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AMERICAN COTTON
FOR CHINA
First Allocation Of 305,000 Bales
Shanghai, Sept. 30.-A total of 305,000 bales of American aid cotton for China are either already in China or en route to China, ECA headquarters liere
Announces.
This represents three-fourths of the US$70,000,- 400 tentatively allocated under the ECA cotton programme. It has been arriving in China since May.
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At the same time ECA announced that after weeks negotiations, 70,000 of a potential 400,000 bales of cotton are about to move into Chinese cotton mills.
AUSTRALIAN
SECURITY.
MEASURES
Chifley Personally In Charge
30.-The
The negulation resulted from ECA inalstence that the cution well blue- progreinine should be printed in advance, so that maximum heneths will be obtained and that There will be no exorbitant Als mule by any party.
pro-
Textile manufacturing is China's Jargest industry, Currently the ex- Lite industry in Nationalist Chin employs 210,000 persons directly, to
nothing of the hundreds thousands indirectly employed shipping, dock handling, and other distribution And Preting,
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trucking
The first steus in the search for hd quate distribution-allocation for- determine whn! tulas
Requirements were
Canberra, Sept. Australian Prime Minister, Mr Cho's
were
cotton
Consideration
J. B. Chifley told the House of pt bow ECA cotton could be best Representatives on Thursday Interrated into them. night that he was "personally supervising Australion security
InEnsures."
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to the "You de nof plinul t world what you are wrong about Jeurity measures," he said. "Bot I have received til tatviro al taken ellate certaity to ensure test if more damalte sventily measures are Feeded, they will be provided. more competent offices, are needfeel they will be engaged
Bar Chifley and stormy discussion edinates for the Council of Indus trial Research in which opposition
alleged that America refused to exchange atong research information with Australia becuase of a fear of leakage 10 Russia through Australian Communists,
spoke afte
the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, 'OCTOBER 1, 1948.
Miami Hurricane Brings High Waves
High waves and spray visit the picturesque resort ocean front at Miami Beach, The bench Fla., as winds of hurricane velocity sweep across nearby Florida Keys.
was almost deserted in the face of steadily rising wind and waves. — AP Picture.
Subversive Influences
In The Colonies
MR CREECH JONES'S WARNING
London, Oct. 1-Britain's Colonial Secretary, Mr Arthur Creech Jones, warned yesterday that "subversive influences" are a threat to Britain's peoples.
most
"The spirit of nationalism is awakening in (Colonial) territories." he told a conference of officins and delegates from African possessions.
Beware The
Donkey In US
Lanton, Sept.
Is 30.- It
more
dangermis perlatas "Now time when subversive influence and
eliques
exploit can irresponsible this w sketilor and unit te Beir unhappy przepose,”
were
iran
were
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London, Sept. 30.-British in the newspapers, smallest work, will have an extra page: in 1949 as the result of big contracts with Canada กด Newfoundland, increased homel production and Scandinavian imports, It was learned today.
A spokesman for the Newspaper Proprietors' Association, said that the extra page-the basic size now
is tour pages would be added about the middle of next year and "thle is still not enough."
The Board of Trade has Informed the Newsprint Supply Company. the pool buying agency of news- papers and the only one granted im- port facilities by the Government, that it may import a minimum of 80,009 long tons in 1949 of which 60,000 tons may be imported in the drst half of the year.
The Nowsprint Supply Company has asked the Canadian and New- further foundland mills to reserve
20,000 tons for them which they hope they would be authorized to
World Facing Import if the dollar situation per-
Moral Crisis
Washington.
Sept.
30-Sir the Cripps.
British Stafford Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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declared today that "the world crisis Is basically
moral rather than a polliteat or econo- mile crisis,"
Speaking to the Federal Bar Association here, he called for "static Forin of personal re- Ilglon" as cesential in malutain- ing the vitality of the human spirit.
**
passionate Describing love of ordered freedom as the tal-mark of democracy." Sir Stafford said that the spiritual strength of the individual was material as Important as bis richness.
we "if ever He concluded: are to see the irlumph of our civilisation. It will be brought about not by our material In-
Zut
our by
moral Krnulty sirength."-Reuter.
was given to the government pro duction zveneds of both private and government milfs since V-J Day the cotton available from Incal Chuna the amount of my cotton www.u exchange the Chineso textile untry would realise from the ex- hort of finished texilies for the pur- Tlu: colton, clan of nore raw latter point was in line with ECAT broad polley of stimulating Chinese uveravan trade, so na to make country moce nearly self-melert as the curllest posible date.
From the outset on budget
was clear thet
nekuded chelegates The African Chinese entton mills were critically
the short of cotton, that
representatives of the Gold Coast- govern-
100 persons when nearly position ment's foreign, exchange
or wounded last February was a weak it couldn't adequately dangerous to approach a donkey, in killed
government of the Help itself. that 80 percent
the United States than to fly in am riots which t
Suld nation's
colton fields DWD
were
vestigating commission transport line,
Communist inspired. Communists, under control of the
Orst at Is the The conference Vit of an estimatest need of 1.900,-
bave been which African leaders Bo bales for the cotton year, Chin would have to import 50 percent.
given a voice in discussion of the 1.900.000 bales The
economic, svelal and political prob- represents the estimated annual need of the
lems of the Colonies. netually operating #pindles in
The expert, Mr Peter G. Muselieid, Nationalist China. It is estimated
director of long term planning and The upposition had charged that Nationalist
China elther operating projects at the British Minis ry of the Coverminal was taking in or in a position to operate. Forty Civil Aviation, told his listeners that Colonial policy, Ar Creech
air transport was not safe enough, rafficient action to prevent Isakage | percent of them arc government-
but that it was "nothing like so un-
Most of the 18-day conference Amoy May Be Cut Out mad to uncover Communist espionage | ownCH.
As Intermediary Stop the US$70,000.- safe" as was suggested by heads Colonint discussion in international ECA will under in Sydney.
In the non-technical press. 000 programme, furnish China with more than 25 perceal of Rs import
thr nep duri
present cotton ear, and will save China $76,000 900 in foreign exclunec
CHIFLEY'S CHALLENGE
Fr Chifley Raid he defled anyone er my country to prove that there Pia Ben any leakage of vital de
trace information
frorn
AMY
Australian Government department. that there are 3,000,000 spindles in
Earlier in the debate, Mr Arthur Baden, leader of the Country Party and a former Prime Minister, des clared that Britain in disturbed at the weakness of Australian defence and security precaution. He sald the matter who discussed at Down- ing Street by Mr Chifley-fort July.
To: Chudley dented 1: day hot number of operating spindles 211 atomie entely, while in China. Eligible, quis Were three Kritals receudly. He said it was it which could ničci 'reqűretuents. pretty disgraceful side it allan of
methods and standarda dit production opposition hot
the
REASONABLE PROFIT eith Allocation of the aud the pits wis bared no.
F thetil
of t
set up by the government, standarde
cotton.
for.
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This was stated today by one of Britain's leading alr experts to gathering of distinguished setentiels representing the Royal Aeronautical Society.
"Indred." he said, "In the United there were more people kickest to States last year statistics show that death by donkeys that were leille. in air transport.
CHANGED POLICY
Attacking trilles nf Britain's
sak!:
Jones
SINO-PI AIR
DISPUTE
inits.
HOME PRODUCTION
WATANO WATERWACJA
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
Copics of photographs ́ taken by, the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Telograph Staff Photographers are on view in the
Morning Post Building.
ORDERS BOOKED.
NOTICE
TO
ADVERTISERS
Advertisers are requested to note That would make the total im-
that not less than 24 hours notice. prior to the day of publication should ports from Canada and Newfound- lund reach 100,000 tons for the 1947) be given for all commarolat diaplay nod 1948 figures.
advertisements, change of capy sto. Scandinavian imports which com- Notices and classified advertisements prise only a small percentage of will be received up to 10 a.m. and Britain's newsprint nipply, will re-urgent notices until noon on day of not later than but home Inste. Baturdaya main alkat the same,
0930. to provide production is counted"
f extra page. At the end of the production accounted war, home for about 20 percent of the nation's supply, but it is turning out nearly 40 percent now.
A
satel NPA spokesman
that home mills could exceed 40 percent if wood pulp was forthcoming.
The Trade Welkly newspaper, World, commented: "Figures revented by the Newsprint Supply Company are good News for the industry and represent a considerable advance on what the press has been led to ex- pect by Government statements."
The Newsprint Supply Company originally asked the Government to permit imports of 130,000 tons and urged thni It should not be less than 100,000 tons if the position was to be recovered.-United Press.
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Progressive Party's JUST
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PUBLISHED! Now. edition presidentin candidate, Henry Wal-Weights and Measurements of Cargo ex- lace, met a shower of eggs and ported from Hongkong and South Chip compiled by the Sworn Measurers, $15 minded hoots and cheers when he
from the South China Morning Post. circles today comes from the failure
Export Shanghai, Sept. 30-Exclu appeared on a platform to address a
of whites mud. Government Import and
Licence Form 10 cents each. Obtain- appreciate how much the content Pur policy and approach to
able at "S. C. M. Posl.** negroes here last night. Colonial questions has changed," he son of Amoy as intermediary mixed audience
The scene desire to stop on the Shanghal-Manila air
reminiscent was said, Britain had "no
through the the hold of what was route is being proposed at wailice's recent tour strengthen
alled inperialisms over the Colonial
government level now to break south-cast when he was splattered mutes"
conference deadlock in negotiations for a by eggs and fruit several times- will be devoted to private discus-Sino-Philippine bilateral airline Router. flexions of economic and loral govern agreement. mitesment problemas, -With-
"One must assume that a very dangerous bred of donkey is reared In The States.
$1
Alost sa the 19-day
"Lut as 12,800,000 people
British In- for 0.055 million passenger
The important trunk air lane be- turning more and more United States domestic airlines terest
fween Shanghai and Manila was pussessions after the 1917 and although it was a her Afeier
Burma, thr disrupted on September after the fod year for necidents) only 19 of loss of India
has received PI arrive, Philippine. Air Lines,! conterence as 1 very African
use by Chinese them were killex, and
much donkey
attentium from Britain's press protested exclusive nnel, disabit whether the
planes of Amoy as an intermediary! aille: approached this figure, it may and government rulers.
The Manchester Guardian said in nold. be assumed that it is more dan.
a cdltorial that a Nigerian delegats, a donicey
By interim ngyuernent between the gerous to approach
overnments, Manila The United States than to fly in the Oni of Te, "put his finger
the essential point" in a statement two
Shanghai were to be the two ter- at Wednesday's opening session. tersport plane."-Reuter
that minds, with Hongkong, on "neutral" Sald The gally robed Onl
intermediary to be the Aftans are anxious for economic territory.
"give us airport. development, and added,
airline. China's
reciprocating the staff and give us the equipment;
Corpora- and we shall: cla the job."As China National Aviation
sue and to oletain a report of a meet- which satisted ECA, ing the Inner Cizet. The only
The rule of exchange-raw cotton celings he had attended in Ring-
or textiles-was | 201 Balshed yarn and were meetings of the British for
et after extensive study of operat- Cabinet-Associated Pre
ing costs. Mills will receive enough finished exchange 101
them yur or cloth, t
This rate is under reasonable profit restant survelliance and the ratio may be altered at any time.
of cotton Most of the exports
go to manufactured materials will the sterling area but the traffle will yield considerable mounts of Us dollars to China.-Associated Press,
New Turn In
War Of Nerves
Lerlin, Sept. 30-Berlin's Bast Most "war of nerves" took a new 1:11
when the American- | Loxlay controlled radio, tim, here WH: jartrar!
Columbus,
Willum F. Heimlich, Ohio, zlation director, cidd that after
,,
New York Critics Applaud Hamlet
New York, Sept. 30-Unanimou: New York morning six flours of investigation, that her praise in the andes transmitter was being inter-papers today greeted the first United
with
States showing inst night of the J. to Arthur tank a "Hamlet."
T The New York Times called it
have not be able catablish whether the jamming Intentional or accident," he told United Press, but there can be no doubt now that the
"One" picture, while the New York, News Cathusiastically hailed a real
from outside infarming comes film masterpiecc."
"A work of consummate artistry"
Rias is the Mironest American was the New York Iterald Tribune's
It has verdict.-Reuter, propaganda voice in Berlin, balit
tilt up a wide listening audience Diroughout the elly and the Soviet Zong.
The station los recently been operating 24 hours per day to pusure the Anglo-American airlifters
into this chulinual radio beans blcluded cily, -Uzilaw!" Pres5.
APPOINTMENT
IS APPROVED
Alliance.
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More. Production
In Colonies
in
London, Sept. 30-Greatly Li evensed production of rice, rubber in British and th are expected colonies, Lord Listowel. Milster of State for Colonial Affairs, told the Overseas League tonight.
are expecting to grow just under 50 per ht inore sugar nod rice, and to produce twice as anuch rubber and 30 per cent more tin than we did in 1036," he said,
I did not give detalls of how be distributed the increase would
colonial territories. apong
iteuter.
Disease Causes As Mány
Casualties
As
Guns
Nanking, Seit. 30. The common soldier fighting in "China's civil war has as much chance of being knocked
out by disease as by Communist gunfire.
Communista,
to the the
A mudy of casualties during the While exact Digures are restrict London, Sept. 38-The British two years of Bghting between Presled, officiul sources said more than Cabinet formally approved on
dent Chiang Kai-shek's troops and 90 percent of the wounded reach- Thursday
Field chuice of
Cominunists Jug army hospitals have been vic- Marshal Viscount Muniery, Chief those of the Chinese
of gunshot or grenade and of Britain's Imperial General Staff, shows losses from wounds and Hiness tim
are almost evenly balanced. Med mortar fire. There are few victims to connnnd the fighting forces of
no of artillery shells, attesting cal experts admit they have the five-Power Westeru European Statistics covering casualties which cant use of heavy arms by
A Government Lourer said that fall to reach their base hospitals.
During the Sino-Japanese war the Ispiratory diseases bend the list the action wus A farmality con-
disease enstraties over of illness which send China's soldiers forming Morchal Montgomery's tale of Melection earlier this week by the wounded was even higher, reaching to hospitals. Next are communicable period. discasca, including malaria, then in during! Defence Ministrom
Britain, 88 percent of
nutrition order, gastro-intestinal discarca, skin France, Belgium, · The Netherlands Army doctors, say" poor and Luxembourg at a conference in due to Japanese occupation of food rulments, bone and joint discnges.
to the and eye, ear, nose and throat in centres contributed heavily J'arly.
fections. Brittsh Defence Minister, { obaormally high rate of illness. Mr A. V. Alexandor has reported After V-J Day, these sources said, With less than 2,000 doctors for
distuse casualties dropped as food more than
Its
sociated Press.
U.S. Refuses To
Leave Korea
በዚ
Landon, Sept. 30.-Radio Moscow rejected the Soviet proposal for said today that the United States simultaneous withdrawal of Ameri- can and Russian occupation troops from Korea.
The broadcast formal notes on the subject were exchanged by the two Rovernments.
and
tion, placed Amoy on its inferan- tlomal runs to Manila in order to
up whip
business passenger tween China and the Philippines.
AMOY KEPT CLOSED
be
tr
interon- not being an Amoy, tion airport, was kept closed
airlines, PAI, and other foreign despite repeated requests for "non-
privileges discriminatory" PI carrier.
for the
The situation, if agreed to by the Chinese government, would-Chinese aviation men say-have resulted in Chin extending two airports to the PAL, for only one-Manila-in the This, the national Philippines.
The Soviet note from the Ministry government was willing to do but of Foreign Affairs was delivered to offered Canton as the intermediary, The United States Ambassador in however.
The radio
Moscow on September 10, and the Negotiations for the Sho-PI ir American reply was dated Septem- autreement has been dragging on for ber 28.
three weeks now both at Nanking
Mandia. said the American and
Representatives of answer noted the Soviet decision to both governments. appeng rendy, withdraw its troops by January 1 according to reports, to accept status but added the United States const- quo in the ar-route dispute Le dered the question of withdrawal as climate Amoy, part of the larger question of unity
views before the
Tho
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the
Inter-
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and independence of Korea on witch believe, will probably specify Iloilo the United States would state. Its in the Philippines and Canton in
United Nations China 14:2
respective mediary points on the formalized run-Associated General Assembly.
Moscow broadcast added: Shanghai-Manila "Thus the government of the United Press. States has not given its consent to the withdrawal of American troops from southern Korea simultaneously
MRS THEODORE with the evacuation of Soviet troops and avoided a direct answer to the ROOSEVELT DIES Soviet government."-United Press.
New York, Sept. 30-The death question raised in the note of the
Mrs
Kermit Carow Edith Roosevelt, 87-year-old widow of President Theodore Roosevelt who
James Lachlan Macintyre, shunned publicity throughout her husband's career and lived in seclu- Chartered Accountant, has to-day sion after his death, occurred today.beon admitted as a partner in
died in the Three of her sons
troops, four million the chalen to the Cabinet.
of supplies unproved. Medical fleere China's milltary medical corps Is *100 form announcement Minshul Mantromery appointment themselves any better feeding rather still in its formulative stager,
improved medicat care-of lenders numit ilat in both statistica still omelally secret-is oxpected to than come on Friday from the Secretariat which the Chinese army bas long and facilities they are far, for be- of the Western European Allanee-been notoriously lacking-cut dis-hind the requirements of a modern
arıny,-Associated Press, Associated Press...
fabilities due to fitness.
of
Liner Battered. By Hoavy Weather
M
YVONNE DOCARLO
NOTICE
New York, Sept. 30-Battered by service of the country-Quintin, our Firm. aquells of hurricane forco-exceeding Army avintor in the First War 100 miles per hour-and waves over Kermit, while a major in service in 43 Icot high, the Queen Mary Alaska; and Brig. Gen. Theodora troops in the nived in New York 12 hours late whe was leading yesterday.--Associated Press.
Normandy Invasion-United Press.
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