1946-01-18 — Page 1

CHINA MAIL

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Vol. 11, No. 109.

Friday. January 18th, 1946.

BRITISH GESTURE

Offer To Give

Up Mandates

LONDON, JAN

HALT FACING A CROWDED

ANETTE TATRY DENT DE THE DELGATIONS AT THEIR SEATS, MIR FRY EST BLVIN, BREFISH FOREIGN MINISTER, THIS MORNING OPENED THE RISE MED DEBATE IN THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSUALDE WITH FEL ANNOUNG TABENT THAT BRULAIN BAD PAIDED TO ENTER FOR CHWTHIE ISTO NEGOTIATIONS R PLACING TANGANYIKA

FOGOLAND AND 1 K ANDE

THE CAMERERANS

TRUST HOP SYSTEM. SAL TMJKE TE CILIK THITE

OER JUILLINGNESS 27 TERRITORIES UNDER THE FRUS AN DEPENDS

PLICE DIESE FLESHIP SYSTEMI OUR BEING TREE TO NEGOPITE BHICH FRE IN OUR VIEW GENERALLY SATIS FACTORY IND BUTHGU

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THIS OF THE CHARTER AND ARE IN THE BEST INTERESES OF THE. INTEABETINEN OF FERRITORIES THE ASETUS

Then to toman have Teeny admistered by us for over 25

VENUTA.

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in

habitante.

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W are ready to accept the abigations which ma as we dae administering authoarte utuber this

new synterin

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if that he achieved 1 is most trans

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people of the terriers themselves and the world at large-bould be bofa in no doubt that the runtinuity of the administration will be main-] tained until the ullin.de: "Objec- fgover 11- tive

of trusteeship ment or ambeuendence as the care may be in attained

de

Mr. Hevin

"Hegareng Palist ne, the Assembly is aware i that the Anglo American inkuiry || commitee is at this very umarat examining the question u Korn

Chinese Mission Returning

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Fags Down

Singapore, Jan, 17

The black market in Lagan after precived a Arvere blere to day when an the result of

flood of

supplies coming up to the market prices stumped troomi 85 to $1u tix

Popular brenda het distributed at a fractio

per the

pre-car prices, but aring to the slowness of die. tribution, racketeers are mak-

Pe

tekas

all they can and selling at a small premio.

Reuter.

R.A.A.F. AIR ACE CHARGED

SYDNEY, JAN 17.

Price 10 cts.

QUEEN'S RD. INCIDENT: SILK STORE ATTACKED

Berlin Crime

Berlin, Jan. 17. Occupation authorities to-day began arming Berlin's police with guns under a limited re- arming programme adopted combat the crime wave. Only pistols, revolvers 135 trun- cheons were issued.--Associat- ed Prean.

CHUNGKING PLANS FOR NEW DEAL

By Doon Campbell).

CHUNGKING. JAN. 17. THE WHOLE CANVAS OF EVENTS IN CHINA HAS CHANGED MIRACLE LIKE AND SUDDENLY THIS WEEK. INSTEAD OF SNARLING CHARGES AND ACCUSATIONS AT EACH OTHER THAN COULD EVER BE SUBSTANTIATED, THE KUOMINTANG AND COMMUNIST, PARTIES ARE NOW SHOW ING A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL TOLERANCE AND CONCHEIATION, WHICH AUGERS WELL FOR AN EVENTUAL SETTLEMENT.

THE PRICE NEWS ALIS AFFECTED THE WHOLE PICTURE IN CHUNGKING, INCLUDING THE MONEY MARKET WHICH HAS TAKEN J SUD DEN TURN DOWNIE (RDS. * MOOD OF LESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM 18 T O DAY RUNNING THROUGH CHINES # AR-TIME CAPITAL, Commedily prices have drop:1

ped from 10 to 15 per cent. Theị prier

of god. which climbedd

A CHARGE WAS MADE AT above the official price of .N.-

YESTERDAY

accuses

aer.

No Coupons For Them

EXTRAORDINARY "SCÊNES, INVOLVING A MOB OF SEVERAL HUNDRED CHINESE, WERE WIT. NESSED IN QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL YESTER- DAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A CHINESE OFFICER WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM AN INDIAN SILK STORE, THE CROWD, WHICH COLLECTED WITHIN A FEIF MINUTES OF THE ATTEMPTED ARREST OF THE CHINESE OFFICER, ATTACKED THE SHOP. THE W'ASSIAMULI ASSOMULL SILK STORE SALASHING THE DISPLAY WINDOWS AND DOING DAMAGE ESTIMITED AT MANY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

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The trouble started in the learned later lust night that store at about 4 o'clock, when n❘ momber of the Chineng military Chinese army officer, armed forces had been taken to Central and uniformed major, was ne Police Station in connection with cused by one of the Indian as silk at an Indian shop, but had neat an incident over the purchase of sistants in the shop of stealing er detnined. HOME silk pyjam from the counter.

A policeman summoned to the shop searched the officum A crowd quickly collected and in a few

blocked th" minutes had rond.

toid

A reliable eye-witness the "China Mall" that two other Chinese officers who wor* DAR ing by invited the crowd which started agitating for the reinas of the officer.

WINDOWS SMASHED

The crowd stormed the shop, smashing the display window d with stones lying on The pav zent.

Two Royal Navy shore patrol members, attracted to the scene, attempted to settle the incident but were boned by the cowl, who were being coreuraged by] the two Chinese ofeerr.

A Miracle

Welch, West Va., Jan, 17. Over 200 coal miners had an amazing escape from deuch in a mine explosien no fores fað that experta considered it a miracle that all were not lift. ed. Thirteen of the 207 men in the mine are dead and 34 injured,

Because of the force of the explosion which went upinard instead of spreading out on tion levels 400 feet deep the casualty told was small. auciated Press.

GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE

FLOUR

Reinforcements arrived in the shape of Portuguese members A MILITARY COURT MARTIAL $86,000 last week, slumped loj

of the Police Emergency Uniti ROYAL THAT

and several Royal Marine Com- American dollars drop-i AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE $84,200.

mandos, and in about 10 min- KITTYHAWKS. OSTENSIBLY ped from $1.126 u $1.403; the

down $20 tv $30

utes the crowd was dispersed, ON SWEEPS FROM MUROTA rupee went

LONDON, JAN. 17. The Chinese officer was taken OVER TANIBAR ISLAND. The market for rupees, however,

HUNDREDS OF UNITED to Central Police Station, and PLEW TO DARWIN LATE IN has recovered somewhat, and ex- NATIONS DELEGATES WILs understood his case will be IN ANOTHER DETERMIS. 41 AND RETURNED WITH change peddlers were offering BE UNABLE TO GO ON "SHOP: dealt with by the Chinese no ED EFFORT TO DEFEAT the unusually good rate of C.N.- PING TOURS IN LONDON'S thorities. He was not detaiurd. THE BLACK MARKET THE San Francisen, Jan 17

LOADS OF LIQUOR.

WEST E. Candy $300 for one rupee.

FASHIONABLE Defener Counsel J A 23 man Clones

END

HOPES Members of the Emergency} ADMINISTRATION STORES IF IT IS CLOTHES struction 0137443

de the charge in the court mar

The prices of cloth, eatton THEY HAD

TO Unit and Naval Patrol were] TO RELEASE, DURING THE PLANNED Wednesday aboard

altachtal of Capt. Oliver (Killer) Cald Duben" for Sanghar well

nir

The and tong oil all showed a down- Australian

guarding the shop last evening NEXT DAY OR 30, A SUB BUY. Crastermari

Hoarders find dif- The Bellish Foreign Office an- Caldwell, ward trend.

CHINESE SOLDIERS

STANTIAL QUANTITY OF where engineers will dieet the ce

prosecution

batman, of selling ficulty in getting buyers to take nounced to-day that there will be

ON SCENE

FLOUR through his

WHICH WILL. HE Barllding of the Chinese Navy

A crowd of the curious contina MADE AVAILABLE TO THE whisky to Americans un Mazot their stocks, which they urgent no general issue of clothing con- Capless Frank T Yeh, group'a

they lender, said

at the equivalent of U.S.$40 a bot, ly want to sell. The telegraph pons to delegates. Only some who ed to loiter in the vicinity, "ver| PUBLIC THROUGH THE OF. the Caldwell pleaded innocent.

with office has been busy hang fought

the operate Kinngun dock

underground the next three hours and theFICIAL DISTRIBUTING engineering works to build tap Cassidy charged that

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appearance of a number of fully SCHEME, ranking

advising obat-station movement of Central Europe dur

to London

about armed Chinese soldiers putrol navy and later, perhaps, a

It is understood that the plan, almost without clothes have been pa, attracted more passers-by to

chase price of this flour will i fitted out and a few coupons have the scene. it is currently believed that been allocated to those delegates. The soldiers, it appears, were in relation to the present Gov- military expenditure for

who have underrated the British seeking the missing officer and left ornment price of bread, which fiscal year will be considerably climate and have been shivering after being antisfied that he was in 50 cts, per pound reduced from its

ever 40 per cent uncomfortably

Rinco they no longer in the shop.

It is also reported that there The Pallee, with the arrival of will be an intensed official per -day Proportion of the budget to 0.1 arrived.

The Foreign Office has taken reinforcemen'o, then proceeded to lease of editie van to combat set the danger of further in-

special steps to disabuse the minds disperse the crowd. This was ne flation.

the excessive prices for this of the delegates of the widely held, complished not without difficulty

need only and one man, a chauffeur by ro commodity which are now being inpression that they

depart fession, was arrested and taken up charged in the open market. apply to the conference

to Central Police Station for hav- The authorities have several ments of the Foreign Office to re-

of tons of promota ceive clothing counone. There had ing, it is alleged, voiced a protest hundreds

ready for crushing and conver been a rush of such applications against the police action. during the past few days.---Router. From Police Bources

was alon into eil.

"protective" Navy.

The mission's chief, Admiral P T. Me, is still in Washington. The culifers spent over

rad

in East Const navy-yards studying the Intest method of shinbuilding

A sovinteil Prees,

THE WEATHER

Today's forecast: Muints fair, pean Jewry and also the Palestined increasing in late afterms,

moderate ensterly wind.

Yesterday's temperature: Masum At devreme t ቿ ከቴ

I Maumati 416 degrees at 7 271.

problem.

the

Regarding

question f Trans-Jordan, it is the intentio of His Male ty's Government int The United Kingifnos to Inke starjanj in the near future for establishing this territory as a sovereign ande pendent state and for pomognising da atalos as such."

SECURITY QUESTION

Mr Bevin declared that in these circumstances, the Estim of placing Trans-Jor lan before the Trusteeship Council dud Hol Brase

He then turned to the quest jok of the Security Council and the Atomic Commissio

importan

of the

most functions of the Orennisation jx security and there will devoive

R.A.A.F. officers openly countenance the

agents not to make further puring the war and came to

Ilquer chaser. af Ancel importation Marousi against regulations. An sociated Press.

MORE AMERICANS

17. Washington, Jan

Veurs

The US. Census Bureau sail that du

the five ending July 1, 1945, the popula- lous of the United States, includ-f ing the

armed forces abroad In- creased by 8,000,000 to 139,621,431)

The Increase in attribut Derkons ed to war-time rises in the birth rate. Associated Press.

Iran To Give U.N.O.

Its First Test

LONDON, JAN. 17.

AN IRANIAN DELEGATE TO THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY SAID YESTERDAY THAT IS COUN. TRY WOULD ASK THE NEW WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL TO RESOLVE IRAN'S DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA AND PREVENT MOVEMENT INTO IRAN OF ANY FURTHER RED ARMY ENFORCEMENTS, upon the Security Council the very NASRULLAH ENTEZAM, FORMER FOREIGN MINIS- grave responsibility 10 ཾ་ན་་་ plans to prevent any aggression or . being able to erenle war again."

he said.

"On the other hand, necurity must be devised in auch a

way

this

that those powers which have been victorious in this war can grow together with confidence ao thu organisation Roelf may

tish devlees of war.

TER OF IRAN AND A MEMBER OF THAT COUN- TRY'S DELEG.ITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS, SAID THAT THESE TWO POINTS WOULD BE STRESSED IN HIS COUNTRY'S PLANNED APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL 48 SOON AS IT IS IN OPERA- TION.

sinled to hold

its

GREATEST NEWS

the

The peace promise has ended 18 years of armed conflict be- tween the Nationalists and Cum munists. It

the representat second trace between China's two dominant parties. and the third agreement to cooperate In the country's history. The first pact was in 1937 when the Com- munist Party made considerable concessions in their political principles to form a United Front with the Kuomintang to resist Japanese aggression.

Kuomintang quarters say that was brought the present truce about by Government conces- sions in political power to form United Front for national re- construction.

Winston Gets Welcome In

Great Miami

Miami, Florida, Jan. 17.

Winston Churchill, described by the "New York Times" as "part of the American heritage," detrained from the Havana special here yesterday, and with typical American hospitality accorded to the distinguished, was sped away to his vacation home amid the screaming of sirens escorting police motor-cycles.

Indications are that this oil, which will be offered at the cur rent official price of

$1.80 a catty, will be available for the Chinese New Year.

COSMIC RAY POSSIBILITY

TO CHANCELLOR ARTHUR S. WASHINGTON

ST. LOUIS, JAN. 17. A MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAN THAT BY PRODUCED

SPLITTING THE URANIUM ATOM MAY Beaming and displaying the V Unless we are given a chance to DEVELOP FROM THE USE OF RAYS. ACCORDING for victory sign, Churchill stepped recover we may not be again able COSMIC off the train with Mrs. Churchill, to take our place as a producing COMPTON OF looking ft and happy, and blowing nation."-Associated Press. smoke from his ubiquitous black cigar into the warm sunlit air,

The

former British Prime Minister was dressed in a tan tropical suit and seemed to have

much of the pallor of

cleared the way for the chill auto

as it began its over the

Causeway

Can't Get Used fatigue. To Peace

to

UNIVERSITY.

He d

declared the "processes have appeared in our study of cosmic rays which transform all mass of a particle into energy."

Compton who helped to develop the atomic bomb nointed out that only 1/10th of one per cent, of the of uranium atom was releas- mass ed as onergy in the development

Press.

The two parties buried the hatchet for the first time in 1924, as the result of Dr. Sun unity to Yat-sen's appeal for

they "warlordiam," but oust broke up three years later.

anal lest Meanwhile, all sections off not now, a movement of sufficient shades of the Chungking prese The Eleven-Nation Council, be-

Chungking, Jan. 17. come the real answer to all dovi which Russia is one of the five strength to prevent the established

Major-General Claire Chennault, But to join powers with a veto vote capable government in Teheran from deal-are still splashing the news and Churc

editorial columns, with follow-short run the Security Organisation is not

not of preventing Council action on ing with the situation."

of Colonel Frank Clarke, Tiger" days, cannot get The separatist movement deve-ups and analyses of the "great-/ which spans Biscayne Bay to the living legend of the "Firing of the atomic bomb.-Associated

honie

used mufficient in tarif.

any issue, is We must be in

Wood the fact that peaco is back in toped during the Russian occupa cat news for China since Japan Canadian Steamship and the position to enforce each deci- first, meeting today, Thursday.

pull Expcutive. ston and that means

The Iranian appeal seemed like-ton and Moscow has claimed that surrendered."

Every time he sees an that each

China. Meanwhile, the *Now in the the Orst the outbreaks of violence

York aeroplane his mind automatically QUIET GOLD TRADING member must take its full rommon ly to confront it with sibility for sunolying the necca-

test of its powers.

province resulted from reaction-

LYRICAL

Times" spoke for the nation in starts working: How many figh-

Gold opened. quiet yesterday to the

wishing the Churchills Instructions to appeal

"a good ters would be needed to shoot it Bary forces, funds and supplies to

ary forces trying to suppress a carry

Many papers are linking the rest and all the sunshine of which out of the ay, how many bombs morning at 3566 after the boetie out swiftly its decision Security Council came to the Iran- democratic movement

After clting Azerbaltan United Nations

the

Florida is capable," Organisation

to sink it?

sotivities of the previous day, and against any aggression."-Reuter is delegation from Teheran last

A "Times" editorial day situation, Entezam sald, "we shall and the All-Party Political Con-

Asked if he had retired "per tendency to buy or sell, the market throughout the day there was little Tuesday night. During the it was reported that Promier Ha- therefore ask the Security. Counsultation Conference now meat. Churchill "will trail the mantle manently", after he told corres dosing. stronger at 8680 with

timi, author of the instructions. cil to take steps to see that no

1tle as epoch-making worn only by the authentic great pendents that he had definitely had offered to resign.

further foreign

troops are allowing here

events." The "Ta Kung Pao s long an he lives and wherever retired", Ganoral Chennault said: buyers passibly offering a Entezam said that the delega- od on our soil.

He asserted that there arel China's best-known newspaper! he goes. As we look back to the No. only until the next war.", more,

Chinese national currency like- tion had no intimation of his offer but added that if 1. were accept 700,000 Russians In Northern-agcribing the League of Nail days when Britain stood alone. He does not know how long ho wi!.

against the Axis Mr. Churchill be in China"The last time I wise remained standy, the market The "San Francisco Chronicle"

ed "the status. of the delegates to Ima now, and the numbers are tion's failure to military im- assumes herole proportions-his came for three months and stayed; opening at HK34.70 to UN$1,000, yesterday declared arood am the

U.N.O.

Increased-every-day."- be entirely By agreʊment" he added; "Brl- "must be backed by proper mili-| nation but ours. He is part of

portance, urged the UN.O.valce Inspired not only his own eight years..he.cald. Router.There are hayers for U.S.-dollar

closing at HK$4.80. phatically with Tomas Confesor, matter for

Matevor Philippine delegato to the Far ment was formed in Tehoras."

new govern-

tish and Russian troops will bo tary power." "He declared Eastern Commission, when he said

appeal withdrawn by March 2, but overy that the the United States should keep would be broadly based

That Jap. Smile

San Francisco, Jan. 17.

ין

the American heritage,"

Winston Cirurch

yesterday

OIL IN CHINAA

Chicago, Jan. 17. troops are not all going home: Plans for possible develop- because wa, the allied forces, are ment of oil production ave

ARIES OFF AGAIN not, numerous enough handle

Gning Industries in China wore post-war ExTODE

London, Jan. 17. cope alone." Winston Churchill defended tho reported horo to-day, Under The Royal Air Forco secret

notes at $6,16, Sterling & noten at $17.50, and Australian pound notes at $12.00

Reports from the Communist on the day that paste agravates the troops in Japan for 25 to 50 years; principle of protecting Iran's tor-, situation. If, therefore, we could capital Yenan state that citizeng said, that he hopes United States

"hailed the peace order dency by the Javanese to have dependence against violation by foreign troops to leave, wo should, with acclaim." ́anobhor try'nt world domination.

Many organa are stil carry- Russia. Asked to outline the be glad, but it is essential in our The paper quoted "Confesor as Iranian complaint more specifical- view that they should not be ing lyrical editorials on the senting that Filipino quorilles 17, he told the Associated Press: allowed to Increase in the men-

the Japanese military and a passionate addiction,

IRANIAN CASET

Govern-

Wo

and research?.

mind

Entezam and he was "copic General-Marshall was.the mid-Britain declaring it was vital to China national."retiources.com/which ha. Gown, well over 100,000*

wife, delivering the posce child give us time to eat on our feet misston, Dr. Gustav Egront and miles on ilaison to treachery and art of deception, i "The Iranian caso la that Russia that. If the saltantion were left to the Chineas Nation: "The aain. He obviously believes, the paper by refusing passage to our troops to the present Iranian

than any other coun- Engincora will leave shortly for for South Africa. wald, the Japaneso deceit of a' Into Azerimjan fa northern pro-] ment, we could notțile the matter most glorious chapter: In Chin-1 clally more suffered frian- W. B. Stanley of the Universal] Alghie, loft Englund early to-day" The object of the flight in to We now face, an extraordinary China to investigate the poasi visit training and operational cen bowed head and a disarmint amilo vince in the Russian zone of occu- because the rebellious forces are ese history, and we feel glorified

situation of buying food and raw bilities of developing large scale tres, and to collect, and exchange hand the moment your back to arratist movement there at the not rot serions backing.

The first sun ray after a long materials with a very heavy adol production, Associated information on air navigation- SurnadAssociated Press.

ontact. It was not theži. and is ciated Press,

gloomy season."-Router."

verse balance of trade, against us. Press. .

Reuter,