
tonight.
Communist-led In-
Army an
communiqua
A number of deserters surrendered
Government
the
forces.
They
reported that the morale of the in- in Prome was "very low",
Nurgerunique added.
the
The President of the Karen Na- tional Union, Saw Ba U Gyl, who carried out the negotiations, has left for Thaton, on the rallway further north, to make a similer arrangement as at Moulmetu.
New Stamp
1948
| UNITED STATES POSTAGE
Astronomy is honoured on the new Palomar Moun- tain Observatory stamp, which was placed on first- day sale during ceremonies at Palomar Mountain, Cal., on August 30, marking the Installation of the world's
largest telescope,
Bomb Thrown At Offices
NO EASY SOLUTION Mahn Bo Saing, the newly- alected chairman of the Karen Affairs Council, is expected to take over as Minister of Karen Affairs in the now Government expected to be established carly this wook.
Pro-Government sources said to- day that they did not expect easy solution to the demand of the
The agency, said windows Karen tribesmen for zacial. auto
autono-
snushed and the building damaged my within the Burros Union.
but no one was injured; ~ The Karena have been demand-
It called the bombing a "Fascist ing separate State since the end
provocation" and said police were of the Japanese war, during which on the trail of the perpetrators they were staunchly pro-British.
whom It called "Fascist terror Pro-Government sources here
said
bands." the Karena had already disagreed ADN sald this was the second among themselves on the method of assault on the Communist organi- getting a separate State. The Karen
ention's offices with a home made National Union, claiming to re- bomb. The first failed to explode. present the bulk of the country's Schwerin is in Meckleburg about four
million Karens, advocated the
120 miles northwest of Berlin-As- creation of a now State by consociated Press. stitutional
while means,
other Karen elements were trying to get it by force, taking advantage of the Communist insurrection,
these sources-declared,
These
Bources were of the opinion that the Constitution went a long way towards meeting Karen sentiments-Reuter.
Berlin, Sept. 7-A bomb thrown by unidentified persons damaged offices of the Communist controlled German "Committee for Unity and Peace" at Schwerin in the Russian occupation zone, the Soviet licensed news agency ADN reported on Mon- anday night
Were
EDITORIAL
WI
COAL INDUSTRY PROFIT London, Sept. 8-Britain's nation- alised coal industry which last year showed a net deficit of more than 423 million, ended the first half of this year with an estimated surplus for £1,303,982.---Reuter.
Typhoon Information
[JITH the Royal. Observatory
telephonically out off from - the rest of the world the most direct and convénient Information during threat is, or should be, the radio. the The newspapers strive to
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source of typhoon
full to provido the latest pos sible news of impending storms, but there is a time lag which cannot be overcomt. That is when the publio comes to depend on the radio for their Informa- tion. Unfortunately It cannot be said that Radio Hongkong lives up to is responsibilities In this direction. Generally information
-
I too technical for the ordinary man in the street to appreciate and more often than not it is several hours late. Radio Hong- kong has recently established SUM
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news room, the declared aima of which are to keep the listen- ing pubile Informed on any news of local importance as well as to present
attractively the Inter- national news of the day. Im- typhoons offer Radio pending Hongkong a splendid opportunity. for displaying fie inliiative as an Information medium, but so far the attempts to make use of that opportunity have been pitiful. There are three apparent weak-
Ono
absence of Baison between the radio station and the Royal Observatory. which results in the station
at 11.15 p.m. the broadcasting same Observatory bulletin that li gave three to four hours carlier in the evening. It is inconceiv- able that in the space of four houro
the ObservatOLY would no additional have
Information on an approaching typhoon, al- though that is the impression left after listening to the bulletins
Kadlo
Hongkong. frota
Tho could ar- radio station, surely,
have somebody at the TRDKO to Observatory to phone through hourly, the latest ofDelal informa- Mon, so that when listeners tuno in they know that the typhoon
·Bulletinis are 'right up 'to A second shortcoming
daio.
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when.
Nor
men,
a
in- the
Greenwich Mean Time.
in local fimt.
wanta bis news
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Break Into U.S. Office
BERLIN INCIDENT
Berlin, Sept. 7.-Russian-backed German police broke into an American office in the Berlin city hall on Monday night and carried off 19 Germans of the rival Western police force, handcuffed and in chains. Then a Russian officer ordered all Allied uniformed personnel to leave the building.
The 19 Western police had sought refuge there earlier in the day from Communist gangs, who smashed into the building with battering rams and forced the elected city government to withdraw to Western Berlin.
The Soviet-sponsored invasion of American prò. French and perty came as the American, British, Russian military governors conferred three miles away on measures to end the 75-day crisis resulting the Russian blockade of the city.
and
They met for nearly six hours in this sixth conference
again broke up without comment. They w meet again on Tuesday.
The Soviet-sponsored polles forced their way into the American offle after a tall Russian major, backed by machine gunners, had ordered liaison officers of the three. Western Powers to leave the building, which is in the Soviet sector of the city. The Western officers stood firm and the Russians did not press their end
demand.
from
in
in the
Col. Howley said he expected the Communists would retain "control of the city hall if the city government decides to remain permanently Westem Berlin. The Communists, sitting tight in the sized bullding, announced a news conference would be held there on Tuesday at noon, when they are expected to disclose their future plans. If they continue to retain control, it would mean the of unified city govemment in Berlin.
The rioting drove the anti-Com- The Soviet action climaxed a day munist city council from the city. of tension and rioting in which Communist mob sashed into the hall to the safety of a building of
Technical University American the city hall, beat up two
the council British sector and seized reportera
city.. government There, chamber.
strongly indicated it would not re- turn again to the city hall, unless it obtains effective police protection. Communist-led Socialist Unity party (SED) councilmen boycotted meeting, although invited to attend. CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Connell chairman Ott Suhr, The Russian officer, a broad shoul- socialist, told the council, "It is im dered young major, had the support possible for 100 people to work in
soldiers a place where thousands riot out- of a squad of Red army
when be side. Not personal fear but respect armed with tommyguns "requested" the Allled Liaison ofM-
procedure forced us to move cers to leave.
URGENT CONFERENCE
the Maj. John E. Davisson, American liaison officer, telephoned Col. Frank Howley, the U.S. com- Col. mandant, for instructions. Howley summoned his staff into an to consider the urgent conferenco Soviet move.
up
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Finally. after discussions Davisson and other Allied officers, the Russian major stalked out of the building, saying:
A
to
REDS RUSH CITY HALL
Latest cabled reports say Mia! Communists in the Soviet-controlled sector af Berlin have again driven City councillors from the Berlin City Hall. This picture shows some Communists' climbing the iron gåte entrance to the city hall in a recent demonstration against the elected
Council. — AP Picture,
Dino
At the
For
P.G.
Reservations
HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES
Ganges Inundates Benares
London, Sept. 6.-Reports of hurricanes in Italy, Switzerland and Australia and an earthquake in New Zealand reached Reuter today as a despatch from Benares told of flood devastation with half the city-under the waters of the Ganges, -now-at-its- highest level in living memory.
More than 80 people died in a violent storm which
swept across Northern Italy during the weekend, bringing down houses, bursting river banks and cutting communi- cations.
GWAY
most.
But he met arm opposition from He expressed hope that "soon we Maj. Davisson, who refused to do will again be able to
meet in the Soviet that the anything without orders from higher city
law of the immunity of
Communists already have a
front" "democratic
The storm, Italy's
severe 1 prepared
for many years, passed over Pled- You can stay here all right, if proclaim itself ruler of Berlin, if the
mont last night, bringing on floods want to, but we are going to city council decides to stay per-
people and cat."
manently in the Western sector. which carried The Russian order
issued The front, composed of the SED and livestock in scores of villages. ufter liaison officers of the Western small pro-Soviet splinter groups, was The Rome evening paper, Powers refused to hand over to the formed during the weekend.
Momento Sera, estimated the Overseas Ernest Leiser,
News number of dead at 100 and the Russians a group of Western sector German polico who had gone into Agency correspondent, and Joseph the building in the Soviet sector of Evans of the Wall Street Journal damage at a value of 7,000 million
In the rioting, that of the were injured
Tho
Itali
President, Signor Berlin to guard the c
the city hall afur Einaudi, and his wife, broke out in
on holiday the demonstrators smashed their
up in the Alps, were snowed way in
the rest off from
anti-Communist city
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TAXI DRIVERS' DEMANDS
MORE PAY, BETTER CONDITIONS
Strike Threat
Taxi drivers of all companies on both sides of the harbour are making demands for increased pay and better working condi tions.
But a report circulated last night that the men would come out on strike tomorrow waą do- nied by a Union spokesman this morning.
He said the question of whether there would be a striito depended Upon the result of the Labour Officer's mediation,
At the moment, he said, the taxă drivers' representatives are discuss ing the actual demands which they wish to present, with Major Hector Chauvin, assistant Labour Officer.
The drivers are 'asking for an increase in pay from 30 to $8 a day. MORE HOLIDAYS
To date the employers have in dicated a willingness to make an increase of 50 cents a day.
In addition the drivers, who now receive 10 days' leave year are of naking for an additional day
the every week to conform with working conditions of other utility concerns.
They also demand that there shall be no dismingala
from, employment without good reasons.
.
the
It is learnt that one of reasons for the threatened strike is that two men employed in one of the garages in Wanchal were dis- missed without reasons baing given.
A protest meeting was held during the night, Jasting until 6 o'clock this morning when it was agreed to de- mand the reinstatement of the men Should the present dispute deve, Top into a strike, 000 delvers will be involved, and the Colony's transportation will crippled.
be
seriously,
FLYING BOAT
DISASTER
Suppers were working today trying to clear the two main passes were killed when a Norwegian Air Oslo, Sept. 6.--Thirteen people over the Alps into Italy, the Sim-Force Catalina flying boat crashed plon and the St. Gothard, where in thick fog on a mountainside out- motor traffic was blocked by big side Bergen. The pilot and one other man were rescued seriously' injured.
fails of rock.
On the other alde of the world. In Melbourne, Australia, n 00-mile an hour hurricane today stripped the roofs off a housing estate of verted Army huts. Threes were uprooted and telephone wires and wireless masts were down all over
The plane was on a routine training flight to Bergen with a crew of nine and six con-
passengers, Flying at all Service personnel. about 900 feet at the time of the disaster, it would have missed tho mountain if it had been about some" 50 feet higher.
Оле man was killed and - mix
130- hurt, three seriously, when a foot tree fell on a bush, shelter in
COUNCIL INTIMIDATED
Southern Victoria. Evans said the Soviet-controlled their chalet overlooking the Val D' Despite the attempt of the Wes-police, who on Monday again failed to Aosta, cut tern police to protect the elected lift a finger against the mob, threw Italy by the floods.
the Communist clty government, mob forced the council to call off its meeting and acel protection in the Western sector of the city.
The rioting and subsequent de velopments cast grave doubts chances for an East-West
1
were
THIRTY DROWNED Further south, in the Alba dis- trict, 30 people
reported of lines out drowned. Railway Milan were gut.
where 50 In Asti province, families were isolated, a 63-year- old colonel climbed a telegraph pole to escape the rising foodwaters bul fell into the torrent after two hours and was drowne
Xelt
Local farmers made gallant rescue altempts but the flame and.explo- sions hampered operations. The wreckage was scattered across the
the Victorian Alps.
Sharp earthquake shocks were
today in the New Zealand hillside.. coastal towns of Tauranga and Planes were grounded on most Opotiki and appreciable damage Norwegian airfields owing to the was caused.--Router.
fog-Reuter.
7.
Bernadotte-Arabs Talks
Count}
manner in which typhoon Intelli- cence is broadcast to the general pubilo. At present 15 Is ex- pressed in technical phraseology which, while understood by shipping
practically meaningless to the land-labber unless he has a map in front of him. By all means issno. bul- leting over the air for the benefit of shipping, but additionally give the ordinary listeners in simple Information they languore the scek.
What the listener in
me down a flight of stairs." in Hong-
He had gone to the aid of Leiser, know Is kong needs to
is appro-
who was being beaten. Earlier Lei- ximately how far
the AWEY
to help Associated typhoon at given time,
Henry Bur- Press Photographer ser had tried whether
Course diantes that it will strike
who was attacked and his roughs, agreo camera smashed. Colony, and if so, approximately
The Communists grabbed a tele- ment over Soviet blockaded Berlin, is he interested in
which brought the Allied military phone out of the hands of Associated Richard Correspondent governors together on Monday for Press the sixth time.
Kaalschke, then ripped out the phons The Western sector police had plugs.
"SHOCK FORCE" sought refuge in the rooms of the
were bo- In Turin, 40 people Haison officers Shortly after the
The city council had called Mon-lieved dead and 60 missing. In order to the Allled personnel was
London, Sept. · "6. German day's meeting in the city hall des Genas 40 people were dead and 40
The delegates of the seven member Issued, the Soviet-backed police brake into one of the rooms pite fallere of the Russians to give missing, 200 houses destroyed ond Bernadotte, United Nations states are meeting under the presl-
2,000 homeless,
dency of the Egyptian Prime Minis- and began
the them any guarantees fof police pro- dragging out
the Palestino Mediator, flow to XO 13 pou Western police in handcuffs. Some tection following the demonstration more than
Italian news agency," Anso, said. Alexandria today with members Pusha. were in chains. All were taken to two weeks ago.
The graveyard dead were floating A crowd
Reconnaissance parties from relief' singing the "Inter a police station across the street.
In refusing the Russian demand nationale" gathered outside the city on the floodwaters at: Asti, one of his staff for talks with Arab
organisations are investigating likely of the worst hit towns, the agency leaders.
sites boween Lake Tiberfus and tho as the
to Boriln hall
council prepared to hand over the Westerni
added.
He is expected "to meet Azzam Dead Sea for "tent towns" to shelter police, Davisson told the Russians meet.
50 A. "shock force" of about
the up to 80,000 Arab mfugees in the Fasho, Secretary-General”, of they would have to "break down youths smashed through the gate and big crops of vegetables Arab League, prior to tonight's Jordan Valley, a report from Rhodes
the under water today in the upper a The Soviet controlled police broke and led the invasion into
Rhone Valley between Martigny and meeting of the League's Political sald. into the American offices and rifled chamber.
Committee, which is to discuss the The first 10,000 will be under They ripped down a board com- Slon, Switzerland.
ro-ordination of Arab polley at the canvas within the next two weeks, American files. Davisson said, "I
United Nations Paris meeting this according to the United Nations most strongly protest this breaking memorating "anti-fascist martyrs" On info American offices by German and used it as a battering ram.
Director of Disaster Relief. the board wore the words. To the
Labour Day Deaths The Committee is also discussing police.'
Other ten towns
being Honour of the Dead and the Duty
unification of command of the Arab established in the Lebanon, Syria, Chicago, Sept, 6-Tho number forces in Palestine, administrative Translordan and at Gaza to ac- of the LivingAssociated Press.
general commodata of violent deaths during the Labour
more Arab refugees, Day weekend soared past 300, and situatioments and the
now estimated at over 360,000, of да muliona On
return from Alexandria whom 70, are women and children. armed Russians pushed him out and Manila, Sept. 7-A Philippine was climbing rapidly
Today's Itrasil communiqué“ sald commandeared the vehicles. He was Air Lines C-CA passenger plane from began the homeward trek from Count Bernadotte may touch down
at Amman. He is due in Tol-Aviv.† that Arab forces
Are in opened released' after being. hold-a short
Wednesday. A United Press survey showed on
tise southern arças
Jerusalem of time but two German bus drivers anila, overshot the runway while vacation spots today.
rivers leading at. Baler, Eastern Luzon,
Political and In Boviet
cts of around dawn, using light, machine- diplomalle aspects remained in
custody. The anti-Communist elly govern-erday, and crashed into the mud that at least 302 persons had been
about 100 metres from the ir killed" as the three-day holiday the Palestine problems, a distinct guns and three-Inch mortars,
from millary matters, are expected neared an end.
Isolated shots were heard in the ment decided at its meeting in the feld, Western zone to conduct new muni-
Of the total, 198 died on high-to occupy tonight's meeting of the city throughout the night, but thera The PAL management reported cipal elections on November 19. This that there were no casualties. Poor ways, 33 drowned, and 71 died in Arab League's Political Committee, have been no reports of carunities.
In- described by some Arab circles in │· These Incidents ended two days is opposed by the Communists, who ivisibility. due to the bad weather miscellaneous accidents that won only 18 par cent of the vote in was blamed for the accident cluded" several, pláne eraslies. Alexandria as the most important of absolute, quiet in the Holy City.
Router. the 1940 elections.
United Press.
It is all a question of ordinary. Thirdly vensible reporting.
Ilongkong Radio
could vastly improve its typhoon information
the service by letting
public know as soon as possible whether
to ferries are likely stop operating. or if they have, in This Journeys of harbour com- as they did inst Friday morning.
arrive at the ferry whirves only to And that service La suspended. correspondent Dut forward suggestion last
weck fhat
fact, already
stopped
would BYO fruitless
for hundreds muters who,
A
the
buses might carry some sort of Identifying disc when ferries had stopped running in order to warn travellers of the fact. This appeals as sensible and practiual and is to heartily commended to the
companies. Because typhoons, or threals of them, dislocate normal business and often immobilise the harbour it essential that the publie
receive all the information avail- ablo as early as possible so that businessmen CA make.
the necessary arrangements to moet the contingency. In this Held Radio Hongkong has a clear duty which the publlo expocis to be carried out efficiently.
the doors" in order, to get them,
SEIZE U.S. BUSES Outside the city hail, Russian mill tary police seized two American
buses. Cpl. Paul Clements said NARROW ESCAPE
In Switzerland, 20,000 fruit trees
United Press.
montu.
Lin the League's history.”
are