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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946.
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
Jewish Refusal To Attend Palestine Talks
Italians Stealing Back
Cairo, Sept. 10.
Four shiploatis of legal im migrants within three days have been taken into custody on landing in Tripolitania, former Itallan colony in North Africa, it was fearned here tonight.
Altogether 611 men, women and children have been taken into cus- tody. The vessels have becn seized.
from
ar-
General Miles C. Dempsey'a Middio East Land Foren Head- quarters a branth of which is responsible for the administration of Tripolitania-stated tonight that all vessel salied Syracuse, Sicily. The two which rived on September 7 and 8 land- ed illegal immigrants early in the evening, while the two which ar rived on September 9 landed im- migrants early in the morning.
legal landings are being made by Italians who
rela- have either tives in Tripolltanin or who lived there before the war and wore evacuated by Italian military nu- thorities
the western
during desert campaigns.
General Dempsey's Headquart ers stated at the end of August that three ships routaining illera Italian immigrants had arrived in Tripolitania in the previous few weeks. These were also stated to have salled from Syracuse and evidence is said to suerest that they had been hired by the im migrants themselves.-Reuter.
GREEK OUTRAGES
Hint Of Possible Change Of Mind
London, Sept. 11.
The absence of a Jewish Agency delegation from today's opening session of the Palestine Con- ference here, is a matter of principle, not of in- transigence or tactics, Dr. N. Goldmann, Jewish Washington representative of the Agency Executive told newspaper correspon- dents in London this evening.
Dr. Goldmann said he had urged Mr. Bevin in Paris to prepare for the conference by private negotiations with Jews and Arabs, but Mr. Be- vin had refused. The attitude of the Jewish world organisation. stated tonight Agency was that willingness to that, as a result of this morning's discuss partition already repre- meeting with Mr. Georgo Hail, sented a great concession from the Colonel Secretary, "participation Jewish standpoint, while thu Arab delegates had made no contable conference (on Palestine) of Jewish organisations in a round
ccasion, but had como to the con- ma yet be achieved." ference with full and in-
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transigent programme, on which it might later bo possible to bar-
Dr. Goldmann said. gain,
The Agency considered that in suggesting partition as the basis for the talks--which would mean that a Jewish national home could be set up only in a relative by small area of Palestine it had last concession. already made its "Consequently, we cannot regard plan as the basis "If
Mr. Murement," he said.
for
partition is rejected, we will con- tinue to fight for Implementation of the mandate for the whole of Palcaline
The Acting Chief Rabbi has been authorised to convene a meet- ing of Jowish organisations
participation, de achieve Jewish added.
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Oficial circles in London repeat- eil the hope that the Jewish Agency may join the talks later, perhaps after the next few days' preliminaries have been
The Primo
Mr. Ministempleted. Clement Attice, will lead the Bri- tish delegation to the conference tomorrow to hear the formal reply of Arabs to his opening speech. after which the Foreign Minister and the Colonial Secretary will fend the delegation.-Reuter,
New Meeting
Jerusalem, Sept. 11. Three of the four members of
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Mosley Pleads Not Guilty
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WHY SINGAPORE FELL
Tokyo, Sept. 11. Colonel Cyril Dalrym-| ple Wild, of the British! army, told a War Crimes Tribunal here today that Britain lost the great naval base of Singapore because
Britain refused
to violate the Siamese border.
Colonel Wild, who was a pri- soner of the Japanese for four years, said: "The Malay Command knew that it would give us tre- mendous advantage to violate the Siamese border and advance to meet the Japanese attack, but wo wero restrained."
Colonel Wild was giving evi- dence in support of the prosecu- tion charges that Japan sent
troops across Slam from Indo- China to attack the rear of Singa- pore, which had all its big guns pointing caward.
Leeds, England, Sept. 10, Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascista, who was prevented from addressing meeting of the "Unton Book Club" last night, addressed
small com- pany of Book Club members in the street shortly before midnight
**I
am here to all books and not
Colonel Wild testifled that, fol- to revive the British Union" holowing the fall of Singapore, Jap- declared. "The Fascist party in anese brutality included the beat- this country was killed by a De-
ce Regulation and has not since ing of Indiana to force them to Join the punnet Indian National been revived" he said.
Army, he said Associated Press.
KASHMIR SHEIKH SENTENCED
Bir Oswald was due to speak in a room of à Leeds hotel at 8.00 p.m. last night, but Communists ralded the meeting place just be- fore and ejected the Club mem- bers-Reuter.
155 STOWAWAYS! President
Singanore, Sept. 10. Soon after the 16.000 ton British liner, the Camoronia, jeft Singapore today for Madras, 155 Indian stowaways were found on board and the ship put back into port to innd them.
Kashmir, Sept. 10. Sheikh Mohmad · Abdullah, of the Kashmir National Conference and lender of the agitation for self- determination for the people of Kashmir state, was today sen. tenced to three years straple imprisonment and fined 1,500
rupces,
If the British really desired an agreed solution, they would come round to partillon at the present conference, and would then call in the Jewish delegates, Dr. Gold-the Arab Executive deliberated on
He had been charmed with mann declared. Alternatively, if Tuesday over going to Alexandria to the Mufti about the "it was only a case of giving way to talk
The atowaways were taken sedition. It was for Abdullah'a to the Arabs, as during the past latest Palestine developments.
Ahmed Heimt Pasha, eldered in Singapore tomorrow.
into eustody and will be charg-defence that Pandit Nehru in. ten years," the Jews had no wish
̃defiance of the ban on his entry statesman of the Executive, ir to be present.
then sailed went into Kashmir in June and The Cameronia Asked if be
he had kept in touch visiting Damascus on a financial
for Madras.-Reuter.
was detained.--Reuter. with the United States Governmission for the Executive. The ment while in Europe, Dr. Gold-ather three convened without him. mann said that he was in con- Dr. Hussein F. Khalidi, the have been laid by Left Wingant touch with the State Depart- secretary, denied that the meeting ment, which was fully informed of was connected with the London all developments,
talks.
Athens, Sept. 10. Twenty-one people have been killed. 12 wounded and 24 vehl- eles blown un since August 9 through striking mines on roads north and northwest of Larissa in Eastern Greece, according to a British Military apokesman here tonight.
The mines are reported
to
banda and are mostly of a German anti-personnel and anti- vehicle type-Reuter.
Meanwh, Secretary of the Agudas Is. Crthodox Jewish
Yugoslavs May Pay Indemnity
Washington, Sept. 11.
The Yugoslav Government has tentatively agreed with the United States Government in princi- ple, to pay indemnity for the loss of the lives of passengers in the American plane shot down over Yugoslavia last month, it was.an- nounced by the Acting Secretary of State, Mr: William Clayton at a press conference today. Mr. Clayton auid" agreement | Belgrade, Mr. Patterson had not yet been reached ол the Yugoslav authorities. whether the Yugoslav Govern- mont should pay for the lass of the plane. He emphasised that he was only reporting the first preliminary discussions upon the subject between the United States Ambassador in
BULGARIA'S PLEBISCITE
and
He said his statement should not be taken as conclusive be- cause this was just the reaction which came immediately from Yugoslav oficials when they were seen on the subject by Ambassador Patterson.
Mr. Patterson had been toll by the State Department the amount of indemnity suitable. He could not say now how much had been asked.
dockers'.
He saiti: "As far as Palestine is concerned, that conference is now ja closed issue. He decided de- #nitely not to attend and it would be pointless to send 'observers","
"The Arab League representa- tives are our observers," he con- cluded, Associated Press.
No Change Ammon, Transjordan, Sept. 10.
King Abdullah of the Transjor- dan will By tomorrow from Ammon to Mogul, in Iraq, to ser the Regent Abdul Illah, it was learned today here.
Further Troops Die In Palestine
Jerusalem, Sept. 10.
As Mr. Clement Attlee was delivering his address of welcome to the London Palestine Confer- ence, British Headquarters in Jerusalem issu- ed an official statement listing British casual- ties in the latest terrorist outrages in Pales-
tine.
A British Army sergeant was shot and killed by Jews while investigating an explosion near Petah Tiqva last night. Three British Sappers were injured when removing mines on the road to the Heaquarters of the Sixth Airborne Division.
King Abdullah has been taking active interest in the Palestino altuation. Yesterday he naked the Vice-Chairman of the Pales- tino Arab Higher Executive in Jerusalem, Jamni Husseini, to re consider the Palestine Arabs' de-ly wounded. cislon not to attend the London
talls.
Jamal Husseini replied that the Executive "saw no reason" to re- verse Its, decision. Reuter.
A Lake
Disappears
Lake
North of Nathanya one British officer and one soldier were sight-
Thirty-three suspects, montly youths, were held for further in- terrogation after a combout' of Ramat Gan, two miles north of Tul-Aviv.
ploring the loss of life. After stating that the Jewish Agency had been seeking a realistic basis for an agreed settlement on the future of Palestine, the statement added that the Agency "will not relax lts, efforts in this direction and will not be defected by violent As paratroops moved into Tel-actions."Router, Aviv at midnight inst night, fol- lowlog new outbreaks of tor- rorism, six or seven explosions oe- in the citrus-growing
wish, settlement of Nathania. Brisbane, Sept. 10.
The most serious of yesterday': outrages was the blowing up of Noogandoga, in the the Tel-Aviv home of Major Dos- Carnarvon range, Souther mond
British Doran,
Army Solla, Sept. 10.
Queensland, normally five Security Officer, killing him and Complete gures of the Bul- garian plebiscite, which over-until the question of the shout-miles in diameter, has shrunk seriously injuring, his wife. No,
to a atrip of mud. 100 yards long and 20 yards wide, the anager of Warranilla station, has reported.
whelmingly rejected the Mon- archy, were announced last night.
For the Republic, 3,801,600. For the Monarchy, 179,175. Slogans
Blank and
119.168.
ballot,
Total electorate, 4,479,000. Actually voted, 4,100,003. The result was a 92.75 per cent victory for a Republle,
In Sofa, hundreds of thousands of people in all walks of life.join- ed in a demonstration expressing their satisfaction at the outcome of the plebiscite.
Still raknown is the date on which the Rayal family will leave for Egypt but their packing is unid to be completed.
A representative of the Govern- ment, according to the newspaper *Izrev," „will accompany the Royal family on their way exe-Associated Press.
to
Qucationed on the refusal to load ships carrying UNRRA supplies to Yugoslavia
ing down of the fliers Was finally settled, Mr. Clayton said that he was sorry to see the trade union take the matter in its own hands.
The lake has been receding The position of the State since December, 1911 after a Department was that this mat- abterranean explosion. It is believed that this may have ter should be decided by
cracked the lako bed, allowing UNRRA and the State Depart-water to escape.--Reuter, ment. He said ship owners, operators and trade unibris should leave it to them.
GREEK NOTE
trace was found of another oc cupler of the house,
Strong condemnation of the latest terrorist outbreak was volc- ed today by the owish Agency and the Jewish National Council a statement do- of Palestine in
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old and young, European and Chinese, Service and civilian, even officer and ranker. There
and' was beer in moderation good food. The hosts were peo- ple in comfortable though. not) extravagant circumstances.
Con Regan, however, held a elight advantage. He was batter read than the average young man of 25 and showed an in- telligent though not effusively dramatic interest in the topics of the day.
We met Regan several times after, that day, in a variety of longer pining for the approach
The Hague, Sept. 10. Dr. Willem Schermerhorn, He said that reports have
Athens, Sept. 10. former Dutch Prime Minister, been received of the maidistri- The Greek Minister in Bel- who laid the Dutch plan for bution of UNRRA supplica in grado is to sak the Yugoslav the Dutch East Indies before Yugoslavia and other countries. Government to return a Greek Mr. Clement Attleo and Mr. They had investigated all such | Air Force Spitfire forced down Ernest Bevin last Christmas, in reports thoroughly and some- | by anti-aircraft fire on Yugo-chairman of The Nether-places. By January he was no times they were true, but gen-slav territory last Friday. landa Government's Commis- erally speaking the distribution The Greek note states that *sion General, which is going to in all countries of relief aup- the plane flew over Yugoslav Java to seek a Bottlement of the plics had been on an equitable, territory unintentionally after, Indonesian question. it was baals and had reached the peo- the pilot had got off his course. }
officially confirmed here today, ple who needed them.-Router. Reuter.
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of demob day. He had a lot, of questions to ask. Which was the enaist and cheapest way of gotting to some Inaccessible place within the bounds of the Colony? Would there be any chance for him to visit Canton and Macao? Where could he rend up more on Chinese life?
By March ho was dooply on- grossed in a variety of now Intereate. When we met him on the eve of his departure for Home he was of half a mind -to siny. Thero was só much yet ungone, so much curiosity yet | unappeared. Hé had read the whole of Lin Yu-tang, Were therapy other good authors on Chinwa Hatəm kel HAW buwished. Con Regan the belg bekle is the kypa who
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