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Hongkong Telegraph.
VOL. III NO. 271.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1948.
GOVT. MINISTERS NAMED IN Monty" And
SENSATIONAL INQUIRY
Alien's Alleged Bribery And Lavish Parties
"OCCASIONAL GIFTS" TO WIFE OF SEC. TO BOT
London, Nov. 15.-An alien using five different names was said to have thrown lavish parties and given free suits and sums of money to Ministers when an inquiry into alleged irregularities started here today. The Nuremberg pro- secutor, Sir Hartley Shawcross, accused Sydney Stanley, otherwise Solomon Wulkan, of being the individual “around whom, with one exception, the whole tangled web seems to have been spun,”
The audience packing Church House, near Parliament, where the tribunal is sitting, stirred with interest as name after name prominent in British politics was brought up by Sir Hartley Shawcross, acting in his role of Attorney General.
These mentioned were Mr John Relcher, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade; Mr George Gibson, a Director of the Bank of England; Mr Glanvil Hall, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; and Mr Charles Key, Minister of Works.
:
"The allegations quated by Sir competition promoters should be.
dropped. Hartley were:
HM Ships On Stanley had been paying 250
Exercise
Belcher
with or a week to Mir casional gifts of £100 to his wife,
Bel whom he called "Lulu." The chers indignntly denied this.
2.-Stanley had taken Mr Belcher. Rumours were current in Hong-Mr Gibson and Mr Key at various that the British times to have suits of clothes tailored kong last night
sea in the West End of London. It was escort vessels which put to yesterday
to denied that the mits were rilis, were an a mission Shanghal to eyacunte families.
BIRTHDAY PARTY This morning the rumour was
3.-Stericy gave a birthday Party officially and categorieally denied.
for Mr Belcher. It was "somewhat taking part "The ships are
lavinh" and cost £89.
hotel Mr Belcher's exercises around local waters," the Telegraph was informed..
"The exercise was planned some
ago." It was also officially stated this morning that IIMS Sussex will be illuminated tonight from 7.54 until 11 to mark the birth of Princess Elizabeth's baby.
in
4.-Port of
a
bill at the Labour Party Conference at Margate last May was paid by Slanicy.
B-Mr Belcher, Introduced to business man in Stanley's £1,000 a year flat, said: The Government will not last for ever. I am very meet men like you because klad to when we go out of office some of you may be inclined to offer me directorships in companies in which BOY STRANGLED IN you are interested.
But it is impossible-to-put-on u Breworks display.
LONDON HOUSE London, Nov. 15.Pol.ce were rushed to a house in Regent's Park today after a six year old boy had been found dead there.
The Solicitor General (Sir Frank Soskice) said there was not a word af truth in this. He did not know of the existence of Stanley or any o the nonla concerned. ...
UNDISCHARGED BANKRUPT
Sir Hartley Bald Stanley undischarged bankrupt and had been witness-"whose described by one credibility on this and other matters the Tribunal would have to con- sider"
ras some form of confidence trickster.
wis an
He claimed to be on close termy of friendship with the leaders of One witness had political parties. said of him that he talked as it he know everyone, except the King.
under Inquiry was divided the following heads:
The Allegations concerning the with- drawal of a prosecution against Sherman's Pools,, football competi Lion promoters.
Allegations concerning the paper allocation to Shman. Allegations relating
Importation of posed machinery.
Allegations concerning building l'cenoes.
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CHEMIST'S THEORY ON CAUSE OF WING ON GODOWN FIRE
Self-Ignition Of Films
That, in his opinion, the Wing On Company Godown fire on September 22 was caused by self- ignition of a part of the washed film stored there was expressed by Mr Richard C. Terry, Assistant Government Chemist, when he gave evidence at the resumed hearing before the Commission of Inquiry at the Supreme Court this morning.
Mr Justice Reynolds is Chirman lamall amount of material is needed with the Ifon N.O.C. Marsh, Messrs to Ignite the whole. A. E. Lissaman, Kwok Chan and Lo Min-nung as members and Mr T D. Sorby as Secretary.
No theory to necount for the cause of the instability could be put for ward, the report stated. As it was marked in certain
Particularly STAFF.
WESTERN UNION, C-in-C WITH HIS Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who was recently appointed Chairman of the Western Union Commanders-In-Chief Committee, with his Chief of Staff, firig' dier Ronald be,cham. Brigauler bel. cham, aged 37, a tank expert and brillant Unguist described by the War Ofee as the Army's younrest General-ws on the plan- ning staff in the Eighth Army under Field-Marshal Montgomery. His appointment curries promotion to the temporary tank of Major- General
Reds Capture Three Railway Stations
NEW FLANKING MOVEMENT
HSUCHOW
THREATENS
Shanghai, Nov. 16.-The Communists today occupied, at least three rail stations south of Hsuchow in a flanking movement which threatens to completely isolate the vital Government strong- shold at the juncture of the Lunghai and Tientsin-
Pukow Railways.
Watching briefs are held by Mr
D. A, Wright, instructed by Mr splices, it might have been an ac- cidental contamination of the Alm Y. K. Kan, for the Wing On Concement used; but no data WILE pany, and Mr D. B. Evans for the available from which a rellable con- Fire Insurance Association of long-clusion could be drawn. kong.
Mr Terry's report concluded: "In
The Assistant Government Chemist my opinion, therefore, the Wing On presented a report on his investiga- | Gotown fire was caused by self- tions of the dire.
Ignition of a part of the wrahed film stored therein, This self-ignition was produced by long storage, in a hot climate, in closed containers, of washed film containing a sa'all proportion of unstable celluloid."
STRONG RESISTANCE
The report disclosed that No 5 Godown, being a reinforced concrete buliding, had resisted the fro very well. The iron door in the scaveng- ing Inne was bulged outwards, as if by blast, and that leading to Whitty Street was slightly bulged. The granite pillars 'supporting the arcade outside were extensively flaked by the great heat
A survey of the stocks of No. 5 Godown revented, that the contents included coustic soda, aniline oll, vegetable oil, dried fruit, disin- fectant, Golden Бутир dyestuff, sodium bichromate, glycerin. phosphate fertiliser. sulphate of
ammonia,
(Continued on Page 5)
Demonstration By Tricycle Drivers
Over 1600 tricycle drivers made peaceful demonstration outside the lacquer, rosin, cellulose
Fire Brigade Building by lining, up calciuni cynnamide, fron bars. pigalung beth sides of Victoria Street, ment, liquid, and solid dyestuffs and art of Jubl'ee Street and in front washed Im scrup.
and
of the entrance to the Fire Brigade After dealing with the electrical Building this morning in a demand theory of origin
heory. off to the Labour Officer that tricycle
'rivers should be allowed to ignition by material descending, the
to work for tinus ue-pipe, the report, referring to the theory of ignition by human agency
months.
onother
con- six
sta ed that all godown doors were A representative of the demon- found locked and no bodies were strutors said that the authorities found inside the godown. No pieces had led that they must stop work.
mechanism of any suspicious
urat the end of November, and during similar material were found.
·
the
the coming winter months it was to And considered to be dimeult The report also dealt with cons
sultable work-for-this-largo.number. composition of nitrate
Pro-Government reports admitted that the Communists seized the minor rail towns of Lungwangmiao, Chakow and Lichuan, within 25 miles south of Hsuchow, while heavy fighting raged in the suburbs of Subsien, major rail town 35 miles south of Hsuchow. The reports said the Com- munists for a time stormed into the eastern city gate of Suhsien but were repulsed by a concerted air-ground attack. The Communists, bellevedly under already "had resched-Kuvalkou, only one-eyed Gen, Liu Po-chong, 70 miles northeast of Pelping. to the pro-launched the flanking movement The Communists were described picture film and washed film and of unemployed. He said in Hong- the storage properties of celluloid; kong and Kowloon there were a few amusement after meeting stiff resistance cast of as "making good progress."
N.tro hundred tricycles but each vehicle Other pro-Government Bources decomposition and stability. Hsuchow. Bypassing the fortified
constituent of had to be handled by two or three also 'cellulose, the the eastern approaches acknowledged that the Reds certain lines guarding ed units, split into had broken into Pacting, capital of nitrate fim, is not completely persons in day and night shifts.
to Hsuchow, the small bands, crossed the Lunghat Hopeh province, B0 miles southivest stable compound.
of here. It was not clear whether railway and knifed deep into the
flank southeastern
where
they massed and mounted attacks on the
A Government military spokesman It continually, stated the report, railway south of Heuchow. were in Nanking on Monday confirmed undergoes a chemical change akin
Government rescue columns were Communist renorts
Changtch to hydrolysis, whereby oxides of and to have rushed from the Hsu- had been abandoned to the Reds. nitrogen are evolved. The re cllon, chow area and Pengpu to blast open, This leaves the entire province, in under ordinary conditions. proceeds party of 30 to 40 policemen with the railway. Reports said that North Chias just beyond Pelping. nt an extremely slow rule, but may European officers was outside the column from Pengpu was already under Communist control.-As- be accelerated by certain conditions, building to preserve order. Joining the battle at Subslen where sociated Press. the Reds were declared Lo Be
"If, there is anything you want at any time from my Department, don't go through the usual channels. Get in touch with me immediately and
A provased licence for the export I may be able to help you."
thant £5.000❘nt cement hngs to Belgium and 0.-A "suggestion”
Mr France. (This was the only one divided between to be The boy, Michael Joseph Benfield, was apparently died from strangulation. Belcher and "Sir Arthur Sockice, the that did not concern Stanley).
Allerations about kitta said to A woman was later detained for Solicitor General, so that the pro- questioning.-Itcuter.
secution against a form of football have been pindo in public servants, certain Fintements concerning
"various subsidiary matters."
EDITORIAL
Hongkong, The Asylum
DEPORTS of the situation In
the Hsuchow battle area are so conflicting that the observer is left bewildered and unable to, obt in a reconcilable picture. Two developments have so far emerred: one is that the Govern ment forces have been used in numberc In an effort to rave the vital city which bordo's
capl'al; Na'ionalists's the
the f they have second that FO
the worst of the engage- ment with the invading Com-
munist
atrales.
desplie Nanking
the Government
striking hard
Reds.
・
and
alber
аго
Therefore reports that air force is often at the and
ci:ims that ground
enjoying forces local successer, the impresa on Le left that not only will Henshow fall, but that the Wabau
also be lost, Jastucing Nanking
situation, from the Nationalists' viewpoint, to nothing short of melancholy and Shanghal's reaction to it i typified by the report that thousands of evaouter Intend
Thu come south to Hongkong. will the Colony feel the impact
which has pro of a civil war
the Com krecavely favoured
Last 14 munists during the
any - when they months until today- are in a position to
drive, ont the Nation I Government from 1 captial and seal off South China from the, rest of the coun Hongkong, naturally, will da best to Mocommodate the refurees from Bhaurbal and other co LE CO'LE but it will be a sovero strain on a territory already #ravely OverOrowded. And it is
posible that not ~11-the`evaCUTES will, be ineff-ufficient In moans
And mat
therefore, become a charge on the community. The assumption is made that Guverne ment us in hand preparations for the reception, and where necessary. ilte accommodation
of the refugees, for we
no
cannot ́ve thousands of people stream- ing Into the Colony with place to live; otherwise there will be a repetition of the 1938 soencu when the Colony's main streets were turned into squatters' camus and publie
was seriously menaced. Ron
of that the con introduces perlod also
another tingency of . from neighbouring · for if the Reds succeed in win-
ning control of north and cli
attuption In
in It may Arvelop
chat - the In an embarrassing
asylom
It is possible, they
may China, decide to send their crmies
can other
reason Bouth, if for than to prevent an oppolition
operating Government
from Hongkong would be Canions. foollal to ignore the potentialities of the exbiing mlitury And And Chimn such a Colony Is
manner placed
position,
mora
ta
can
it be
pollitont and requim →
be
ore than
refugees. Ons physical. ment to deal with the threatened infine is cuitable comms where accommodation those without
housed; another. and sonally obvious. In provision of "dequate salespards sealost the DISCREPA of. Infectious
han We Imagine Garrenment
studied already
theso needs bat it woni4 do no harmi ́ff`an offa'al ristement were made la reassure the community,"
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE The Attorney General told the Tethunel, that at mrerent thern sung not sum-lant culders to port suffering heavy casualllos,
pay protsention in reletten to the meters with which the inquiry was darling,
FRONTAL ATTACK
frontal The Communist
attack
the walled city was completely in Communist hands.
that
Fatal Plane Crash
main
A
CHEMICAL CHANGE
Mr Terry gave as his opinion that celluloid which lasts for only three
100 degrees
The ting
ilable
finutes in the
to
lo so unstable as to be spontaneous ignition. Berlin, November 15-A Navy The total quantity of unstable am
crashed fround was very small. One of the had on Hsuchow, meanwhile, was cald four-engined cargo plane Stanley, sald Sir Hartley,
io bz still roging despite the and burst into flames at Tempelhof, dungers, in fact, of bulk packs of formed what was suggested to be 100,000 casualties suffered in the airfield this evening.
celluloid is that, its stability as a an Intimate onsociation with Mr
All the occupants are believed to whole is not greater than that of its Belcher, and a much lesser friend-10-day battle. The heaviest Oghting
was cald bo. progressing cast of have been killed-United Press. most unstable portion, since only a ship with Mr-Gibson, and-og-in to n lesser extent-with Mr Charles suchow where reinforced govern- ment troops were said to have Key.
columns Dealing with the allegation that encircled Chen' Yi's eight altempts had been made to hoye at Nenchuan The reports added the prosecution for breach of the Paper that Gen. Huang Fo-ino's Army
after joining with Corps. Regulations withdrawn. the At-
armoured corps under Col. Chiang torney General read a statement by Wei-kus, second son of the Gen- Mr Belcher.
cralissimo, opened a strong counter- In this, he mil, he Invited to lunch by Stanley and had munist casualties.
attack and exacted heavy Com-
Sherman arriveri.
had
been
not been long in the dat before In Peiping, the United Press cor
This was the
respondent, Gerald. Nozick, reported first intimat'on I had that Sherman that a spokesmen of Gen. Fu Tso- and Stanley were acquainted.
"I refused to talk to him about the case,"
WITHDREW PROSECUTION
withdraw the prosecution.
Headquarters on Monday night said that fighting had begun on the outskirts of Pooting.
An
The spokesman said the heaviest Aghting was at points six miles cast and southwest of the cy Sr Herlev sald Mr Belcher urgent appeal has been sent
from "avalast legal advice" decided to pacting to Felping, rquesting relu- forcements Paoting is one. corner Dealing with the allegation about
:be vitol. Pelping-Tientsin- of building licences Sir Hartley sald
provincial the name of the Minister of Works, Paoting triangle, and Mr Key, "does not appear in these capital of HopelUnited Fress, matters nearly as often as that of
Mr Balcher or Mr Gibson. He seems
in have visited S'anley on occasions
IN THE NORTH Peiping, Nov. 16. The battle for nt his flat. Nebody suggests that Mr Peiping and Tientsin, North Ching's Key received money or acted im- largest cities, appeared to be shaping properly in any way in regard to up on Monday night.
Debate On Nationalisation Of Steel Industry Opened
London. Nov. 15-The Government today opened a two-day debate on à bill to put Britain's iron and stoel Industry under state control, an issue expected to be the main. Conservativa target in the next General Election. The Supply Minister, Mr G. R. during the, debate and carry the over! into thio elections Strauss, opening for the Government fight told a crowded House of Commons scheduled for 1950.-
Breurstr. Mr that Britain's prosperity.
Strauss said that private and "Influence on world affairs" ownership has not produced atcel
depended largely on the well-being Britain needed..... of the steel Industry......
"Roturn. to unregulated; private "He said that unless Government refuses to perpetuate the arrange ownership is out of the question, he ment of private ownership in what said. "The memory. of those days might be a matter of life and death and a very bitter memory it is to for the nation, it can at any moment those who worked in the Industry more drastic He warned of even- he thwarted by the non-co-operation is still fresh."
took commandos The bill will bring the industry mures if the from the steel masters. under state ownership on May 1, advantage of "loopholes" in the bil to transfer assets before the Govern his official dutica but he was on The Chinese Communists, having 1950.69
The Government will issue 200.- ment took over. with overrun Manchuria and struck at 500 stocks to compensate "It aflemnis were made to clr. terms of some friendship Stanicy.
the big Nationalist, base of Suchow 000.00
purpose by Bir Hartley stated that Stanley in Central China. have entered private owners, but will leave the cumvent Parliament's Introduced Harry Shorman to Mr. Chengteh, capital of Jehol province iron and steel firms, under their any devious-means which may atli Gibson when there was a pronen and pushed southward toward the existing names and management be open, then Government will; responsible to a Government cor ether amend this bill at a 1-ter to float Sherman's Pools as a pubile great wal
since or if necessary, bring in o Chengtch, 100 miles northeast of poration. Sheran was also introduced to Paiping, is a natural base for a The Conservatives, including further bill authorisine retrospective the. Financial, ....-Secretary to the major drive on this big dy party leaders, Mr Winston Churchill action to recover whatever ar TreasuTM”.
formerly, China's capital, Pro and Mr Anthony Eden, are expected may have been whisked away," he Conurned on Page 5)
Government reports sald the Reds to make major attacks, on the bill wild-United Fresk
COMUNNY.
He said that four of Ave représen tatives would go and see the Labour Offeer later in the morning for an interview to bring forth their request to the authorities.
No incident occurred but a large
STOP PRESS
Consul Urges Evacuation
Shanchal,
Nov. 16. The United States Consul-General, Mr John Cabot, 'isized shother today, ad. evoeuation notice vising Americans within his Jurisdiction not to be prepared to remain in areas they are now residing, but to move, to places of safety immediately, "in view of the generally deteriorating situation and likelihood that - means of exit from China
may later be unavailable." kunne f
The notice, which applies to all Americans la the provlaces of Klangsu, Anhwel, Cheklang and Fuklen, said that facilities *for fovement are being ́ar--. ranged and will be announced shortly, but warded that "these facilities wil probably avaliable for only a short period of time.
4.
on
It added "berefore, all per- som intending to take advasitage of this opportunity for move- ment should do so immediately Con receipt of Informatio ̈ time and place of availability of transport."
The
also requested nolics Americzna in ending to - avail themselves of special transporta- from Stangket to apply
inil detaŝis regarding names, addresses, sex and ages' to the United States Consul-General, Reuter.