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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1948.
RUSSIA ATTEMPTING A
GIGANTIC BLUFF
General Arnold Revives Idea Of Sending Convoy Through The Berlin Corridor
Sonoma, California, Oct. 26.-Russia is attempting a gigantic bluff against the United States and the Western Allies, but it is "not ready to fight, does not want to fight and will not fight," if the bluff is called. General H. H. Arnold, former head of the U.S. Army air forces told the United Press in an exclusive interview.
Gen. Arnold said: "The only American in the postwar world to tell the Russians where to get off and make them like it is Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo."
Asked what positive steps the Western Allies might take in the present situation, Gen. Arnold said: "We might take a motor convoy and push it through the corridor to Berlin. Perhaps. we might learn something from (the late Gen.) George Patton's technique. If Patton were running the show he would take it through.”
Asked what the Russian would dosians--an awe amounting to almost If our people will take time If an armed Allied convoy did push tear, through Le Derlin, Gen. Arnold coolly to auniyes what Russia does militarily mad does not possess replied: "Not much if anything."
He said: "We need today the Americans will be greatly heartened. of conviction we had "I might be 100 per cent wrong. same courage
direct when we marched into Berlin, it That I did have
experience with the Russians under combat would be a grave and basic error to tet the Communists bluff ns nut si ronditions throughout the war and personal to that extent 1 base my the present deadlock in Germany, They are not ready to Hght and do opluton and conclusions upon fact."
After saying that Gen. MacArthur not want to light,
who Amerlean "We shoul
our national Is the only curb tendency to be in awe of the Rus-rhollenged the Russturm, Gen, Arnold
It Will Take Time To
Clean Up
Malaya
res
Malcolm Macdonald's Warning
London, Oct. 26.-Mr Malcolm MacDonald, the British Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, said here today that it would take some months before the terrorist forces in Malaya could be com- pletely destroyed, because of the jungle conditions.
We must "However long it may be, I am afraid
assassinations, sabotage expect a continuance of the
and arson. We cannot keep a continuous guard over every village, estate and bungalow and every isolated place in the country," he said. Mr MarDonald, who was speak- maxillary polee of 10,000 and special The special ing at a special press conference constables of 25,000. added: "There is evidence that it constables were a very strong deter- was the decision of a gathering of rent against this campaign by would-
be international Communists that the
tyrants of the peoples of South-East
of Malaya was The Government Asia generally should stir up much trouble as they could for the getting enough supplies of arms.
authorities whether Mr MacDonald said that 223 civi- constitutional these latter were the British Go-lans had been murdered by terrorists European, 169 Chinese, 25 Malayas, 7 Indians. 2 Javanese and Mr MacDonald said the Commun-thres pr mit ve natives in the jungle.
Communist Party
vernment, Asian Governments other governments."
IN
For .. 17
nist Parly in Malaya totalled some- thing like 12.000 m 1948-47.
The
terrorists now carrying out
their
"murderous attacks numbered be-
tween 3,000 and 5,000.
NEARLY ALL CHINESE
The terrorists were nearly all
--Reuter.
NAVY TESTING DEFENCES
Portsmouth,
Oct. 20-British Chinese. of 430 terrorists killed Navy turpedo bouts salled out yes
kald; "Mr
Winston Churchill and Mr Ernest Bevin have given Britain nn understandable policy with re- the Communists and have ference made strong statements which the Russinna
misunderstand- cannot statements that should appeal to as they have fo every American every Britisher.
"We should have equally clarified our policy concerning Russia.
must
THE TIME ELEMENT
"Our military policy necessity be geared to our foreign polley. How can we intelligently estimate the needs of our new air our force, our ground forces and
to navy if we are not certain as the foreign policy they will require to implement,
"Time plays with the
Russions?
We have superior power now. They may lurve it later.
to
"Meantime it would be folly let them bridge the gap by bluff alone. Her pulled that stuff 10 усята око,
"We should now make certain of our objectives, stale them so clearly that nelitter the Russians, our allies or our own people can misunderstand and then firmly enforce them.
"The Russians will not sight today --tumorrow they may If we let them continue to create a modern armed power."-United Press.
SOVIET COMPLAINT Berlin, Oct. 26.-The Russians - through their day complained, official news agency, that the Anglo- counter-blockade was American
of creating hardships both in the Soviet
Western occupation zones and Germany.
The Russians said vital supplies for Russian-occupied territory were being confiscated or turned back by the German polles on the zonal
borders,
The Soviet blockade of Berlin np- peared to have backfired again last the entire Russian night when sector was in darkness because of breakdown in the giant Klingeberg power plant. Allied officials said trouble was they believed the
coal imported caused by inferior
plant formerly fron Poland. The used Ituhr coal.
GENERAL ARNOLD
ARAB TALKS
ON HOLY
LAND
Military Decisions
Being Made
Damascus, Oct. 26-Although the Arman and Damateus deci- slons preceded by so many pre- parations and contacts between the Arab capitals, are all care- fully
by concealed
responsible
clrcics as top military secrets, it
appears that the decisions revolve around one outstanding issue; that Jasue is whether Palestine should be considered to be one single front and whether any stgression on any part thereof should be regarded as aggression on all its
STRIKE PARALYSES
NY BUS SYSTEM
Drivers Defy Instructions.
New York, Oct. 26.—A strike on seven bus lines today, planned only as a five-hour demonstration, got out of the control of union leaders and paralysed. a transit system that normally serves 3,500,000 persons a day.
The 8,500 drivers employed by the lines split on obeying the orders of Michael Quill, international pre- sident of the CIO Transit Workers Union, to return to their buses before the ovening rush hours. Some 2,000 men defied his instructions and, according to Quill, threatened violence against those then who did return.
The companies appiled for police ever, protection and finally ordered all its buses back to the garages. Affected wore thousands of people in Man- hattan, the Branz and Queen's and Westchester County.
Mayor William O'Dwyer ordered the rush-hour service on the city- owned subway and bus systems to continue indefinitely to handle
homeward-bound throngs,
The seven struck þús companies are privately owned.
OFFICIAL ENRAGED
Mr Quill was earnged by the deflance of 2,000 men led by Austin Hogan, president of Local 100 and arch-rival Quill within the union. Mr Quill charged that continua tion of the strike was Communist- fostered and said the drivers were being used as "pawns" in order to ereale confusion before the national elections,
The unexpected turn of events came after a confusing day which saw 8,500 drivers abandon
buses at 8.30 am., 30 minutes fore the strike was scheduled.
their
bc-
of
Mayor O'Dwyer appeared before expectedly
thousands strikers and picaded with them to return to work. гель
He said: "I usk you to have patience. Boys, you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. You have called it to the attention of the Public Service Commission. Now go back to work and got the children home from school and the people home from their jobs."
Mr Quill then stepped to the micro-
"Okay, boys-
other paris necessitating Joint Phone and shouted: military action by all the Arabet the buses rolling."
armles.
As to the temporary results gained by the Zionists in Southern Pales- tine, the Security Council's ruling prescribed a status quo between the two parties and there are Indien- armies will tions that the Arab repel this aggression by force it the Zlonists do not yield to the Security Council's decision.
PERMANENT ALERTNESS
It seems
also that the Arab governments are at present making
armles
state ting their
In a
of the necessary arrangements for put
permanent ulertness for the execu- on of the above mentioned decision and it is believed that these arrange- ments head the Arab League Council's, ngenda in its meeting on October 30 at which Premier Narzamn Bey and
Bernzi wil Foreign Minister
present Syrin.
XC-
the
These reports have appeased the Arab failure to assist Egypt mill- public excitement caused by tarily against the recent Zionist at- tacks in the Negev -and--popular
circles
express more hope now that their governments will Brully settle the Palestine conflict in a way which The Soviet military government no longer abases Arab pride.--Asso- organ, Taegliche Rundschau, re-ciated Press.
veto of ported yesterday's Russlan
the United Nations Security Coun
the Gerel plan to end the Berlin crisis un-
or captured by the security forcesterday to test war defences of the since
the beginning of June 407 Chaumet islands, which were Chinese, 15 Malays, 2 Indians, mans occupied and held throughout der the headline: "Western nations 4 Indonesians and one Siamese, the war.
But that
15
did not mean that the The 1st Torpedo Boat Flotillo, a whole based at St Peter Port, Gurnsey, Chinese community
The will defend the island from sur- Communists. supported the
Nearly all the prise attacks launched by craft of contrary was true. Chinese looked forward to the day the Second Flotilla. The exercises when the Chinese Communist ter-
will last all week-Associated rorists would be completely over- Press, thrown.
only were not
The terrorists
FOR BRITONS
largely of an alien novement but MORE WHALE MEAT were refugees who had come from outside of Malayn. Their-inspira- tion dist
from inside Malaya.
not
come
"There is plenty of evidence that the decisive factor which may have was Com- begun these outbreaks munist pressure from outside,"
A
He did not think these terrorists were able to get very much support rom outside either across the land frontier or along the coasts. "We trols on land and at sea and have patrols_on_jan we are constantly checking up. little may be slipping in but our in- formation shows that our methods are pretty effective."
Other points he made were: trade unions emergency powers had "very strong" support of trade unions leaders In the country. Many of them were coming to discuss the situation and urge as strong methods terrorists' as possible to destroy movement which was trying to break up the true trade union movement.
The
He declined to give the names of these trade union leaders "because there is a risk that they would he murdered in the next few days If the terrorists could get them."
SOCIAL SERVICES
prevent solution of Berlin question." RIGID WATCH
4
The paper also said Eastern Zone German police were maintaining a rigid watch on all roads leading to Berlin and since October 16 hud seized over 60 tons of coal, 25 tons of potatoes. 50 tons of vegetables and a large number of tons" of
market channels.
Queer Turn
To Spurious
Coup d'Etat
Bangkok, Oct. 26.-The police metal and raw materials allegedly major-general whose responsi- headett for Berlin through black bility is rounding up plotters in
Siamese spurious
coup The British-licensed newspaper, the
escaped d'etnt of October 6, was arrested quoting London shortly with a load of 400 German prisoner from Russia, said on Tuesday as a suspected plot. 1,000 to 5.000 Germans had been tons of frozen while meat, the news-trained in "Marxist high school" ter himself. paper Aftenposten reported yester- day.
Oslo, Oct. 26.-The refrigerator ship Ran of Bergen is due to arrive in
Die'
גונן
to take over key positions in the
Zone German administra The Ban was chartered by an Oslo Soviet
Die Welt sald the men consortium for whale catching off the tion. coast of Labrador and is now heading
03
In an equally bizzare sequel to the foiled attempt to seize the Govern ment, another person suspected were implication in the plot announced Communist his Instire
the National candidacy for for London with its full load of hundpicked to frozen meat which has been sold to control of Eastern Germany in the House of Representatives. England for approximately 5,000 event that the Russians withdrew troops-United Pounds, the
becupation added. their newspaper Associated Press.
Prese
No Decision On Change
Of King's Title
London, Oct. 26.-No decision was taken at the recent Prime Ministers' Conference which would involve legislation affecting the King's title, Mr Clement Attlee, Commons today. the Prime Minister, told the House of
from the
the
The police oficial taken into custody was Mol-Gen. Chamnlen Vasarasomsid, Chairman of the Plot Investigalton Board.
Chaminien was arrested because of alleged dealings with others rounded up as plot suspects.
CANDIDATE HANDCUFFED
The candidate suspect; is Lt.-Gen. Slnard Yotharak, förmér Minister
to
of the Interior, who went to tho provincial headquarters today under heavy guart and wearing handcuffs Ale, his papers for the candidacy. The Government accepted the Aling, but said that the candidacy be volded on election day, would December 4, if Sinard is still being held.
Sinard allegedly was the pros.
Prime pective
Minister
of the I shall hope in due course to Rrip which altempted the coup. inake known to the House
Court charges against the prin- elpal plot suspects, who include two they wore but at the moment they
former are confidential to the Governments. aiber major generals and But there were useful discussions Premier Thaw! Bunyoket, are being with the keenest desire by everyone pinced ол Tuesday-Associated that there should be the utmost pos- Press sible consultation."
what
The Prime Minister, during a de- proposals were considered and have House following the been sent back to the Governments doing bate in the "Social Services: We are
to 21 in order that these might obtain everything we enn to raise the King's speech, was replying
We question from
their approval. Mr Winston Chur- standard of living in Malayn.
leader. fully recognise that you cannot chill, the Opposition
were co
cordial cheera There destroy Communism by an inactive
both sides when he reminded policy.
"Expenditure: Fighting this House of Commons that "this was emergency is costing the local tax- The first conference at whleh payers pretty large sums. It may Prime Ministers of the three new well be that the cost before it all member states. India, Pakistan and ends will be so greal that there will Cevlon, 'were present."
The Prime Minister disclosed that have to be some slowing down of .་
the
question of trade within the expenditure: in which direction and hat extent I do not know, but
WAS Commonwealth
"very
Mr Attlee said that the meetings fully to what we shall slow as little
discussed. is possible.
Lissed." "I do not think there in which the 35 Parliaments of the Fighting Forces: A very large were any serious controversies but Commonwealth and Empire were force Indeed was fighting the Com- there was a feeling that we should represented were "a fine Inunists in Malaya. It included do all we can to increase the trade very large group with the Guards of the Commonwealth," he said,
On defence and Commonwealth Brigade, a police farce of over 10,000 men and a purely defensive force of consultation, Mr Atlice said "Certain
WINDSOR LEAVES LONDON
London, Oct. 28. The Duke of demon-Windsor left London on Monday siration of the methods by which in night on the ferry train, for Paris. a democratie organisation unity of While in London the Duke visited spirit is created by a personal con- the King and Queen and Queen
MaryAssociated Press. tact and free discussion."--Reuter.
There were shouts of protest and Mr Quill saki, "Are you going to follow the leadership. of your union?"
Gries of "no" were about evenly | divided with those of "yes", but Mr Quill ordered the men bacit. How-
the
and
rebels remained held a meeting of their own.
They voted overwhelmingly to stay on strike and went out to persuade the others not to return.— Untied Press.
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