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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 1946.

ATTACK ON THE VICEROY Severe Blow Struck At Moslem League

Scheduled Castes Dissatisfaction

New Delhi, Aug. 27. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, President of the Moslem League, in a statement in Bombay tonight de- clared that the step taken by the Viceroy in forming an Interim Government for India was "most 'unwise and most unstatesmanlike, and fraught with dangerous and serious conse- quences."

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He added: "My reaction to the Viceroy's broadcast is that he struck a severe blow to the Moslem League and Moslem India, but I am sure the Moslems of India will bear this with fortitude and courage, and learn lessons from failure to secure our just and honourable posi- tion in an Interim Government and Constitu- ent Assembly." Referring to the composition of Pandit Nehru, Congress Preal-

Government, the, Interim

Mr. dent, in a statement at Allahabad Jinnah said. (The Viceroy only today (before returning to New added Insult to injury by nominat Delhi) condemned the Ine thres Moslems who, he knows, riots. This new development of

violence.

Mr. Nehru said, has do not command either the respect or confidence

of Moslem India, ceased to be merely communal or and more Moslem names remain to political. "It has become a chal- be announced.

lenge to every decent instinct of humanity, and should be trented as such.'

"We Moslems have made it clear that the only solution of India's problem is a division of India into Pakistan and Hindustan, which would mean real freedom for the two major nations and every Doa aible anfeguard for the minorities in the respective states.

Vague Offer

Calcutta

Over 3,000 Dead An'official spokesman

of the

CLEANING UP NO. 10

London, Aug. 27.

No. 10. Downing Street, traditional London home of Prime Ministers, is getting its Arst "wash and brush" since the war.

Workmen are cleaning the walls of the Cabinet Toom, the Prime Minister's study, and the main entrance hall.

No elaborate decorations

are being undertaken, simply the removal of the accumu→ tated dust and dirt of the war years-Reuter,

Nazis Leave The Vatican

Rome, Aug, 27, Baron Ernst von Weizaecker, former German Ambassador to the Holy See, who has been living in Vatican City private individual, left Vatican territory by car today with his wife.

Nazi Plan

For Bubonic Plague War

Nuremberg. Aug. 27.

A German plan for bubonie plague germ war was disclosed to the Nuremberg court today by Mator-General Walter Schreiber, la German scientiat, now a prison- er-of-war in the handa of the Rusalans.

He testified that Hitler had en- trusted Herman Goering with direction of precorations for bacteriological warfare.

Girls Tried To Help Escapee

Lichfield, Aug. 27.

Two

young women, accused at Lichfield to- day, were said to have been concerned in an at- tempt to help a soldier escape from military Custody.

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They were Violet Dunn, 20, and Rose Clarke, 19, who both gave London addresses.

under

They were charged the Army Act with helping Pri- vate Dunn of the General Service Corps to desert or absent himself. A police Inspector sald that a car stopped on the main road near the barracks at Lichfeld. In it Major-General Schreiber Bald were two men and two women.. that a large institute for experi- One man remained in the car and the other man and women were ments, which Included spraying allowed to see Dunn in the guard from plates was set up in the wester Polish city of Poznan but the plans never materialised because the chief of the institute had to flee before the advancing Red Army."

the man

Heinrich Himmler, the Gestapo chief, apparently wanted tho 38 work to continuo, Schreiber said,

but General Blohmer, appointed by Goering to carry it out told him "If you want to carry In another car was a mem-out an epidemic on a large scale ber of the United States diplo- you must have a prepared matic corps and some Allied laboratory and trained personnel. officers.

"If bubonic plague is to be The Italian News Agency re-used when milltary operations ported today that among the are so near the borders of Ger- Germans still in the former many, special protection for Ger-

bassy in the Vatican are the Iation is essential." children of Field-Marshal AL- bert Kesselring, former Ger- man Commander on the Wes- tern Front and in Italy, and his brother and sister.--Reater.

Bengal Government announced in Calcutta today that in addition to the 3,408 Lodics removed from streets and hospitals after the Calcutta riets, admissions to hos- 4.421. of whom "I don't know what the Viceroy Pitals totalled cast that the offer which had been About 1.500 people left the elty remises of the German Em- man troops and the elviilan popu- means when he said in his broad-1 were still under treatment. after the riots. One victim of the rlota WRA

was recovering in hospital today after having been in a Cal- sutta sower for nine days.

made is still open. It is so vague, except that the.

Busiem. League will have Live

acata. Nothing elso is clearly stated. I am glad

The Madras police used tear- the Viceroy also spoke on behall

gan today to disperse women de of Pandit Nehru and of the Con-

monstrating in Sympathy with greas that they hold this view striking railwaymen at Madura. as strongly as he does, and that

an important South Indian rail- their efforts will be directed toway centre-Reuter.

tho League to join the

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Meanwhile, the Working Com- Reprisals By

mittee of the Scheduled Castes (Untouchables) Federation now piceting in Poopa, today decided to launch a "non-violent Satyagraha" (direct action) campaign as A

protest against the provisions for

Congress?

New Delhi, Aug. 27.. A Congress Party newspaper the Scheduled Castes in the Bri-hinted today at possible re- tish Independence plan for India. prisals against the Moslem Utter Disregard League, which it blamed for continuing the disorders In India following the appointment of a new interim government in which the League. refused representation.

The Working Committee also decided that all members of the Scheduled Castes

should return titles conferred upon them by the

British Government.

The Scheduled Castes Federa- tion wants soparato political re-

"Violence is a game at which

Taking No Chances

Udine, Aug. 27.

With its machineguns loaded, an American Flying Fortress arrived here from Vienna to- day with a cargo of mail and

first freight-the

American plane to fly the normal route from Vienna since the YURO- slavs shot down two transports earlier this month.

The pilot of the Fortress, Lt William E. Hutchins, said he had orders to fly to Udine and back.

Schreiber's was the first direct evidenco of plans to use bacterio- logical warfare.

sa'd.

He did not know who trued the original order to use it, he It was simply announced officially at a conference that the order had been given-Reuter.

room.

While they were there, it was

alleged that a soldier's cap and a pair of army garters were secret; ly handed to the soldier. 'Duna then ran out of the guard room but was recaptured before he could reach the car.

The women were arrested but panion in the waiting car. the man got away with his com

that the car was driven away by The woman, Rose Clarke, said

other man as Bill Drako." her husband and she knew the

The women were remanded on ball and warrants were issued for

the arrest of the two men con-

cerned.-Reuter,

Rome, Aug. 27, An Italian diplomatic mis- sion, headed by Signor Augusta Aspettati, has left Rome for Budapest to initiate the resump. tion of Italian relations with Hungary.Reuter,

Date Set For London Talks On Palestine

London, Aug. 27. ^ The Foreign Office announced today that the Lon- don conferences with the Arabs and Jews on the future of Palestine would begin on Sept. 9. Invitations have been sent, Office spokesman said that the the announcement said, to the British "assume all seven will "It was reported here that a Governments of the Arab states, be represented".

Jewish Agency for The Arab Higher Executive Palestine and to forth make the run daily,

the Arab in Palestine accepted its 'Invita Lieut. Hutchins said he flew Higher Executiva in Palestine. tion on condition that no Jews at 10,000 feet "along the pre-vitation that had been extended Arab proposals bo permitted on This was the Arat formal in- ait: at the conference and that eribed corridor, avoiding Yugo to the Jewish Agency although the agenda. slav territory".

presentation for India's 40,000,000 two can play," said the pro Flying Fortress would hence- to the

'untouchables," which is not pro vided for in the Britiscelazed that

plan. Today's resolution

had the British Government Castes "treated the Scheduled with utter disregard, leaving them to the mercy of the two major political parties in India (Con- ross and the Moslem League)." With the portfolios in the ev Interim Government not yet an- nounced, the session of the India Congress Working Committtee opening here tomorrow resumes

special importance,

Gandhi In Delhi

It has been given further signi- Beanco by the arrival of Mr. M. K.

Congress "Hindustan Times" edited by Mahatma

Ghandi's son, Devasdas, commenting on the stabbing in Simla on Satur- day night of Sir Shafat Khan, non-League Moslem member of the now regime.

Sir Shafat was reported to

MRA

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the

The bomber carried a nine- the Colonial Secretary, George Separate talks with the Jews:

row but no passengers Hall, had conferred with Agency and Arabs are probable and it he recovering, and Jin It was understood that passen- leaders regarding con- was reported by official British nah, Moslem League leader, in gers will not be allowed on the forence.

sources earlier that Premier -----The Agency Executive an- Clement Attlee" would ́ ́address a mesange to his sister, declared flights-Associated Press.

nounced last week in Paris that the Arab state representatives. that "political views apart, I

it would not take part in the Announcement of the con- entirely condemn the brutal and outrageous attack" on him.

talks if they were based on the forence date followed a meeting --Associated Press,

semi-partition plan proposed by between Mr. Attlee and Forelga the Anglo-American experts, Secretary Ernest Bevin, who flew back from the Paris Peace Conference on Saturday, Mr. Bevin is expected to return to Paris on Wednesday or Thurs- day--Associated Preas.

Belgrade, Aug. 27. Allegations that dozens of villages are being burned in Greek-Macedonia and that "women and children and old men are being murdered in an even more terrible manner than under the German occupation" were published here today in air from his Calcutta visit today, past 10 days, left this morning the "Borba", organ of the and further developments in the for Buenos Aires by plane.--Reu- Yugoslav Communist Party. - political field re expected shortly, Iter.

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 27. The British newspaper, owner, Gandhi, who especially travelled Lord Kemsley, and Lady Kems- from Wardha to attend.

Field Marshal Lord Wavell, ey, who have been guests of the Viceroy.

Brazilian returned to New Delhi by

Government for the

"JANE"

I WONDER WHY GEORGIE TOLD. HE ALL THAT ABOUT THE SITE

OF MY GYM?.

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A MONJOWO, THAT "OLD PICTURE

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LADIES!

No Help

HUNTERS: 1 MIGHT HAVE

· KAYOWS!

POINTERS LI AYN, OF SEA

Monday's announcement gave no indication whether the scope of the talke would go beyond the plan, accepted by Britain but not by the United States as a basis for negotiation.

Four of the coven Arab states have accepted the invitations..to the conference and a Foreign

"PHEW!—WONDER WHY

I CAN'T SHIFT THIS RING?~! MUST GET GEORGIE TO OPEN THE

TRAP FOR ME

ONE DAY...

BY EDGAR MARTIN

A BIG HELP. THAT - WORSKA. POINTER ON-POINTERS!

TO BE BURIED IN U.S.

Belgrade, Aug. 27. The United States Embassy today announced- that it has been officially ordered that the bodies of the four American airmen forced down in Yugo-‡ slavia on Aug. 19 be taken to Amerien for burial.

Today the original grave was opened and the remains of only four bodies were found. It had been reported that five members of the crow were killed-Rou ter.

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