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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948.
RUSSIANS CREATE A POLICE FORCE
IN BERLIN
General Clay's Disclosure
Washington, Oct. 21. The U.S. Military Governor of Germany, General Lucius D. Clay, said in Washington today that a Communist indoc trinated police force, totalling around 300,000, existed in the Russian Zone of Germany. He added - that this force was "being enlarged every day.'
General Clay was speaking at a press con- ference. He arrived on a hurried visit to the United States by air last night.
General Clay said that, on the other hand, the police forces in the Western Zones were very small and were being kept at the local level,
He stressed that there was no evidence of Russian movements in the Eastern Zone that might appear to be preparatory to war. This was the only reference he made to the possibility of the outbreak of hostilities, and he reiterated that "no matter what weather we get this winter, no matter what may result, we can continue the airlift while our statesmen are attempting to negotiate a settlement of the Berlin problem."
General Clay replied with o frm} what enused the Russians to take *I do not when asked whether this
after keeping men in custody for more de expected any Ruslan In the air corrklor,
weeks.
violetiće
He has raised the discipline of his troops and those of the British and Freach in Berlin, and insisted that "they can be depended on to lake co hosty action that is not ordered | from a higher level."
General Clay disclosed that Ber- in's basic Industries were being maintained on a 20-himr werk and expressed the conviction that the airlift would be able to maintain them of that level throughout the winter.
He re-asserted the United States conviction that there was no pas- siblity of an arrangement
Berlin
problem currency
of the
which
than six
"Up to now fencent Kotikay has repeatedly refused to consider our applications for their release.
I hope soon to be able to an-
nouner that all the arrested men
have been set free."--Heuter,
AIR LIFT TO
CONTINUE
Miami,
Oct. 21.-General
111
Berlin's
Travellers elevated train system go down steps to train, carry- ing bags and "rucksacks" filled with potatoes and wood bought and collected mostly in the Russinn sector of Berlin. This movement of foodstuffs and wood from the Russian zone into Berlin's western sectors occurs despite Soviet orders fo German police in their sector tó prevent iAI Picture.
CANDY FOR
THE KIDS
would leave controt of the money in Hot Vandenberg, former Chief Big Welcome For The
Soviet hands.
of Staff, told American Legion UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS
members in convention here to- Nevertheless, he thought that an day that the Berlin airlift will
to - ensure four-power be maintained through agreement
the control of the Soviet currency in the coming winter despite antici- capital might be possible, especially if it were known that the Western pated plane and crew losses due Allies always had the potential po to weather conditions.
wer
of the airlift at hand to back up their position,
General Clay described the Western currency reform as having had "almost unbelievable success In the lost four months in bringing about a 35 per cent increase in pro- duction, the raising of the monthly exports to a $00,000,000 level, or a black strent reduction in the market."
He was questioned closely on the case of Ilse Koch, whose sentence was reduced from life to four-years,
General Ciny agreed
that Kochi was a woman of "repraved charac- ter and repute" and had no doubt <lone
things many
reprehensible under German law. He hud, never- theless, concluded on the basis of reports and recommendations made to him that the most serious charges made again her had been based on hearsay and not on factual evidence. REPORTING TO PRESIDENT
accordance It was, therefore, in with
of Americh the principles justice that her sentence had been commuted.
He said that wartime operational
"but
losses are "hard enough to take" and such losses in "time of socalled peace" will be doubly hard, casualties or no casualties, crashes let me assure you or no crashes.
airlift will keep that the Berlin
American going just as long as people say to us 'do the job. De- liver the goods to Berlin"
He said that the airlift's record, thus far, has been remarkably good and special navigational equipment
been down overseas for installa- tious along the air corridor to Ber- lin, "but even so one must expect a less favourable safety record when the bad weather descends.
"Now do not misunderstand me. We have no qualms whatever lo
to deliver
loss of
Flying Camel
Berlin. Oc1. 21-Clarence, the tying camel, arrived in Berlin to- day, to be greeted by an estimated Descending daintily from his pri- 5.000 children.
vale C-54 transport, the mascot of the 86th Fighter Wing, found him-
Iusting throng of
kids. ragged “ He brought with him nearly 7.000 1ks of food and candy to brighten what otherwise might be a drab Christmas for his hosts.
300,000
Berlin Food Smugglers
Siam Anticipating Communist Revolt
PREMIER'S PREPARATIONS
Bangkok, Oct. 21.-Siam, the only Southeast Asian country which hasn't had an armed Communist revolt, thinks she may be the next on the list.
Prime Minister Phibun Songkram says he's taking steps to forestall it-tightening up on immigrants, purging Communista from his government and setting up a special military-police organisation to ferret cut Communists in the country and suppress them.
But Phibun himself says there are few Communist Siamese, that the Communists in the country are mostly Chinese, and that the chief red threat to Siam is from abroad from China Indo-China, Malaya or Burma- where the Communists already are hard at work.
pro-Allled underground, Premier
WONDERFUL
DAY FOR
THE UN
Wostern Powers And Russia Actually Find Common Ground
Paris, Oct. 21.-An appeal from the **Little Notions" brought the East and West to. gether in the United Nations to- day, when Russia joined the United States, · Britain and France in supporting a Mexican call to the great powers to com- роче their differences and establish lasting peace.
"This en wonderful
day, and everybody is in a wonderful bu- mour," was the comment of M. Paul Henri Spank, Chairman of the Po- litical Committee, which considered Mexico's resolution.
An H-nation sub-committee. оп which the Bg Five and Mexleo ure represented, was set up to settle a trul amended draft of the appeal. and met later this evening,
Delegates from the "Little Na- tions," as far apart as Hall and the Lebanon, Poland and the Dominican Republie, supported the Mexican proposal, which they claim as their own effort to bring pence to the world.
ANXIOUS WORLD
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than not fater Issue. Daturdays the pence trenties have not been 0930. concluided and put into force."
The
disagreement between the great powers "in at the present moment the cause of the deepest anxiety among all the peoples of the world," it added.
The
resolution. called On the General Assembly: (1) To expresa is confidence that the great powers will model their policy on their war-time declarations
and the Atlantle Charter; (2) To recommend
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Mr John Dulles, U.S. Republican Party spokesman on foreign affairs, declared that the United States wel-
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Clarence stayed Berlin for two hours, carrying children around the sirport on his back.
new
in
over
What Communism there is Sinm, most foreign observers agree, can be found in the ranks of the grandiose and widespread Im- He said that it was the "solema country's approximately 2,000,000 provements, most of which have not concern" of the United States that Chinese. They are particularly_sus- yet materialised. Associated Press
the pence treaties should be wound Then, true to traditions of the
the country's major picious,, of
up as soon as possible. airlift, flew out again to gather up labour group the Bangkok Federa- mure food and candy.
tion of Trades Unions.
"We pledge ourselves to see that this is done," he added.
MORE FLIGHTS
real a
In the
on
OPIUM SMOKING
n
BIG DEMONSTRATION
BY LICENCE Indicative of the strength and
M. Maurice de Murville (France) First Lieutenant Donald Butter-
organisation of this outât, the
supported the resolution, but sald boost our ability to keep the airlift held. of Montgomery, West Virginin, Federation as long ago as May Day, Bangkok, Oct, 21.-If you wont that his delegation would like to going even
a greater calls himself "Chief Caniel Tender
40,000 persons to smoke opium in Siam next year, see one or two modifications in t tonnage when our transport fleet is of the 80th". He said that Clarence 1947, brought out entirely eunverted
to C-54s. We will go to Munich on Monday and for a demonstration. They came in you'll have to get a licence, and get form. must be realistic. There
parties, in great it during December. Stuttgart next Wednesday to take well-organised
He moved an amendment to in- place crashes with some
The government here is resuming feels of trucks, and massed them-
China And registration and licensing on
France more De- clude members
of the crew, United now contributions.
"We hope to recruit enough food selves in orderly groups. Press.
addicts in specifically in the scope of the re- Most of the federation's members cember 1 of alt opium and candy to provide
delegation "The French country. Without licence, solution. Christmas for every one of Berlin's were Chinese. They formed the the
labour force, the would-be smoker won't be able entirely endorsed the spirit of the 70.000 children," Lieutenant Butter bulk of Bangkok's
particularly
mills und
to enter a llcensed offum den, tha | resolution, he declared. field said,
"Since Clarence can't handle the the docks where the country's chief only legal channel of supply.
No new licences will be Issued Dr Wang Shilt-chich (China) also most needed whole
job, Sam has promised to export and help,"
food-rice is handled. A strike by after January 1, the government supported the resolution, saying: "We
our best each addict dies, oplum have done
to establish the said. As He explained that Sam
parnlyse is these unions would
smoking in Siem is supposed to peace, particularly with Japan." Oct. 21. The
King Clarence's "stooge," a small donkey rice trade,
gradually disappear. Canadian Prime with whom the camel has picked Two months ago, as part of a
Government efforts to cradlente
IN FULL ACCORD anticipated any change in Ameri- Minister. Mr W.L. Mackenzie up an acquaintance at Neuberg-nationwide roundup of "secret oplum smoking were suspended
King, in his suite in the Dorchester United Press.
societies," Phibun's Government he thought the Hotel here this afternoon.
raided the Labour Federation head- during the war, and were recently
resumed.--Associated Press. would still be there at that time. The 73-year-old Canadian Prime
quarters and seized ils documents. of Minister,
Since then the ofce hasn't opened and the Federation has gone underground.
In a day of conference which fol- lowed his meeting with newspaper- men, General Clay was due to de- liver a personal report to President Truman on the Berlin situation
At the end of his press conference General Clay was asked whether he
policy towards Germany next can year and whether
The King Visits Mackenzie
London. visited
the
King
to who intends
(This referred to the possibility of
retire when a Republican victory in the elections
home, has been New Wonder In when he returns and, o report that prevented by illness from represent-" General Clay would be replaced if ing his country at the Common-Communications Mr Thomas Dewey came to power) wealth Conference here.
next
month
was
who attended the
The General replied sternly that surviving Prime Minister of those American polley in Germany
bi-partisan
a
and therefore Imp
Imperial Conference
was not subject to the
text
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His long and far as he personally was concerned, for
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Persons sitting not resign his post as long as the
in the Tobby of Called Vitrafox, the new method the hotel in Park situation
Lane failed to combines television, radio relays and present
recognise the King, who entered high speed photography, and has changed. Reuter.
PRIDI LABELLED through a sido door, accompanied been developed by the Radio Cor- Only among the country's Intelice by The Canadian High Com-poration of America in co-operation fuals could Communism And missioner, Mr Normal Robertson, with the Eastman Kodak Company Siamese foothold, say most watchers authorities today released 20 of the and the King's private secretary; and the National Broadcasting Com-on the scene, And Phibun's forces Western Sector German police and Sir Alan Lascelles-Reuter.
pany.--Reuter.
have been quick to hang the red City officials arrested during the "lege of the City Hall" in the Sovici Sector last month.
remains un- POLICE RELEASED Berlin, Oct. 21.-The Soviet
The acting Mayor of Berlin, Dr Friedensburg, announced the release today. He added that the release of remainder would take place
the
without
The Mayor's surprise announce- ment came less than 24 hours after the City Administration had decided
of the arrested
Germany Imports Coal From Britain
Humburg, Oct. 21.—It seemн
absurd that Germany, a great coal producing country, should import coal from Britain. But
to appeal to the United Nations to she does and at a profit too.
secure the release men, who total more than 50.
|At A Profit
comes
by
ex-
"Some of the policemen, and alt of Gefore the war lorge quantities of porting only 8,000 tons of German
Coal
dollar
Travel
in a new effort for peace..
nah, Georgia. He said his country Sir Hartley Shawcross (Britain) was building ten large hotels, Im-sald: "We naturally sympathise and proving and adding to its highwaydgree with the arent objectives of system and expanding other fourist the Mexican appeal" facilities in the first phase of the five-year programme.
He added that, subject to the He also said the tourist industry French amendments, Britain was in was regarded as a leading revenue general agreement with the taxi.of source. He added that before the the resolution. war tourists were the fourth largest Exports for the first week of source of income in Japan.-United September were 305,240 tons. Press. That exceeded the amount allocated
"But, as the appeal is addressed to us, the great powers, we think it better not to vote on it, or try to
by planers which was 283,381 tons. General Robertson Flies Influence the course of tig debated.
A total of 1,189.103 tons was dis- economy,
They
Gaye their .Lives.
We, too, may give
through the HONGKONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND
Bend your donation to
the Hon. Treasurere): Lows, Bingham & Matthews Mercantlis. Bank Bldg,
This Is where the dollar profit
It was not too late, he suggested, in. British coal is cheaper tributed to the German
To London
to revive the spirit in which the Here is how it works, according to thon German.
Kreat powers had worked together experts of the US-UK Western Germany enn pay for 10,000 tons Public utilities and occupying foreca
London, Oct. 21-The British during the war. coal control group.
coal of imported British
of the bizone in the same week,
Military Governor in Germany, the City ofciats. were arrested
The Improved output is oRcially General Sir Brian Robertson, reing matches," but only by develop- This could not be done by "slang- during the actual "siego" of the Britich
were imported to Ham-conl. Therefore the
value attributed to the decline ab turned to London by ale today foring points of agreement such as City Hall.
burg and distributed in the city and of eac 2,000 tons is a profit to senteeism At this time of the year, consultations at the Foreign Office.
existed in several cultural and com- The remainder of the policemen nearby area. It was cheaper to Western
on offelal report sald, many miners Germany.
The Foreign Office spokesman de- mercial fields. were taken into custody as they bring cool by sen from Britain than The coal production of the Ruhr formerly had to stay away from scribed his return as a normal drove through the Soviet Sector in to make the long rail haul from has been described officially na most work to go to the farms to buy or routine visit. -
M. Paul Spank then nominated the French Army lorries, after the Germany's own fuhr mines. That heartening for Western Europe. barter food.
General Robertson went straight 11 members of the sub-committee Soviet Commandant had guaranteed { is truc today. Additionally the Production in the first week of The miner has not only gained to the Foreign Office for discussion to re-draft the resolution. The Printed and published by FixGERICH their ente conduct.
overburdened German transport September was 1,738,020 metric teore food but has had more time with members of the German Do- Netherlands, Haiti, Burma, Vene- PERCY FRANKLIN for and on behalf of Dr Friedensburg sald: ATT wan | system is saved a big task.
tons. The dally, dverage was 200,- to tlig coal for Western Europena partment. He is expected to see zuela and Czechoslovakia aro re- South China Morning Post Limited given this information today by the Since July 1, more than 60,000 tona 330 metric tons. Dally output per recovery · sinca Western Currency Mr Erment Bevin (Foreign Secre-prescated in addition to the Big at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Soviet authorliles. I do not know of British goal have been imported. {man at the coal face was 2.55 tona. Įreform.—Associated Press.
tary) tomorrow.--Router.
Five and Mexico-Reuter.
Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
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