Indonesians Oppose Dutch Intervention In Red Insurrection
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Batavia, Sept. 21,-Indonesia's former Socialist Premier, Dr Amir Sjarifuddin, was today reported to have become Prime Minister of the new "Com- munist Republic" in Java, under the Presidency of Muso, the 50-year-old ex-teacher who returned from Moscow 37 years ago. Dutch
Radio monitors in Mohammed India, told Antara Bhat Sourabaya quoted the Com- his Government would not allow the munist-controlled Madiun Radio Dutch to intervene. as claiming that Dr. Sjarifuddin had gone to Jogjakarta, the Indonesian Republican capital. with the former Socialist Vice- Premier, Dr Setiadjit, who is
now n Communist.
fle said: "The uprising at Madiun is purely an internal affair and we will apply our own powers to quell
It."
Jakarta, Colonel Sungkono, appointed
According to messages from Jóg-
by the Republleon Government to The Republican Hadio at" Jogja- fight the Communists, has set up his kartu said that arrangements were headquarters in Keidiri, 25 inilest now being made to relieve Com-southeast of Madiun, and has im-
the Madiun, where munist-held
posed a curfew there. aerodrome was still in Republican Republlean police began a reuil- up of Communist Temiers and mem- hands and the provincial military commandern hnd "remained" loyal. bers of the Democratic Front, AL Tho Military Commandant at Magelang, north of the Republican Jogjakarta has imposed censorship capital, Andora reported that "a on all publications and speeches, and curfew was imposed in the town.
Aneta, The Dutch news agency, hns banned demonstrations and the dissemination of pamphlets, Antara, reported the arrival of
1300 the Republican news agency, Dutch soldiers, marines and sailors ported.
here to reinforce the Dutch gorri- sons in Batavia and the Impariant north coast ports of Semarang and Soumbayn.
Dr Huberius Van Mook. the Dutch Lieutenant-Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, teft Amsterdam by air for Javn today, Router cables Eld. He declared that "events have taken, such a serious turn that I can no longer remain away."
PURELY INTERNAL
He added: "The Dutch Govern- ment is completely willing to aid and pro- the Halla Government," phesied that the "events will force
a division in the Republic."
Those who oppose co-operation with the Dutch will group them- selves with the
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These are part of n reinforce-
Holland ment division which sending to Indonesin,
the
QUIET AT SURAKARTA
Surakarta,
second city of Java, where Communist Bghting has been reported, was quiet today After
between A meeting,
army commanders
the Military Subroto, Raillo
and
Governor, Colonel
Jogjakurin stated.
The Indonesian Socialist Party, led by the former.
Premier. Communists and
the others will come together in the opposite camp.
"This can only clarify the slin- tion," he said.
In Jogjakarta, however, the donesian Republican Premier,
TRIBUNAL'S
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Landlords Appeal
In-
Dr the Sutan Sjahrir, today deplored outbreak of hostilities between the Communist Party and the Govern- ment.
Istuct In a statement
In Jog- Dr Jakurta, It expressed the hope that the Government would uphold democratie principles and fulfi ita pledge to act exclusively against the insurgents and not against any political Ideology--Reuter.
NOW THEY'RE FASCISTS New York, Sept. 21.-As for as the United States Communist Party is concerned, the Republic ot Indonesia has overnight become Farcist.
American Communists until today were full of praise for the Republic's struggle against "Dutch reaction."
Today the Republican Government "provisional govern- An appeal against the deck was called a sion of a Tenancy Tribunal was ment of Indonesia which had be- rship and had begun come a dictatorship heard before Mr Justice Rey-rounding up Communists and labour nolds at the Supreme Court this leaders on a mass bala." morning. Appellants were Ho The Communic organ, Daily Kai-cheung and Ho Kal-choy, Worker, in its first mention of the Madiun revolt, reported that the owners of No. 66 Kennedy Republic's "announces alm was the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1948.
West Point Godown Blaze
This picture, taken by a staff photographer from a roof near the scene of the fire, shows heavy smoke billowing from the roof of the Wing On godown after the building had gone up in flames this morning.
Hurricane Turns Miami Into Near-Dead City
Miami, Florida, Sept. 21.—Hurricane winds hit Miami today after slamming Into Key West with 150 mph winds that ripped roofs from buildings and sank 30 vessels.
The United States Navy transmitted a detailed mes sage from Key. West, reporting a heavy toll of commercial and pleasure craft in the city's harbours.
The message said three naval cran vere damaged and two small Consi
SERIOUS VIEW Guard bouts driven ashore. It re-
OF BUDAPEST
ARRESTS
Washington, Sept. 21.The United States Government takes serious view of the arrest in Budapest of six officials of the Hungarian-American Oil Com- Hungarian oil production. pany on charges of sabotaging
A State Department spokesman said today the United States was
following developments in the case
ported injuries to two partons, both from Miami. One of theso suffered burtis when brushed by n fallen power line, and the other was cut by broken glass when the window of his home blew in.
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Palestine:
MARSHALL SUPPORTS NEW PLAN
Paris, Sept. 21.-Mr George Marshall, the American Seere- tary of State, today backed Count Bernadotte's Phlestine "fair peace proposals as n basis" for a settlement, which
should be accepted by Jows and Arabs, and the United Nations,
"My Government lo of the pinton that the conclusions are sound and strongly urges the parties and the General Antebly to accept them in their entirety is the best possible hast for bringing peace to a dia- tracted Innd," he addedi.
Tiid
Britain will give "close and sym- their study to the Bernadotte report, a Forchin Ofice spokesmna ummibed in London today. satelul Jewish reaction to the Medin- lur'n report was not expected unt the panel Covernment had studio it in detail, but Tel-Aviv observers #rought Me proposed territorial changes wostel be acceptable.
SOUTH NEGEV
Jewish possession of the south Palestine Negev area, which Count Bernadotte suggested should go to the Arabs, was thought essential for the absorption of immigrants.
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It was considered extremely un- likely that the Jews will agree to making this concession even at the price of a
a lasting peace settlement. Faris Bey El Khoury, the Syrian delegate, told Reuter in Paris to- night: "The Arabs cannot agree to this report which does not con- sider their just and rightful claims. It only
.the lakes into
account claims of the Zionists. This report will not solve the problem of Palestine and the Arabs will not change their attitude."—Reuter.
Open Hearings On Atom Spies
May Be Stopped
Washington, Sept. 21-House - vestigators said today they may call oft open hearings on atonic es- plonage to avoid unwitting #vela- tion of any of America's closely
message intercepted by tho guarded secrets, but promised l Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Ruar and complete report" on 21 Florida, said "about a dozen" houses "shocking chapter in the activities lost their roofs, but the "sturdy frame dwellings built to withstand of Soviet spies searching for atomle hurricanes" survived. "worat hurricane since 1919."
the
It said winds at one perlod main- tained a velocity of 120 miles an hour for one hour.
CONTACT LOST
secrets.
A report will be issued within a few days if they decide to call of open hearings.
Representative John McDowell sald
legislators arc afrasiti open hearings might result in the unwit- ting disclosure of information that should be kept secret. He stressed the committee does not want to The storm passed over the Keys
any, security regulations. American citizens Paul Ruedemann and hit the mainland at Cape Sable,
said: "But we are not scien- on the southwestern tip of thetists and we are not thoroughly. und Vice-President of the Company, Everglades, and Font hurricane familler with atomic energy rc-
of New Jersey.
"very closely."
Among the six arrested are two
and George Bannantine, President
which is a
Road. while the respondents crushing of the independent people's dord Will Commany of of the Stau-force winds into Miami.
named were Mrs Ho Wai-llt, government set up on the island of Lau Chun and Lau Chi-chan. Java."-United Press.
The appeal was brought on the grounds that (a) the Tribunal was wrong in law in refusing to evict Mrs Ho and Lau' Chi-chan' al- found that Mrs Ho though it had
had sublet or parted with posses- slon of the ground and frat floors fof the premises; (b) that the find- Ing of the Tribunal that Lau Chi- chan was a co-tenant was against the weight of evidence, and (c) that even if the Tribunal was Justified in Anding that Lau Chi- chan was a co-tenant, it was wrong In Law in refusing to evict Mrs Hö and Lau Chi-chan who would then ba the principal tenants.
Mr D. A. L Wright, instructed by Mr P. C. Woo, is appearing for the appellants, and Mr Charles E. Loseby, instructed by Mr C. A. S. Ruak, is for the respondents.
the
ONLY ONE RESPONDENT
INSULT TO ETHIOPIAN
MINISTER
New Demand Washington, Sept. 21.-The State Department today studied
a new demand by Ethiopia that: the United States Government punish the person responsible
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be
scorch. Under those circumstances
It almost any question-even if is unanswered-might
revealing. a elosed session When we meet in we can strike such questions from the record. But striking it from the record is not particularly helpful when we are meeting, in an open session."
A Budapest:
Mothers with babies and the in- Ameri- said the report can Minister, Mr S. Chapin, an- rm streamed into Red Cross hur- nounced today he had complained to ricane bunkers. Other residents the Hungarian Foreign Minister, M. holed up in hotels and other stout L. Rajk, about the "unusual
This glittering capital hecame a near-dead city. tances surrounding the un circums- buildings.
The Hungarian Mints."
of the Interior alleged today that the six. men had confessed to receiving from their employers "politically moti- vated orders to reduce Hungarian oil production."-Reuter,
WISHES OF ERITREA'S MOSLEMS
Most contact was lost with Key West and the strung-out- Florida
Representative" McDowell-said the- with the mainland.. Tides billowed will be decided at a full committee Keys linking that laland outpost question of open hearings probably
across the overseas highway. Disas session tomorrow-United Press, ter offelals hoped the inhabitants of the Keys had all managed to. reach the raised emergency shelters, dotted along the highway, before the storm struck.
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Bishop Declared
Not An Informer
However, the hurricane apparently was bigger than the weather perts had thought. An advisory Munich, Sept. 21-A Bavarlon message sald its winds near the centre denozification court today found the had increased to 150 miles an hour. Catholic
Bishop of suffragate
At the outset. Mr Wright in for a public "insult" to the League of Eritrea sent
Cairo, Sept. 21-Tho Moslem had carried away its instruments, former.
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Pinprick Strikes Start No U.S. Food For OUTWARD MAILS
The Key West weather station got Munich, Dr. Anton Scharnagi, not through a radio message that winds guilty of ecting as a Gestapo in strong but the wind velocity was estimated
The defence
a letter produced formed the Court that Mrs Ho and Ethiopian Minister. Mr Ran protest to the United Nations in at over 140 mph. The Lau Chun
buffeling from United States diplomats dropped Imru. since
ring of winds hit Paris last night rejecting the pro- of the case, and the only out
Key West prove, that Bishop Scharnagi before The incident took place on Sep-posal that Eritrea be placed under Truman's Little White House" of Nazi persecution of the Church. naval base, site of President the war Informed them regularly respondent remaining was Lau Chí- Chan
tember 13 at a scientists' meeting Ethiopian trusteeship. original appication
The Moslem League said that the United Press. for where President Truman was the eviction before the Tenancy Tribunal speaker. The Minister was asked by proposal was against the wishes of had been brought on the
ground an usher to leave his box seat and the
people and violated that Mrs Ho, the original tenant of take an orchestra seat. Instead he the pot justice and demo.
house, had sublet the ground stalked from the hall. floor to Lau Chun and the first floor The Department expressed regrets The Leauge also rejected the idea to Lou
or partition Chi-chan, sald Counsel. It last Friday in response to an Ethio- of annexation was further made:
at the
the time clear,
pina protest. of the hearing before the
The Department spokesman told Tribunal, that Mrs Ho was then no longer in newsmen that it was "all a mistake" occupation. Lau Chun had told the and that "colour" had nothing to do Tribunal that he thought
Mrs Ho with it. had the landlords' permission to
He said investigation showed that to sub.
seat occupied by the Minister fat to him, but during Jet
uring the
assigned to class-examination it was
revented apparently had been
But the Ethiopian that he know that was not a fact, someone else.
the Minister held and the Tribunal hai no dimouity Legration sald
tickets for four seats in the bux usbar checked the tickets against the box numbers
In
the
a decision against hum and that the coming to a However, the Tribunal fulled
Lau Chi-cher
were
to
to
make any
any order against Mrs Ho or when the Minister arrived.--United
holding that they
Press, co-tenants, and that was a point in dispute before the Court,
Wright.
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evidence
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He submitted that there was
that there was any tenancy and argued that whore a Tribunal found that the premises had been lat separately it was man- datory that they should make
required order,
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The case is proceeding.
DOG HAWKER FINED
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A man who tried to sell a dog In Portland Street yesterday ended up in Kowloon Court this morning. Charged with hawking a dog with- out a licence and keeping an un- licensed....dog the mari, Chan Cheung, was find 90 or seven days by Mr Wok
The dog was con- fimated" and ordered to be sent to Matsulok pounts,
Hear. Berlin
and stated that Ethiopia, possessed no prerequisite for trusteeship.
The League, which claims to re- present three-fourths of Eritrea's population. requested complete In- dependence and territorial integrity of self-government under the direc- tion of the United Nations trustee- ship-United Press.
War Foar Porvados
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In Many Parts Of France
Paris, Sept. 21-Pinprick strikes are reported from several parts of France in advance of the two-hour nation- wide work stoppago called by all major trade unions for Friday in protest against the new Government's financial plans
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Closing Times By Air London, September, 21.—Mr John Shanghal, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtao, Priping. Amoy. Talpeh and Swatow, Strachey, Food Minister, told 'n preza
3.30 pm. conterence that Britain would not
Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkuk, Rangoon, Luy a single bushel of U.S. bumper Bahrain, Cairo (Nairobi, Johannesburg whent and corn crops this year in and Marseilles via Cairo), Rome and CPO) 450. pmi London, (Kowloon her dollar saving continuation of
(GPO) 1 p.m. campaign.
Japan (ordinary letters and cards only),
4 p.m.
Closing Times By Sea & Trala
"He cald that Britain had stopped.
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It is not yet certain whether a two-hour general strike on Friday buying American food in August the Paris underground railway to protest against the new Govern-1997 when it was decided to plug the hub of the city's transportment's financial plans.
Rumours of the, Cabinet of M. the $48,000,000 per month draught of the scarce dollar. He said that services-will be affected on Herei Queuille resigning ran like Britain would, however, buy 140,- Friday,
wlidare thrusting.
Paris, but after the 300,000 bushels of Canadian wheat- hour-long-
Minister
No announcement was made after
When the non-Communist unions said that there was "no
disagree- issued their cail for the token strike ment on any sublect."" this meeting, which lasted an hour
The
local question of
elections and three quarters. A spokesman they asked the transport and publie for the French Foreign Office and service workers to remain at their had been raised but the majority of the Ministers considered this "pre- meeting that the next
posts. would not
Marsellles had only emergency
mature," M. Francala Miterand, take place until next week. Ramours of differences
gas and electricity supplier after a the Secretary of State for Informa
stated. London, Sept. 21.Members of the United States on one hand and 24-hour public utility strike began ton, star this issue which was be- the Cabinet have been summoned Britain and France on the other on today. Oil and soap and aircraft
6.30, Wednesday Barenails 7.00 % Kunming, Lluchow, Amay to a special meeting tomorrow to the handling of the next step in the factory workers in the port also loved to threaten the life of the hear from Mr Ernest Bevin, the
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circles in Paris to and in the Upper Rhina Department Premier's new taxation measures in❘ known Greek Pianist (Studio): 1.30. fuse support for the Radical forte Recital by Michael Zervos the well
Closing Times by Sia di Train question
It was admitted that there is an
Macao and Tyinshan (Boa) 7.30 am. Mr
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London overnight by sen, will give the Cabinet an outline of the state- ment he will later make in the House of Commons.
Forty-thousand .metal... workers
Cabinet.
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Shanghai, Nanking Bankow, Tsingtao, Peiping.
in the Air Variety Request Programme Awatow, Ebfhow and Taipeh, 3:30 p.m.
Mr A. V. Alexander Matter of become pointless and an appeal to Paris, Bopi, 21-Franceá 10 General Confederation of Labour "Anthology" presented by Clifford Davies, Manila, inden. Zgypt and, Marielles (Bey
going with Wendy Ifiller, Naney. Prior, Finlay Cutple, Joan Cadell, Norman Bhelley, and stugor Livesay, as the Story- Teller: 9.00, Musorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition Philadelphia Orch. 9.20, 2 pun. (Studio) 10.00, World and Home Nowe (London Relay); 10.19, Weather "Report: | Hangkok (888) 3 pm, 10,10, Haydn: Telo in Kajer....Corfor. Haiphong (0) Thibaud and Casals:: 10,30 Music fo Amoy and Foochaw. (Ben) 2:p.m. Macao and Twinshan (804) 4 pm, Reny11 11.10, Weather Ticport and Close cantor parcels & 2nd class mail) (Hea) Dancing: 11.00, Redio Newsree): (London
questions involved, but on the main downed tools in Meurthe-et-Pallets would not take place in Oc- issue of deciding at what stage and 20,000 metal and textle workers Meanwhile, the Communist-led further negotiations with Moscow are on strike at Troyes-auter
3,000,000 strong-decided to support Defence, will probably give the the United Nations inevitable, there old Cabinet held a special meeting the call of the Catholic unions and Cabinet a summary of the Impor- | is no evidence of a fundamental b wages and prices today while the non-Communist Force Ouvriers, tant speech he is to make in disagreement between the three the three great trade unioniera made yesterday, for a two-hour. Thursday's defence debate Reuter. Western powers,Reater,
tions swung Into line with a call for protest_atriks, on : Friday --Reuter. Down.
6 p.m.
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