1949-07-13

BRITISH SHIPS HELD IN SPAIN

Madrid, July-12---- The British Embassy revented today that six British

had vessels

been halled by the Spanish Coast Guard and their crews gaoled in the past two months.

Besides the Whisper. ing Wind, the small coastal cargo boats Jih Side, Kinnie and Mar- denn are impounded at present at Cartagena, the boat Trimope im- pounded at Palma de Mallorca, while the boat, Little Bay, has" just been released after two weeks' at Mallorca. -United Press.

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FUTURE OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1949.

SMUTS ATTACKS

MALAN POLICY

Sabotaging South Africa's Position

Capetown, July 12.-General Jan Smuts, the South African Opposition leader, said here today that the Nationalist Party's Citizenship Bill had wiped out the favourable impression the Prime Minister, Dr Daniel, Malan, had created abroad on his recent visit" to London for the Commonwealth Premiers' talks.

Addressing a rally of the United Party at the City Hall here, General Smuts said that · he could understand that what was felt abroad must have been felt much more strongly in the Union.

"I can understand what our common citizenship in the was felt about the dis. Commonwealth.

MIDDLE EAST appearance of what we used

London, July 12-British representatives to all Middle East countries will meet in London on July 26 to plan for the economic improve ment of the great Arab lands, the British Foreign Office said today.

"You can imagine the shock,

nt?

to call the common status grief and disappointment of our common citizenship." such a result and, of course, we General Sinuts said: "A! 】 It was a great thing, but it are going to suffer for it had now gone, he declared. can say is to repeat what i said The Nationalist Party wns in my message from England- conscious of the great blunder that our Party, when it comes they had made in the Bill. back into power, will see that "That Bill, now an Act of these injustices are done away Parliament, han produced the with. Creatent racial division that have seen for many a day." The conference was described General Smuts said.

When In efforts

settlement was reach- as the third phase belag made to plan the future of ed at the London Commonwealth the vital Middle East regions Prime Ministers conference, ho and a full-scalp review of Briar allegiance to the of Mr H. C. Havengn, the Fin- "South Africa did not Referring to the current visil bandon tish Middle Eastern policy.

King, from which flows the comance Minister, to London for the' British Middle Eastern policy mon citizenship and the common Commonwealth Finance Minis. was unid to be guided by twintus which we enjoy through dangers to the Middle East:

the Commonwealth

1. The possibility of disrup Live influences working undermine the Arab countries' economy.

SHOCK AND GRIEF

Oll

was accepted by the "That Molan

behalf of South Atrien. Now it is found that 2. Danger of arraed attack. The Foreign Ofice emphasised the very first act taken by the

Government after that de that there was ከነፈ connection

claration was the abolition of between the forthcoming confer ence and the informal Anglo- French conversations held In

week London during the past between Middle Eastern experts of the British And French Foreign Offices.

DETAILED AGENDA

A detalled agenda has been

OPENING

OF CEYLON

drawn up for the forthcoming PARLIAMENT

conference

of British

Middle

Enst representatives under iho

following headings:

Colombo, July 12-Lord

That abundant goodwill which existed towards us, and which has now been dissipated, we shall must be restored and restore It"

ters' talks, General Smuts said that he was afraid the Citizen- shly Bill would be a bad intro- ! duction for him in London.

A MIS-STEP

"I know the British people.

difficulties ini understand our South Africa. Whatever they can do for us in these days of trouble they will do without being influenced unduly by the mis-step that has been taken by the Government and its miser-

he said.

They are great-hearted and will

able small exiguous major

Herbert Hoover (right) talks with Chairman Carl Vinson of the House of Representatives Arm- ed Services Committee before telling the group it would be "dangerous to the country" to create n chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the armed services as proposed by the Truman administration. (AP Photo)

Canberra Cabinet Plan To

Shift

Coal To Sydney

bring badly Sydney, July 12-Plans to needed coal from the Northern coalfield to Sydney were discussed today by the Australian Prime Minister, Mr J. B. Chifloy, and the New South Wales Premier, Mr James McGirr. Also at the meeting wero Dr Herbert Evatt, the Minister of External Affairs, and others. No statement was mado after the conference.

U.S. AID

"We have already seen wht TO KOREA

harm has been done by colour divisions.

We have seen how natives and coloured people are

driven into separate CONTINUES being camps of their own, which may all this, we now, In addition are dividing Europeans too."

"Where are we moving to that is my question.

the

policy--the--native Committee which would--ter- paper, Tribune, is printed;

for

News

Otto Abetz Arraigned On War Crimes

Paris, July 12.- Otto Abetz, once Hitler's top Heutenant in France, smlled nervously and blbiked in the heavily-guarded court today while two ollicers read an 84-page indictment] charging him with compll- | city in assassination, looting, mass deportation and tor- ture.

Though free In Paris, his French-born wife, the format Suzanne de Bruyker, was not present when Abetz, palo .but nently dressed, was called into court to face the war crimes charges, which look three years to prepare.

The trial, the last of France's big war crimes hearings, is two expected to fast about

French weeks and three former Fre

Eduoard Premiers- M. Daladier, M. Paul Reynaud and M. Pierre Etienno Finndin-ara expected to give evidence.

Courts to

judge

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Thirteen men were called to the 13th Chamber of the Paris Central Law

New Delhi, July 12-In-accompany Advertisements, not 40-year old Abelz-the presiding dia lifted the nation-wide necessarily for publication, but judge, M. Marcel Pimler, six ban on the Rashtriya French Army officers to servo

to ensure that replica are ró- calved by the person for whom

militant volunteer We will forward replies to organisation, which was im- the stated address if the ad. posed in February 1918, vertinor desire.

of All advertisera purporting to

ns a jury, and six other officers Swayam Sevak Sangh, the they are intended.

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FLASH BULBS

ill.

Press photographers" bulbs after the assassination flashied as the court asked Abetz Mahatma Gandhi, it was an-loan money must publish their

his personal particulars. nounced today. "Profession?" "Ex-Ambassador

for

names and addresses advertisements.

In the

If the wants of advertisera are quickly mat

and they do

of the Releh," Abetz replied The Home Ministry, which with a slight nervous smile, announced this, added that the

He was allowed to sit at a Government had also ordered not desire any further replies small table to the left of the the relense of all RSSS pri-forwarded, we shall be glad to clerk-the dock in

of whom the tiny Boners,

there are be notified promptly, to that courtroom wust

nccupied

by understood to be about 1,400 in effect when a suitable acknow-- ledgment will be inserted free journalists-next to

various faols. Re- a

of charge. publican Guard wearing 1 ro- volver.

The charges against him tall under three main heads:

The organisation's leader, M. S. Galwalkar, is expected to be released tomorrow.

POSITIONS WANTED

Mr Gandhi, India's apostle of independence and peace, was YOUNG Chinese girl seeks position a salesgirl. Spocks and writes Eng. shot dead on January 30, 1940,

references. Moderato J. Good when on his way to evening salary to be given an opportunity.

Tiempo Write Box 129, 11K. Tel, prayer meeting here. Within a members of the RSSS were arrested and the banned throughout the Dominion.

1. Complicity in murder. Abetz la accused of suggesting in March, 1944, that three for mer Cabinet Ministers M, Lean Mandel, and Blum, M. Georges, M. Paul Reynaud-should be week, several shot in reprisal for the exceution | of Vichy agents in Algiers. organisation

He was accused of instigating the murder of M. Mandel.

WIR

Announcing the lifting of the MANY DEPORTED ban today, the Home Ministry said that it followed an under- On December 1b, 1944, the taking by Golwakar to make indictment sald, Abelz drew up loyally to the Indian Constitu

below and respect for the Indian list of 1,500 people to arrested. Many of them were flag more implicit in the er- deported to Germany, where ganisation's constituilon-Rou- they died.

Finance Talks In London

London, July 12.-The ing accounts that could be used Prime Minister,

Mr Cle-

The proposal is to shift 36,000 tons of coal, most of which was produced by miners before the strike,

Much of this is gas coal, and Sydney's gas supply is expected to fall by July 18 unless more coal is made available.

will be Whether

the coal

2. Complicity in mass de- shifted or not depends on the portation and torture. In a Wilhemstrasse Washington, July 12. attitude of the con-Communist telegram to the. 1. Developments since 1943, Soulbury, Governor-General become Communist camps and

railways union, which

won July 3, 1942, the indictment with a survey of work already of Ceylon, in his address at

President Harry S. Truman meet on Thursday to decide its sald, Abetz saw "no objection" "of 40,000 asked Congress today for policy. done and consideration of what

the deportation remains to be done.. Some today's opening of Parlia-i

Communist leaders and miners Jows to the Auschwitz. con- $125,000,000 for continued planned projects may be scrap-ment. said that it was the

have.

stated that they will resist centration camp. assistance to the Republic of others con-Government's sincere desire pe in favour

3. Looting. He is accused of any attempts by the govern- sidered more profitable,

to strengthen the friendly "At the same time, we are of Korea.

ment to get coal, and observers complicity in looting 20,000 authorising Legislation

believe any attempt to bring works of art sent from France progress relations between Ceylon, weakening ourselves and sabo- AA review of

taging our own position on the assistance was approved by the coal to Sydney will provide a to Germany in 137 trucks. He Inde

British Middie India and Pakistan. by the

African Continent, and we are Senate Foreign Relations Com real test of He declared: "Developments raising doubts

strength between is also charged with having ob- East office in Cairo and plans

In the world mittee Just before the President the government and the strikers Lained through political pressure are of par beyond. held in abeyance pending tie in Southest Asfa

a controlling interest in some sent Congress his request for ticular concern to Oylon, and Palestine peace settlement.

French companies. especially POLICE RAID "After what has happened in cash. my Government will continue,

the National French

News The Committee made it n 3. Discussion

current in association with other coun-[12 months, what will happen

$160,000,000 programme. in problems, of which the most tries, to support the polley for next year? Next year we shall

Commonwealth pollee en:ller Agency-Beuter.. omitted pressing is the plight of Pales- the

doing so, it establishment of freedom have a full bag of tricks. The strictlon Imposed by the House where

re1oday. raided the printing slop iininn Arab refugees..

the Communist and-pence-in-this-region.--- ---- · ·

coloured Forelan Office offeinis

Indo-Ceylon pulley, the throwing away of minate aid if any Communists sal4 "Discussions on

have existed

They made a thorough rearch Britain had every hope that relations have been concluded rights that

penetrated Into the South

of the building on the same Government, Chair. Korean with the pence settlement in and the Ceylon Citizenship Act Year guaranteed by the Con-

lines as the search they made Palestine these plans would and the dun and Pakistani stitution--all that must

come man. Tom Connally announced | last Friday at Communist head- next year, and with make "very rapid progress."— Besidents (Citizenship)

the the action of the Senate Com-quarters in Sydney. Then they Act smallest Parliamentary Unlted Press,

have been placed on the Statutety ever seen

mujori-mittee after it met in closed were looking for large sums of In this country session..

noncy drawn from union bank- Book.

and with practically no majori- "It is the sincere desire

DEEP INTEREST of my Government that friendly at all in the Senate,"

Simultaneously, special Korean

to aid the striking coal miners.ment Attlee, will open the relations between Ceylon and

The Australian Government DARK SPOT

Ambassador Dr Chough Pyung her two great neighbours will be

sold he feels continued blames the Communists for the first session of the Common- and fos- | Curther strengthened

General Smuts was making American military, economic con strike now in its sixteenth wealth Finance Ministers' conference in the Cabinet: tered in the future," he said.

his first political speech since his and political" assistance ie as- į day

Pollee have not discussed the Room at No. 10, Downing CEYLON INDUSTRY

sured. recent visit to Britain.

Street at "As a result of conversations result of today's raid.

on 10.30 a.m.* The Governor-General, tufer.

He said that the dark spot in with

find any Police failed to United

officials. Slates ring to industry, said: "With o

of the Wednesday. the world was the East. view to the

For both civilian and military, money in their search expialtation and the first time in history, Euro- think the United States has a Communist headquarters Inst

Treasury officials said it was utilisation of our natural re-

the cources to the fullest extent, my from Asia.

pean civilisation had retreated deep permanent interest in our Friday, but they look away a decided today to include

Secretary of State for the welfare,"

Dr Chough sald in an ease of papers and records. Government, while reiterating

Colonies, Mr Arthur Creech- interview.

MONEY TRANSFERRED South Africa belonged to the London, July 12. Mr the policy previously enunciated,

Jones, in the main conference, He predicted military aid will

will bo held which

in the Nath Pai, Secretary of the from other countries and the Costinent, flanked by Asia. "profeeted military ald plan 13 documents is still going on.

welcomes technical asssame

auce West, but existed on the Dark bo "forthcoming as soon as the

The examination of these Treasury building. Indian Socialist group in advent of foreign capital In

¿ver there was a

The officials said that no timo community

The Sydney Daily Telegraph limit had yet been set for the London, said today that the association with local capital..

which was called by the world set to Congress and approved,

"American officials, under- said that some of the paper conference and no agenda would of Go- situation to be cautious, fair, result of the Chandernagore "By a combination

standably at

Present vernment and private plebiscite was a sharp reprise, it is anticipated that lines,

enterhuman, to think on fundantata unable to say how much more show that the Communist Party be drawn up until after the first transferred large plenary session, but it was minder of the problem of substantial step forward

it is South Africa," he willlery aid will be supplied. I recently

have assurances that substantial amounts of money from its own understood that the broad scope Goa.

banking accounts to those of in- of the conference would be "to be taken in the Industry, of the

Gencral Smuts concluded: ald will be forthcoming".

dividual members, Mr Pal, who recently attended country.""

Among the legislative inen- "The colossal effort of the Brị-

ON TO OTTAWA

The raid is said to have shown devise co-operative measures to effect economy in dollar cx- an executive committee meeting

which the Governor-tish in India has gone. We do Dr Chough conferred today that the Communist Party has penditures," of the International Union of Sures

sdtd Treasury officials

the General Intimated would

be not want this little experiment with the Canadian Ambassador £70.000 ready for Immediate Eocialist Youth at Toulouse,

Tinance Ministers were con- Fruner, fold the Press Trust of introduced into Parliament this in South Africa to fall because preparatory to a trip to Ottawa. use.

session

Two long lists of names were fronted with a "long haul." and orc bills relating to of our own shortsightedness and Dr Chough said he is going to

Common- Portuguese scom Commonwealth citizenship and cur own absent-mindedness." Canada to talk for Canadian also found in the raid. One lists intimated that the determined not to learn from

civil aviation.-Reuter.

conforence might last recognition of the Korean Re- people claimed to be Communist wealth the logic of events and are des

that

ВОТО sympathicers, although they can o weeks. They said public. And I am hopeful perately clinging to their tiny

Korean-Canadian trade can be not openly identify themselves would not be possible for the to formu- in the

with the Parly. The other con British Government possessions

stimulatexi." mounting opposition from the

Referring to the Sino-tains, the names of people said inte a "full policy" until the people of Gon. Afraid of the

Philippine move for an anti-to be anti-Communist-Assoconference was completed and verdict of the peopic, which is

Communist Pacific Union, Dr ciated Press.

the Finance Ministers had ro- bound to go against them, they

Chough sald: "I hope all Paci

turned to place proposals before are refusing to submit the isquo

their respective governments.- Jo u plebiscite."

United Press.

PROBLEM

OF GOA

Views Of Indian Socialist

India:

teeth of

The people of Goa had been fighting for fundamental civil liberties for the last three years, Mr Pai said..

Ile also stated: "The Portu- Eues occupation of Gon fa not only a denial of the inalienable right of the people of Goa to decide their own future bit constitutes a danger to India's and a challenge to her sovereignty."

Mr Pal Eaid that the execu tive meeting of the Intern- tional

Youth Bocialist.

At Toulouse-considered the situn- tion in God and adopted a resolution : condomthing i

the maintenance of Portuguese [control of Goa, and tho · "re- pressive measures of the Portu- guers Government, especially the Imprisonment of the young political:; workers of God","me

will added.

Reuter,

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SEDITION CHARGES Sydney, July 12-Australia's

He said the United Nations Labour Government was re- mission in Korea is likely to ported today to be preparing conspiracy charges return to New York zooff, but edition or

Party against the Communist.

The 10-day coal for fomenting

I am hopeful it will return to Korea before the year is end-

od and remain there, most of strike which has thrown almost the coming year. Its presence 700,000 people out of work and

threatened a complete shut- mal down of gas supplies... external threats to our security during

in Korea would' ba a further | deterrent, to possible

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