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No. 33542.

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HONG KONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1946.

REPORT ON CHINA

Funeral Common People Not Interested

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(By "Paul Pry")

The funeral of Cheung Tim-cheung, the "inno- cent bystander" who was shot and killed a short ...while ago when Com- mandos on the New Tere ritories border went to action stations after their officer had been menaced with a revol-. ver, proved pretty much of a flop yesterday. The expected anti-British de- monstration fizzled out, possibly because com- monsense for once pre- vailed.

A British correspondent who was on the border for the greater : part of the day furnished me with the following account last night:-

When I arrived at the British post about 10 am, there was nothing to indicate that any unto

ward happenings were feared.

The Commandos were going about their routine duties of ecarching incoming and outgoing vehicles. and pedestrians. At the far

side

of the bridge, about thirty yards inside Chinese territory, in a can- vag-roofed shed, was the coffin of

In KMT-Communist Feud

ONLY TWO. BATTLESHIPS

London, Dec. 15. The "Senday Dispatch" Buid today that the Royal Nam by the end of the year will beat only of Iren buttle stripe-H.M.S. "Vanguard and the Hams Fleet flagship, HMS. "Duke of York."

The newspaper said this figure is the lowest battle- ship force that Britain has at au lime between the two world, wars.—UnitedTM Press,

Babies Hit

By Mystery Disease

London, Dec. 15. The British Medical the deceased, supported on tres Association and medical

banners anti-British

in front.

Kong Police was in the all day. About 11.30 am.

tein Ling of the Chinese

in-

'Cannot Afford. A

Civil War"

Mr. Gerald Samson, British author, politician, and special correspondent of the London "News Chronicle" who arrived in Hong Kong on Sep- tember 18 en route to China on a fact-finding mission, returned here yesterday and expects. to leave at the end of the week by air for "London.

| In an exclusive interview with Central News he said I have spent 10 intensive weeks inves- tigating at first hand China's political and economic problems and am deeply grateful- for the wide facilities I was given to go where I wished and to speak to whom I liked. I was also impressed by the generous frankness with which I was everywhere received. The Com-

munist and American authorities aided my

movements no less than the Government. I am equally grateful to them.

o feel I have had an re- political deadlock and end their un critical need to break, the

where

TROUBLE IN

Athens, Doc. 14. Unconfirmed but persistent reports of aprarian uprisings" in southern Bulgaria came from the Greek-Bulgarian border today.

MAAN BULGARIA

After nightfall, the reports. "strong movements" of arted people were noticed beyond the Bulgarian frontier and later explosions and rvc- ket signals were Distritzo opposite the Greek outpost of Kaula

scen near

All day yesterday, it was suid, Bulgarien frontier guards were expecting orders to stand by-Reuter.

Sinatra Ousts The Sergeant

Washington, Dec. 15. Hard boiled American sergeants, past and pre-i

sent, will pale at this. The U.S. Army has just, Sinatra to help teach re- called in singer Frankie

cruits how to fire a gun. soft music, including records by The Army disclosed it is using Sinatra. on rifle range neophy

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Jinnah Renews Plea Britain

For Pakistan

London, Dec. 14.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Moslem League Presi- dent, yesterday rejected a British attempt to resolve the Hindu-Moslem impasse by sub- mitting disputed sections of the independence for India plan to an Indian Federal Court.

"I will trust no Court to decide on a point like this," the spokesman for India's Moslem mil- lions declared:

In Grip Of Fog

London, Dec. 15. Choking fog, described by the Royal Automo- bile Association as "the worst in living mem- ory," held the British

Speaking slowly, he renewed Hindus God speed. Go ahead and his plea for "Pakistan," a separ- frame your constitution for Hin ate Moslem state within India duetango ahead and let us Isles and most of North- and accused Congress leaders of frame a constitution for Pakis ern Europe in its grip attempting to "overrule another tan." nation"the Moslem minority.

He said the Moslems could not for the fifth straight day, There must be some conditions participate in an sasembly writ-and ̈ ̈ gave a Sherlock in the scheme which will preventing the Indian constitution until Holmes setting to new n brute majority from taking the "Congress is prepared to accept jewel theft mysteries. bit in its mouth and running the long term scheme,” away," he added.

is on our side," ha. It snarled air, sea, highway and Congress

most added, "a real desire that the rail traffic-eyen subway trains....... Party powerful Indian political group whole question should be fully. It also complicated the precau and the Moslem's bitter rival discussed and that some solution

The

There

agreed during a London confer should be found which would be tonary guarding of Scotland Yard ence, called by the British Gov-acceptable to both parties."" ernment last week in an attempt to settle the dispute, to a Court

Danger Of Strife

:

headquarters and the historic Marble Arch which police encir- cled after anonymous telephone

interpretation of a troublesome Hinnah warned of the danger callers threatened to dynamite al section of the independence plan. of further communal strife in

It pertains to a grouping of pro- India. "If Hi Majesty's Govern, structures. vinees that would give the Mos-ment and lems semi-autonomy,

Parliament do not

Scotland Yard declined to link realize the gravity of the situa.these threats with earlier reports The Federal Court is made uption and handle this issue boldly that Jewish resistance In Pales- and frankly, I'm afraid things tine might extend operations to

London. 1 will get worse."

of Hindus, Moslems and British.

Only Answer

early 100 newspapermen in

With his spare frame nattily dressed, Jinnah bold forth before

luxurious conference room At terence before his scheduled de London Claridges, fashionable hotel. It was his last press con-

parture today for home Turning Point?

Leg:-

said.

He accused Congress leaders of preparing to "torpedo completely" Moslem demands for Pakistan.

Division of India into two nations-Hindustan and. ·Pakis tan-is the only answer to the formidable problem of Indian independence, he declared, add that the better-We wish ing. the sooner, Britain decides

and the music starts. They're

Soft music-Soothing music, Sinatra. music.

latively short space of time to naturally suicidal fratricidal talk freely and frankly with strife. China simply cannot Le lunders of all the political afford civil war for a single parties. with educationalists | day. and cernomists, with General

"I am well aware that #t George Marshall and U.S.

Dr. Ambassador tles. Two women were squatting men

The first tests at nearby Fort Leighton solution of these matters is ex- Belvoir, Virginia, have brought at hospitals Stuart and many others. behind and almost under it. A

as ercising the minds of far bet-in astonishing results, the Army fruit-vendor's stall. was

doing throughout the country well as to see for myself the

ter men than I, but so far with- business in the shed, almost at the are investigating a my state of the country. 1 visited out result. It seems to me that head of the coffin. White calico stery disease which has several sessions of the National

Nunking

Never in the history of the I attended although the National Assembly fort has an entire company of was called without the assent 200 passed its qualifying trial resulted in the deaths of Assembly, Peiping, the North of the Communist Party it the first time it tried. Never, addition to the regular

China, over 20 babies in widely East.

travelling far would well mark the Commando Unit, Assistant Super- |

turning that is, until Sinatra helped the intendent Searic of the Hong separated towns in Eng-north as Harbin and Tsitsihar point in the nation's fortunes. Army out.

and also to Anshan, 'Yenan, "If the Assembly should pass land.

Tientsin and Shanghai.

Here is the way it works:- a truly democratic constitution "Three

A public address system, is me closely following the proposals wheeled out to the rifle range. things struck most forcibly. The dis laid down by the Political Con- interestedness of the com- sultation Council' resolutions mon people almost ever here and a wisely reorganised, goy=" in the details of the read between the Kuomintang and the Communists. On both sides of the line I was told re- peatedly and movingly that their sale desire was peace and on the Chinese bank about 18.20, University city of Oxford, where a good government. Its com when there was only a small the maternity ward of the hos-plexion and composition seemed group of Chinese around the cof-pital has been closed for a week. unimportant to them. fin. Men could be seen at work In the last cases, however, excavating the grave which was deaths have been reported.

Next came the immensity of just alongside the shed containing

the task of economic rehabi The victims of the disease dis-titation and devel:pment and the coffin.

1.30 p.m. Mr. N.M. La infummation of the stomach, grips with it as long as 80 per play the symptoms of gastroenter- the impossibility of coming to. nicndent of Shum Chu

and the intestines. The patient cent of the national revenue and loses weight and finally collapses. the bulk of the productive effort territory, and remained conversing: with Mr. Searle until the funeral

The Medical officer at Preston, is wallowed up in paying. demonstration

WAX over. Ten Rave, this

advice to expectant equiping and victualing the minutes later the Bridge was mothers: "Have your baby at Armed Forces.

a procession could be home whenever possible until the ecen wending its way to the spot puzzle of the disease is solved." from the first two, being the "The third, arising naturally from the direction of Shumchun. He added the maternity hospital

Dr. Guy" Dain, the chairman of merie creased into British terri- the BMA, has sold that the or- talk ganisation takes a grave view of tory, and in the course af, a with Mr. Scarle informed him the death He gave assurance, that there was likely to be some however, that with the help of the disturbance when the burial took country's medical authorities they place in the afternoon, but prom-hoped soon to have the disease

sed

that

his men would do their under control. best to check

any incursion into British territory.

Deaths have been reported from "Gendarmes began to line up Leicester, Preston and also at the

closed

and

10

It consisted of about five hundred ретволь

accommodation was desperately immune. most of whom were short and might be one of the A Ministry of Health inquiry schoolboys and schoolgirls, each carrying a

sch contributory causes of the disease is likely to be held Into the cause white flag with an anti-British slogan. At the head occurred among hables born in spokesman said

All known cases of death have of death. Last night a Ministry marched two students with a leak hospitals. Those born at home and bore this similarity, that no or

the outbreaks white banner stretched betwech two poles, with a Chinese inscrip- those breast fed appear to beganism has been found.--Reuter,

tion denouncing the brutality of

the British soldiery. School ban- ners were also carried.

Motley Crowd

4

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"The procession made as if cross Chick's Bridge, but headed off by Gendarmes, and re mained for some minutes marking time, facing the British outpost There was

motley crowd of per haps four or five hundred persons on the Chinese bank, who spent most of the time facing_British Aerritory, Evidently expecting

somo action there.

A little later raucous

could be heard addressing the

crowd, and urging the return of

Negotiations With Britain Demanded

Basle, Dec. 15.

1

REFUGEES FLEE IRON RULE

Nanking, Dec. 15. "In one week this month I sat 50,000 refugees flee across the Yellow River from Yen Hai-shan's iron rule' into Shens," said Ching Mei-chu today, one of a three member mission in the national capital petitioning the Government authorities for the removal of the provincial Governor-Geri- cral, Yen Hai-shan.

The mission claims to re- present 300,000 members of the Shenat Fellowship Asso- ciation. Serious charges are tevelled against the 64 years old Governor and his adminis- Fration-Reuter,

ernment ware formed which would implement it-this is through a series of reforms

Captain G. R. Ford, range officer, said the new recruit Born becomes relaxed. And since he is relaxed he finds it much easier to shout a decent scort.

to keep recruits on their toes.

And then-Sinatral

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All Agin

The Govt.

14

the

He said he did not share the An anonymous letter also was affairs the Commons might persist in the fog. thieves British, Government's views that received, threatening to dynamite

wock's debate on Indian Victoria Station. Jeopardize the independence snatched the handbag of Ameri- tremendous mess negotiations.

"I feel light is dawning on the can born Marquise de Zahara and that has been got away with $2,000 worth of made," he declared, and I think Jewels.'s Parliament is in a better posi Thieves also darkened the tion now with regard to some of gayety of a, dinner given by the the facts than they were all these Venezuelan Ambassador where months,

they stole fure and jewelry valued "The debate was a good thing at $2.000. There was a great over this thing that has been to get home from a ban

deal of vell Winston Churchill was unable banquet and going on these last seven stayed, in a hotel. months," Press.

All ship sailings from South- ampton-the busiest English port

were cancelled:

he added.Associated

Going On Now

London, Dec. 14.

2.

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The United States liner America Mohammed Ali Jinnah Mcs-docked 24 hours late at To Howe, lem. Jeader who attended the France-Associated Press. Indian round-table talks in

London, last week today told Blotted Out Jurnalists that be shared the

Conservative lenderWinston

Churchill's apprehension about

London, Dec. 14.

A thick fog belt blotted out

an outbreak, of violence in many parts of Britain tonight and India in the coming mouths.air, sea, road and rail transport "Not only do I share it it is were delayed or y London, Dec. 15:

going on now," he said.

Many continental services from Ever since the end of the On the eve of the To the remark that Mr. Chur-London's airports were cancelled war. Ford said, it has been hard parliamentary battle chill seemed to think that the and trains on the main railway Interest lagged. scores sagged. over the nationalisation position would get much worse. Lines were up to two hours wo Mr. Jiunal replied: "If the Motorists in London, found visi- of transport some of the British Government and Parlla- bility reduced to a few yards. biggest guns in indus-ment cu oct realise the gravity Fog and transport congestion trial Britain joined the of it and handle this issue ore holding up many Christmas

boldly and frankly I am afraid. food supplies." general barrage today that things will get worse." A Reuter message from Her- Is Sinatra more effective against the Govern- Mr. Jinnah. who listened to ford, Westphalia, reports that the than sergeants?

ment's proposal to take the Indian debate in the House firet heavy snowfall of winter to- "Positively," he said "I'll tell

in and operate all of Commons on Friday, ie e-day held up communication yen. what's wrong with ser:

Lurning to India tomorrow.many parts of the British Zone of cants. They scare people. of chief forms of inland Retter.

Germany-Riter. course, I could be prejudiced. transport I'm only a corporal,”—Associa- Lod. Bress

In an attempt to get the un- official point of view, a reporter questioned a Fort Belvoir en- listed man.

UNO Home

which would, provide immediate To Be In

and positive proof that it was thinking and acting in terms

of improving the livelihood of New York

the magnes and giving them a

trations.

over.

A body called the Control] Committee Transport Usera, comprising the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of British In- dustries, the National Union of | Manufacturers and others, issu- ed a statement protesting that under the bill firms will lose! their present freedom to choose the form of transport they wish to use.

Tear Gas

Out Of

Gets Jews

T.L.C.

**Famagusta, Dec. 14.

A tear gas bomb was lowered through the grating of a British tank landing craft here when nearly 800 shipwrecked illegal Jewish immi- grants from Syrina Island refused to leave the vessel today. The statement said: "Unless

Six Jewish leaders from an vors came from Arthur trade and industry retain the Alegal Jewish immigrant camp Creech Jones, British Colonial form of transport necessary to ing craft and argued for an ernment statement disclosed power to select the appropriate went into the hold of the land- Secretary, the Palestine Gov- meet their own conditions, there hour with the immigrants. The is a grave danger that their immigrants said that they had

The statement said that rested with the Jewish Agency whether male immigrants from Syrina: should be given special

"fair deal," the combined efforts Flushing, N.Y. Dec. 15. would, I feel, be sufficient to

The United Nations break through the curtain of quite sincere Communist mis- formally decided late to Isaac Grunebaum, Palestine member of the Jew-

trust of the government in day to build its perman- ish Agency Executive, called for a Jewish "Final Solution” ent headquarters in state in the whole of Palestine and recom

"The fiual solution of course majestic, galaxy of sky-efficiency will be subordinated been promised that they would to the convenience of the mono- be taken to Palestine when they mended today further negotiations with Bri-

lies in the acceptance by both Scrapers towering over polistic transport system itself, were removed from Syrina priority over immigrants now. tain "to break through the British policy of

sides that genuine negotiations the East River in New "In this connection the very They had been stranded on awaiting certificates in Cyprus. keeping the Jews in a minority in Palestine."

mean honest compromise. As York City, size of the monopoly is a dan- the barren island some fifty-Renter Grunebaum's speech before the, The Jewish Agency-advisory to talk exclusively in terms of long as either Party, continues Hong

The United Nations Assembly|ger since it masks the real miles from Rhodes when their protests to the British Governcluded a debats on political issues under

sts to the British, Govern and World Zionist Congress in-body to the British Government so inny points, anunciated by approved location of the Inter- truth that it is trade, and in ship for Palestine foundered.

Britain's

THE WEATHER mandate for It In, national diplomatic capital on dustry which are of major im- They refused to disembark cinzge of fire-crackers evolving about main questions Palestine has been criticized and the past, there is nothing six, square blocks of the Man-portance and not the transport peacefully and the delegation scrappy discharge of whether to send representatives praised for considering partition. aband played a Chinese funeral

Officials of the A strong Anti-cyclone cavers march, and the procession faced tone for a conference on The formula for partition as must be realistic and the new battan waterfront only four services which helps them to withdrew.

American joint distribution Mongolia and a ridge of high pres- about and returned to Bhumchan Palestine and whether to agree been "a visible Jewish late on to make a generous approach toeting cities with his free that no principles were laid immigranta, by loud-speaker in China. A depression remains to

government, should be willing days after John D. Rockefeller function." The body was not, as originally partitioning of Palestine or in-an adequate area of Palestine," the Communiets

The Committes also protests committee then addressed the sure extends from it over, N and S | Jr. swept away the claims of intended, paraded through that efst upon a Jewish state. city. but was interred in

The issues go now to a political ances here on what that means firent in China's long term land,

There has been no officiul utter I am returning home con- offer of $8,500,000 worth of down covering freight rates and the name of the committee and the NE of Hokkaido and a trough sence of a handful of spectators, commission which will consider speciacally-Associated Press,

Begant that there was a tremendous the Jewish Agency. Those of low pressure, extends from it hour later.

arguments that have been heard

future. I have met many fine New York City immediately concentration of powers in the topta proving useless, tear gas S and SW Pressure is relatively It was quite evident, that the and formulate resolutions in

and enlightened men Shumcbun population took littlz closed chamber.

and offered additional land valued hands of the Minister of Trans- Was used.

Metalik low over SW China, A tropical They then emerged, showing women, doing splendid work In | at: £2,000,000 -- to extend from porta deraj The commission's

little or no effects of the mild depression is eltuated about 500

miles SE of Manila, they are supported and given ern fringe of midtown Man- the Committee urged the whole tilty towards the British cloudy with occasional drizzle. „Forecast:-Fresh NEwinds, the encouragement they de hattan Title to the tract must question to be referred to a soldiers and sailors, The Bri A Bizarre Story of Tour in serve their work can be greatly be transferred to the United tribunal instead of being driven tish assisted the aged and sick some clearance during the day.

expanded to the nation's exter- Nations by January 10, when through Parliament. United to land. Panal benefit. Liberals of all Rockefeller's 30-day option will Press... Willdrawing Congress chosen according to pro-

Toward North Korea!

parties must come out of their expire. portionale strength of each party Pape Four Found It Most at the Congress of which the The Army numberically strongest group is Demoralising.

Disarmament Decision,

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ON OTHER PAGES their respective fields, and if nine to: 18 acres on the east Like other protesting groups, gassing and showing litlle hoe-

Fane. Troo

Sovicu Korea,

or no interest in the agitation. over Cheung Tim-cheung will be submitted to the plenary resolutions imely death, perhaps because session.in about a week. during the occupation he entered. At Odds Japanese service as a detective (for which he suffered ix The political commission con- Page Three months' imprisonment after bersists of 30 representatives, of the Soviet Troops etion)!!

LEAFLET BOMBS EXPLODE

Jerusalem, Dec. 14 Two Jews were injured in

the General Zionists mainly from Page Five" the United States and England.

Pane Sim

Ungracious Criticism.

Most of the General Zionist

shells, make their voices heard The area at present contains.

cooler, PA N

Yesterday's weather; Women and children among Maximum-710 deg. Fah the Jews who survived the ship-winium:-64.1 der Fah. wreck will be admitted to Pales Max Rel. Humidity 86 per cent.

and combine la a determined a dilapidated cluster of packing feller Center-only seven blocks tine after their arrival in Sunshine-Ni effort to oust reactionary in-houses, boarded-up tenements, away

* Cyprus, the Palestine Govern Rainfall: -NII. fluences parking lots and a laundry,

A. 25-foot channel off the China must make an allout which advertises itself as the United Nations pierheads would effort to help herself. This is world's largest? On a mas permit large vessels and flying the surest way of obtaining co-sive layer of bedrock suitable Enats to dock here. As one de- Mors Grain Than The World operate from her friends for the tallest structures, the legate remarked. Every dele

Can Eat

among whom Britain, I feel United Nations will erect a gation will be able to steam up confideni, will always occupy a group of buildings expected to in its own battleship."United Home Local Sports Netc. Fleading place

Towarf the $100,000,000 Rocke | Press; TE KUNNEN

Tel-Aviv tonight when leaflet speakers thus far have favoured page Seven bombs prepared by the Jewish participation in the London con- terrorist organisation, Trgun ference but some American and Zval Leumi, exploded in several British representatives have bees Page Eight parts of the elty Beuter. at odds on the larue"

ندا سونا

rent Informed the acting executive of the Jewish Agency today b

The Hague, Dec. 16. Male immigrants will not be donesian armentill to adopte "appeared""likaly that the. In- permitted to enter Palestina.ed when they chose Authority for the Immediate Parlament debate the o admission of women and chil- Monday and Tanaday SalUnited.. dren among the Syrina survi- • Press;