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PEIPING

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MARTIAL

Peiping, Jan. 17.

The court martial opened today of William Gaither Pierson, the U.S. | Marine who is charged with raping a Chinese girl student, Miss Shen Chung-the alleged in- cident which led to anti- American. "Quit China" student demonstrations in most of the large cities of China.

Pilrson is accused of raping| Miss Shen Chung on Christmas i Eve on the pofiek which ix; located in the centre of Pei- ping's usiness district.

The corporat pleaded not guilty to four charges including rape, assault with intent to commit, rapė, conduct prejadi." cial to good order and disciplíne and scandalous conduct tending i the destruction of ed} morals.

Four Chinese soldiers and a Policeman testified, they cooki not get elser than 20 feet to the Marine and girl because another

away."

Marine

"chased ።።

The second Marine, unidentified, was also held for

eourt martial..

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No. 33568.

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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1947.

LONDON'S MARKET MEN "Suicide

GO BACK TO WORK

Dockers, Bargees, Stevedores Returning

AIR MAIL

RATES CUT

----- London, Jan, 16.

Hong Kong in among the countries for which there well! be an inciliate' redaction of air mail anstede rates, India, Cryloa, Malaya and Boyut, Palestine and Irog ore

the others, it us wanneed to- day by the GPO,

Instead of a flat wh mail. rate of 1-3 for half an unce u and acvengence for post mucila, the chuvas teill we be use shilling for half an ounce and

for test cards i Ceylan, Fadin, Malayn qand Mail to Eyupt, Palestine end Iraq will be ben duced to sirnence for half an ounce and threepence (r post qurda--Reuter.

Hong Kong

Wang Peng, the policeman, i Purchases

said when he arrived at the field with six others, the second

Marine took his rifle frame him and chased him away. He then obtained help from another Policeman. He said that the Marine was unarmed.

Crying Softly

In Japan

Meat Workers Out! Till Monday

London, Jan. 17.

London's striking market men began their "Back to Work" march today, but dockers, steve. dores and Thames River bargemen, who walk- ed out in sympathy with the 20,000 striking truck drivers, decided to remain out until the transport workers return to their jobs to-

morrow.

The 11-day strike, which crippled the food distri-. bution system of the world's largest city and spread through 20 provincial centres until ap- proximately 60,000 men were involved, ended last night when strikers' delegates voted by 724 to three to go back to work on Saturday. Troops, stili carrying

meat

East at

End's Smithfield Market, were expected to be with- drawn tonight. Three thousand meat and pro- vision shopmen and

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With

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Squads" In MURDER CASE Hanoi

Singapore, Jan. 17. Fighting between French arid Viet Nam troops took place near Cong Vong hospital, in southwest Hanoi, on Wednesday according to: MOMBASA STRIKE the Viet Nam radio

heard here today.

"

Mombasa, Jan. 17. Lorry loads of troups from the King's Afvienu" Rifies, with fired bayonets, “today patrolled the deserted streets of Mombaan where there is strike of all African labour.

A platoon of sailara from H.M.S. "Ful" "with fred bayonets and machine-gunk niso ‚mørcked - through the town in which all shans were closely shuttered.--Reuter,

Girl Takes Cyanide

Swansea, Jan: 16. After telling her boy friend she was going to

The radio said the French sus- tained heavy losses and called for reinforcements and the support of artillery.

London, Jan. 16.

The Insane jealousy of a 66-year-old former State Minister of Justice in Australia för a-woman of the same age who was not his wife led to the death of an innocent Army, corporal after a plot to kidnap him and extort a "confession," the prosecution alleged in a sensational mur- One of the three men originally accused was dis-

der charge here today,

charged after the prosecution had said they would call him as a witness for the Crown. The alleged plot included the dressing up of a cook in the guise of a rich woman with a car and chauffeur to decoy the victim.

This is the story. the prosecu lion unfolded before the police court today before it adfcurned until next Thursday.

whole

South

Palestine Arrests

During an attack the same day acainst the Bach Mai hospital and wireless station in southwest The instigator of the Hanoi, French troops attacking the thing, the prosecution said, was Cach Mai airfeld were annihilat- Thomas John Ley, 66-year old

the broadcast claimed.

former Minister of Justice with Viet Nam radio reported that the Government of New na French air raid on Nam Dinh,Wales, who had been solicitor 50 miles south of Hanci, bombs and Member, of: Parliament in destroyed a building of the Chin- | Australia for many years. ese Residents Association. Two Accused with him. stood rounded up eleven mem- hundred were reportedly killed Lawrence Smith, a joiner, who,bers of the Jewish ter- and so far 35 bedles have beent is alleged, took part in xtricated with rescuers still dig-kidnapping and helped to dispose Zvai Leumi in an early therorist organisation Irgun

ing into the debris.

of the victim's body. The third

Jerusalem, Jan. 17. Palestine Police today

On the afternoon of January 12. man, John Buckingham, with was morning raid on Petah he broadcast saidy French planes discharged, provides the transport Tiqvah, near Tel-Aviv. dropped 10 para-troopers in the for the kidnapping, the prosecu scuth quarter of Hue, halfway tion stated.

have a baby, 16-year old parn-tronics and captured many have a baby,

took

Paratroopers threw a cordon broadcast added that Viet Nam made a statement which was a between Hanoi and Saigon. The Counsel added that Ley had round Mahaneh Yehuda, in one while troops killed a number of French denial of the whole story.

quarter of the town, C.I.D. experts carried out the The vietini, John McBain screening of over 50 Jews; food Mudie, a former British Army eleven men-aged between 18 corporal, was a barman at the and 24-were identified Reigate Hotel,

members of the organisation and were arrested,

attles,timate terms with

a

widow

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The troops were withdrawn

after the operation was com. pleted.

the first order for Japan- Covent Garden, catering tine Arab Higher Execu- way in which Hermann Goering.tored by the NBC said today. "Apparently. Ley, although he hideout in a house believed "ter Meng Chan-chich, one of the ese produced general largely to small-time hucksters, soldiers, testifled: "I saw two consumer-type merchan-was operating, virtually normal.tive, which was due to suicide.

take place at 9 o'clock

marines take girl

R They crossed the street, went onto the polo field., 1 found!

Bernadette Herbert, a parachute containers with

and ammunition.-United Press, Swansea High School

Suicide Squad's laboratory assistant,

New York, Jan. 17. Mr. H.A.K... Morgan, prosecut- went into the school la- Viet Names "suicide squads" ling, said Ley; a married man, Jerusalem, Jan. 16. section Tokyo, Jan. 17.

"The broadcast

and boratory

are holding out against the French had since 1929 been on very in by

in Hanoi fighting "from The Hong Kong Pur-meetings to consider po-

Jamal Husseini, Vice- cyanide.

[cellars, foxholes and in the named Mrs. Brooice, who was chasing Mission placed: licy.

The discovery of a terrorist Chairman of the Pales- She had often spoken about the streets," a Hanci broadcast, moni- also 60 years of age."

The French military authorities was very fond of Mrs.. Brooke, have been used as a "mine as.' the Nazi leader. committed

Selieve it will take some time to was insanely jealous of her, so sembly..centre" was officially restore order in Hanoi, the broad- far OB I know without the reported from Rishon le Zion, The bay friend told the Coriner

cast contended.-United Press, slightest foundation, Same of his the centre of Palestine's wine

industry, allegations are entirely fantastic; | growing

today. he even accused her of having an Search at the house disclosed affair with her son-in-law.

a length of electric cable and "Eventually he decided that a quantity of explosives, it was the lover, the man who was stated. blackmailing her, was the young

Further searches were made mun Mudie. His suspicions were in orange groves and parking bsolute rubbish, Mrs. Brooke had sheds in Rehovoth, near Tel nly met Mudle on one occasion. Aviv.

Government

of

of

Later Bernadette went into

FEATI Crash Probe

She had never been blackmalied

Two mines buried at the

by Mudie or anybody else. Ley's roadside two miles west

Selief

mounted into an

session."

1

Insane

Ley

of

away: dise of any Far East ly.

AL Billing gate 1,000 fish tonight, was cancelled at today that they were both pleas- that five uther men went to they was a SCAP spokesman to handle arriving. quaotitles. Husseini had refused to planned to get married, but the since the porters returned this morning the last minute after Dr. ed when Bernadette said she was going to have a baby and they polo field and saw one of the announced today.

seafood-an unrationed Marines lying on top of the

Estable of a Londoner's diet. broadcast a censored ver-doctor stated there was no sign The spokesman sild-most of the girl and the other American Hong Kong order is being ship

An estimated 18.000 dockers sion of his script,

of pregnancy. was standing two feet away-ped this month, including rayon, and only two ships of more than!

and stevedores remained idle

Ancther laboratory assistant The girl was crying softly cotton and other yarns, ayon 100 were unloading today in the!

The Palestine présa censor is said she and Bernadette were in She did not any anything and piccegcods, aluminium scrap, gin-Port of London.

reported

the room where the cyanide was have to

"blue- had not called for help."

kept when Bernadette said: "That pencilled" almost half of Isenga medicinal herb-copper

Dr. Throngs of dockers appeared Husseini's talk.

is what Goering killed himself Meng testified he and the wire and rods, bicycles, agar agar.

at the gates of London Ducks

with."

Manila, Jan. 7. glassware and others went to a nearby theatre cigarette paper,

The broadcast, it is under- Loday and were addressed by

3 The inquiry into the accident of

Hadera, in North Palestine.' for a policeman and had to wait j pottery.

which there the FEATI plane which cast He added that discussions are! Jock MeLoughlin, Secretary of stood, constitutes a bitter at-dark-room, from

Counsel alleged that

exploded last night and shatter. ten, minutes for him to come:

seven lives entered its last phase came sounds of heavy snoring the because he was busy.

now going on in Tokyo between the Port Workers Central Com- tack on the period

them to British mandate over Palestine, Bernadette lying, on the floor.

Hater in the day. She found today with an effort to determine agreed to a scheme with Smith ed a military underground.tele. the identity of the sender of 3 and Buckingham in which Mudiephone cable, it is announced by The Marines limited attend-SCAP's Foreign Trade Division mittee, who advised

stay out until the truck drivers, and describes Palestine as a

was to be brought from Reigate the Palesting Police Headquar stated The chemistry "mistress

telegram authorizing the pilots of ance at the trial. Among those and representatives of other ni-

tions Australia, New Zealand, in whose support they struck, "battlefield of bombs and bul-

the Miss Luzon"

(Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) to proceed to

-tera-Reuter. scholars and assistants present were Peiping's mayor,

lets."

the Manila with passengers, accord- Ho Sze-yuan; Dr. Hu Shih, for. Burma, Singapore, the Malayan went back to work.

school were repeatedly told noting to the Liberty News. "You have not got anything Union, Philippines, China, India,

"There is no freedom of mer Ambusandur to the United French

to taste any chemicals.

Capt. J. Worley, pilst of Indo-China and the in your pockets because of the speech and no justice in legis- States; two Chinese lawyers Netherlands East Indies--for the strike," he said, "but you have lation in Palestine," Dr. Hus- taken was vastly greater than if "nothing in writing which said I After hearing that the amount Skymaster, declared he haf representing the girl; and heads purpose of ecostumating similar have obtained the warmth and, scini's censored broadcast de-somebody had been merely fast- of several Central Governmentmutual trade" agreements on

for the first time, the solidarity clares.

was not supposed to carry pas- ing the cyanide, the Coroner re-

The telegram ordering -and-Municipal Government-de-government-to-goverment-bass of the transport-industry." The script gave irrefutable turned a verdict of death from

Worley

to carry passengers tɔ partments.-Associated Press. -United Press.

facts" condemning the mandate cyanide poisoning. self-adminis Manila

"complete and

ply "PEATlegedly signed aim- utter!tered while the balance of the US. Ambassador failure."-Reuter.

Paul mind was disturbed-Reuter.

v. McNutt flew

to Australia last night with two Australian boys, survivors of the FEATI-Sky- master "Miss Luzon" crash last Saturday.

SMERTENKO SENT BACK TO PARIS

Paris, Jan. 16.

Professor Johan Smertenko, Vice-President of the American League for Free Palestine, describ- ed his deportation from England as "censor- ship" and "tyranny" "when he addressed a press conference in Paris a few hours after re- turning from Croydon airport, London, where he was refused permission to remain. Dr. Smertenko added that he thought the incident would be raised in Parliament "with_repercus- sions felt by officials at the Home Office who issued the exclusion order.".

ย

He added: *The issue is not will be felt by cfficials of the believe whether Smertenko can get into Home, Office. I cannot England. The basic issue is that Parliament will let this slip Palestine. It is significant that by,"

the Home Office has not given Dr. Smertenko, said that he

"Operation Eatables"

|--- Orders were understood to be ready to recall Army, Navy and Air Force troops from Strat field tonight. They will report to their "Operation Eatables" headquarters at Clapham Com- mon and return to their base camps on Sunday or Monday.

Smithfield provision workers decided to return tomorrow but meat workers will not go back until Monday!

Arthur Deakin,, Secretary- General of the Transport and General Workers. Unlod, and

R. M. Gould, of the Labour Ministry, denied at a press conference reports that em- ployers had made an off of settlement. to the strikers before yesterday's meeting.

Th Cabinet, which met late last night to hear Labour Minister George Isaacs report on the strike settlement, meets

any reason whatsoever for deport was making these statements fol- again this afternoon-its fifth ing me. They know that any lowing his deportation as an session of the week nitel Tenson they give must, invalve "attempt. to wind up this sensa-Press.

the

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censorship this represents," said i

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British Air-Loads Cut 1,000 Lb.

London, Jan. 16.

Though from February 1, British Euronean Air-

ways will cut by approximately 1,000 lb. the

pay-loads on their "Dakota" aircraft operating.

between London and Scandinavia and other

European capitals, there is likelihood that the

International Air Organisation, PICAO, may

intervene with the request for old loads to be maintained.

This is the opinion of informed aviation circles here today. Requests for cuts in British European Airways payloads came originally from the Scandinavian aviation authorities and talks have been taking place in London on this question for some time.

the

The boys were guests of the Ambassador, who asked them to accompany him after he discover-. ed they were having difficulty zelting ship.reservations for Aus- trala-United Press.

Dairen

"Closed" To Visitors

Washington, Jan. 17. The U.S. Navy announces that it has ordered its whip commandera to take no more American businessmen or news- papermen to Dairen unless they are cleared by the State De-

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British European Airways had (Aviation today sent letters to hoped to maintain the present (civilian 'air ministries of all coun- arrangement with PICAO until tries with air servces to Sweden, had disclosed the existence of

REL

OVER-ALL DIMENSIONS,

Palestine issue. British tienal business, which we as the burenticrats are dead wrong that American League for Free

the end of the year by which ¦ Informing them that It objects to auch an order, the Navy stated: TOUGHENED GLASS PANEL. keeping me out. of England, will Palestine never sought. The Inst

time it is proposed to replace the passenger aircraft being loaded"The Navy Department has HEAVILY CHROMED silence the Palestine issue.

thing we had in mind was this

A mudrate antiryclone envers N Chins "Dakolas" on the twice-weekly above the manufacturer's safe issued instructions concerning FLECTORS AND FACINGS. British people will not kind of sensational nonsense."--and a rideo of high pressure extends from Scandinavian routes with the 21-ying load limit. The six minis- Took with favour on the type of Reuter.

so S and RE China. A deepening and extensive depression over BW Japan and eater British "Viking" type of trics concerned are those of Bri- 'neighbouring seas is moving mutward, a aireraft.

tair, the United States, Denmark, Aepering secondary to the of it

Other airlines which use Norway, Holland and Belgium. moving ENE or NE Premure rematan

"Dakotas" are affected by the The Swedish Air Ministry has safety, demand, and should a line invoked the decision taken by the Government agencies."—Asso- refuse it, airfields at Scandinavian (PICAO: (Provisional International | ciated Press, capitals might be closed to it. [Civillan: “Air Organisation) in

--Dr. Smertenko.

"The first step in this sort of censorship is to exclude an allen who criticises British policy. Thé "next"stop" is to exile natives who

criticises British policy.

"Tyranny"

CHINESE PROTEST

Singapore, Jan. 17

ugh to -12° F and 3E of Japan, and low oyer the southern regidas.:), ]?\Today's Forecast1-Silgt

variable

winda inshore freshening from N. and | NE inler: Irish NË wind offshore; cloudy with mist or drizzle overnight,, kneunika parilally cloudy during the. day.

Yesterday's Wenchor;;am

Maximum: 66,0 dezi. Pak Minimum: 6 deg. Fab,

Bunshine: 0,4 hours.

alofalis, 16.9 mm. Talat since Jan.

17.4 mm.

But Norwegian Airways, which Montreal. last-autumn-that--air uses "Dakotas" :extensively, com companies could continue to ex-

the carrying of passengers on Navy ships in the Western Pacific to insure that passen- gers have been properly spon-

sured and cleared by responsible

plies with the request from the cred, the, manufacturer's safe fly- ON OTHER PAGES

| Scandinavian • authorities.

that ing loads. If the air authorities of

payloads should not exceed 1,713 the countries they were flying to Page Tig

1 kilos. Swedish and Danish Air- did not object, pred

A protest meeting against the "outrage" in Palembang, in Dr. Smertenko further said; which 1,000 Chinese casualties "This approach to what Me are said to have been caused Churchill termed 'tyranny': I am as a result of recent Dutch-251 mm. as xuvinal sa average of way services say that they are The Swedish Ministry in its gure the issue will be raised. In Indonesian clashes in Palem. Parliament because of the lobang Market Place, will be held terest in free speech, if no by various Chinese bodies at naro, at mal, necessarily an Interest in Singapore Chinese Chamber of Rel. Humidity Smertenko, or oven in Palesting. Commerco Repercussions of this incident Reuter,”--

on January 29,

Readings at

Dow. Pojat

10-am. A .. ....1017.2 2018.8 ml

67.

Wind, directiim

Wind, Fosse

1 deg. F.

not affected by the dispute-Reu- teller, says, that it cbjects because ter.

the cold northern air makes air- craft particularly susceptible to ideing and because Swedish fly- Ing-fields are not constructed to take heavy, Hying loads.—Reuter.

Safe Flying Loads

Stockholm, Jan. 14. The Swedish Ministry of Civil

Canadian POWs Had "Slight |

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