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VOL. HI NO. 264
GENERAL DE GAULLE
MAN'S CONFIDENCE! TRICKS
New York, Nov. 7.-Charles Milton, 58 year old soft-spoken, well dressed and widely travell ed Englishman, will appear in the felony court on Tuesday on
n charge of grand larceny. He is held without bail.
At a preliminary hearing, a poltes witness told magistrate Francis Cluccone that Miitan boasted on is arrest that he had lived for five years on the proceeds of confidence tricks and swindles.
Among Milton's
alleged victims,
The
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1948.
De Gaulle's Party Scores Big Election Success
GAINS CONTROL OF
OF THE FRENCH UPPER CHAMBER
Paris, Nov. 7.-Supporters of General de Gaulle scored a great success in today's elections for 269 members of the Council of the Republic, the French Upper Chamber. Of the 244 Metropolitan seats included in the 258 results re- ceived at 9 p.m.. (local time) the candidates running under the ticket of de Gaulle's organisation, The Rally of the French People, had secured 105.
The Popular Republican Party, which forms the rightwing of the "Third Force" suffered a big setback, with only 14 Metropolitan seats against 72 such seats in the old Upper Chamber.
The Socialists, leftwing of the "Third Force," held their own well with 46 Metropolitan seats against 44 in the old Chamber.
The Communists were reduced to 16 out of 244 Metropolitan seats as against 71 such seats in the old Chamber. This is due, however, to abandonment in most departments of proportional representation and does not reflect a similar loss of support in the country.
Rescue Story
Denied
Salgon, Nov. 7.-The French Air
10
The Radicals, who refused link up with General de Gaulle, Improved their position, mainly ai the expense of the Popular Repub- They leans and the Communists. gained 49 of the 244 Metropolitan scals. against 29 such seats in the old House.
On the basis of the 258 results already in the Government parties Socialists, Popular Republicans and Radicals with 103 sents so far will almost certainly find themselves in
in the Upper House. The
are regarded as the
Is the Sce of
the 100,000
le police witness said, are Albert Military Command on Sunday de- ein Groot of Kensington, London, nied reports that the 14 passengers of missing French Dakota had in Fred Brown of 'Nottinglim.”
Police evidence continued that been found alive. Milton, on arrest, admitted having In Eaglanc served a prison sentence for a confidence trick,
Milton was alleged to have posed a representative in New York an English cigarette firm. He struck up friendships with people he learned were to leave Amerten shortly, the witness continued. borrowed money from them, the witness sald, to pay for COD (cash on delivery) parcels and then dis- appeared.
The reports, broadcast on Satur- day by the official French Radlo in -moro Saigon, raid the plane coming from
1
of
He
De Groot was stated to have lost US$125-and-Brown-US$225-lo- the way. Asociated Press.
EDITORIAL
special
daking part in today's Paris inade a forced landing in the polling, only 13,000 were chosen on
of Pnom mountains Southwest Penh.
"The Gaullist ticket."
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TENSION RISING IN NANKING
No Peace With Reds To Be Sought By Nationalists.
Nanking, Nov. 8.-Tension rose steadily today in this nervous Chinese capital where it was felt "something big" was brewing on both the political and military fronts of the civil war. Unofficial re- ports indicated a battle was developing slowly but steadily for the Suchow defence line that guards Nanking.
Chiang Kai-shek continued his week long series of day and night conferences behind closed doors. Most official sources insisted President Chiang was determined to protect this and other great Yangtse Valley cities from the rampant Communist armies. They said he would not consent to move China's capital nor seek peace negotiations.
Rumours of both these possibi- Chinn and all our latest information lites persisted.
from the Chinese Government in- Attention focused au today's dicates strongly that China will fight regular weekly memorial megilugan."
at the tomb of Dr Sun Yat Sen Dr Chen added that while it had It was believed Chiang might give | been frequently said that Moscow some clue at that time.
was supporting the Communist Hundreds of government officinis ghters in China, the allegation had were urgently attempting to move never been made officially by his their families from Nanking. Among Government--Associated Press, them were many who still insisted "pre- Nov. 7.The War publicly that the US. wan
chizens to get out. mature" in warning American
Pro-government
dispatches said Communists were believed to have captured Fengtai, 120 miles northwest of Nanking. This would expose the flank of government on the forces defending Pengpu, Suchow railway, 10 miles, from Nanking-Associated Press.
Office announced on Sunday night that Maj-Gen G. W. E. J. Erskine has been appointed General Officer Commanding mentary observers tonight, but it British troops of the Egypt and was feared that, in spite of Mediterranean Command. He restricted powers, an Upper House
on obstruction unill general receives the temporary rank of bent elections were held, would
un- Lieut-General. — Associated doubtedly be able to exercise con- Preas. siderable pressure in the direction of an early appeal to the country.
One of the most remarkable things about the election was that only about 15 percent of the toin body of special electors wore pledged of beforehand to vole for de Gaulle candidates.
Moreover, the Socialists hold about half the Presidencies of the and their Departmental Councils, Influence with the special electors, as a whole, in their own localities
The Gaullist success, in the light
view of political observers, all the more remarkable--Reuter,
asses, who did not exist is great.
political force when
The ofelaf communique issued on Sunday stated that
debris some which belong to the missing plane has been reen from the air in reglon some 65 miles from Pent.
1
Pnom
Search is continuing, the commit nique added.-Associated Press.
The Decisive Phase
THE civil
lo
War
38
armies,
aa
cleverly not
be another Mao's latest
Intention behind declaration of falch
*
under the
in
Jerusalem's Disturbed
the Upper Chamber was first elected of these considerations, was, in the mortars
new Constitution December, 1940. won cight out of the 20 seats in the Paris region, where they were headed by the general's brother, M. Pierre do Gaulle.
PRE-WAR SYSTEM
pre-war
In 70 departments the system of majorty voting with two ballots was re-introduced. In all the other 11 departments of Metro- colitan France, including the large towns and big populations, the sya-
FORRESTAL
MAY LEAVE
tom of proportional representation US CABINET
dopted for the Lower House was
intelned.
who
Washington, Nov. 7.-The
in China appa'rs tó be entering
In Soviet Communium. It may Ka decisive phase. The Nanking
be designed to give notice that Government has been forced· la
his blow to write off Manchuria-a
peace terms will insist upon milliary prestige
well
to rule the complete authority
Mr Forrestal, who has been in the Government Service for eight years And this is logical. grlovouz
of productive
country. enough. One of the mistakes
and who has headed the
Defence tearilory. In North China the
P which
in flie
establishment since its creation supporters of coalition government are making
by September, 1947, won
asked lindulgence In the belief that
pho ographers at the White House with the the Chinese Communists will be
to pose on Saturday wliling to take second place in
Navy Secretary, Mr John Sullivan. administration. длу
Even
the A photographer, referring the Reds are prepared
new term for the Truman adminis suming to help 7 form
ration, said "we are starling an- coallilon
for
for the purpose of bringing hostill-
Members of other parties, who piher four years," "But not ties to a quick end, they must
Mr Forristal interjected. igree with General de Gaulle's pro- laughing. be expected to demand the key
tramme, fight under his banner, av eventually to a
vell as those who are members of planation of
Reporters, who sought further ex- the comment, were moderates And
no party and belong only the government.
told by one of Mr Forrestal's sides Rally.
that he meant only be
The election system has bech Defence Secretary, Mr James criticised not only by the Goullist, Forrestal's, own words indi- but alsù by the Communists,
bleet particularly to the fact that cate he may leave President zicetions to the departmental coun. Truman's Cabinet. ells were postponed until next year. As the members of these Council formed port of the electors in today's volling, and were last elected in 1045, the Gaullists argue that their votes cannot reflect the mood of the etectorate.
Communist deployed, hold most. ff not all of the ste tegical advantages, and
the Yangise
valley is Berlously threatened. Mao Tse- tung' powerful military position andoubtedly, prompted his week- end broadcast in which, for the first time, tho Chinese munket leader openly aligned himself with Soviet Russia and her programme of intern tional
There may bolshevision.
Com
be
fature
to Mao's several meaningu
Teken latest
on face move, value, the broadcast represents a direct notification to Chinese mitionallats and third power residents that if and when the Communisto overthrow the Nan- king regime they will inaillute dictatorship fall.
the of proletariat
patterned on Soviet lines.
The warning is
that in any lonal war. Involving the Weatern powers and Rusia, the Chinese, Redu will fight"as
Ties This is the ap Bovici allies. parent meaning of 'Mao Lung's broadcast, but there are inilsanding #'etors which several can be expected to modify Mau's Attitude should he exprex.ed mucceed - in
becoming China's I the uninviting One prospect of Chins becoming the satelilie of
posils another, the foreign
Chinese AS A THEO, Including the Reas, are still Ideolozio Us
behind the Kremila and the Cominform and Et le doubtful whether
would Latheshowdown,,
.be
willing to try
try and enforce any
extreme political mud. economto system on the country; thirdly, Biao would have to think very carefully before throwing, in bla © lot with the - Tunnian-En 'the... event........of an International virendlot, · for him milibary noullion would
hlchfy,erulnerable.........¡¿There
-bo
may
allices,
leading
of purse full control
perlude to
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A
the
the of A coalition could
Coin- to an unfettered
and administration, only process left by which thus can be avoided in China la by milliary defeat n°
DI the Hed forces. But there encouraging
signg
that bo Accomplished, Well armed
well reputedly and trained Nationalist troops la ve suffered a series of slinging reverses sumielent to forfeit public confidence in auliity
their
can
дто
to withstand the Red armies: nor is there reason to feel that substantial United States milltary ald: will be. used effectively enough to turn current deferta into final victory. Chiang Ka)- shek is reported to be ready to delegate much of his military power. to area, commanders, and belated though this action
The "Gaullats" cover all candi-
dates on a list approved by General
Je Gaulle's, organis:tion, The Rally of the French People, which is not
a party. In itself a
the
They are all pledged to support General de Gaulle's demand for an early general election.
of
me
to
"He did not intend to remain in Government Service for another four years. There was no other interence to be drawn from his remark."
There was no Intimation of when the Defence Secretary expected to leave his post.
werd current
hin
Sunday
Amman, Nov. 7.- Jewish and mine throwers fire on all sections of opened Jerusalem during the night, Arab sources claimed today.
Two Arab Legionnaires and two irregulars were reported wounded, Heavy Jewish fre was also alleged to have been directed against the neutral United Nations zone around the Government House in Jerusalem. In Cairo, the Egyptian Minister of War and Marine, Mohammed Haldar Pasha, said tonight that there had en to fighting on the Egyptian front during the day.-Reuter."
PEACE TALKS DENIED Tel-Aviv, Nov. 7.-Paris. reports of peace talks between Jows and Araus were categorically denied by
There are no negotiations, in Israel spokesman here today. peace tzolers or talks with any Arab State, although we may maintain contacts;" the spokesman sa.ci.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr
Moshe Shertok, had left sur Paris solely for the United Nations Assein (Continued on Page 5)
war
NO PEACE OVERTURES London, Nov. 7-China does not intend to seek prace
with the Communists despite her recent re- verses, a spokesman of the Chinese Embassy told the Associated Press on Sunday morning.
He said the Information was based on the latest offcial informa- tion received from Home.
Dr Y. S. Chen, the Embassy Press Attache
was commenting on rumours' of imminent peace moves in China following a Tass (Russian News Agency) announcement On Sunday that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese President, cabled greetings to Russia on the necasion of the 31st Anniversary of the October Revolution there.
hod
Sicilians Ambush A Convoy
Rome, Nov. The news- naner,. „Unita,......reported from Palermo today that Sicilian bandits on Friday attacked a motor convoy in which the American Embassy Cultural Attache, Professor Charles Morey was riding.
Despite the prolonged fusilade of machine-gun bullets, the newspa- Per said that no one was wounded..
The attack occurred finleo where the bandits
near Par- murdered
three police officers in the town
plaza a few weeks ago, Unita said. -It said that Mr Morey was en Tass sald that the greetines were i addressed to Mr N. M. Shvernik, route to visit the temple of Segests.
ruin oldest_phoenician
in Chairman of the Presidium of the the. Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and Sicily. There were four automobiles in the party escorted by a Jeepload that the message said: '
of Carabinieri and molor cycle "On behalf of the Government of
Chinese people, police. Chinn and the
present the POLICE RETURN FIRE have the honour to
very best most sincere and the
The convoy left Borgetto in ishes to you personally and also greetings and the most friendly
Western Slelly and driving through to the Government of the USSR Unita said, when a heavy burst of the deep canyon toward Montreale, the whole Soviet peonle
and
COURTESY CABLE ·
on the occasion of the 31st Anniver-re was directed at the police jeep from the stone barricade on the left sury of the October Revolution."
side of the
police canyon. The returned the fire.
Mr Morey's automobile succeerled Dr Chen said: "It seems here that Generalissimo in turning around on the narrow Chiang Kai-shek's cable to Moscow road and sped back to safety, Unita was a courtesy. He has frequently said.
The area is that dominated by conveyed greetings to the Kremlin during the war at Home against tie the bandit Giuliano and his legen
Communists. There
is Cary cohorts. Chinese
Mr Charles Morey is a noted sviously nothing in the cable itself which would support the reported American archeologist, educator and rumours of coming perce moves in author.United Press.
Royal Birth
Britain Will Celebrate Royal
valets.
forego
to
With A Mild Spree.
of
as an automatic concession of every expectant mother.
to. enze
It was reported that the "wonder drug trilene will be used Princess Elizabeth's labour.
The newspaper, the People, sald that exhaustive experiments proved
safest pain that trilene is the killing dens yet discovered.
BLACKS OUT MEMORY Small dodes of the drug black out the memory and larger doser make the patient unconscious. At.. childbirth, the amount' given on-
Inhaling machines, which only weigha. 14 -16. is automatic, and so simple that the BIRTH REGISTRATION
doctor does not have to be present. "A whiff can be taken whenever The father will notify, the birth to
It was reported by Sir William the local Registrar who will then the pain is felt. vo to Buckingham Palace with his Gifflatt and Sir John Weir, King's register.
London, Nov. 7.-They began laying on ye olde English ale and ye fine crusty port at
already Princess Margaret stitched a Princess Elizabeth has Buckingham palace today in RALLY OUT ON TOP
received 80 supplementary coupons beautiful Italian qullt. for the birth readiness
of The Queen. Duchess of Glouces Some of the extreme rightwing
Princess Elizabeth's baby, ex-ter, Duchess of Kent and the Prin- are in sympathy with much no
cess Royal, all contributed other pected about next week end. General de Gaulle's programme. Vils
The Secretary-General of the
To celebrate the happy event, all gifis. JOINED ROOSEVELT
of the birth The announcement Gaullist Rally told supporters to-
austerity Reports
will several Britain out night: "The Rally has
como on top.
weeks ago that Mr Forrestal planned indulge in a mild spree particularly will be made by the salute of 41 of London, guns from the Tower the the royal retainers living in "The Government parties have to leave the Cabinet, no matter
township
the by the penl of bells from West .underneal been disowned by the nation, which way the election turned.
minster Abbey and by n special There is now only one political He entered the Government Ser- royal palace in London.
edition of the oficial bulletin This Uitle underground village has Issue in this country' the nation vico
Juno, in
1940. as an Adminis
the London Gazette, the oldest of must be given the chance of FX-tra
trativo
assistant to the late President its own post officials, police station,
Its pressing its opinion on our Institu- Roosevelt. In dolent of the banking phone switchboard and its own inn,
fire department, its own tele British newspapers.
The Lord Mayor of London will be Informed by telephone, and tlors and on the men who lead. It." nilion as President of the banking watering for the staff of flunkey cables will be sent to Governors- Į abies-the mother to rotain conscious.
Ho continued: "All these Council-
Read and Company Arm of Dillion. Por belonging to one or other of the named him Under-Secretary of the royal servant." qurds and 0.her | General of the King in the Dominoen." Itaald. that" the
lors, whether members of the Rally, A
A few months later Mr Roosevelt grooms, political parties,
ties, have pledged them- Navy. When Navy
Mr Secretary,
As is customary for a selves in writing to pursue the Frank Knox died in 1944, Mebration, free port and ale will be served to all in the top room of the objectives of publle welfare ex- Forrestal was advanced to his post. pounded by General do Gaulle and
to polace "pub" while the royal family Mr Forrestal's appointment defined by the Rally"
hoad the National Military Estab-and friends wet the baby's head"
in the roval apartments upstairs. (The objectives
are reform of the lishment was credited in part, to a
PRESENTS PILING UP, Constitution and
frnmediate new compromise In the prolonged battle
In the birth certificato, Philip will Physician, desisting, that the birth between the Navy on one hand and
Princess Elizabeth is now being named as "His Royal Highness, will take place any time after next
daily by her gynecologist, the Duke of Edinburgh" | elections). Reutor's Chief Cry-the. Air Forco and the Army on the visited
Harald
and his Saturday.
Saturday babies in the royal family respondent in Paris; says that the other over the Service unification
of. the King, the Duke put-trading political result of the proposal. His selection by Pre-
of Windsor elections is to give France an Upper tident Truman was viewed as e
the midwife, nurses and other do- "Her Royal Highness, Princess
the late Duke of Kent. House distinctly inclined to right,concession made to supporters
the Navy In the Congressional fight mestic help, engaged for the occas-Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh," and Queen Mother, Queen M
Mary, SHATTERING DE
There will be no mention of the The DEFEAT
over the Unlication Bili
Binh, to move Into Buckinghin
fact that the baby will be heir to the late Queen Alexandra and the "One might almost call it While there has been no word Palace
Presents
Princess Royal were born on Sun- renelionary sald a leader of the trom the While House regarding Mr Princess'a épartments for the baby.
piling up in the the throne of England
The baby will be presented with day. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Popular Itepubliena Party, which. Forrestal's intentions, nor a, BUCH
any other Margaret word, born on Wednesday today mustained a shattering defent cesser, there has been increasing Queen Mary, expert knitter among ar identity card like
No immediate politlent conss speculation over a new Socretary the royal ladies, despite her 01. citizen and will receive ration Books and Thursday, respectivelyUnited quences were forezenty by parlia~ | Associated! Présš, Paci
years. completed a beautiful, shawl and clothing coupons, pakuu 2007, Prem Bad GuyBE MANAGE
be
# may help to stiffen Nation:llat resistance. No battles are ever won by remole directional control, and the Generalissimo. han enough adminlairaliye worries
without in Nanking Vision
burdened with military
In the fold when ho: hat to be far removed fram the scene of soilen. By giving |
Beld commanders; more freedom of mollon, both he and the rest of China will be ab’e to Judge better, "the ability' of: #ha Mallonslist „fronts (in 'their
conillet with, the Communista.
•
•
of
* cele- nions.
Sir William Gillatt, who will give profession, "Naval Officer." while the signal in the next few days for the mother will be
described incler, the Duke