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Vol. I. No. 92. Friday, December 28th, 1945.

LAND-GRABBINGRACE Soviet Designs On Persia

And Turkey

LONDON, DEC. 27.

A RACE WOULD SPEM TO BE TAKING PLACE NOW HE- TWEEN THREE SOVIET REPUBLICS AZERILALLAN, ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TO ASSIMILATE GREAT HUNKS OF PREVIOUSLY" FOREIGN TERRITORY FROM PERSIA AND TURKEY. PERSIAN AZERBAIJAN STILL PROCLAIMS ITS ADHER- ENCE TO THE THRERAN GOVERNMENT. BUT THERE IS NOT THE SIIGHTEST SIGN THAT SUCH CONDITION IS BEING LIVED UP TO, AND UNLESS ALL PERREA VILANGAN THE GOVERNMEN TAL FORM. IT IS MORE THAN PROBABLE THAT THE TABRIZ GO EAN MANT WILL EVENTUJHY BEG TO JOIN IP WITH THAT OF BAKU. THERE HAVE BEEN RUMOURS, WHICH ARE PROBABLY PREMATURE, THAT SIMULAR COUPS PREPARED IN PERSENS OTHER VINCER

Troops Walk Off British Transport

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20 THREE RUNDRED PANGRY BRITISH SOLDIERS WALKED¦ APP THE TROOPSHIP

ARE REING NORTHERN

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Now that Vieneralizamo Stalin's home republic of Geur gia has studdenly come into the,

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105 ON XMAS DAY

Sydney, Dec. 27.

Southern Australia had one of it hottent Christman daya un recunt with a temperature n/ 103.8 in Melbourne and 106 in Adelaide,

Sydney had a comparatively low temperature of 70 ? kiitus extrame. Anno cinted Prean.

Is Franco's Number Up?

WASHINGTON, DEC. 27, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOTIFIED PRANCE OF HER READINESS TO DISCUSS1

WITH BRITAIN AND FRANCE ALL ASPECTS OF THE RELA TIONS OF THE THREE GOV ERNI MENTS WITH SPAIN'S FRANCO REGIME.

Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson In a news conference in- dicated that it was [kely that a the power discussion would be gis early in January.

Price 10 cts.

BIG THREE MINISTERS REACH ACCORD

MOSCOW, DEC. 27.

ADVISERS AND EXPERTS WORKED INTO LAST NIGHT ON DRAFTS OF AGREEMENTS, REACHED BY THE "BIG THREE" "FOREIGN MINISTERS, HIGHLIGHTED | BY A COMPROMISE ACCORD ON THE PROCEDURE FOR DRAFTING EUROPÉAN PEACE SETTLEMENTS. A BRITISH SOURCE SAID THE COMMUNIQUE WAS EX-

SHORTLY. PECTED TO BE ISSUED

INFORMED QUARTERS SAID FOREIGN COMMİSSAR MOLOTOV, FOREIGN SECRETARY Bevin and secretary un STATE BYRNES PLANNED ANOTHER MEETING BE- FORE ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH MAY HAVE REACHED AGREEMENTS DE HIS- TORIC SIGNIFICANCE. Hope was offered for an cord for ending the impasse.

Power Behind The Mikado's Throne

TOKYO. DEC. 27.

AGED AND SECRETIVE COUNT NOBUAKI MAKIN O. WHOM THE MILITARISTS ONCE FORCED FROM THE EMPIRE'S HIGHESŤ POST, IS THE LEADER AND DO. MINANT VOICE OF JAPAN'S NEW BEHIND THE - SCENES RULING CLIQUE, INFORMED JAPANESE SOURCES INDICATED TO-DAY.

MARINO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BLOCKED EMPEROR HIROHITO'S CONTEMPLATED ABDICATION IMME- DIATELY AFTER THE SURRENDER, AND SOURCES SAID HE HAS OPPOSED CONSISTENTLY ANY SUC- GESTION FOR THE RULER'S RETIREMENT. The 74-year-old former Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal exger- cines his power from a small, Becluded villa on the edge of Tokyo, which he seldom leaves.

Would-be Interviewers are fold that he is too 11 and "too out of louch with things" for a stale- ment. But messengers of all ranks carry his advice to the throne.

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In

Ship Trouble

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over peace treaties which caus-; ed the collapse of the five-power: foreign ministers' conference in London last October.

An panouncement issued by the "Big Three" Foreign Ministers lant nicht said they agreed on proce- dure for penes terms with Gor many's

European satelliten "except in the case of other mem-

bera of the United Nations who will be invited to take part in ses- alons on questions which concern them."

The announcement said terms will be submitted to a conference of representatives of 21 active belligerents who fought for Allied cause, to be convened later than May 1, 1940.

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In the meantime, the announce- ment added, doputies of the five- power council of Foreign Ministera will resume work in London. The "Big Three"

conferees asked France and thing to give approval

auronment

to their

CLOSER TOGETHER

The announcement, issued as the tri-power conference drew to

close, is regarded by foreign

diplomata in Moscow a

Bevin Sees Stalin

London, Deo. 27.

The Moscow Radio, states that 'British Foreign Segret- ary_Ernest Bovin was recaív- ed by Generalissinio Stalin to- day....

Generalinimo Stalin recaty. ed the British Foreign Secret- ary at the Kremlin in the presence of the Sovint Com- missor for Foreign Affaire, My Holetoy, the British Per- manent Under-Socretary for Foreign Afairs, 9 Alexan- der Cadogan, the British Am- bassador te Moncow, Sir Ar- chibald Clark-Kory, and the Soviet Ambassador se London. --Reuter

Attempt To Kill Sutan

Sjahrir

BATAVIA, DEC. 27. SHOTS WERE FIRED AT SUTAN SIAHRIR, PREMIER OF THE UNRECOGNISED IN- DONESIAN REPUBLICA, AND HE WAS CLUBBED WITH A BUTT IN WHAT PISTOL

NEWS AGENCY SAID ANETA APPARENTLY WAS AN AT- NE- TEMPT BY SEVERAL THERLANDS IN INS 801- DIERA TO STEAL HIS AUTO- MOBILE YESTERDAY.

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they knew who quoted as

to

think "don't

Bahrir was." Prince Konoye's death

fuir the arrest of other wartime

course on the positions takening afterward.

Foor Ebrasions in Butch uni- at the recent anmuccessful meet

forms pulled figures around the Emperor has

alongside the pre- of enhanced

the ANXIETY OVER THE NON- ingen

council of Foreign the influence

**** | mier's ear, Arod three bullets

against ako hood, Makino's clique. The Emperor ARRIVAL OF A NUMBER OF Ministers in London. These quar- is believed to cely considera HONG KONG RESIDENTS pressed the belief the mator Bajaurir forcing him to

powers now stand closer together on the judgment of the man who WHO HAD GONE TO MACAO than they have in month Byrner the rehicle and was struck with

the pistol batt 10 years ago was termed "a dan FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLI- nakti he was pleased with the re-

British police

who came gerous liberal by his military DAYS AND WERE DUE TO aults of the conference.

Sinhrir's aid arrested several enersien.

RETURN YESTERDAY WAS Four and a half hours later the

Eurasiane at the scene. Informed

ALLAYED BY THE ARRIVAL. Ministers were still in scrion named as sources

The 35-year-oki promier is A OF THE MOTOR

JUNK the longest meeting to date, other principal figures in this

key figure in Indonesian-Allied A AT SÀNG TẠI

communicus! coverine the relations and has urged modera- ruling group: Premier Kifur KWONG

business conducted at the Confer- LAST O'CLOCK

his followera. Ho re- Shidehura, 7; retired Admiral ABOUT 9

ence is expected to be issued at 2 tion on Suzuki. 78. President of

A tour of the NIGHT.

turned Tuesday from a.mon Thursday. 11 roport Java.

During his abrenco, the Privy Council; Foreign Minis-

The

lefed that Secretary Byrnes had British arcented several Eurasians his to break into Im. former

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the peace could treaties when he came and obser

Batavia home. Associated Press.

vota ro-called his statement upon arrival in Moscow that one should not be surprised if no agreements

The three men Moun disenvered they could do more than simply explyreas was the original ex- pectation—and then they got down to lacussing issues and decisions which could be taken.

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crowding Soziet Armenia out of its position as leader in thụ fer ritorial claims against Turkey. All summer the Erivan Govern. has been, asking for the ment Kars and Ardaha distracts. which were awarded to the in dependent state of Armenia by the Sevres Treaty in 1920, is was the only huge award recomm

Although the French note was) mended by The late Premirat

not made public it generally be Wilsim. "OK

However, Resan Ala-Heved that it proposed exploring ION AND MADE PROTEST turk revolted and expelled the the desirability of affecting &

CON- Greek Arniv. AGAINST THE LIVING

Severes was never diplomatie break with the France ter Shigeru Yoshida, 67, Tao Macau at 9 a.m.

Kwong Sang-tal

on Wednesday DITIONS ABOAR

rafied, and Hu Turks vape al regine and alsu the possibility of Malsudaira, 68.

with about 60 pasem,ers for military lead to keep these areas un formally recognising the Sonniah perial Household police who tried to forev them

Minister and Hang Keng and a small quanti exile der the Lausanne Treaty three government in

in Mexico ane-time Ambassador to Wash back for a Christinas Key skil-

City. as the Spanish provisional

She was barely ty of cargo. to the Mobile Kast

verr Inter Several

ington. Kovernment.

dat of Macao harlour when she were injured.

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These men at one time or an- peted with Lia cans and shalt tornia had

been claining the spokesman sald Britain had told ther all opposed the militaristaf was in dißculties through the were reached at the Conference.

She started 11 winds and son. Kars and Ardahan district as France she was willing to partici; and jingoists and were known. Last mur 700 soldiers walked Armenian territory.

roll, and the passengers had us liberals, but their liberalism he distributed evenly about the atents from the past and is not abreast of the sweeping changes) new underway in Japan. -Aaso-) ciated Press.

Bntled with

In London A Foreign Offer!

pate in the discusstuna. Assocint-

two re forced be return! Now, Georgin speaks for Ards Rd Press. Som danes augere Pin this 'n With the treasthat reached ka morning and when the police tried, almost halfway to Ankara from? again to donin them, their ruin-

Batum on grounds rules serumbled down to help.

The soldiers and the ship was Georginu and "torn away From everyrowded and the fuel comt. Georgia"

that it is

Com bad and unsanlary They The tearing away took pitre were headed to the Middle Ra4¦

to relave other forevs which were due for leave i demolulisation

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Stabbed With Own Bayonet

HOKKAIDO, DEC 27. THE DISCLOSURE THAT AN was AMERICAN SENTRY KILLED ON DEC ID BY THREE JAPANESE WAS MADE TO DAY WITH THE ARREST OF ONE SUSPECT.

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The sentry. whose name not given, was stabbed with his bayonet during an early morning fight with three Japanese whom he surprised attempting to raid a government fond store. This is the first killing of this nature that has occurred in Hokkaido.

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Provost Mar- shal's office said that 18-year-old | Katurnori Tame, a reformatory | inmate, confessed to his part in the killing and will bo teled by Military Commission.

The two other suspects are still

at large. Associated Press.

STORM WORSE IN THE CHANNEL

LONDON, DEC. 27. THE WEEK-OLD STORM INCREASED IN FURY OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. DRIVING MANY SHIPS TO COVER AND STRANDING THOUSANDS OF CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRAVELLERS.

Torrential hail and rain, blown by a 60-mile an hour gule, lashed at the Straits of Dovor and whip- ped the sons into mountainous.

waves,

in pretty distint tinues

Moscow's press wand-

Whet And

it does not talk stun things

One must supplement this ex- tensive claim with that put forth by Soviet Armenia for The Kars pintenu, which is now just as likely to be revised in favour of a larger request bed on the Wilson Award, which extended Armenia almost to Sivas in the heart of Anatolia.

Pied Piper Modern Style

Manila, Dec. 27.

Religious Music Safe

bout.

were en. Further heavy pers countered near Kau Chou, Die waves coming overboard and some of the passengers were inclined to pnajc.

idea that an actua! agreement attempting

Informed sourcen paid the agreŁ- ment on the peace treaty proce dure was very close to the com promise formula by Byrnes at the

Ave-power conference of Foreign Ministers in London

King's Xmas Broadcast

SANDRIGHAM, DEC. 27. KING GEORGE .... VI, AD- DRESSING HIS SUBJECTS FROM SANDRINGHAM HOUSE, WHERE THE ROYAL FAMILY 19 SPENDING ITS GĦRISTMAS IN SIX FIRST YEARS, ON TUESDAY PRO- At about noon the Master decid-

CLAIMED CHRISTMAS, 1946, 3403 ed it would be unwise to continue

The American delegation took a and proceeded to Sun Kok Island favourable view of the first state- "A A REAL HOME-COMING TO A RETURN TO A where the boat was anchored. In ment-that the peace terms should US ALL

IN WORLD

WHICH THE the evealug the anchor chain be drawn up by

nations HOMELY those

AND FRIENDLY broke and a mast was blown away, which signed the artistice term THINGS OF LIFE CAN AGAIN The best started in drift and roli with Germany's European satel badly and appeared to be-in-dan-lites "arcent in the chan of alber BE OURS."

Nationa Broadcasting from the holly er of sinking. Commotion and members of the United

who will be invited to take part

mistletoe in

bedocked study panic broke out amor the par-

the decisions of questions which where his father inpugurated the sengers.

concern them" and that the depu- Christman day messuses, the King ties of the five-Dower council of sent a special greeting to

and Women of every race (Continued on Page 6) within the Empire. returning from long services to the ways of peace."

without permission is the on- Clark Castilo was to-day sen- tire northwestern Portr of tenerd to death by the Peoples') 4 Turkey, with The ports of Trab- Court as an inhuman Pied Piper zon and Gire in and control of who led almost a thousand Fili-

NEW YORK, DEC. 27, Hi copper mining area:

finos to nuns execution by

thet Jaji new

THE TIMES TO-DAY SAID THAT A BAN ON BROADCAST was the first collaborator to ING BY AMERICAN STATIONS receive the sentence in a decision OF MUSICAL which was established as an

PROGRAMME im-ORIGINATING FROM portant precedent that

ALL Eventually after a very trying member-FOREIGN COUNTRIES BUT time, the passengers werd Dut ship

D the Javanese Makupili CANADA HAS BEEN ORDER ashore by sampans. They spent the army consthules treason.

Last March. Castillo,

ED BY JAMES PETRILLO, night on the hills and were for- on the PRESIDENT OF THE AMERI tunate to be supplied with food hy pretence that the Japanese were CAN FEDERATION OF MUSI fishing folk who were taking shel according safe conduct, cajoled the CIANS.

ter in the bay. population of Lambang village to The eddict effective from Dec.

At 4 p.m. yesterday the Master congregate.

deomed It 01, Petrillo told the

suća to proceed and the The Japanese killed all except adding that it was here that several Kurdish pol the Makapi menbera.

designed to boat arrived here shortly before ties leaders, who received post-acre figured in the

The mas protect

American musiciansĮ Yamushita against foreign competition. (Continued on Page 8) trial.--Associated Press.

The "Times" said the Union) head had declared that foreign musicians could displace the i American services without enter ing the United States through the International short ways, radio,

Canada was exempted becausei musicians there were members of the Federation.

KURD CLAIMS

Alrendy it has been learned

Murder Of British Officers In Egypt

CAIRO. DEC. 27.

TWO BRITISH OFFICERS WHO WENT_DUCK-SHOOTING ON A LAKE A FEW MILES TO THE EAST OF ALEX- ANDRIA, HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY EGYPTIAN FISHERMEN, THE EGYPTIAN POLICE AUTHORITIES- IN CAIRO STATED TO-NIGHT.

THE BODY OF ONE OF THEM, FLIGHT - LIEUTENANT J. G. GORDON, OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, HAS AL- READY BEEN FOUND IN THE LAKE. THE BODY OF THE OTHER WHO WAS A NAVAL OFFICER has NOT YET BEEN RECOVERED:

P.W.s Still Missing

TOKYO, DEC. 27. The pounding acús breached sea ALLIED HEADQUARTERS) walls in some English ports 'and | TO-DAY ORDERED THE GOV-

newspaper,

p.m

TEMPERATURE 48

Forecast for to-day: — Light northerly wind fine; rather cold.

Yesterday's temperature :--- Minimum 48 degrees at 6 s.m. Maximum 65 degrees at 1 p.m.

British Live In

Comfort On The Rhine

Petrillo told the "Times" the bani does not apply to religious broad- coats such as Christmas and Eas- ter programme from Jerusalem, the Vatican and special overseas THE musical programme by the Army und the Navy.-Associated Press.

Kids Run Riot At Tokyo Party

BEGAN

(By Henry Buckley, Renter's Correspondent). BERLIN, DEC. 7.

ALLIED CONTROL COMMISSION IN BERLIN IS STEADILY BUILDING UP A LARGE ORGANISATION, READY TO FUNCTION AS AN EFFECTIVE GOV- ERNING BODY OF GERMANY AS SOON AS CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS FRENCH OPPOSITION, ARE REMOVED.

OVER 1,700 BRITISH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PER

SONNEL ARE NOW EMPLOYED AT THE BRITISH CONTROL COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS AND THE NUMBER IS STEADILY INCREASING.

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He also greeted "the children, now freed from the natural fears of a blocked bat world. celebrating this Christins in the light of the happincas of family circlp once more reunited."

The King ma]d: "To'the younger I of you

I would

say a special word. Do not Judgy life by what you have seen of it in the "rimheds and waste of war, nor you by the confusion of the first Fears of peace. Have faith in life at its best and bring to it your courage, your hopes, and your sense of humour. Associated Press.

17 DEAD IN XMAS TRAGEDY

HARTFORD, DEC. 27. A CHRISTMAS: TREE

FIRE IN A SMALL ‹ INSTITUTION FOR CONVALESCENTS AND

| CHRONICALLY ILLBROUGHT DEATH TO 17 PERSONS LAST NIGHT AND · SENT 27 TO HOSPITAL, SEVERAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. C When the Egyptian Police

This Commission is to-day at The taak of transporting such Thirteen of the dead were wo were informed that the two, of

TOKYO, DEC. 27,

mixed civilian and military or a large number of personnel to mon and two men Mort ware. ficers had failed to report for

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WHEN G-18ganisation, but the aim is to and from werk to scattered if residents of the Hartford areas. duty after the shooting expedi- WANTED TO ENTERTAIN A make it entirely civilian as soon let areas is considerable and The tree dared-up when the tion, Investigations were immo- FEW HUNDRED KIDS—AND 88 pónɛ]ble,

special bus services, drived by nurso unmlugged the extension diately started

NEARLY ENDED IN A JUVEN- Other ranks" live mainly In Army drivers, have been intro within a few minutes the Interior córd - looding to the lights and Following the finding of Lien- ILE RIOT.

large blocks of flats. Juicers duced to cut down the large of the three atory brick building drove away Coastguard 'crows ERNMENT, TO PROVIDE IN: Ashermen were arrested and the orps planned Xmas Party

tenant-Gordon's body, three Omes and mon of the

the 11th live in 100 pleasant villas in number of Individual care form was a mass of damd and mine disposal squads who FORMATION CONCERNING 80

With the exception of bo barkan the mine menace while ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR. Felice stated that they had consforday for about 1,600, children Gehalt added suburb in erly used. Reuters

employed by Berlin's West End.

kitchen omployees-- all the dend workmen frantically repaired sea INCLUDING AT LEAST TEN feared to taking part in the mur the Corps The soldiers contri- There 40 messon which walls to provent the flooding of AMERICAN

AIRMEN,

WHO der of the two officers, butod gifte of candy, cockles and range from private noch Too Much Fun wore patients. Anscointed Prous. towns

WERE SEEN ALIVE AND IN Investigations are proceeding a special GOOD HEALTH ON EITHER but in the meantime the theory od and recomment was a senior officials, who live in style BATÁVA, DEC. 21.

with MAY 0 OR 10,

butler and a household SEVERAL BRITISH SOL 1045.

is held by the Police that rob Then lids of all sizes and shapen staff of their own to Junior DIERS MOSTLY PARACHUTE The man were soon then at the bery was the motiva

came from: throughout the Tokyo messes, where up to 50 thay eat. FOR A TOO RIOTOUS CHRIST

TROOPERS, WERE ARRESTED Tokyo, Dec. 27.

Kempeltal headquarters from In a directive revolutionary" which there wore taken to work on

Memoors of a gang suspoctol and Yokoham arear and stormed A number of officers, Fore

the small entertainment buildings Albanese statisticians, Gonor farms according to Information of attacks on Belilah Service so rezolutely that the local police each villa for flat, where the MAS IN atomobile in which they wore Al MacArthur to-day ordered 11 reaching Allied Hondquarters from personnel at lonely spots around and Inhour group representatives house, le divided into. Rats ocea to weekly statis-

There har boon no further Cairo, winded an RAF cor had to be enlisted to maintain The food consists of Army They word charged with raldine ties to disclose an up-to-date Information go to their fato, ['peral-at-Heliopolis last night,

drder,

ratiops with a certain amount the buffet after they were denied picture of Japan's economy. The The Japaneso Govorniment in This is the fifth shooting in- The pificere optimated that sofie od supplementary Yogatablek. more liquor. Many natrons. In statistics will replace the monthly been given until Dos, dl to present cident of its kind in Cairo in a 9,000 vognsters had arrived Rhine wino in usually available cluding women and children, fed quarterly-and-embannual sales complete report -- Asantiated little more than a yene

Finely they were sorted into and the general level of reading in bonic Folies ideed the cafe

MINERS TRAPPED ties formerly kept by the Japa- Prose

* No arreats have been made in shifts and admitted into the build is definitely botter than that of The cafe manager alleged that Pludville, Kentucky, Doa, 27. noge. They well cover everything from Wholesale and rotating price

Washington. Doc 27. commention with any of the four due down into the barracks to and ratious at home in Britain, the Alvis forgafl chandelor room mine, odamgjallets, hun cặ From 80 to 10 miners are be ing 300 at a time while the soldiers the average family living on its doors and cladung, were mkaked,

keand Eblanetas Button21gm Ileted to invo, bees slapped in a Indices to kilowatts of electrie, The AmSA Prunery bill for attacked and the Poltes arg; still, quran power coulsumed, e amusemen Kind) October cotaled $73,000,000 £15: #peculating: An to

only one-third of the Velubs in baing set on in the tore drum and Tigor most and folowin's andraplosion which and incones, taxes and bank deportare ask

Associated Press.

KEEPING CHECK

pravarod..

VIA'S

RESARGENESE

CROSSING TRAGEDY- Gaffney, & Carolins, Dec. 27. stantly in a colision between an

Seven, parsons were killed in

riding and a southern railway Dishonger train near, bare Christ- man Day Oficials said frooking rain and poor: visibility were to hame-Associated Press.