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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1946.

CHIANG FACES CHALLENGE

Old Guard Trying To Re-Write Shanghai Military And

Rush For Shares

Shanghai, Dec. 13.“ The Shanghai share market skyrocketed to- day to an all-time high and operators, who have been selling short for the past two months, rushed to

cover out-

standing positions.

At the same time the United

"States dollar reached

the re- cord high of NC$6,400 while the gold bar was sold at NC$220,000 per omnec.

The main cause was said to be the announcement that doe to the Stock Exchange holiday on December 20 all outstanding transactions long or short must be squared.

Dr. T. V. Song, in an announcement that Government aoon would attempt

Laid

The CC

Clique

Shanghai, Dec. 13.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is facing a bold challenge to his leadership of the Kuomintang Party as National Assembly committees, dominated by party reactionaries, threatened to repudiate Chiang's promise to the Assem- bly that he would adopt a democratic version The proposed draft constitution

of the constitution.

a modification

of the 10-year-old Kuomintang one-party ver- sion

was drawn up in the all-party consul- tations last January and personally introduc- ed to the Assembly by the Generalissimo who pledged his personal support of it. It has been amended chapter by chapter by reactionary- dominated committees, restoring many-Kue-

- rintang one-party provisions.

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Draft Constitution

RAIL SMASH New York

Mansfield, Ohio, Dre. 13.

»

"Seven prople are known to

he dead, scores are injured and an unknown number of passengers were trapped un- ter the wreckage, when the Peansylvania Railroads crack exprcan "Golden Triangle" crushed

inte I wo derailed gonda trains which had col

ided earlier near here today. The erash demiled 25 cor riages, throwing them across the tracks-Reuter,

Peace Talk Stymied

were

Tenement

Disaster

New York, Dec. 12. More than 12 hours af- ter, the rear wall of a flaming ice-house crash-

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FOG PARALYSES HAIPHONG

LONDON UNDER Thousands Stranded For The Night

London, Dec. 13.

SHELL FIRE

Paris, Dec. 12. The shelling of Hai- phong by Viet artillery during several past nights is reported

by

French

Nam

military sources at Hanoi, accord-

One of the worst fogs in years blanketed, London last night and early today, paralysing traffic and stranding thousands of people. Thousands flocked to tube stations the only transportation available-bumping into lamp posts, other people and parked automobilesing to the French News as they went. But the tubes stopped at mid- night and the unwary were caught for the night wherever they happened to be - visi- bility was only one yard.

A few busca and cars crept

ed into a six-storey tene-nail-like through the gray cur ment, police and firemen tain, usually guided by strand- were digging through else to do or small boys whe ed pedestrians with nothing the debris looking for were charging two shillinga a nearly scores

missing mile.

and perhaps trapped. -When a fire broke out at n

sters.

When

Three Men

Arrested In

Boyce Case

Three Chinese suspect-

Agency,

Reports state that the shelling Is fairly frequent and apparent- ly indiscriminate, causing siderable damage in all parts of the town.

con-

to

and

French troops attempting to re-establish contact with Donson, about 12 miles southeast of Hai- phong, are..reported to be meeting with "difficulties," although the nature cf these difficulties was Ten were known to be

London erematorium the fog-

not stated. Earlier dead

messages. and 29 injured were removed to?

Was so thick that firemen had Nanking, Dec. 12.

however, mentioned that Vict hospitals, while others

to run by the side of their

Nam, guerillas belleved High This is a direct challenge to be the same in which the Com-

Government to be in the

had destroyed tonement building they arrived at the fire they

trucks, guiding them.

bridges in the Haiphong region. Chiang's Paanrance ta the munist: had a hand in drafting Sources

!

believed that which was condemned years ago. Young Ching And

were forced to light torches and ed in connection with and Haidoung have been cleared Two bridges between Hanoi Bemorratle Parties, the only sultative Council.

Social in the all-party Political Con-peace negotiations with were still unaccounted for.

the minority party representation

Police investigating the disaster, acetylene flares Communists had which is one of the worst of its fight the blaze.

so they could the theft of the leather of mines by Viet Nam persennel in the Assembly, that he would adoption of

It is generally believed that completely broken down kind in New Yorke history, held

attache case of.Sir Leslie at the request of the French au- n revised draft guarantee nausage of the all wand mean complete political but

four boys-the eldest of them 13more than 2,000 people, who attish Trade Mission to northern Annam, according to the

At the Wembley Stadium ring Boyce, leader of the Britories. mowing a party draft

unofficially without major isolation of the

Unrest is growing at Vinh, in for investigation on the theory tended a hockey game, skated Kucintang sounding Yenan to see if that the blaze in the abandoned and sang all night with skates China, were arrested by French News Agency, and pre- amendments.

followed by continuation factories by the extension of Drastic amendments, includ-one-party rule and civil war.

of it would participate in cehouse was started by prank- and music furnished by the detectives of Central Poparations are being made low interest loans. aald that Ing cutting down of the Chiang has three days before further talks. another factor was the share vastly increased powers of the resumption of the plenary sex.

Until Yenan's attitude is known.prisoned persons could be neard

The screams and cries of im-unable to get home..

management because they were lice Station yesterday.

evacuate women, children market, bulge. Loss of

wresent Assembly dominated by sion on Monday to steer the the Government sources said, neat intervals as rescues worked lines planes were "talked" to Road, Central, on Thursday after protection of the Viet Nam au- old men. There are only a few fidence in the Chinese dollar, he Kuomintang hand-picked de- Rightists back to his pledge, plans can be made to send a peace slowly

Three-KLM Royal Dutch Air-shopping in a store in Queen's these have been placed under the Sir Leslie lost his case while French residents in Vinh, and said, was based partly on perlerates have been rammed Kuomintang

through the debris, but the ground from the control noon sistent rumours that

believe envoy to Yenan. Govern-through by the committees. that Chiang will be able to con-

High Kuomintang leaders said the day wore on.

the sounds grew less frequent as tower. ment plans to hike the official pulating to "a reactionary trol the situation, but Denied their attitude shown by Gen. move the wreckage hurriedly lest flights scheduled to have left edly containing highly important their way into Chinese houses and

that unless the Communist chang-

Special flares

tharities. were The "China Mail" was inform-Chinese-quarters' in' Hanol. it derate fight within thetic and Socialist

The rescuers did not dare re to give the pilots guidance, Twe theft of Sir Leslie's case, report-Nam soldiers have been forcing Jighted and rockets were fireded by high police officers that the is reported, complain that Vict . Also responsible were re-1 Kurmintang for control of the Shanghai were most pessimis-Chou En-lai's reply to ports that importers had been narty and

a further collapse cause to dictate tic, pointing cut that most of George Marshall they would not among these trapped advised by the Central Bank policy:

the Assembly delegates were even consider sending a peace

for America were cancelled. dceuments, had no political, back-ring from windows, Their ma- that no official exchange would

hand-picked before the war by envoy as this would be foolish

Several accidents were

re- ground. reactionary, district and pro- under present circumstances.

ported but injuries were minor:

tive; the Chinese: are quoted as before the new

Those airested were still being saying, la to create incidents. in- import, resmartfer; hich are the only non-quarters and could be specie Yenan would not be very wel-are now believed to be dead, res- to the fog. Three people were Leslie, who is to leave today will arrests as supporters of the

As a result the two minority vintial

Thirty-six people entombed in A ferry-boat carrying 10 pas-questioned last night. but the po-volving Chinese nationals. trictlens were imposed.

Kuomintango head- The Communists indicated that the wreckage of a New York sengers collided with a Hamp-lice have not yet managed to re-

ย Kuomintang delegation A Washington report that all Elomintang elements

to fall in line with the extreme come..

to tenement which collapsed, today ton ferry at Southampton-due cover the missing case.

Unconfirmed réporis, the members of the International participating, are openly threa- Rightist leadership.

cut workers said tonight.

It is most probable that S Nam authorities have made many Azency added, state that the Vict Bank must submit offlela!

tening to withdraw ex-

Gen. Marshall and Ambassador No sounds-of-life can be heard took three hours for a run nor-original documents.

injured slightly. change rates" next year

dutious représentative" діно

Leighton Stuart, who

The ferry return to England without the Viet Nam opposition party, caused a bullish trend -United acter their. presence gives un-

not (from the debris. actively participating in any

If all those inside are dead thei Prosa.

less the plenary session kills the

mally taking 15 minutts. peace talks, favour the sending of deal roll will be 42,, since eight committee nimendments.

Government delegates.

United bodies were found during the day. Press,

-Reuter and United Press. Children Missing

rate.

con-

power

be granted on applications filed Minority Threat

C.N. Slumps

Shanghai. Dec. 13. Quotations on the Shanghus market today were us follows:

Baying Selling 9.30 A.M.--

CNS CNS Gold per ounce 301,000 302,000 U.S. Dollar

6.700

1.170

now

whatever

char

sources

sourcen

Cinderella

COS-

The leading light in the surgence of the reactionary Observers pointed out that elements in the Assembly is Generalissimo Chiang now is Kung Keng, Cinderalia Kuamin- not only faced with the danger tang member who became of finding the National Assem- national figure overnight as bly solely a Kuomintang affair the Icudest and longest spokes. again but that passage of the man for revision of the

the Old Guard the constitution would nullify Kanmintang lines. reactionary-sponsored version often do 5,800 his promises to meet the United urted that Kung is closely States admonition to broaden cnnected with Minister of the same time blasting the last hope of any basis for rapproche- ment with the Communists.

1,200

It was re

General

are

PARATROOP CHIEF

London, Dec. 13, The War Office

deaths

Later.

·

New York, Dec. 13. To the worst tragedy of its police say casualties in the ice- announces kind in New York history the

excred 75. house collapse yesterday will

that Major-General R. E. Ur appointed commander of the quhart, G.B., D.S.O., is to be newly created airborne division

Queen Lost

Reuter,

!!

The then we had in the War Damage Claims

Queen was lost

fog just 100 yards from Buc- kingham Palace last night.

The Royal car encountered difficulties while the Queen was returning from dinner with her fellow Benchers at the Middle Temple.

Gold per punce 319,000 320.000 the bust of government. at the Inter Chang Li-sheng, one of th Territorial Army and dead, 19 missing and over 40 leading to the Palace, the fog

H.K. Dollar

Noon-

·

U.S. Dollar

H.K. Daar

Closing-

4.100 - 6.200 1,250

1,850

Gold per ouhee ̄ 329,000 ̄ ̄333,000 U.S. Dollar

6,500 6,700

I.K. Dollar 1,430 no sellers -Associated Press.

GENERAL STRIKE

Jerusalem, Dec. 13,

Political Isolation Before this

and the younger military clique

of the CC clique leaders.

The

Asserably committee also show

under Nationalist Chief of Alarm Caused In

The Palestine Arab Higher Staff, Gen, Chen

Cheng, to

: Committee has called for a carry the all-party constitution. country-wide general strike of in that event. they had felt, it

on Sunday might be possible to

rerume

Yenan on the

Shanghai

Arabs in Palestine "as the first step to protect the talks with Arab rights and existence.”—I promise that the constitution

The adopted by the Assembly would

Reuter.

Gloomy Speech By Pandit Nehru

New Delhi, Dec. 13.

of

Paris, Dec, 13. General Otto von Stulpnagel,

In

Far East

-London, Dec. 13. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, reply- ing to questions in the House of Commons yes- terday about war damage claims. In Malaya, said: "Details in the terms of reference to the Malayan War Damage Claims Commission. have not yet been settled,

"

is, however, intended that the Commission shall examine all claims received by them and sub- mit reports thereon to the Malayan Govern- ments.

a

"Until these reports have been

who was the first German mil cut the night in the glare of personal detective sitting in the received and considered, it will 1

iary governor of Paris, was ́ar- rested on Thursday in the French zone of occupation of Germany, military authorities said in Paris today. Associated Press.

"searchlights but it may be 72

ars more clear the debris of the icehouse before they can wall which crushed the ten- ment-United Press.

Blunder Of The First

Order

Nanking, Dec. '13.. sudden

resurgence Rightist elements 131 the Kuo- mintang during the present Na tional Assembly Committee's deli berations

.on the draft

constitu tion is ausing alarm among Chinese

observera Shanghai,

according

to "Saunghai Evening Post

These observers are reported to have pointed out that unless the Sir

Poli

#le

Alleged

Was

Railway Delays Earlier. the King returned from shooting

had ht

UPROAR IN JEWISH CONGRESS

at each

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After the car passed through Of these 15 are known to be Admiralty Arch on to the Ball that Major-General E. C. Mana-herpitalised. In aridition, 35 closed in so thickly that the in proceedings

theburgh, lately commander of the childter

16th Indian Corps in Java, will were missing from the class-And the car and guide it to "It

from that the CC clique is finding succeed General

the tenement car could not proceed. A strong support among miliary Director of the Territorial heat on

Urquhart as

squad of police was sent out to rooms f thie development, leaders under Gen, Chen Cheng, Army and the Army Cadet gave rise to fears that the Royal car a policeman walked

neighbouring many observers had hoped that who has directed most of the Force.-Reuter.

Thursday and that the Palace. Chiang could exercise enough nity operations age nst the

When the police found the casualty list may be longer. control on the Rightist cliques, Chest Communists. United

Firemen and rescue headed by the Chen brothers Prese.

teams, ahead of it carrying a light to using a crane, worked through guide the car. The Queen's front seat with the chauffeur the curb, helped by keeping a lockout for not be possible for decisions to be taken as to the extent to As the car approached the which compensation will be Palace the thick white sheet awarded.

Basle, Dec. 13. The Zionist Congress was today became worse and a police in

interrupted by a commotion pro- The setting up of a Claims voked by the houted airing of spector came out from the Palice to help guide the

Commission does not mean that differences between the car through the gatea. The Queen the Governments encerned have and opponents of Palestine parti

advocates accompanied by Major Committed themselves finally to rates screamed Arthur Peun, and a Lady-in-paring compensation of certain other and the Swiss police enter Waiting.

specified kinds of loss and have ed the hall to forestall possible disclaimed liabilities in respect violence.. of all other kinds..

Loula Segal, of New York, charged that revisionists"anti- Sandringham and although the missioners, in the light of full- bae Just rejoined the Zionist "It will be open to the com- British non-partition party which fog delayed the Royal train 10er knowledge of the problem, movement after 10 VERTE minutes the King's car had no which will be gained in the trangementere directly linked difficulty in travelling from the course of their examination of who

tation to the Palace.

with terrorist groups in Palestinc and the claims submitted, to sug Committee of National This morning all the four gest that they should, assess in

Peter Bergson's Hebrew: main railroads reported delays other kinds of loss which did

Liberation America. because of fog and thousands not come within the scope of Ists, shouted insults at each other Revisionists and anti-revision- of travellers were late for the original terms of reference. for half an hour before the Chair- India sought the cooperation of Britain, he said,

work. The bus services were disrupted because traffic jams but if this was denied, it would be perhaps

There is no direct relation were more frequent than normal between the amount of awards more injurious to Britain than to India. hope the new difficulties that The future they had in mind. The influential "Ta Kung Pao" proposals for, India ere not tical note when he declared, "We the for resulted in thin layers Japanese, and until the total ably over Western Chian, leav

and more difficult to unsnarl which will be made and the He said the Cabinet Mission's He sounded an even more cri-

due to reduced visibility. have arisen for new difficulties did not comprise any particular today editorially warned

amount of reparations which Cold weather accompanying may be received

THE WEATHER have arisen as everyone knows group, social or religious, but "powerful groun within the Kun- detect because they left many must maintain orderly Govern of ice on

the because of recent statements made comprised all 400,000,000 people mintang not to seek temporary He said he would give the Covent in India but what we have ferry boat service had to be known, it will not be possible to pressure over Eastern China, Pressure has fallen consider details to be worked out,

the streets, The amounts of admitted claims is ing a ridge of moderately high in authority, there will not come Moving the resolution on the

catisfaction" over their gau

gains in ernment's plan "full support and to sweep away the

done has been, in my judgment, suspended between Portsmouth say what relation the amount the Eastern Sea and the Pacific in our way and that we shall Assembly's objectives and pro-

the Assembly,

hoped that, even now, despite which hitherto have been guards and Southampton and the isle if compensation granted will to the South of Japan. A strong ret succeed in going ahead with claiming the "Independent Sover-attending the Assembly may be agr

Tho paper warned the few minority parties which are now be

many discouraging signs. It mayed. the cooperation of all of us here eign Republic of India," Mr. forced to withdraw, Political

regard of Wight. to provide a basis of

absolutely vital for the

The Air Ministry, said the bear to claims admitted."Reu- anticyclone covers Western charge of our responsibilities in Siz John nevertheless rapped other interests in Indie which we would descend again by 5 pm. Mum resolve, pledge and under-leaders

to the minorities and would case by noon but here Asect that the the Government, saying: "But I "Most of us here have taken laking, and for all membera part in the struggle for India's dedication."

a now participating in the Assem mental; change would be made in maintenance of an orderly Gov- freedom. We have gone through It was not part of the const-teng elements were hoping for without Parliament's authority to be fully alive to the necessity clearly responsible for the bly

and the more liberal Kusmin- | India's constitutional structure ernment and I ask Government" the valley of the shadow and if tufion which the Assembly was the passage of the inter-party That I suggest, is exactly what of seeing the services are in tons, believed to be the Empite necessity arises we shall go going to draw up, barn de

vas draft constitution in its entirety, has happened?" through it again,'

A steamer of about 7,000 The resolution proposed the liberal basic law and secure a wide gap between the Kuomin- Mr. Nehru regretted the absence union of territories now compris basis for further peace and unity tang nd the Communiste if the British Government must con Castle, Kent, this morning.

to give

Chips more

state of readiness. of the Muslim League, members ing India and Indian states and negotiations with the Democratic Assembly passes the present drafting to discharge its responsibl

John emphasised that the dense fog opposite Walmer Kinsman, ran aground in the om the Assembly, since the task other territories willing to come League and: Communist Partys they had undertaken required into independent and sovereignty It: hinted that mediators would Communists took part in writing transference of power is com- number of motor boats from

constitution, which the Chinese litt in India until the final The Walmer lifebost and the cooperation of all

India-Reuter

have a better chance to bridge the Beuter

pictedUnited Press

Debl went to her assistance

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice-President of the Indian' Interim Government, told the Consti- tuent Assembly here today that he had return- ed from the London talks "without any mes- sage of cheer and with a large measure of dis appointment,”-

by the British Cabinet and others of India...

more liberal elements among the Assembly delegates offer the stiff- est resistance at the Assembly Plenary Sessions next week, the present inter party draft consti- tution would be thrown out and

of the provisions original Kuomintang draft-dp- of the

nounced by the Communists and other minority parties as cal- culated to continue the National-

it one-party rule i would be

written formally into China's basic law.

ob

Sir

John Anderson, formerly Governor of Bengal,

London, Dec. 13, today opened the second day of the India de bate in the House of Commons with the charge that the Labour Government had committed "a blunder of the first order" In India John said he was troubled about the condition of the administrative machine in India and sought assurance that every possible care would be taken to "maintain administration in India in a condition to discharge effectively the responsibilities still to come:"

the

relation

dis

and those who have not come Nehru cailed it a "declaration of servers the minority parties certainly had no idea fundas/are pledged, to protect. We re-tonight-United Press.

"In order

main

Ship Ashore

ter

from the

United Press. man was able to restore order

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Test Match Shocks.

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Yesterday's Wethers

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