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PALESTINE AS

Haifa Naval Centre,

Briton Who Had No Conscience

San Francisco, March 24.

Berthel Alexander McKen- zic, British, subject, to-day! told Federal judgo Michael Roche: "To me а hungry

has stomach

no conscience and took the job of radio announcer for the Japanoto.

McKenzie festified this 111 pleading guilty to a charge of stowing away on the steamship "Flying Mit" near Shanghai. He was sentenced to sax months imprisonment.

Iteche remarked that would give the authorities time to log

McKenzie's record. The intu latter said that after leasing on a ship in Hong Kong in 1941 alter & row over pay he went to Shanghai to get a passport when The Japanese approached him abong bralcoasting.

An FB. I. agent testified that Henry Sparks, San Fran-

========Learning lived in Shanghai, told him that Mackenzie saxi on one ocension work for the "gong to

Associat. Prona,

eneiny,

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCHI 25, 1946.

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"Red Fleet"

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MOSCOW, MARCH 24.

BASE Soviet

ATOM BOMB DELAY DECISION

Washington, Mar. 24.

BRITAIN IS CONVERTING PALESTINE, INTO A FIRST CLASS NAVAL AND MILITARY BASE, ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE TO-DAY IN THE NEWSPAPER The White House sald yester- **RED FLEET," ORGAN OF THE SOVIET NAVAL DE- PARTMENT. "JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF INDICATIONS, PALES- TINE IS GRADUALLY BEING TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BASES FOR BRI- TISH ARMED FORCES IN THE EASTERN MEDITER- RANEAN," SAID THE ARTICLE.

| day that President Truman's order to postpone the atomic bomb tests in the Pacific was issued so that more congress. men could witness

ment.

General Air Victim

Washington, Mar. 24 The War Department yo terday annoimoed the death of Major-General James E. Par=' ker in the orach of his Army Flying Fortress in northern Formosa, Listed as mŝasing were nine other officers and men aboard. Parker was the commander of the 20th Air Force.

of The crash the Army plane occurred at the north ond of Formon in Folld rugged country

while the plano was en route from Shanghai-Associated Press.

ATOM BOMB A the experi JIG-SAW

Los Angeles, Mar. 24. Major-General: Leslie Grove, director of atomic projects for the United States aimiy, declares that the atom bomb secrets are safe.

The President's press secre- tary, Charles Roso, eaid the de- cision was not "udden," an Expressing the view that Bri-services from Saudi Arabia la to could not be related in any way

Generalissimo Stalin's tain is developing strategical polibe in Palestine, that a railway to tical positions in Palestine, hay from Haifs to Baghdad has been pression of confidence in the

In common with the plained and that a few days ago. United Nations Organisation.

He explains that "a bomb pro- ing tle

Anglo-American Palestino Ross said he had planned to

ject la like a glantigsaw "humanitarian comiderations" ex- the

announce the postponement-on puzzle with 100,000 pieces. A pressed by British diplomats, the Commission heard a report on a article quotes forelyn press re- projected canai with big hydro-Saturday morning, but #ome

chance betrayal by one or two parts, especially Swiss, that Bri-electric stations and an irrigation tish troops are being transferred system to be built with American one in the Navy, "or elsewhere; of our scientists might reveal

anw fit to put it cut the night from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon money.

The article claims that the big-before," and when the news be five or ten pieces, but it would to Palestine, where farge military establishments are being built. gest enterprises in Palestine acegan to leak out the White House mean almost nothing."

Major-General Groves is fo The writer of the article men controlled by British capital and decided to make the formal

Los Angeles inspecting ships statement.

that are tioned a Swiss newspaper report companies.

The dispute for the country Senator Jatres W. Huffman for the bomb tests ar

being prepared here what Haifa is to be more import-

than between Arabs and Zionists

Ohio Demnerat, 1ecommended

Atoll Associat. Press, ant for the Royal Navy Muita or Alexandrin and added: doubles interesting to the Bri-that the atom bombs teat be "A network of tacories. plant tis authorities from the view. and workshops has been created in that the quarrel consoli cancelled entirely. The cost, he nava and dates their position in Palestine,said, would be sliter fully, and

the article concluded farter

the world did not require fur- ther conviuent a uk band's ANGLO-FRENCH "FIGHT"

effectiveness.

in Palestine to serve

abou

Air Terminus The article also referred to re- of air ports that the termina

British System

As An Example

London, March 24.

Legion, Mur. 24.

- English and Frunch capital_is engaged in a "severe fight" for the central of important er (and unval boses hi the Middle

East.

Moscow radio in a broadcast here by the Ausgelated

UNDIPLOMATIC MINISTER

Bikini

Beston, Mar. 24.

destruc- "Let us turn from live weapons to building world

and perpetual George I Eark, former U.S. cooperation

be declared...

Minister to Bulgaria, said here. pence."

Later, two officials closely he would use the atom bomb on connected with preparations for Russin to get her "back to her the atom bomb tests stated that own territory." the tests might be postponed in- definitely.

"The tests," raid one, "may well be delayed until everybody

ed Press,

Arriving by airplane from Is- tanbul, the one-time Democratic

of guvernor

tho state of Pennsylvania declared Russia is

threatened America."

heard Press, said that "the struggle of the peoples of Syria and Le- banon for their independence Tho belief that many misunderstandings in foreign policy and their demand for the re-a pulling together."--Associat-"the greatest danger that ever

Britishmoval of the England and French could be cleared up if countries followed the

Washington, Mar. 24. example of having "question time" in the House of troos at the Security Council Nations, have could be of the United

The famou Japanese cherry Commons, at which the Foreign Secretary

turned the attention of the trees around Washington tidal ba: of the House of

whole world to the problem of sin are in full bloom and the park questioned, was expressed leader

Syria and Lebanon," the broad-police are prepared for a Sunday Commons.

crowd of 250,000 visitors.Asso- Declaring that "question time" cast declared.

The broadcast suggested that ciated Press, in Parliament was the expression

"fight" is based on the of day by day relationship between the ministers and legislature, which importance of Syria and L

buses for air was one of the main sources of banon as

Churches Meet In Geneva

Whaler Disabled In

com-

the strength of the British conmunications and naval bases.- stitution. Mr. Morrison said: "Associated Press. any minister is

is ever

in danger of forgetting

That

Parliament is his pinster. question time is a sharp and healthy reminder of his res ponsibility to Parliament."

Mr. Morrison added: "I some ailles in times wish that all our

world, great and small, land.

day in parliamentary question which ministers could be question-

of ed about matters foreign Netherlands, Czechoslfrakin, and what not,

Bs the

Geneva, Mar. 24. Delegates to the world coun- cil of churches reccnstruction conference which begins ORL March 28 arrived here yester Representatives of Belgiim Finland, Poland, fangary. the

dney.

the

policy foreign

Antarctic

Earle said Russia ahould be given an ultimatum to "get back to her own territory and if they refused I would use the atom bomb on them, while we have it, and before they get it"-AB90- ciated Press.

FOOD ROBBERS AT · WORK IN GERMANY

Hamburg, March 24.

If the present German ration of 1,000 calories dafly in the British zone is not increased within six weeks or two the effect" on months, it will have "a pronounced population, a British public health officer said "yester- day.

"For the next six weeks, the Germans will be able to get along fairly well on their physical reserve already built up, but if the normal ration scale is not supplemented, you will see a pronounced effect," he predicted. Meanwhile, more brend atores

France, Italy, Germany, the secremry is questioned here.

Capetown, Mar. 24. United States, Britain. Sweden! "If only his opposite numbers The black, stormy Antarelle

world and Switzerland will attend the in other nations of the conference.

could be questioned in a similar autumn was closing on a partly

Norwegian whaling! to clear disabled Conrad Bonnevis Svendsenway it would do much representing Norwegian chur-up misunderstandings. But con-whip to-day 2,000 miles from

stitutional practices vary from Capetown, her nearest port of in Hamburg have been broken.

into during the night, despite ches, in a preliminary report. nation to nation, although I would call.

extra police patrola.

described the conditions in not liked to be thought that I The ship radioed that she had

In their home countries the delegates are encretaries of re- construction committees presenting Protestant churches.

re

W.

ministers

en the

the Norwegians hdd, as a result supplies.-Associated Press. of what they had observed, decid-

ed to initiate similar system in their own parliament-Router.

CONUNDRUM NOT ANSWERED

A 45-year ol woman, who had used up her month's ration

Spaak Backing Stalin Speech

Brusscle, Mar, 24.

and the

formed of Stalin's statemen

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