EDITHI MOLLER ENERELEND
London, Sept. 10 The Chinese Nationalist. Government has told Brl- tain it has released the 900-ton British ship, Edith Moller, detained for over threo weeks, Omeo spokesman stated
here today.
Foreign
Britain protested earlier
month against the ulp's detentlos, which was result of the Chinese Government's blockade of Communist-held ports,
A
The Edith Moller wan reported to have been in- tercepted when trying to enter Shanghal and taken to the Chunan Islands in Hangehow Bay-Reuter.
Suicide Of Indian Girl Student
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Soldiers Relate Escape From Russian Prison
Berlin, Sept. 16. An American GI, three British soldiers and á French civilian broke; through Soviet guards today in a dramatic escape from a Russian prison in Berlin where they were beaten, kicked and given the “cold water treat- ment."
A fourth British soldier, | described how one of the Soviet Pte. Tyrell, is stlll held pri- | interrogators · "struck me and soner by the Russians. sold I was lying because I was
unable to answer questions,"
The American, 26-year- old John J. Sinkiewrez, said
"Eventually," he added, "they he was arrested on Novem- brought me back to the Soviet ber 6 last year on a French sector and put me into gaol sector elevated tram which again. The food there was aw- went into the Soviet sector. fut until five or six weeks ago when I was given white brend for the first time."
"For по reason 21 all" n Soviet officer took him to n faol in the Soviet sector.
was reep-
He escaped but tured the next day and taken
und
UNDER-NOURISHED
Sinklewroz was covered with ce biles and was badly under-
One of the British escapees, Pie Morris Sullivan, told the
lory of the escape.
by another Russian to Dranien-nourished, London, Sept. 16-Miss burg. There he was questionert Roma Sarkar, 32-year-old continuously for 10 days daughter of Sir Jadunath nights. Sarkar, the Indian historian, committed suicide here last Sunday night by drinking cyanide.
Sinklewrez, sent to hospital
by the American authorities,
EVIDENCE
OF RAJK
In a fit of desperation last night he tore a leg from his cell bed, baltered a hole in the wall by the door and wrenched off the padlock to escape into the Durridor,
With the help of Ple. Joc Boniface, who was in the same cell, he forced open the doors of two other cells and released Ple French civilian.
Miss Sarkar was found lying in bed at her lodgings In by London suburb in the throes of poisoning. Her landlady called the police, but she was dead when admitted to hospi- tal.
Evidence was given at the Inquest and it was stated that she had been in England since December, was a student of Washington, Sept. 16.- : The Russian warder apparent- crystallology and intended to re- Mr Selden Chapin, former slept through the escape in main in London to take up United States Minister to corridor..
his room at the far end of the Budapest, today branded as "completely without founda- down a door, got through two tion" the testimony of the barbed wire former Foreign Minister of wall topped. Hungary, M. Laszlo Rajk, and dropped that he had aided American outside. espionage in Hungary.
UNFOUNDED A. Taylor, the American and a
medical research work,
No light was thrown on Miss Sarkar's reasons for taking her Ufe. The coroner sald that she left a note saying: "No one is responsible for my death."
verdict that He recorded а she had taken her life, not being of sound mind.
Two officials of the Education Department at Indla House at- lended the inquest and also of the body in the cremation “accordance" with the wishes of
the "family,
The
Mr Chapin sald he had had no conversations with M. Ralk "except strictly on oficial busi-out a ness.**-
violation of American crema- rights and found him unfalling-
had the
French
Ave
prisoners broke
fences, sealed Д by jagged glass Into the strec!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1949.
POLES DIVERT PLANE TO SWEDEN FORCIBLY
Stockholm, Sept. 16-A Polish airliner landed on A military airileid in Sweden today, and the crow reported that the passengers forced them to fly from Poland to this country.
The airliner, operating on the internal Danzig-Noato- wire route in Poland, landed at Linkoping, some 70 miles south of Blockholm.
Miliary authorities said that the plane carried a crew of tures and 12 passengers.
Airfield personnel said that some of the passengers admitted that they forcibly compelled the pilot to Oy to Sweden.
The airliner had just taken off from Odanak airfleld when four of the passengers foreed their way Into the pilot's cabin, press reports and
At the point of loaded pictuls they forced the pilot to chanze courte for Sweden,
The crew and the passengers, all of them l'oles, are sif detained for questioning at the military airfield of Linkoping, where the Swedish police is holding them folated.
The plane is a Douglas DC-3 aircraft operated by the state-owned Polish Air Line.-Associated Press.
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Naval Personnel Ordered To Man Power Stations
LABOUR UNREST SPREADS TO NORTHERN IRELAND
London, Sept. 16.-Spreading strikes and now claims for higher pay threatened today to blow the lid off Britain's wage controls. The wave of labour unrest followed by only a week
Bevin & Acheson Prime Minister Clement Attlee's warning to the 8,000,000-strong
Will Discuss
4 Main Problems
Asia from
Trades Union Congress that demands for more pay without a matching rise in production "lead straight to inflation."
cervice.
with
the
regular
electrical
| MADAME SUN
MAY HEAD COALITION
Royal Navy stokers kept working electric power stations plant technical stoffs, were operating in Northern Ire- maletalning regular land today ater 3,000 elec-
NO PICKETING Washington, Sept. 16.—It was learned today that orders of their union leaders in
trical workers ignored the
It was the first use of troops Mr Doan Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Ernest and walked off their jobs.
Jabour dispute in the Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, and M. Robert Schuman,
United Kingdom since they Another serious strike con- were called to unload food French Foreign Minister, plan to hold their Far Easterntinued for a third day In the ships during
this summer's discussions tomorrow after the Atlantic Pact Council Scottish contfelds, where 4.100 London strike,
miners meeting.
were idle In 12 vits, There was no picketing by There, too, a claim for higher the striking workers. No dis- wages was responsible for orders were reported.
Nanking, Sept. 16.-A the work stoppage, which is costing
V, J. Cirvan, chlet electrical well-informed Chinese Bain coal production of many engineer at Belfast, said. "We source than 5,700 tons daily.
sald cos keep on this way for weeks Madams Sun Yat-sen, sister today that Tho possibility of
The British Home Secretary, If, necessary." 1. The possibility
Japanese peace treaty. of
Mr Chuter Ede, ordered naval!
The 3,000 electrical workers of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, source said some Western personnel and troops into the struck when their demands for probably will be chosen the U.S. financial aid to India, European nations feared that power stations Pakistan and Burma.
no U.S., Anarcint ald to India. Londonderry and Ballylumford pence an hour was refused
Belfast, a wage increase of three hall | first chairman of the. Pakistan and Burina might today after regular workers result in a smaller amount of failed to report.
Communist-sponsored coali- prevent
ECA ald to Western Europe, and they haped M. Schuman vicemen, most of them sullors, At noon more than 250 ser- would be able to obtain an os. surance from: Mr Acheson against any deep inroads on
A reliable
source said] Southeast four main problems would Chinese borders. be discussed:
2. How
to from
munism
Com- penetraling
OPTIMISM EXPRESSED
BY CRIPPS
3. Trada with China. 4.
ECA
اله
GOLD RESTITUTION Sources said the U.S. agree ment to restitule gaid that Japan seized in wartime in Slam and Indo-China was con- sidered a step to help economic stability in Southeast
Asla
at
A go slow of 900 members of
the National Union of Railway- tion government expected threatens delay in the handling October 10. men on the Southampton Docks to be formed in Pelping on
of Britain's largest ocean liners.
This group voted to "work The source said that Gen. slowdown) from Chou En-lai, usually regarded
HAGUE TALKS September 20 to 25, to refuse as the No. 2 Chincon Communist.
DEADLOCK
DENIED New York, Sept. 16.-Sir They said the gold seized in
day and banned work on Sun-would become vice-chairman
more than eight hours work a
day, September 25.
OTHER CLAIMS
and if two vice-chairmanships were, formed the second would
go to Marshal Li Chi-shen, one- me Kuomintang general who broice with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
First of the Atlantic Uners to be affected by their move may be the Queen Mary. It is due on Monday-morning from New continues far into the night, re-leader of the Communist Party, quiring overtime.
Washington, Sept. 16.-York. Normally its unloading He said that Mao Tse-tung,
Foreign
but will
who
im threo Britons had been fed on/our American and Canadian butes of covereignty to Emperor i round-table discussions on railway the Britain's largest negotiator with Gen. Georgo
One
KNOCKED OUT SENTRY
They split up after knocking Soviel sentry, Sullivan -and-Taylor-going-one-way and Stafford Cripps, British Indo-China belonged to
The "On each occasion I had to eventually reporting to the Chancellor Some of the ashes will be make oficial complaints against three to the British sector,
Bank of Indo-China, which was of the
Ex- sector, and the other chequer, departed today by quently, did not belong to Indo-Minister, Mr Dirk Stikker,
French concern and, conse- The Netherlands scattered in the Garden of some Remembrance at the
The railway workers termed jis expected to slay out of the a BOAC plane for London, China itself, torlum. The remainder will be ly severe, disagreeable and un- ment spokesman said that the
A British Military Govern-expressing
of coalition government said today that reports of a their action an "expression "gratitude to However, they added, when placed in a container and flown
disgust at a conciliation board's retain his leadership Franes turned over the attri- deadlock in co-operative.
of the The Hague rejection of higher wages for Party. He said that Chou, to India. Reuter.
pression he was far more un- "the sean lest of rations and, friends for their good work Boo Dai, economic aid was ex- Indonesia "belong to the
WILS the chief Communist bending than his predecessor, Eric Molnar, and that, if any were brutally ill-treated during in helping us toward solu-pected from the United States, realm of sensation."
Confederation unions, the
of Marshall in their. 18 months of captivity. tion of dollar-sterling diff- either through purchases thing, he was leaning over
for
1040, probably Mr Sukker said this after a Shipbuilding stockpiles or other ways. Help backward in his anti-American-y, all need medical alien-culties."
and Engineering would become Foreign Minister Unions, deelded today to press in the new government, one-hour call was expected similarly for other Southeast Asian countries or de Secretary of State, Mr Dean claims for a general increase of £1 a week for its two and a half pendencies.
Modrme told re- Acheson, Mir Stikker
Sun widow of the million members. As regards trade with China. porters the source said it was expected various matters of common in unions affliated
founder of the Chinese Republic, discussed they hind
Delegates representing 37 has been in Peiping for come three
to the Con-weeks attending the Communist- Foreign Ministers terest in anticipation of tomor- federation would agree on:
voted at a row's
special sponsored Political Consultativo mecting of the Atlantic meeting to support the wage Conference laying the ground- 1. No
Pacl recognition of any
Council, and added: increase
claim. Aspoclated work for the Communist govern- Communist government.
"Apart from that, you will also Press.
ment United Press. 2. No export of arms or of not be surprised to know that ma crials for the Communists.
the Indonesian situation camo JAP EXPORT TRADE up for discussion.
The Minister said he wanted
FLY-PAST OVER HONGKONG
4.IT
EDITORIAL
ism.
tion,"
00
the U.S.
He emphasised also that he Major-General Bourne, Bri- "We believe we have started A By-past over Hongkong by did not Uke M. Rajk person- tlah Commandant, called ott out on a new road bringing us for ally, but added that he believed Colonel Alexis Yelisarow, De- every chance to solve the great U RAF, originally fixed Thursday but postponed be-the. former Minister was "irst puty Soviet Commandant; to difficulty," he continued, “but, the cause of bad weather, was car-ui all a Hungarian" and prob- day about the fourth British like all great difficulties, it will ried out this morning shortly ably would not necept, if he soldier, Ple. Tyrell's detention. take some time. We are most atter 10
Spitfires and had had any choice, non-Ilun The Russian promised to in-optimistic the results will be Sunderlands of the RAF Station arian domination of his coun-vestigate the position
good. im-
We are most grateful to at Kal Tak took part,
ry,-Unlied Press.
media.cly.-Reuter.
President Truman, Mr Snyder and Mr Acheson for all the help, they have given us in this. Wo feel the atmosphere found in The source said the Foreign Washington is really the best Ministers might agree that to minke it very clear that pledge for certainty of finding o decisions on Japan's export stories of a deadlock at The completer solution than we are trade and merchant marine Hague were greatly exaggeral- able to do in four or five days. Heet could be taken before ed. We think we have made con- the pence treaty was discussed
"It is a
laborious discussion. siderable headway, but there oro by the 11 nations which were but that stands to reason, be- many more problems to be con- at war with Japan.
cause of the many and involved sidered by the continuing body. The source cald one reason points to be settled."
would Co-operation in the coming for this
Mr Sukker was accompanied months will enable Dritain to Japan sufficient scope In export on his visit to the Secretary by earn these dollars which must ma
markets BO that when the the Netherlands Ambassador, form the basis of balanced trade Japanese Government was even-M- Eelco van Kleffens. between our two countries" tually established there would
Rabies Menace
LARGE number of dog owners sill
A do not seem
to realise that the
Or
Own
muzzled, they are not only courting trouble for their own animala but діво menucing thelr
families As well да other citizens. There enough stray dogs in the Colony without careless owners adding to the public risk by not taking the proper precautions. The time has arrived for the adoption of stricter
mensures of
rables menace in Hongkong has become extremely serious, and 'are silll perinli- ting their dogs le roam about in public unmuzzled and
aro unleashed. Numbers of such animals may be observed on a walk through
any business residential district. At the beaches, which arc normally-crowded at this time of the year, dogs have also been seen on the loose, without being properly muzzled, ne required by law. The danger cannot bo over-emphaalsed. How
the grave situation la may be seen from the follow- ing official figures. Twenty-three dogs havo died from rabies since the beginning of this year-three only this week. Slx persons bitten within the period have died horrible and painful deaths, while a seventh is under observation. Hundreds "of people are being bitten each month; there were no fewer than 679 undergoing anti-rables treatment - In August. alone. These figures give abundant cause for alarm. The authorities, who have watched the situation, with growing concern, are planning an extensive propaganda cam- paign in an effort to make the general public aware: of the danger in their inidst. The public, however, are helpless unless dog owners co-operate, These must be made to understand that by permitting“ their dogs to go about un-
the
be
be to assure
VERY PLEASED
to no temptation
make nake
There have been some reports, Sir Stafford emphasised how much
he and Mr Bevia prade deals with Communist that The Hague negotiations had
dominated areas behind The reached precinte
deadlock, n
and Mr Mr sympathy
backs of the Western nations. Stikkor was referring to these Snyder gave the problem. He He added that he expected the niks. Earlier he had said his sold he would report to the three Foreign Ministers would overnment was very pleased" Prime Minister; Mr Attice, o agree that Japan must be given with the decisions in the recent
his return - and expected make a BBC broadenst
.
sufficient space for its Briülsh-American-Canadian
ALLSOPP'S LAGER "The Best
IC-
economy
within the Western iomle talks, particularly those orbit so LIVING. CONDITIONS
would vitelt would affect the Nother- the Japanese realise their Interesis
were land Asked 12 tho
with Chatting briefly Washington solidly with the West-United agreement would improve living Press.
corters just before he called on conditions
Mr Acheson, Mr-Stikker sald In Britain,
Sir Stafford cald: Not for the mo-
he was particularly gratified at and tin he decisions on rubber ment, but it is a more stablo dogs licensed
were
an- in solution of the which
nounced at the conclusion of wil!
the folks. He added better standards for your people
that the decision of the U.S. to review and our. I am going back to
its customs procedures in an England full of optimism and Leeuwarden, Holland, Sept. ffort to relax regulations also quite sure we have started on 10-A cabaret singer named was viewed with encourage- road that will help to lead Tabak, who had served a sen-ment by his government.
control. The best Immediate course of action, would appear to be to make anti- rables Inoculation of all Hcensed animals compulsory. This precaution is already being adopted by many owners, and there is no reason why It should not bo extended, by making it compulsory, to cover all registered dogs. And just as It is required that all should carry their registration numbers on their collars, so should all those animals thus inoculated carry some in- dication on their collars that they have had this protection. The law should be. Amended to make owners subject to henvy penalty if they do not comply with the requirement. The measure, while it attacks only one side of the problem, must certainly help towards lessening, the -danger that exists, to human beings a
well as to animals. We ask the authorl- ties to take prompt action along these lines. The urgency cannot be gainsafd.
a
bring
SHOT MOTHER deckpiling which
OF EIGHT
113 to solution. And I om Fence of 15 years for murder, 10- United Press.
satisfied that, if we can continuada chot a mother of eight
In the same spirit of co-opera- jchildren because sko rejected his,
lon, it will result in great advances.
advantage to all three coun- The mother, Mrs P. G. Groan- Vyshinsky On Way
trice,"
To N.Y.
mand. had consistently avolieri Tabak but today he stopped her Asked what he was taking in the street and shot her. Then Prague, Sept. 10. The Sovlei back to England, Sir Stafford he enrried the wounded a short Torgian Minister, M Andre replied: "If you mean have I distanco and shot her again. Vyshinsky, arrived here todas myself spent any dollara. In
When he was satisfert that thệ thì his way to New York for America, the answer is in the was dead he shot himself Rouhe United Nations General negative"-United Press.
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