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COMMUNIST TROOPS ENTER SHANGHAI
Increase In Japanese
Police Force Possible
Washington, May 24.- The State Department spokesman, Mr Lincoln White, today confirmed that studies are being made on Japanese increasing the
police force but he denied that there was any intention of forming a Japanese "army."
Mr While commented at o following conference *prem
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*press reports originating here
tho 'tho
form ution of Japanese defence force was He said under consideration. there was no intention of form- ing or allowing the formation of any national defence force for Japan. However, he said it Iv a well-known fact at present that the Japanese police forcu is inadequate to perform its duty in the country.
Mr White's announcement was the first oficla) indication that "the United States was seriously studying the plan long advocal- .cd by Lieut-General Robert Echelberger, who retired lost December from his post or com- mander of the US occupation ground forces in Japan.
INTERNAL SECURITY General Elehelberger has re- peatedly urged that a Japaneso bu or- police constabulary" gantsed and armed for purposes Today, of internal security. when informed of Mr White's announcement, General Eichel- berger smiled broadly but de- clined to comment.
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Fourteen year- old Michael Hippisley of London explodes into a sneeze in the London apartment of an Indian- chiro- apolis-educated practor whom he visited in hope of obtaining relief from the spasms, Hippisley has been sneezing for 10 days at a rate of 20 sneezes a minute-AP Picture.
Soong In Paris
Paris, May 24.-The former Chineze Premier, Mr T. V. Soong has arrived in Paris from Hong- kong.
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A spokesman at the Chinese Embassy said that he had come Paris to rest and be treated a minor stomach ailment. was accompanied by Madame Soong and a secretary.
General Eichelberger's VOCACY of a 150,000-man police force was first made pubile in
United for an interview-with-the Press last year, Since then, the former commanding general of the Eighth Army has repeated his ideas in public speeches.
Advance Units Appear In French Concession
WHITE FLAG HOISTED AT POLICE STATION
By
Fred Hampson'
Shanghai, May. 25. Advance units of Chinese Com- munist troops entered Shanghai today.
The troops came in through the old French concession, in Southwestern Shanghai, some time before dawn after a night of sporadic fighting along the city's defences.
The green clad soldiers of Red General Chen Yi appeared at the edge of wide, tree-lined Avenue Petain.
The city appeared to be undergoing the first stages of occupation while the battle still-echoed to the North.
The Red troops began putting up. posters in Chinese instructing the populace to be calm and assuring them they had nothing to fear.
Others marked
Other units, began stringing telephone wires.
important street intersections with white arrows, fixing the routes into the city.
The main force apparently was waiting at the outskirts. From various sectors of the town similar reports came. places there still was some small arms firing.
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BRIEF BATTLE The white flag flew over
Shanghal, police station, reached the plush Park Hotel,
May 25-Com- Foochow Rood downtown and next door to the of Shanghai's skyscrapers, munist troops of Moo. Tse-tung's
Not far away Nationalist soldiers stood at northern armles entered Shang
barricades about blocks hal af 3 a.m. this morning and American Club. is the American Consulate.
There was no firing, by 7 am, had occupied most of A new police group took over distant.
however.
the city... the slation during the night as police evacuated.
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(Whether these are Red police Is. not known).
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Mother's Proud Of Him Bao Dai
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt jubilantly congratu lales her son, Franklin, Jr., in New York, on his victory over Tammany in special election to fill 'seat in Congress vacant since death of Democrat; Sol- Bloom. Roosevelt, running on the Liberal and Four Freedoms parties' ticket, defented his closest rival, Tammany backed Municipal Court Justice Benjamin **Shalleck, by nearly 20,000 votes. AP Picture.
Vyshinsky Asks
4-Power Control Of The Ruhr
For
Paris, May 24-The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, asked for. four-Power control of the Ruhr, the core of Germany's industries, at-today's meeting of the "Big Four.”
Mr Vyshinsky, speaking first at the three- hour session, also proposed a return to the four-Power Control Council for Germany with a German administrative body under its direc- tion in Berlin."
now under a six-Power The Ruhr is authority made up of Britain, France, the United States and the Benelux Powers.
TROOPS DUMBFOUNDED The Communist troops who He made the trip from China by plane to Brussels and motored
Landman reported that tho had been battering at Shanglini to Paris on Sunday. Almost
The progress of the Com-Communist troops appeared to relentlessly for daya pierced the Immediately after his arrival, ho
dumbfounded to have an last defence line and broke into city from the However, State Department
went to the country near Ver-munist troops to the downtown
area was orderly.
American drive up in his car, the beleaguered
a brief but bloody sources hitherto have been re-
Amos Landman,
Associated they politely asked him to turn west after correspondent, watched around and drive back lo avold battle. ported as opposed to the idea.sailles-Associated Press.
Press Whether or not today's an-
Bitter street fighting was re- nouncement represented a re- versal
Department of State
Cosenza, Southern Italy, Maymunist troops as they reached Shanghal About evidence 24.-Gennaro Esposito, 28-year downtown
reported anally occupied the residential thinking or merely
soiled, and were
business districts in that, after prolonged study, De-old Italian labourer, shot dead 7.30 a.m.
West two-year-old son at the They wore emblems on their
been Frenchtown, Naniao and partment opinion was crystal-his
Court. Business was at a stand- licing on the favourable side foot of his mother's grave and green uniforms identifiertion through thick lighting.
The French Foreign Minister, M. Robert People's the
back The street barricades were still and shops shut down
theold: could not be learned Imme- then committed suicide, falling as
Schuman, said that to go took Army." across his son's body.-Reuter." diately.United Press.
thrown up by the Nationalists as the Communists quickly areas and the Reds fought close to the city over those
machinery of four-Power control would be to, 05 the
marched Into the centre of the Southwest.
repeat all the old mistakes. was terrine can-city. There sull
German economic bedios The United States Secretary | nonading to the North. In that direction
Hes the
There were but a handful of fortress of
to the Mr Vyahinsky then advocated Woosung, ten miles from Shang-people in the streets as the of State, Mr Dean Acheson, should also be represented...
troops headed for the billion said that a return hal.
"The Nationalists were fighting dollar Bund along the water-machinery of Potsdam would be the re-introduction of four-
like asking a convalescent to keep this escape corridor open. front. No Incidents were report-patient to go back to his original Power control in Berlin and the ed Immediately. Residents condition when he had had the
EDITORIAL
The Paris Conference
THE latest meeting of Foreign Ministers called to deal with the problem of the Austria is future of Germany and reported to have opened in an atmosphere of cordiality and it will be the fervent wish of everybody who desires to sce atability In Europe that this spirit wil the momentous throughout prevail
Mr Vyshinsky's deliberations in Paris. willingness to accept the agenda as agreed between and proposed by the three Western. Powers was an encouraging start, although it must be confessed other such conferences have opened with the same promise, only to be wrecked and rendered futile by Russian obstinacy on major issues. Even if one assumes the greatest: goodwill on both sides, the chief problem which has to be solved is, difficult. This problem is to re-unite Germany without allowing her to become a menaceofther to her Eastern or Western neighbours, It is easy enough to talk of a united Germany," but the question comes at once: is the new all- Germany”, to: have the sort of political structore, which has been created in the Western zones, or the sort which has It Been created in the Eastern zone?
Hard to think of any compromise different Hetween two such totally ayabama.”- Nor fo that, alt. Blace 1945 the economic organisation of the Western zomen,” has developed on very different
·lines from that of the Eastern zone. The
Nevertheless fusion will not be easy. these are the problems which can be left largely for the Germans to solve, for in the long run the solutions must be German. But there are matters which concern the Allles themselves. Assuming It is agreed in Paris that in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement Germany "treated as a single shall again be economic unit;" what is to be done about
Council The last
of reparations? Foreign Ministers broke down because Mr Molotov insisted that the. Saviet Union must be allowed to take reparations out of the German "current production," while the Western Allles were spending millions to make that production possible. And again, what of Marshal Ald? Is it fn, future to be given to all Germany?' Or is it to cease, with incalculable repercussions on the West European econdmy? Other major questions are alsa involved. What of the Ruhr? And what of the restrictions on German Industry, now very different in the East and West? These questions are Ilstel," not with the intention of making the dispiriting suggestion that the Conference Is bound to fall, but to make it clear that no swift and spectacular success can be expected. Faljurs might coma búddenly.", The success, if it la proved there is any real chance of it, will come only by -patient surmounting of the very real and very difficult obstacles. REGATTANZAN
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The Reds wero hammering it Ite watched silently. from their use of three limbs restored..
from both sides.
doorways as, the dusty, battle- grimed Communists shumed in- to the city,
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The British Foreign Secretary, (Pilots arriving in Canton from Shanghai had said earlier that
Mr Ernest Bavin, said that the Western Powers were not ready the Chinese Nationalist navy had massed ships at Woosung for
battle for Shanghai to discard the progress made to- n free Germany what appeared to be a general thereby virtually came to an words evacuation).
Nationalist troops and Government Ini
to the the Western zone. -withdraw
Mr Vyshinsky, in a long pre- started to north. This seemed to indicato
accused the Nationalist intentions to abanden pared statement,
of splitting Western Powers the city.
Germany by the breaking of the Potsdam Agreement.
Towns people gathered along the streets and watched curious ly. They seemed to be uncer- tain of the newcomers....
The Reds started to move in PEACEFUL ENTRY Machinegun fire which had shortly after midnight, follow crackled through the night in ing which camo word that the the southwest broke off at dawn. Nationalists were moving north The entry was peaceful, a re-in preparation for the expected sident of the Feerch concession evacuation of Woosung, the last Nationallat bastion at the mouth apid,
Some small arms Bre suu
of the Whangpoo-United Press. could be heard in other parts of the city h
The fed troops began urging the townspeople to return to their homes. Some of them oc- cupied randbeg barricades set up. by the Nationalists,
At some of the
barricades,
Bombay's Mayor
CALM ATMOSPHERE The atmosphere of today's meeting was calm and not at any point hostile,
At tomorrow's meeting at 4 p.m. It is expected that the discussion of German unity will be continued, M. Vyahinsky
Speaking after Mr at today's meeting, M. Schuman
also said that if the Soviet In New York proposals were adopted they would steriliso everything that Western New York, May 24-Bom- had been done in
during the past 18 troops sat out in the open as bay's Mayor, Mr S. K Patel, Germany during the though awaiting capturo.
Landman reported, Nationalist
In parts of the city: where arrived from Europe today on months
his
In making Mr Vyshinsky, Ho the Communists had not yet than tot 10 United long statement accusing the appeared, some troops of this plans visit
from Potadam, reaffirmed the garrison strolled around with States cities, then return home Western Powers of departing
via Japan China and Slam,
keen interest of Ute Soviet CoveE out firearms, like soldiers on
Mr. Fetel told
reporters" at
ernment in the Rubr. leave.
that business Tield to the LaGuardia
"Our economic. Nationalists raised ahuga valma over their sandbag emplabs no worse than in many youn- tive of the four Powers will rem ment saying "Welcome people's tries but, of course, not as good presentatives of the other States Liberation Army, Associated, as in the United States, he bordering on Germany sitting on
said United: Press, vojne do it in a consultative capacity.
good
The best method of inter national control would, he said,
At the mat FROM city hall, u group" of: about 40 j;in Bombay: War conditions are be to create a body represanta
to
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Makes A New
Gesture
Dalak, May 24-Ex- Exmperor Bao Dai has ent out invitations to Cochin-China leaders for talks on a constitution for the future Vietnam govern. ment, it was annotinced here today, following the French Government's ¡decision to release Cochin. China from colonial status. The ex-Emperor's privato secretary, Prince Bud Loc denying press reports, said that Boo Dai had not, any direct contact with Tongbo, the Cen tral Executivo, of Vietminh, the
autonomist resistance
movement.
Prince Buu Loe said that he
the names of could not give those invited to the constitution
for talks,
security reasons. There had been "certain threats from Vietminh", he said..
Ho also said that the Pro- visional
Vietnam Central Government, led by Eguyen Van Xuan, would shortly resign to permit the formation of a new government..
FIRST CONDITION
- Prince Buu Loo sald Hao Dai was sure that a temporary modus vivendi”-could be work- led out while the full force of the Franco-Vietnam agreement remain not completely opera-
tive.
The Prince said that no diplo mat exchanges could be made with Vietnam unill Franco gives de jure recognitiori to an us yet unconstituted govern-
ment.
The new government wili bo'
Prince very progressive," the taid.
*We intend to practise social reform, to raise the standard
of life of the masses and create more social justice."
"For example, we shall favour the creation of agricultural co- operatives," Prince Buu Loc added,
Economic and other relations with neighbouring states-Cam- bodia and Laos-would ba settled by Commissions of In- quiry and, finally, by inter- State conferences.
EMBRYO OF ARMY Common economic co-opera- for instutions and a commen Customs system would eventual- ly bo introduced.
were
The Prince added that the first 60. cadets who had undergone six-months' training under French officers at Hue presented to Bao Dal today.
This is the embryo of the
(Continued; on Page 5) future Vietnath army, he said,
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