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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1945.

U.N.O.'S BITTER PROBLEMS US. Plan For

Opening Session To Be Held In London Returned

WONG HEAD DEAD

Los Angeles, Deo, 28. In a setting, of Oriental magnifioones, funeral services were held for Wang Tepe, 48. He operated a small grocery store but as President of the Wong family annociation ho headed the house which num- ber 30,000 Chinese in United States.

the

Hundreds of mourners, twa brus bauds and a mass of flowers marked the servicou, --Associated Prest.

Peace In Indo-China Forecast

and

New York, Dec. 28. Possibility of a peaceful settle. Bient of the French-Indo-Chin unrest is foreseen by Col. Stephen] 1. Norlingr, who has returned from two years Indo China.

Nordlinger went to Indo-China from China last August

in head! of an American rracue mission to berate 5,000 prisoners in Hanoi.

They found the prisoners were not Americans, but mostly French foreign Iegion Volerans originally held by the Japanese out turned over to the Annumites. Nordlinger Bald that although the Annantites have

corre out for complete in- dependence

A dominion com- promise would be acceptable.

Before a dominion conee.mton would by Breeptable, however, the Agreement would

Juve guaranteed by the United Nations.

Unless

Natie arrangement is mundo. I fear for the safety of what 7,000 French in Indo-China north of the 16th parallel."

Nordlinger explained there was now a violent anti French feeling amour the Annamites, but he thinks they can be pacified by n Bettlement with the French. As Bucated Presa

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the colonel predicted. adding:

Atomic Bomb Not On Agenda

WASHINGTON, DEC. 28. THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGAN- ISATION OPENS ON JAN. 10 WITH MANY BITTER PROBLEMS TO FACE IN ITS TASK OF KEEPING PEACE. THE FIRST SEssion is a MEETING OF THE GEN.

ERAL ASSEMBLY IN WHICH ALL 61 MEMBER NA- TIONS WILL PARTICIPATE. THE FIRST SESSION WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO MEETINGS. Starting on Jan. 10 the first London meeting. I nished ita; meetank will last at least three work with a 136-page report. weeks to two months deriue Then a Proparatory Commission; which time

was met up to go over the executivo the members will

committee's work.

set up the machinery to make the U.N.O. a working organisa.

All members of the U.N.O. are tion. The second meeting is ex-members of the commission. They pected to begin in April, per and there and then turn the whole will change the report a bit here haps in the United States, since thing over at the meeting on Jan. this reentry has been riccted; 19, All members will send about an its permanent headquarters.] five representatives ench Lo the

No great problem such no the Intemle bomb is on the programına

of the london meeting although any nation is free to bring up the subject.

MAIN JOBS

The London meeting may sound pretty doil, like the San Franelsen. worked weeks in Committers hag:! Conference, where the delegates

whip un the charters. kling over word or

phrase to

One of the main jobs of the first meeting will be to cleet six ninall nalluns a temporary members of

off France, Russia and Clona are IT

The United States. Britain.j

member It is the Security Council and not the As sembly which will have the rea!! jels of preserving penes, once it ia created.

There is plenty of work for the first

Assently meeting though not very important. It consists munin-. ly of setting

ap mencies of the NO. and electing officials. Pre- parations for this meeting

have been going on for months

the Security Council.

manent

ONE VOTE Right after the San Francisco Conference last Spring on execu tive committee of 14 nations, in- cluding the B.S. was appointed to draw up the programme for the

Unique Election Poll By Observers

WASHINGTON, DEC. 48. MORE THAN 600 AMERICANS WILL GO INTO ALL PARTS OF GREECE SHORTLY AS ELECTION OBSERVERS IN A PROJECT WHICH IS BELIEVED UNIQUE IN HIS TORY.

THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION AND THE EXHAUSTIVE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WERE DISCLOSED BY INFORMED GOVERNMENT OFFI CIALS WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

These officials rid they knew of no parallel for the observation by invitation of

one country's elections by citizens of another, on such a scale.

STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII

Honolulu, Dec. 28, Governor Ingram, M. Stainback expressed pleasure over Secretary of Interior Ickes' recommendation that Flawil be granted statehood and said he hoped Congress would not quickly to make the territory the 49th state. He said Hawail now bears the burden of state hood without the priviles). —As Bociated Press.

CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Manila, Dec. 28. The People's Court handed a tough present on Christmas Eve

Britain and France have niso accepted the Greek invitation to send observers but Russia has declined.

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Honry F. Grady, former As- sistant Secretary of State, will head the United States inission. Under him will be five or commissioners, including Major- Generel Harry J. Malony, chonen by the War Department which will collaborate with the State Department on the project.

to Apolonio Carlos, former chaur will include;

Tour, accused of having been an Informer for tho

Japanese gen. darmerio.

General Assembly.

Since no nation can send more

than five representatives all are

expected to send at least that nun- ber. Despite the number cach na tion in the Assembly will be en titled to only one role. -Associated Press.

Strike Talks

On Again

Detroit, Dec. 28. vimetals of the General Motors Corporation and the United Auto mobile Workers planned to resume

Union

to-day negotiations, but the wage issue of the Union's demand for a 30 per cent increas was met scheduled for discussion, it was reported to-day.

The meeting, said Union Vice- President Renther, was to dral only with the procedure for hand- line local grievances

in the ab- sence of

working

contract. The

between

the Company and the Union were can- celled after the strike of 175,000 Dersons on Nov. 21.

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The principals in the long dis pute were scheduled to be in Washington on Friday when the fort-Anding DaBel resumes Ita studies.

Meanwhile,

picketing

was re- muzzeri at the General Motors four plants at Flint, Michigan., and an additional two to three thousand other workers were per- mitted entry at the Fisher body and the Chevrolet plants, ---A350- ciated Press.

PRESIDENT TO BRAVE ELEMENTS AGAIN

TRAGEDY FEAR ·

Santa Barbara, Calif., Dec. 28. An explosion rocked down- town Santa Barbara Wednes day night, shattered windows for several blocks and started a roaring fire in a beer ware- house below a series of apart- monte.

A deputy sherif said "It would be a miracle if anyone escaped" from the structure. No immediate shock 1200 available on the occupante.--- Associated Press.

Don't Know What's Ahead

Portland, Orezon, Dec. 28. T'wo trainloads arrived from Tulelake, California, of Japanese to board the Japan-bound trans- port "General Gordon".

Servicemen

Washington, Des. 28. Reconversion employment of war voterans and war plant om- ployees primarily is a problem to the local communities and the in- dividual worker himself, Repre sentative Scrivener, Republican of Kansas said to-day.

"The solution to the whole pro- blem is the individual worker him- self the government being called in only ne a last resort" Serivenar lold a roporter.

Despite President Truman'a veto of legislation to return the US. employment service to the control of the Staten, Scrivener said he expected the move would be mado before June. Ho anid he felt there was being implied a pledge that the functions of the Employment Servico would be returned by gov ernment to the States at the end of

the war.

Io said: "The shooting war" has ended, and added that he be Iloved "the pledge should be kept." -Associated Press.

BY NEW YEAR MAYBE

San Francisco, Dec. 28. Army and Navy officials to-day indicated that most of the 170,000 stranded Pacific wor voterans who spent Christmas in the Pacifie Const port cities will get home before the New Year's day.

They hope to be moving about 53,000 before 1946. A speed up is expected from other almilar

ports primarily as a result of the decrease in the number of arrivals by ship rather than the Increase in transportation facilities

Some 1,800 Japanese men, women and children are bound for Japan at their own request or by deportation orders. Masako Baba,

a Los Angeles horn girl of 16, said she and her family were glad to be leaving We are all eager to be in Japan. Another anid: "My family and 1 want to leave here, that's AB."

Only one boy of the many when The San Francisco and Lon An- questioned by reporters sald le geles bottlenecks are dally send- would refer to remain the ing about 15,000 men to the cast. United States. Associated Press. |--Agnoclated Press.

Vital

in

French Interest In The Balkans

PARIS, DEC. 28. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT PREPARED ITS REPLY YESTERDAY TO A JOINT BRITISH-RUSSIAN-UNITED STATES COMMUNICATION ON THE FOREIGN MIN- ISTERS CONFERENCE DECISIONS CONCERNING

THE BALKANS. FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCES IN- DICATED THE FRENCH REPLY, PROBABLY EX- PRESSING RESERVATIONS, WOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK,

THESE SOURCES POINTED OUT THAT FRANCE FEELS SHE HAS VITAL INTERESTS IN THE BALKANS AND, AT THE LONDON FOREIGN MINISTERS' CON- FERENCE, REQUESTED THE RIGHT TO PARTICI- PATE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PEACE TREA TIES FOR BULGARIA, RUMANIA AND HUNGARY, AS WELL AS FOR ITALY.

The Moscow conference's Bal-| kuna decision was communicat-

ed to General George Catroux, REGIMENT TO LIVE

French Ambassador

there,

Kansas City, Dec. 28. President Truman said he will shortly before Christmas. Gen- make a radio address shortly after eral de Gaulic ble return to Washington on an, Minister Georges Bidault con- and Foreign overall legislative prograinme and the state of the nation.

ferred on the subject at length his programme for ending the

President Truman will explain on Tuesday.

The two French leaders also dis- strikes at a news conference here cussed "certain local dilcuities" after seeing his mother for a that

arison between the have second visit in two days.

French and British military ex- the weather permitting, he told roous withdrawal from Syria of He intends to fly back on Friday perts in Beirut over the simultane porters. His flight here was one French and British troops, an on- of the roughest he has had but he houncement said. won't abandon his intention of his becomes worse.Associated Press return Right unless the weather

ALLIED PROPERTY IN JAPAN

Although there has been no of ficulties." which are believed to ficial explanation of these **dif- have virtually brought the talks to a standstill, diplomatic circles here said they had arisen over the points to which the two bodies of troops are to be withdrawn.

According to the recent French-

with-|

Tokyo, Dec. 28. The supreme Allled command to-day ordered tho Japanese British agreement on the The rest of the organisation and addresses and other data retire to Lebanon. It was not de- goverment to submit the names drawal, the French forces are to concerning wartime administra-cided, however, where the British tors of Allied properties as part would go of the programine to return con- LEBANON DEMAND Ascated property to owners. The

The Information from Beirut sald property of Allied natiorals was the British were insisting 100 administrators in December the French were refusing on the placed in custody of more than withdrawal to Lebanon also, but

GALLUP POLL (1) An Indoctrination staff Carlos drew life imprisonment

of experts on Greek history and and was ined 7,000 pesos for politics who will give back giving the Japanese information, ground lectures to observation loading to the arrest and torture teams;

of three of his fellow countrymen. (2) Groups of sampling ex- He will appen to the Philippine parts something Supreme Court Associated opinion poll takers who will take, like public censuses in all parts of Greece to build up a scientific basis;

Press.

(3)

1041-Associated Press.

NEW AGENCY Beoul, Korea, Dec. 28. A now •Korean news Randong (Pacife Press) la bo-

on a

grounds that it would give the Bri- tish an overwhelming troop superi- ority there.

The problem, meanwhile, has been

referred back to London and agency, Paris for decision. It was learned, i

The Lebanese legation in Paris

MRS. BURNHAM DEAD

Approximately 100 Paandena, California, Dec. 28.

American observation teams con- ginning independent operation in issued a communique stating that Mrs. Margaret S. Burnham, 95,

this newly liberated lard, with "Lebanon, which has the samo sisting in most cases of an army arrangements widow of Mr. D. H. Burnham, officer, an enlisted man driver from

receive nows

as all member states of tho Chicago architect, died last night.

and a Greek interpreter who will radio. It will use the facilities mands

the Associated Press by United Nations Organisation, de Burnham before his death in travel in a jeep and trailer fo of Japan's former Domel agency. ovacuation of all foreign troops the total simultaneous 1912, plonoored the steel and their observation polots and; The hows agency embraces nine stationed on har territory." masonry construction which made (4) There will be à Secretary- nowenapers and ono radio station Dossible skyTADOTS and architect in the Chicago Fair in the delegation.

was General and a Secretariat for and is headed by Kim Sung Dong. 1808,

Associated Press

having planned soverai

and

Washington DC. structures

The British also will send. the Summer capital of Baguio in about 100 observation teams and the Philippines. Mrs. Burnham is the French about 40.--Associat-

the daughter of Mr. John B. Sheed Press,

man who founded the Chiengo

Union Stockyarda. FroSD.

Associated

NAZI REPARATIONS --

KURILE WAR GAMES

Moscow, Dec. 28.

tiny Levant state "refuses to bo

The statement asserted that the

come a bridgehead for uso, against the independence of the Arab coun tries."-Asociated Press.

STALLED IN SNOW Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 28. Twenty-five home-bound Mia moving van, were stalled in snow- souri and Illinois servicemen, who laft Denver Bunday night in a swont Kanae and forced to com plete the last lap of their journey

train. by They had borrowed the

The Army nowspaper "Rod Star" reports that Soviet soldiers In tho Kurlies islands are busily enraged in battle study despite POLICE GO OVER

Washington, Dec. 28. sovere weather conditions pre General Joseph T. McNarney valling there, The Kurlles. stretch, sald that 26 largo German' plants northward from Moscow, Dec. 28.

have been made ready for delivery Japanese homeland to Kamchatka the northern A Tass dispatch from Teheran a war reparations to countries peningula-Arociated Press, madd that gandarmeo and the which suffered at Nazi handa He police in Maku and Shahpur in said that 58 others have bean ear north-western Iran near Turkish border have placed them-

the marked.

An official bulletin yesterday big truck from a furniture com Many odvon under the now

more plants in the Ameri- announced "apecial tribunal for pany in hopes of avoiding the self pro- can zone, he said, wers being surropression of Masonry and Com-traffic congestion which has deve aimed antomenous government vored for inclusion In the planned mantara" had acquitted 118 porloped on the railroads, with thou of Azerbaijan Provincosso- removal of Germany's war soten sons since August 11, 1049-AB- sands of men roturning from the slaved Prone,

tial-Asociated Press.

pociated Press, 25

Packle Associated Press.

Madrid, Dec, 28.

Tokyo, Dec. 28, The 31st Infantry Regiment which was wiped out on Bataan early in 1942 is going to live again.

General MacArthur has nounced that a new units is to be organized in Korea about January 19, 1940, and will be attached to homeward bound 184th Regiment. the 7th Division, replacing the

an-

The now Regiment will have new colours and guidons to re- place those burned on Corregidor.

way to safety after the Regiment's Very few survivors made their vallout fight in Bataan-Associat- ed Press.

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