THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1948.
MORE PLANES NEEDED Kind Act Is
FOR AIR LIFT
Another 100 Would Guarantee Supplies For Berlin
Wiesbaden, Sept. 27.--The American Air Forces in Europe are 100 planes short of what they need to meet their goal in the Berlin air lift, Lieutenant General Curtis Lemay said today.
General Lemay, outlined his requirements at a He will leave the farewell press conference here. job as Commander of the American Air Arm in Europe and take over as boss of the Strategic Air
Forces soon.
Handicaps Confront ECOSOC
Distrust Among The
Great Powers
questions
#fe side-stepped alt about his preparation for the pos sible use of force by the Russians to the Western nir corridors Berlin.
in
A good outit plans for every- he said, "and this is a good
Dutal."
The Russian barassing tactica in
US
any Flaked.
the corridors "have not bothered at ull," General Lemny He compared the Soviet air technique to the policy they ure against the State Department
Government- Military and the
to discourage us In Trying
Luchus D. Governor
effort."
He said that General Clay, American Military
our
In Germany, had luld down 4.000 tons daily as the British-American requirement air it's "ninimum"
as the desirable with 4,700 tons
Paris, Sept. 27.-Dr Charles Malik of Lebanon, President of the Economies and Social Coun-tonnage.”
ell, speaking in English at the MUST HAVE RESOURCES
afternoon session of the Generul
To meet the and 3,400 tons of the
Assembly today, reviewed the: history of the ECOSOC
trust between the great powers. He urged authority be given the ECOSOC for expantion of netivity in the cultural field.
American
for
share- latter figure. pointed out that its basic netual Genert Lemay estimated he needs disability is the prevailing dis-225 four-engined CF-54 transports. Now he operates with from 115 to out of 120 daily with another 10 action for overhaul and repair.
With the present fleet, the Air Force has averaged 3,200 tons
Bul. General month. Referring to the regional com- the past Inissions, he said that the Economie Lenity warned, the doubtful winter for Latin America weather ahead would clog the air cilutiously and experimen- supply line unless more CE-54s are tally into the sphere of agricultural ded prices, credit, capital Investment, manpower. Immigration working
mission for
out
and
is
plonic survey of the entire re-
"Given fuellities
resources.
ກ comprehensive we can put in any tonnage General
Cly wants," General Lemay said.
The present tonnage rate exceeds The
macked up on the best record wartline India to China hump run. the General pointed out.
The weather has already cramped
somewhat, General! the air lift Lemay admitted. "We do what we can when the weather is bad, then give it the real blast when it's good." But regardless of the weather the people of Westin Berlin will not
Referring to the Bili of Human Rights, he stressed that unless this issue is rightly sett, there is no meaning to any other settlement.
SATELLITES' POSITION
Foreign Clementis,. . Vladimir atininter of Czechoslovakia, charged that Mr Bevin's statement on, be-
under
the use of more
Rewarded
poses
waitress, Mrs Jeun Gels Brehm, 19-year-old happily after she learned that a meal she bought for a "bum" in 1946 may bring her $35,000. She said a man whose name she thought was Johnson-couldn't pay for where she a meal he ordered in the Chicago restaurant
A few days ago a was employed. She paid for the meal. New York law firm informed her a man named Edward Johnson had died, leaving $35,000 of his half-million dollar estate to herAP Picture.
Will China Repudiate
Sino-Soviet
Treaty?
DANGER OF AN OPEN SPLIT
Nanking, Sept. 27.The deepening diplomatic enigma of Sino-Soviet relations, is expected to come to a head if the Legislative Yuan approves Dr Pan Chao-ying's resolution for official condemnation of the Soviet violation of the 1945 Sino-Soviet treaty of friendship.
a
Although the dominant official temper favours switchover from "appeasement" to "get tough," the Foreign Minister, under Dr Wang Shih-chieh, is known to be using all wirepulling resources to block the bill in an effort to avert or delay the coming crisis.
Reign Of Terror In Albania
Chasing Pro-Tito Sympathisers
Belgrade, Sept. 27.-Resis tance to the Albanian govern ment's split with Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia has caused a reign of terror in Albania, it was reported to- day.
The roports said Albanian au- thorities have issued orders for their militia to shoot on the spot anyone showing pro-Yugoslavia sympathies.
The Montenegrin Peoples Front newspaper Pobeda, published in Taelinje, capital of Montenegro, near the Albanian border, was the source of the dispatches printed In Belgrade.
The
snid many. newspaper Albanians were fleeing into Yugo- slavia, including army ofleers and of these militia men. It was one militia who said he had received orders to shoot anyone showing sympathy for Tito.
Albania has aligned herself with the Cominternu in its denunciation of Marshal Tito. The split has cut off the tiny country from land com- munication with the other Soviet satellites, since Albania's only and neighbours
Yugoslavia Greece.
DISBELIEVING PEOPLE
are
The reports supplement unofficial during information received here the weekend that there are many armed bands in
in the mountains of the wild The
banian
quoted an Al-
anian militiaman us saying "must of the people do not believe in the slunders against Yugoslavia."
The
per-
newspaper said hundreds of sons, including heads of loent go- vernments and other officials, have been arrested. Still greater numbers are said to have fled into the moun- lains.
These facts, added to an increas
lead situation, ingly critical food observers here to believe the unrest nicht possibly flare into open re- voll.-Associated Press.
Israeli Admits
Shooting Plane
Tel-Aviv, Sept. 27. The Israeli government confirmed today
half of the regional pacts. "prae- er privation," he said. Several tically amounts abandonment of the Ideas of the United Nations...schemes to step up the air lift are consideration, the General, M. Clementis denied Mr Bevin's
The treaty a considered having Dr George Yeh, Vice Minister of Essertion that the Eastern satellite said, "including nations had been forbidden by fields in the British zone, allowing n sia to join in the Marshall Plan afd shorter lap to Berlin and barring Foreign Affairs, warned the Legis-tied the hands of China in diplo
Foreign Relations natie affairs as, according commercial air liners from the alr lative MI. Clementis said these
toft felds, particularly in Berlin and Committee that "passage of the bill Pan, Articles two and four prevent
would mean war."
China from signing a treaty were willing to "collaborate
ithloemain.
Japan without Soviet Russia 231241 burat on such scheines as help and not.
from joining any anti-Soviet inter- hinder their own planted economy
untional bloc. He added that there is no that the Murshall Plan was
nation
July
no argumen
Pitest "J
that
be
Yuan's
to Dr
with
over
On it was up-
that one of its ghters shot down the Arab plane in which two British last killed correspondents were Friday.
A spokesman sold in recent weeks Arab planes of the same type had been
In Jewish Ilnes
The Safad area repeatedly on what was assumed to be reconnaissance.
When the plane was scen Friday north of Safad preached by an Israeil fighter, which signalled it, to land, fired a warning and then when these were However, the legislators-in face
the "It ̄ ̄ ̄zawa," disregarded shot of increasing support of a showdown
government spokesman said.) with Russia-dismissed the warning
two, Dr Pan wild under Article
He said the plane was not on the as "childish."
airlines commercial Chinn would not be able to side regular Misa
fri States it was admitted that with the United However,
eon-route and was seen to have flown passage of the bill would bring vening a Japanese peace conference, back and forth over Jewish lines. #bout He referred to his new post as
an open brak which the With China and Russia out, it is an Associated Press. government at present is not will-obvious conclusion that peace would ive first place to their Imperialistic Chief of the Strategic Air Forces
and attri-ing to face. only in general terms and selfish aims."
midwaybuted no special significance to his
Job-designed for session and getting the
this time. began listening to speechies.-United four-star rank-at
He will leave here only Press.
conferring with Lieutenant General John K. Cannon,. his successor, General Lemay said, adding that General Cannon's exnet arrival has not yet been set.-United Press.
NO KNOWLEDGF
said Tieneral
Lemay
up 10 plan to open
to airfields
the English betag
wrong American Air Forces as has beer for "the line divides a really reported In London.
the opposite of liese requirements." knew of no attacked the "imaginary Iron more
Curtala"
3%
Un
erving people from those who!
Air Vishinsky - retumed during the afternoon
MANY STRIKE
IN LE HAVRE
Paris, Sept. 27.-Dockers, builders, tramwaymen and coalmin stopped work in Le Havre today in response to, a call for a 24-hour strike by the Communist-Jed General Confedera- tion of Labour.
Gas, electricity
·
D
after
Possible Cure
For Silicosis
ONEWAY BENEFITS
in the The bill, which is now
hands, centres on the committee's treaty as the basic instrument Governing diplomatic relations be- tween China and Ruszio.
The Chinuse consider the "bene. its" under the treaty [ oneway traffic. Russia not only obtained all the benefits given her but also had foothold of the laken advantage gained on Chinese soil to further The Interests
satellited of her Chinose Reds.
Though the Chinese government, Philadelphia, Sept. 17. The has not been able to show any highway pioneering work of live pulmonary conclusive evidence of Russian as workers, banks and shipping offices specialists here may result in the sistance to the Chinese Commu- did not strike,
eventual cure for Siliconis, the dread nists, it is known that some "fairly A printing strike In the Paris occupational disease from the mines, good" documents, including photo- region (not affecting newspapers) the United Mine Workers reported graphs of Russian made weapons, stopped work today at a suburban today.
have been obtained. tickets pari-mutuel press where
Definite relief has already been
were anthracite ure printed but arrangements 'were
These documents ot made to prevent this affecting the given to hundreds
miners disabled by the dread disease Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer working of the "toto".
红Ř the miners' he came to China on his fact-finding commonly known Bathina.
misalon inst year.
Racing at Enghien tomorrow was cancelled because of this strike.
The Communist-led Federation of Underground Workers
be relayed indefinitely.
He said Article tour technically
restricts Ching's freedom of voting LINER DELAYED or alignment in regard to any world question in, the United Nations.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
Dr Pan charged Russia with the following violations which he wants the government condemn.
(1)
over surrendered arms and ammunition to the Chinese Reds;
turning
(2) removal of Industrial ma- chinery from Manchuria valued at US$2,000,000.
(3) plunder of Chinese property and raping Chinese women by Soviet soldiers in Manchuria.
De Pan said the Foreign Ministry has 500 such cases on file.
New York, Sept. 27.-The Cuntru White Star announced on Monday that the Queen Mary, due to arrive at New York on Wednesday after noon, is delayed by heavy weather and unable to reach port before Thursday morning.
Embarkatli for the next East- bound voyage will be set back from Thusday night, to Friday morning- Associated Press.
More Food Rations For Ruhr Miners
Frankfurt, Sept. 27-Schemes to uzue Ruhr coal miners to produce
(4) blocking Chinese administra-more coat will cease on October 1,
given to when
tion of Duiren and Port Arthur. (5) military and advisory tance to the Chinese Reds.
but they will, however, receive an increase in their basic food ration, assfs-izonal officials announced today.
The reason given for halting the schemes, is the incentive of the (0) assistance in the shipment of Deutsche mark and Improved food suppiles from Linotung Peninsula to situation-United Press The rellet brought to the miners
Another feet which throws some the Chinese Reds in Shantung. BO-called attributed to the WAS. Uniona an-
and Chinese Red
.(7) -Interference
China's nounced today the first results of a breathing device developed by Dr light on Russian
L. Molley. director ballot it is holding in all mines, in Hurley. agreement with the Catholic unions,
of connections is the capture of three internal affairs by playing northern Barton Laboratory. Its basle part Russian army intelligence officers in Sinking, tribes, agaldist the govern on the question of a general miners is an atomiser which forms a fine Manchurid. This fact was not made ment, United Press.
certain re- strike from October against star mist and containing reductions in the nationalised coat lieving drings-United Press.
mids.
The results, from, two plis in the Pas de Calals Department, showed. averwhelming majorities in favour of. striking.Reuter
Defence Ministors
In Conference
Labour Troubles
on Instructions from the public Foreign Ministry.
Tho three Russians wore the
uniforms of the Eighth Roule Army Japs Clamour For
at the time of their capture. They are now in custody somewhere - In "Szechuan Province.
Repatriation
In Finland.
Tokyo, Sept. 27--Four thousand
·ADMIT CITIZENSHIP
representatives of familles from all Helsinki, September 27-Wild cat stilkes. threatened ,to · spread According to a government In-parts of Japan, at a mass meeting
as the telligence source, throughout Finland today
the three men today, clamoured for the repatria- Furis, Sept. 27-The Delenco Ministers of the Ave Brussels Pact result of the persistent Communist admitted Soviet clllzemhip and that tion within a year of relatives still they were intelligence officers, but deinused in Soviet-controlled terri- propaganda for wage increases.
were оп an official teries. nations met here today at the The harbour of Turku, Finland's donlod they
The speakers shouted there were Ministry of
The Ministara traditional strike centre, has been mission for the Soviet government.
for blocked
Legislative Yusn-circles said 're still over half a million Japanese in several days as has prevent were. M. Paul Kamadler, of
Shins
H gardless whether in Northern Finland.
can be shown the Siberia and other Soviet territories for Turku had been sent to Soviets are giving direct aid to the and their families want them back
workers
United Press. ***
War.
Britniu, Colonel Raoul de
Fraltour
3
France, MIT - ADV. Alexander, of vil but are
laying idle there Commmunists, the initial deliberate before another Hard winter sols in-
of Belgium, Mr. J. W. Schokking.
of The Netherlands, and M.
Schaur, of. Luxembourg,
The Defence Ministers
the because unload them.
refuse to delays in Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria, tho blocking of the re-
discussent Two thousand workers of
the establishment of Chinese administra the speeding up of Joint defence Arabla-Ching factory In Helsinki tion in Dairen and Port Arthur, and
London, Sept. 27-Frank Collier measures between the Ave countries went on siriks today for Increased Chineso efforts to fake over Man- They met twice today, and further wages and the electricity workerschuria in 1948-40, gave the Chinese actor and producer on the London and in Turku have been on strike for Communists an enormous, it in stage for 45 years, died on Monday talks will be held tomorrow
aged 84—Associated Press, the past three days-United Press fortunes. probably on Wednesday Reuter
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