1948-11-24

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1948. ·

SHARP CRITICISM OF BIZONIA 7 Die In Bus

POLICY

Wasting US Taxpayer's Money

Washington, Nov. 23.-It was revealed today that the Congres- slonal watchdog committee on foreign aid was weighing a con- fidcollal report charging that the British and French policies Germany were in Western "wasting American taxpayers' money."

The report was prepared by the staff of experts of the Com- mittee. Ita criticism of the United States' and Allied actions in Germany may have repercus- sions when the Senate House group meets on December 2 to make recommendations future handling of the entire European Recovery Programme.

The chief complaint in the report have is that Amerlenn officials falled to assume a "doininant volce" in the economic affairs of "Blzonia", and American the merged British accupation zones. It says the United States is entitled to final authority because it is poying the bulk of the occupation bill.

the

criticists The report also

powers fallure of the three "integrate"

the French Zone with occupation the other two Western areas. It asserts that France has been drawing off the resources of its zone for French domestic use while the United States has been pumping funds into the French Zone to speed its economie recovery, BRITISH METHODS RESENTED were British ometals in Blzonla said to be administrating industries a way in- of the Ruhr Valley in tended to "facilliate nationalisa- tion" of the iron and steel works,

and favours which Britain United States opposer.

The report also criticises what it Western of the calls the failure powers to revise the German plant pra- reparations dismantling and gramme. to conform with European recovery needs.

In this

the

Industry

report to It- comes

said, "An all-out effort

connection.

activate German

into conflict with large-scale dis-

mantling of plants for reparations

and with the polley of exporting

Europe while German factories ure idle for lack of coal."

Wreck

Wreckage of a Toronto, Ont., tram and bus that took lives of seven persons and injured 65. The collision, the worst in the city's history, happened during bad' weather in the early morning hours-AP Picture.

British Engineer

Beaten On Head With A.

Rubber Truncheon

Paris, Nov. 23.-Mr Frederick Sylvester, a British engineer of the Jerusalem Electric Corpora- tion, who was freed by the Israeli Supreme Court after being sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for "broadcasting information useful to Israeli's enemies," arrived at Le Bourget airport today from Palestine.

Shivering in the wintry European weather, Mr Sylvester arrived without an overcoat and with his only luggage-a spare shirt-wrapped in a brown paper parcel.

JAP GENERAL

A HOSTILE WITNESS

Manila, Nov. 24-Ex-Maj-

"I was held in prison for 133 days," he said. "Most of the time was in the cellar of a house Jerusalem. Then for the ten days when my appeal was being heard, I was in proper prison quarters in Haifa. It was awful. Until the ap- peal was launched we were in com- plete darkness. all the time After- wards the lights were left on night and day.

forget

him, but I his habit of

Recalling the history of his ar- German coal to liberated countries Gen Osamu Kawashima, first rest, Mr Sylvester said: "Regularly we were blindfolded and questioned prosecution witness in the war by a man with a thick Palestinian crimes trial of ex-Lt-Gen. Shizuo accent. I never saw Yokoyama was declared hostile shall never by the War Crimes Commission spitting at us all the time we were during his evidence yesterday and the prosecution is now pro ceeding with presentation of other witnesses.

While holding that there were several big problems that seemed to involve wasting of American tex- payers' money, the report levelled its sharpest criticism at the con- tinued authority exercised by Britain In Bizonia's economie Ho, par- ticularly the Ruhr industrial heart- land.

Japanese

being questioned.

FAMILY THREATENED

your would

"We were forced on the ground, kicked and beaten on the head questioning by the defence, with a rubber truncheon until we Kawashima reiterated that assign sow stars and Enally when I re- "This division of responsibility ment of units of one branch of the fused to sign a confession the in- armed forces to another terrogator asked "You would not and control is accentuated by the

did

the not make

commanding like anything to happen to fact that United States and British interests do not coincide in imporficer to whom they were assigned wife and child in Britain,

for responsible

their discipline. you tant respects."

statement tended to In conclusion, the report states: Kawashimo's

advance the defence case.

"When we were handed over to "The bdale situation in Germany

Yokoyartu is charged with com- the Jewish Army, we were treated looks favourable, The Berlin crisis mand responsibility for the killing well, but I was always separated has not demoralised people. The people are not starving. and torture of about 35,000 Filipinos from the rest

iri the Manila area and Southern The wheels of industry are begin, and Luzon. to roll. The German workman the German businessmán are doing their best to make money."United

Presk

the German

First Woman Lord Mayor Dies

Mr Sylvester added: "There was never any question of their really thinking me gulity. They wanted in Electrical Cor- get the Jerusalem

That

The prosecution asked the Com- mission to take notice of Kawashima's hostility and the Commission declared the witness hostile. The prosecu poration out of the country. tion then presented four witnesses was one reason for the charge. And me to Incriminalc who were either victims of Japanese they wanted atrocities or eyewitnesses to murders people-even the British Consul in my 'confession'."— In the Manila area in 1945-United Jerusalem-in Press.

Norwich, Nov. 23-Miss Ethel Mary Colman, who became the first DROUGHT IN SPAIN woman lord mayor in England when she accepted the lard mayoralty of

Madrid, Nov. 23-Tho

Norwich 25 years ago, died today at rainfall in Spain now

Reuter.

of CAN KEEP HIS

Jack has reached

"paralysing" effect

her home, Cartow Abbey, Norwich, the proportions of a severe drought CARPET LOOMS

Miss Colman waa the eldest which is having a turviving daughter of the late Mr on

the national cconomy, 4

Bracknell, Berkshire, Nov. 23, ----- J. Colman of the mustard firm, who meteorological expert reported on

Is litle hope of The Ministry of Health has decided served Norwich

Alderman, Monday, There hs

disabled Berkshire before January---Associated that a Magistrate, Sheriff,

andelier Mayor

the Press.

serviceman, who was told by local Counci, to remove two car-

M.F.-Reuter.

Queuille & De Gasperi Reach

"Complete Unanimity

Paris, Nov. 28-The French Foreign Office announced tonight that the French Prime Minister, M. Henri Quauille, and the Italian Premier, Signor Alcide de Gasperi, today reached complete unanimity of views" in their talks on questions affecting both Governments.

CX-

pet looms from, his hut, shall be

allowed to keep them

Ex-serviceman Stanley Kitchener Romerill, of Bracknell, WDB told that by working on looms ho was infringing bis housing agreement and that the looms had to be re- moved.

After protesta the Council ro- ferred the matter to the Ministry and today Romerili recolved a lof ler from the Council stating

that

in view of the special circumstan

A spokesman said just before, lists after his talks today with the Bignor de Gasperi loft for Rone French statesmen: "I was pleased ces the Ministry raised no objec that the talks wero confined to to have had the opportunity of an tion to part of his hut being used general issues as no Italian experis exchange were present.

The French Minister of the terlor, M., Jules Moch, Minister for. Defence,

Ramadior, attended. subjects which came cussion were:

and

of viewn

such for rug making-Houter. with eminent men on questions relating

In-

to our two countries, international problems and especially the question the of European co-operation.

Paul "Personally I can say that the

Among the same problems, the same worries

1The Italian colonies.

2-The projooted Franco-Italian customs unlo

The admission of Italy, to the

Denmark To Buy Jet

Fighter Planos“. Copenhagen, Nov.

23-It was

Compromise Rejected

New York, Nov. 23.- Hope for settlement of the East Coast shipping tleup remained dim today leaders of striking longshore- men rejected a compromise proposal providing for a long-sought waterfront wel- fare fund..

Union negotiators turned down the employers' pro- posal last night saying it was "too vague" and was no better than the offer previously rejected.

Negotiators for both sides were scheduled to meet separately again today pre- paratory to seeking new peace formulas. 'The strike has been in effect for 14 days. Associated Press.

Rail And Air Express Embargo

New York, Nov. 23. The Railway Express Agency today put an embargo on rail and air express into New York City, where shipping and bus strikes already have disrupted com-

merce.

The Express Agency sald the embarge was necessary because of the slowdown campaign of terminal employees. The slowdown cam- paign began last Friday aftór 14 employees were fired for giving false information on their employment applications. The employees In- volved were members of the AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- ship Clerks. Freight Handlers, Ex- press and Station Employees, the Express Agency said.

The embargo, which is effective today, cut off all railway express shipments into and out of New York elty, except for certain carlond lots, acccording to the Agency's an nouncement.

THOUSANDS OUT OF WORK

German Uranium Miners Fleeing From The Soviet Zone

Hamburg, Nov. 23.-A 22-year-old German girl who worked for a year in Russian-operated German uranium mines reported today that large numbers of the miners are fleeing to western Germany. Christina Peter, who volunteered for low-grade uranium mining in Saxony, said she estimated more than 100,000 Germans are at work in the mines.

Food, liquor and cigarettes are fairly plentiful but the Communists are continually trying to convince Christina said workers to join the party, she said.

of workers who she could not estimate the number actually reach the west, but that the number escaping

every day was large.

Russian troops cordon the entire area, she said.

A German-speaking Russian off- eer, trained her and other German ilstening on Russian-built girla

the instruments. The instrument, said, had two large earphones and a metal stick on which a strainer-liko lend head was fastened. Earphone and metal stick were connected with a battery which was carried on a belt around the shoulder.

Before she was sent into the mine, she had to work with a group. of Russian and German technicians. equipped with divining rods and all kinds of other instruments to comb the surface.

Whenever het earphone reacted with a bell-like sound she had to report to the next Russian, who marked the place and ordered a. through Russian technician to go the test agala.

FORCED LABOUR CAMPS

Alter that job she was sent primitively- underground into construeled mine. Her job was to test all ore and rocks coming out

for the tunnels of

radium uranlum. Uranium, she said, was a violet- ensily recognised by coloured stripe going through the atones.

All the labour is not voluntary. An 18-year-old German youth who between escaped estimated that 30,000 and 50,000 persons are in Soviet forced labour camps Saxony.

One eye swollen and black from a captors and tussle with would-be still wearing the rubberised clothing and boots issued to him when he went to work in the uranium mines, described Rieffenstahl Gerhard squalid, unhealthy conditions in the labour camps.

A blond, six-foot, handsome youth, Rieffenstahl.now is virtually a hu- man skeleton. He said he had lost 35 pounds during his two months of forced labour for the Russians.

The miners live in barracks, small

the among

German camps and populace, the youth said. He stayed 10 other men. in a room with Although they were unguarded, they

were

warned not to try to leave. The entire area is blocked off, with guards on all railroad stations and reads.

The miners are fairly well paid. 400 Rlaffenstahl said. He received marks per month, which is $33 at of exchango ar. the official rate

at the moro renilotic about $10

black market rate.

Food rations were supposedly somewhat higher than in Berlin, but only in theory. The penalty for being late to work was a 50 per- cent cut in rations, and since the and the transport system so poorly. mines were far from the barracks organized. few workers were ever on time.-United Press.

Press Attache Slain

Moscow, Nov. 23.-The Press Attache at the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow, M Rolse, died in hos- pital here today after having been found shot yesterday morning.

the war.

The Norweglan Embassy in Lon- don told Reuter that M. Gunnar Roise worked in the Norwegian Government offices in London during M. Roise was a journalist who had travelled in Russia and the East before his appointment to

40 Cultural and The embargo put between 8,000 Moscow and 10,000 torminal employees out Attache-Reuter. of work. A spokesman for the Ralkway Express Agency, said it handled about 200,000 shipments from New York daily, including clothes, household uppliances, machinery, and perishable goods.

Meanwhile, Joseph. Ryan, pre- Bldent of the striking AFL Interna- tional Longshoremen's Association. said Halfax dock workers had notl- Bed him they would refuse to handle cargoes on ships redirected to that port.

Federal mediators, however, were optimistic about chances for early Bettlement of the walkout which bas

Maine tied up shipping from

to Virginia-United Press.

Soviet Miners' Funds For French Strikers

Londen, Nov. 23 The Moscow up for dl-and the same dimculties face our

Radio announced on Monday Russian two countries, but also the same hoper, which prove all lond. their learned tonight that Denmark is to miners have contributed 1,000,000 support to the rapid progress of buy 35 jet fighters from Britain as rubles to support striking French

part of the 100 million, kroner recoal mater the Movement of European Unity,

"I hold the highest hopes and armament, programme. am certain that my Parliament: and

Britain has promised the delivery The French spokesman mld he | country will share my impressiona had no information whether the and points of view on the objects of the first five planes by March 1, 1040, a further 15 before next question of Italy's admission to the to be achieved."

The Italian Premier loft Paris summer and the remainder before Western Union was raised. -The Italian Premier, told journa= tonight for Rome by train-Reuter, the and of next year-Reuter.

United Nations;

Jules Moch, French Minister Interior, has charged the coal striko was initigated and financed by Russia through the Communist In- Bureau ternational Information. (Cominforra) Associated Press.

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