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Truman Says U.S. Must Remain Strong

WASHINGTON, OCT. 24. PRESIDENT TRUMAN. IN A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS SAID THAT THE MILITARY PROGRAMME MIGHT BE THE BASIS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. THE PRESident saiD THAT ALL YOUNG MEN, EXCEPT THOSE TOTALLY UNFIT PHYSICALLY SHOULD BE TRAINED FOR ONE YEAR IN ORDER TO BUILD UP A RESERVE BEHIND A SMALL PROFESSIONAL "ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AND TO

STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL GUARD,

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party lines. Several, legislators favoured the principle of mill- tary training but thought that it could be done in schools and colleges.

One Senator read in the Pre- aldent's message a prelude to militarism in the United States, while another asserted that "It looks like people are more in- tereated in getting the boys out! of the war than getting them into the next one.

Some took exception to the President's message and said that his plan was not conscrip tion. One thought the proposal was the best security against the United States becoming mili- tarist!-Aasociated Press.

RUSSO-CHINESE

NEGOTIATIONS "We cannot

The President said that only by strength can th United States impress aĽKTESSOPS, tolerate any threat to liberty," he saki,

The Chief Executive termed the! United Nations Organisation as a wald that America would live up hopeful piece of machinery and to its pledges with all its might but that she could not afford depend upon it preserve peace.

DUAL POLICIES

Channel Gale Increases

Loudon, Oct. 24. The gate which truck the South Coast yesterday su creased in violence to ninety miles an hour today: Huge seas lashed the coast from the South Forcland to Portamouth, with 30. fect

at Hastings, WAVER

All cross-Channel services were suspended and liners from the Far East with repatri- ates were held up.

Tichifield, in Hants, was hit by a storm which whip- ped up to cyclonic force. - Reuter,

Annamite

Psychology

ence,

RENT CONTROL

PROCLAMATION

(Continued-from-Page-1) mendations without necessarily amending the Proclamation.

It should be appreciated that the Proclamation is in the natura of an experiment and that the Administration hopes that the common-sense of the Tribunals and the public will make the ex-

There

is periment successful. bound to be some criticism. Con- structive criticism will be wal- corned by the Committee who will endeavour to ascertain how far auch criticism is well founded and to recommend a remedy.

payable in Yen and it was con- sidered that the 1st of October was therefore the earliest date which would reasonably be fixed.

Article 7. It is proposed to establish 5 Tribunals-3 for Hong- kong and 2 for Kowloon Each... Tribunal will consist of 3 members. The prac

practice, procedure and rules of evidence to be observed in such Tribunal will be announced in due course, but it may be stated that: the proceedings will be conducted as informally as tics will be able to appear before possible. Par- the Tribunal without Explanation of particular Ar- They can be represented by

advocato. ad- they so desire, but no

Article 1. The definition "premisca" is deliberately wide as it is intended to cover

NO SHOE MONEY

vocate

an

of order for legal costs will bo mude at the hearing before the Tribunal. ail pre-On appeal, however, costs of the mises rented including business, appeal may be awarded but it is as well as residential premises.

hoped to provide free legal aid on appeal in deserving casOS. In Article 2 (a) The effect of this addition reasonable fees will be is that until rent is varied under prescribed to cover the cost of Article 4 landlord commits an forma etc., experts' fees and offence under Article 8, mands or receives more than the bunal.

he de generally the expenses of the Tri- rent allowed under this Article.

a

Saigon, Oct. 24. The French, who are secking to put down the Annamite revolt

SERIOUS SITUATION in Indo-China, are more concerned with the native propaganda pos- agreement between landlord and between landlords and tenants are

The article does not affect any

Article 8. Although questions > abilities rather than the lethal tenant in which the rent agreed purely civil matters, certain acts powere of bown and arrows an

is less than the ront mentioned in

and omissions of landlords and weapons of modern warfare for the Article. Any such agreement

tenants as specified in this Articlu the Annamites have resorted to would hold good until a Tenancy are made punishable offences be sniping with primitive weapons. Tribunal thought a caso for varia- cause without such sanotton the

This is apparently a sharply. tion had been sabatantlated.

objects of the Proclamation would devised campaign to win sympathy Where under agreement the rent be defented and it is considered for their campaign for independ-is more than the rent mentioned that the situation is sufficiently in the Article then the landlord serious and urgent to warrant must content himsc}{ cent

with the Buch course. maximum

не The dificult

of question until he obtemitted by that article.

an order for in- tenant transferring his interest crcase under Article 4

for a premium has not been dealt of the with by the Proclamation but it Prociamation. In Chara where there has been no agreement either is understood this is one of the because the parties are not in the questions about which the Com- relation of landlord and tenant or mittee will be expected to submit because there has been a faflure recommendations. to agree rent expressed in Hongkong dollars, the the parties are in abeyance until rights of they arrive at a fresh agreement Tribunal under Article 4. should be appreciated that it is desirable for the parties to come to an agreement between them- selves.

A Gurkha rifleman was struck Chungking, Oct. 24, by an arrow from a crossbow in Russia and China are negotiat-the Govap area. He was closely ing the question of allowing obscrved but there was no indica Chinese central government forens tion that the

arrow hud been Port Arthur, authoritative quar to land from the sea at Dairen and poisoned.

Confiscated arrows also showed ters reported to-day.

that the edges had not been dipped In poison. Associated Press.

(Thousands of Chinese 13th Army troops are being loaded nboard American troop transports Te diplomatie authoritien, the at Kowloon this week for move- President's message appeared toment to North China. Dairen is reflect the distrust" and "aŭapición

now current among nations, par ticularly between Russia and the United States.

for

Co-

Both are now following Jual foreign policies--preparing peace through international operation and through their own, Independent power.

President Truman made it clear that an armaments race, perhaps without

out precedent, is now begin- has any ning because no nation ren hope of security, except on He stressed its own

States henceforth that the United Si could not afford to get rendy after the first blow struck, be cause the first blow will be at the country's heart.-Associated Press. PARTIES MIXED Congressional reaction

military President Truman's training recommendations found criticism and approval crossing

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reported to be their destination. Three of the loaded transports left Hong Kong Tuesday and some are reported already proceeding north- ward)-Associated Press.

Washington, Oct. 24. President Truman has nominat- ed Brigadier-General Royall, of North Carolina, who Kenneth

saw service in both world wars, to be Under-Secretary for War. Associated Press.

DUTCH HORROR JAIL ALLEGATION

BATAVIA, OCT. 24.

A DUTCH "HORROR JAIL" IN BATAVIA WAS DESCRIB- ED ON TUESDAY NIGHT BY A BRITISH ARMY SPOKESMAN, WHO DECLARED AT A PRESS CON- FERENCE, THAT THERE WAS "MAL-ADMINISTRA- TION AND A COMPLETE LACK OF CARE" Ligutenant-Colonel J. A. Mel-;

op compared the Duté, jail to the "Black Hole of Calcutta." Jall he found two-hundred and

said that in the

Melap dad to calcat Nice Soccer Strike

eight Indonesians accused, but not i tried, of looting and rioting charges

He asserted that the prisoners were inhumanly crowded into the cells, clothed in rage and given a starvation diet.

Canvassed

CYPRUS

or the rent has been fixed by the INCIDENT

It

GENUINE DOUBT There may be cases where the landlord is in genuine doubt as to the maximum tent which he can lawfully accept. In such cases he is advised to base his demands on no more than 6-1/4 times the last payment for House Tax made to

fight in

London. Oct. 24. The Labour member for Ham- mersmith asked the Secretary for War, Mr. Lawson, in the House of Commons whether he had any statement to make about incidents in Cyprus on October

when Indian troops were Bot to Cypriot troops and whether,

few of the effect on Indian and public opinion of the Japanese converted into dollara prot

troops boing act to fight at 4 to 1 as this figure would against each other after fighting almost certainly represent less together against Fascism in war, than the permissible maximum. he would

talte steps to

for- Any agreement arrived at betweon ther incidents by remedying grio-

parties provided it did not vances of Cypriot troops.

Mr. Lawson replied that in re

ound with Article 1 would be.

of

to avoid

those

respected by tho Tribunal and the cent weeks there had been a series delay of proceedings would be of minor disturbances among avoided. If, however,

the

cannot come to the terme Artins Cypriot troops awaiting embarka-

then the

the tion for tenant is advised to pay en ac- ing

(Yign":

idays co after hav count what he considers a fair Demonstrations had been for the rent ponding settlement by the expedition of demobilisation and Tribunal on the footing that if against further service overseas. the rent fixed by the Tribunal Incidents had been invoked and a were less, the balance should be full inquiry as to the nature and refunded and if it were more, the

causes was being made-Reuter. tenant should pay the excess.

SACRAMENTO FIRE

ounces Melsop said he became sick on the BE3JECTED PAY IN I of the premiace now separately let worth of damage was caused as a

5 cents for each

two Dupcca

or, part

15 cents.

two puncca.

REGISTRATION FEE 25 CENTS.

of

buildinghought

Inst

MANCHESTER, OCT. 24. PROFESSIONAL SOCCER FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO-DAY SICK ON SPOT

BEGAN SAMPLING The British Officer said he was

In caso where premises were THE STRIKE SENTIMENT TO BACK told he had been shown all the DEMANDS FOR A BOOST IN

let to one tenant prior to Decem ber 1941, but have since been let prisoffers but later he found an- THE PRESENT 4 WEEKLY

to several tenants,

Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 24. the landlord ther prison building where "con- PAY, AFTER CLUB OWNERS cannot charge as rent in respect one

It is estimated that more than ditions. were indecent and foul.".

hundred thousand dollars....

· HAD· CREASE

Խ WHILST ASE DEMANDS,

than the rent result of total sum greater spot.

a fire which swept a SIMULTANEOUSLY REFUS payable by the tenant prior to The prisoners are being taken ING TO ACCEPT A SUBSIDY December 1941. He should appor night. The authorities

Japanese

owned to a British jail and those accused of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS tion the ront to be paid by each that the binze might have been in-.. on minor charges will be released, A YEAR OFFERED BY THE separate tenant and in Melsop sald.-Associated Press.

case of condlary. During the war GAMBLING POOLS.

the disagreement, he can apply to the bul

building was have asked for Tribunal for apportionment under plant for government diesel motor.

used as The playaka

4 repair year-round contracts instead of Article 4.

trucks-Associated Press. the present six months.

SUB-TENANCIES The Unity pools offered funds Article 2 (b). This is to pre- when club owners.

Oakland, Calif., Oct. 24. a principal tenant from pleaded their vont

Mr. Frank Belgrano Junior, inability to

to pay high wages, agree-charging against his sub-tenant President of the Bank of Oakland, ing to turn over more as times more than 20 per cent over the improve by taking one per cent rent payable by him to his land for Manila where he will become plans to leave next week by plane Tokyo, Oct. 24.

from the

lord. He is of course entitled to financial secretary to the winners pay-offs. Minister

United was rejected when charge a fair proportion of the State High Commissioner in the of

The idea was Welfare, Hitoshi

Ashida, said to-day religious groups offered vigorous payment by him for water rates, Philippines, Mr. Paul DicNutt that the Japanese Government the 85 per cent tax

protests and promised to help get electric light charges, removal of Associated Press. plans to negotiate with the nearer the 12 per cent paid on a floor for $100.00 and be sub-lets reduced to night soll fees. Supporg ha rents U.N.R.R.A. in an attempt to theatro tickets Associated Press, n portion, atid occupies the

Black Market In Japan

The

obtain food to carry the coun-

try through the crucial. Novem-

ber and December months. OLYMPIC

The Minister told the Asso-

ciated Press that Japan fully INVITATION recognisca her own responsibi-UNER

othered to receive from

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 1945, ZBW HONGKONG, Broadoating on Froquacies of 090 Kilocycles and from 13.30 to 1.30 p.m. 0.80 to 7.80 p.m. and 2.00 to 10.30 p.m. on 9.47 Megacyales. H.E....

half, then the rent which ho his sub-tenant is $60.00

Article

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fair. portion of the rent which he should pay, If bo is dissatisfied, he can apply to the Tribunál Zor tionment.

upper-

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24th October, 1945.

lity for feeding her people but

that transportation and other

Chicago, Oct. 24. Not accep distribution of harvested rice- Russia, in the realm of athletics,

may soon be show

ted,

ex

cept crops until after Januaryuence, post-war hand, answering to the

vor

H. J. HARRIS,

D.A.D.C.A. (Ponts and Telegraphó)

SWITCH LIGHTS ON

"All natopl

wore

doing their best to control. Unite Foderation to the Soviet cubes in which the landlord should

and participato in

be permitted to receive a higher Sugar has now reached the fan- the 1948

and cases games.

in which the tenant tastic price of thirty pounds

should be previously sterling a pound and rice is he-required to apply fo

for participation,

lower rent.

bunals

will be con ing sold at 22 shillings a pound. | none were

for this

Purpos --Associated Press,

6(1)

apply

Russia Olympic gamés 'In 1912.

con-

withdrow from

the an order for, evic-

Thia is to an owner to

to the A mail vote is now in progress.

site for the 1048: Lion of an ocoupler of

promines games with Los Angeles, Minne without the

of the land- apolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Article 8 (1)

and who had paid no rent. Lausanne (Switzerland), and Lon- who occupied preinisés person,

APPEAL TO to select the RUSSIA

Paris, Oct. 24. An appeal to Bussin to rejoin the ILO. was made at to-day's Bernion tho International Labour Conference by Mr. Robert J. Watt, the American workers delegate, who said: "Their membership in the 1.L.O. could help their people and our people."

Ito added Americans were, be- coming restless at discord among the Allies,

ONLY WHEN YOU MUST understanding the motives, of those

FUEL IS SCARCE

SAVE ELECTRICITY

don na prospective locales,A650- elated Press.

LOUIS REFEREES

the

Japanese occupation

without the consent of the owner or his pre- decesser in title, and who although paid rent during the, occupation and who is still in occupation, is liably to be evicted unless ront

1.00 p.m.-klows of Announcements.

1.10 pm Irish Half Hour, 1.10 pm--Garaldo & Alla Orchestra. 2.00 p.m. Close Down,

·0.80 p.m.--Musical Comedy Selections. 7.00 pm-News & Announcements, 7.30 pm-8ludio-Hal Lorenzo at

The Piano.

7.40 p.m.-Songs by Nalcom Eday

Barliopo).

8.00 pm-mce Muda Programma. 9.00 pm.-Nows & Annoucents. 9.10 p.m.-Studio-Talk by T, Bato,

The British Pacifo Floob. 9.85 p.m.-Grfog-"Poor Gynt”? Bultó, 0.40 pm-Baurico, Winnick and His

Oakland, Calif., Oct. 24. The world's hoavyweight boxing. has been paid since the establish- ・・・ Orchestra, -*- champion, Joe Louls, will make ment of the British Military Ad- 10.00 p.m.-Nows from Londeu his first appearance in the ring ministration. aince his army discharge on October 31nt, when he will be roforoo to a match here.Asso-. elated Press.

"We are having difficulty in

who sedm to demand that others

New York, Out, 24. should accopt high-sounding pro- Jooy Lametta, 165 lbs, of Now nouncements and should ignore York, was knocked out by Havana high-handed pressure politics."-Gomer, 161 lbs. in the second Routers

round-Annociated Press.

10.05 p.m.Danco Music. ! 10.00 p.m.load Dom

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