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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1946.
ARABS REJECT PALESTINE PLAN
Central America Could
Absorb Jews Deadlock, Not A Break-Down
London, Sept. 13.
All seven of the Arab states attending the Pales- tine Conference in London are unanimous that the British "federal plan" for Palestine must be dropped forthwith, Faris Bey El Khouri, the Syrian elder statesman who acted as spokes- man for the Arabs' when they made their first general statement to the conference, told Reu- ter in an exclusive interview today. He was referring to the plan for provincial autono- my which Britain put forward as the starting point of discussions at the conference, now ad- journed until Monday. Any scheme for parti- tioning is equally impracticable, Faris Bey de- clared, because Palestine is already over- crowded and allowances must be made for further increases in the Arab population.
anxious to pinn. It has not yet been de- relations with cider Dur
what these
proposals Britain on a good basis", Faris would be but it seems probable Bey declared, "and it is in that they will include, a scheme Britain's interest that this for A work distribution of shoulal be so, as .there aro Jewish refugees. 70,000,000 Arabs living in the
Lot Of Talking Mediterranean and Atlantic "Many countries,
notably coasts and occupying some of America", Faris Bey continued, the best strategic positions intell us that the Jews must the world".
have a home and something The British Government must be done for them, but apart should restore order in Palestine from talking, they are loing at once by effectively disarming little themselves. There are the Jews, he declared.
vast areas in central America where the population is л fraction of that of Palestine which coul! ensily absorb half a million homeless Jews":
"We are establish
very
Over the weekend, Faris Boy said, the Arab delegates to the conference will agree together their counterpart to the British provincial autonomy
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It has been suggested that large unfertile tracts of Pales ting should be irrigated und made habitable but any arid TYPHOON DEATHOME malesfertile must be
reserved for the future:
Arab population.
Manila, Sept.. 13.
Late and unofficial reports Northern Luzon said
from that 16 persons were killed by the typhoon which struck the Northern Philippines earlier this week. Two were killed in Manila and communica- tions were generally disrupt- ed, the reports said. ~~ $380- clated Press,
Saseno Secretly Ceded?
New York, Sept. 13. The "New York Times" reports from Rome that
has Albania
"been steadily concentrating large forces including two Russian infantry re- giments on the Greek border for the past two weeks,"
The "N.Y. Times" correspon- dent, queting "a very good au- thority" reported that Albanian troops are being aided by Russian
Faris Bey said that the con ference had reached a deadlock as a result of yesterday's dia. cussions when the Arabs jeeted the British plan.
Believed to be the only three escapees among survivors of the ordering of the Japanese prison ship "Lisbon Marn, in October, 1942, are (left to right) Mr. A. F. Evita, manager of the British Cigarette Conmay, Mr. W. C. Johnston, of the Treasury Depart- ment, and Lieut. G. W. Follace, R.N.V.R. With them is Mr. Wong Ki-nam, who assisted their escape into Free China after meeting them on Chung Pan Island to which they won after the ship ha begin to sink. Most of the other survivors of the disaster wore recaptured by the Japanese. Mr. Wong was the chief of the People's Army division on Chung Pan Is ad. The above picture was taken monterday at the Hong Kong Holi koof fiertion, the occasion being the first since 1942 that all have been together,
Three Bodies Dug Up At Repulse Bay
*Three unidentinèd bod- ies of soldiers were dug up from the lawn in front of Repulse Bay re Hotel by 43 Graves Re- long us the British Government gistration Unit yester- for democracy and day following informa- justice, the conference cannot tion received from local break down," he declared.
stands
Criticism
"So
On the question of Palestine pressing for her independence,
residents and after check
of official documents.
It is believed that from four to
Faris Bey was critical of the six other bodies had been dug up past British rule, saying that by Japanese working parties dur the mandatory power had hevering the occupation and thrown made any attempt to teach the into the sea. people of Palestine to rule them-
who
'QUAKE
Birmingham. Sept. 12.
A severe earthquake shaci: was recorded this evening by a ajisuolorist at, West Brom- wich near her, "The shocke may have been on the border --6)--fran-and-"Afghanistan, or a
the
alternative position is.. north of the Caribbean Sea, he said.Heuter.
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Shop Closed By Court Order
An order for the closure of his shop for one month from Sept. 14 and a fine of $1,000 was the pun- Ishment imposed by Mr. George She af the Central Magistracy yesterday on Lau Charn of the Leon Store, No. 4 Stanley Street, when he pleaded guilty to selling a one lb tin of Nestle's Cocoa for $3.50 which was $1.95 In excess of the controlled price.
It was the first closure of a shop for infringing the
Price Control Regulations.
After relating the facts Mr.
H. W. Nolloth of the Price Con- trol Department said that de- fendant was fined $850 on Aug. 2 for selling batter in excess of the control price.
Before passing sentence on defendant. Mr. She said that it appeared that after the first offence defendant did not exer- cist any care. It was people like defendant who were auck- ing the blood, of others. He had been fined $850 previously and he certainly was not going to impose a less floe.
Wallace
Speech Approved
Washington, Sépt. 13.
President Truman an-
Mr. Nolloth applied for anounces his full approv-
closure order as this was the
second offence, and told Mr. She al of the speech (report- that the store was a reasonably ed on Page 3) of Secre-
big one.
Mr. She ordered the closuretary of Commerce Wal- of the shop from Sept. 14 to
Oct. 13, BD that defendant lace in New York. could get rid of his perishable He declared it involved no con- goods before then.
fict with Secretary of Slate Defendant was also fined $50 Byrnes, but diplomatic authorities for not displaying the price on persist in the speculation that the his goods. Mr. Sho concluded
In another case The Sun Co.
Misunderstanding
effects.
recognition of the existence Russian and American spheres of Influence and the working out of an agreement with Russin on that basla,
While Wallace's speech contain- Mr. Nolloth said that the sale ed no direct criticism of the Am- arose through some misunder-erican foreign polley, as developed” standing between the depart by Byrnes and the State Depart ment head and the foki.ment, some of those familiar with The company had co-operated the Commerce Secretary's pur- with the Government in the poses in writing the speech let it unle of price controlled goodshe known that any such implica- A representative of the Com-tlons seen in the speech would pany explained to Mr. She how not be considered misleading. the misunderstanding' arose.
When advance copies of the Notification of the controlled price of articles when published in the State Department, the inl
speech reached some high officials was sent to the heads of the unl reactions indicated astonish- department who would notify
Nanking, Sept: 13.
that he would show no mercy to Petch might have far-reaching Two thousand Chinese, second offenders of the Price
Foen paint of diplomatic inter- crowding a graveyard Control regulations.
Wallace's call for frank for robbers and murder-. was fined $500 for selling
cst was
of US outside the. South
a cake of Coal Tar soap at $2.50 Gate of Nanking, shout- instead of 75 cents. ed applause this after- noon when Lieutenant- General Takashi、 Sakai, a major Japanese "war criminal and former commander of the, Jap- anese Third Army in South China, slumped forward
in. a death agony.
Despectacled, and stubble bearded, the Japanese general spluttered and gaspad for two minutes before a final convul- Bive twitch. A few incoherent words came through his blood- stained mouth as he lay face upwards with hands clenched. It was the most informal and messy
execution I have ever
Takashi arrived in a truck As he was hustled down from the truck, Lieutenant Chow En kept his (Continued on Pago 5)
London's "Squatters"
Jerusalem, Sept. 13. Terrorists today at-seen. were killed during the defence of tacked Barclay's and the
selves, as the French had done The bodies are of men in Syria and Lebanon.
har- the island, and they will now be The British were now vesting the results of their re-interred in a military cemetery. Ottoman banks in Jaffa with 30 guards. negligence in allowing the Jews
With one of the bodies was aand the Ottoman Bank to build large arlenals and
Tel-Aviv, ir)
getting magazines.-Reuter.
away with 75,000 from the latter.
bottle containing ten dollars and two Hong Kong addresses.
Boon "Not Guilty" On Six Of 11 Charges
London, Sept. 13,
Major Cecil Boon, R.A.S.C., today gave evidence In his own defence before a London court- martial which is trying him on charges of voluntarily aiding the enemy while a prisoner- of-war in Hongkong.
military advisers and strengthened Boon was yesterday formally found not guilty on
with Russian material including
fighter planes, a
small number of medium tanks, mortars, machine-
ammunition. gung and
Reporting that Russian fleld batteries are arriving in Trian
from Belgrade for service on the strategic island of Saseno in Valona Bay, the dispatch "the Abanian Government is bo- Hoved to have
coded Sasona
secretly to Russia.
Sasendear the mouth of tho Adriatic-Associated Press.
On Other Pages
Pago Three
Straight Road To War,
six charges on which the court decided that. there were no prima face case and the trial is proceeding on the remaining five.
Boon, who was showing signal the Japanese instructions were
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One Arab Tempurary constable was killed and a number of ter- rorists (Identified by the Police as members of the Jewish Stern gong) were captured following a gun battle. Part of Barclay's bank was blown up.
The rald in Jaffa was accom- panied by at least one diversion- ary oil-bomb explosion and a bar- rage of machine-gun fire from a moving car. The central police station was attacked at the same time and the police returned the dru from behind sandbag.cm- placements.
The Jafla raids, failed. One Jewish terrorist and eight other Jews were wounded by a mobile police patrol in Tel-Aviv.
British troops are being rushed to Jaffa (which is an Arab town
of strain of the long trial, said received. Boon anid that the adjoining the all-Jewish town of that from December, 1941 to Japanese asked him to have the Tel-Aviv) and it is reported a April, 1942, General Maltby, prisoners' hair shaved so that curfew has been imposed on both G.O.C. Hongkong, was in charge they "might have confidence in towns. Reuter and Associated of the prisoner-of-war camp. him".
Boon was present when Lieuten- General Maltby was ordered
On
up
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the members of each department.ment although there was no form- This was overlooked and it was al or public comment. on, the head of the department Across the Atlantic, London's newspapers gave pro- looking at the duplicate receipt morning.
display that the excess price charged minent
to Wallace's was discovered. There was no speech, and though most papers intention to defraud the public, emphasized Truman's' statement approval to the speech, the price tag was on the article giving and the
price proper
was editorial comment was lacking. changed as soon as the mistako was found.
Foreign Office
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Police Charge On Demonstrators
London, Sept. 13.
Mounted police charged demonstrators last night outside Abbey Lodge, luxury apartment build- ing seized by London "squatters" in the fashionable West End.
estimated at A crowd of squatter sympathisers
2,000-had staged a sitdown strike in the mid- dle of the main road in front of Abbey Lodge in an attempt to compel the police to permit delivery of bedding to families inside the building, Passenger buses were held up. Communist party slogans were displayed by the demonstrators, Mounted police charged in a bid to open tras lanes,
Squatters inuide Abbey Lodge A block a flats renting normally ant Yoda, the Japanese in com- to arrange a parade of all officers who knew where land mand, told General Maltby that] prisoners and was given a paper mines wore in Hong Kong to go for from 10 to 25 weekly - he could run the camp or have to read out to them. The with him and indicate where they earlier in the day held babies st the Japanese run it. General prisoners were ordered to hold penalties would occur if any ac- crowds outside for blankets and anying that "very severe open windows in an appeal to the Maltby chose to run it.
their right hand to show
minow food. Gênerni Maltby's
in that they understood. Boon was eldents happened through
not being pointed out. The officers
The Lodge was being redecorat structions, he, Boon, typed out present during the parade. · An-
went. a document containing 21 points swering the defence counsel.
ed after being turned back to its which was handed to the Japan- Mr. G. O: Slada, Boon said that The Japanese also asked for
to be prepared. showing the owners by the Al Ministry when exo camp commandant The General Maltby had to read out chain of British troops in this the squatter occupation started. Claim For Furniture Taken By Japanese said that the 21 points that under the Nipponese law. The chart was prepared by Briga
Despite pleas that "the children Japariose,
would be very difficult. They escapes were absolutely pro- aler Pothers and handed to the are hungry," police refused to let claimed that they had not signed hibited.
Japanese
sympathisers pass food into three the convention at all.
Slade: "So far as any phy-"| Did
Pethers make of the aquattar-coupled buildings, Including the luxurious Ivanhop General Maltby, Brigadier he read 'It'quite' voluntarily !!! There was no ohraical compul Hotel, which had been empty for Pethers and Boon, who was the
Boone
sion or threat of punishment or diKWORKE
The Commualat “Daily Worker" senior staff officer, and two Boon said that a Japanese dent?--No.
said that "anch action the threat interpreters were present when officer, suld that be required; all (Continued on Page §,
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During the Maltby regime, sical complusion was concerned,aby No.**
of prosecution for criminal con- spiracy) from a Labour Govern ment against tho people who brought it to power would be monstrous. Their Government is making a fool of itself with its
statement about archy
The leaders of
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A Foreign Offico spokesraan expressed surprise at the speech. He said President Truman's ap- proval of the talk added to its im- portance in the eyes of the Labour Government
The spokesman said the Foreign Office was surprised particularly by Wallace's criticism of what the Secretary called "British Imperial- iam," at a time when indopen- dence is being given to India and punctual with- "In the light of drawal from Iran."'
"There is no tendency here which envisages a war with Rus- sia," the spokesman said. "Re- Russla ferences to a
war with appear more frequently 11 the United States preas than they do In this country," he declared.
The spokesman said there has been no suggestion. of "a common Anglo-American foreign policy" existing, although there are, many issues on which "we scd oye to oye" with the State Department.... Associated Press.
THE WEATHER
Preasure is high over NW China, quer the Pacific NE of Japan and
movement, pressure extends from Formosa to The also talked of forcing "besch- the Pacific NE of Japan.
exists heads" in the empty mansions of
depression typhoon Hampstead. picturesque
Fifty over the Gulf of Tongking and man and women sympathisers, North Judo-China. The Pacific chanting Clive the squatters
bers typhoon is situated about 800 miles. water,” marched to
Forecast: Moderate or SE Town Hall from Abbaye NE of the Marianas, moving NE. The water was not turned on."
winds aloud Intervals.
with brief showers
· From a window of the recently and some bright
Abbey Lodge
Yesterday a weather joi redecorated
Fib woman shouted, "my baby has Maxima 85.3 deg. caught bronchitis, we have boon Minimum:-76.8 deg. Fah sleeping on bare boards. What are | Rainfall:--1.275 inches, you going to do about it?”---A890 Sunshine:
KAR “Rali Humidity! clated Press.
"luxury squattin Avo-day-old { dver the N.E.I. ridge, of high
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