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Soviet Surprise At Moscow

Moscow, Mar. 24. The Soviet Union in- sisted today that the -Council of Foreign Minis- ters permit Yugoslavia to make a $150,000,000 reparations claim against Austria despite the Big Potsdam Three secret Agreement to extract no reparations

that country.

from

mad: The Soviet demand was at a meeting of the Austrian de- puties at which the Soviets als

refused to abandon the possibility afminkit elsins against Austria for un estimated $90,000,000 from

in now defunct currency.

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The Austrian reparations pro- blein

brought up by the American delegate, General Mark Clark, when he asked for agree, ment on the reparations clause of the Austrian treaty which would repeat the Potsdam Agreement,

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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1947.

CHIANG APPEAL FOR UNITY Kuomintang Political Future At Stake

Abolition Of The Defence Council

Nanking, Mar. 24.

Addressing a joint meeting of Government dele- gates to the Kuomintang Convention, General- Issimo Chiang Kai-shek today demanded con- fidence in his leadership and sald the political future of the Kuomintang depended upon unity within the party.

Chiang referred to the attacks at the Convention

against Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh for his "weak kneed" policy towards Russia and tą resolutions in which the ex-premier, T. V. Soong, and General Chen Yi were condemned for alleged inefficiency.

He said he could see no thut constructive ones would in reason why these three officials future be passed.

should have been singled out the Big Three At Potsdam Kigned the following: "It is agreed thist no reparations would exacted from Austria."

Although that fact } known the exact text of the statement never before was made public and there is no explanation why was omitted from the Potsdam communique.

it

Appeal For Unity

for enstigation since they had Chiang deplored the factional "carried out their duties pro-strife within the Kuomintang. perly"

He said the perlod between

He emphasised his conviction That Soong his

LINER FIRE

London, Mar. 24. The British luxury liter "Monarch of Bermuda", with a displacement of 22,000 tons, burned in the drydocks at Hepburn-on-Tyne whore the IA refitting from wartinie temmport service to return la the Insur run from New

• York 30 Bermuda.-United Press.

Portuguese Extrality To Go?

Shanghai, Mar. 24. Negotiations for the abolition of the last of the "unequal treaties are underway between China and Portugal for territorial rights enjoyed] by the Portuguese in China.

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DUEL?

Paris, Mar. 24. Alturncy Mf. Philogenko challenged er-Cabinet Minister Andre Le Troquer to a thirl to death, During, the Socialist Party contents on the Freates Prison scandal, where convicted collaboratora were discovered currying on a

campaign

ngutust French politicians, including "General" Dé" Guudle, and at- cusing them as secret traitora, Letroquer charged Philomenko af complicity in the affair with his client Captain Andre Cavaille.

Philonenku sent his seconda to challenge Letroquer but the politician who is seventy, Inat kis right arm in World War One and proposed tossing hand grenade instead of using pistols or awards--Keuter.

R.A.F. Unit the cancellation of extra- £25,000

Attacked By Arabs

The extrality rights of other Gowers, including the United States and Britain, were ub:isn. jed during the war years and China expects now an early con clusion of a new Sino-Portuguese treaty replacing the old agree ment which was classified us one

of the "unequal treaties."

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Bank Holdup

Jerusalem, Mar. 24. Fifteen youths robbed the Palestine Discount Bank in Tel-Aviv of £25,000 today and escap-

IN YORK

London, Mar. 24.

Floods spread to still more areas of northern Eng- land today and the police reported steadily worsening conditions in York, virtually cut in, two by the swollen Great Ouse river. Elsewhere in the flood see-

From other parts of England tion, covering 34. of England's there are reports of familles 40 counties and parts-of-Waics-trappod-in their houses, dam- rivers were reported receding age, injuries and general havoc. after the greatest river disas ter in living, memory,

Flood water from the river Trent was five trot deep at Gaina-

The Aly Ministry forecast borough and over 3,000 familles trapped In their houses were sentiered showers and frost.

rescued during last night in lar- The situation in the Fenries, boats and ambulances. lands. low-lying region around

Many factories, flour mills and Ely, where nearly 10,000 acres food warehouses are under water. wz-meg have had to be are under two feet of water, Thirty

wis today reported to be still soved from a maternity home. critical by the Army authorities The River Ouse burst its banks in Yerkshire today and one gap who are fighting the flood.

was thirty feet wide. The flood in this area was caused by a breach

At Borlby over 1,000 familles on the had to move upstairs and six read from Ely to King's Lynn, factories engaged in ford produc- through which pent-up floodtion were isolated. waters from the River Wisseymates already showed the cost Farming experts today said es-

had burst.

Work on the breach con tinued to prevent it widening and all through the night about 1000 troops drove piles into the sides of the gap.

la the nation in losses of cattle and sheep alone from the blizzard and foods will be over £12,000,- 800 and that it will be necessary ter the Cabinet to e:nsider the effects of what has been the big- A Lutch flood expert, M. 34. est aisaster in the history of the British farmer. No voluntary Kalis, has offered his services fort could cover the 1:sses from ed in a big, black limou-and is reported to be on his measures of re-equipment and re fighting the Fenland floodsuch a rational disaster and the

Cairo, Mar. 24. British troops with Hand September would be two armoured cars were brother-in-most critical for the Kunmin; despatched from Cairo A source cinse to the Foreign sine.

tang and the party would need

north of office indicated that negotiations ell its united strength to cope

11 successfully. (The Heliopolis, last night to new underway in Nanking will

the Macao Issue. - with

the United Press. Grüeralissimo obylously

against the Reis.)

law was, free from corruption during his tenure as Premier. adding: "If you think I don't The British and French agreed now corruption when i see it with the United States for inclu- | you should hold me

respon sion of such a clause in the AU-

Bille." Irlan Trenty but the Soviet

He said most of the resolu delegate, Feilor Gusev, ni

tions adopted by the Conven- could not discuss the midter unti!

of n destructive after the Yugoslav representatives

und expressed hope had been beard.-United Press.

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tion nature

were

MI-5 Checking Up On Communists

London, Mar. 23.

Mr. Leonard C. White, secretary of the Civil Ser- vice Clerical Association, charged today that the military intelligence branch of the War Office had forced the discharge of six Communists or Communist sympathizers as Government clerks and prevented five others from obtaining permanent civil service ap- pointments.

'wealth and character. nr

Perman ni appointments would have revented these employees from and without cause

to pensions on

However, White anid, these

White suid there was vidence yel that Mỹ-6-as the highly Fecret military intel ligence ranch is known-hadiselurge brgun large-scale investigation mitied them of Gorriment, employees retirement. root out Communists such as

h reportedly been ordered Inve subsequently were notified the Slates by President that their certification had been Truman,

Cancelled at the request of MI Nevertheles, he said, t ap 5, without any reasons being peared that M1-5 was intervep: riven. Here again, all were ing whenever I heard that Communists or Left politically known Communista had been In these cases, however, the, recommended for permanent employees were permitted to continue in their temporary an appointments.

White said his association, pointments at the Food and representing 150,000 Govern-Works Ministries. United ment clerical

and Press. oflllated to the powerful Trades Union Congress, plan- ned to protest to the Treasury against the War Oflee's unpre- cedented interference with civil service appointments.

workers

First Cases-

He said the cases were the first of such unwarranted inter- ference on political grounds ho

had come across

In his five

years as Secretary and 15 years

as Assistant Secretary of the Association. He himself is not

a member of any Party.

Another Secret

Agreement Revealed

-

London, Mar. 24.

"We are going to ask that no Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of

one is precluded from appoint State for Foreign Affairs, .con-

White Bald.

Ar-

to

to

Khanka,

was restore

order at

referring the campulen Royal Air Force main-

After the meeting, the Kun- tenance unit, which was miatang delegates again went being attacked by Arab

they bands. at which into session

szed a resolution to abolish

the Supreme National Defence The maintenance unli hal Council, at present the highest been evacunted 趨 few days policy-making organ fn the earlier in accordance with the Government, and to substitute British evacuation programme Seits pince a body to be known but à maintenance as the Central Political Council.

Members of this council will eight Royal Air Force men was

left behind. be nominated by a now starling

party of

net cover

New Viceroy's Appeal

New Delhi, Mar 24. . Admiral Viscount Mount- batten was sworn in as India's last Viceroy and promptly

peech-trum. - the Viceregal- throno" in which leapfented fer co-operation In finding n solution to India's problemus "whhin the next few months.".

administered The oath wa

The Bank's staff of 120 and some 60 patrons witnessed the daring raid.

way to the affected areas.

llef would have to be planned on national-scale, Associated Press and Reuter.

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VISTULA FLOOD

After

the offlec.

emptying bank's safes the robbers dash. Five masked men entered the ed out to their waiting car. banking house after ten un. -Oficials of the bank succeed. masked accomplices carler had] ed in taking down the car's

Warsaw, Mar. 23, filtered in and mixed with the ilcense number but it is be, Scores of people were report the depositure. The ten then-dan-level--according to the usual ed drowned teday when ned masks and with the other | proetice the vehicle would River Vistula burst its banks five began shepharding the prove in be a stolen car. and flooded 40 villages about staff and clients to the walls at The police believed the un-60 miles northwest of Warsaw, pistol point.

derground carried out the raid

Some, 8,000 peasants have One member of the hank's because of the method of the been forced to take to the roof" staff was seriously injured as tobbery in which one "chief" of their houses aut planes are he attempted to halt the raiders supervised the operation.-reported to be dropping food- from entering the manager's United Pres

supplies-Reuter.

committer of Kuomintang The Arabs broke windows election which has not yet been and doors and luoted material broke precedent by making a cometed-Associated Press, destined for disposal....

"Council Abolished. When the RAF rear-guarit Nanking, Mar. 24. reported to Cairo, troops were Abolition of the Supreme sont out to clear the camp which National Defence - Council, at they dit without using force. present the highest orgas of The Egyptian police and a unit political direction in the Chin of the Egyptian Camel Corps by Sir Willam Patrick Spene. Mr. ese Government, was agreed to;[ then took over guard duties. Chlof Justice of India. aftor day by the Kuomintang Central There were conflicting re- the reading of the commission Executive Committee, which ports today of the number of also passed a resolution on the tailers varying from 100 to nomination of its members to .01uter.

Counell the State

an the Council creation of a. Stałe Vice-Presidency.

DOW per-

CUNNINGHAM IN LONDON

Party functions formed by the Supreme Nu- tonal Defence Council will be taken over by the Kuomintang)

London, Mar. 24. Central Political Council while The British High Commission- governmental functions will re-er to Palestine, Sir Alan Cun- turn to the State Council, whichninglum, arrived in London to will serve n the highest policy luy for consultation making body until the enforce overnment and to report to the ment of the constitution at the Cabinet on the situation in the

Hely Lend. end of 1947.

'sir

was Alan

with the

from the King, Mountbatten took the bath in the presence of Princes in gay turbans, more soberly end members of the Cabinet and about 400 guests, . gathered in the Durbar Hall.

Vernon Bartlett On

The Situation

Colombo, Mar. 23. Vernon Bartlett, Member of Parliament, now in Colombo on a three-week visit to the island, expressed the hope today that the recent change in United States policy to Russia did not mean abandonment by the Secretary of State, General Marshall, of the efforts to solve outstanding problems across the Moscow Con- ference table.

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Mr. Bartlett said that in his Mr. Bartlett, acer mponled by Rel. Humidity

frees his wife, is touring the East and tw Palet view the alignment of which now seemed to be taking hopes to visit Malaya, Bian, Wind Brectiun place should be avoided at all China and Japan-Reuter. costs.

The new Viceroy wore the white unltern of a British Admiral. He had four inches of blue-fibhon across his chest of the and gistering stars Order of the Bath, Order of

He felt at the Soviet Foreign the Indian Empire and Order Minister, M. Molottv, sometimes

were many service ribbona ence table against the United of the Garter. Also on his chest flung hard works across a confer Associated Press,

States and Britain only because the Soviet Foreign Minister was conscious If Russia's internal weakness, brought about by the war's devastation and by the

demund

for ever-increasing

made by Juxuries and comforts Russian soldiers, who have re turned heme after seeing better standards of life in western Euro- pean countries.

Given

accompanied Three resolutions passed by by Gen. G. H.. A. Macmillon, the Central Executive Commit- General Officer in Command in

"Lolks" in London, but declined tee were: Firstly, the Kuomin, Palestine.

State tang members of the

A War Offee spokesman said to specify the nature of the talks

Macmillan would Counell will be nominated by Gen.

have and their purpose.-United Press. the new Standing Committee. of the CEC.

Na..

Secondly, the Supreme tional Defence Council will be li abollshed and the Contral Po- Iitical Council will be created in its place. Members of the Political Counell will be de elded by the new Standing Com. mittee of the CEC and the Council shall be atrictly party organisation

Third Parties

Thirdly, A Vice-presidency of the State Council will be creat

Rush In

Hour Chaos Piccadilly

London, Mar. 24.

London had its biggest transport holdup for years today when a power station failure put two of. the main underground lines out of action at the height of the rush hour."

formed estimates

Bay-

that 150,000 The pollee wero called in to'

a better understanding of Russia and a mare sympaphetic attitude to her problems. Mr. Bartlett was umphallo that the wartime unity and cooperation between the Big Powers eculd easily be maintained unimpaired. Russia's internal weakness was. f course, not any serious threat to the Soviet administration, he added.

who

Ot the Inter-Asian Relations Conference meeting at Delhi to- day, Mr. Bartlett said that it was eratifying to see that the Initia ference came from Indian if she solved her Hindu-Moslem problem, was destined to play. s. tremendous part in world nituirs. glonal grouping of nations..

About CO stations were closed. minutes' for a bus at Hammer-tive for such an important con ment because of his political be- firmed in the House of Commons ed. The appointment of a vice- announced liefs if he is found capable, in today that the Big Three reached, president will be

Then the walk began. Soon good health and good character, a secret agreement at Yalta to simultaneously with the reor. on Piccadilly and district Iloer sirith

at ten minutes to eight, when unless, he misuses his position," use German prisoner of war la-ganisation of the State Coun- the trains were packed with the reads echoed to the tramp

bour as reparations.

ell. Prior to 1937 power wan Mr. McNeil said he was nominally vested in the State city workers pouring in from of thouauls making the best White said the six Commun- j ranging for the whole of the Yalts Council but was actually in the the west of London. Forty miles way to work they could in the He always had faith in the re- ists who been fired over Agreement and the whole of the hands of the Kuomintang Cen of line were affected and some north, cast south and west. period of little more than a Potsdam Agreement, including tral Political Council, year included those serving any accret clauses, to be publish to deliberate on policies and to passengers were involved control the crowds, transport Lemporary appointments in the of is White of foot, Lab, asked direct and supervise the Na The current was not fully officials were overwhelmed by NEW FRENCH Glasgow office of the Admiralty, Mr. Michao

restored until ten o'clock. The prople asking about alternative in ARP work, in the Home Mr. McNell whether he could con-

secret agreement During 1937, the principal breakdown, was caused by a transported but contes POLITICAL PARTY Office, in staffing-work, in the arm that the

groups fallure at Lots Road, the Lon- gave up their futile attempts, Supply Ministry and in: His entered into at Yalta by the then

Passenger Transport at miting the number of pas Mr. Winston were taken over by the Supreme Board's biggest power station. aengers. Prime Minister, Majesty's Stationery, Office Churchill, the Inte President National Defence Conference

In each case. White said, the Roosevelt and

Generalissime In 1939, this was recrganised As a result of floods and spring When a taxi dlacharged Its partment concerned. Informed labour as reparations. the employees that MI-5 had 1 McNeil: "I can only repeat fence Council. Gonoralissimo and could not be cleared, policeman had to help the The breakdown caused chaos driver to sort out five fares ardered his discharge, without that Government is arranging for Chiang Kai-shek now serves as giving a reason. White be the publication of the two agree Chairman of the Council and on the central line and bus, from the scores of clamouring loved it more than a coincid.ment It is true the Critics: Dr. Wang Chun-hul, noted routes were the only alterna applicants Reuter ence that all six wore Com conference srcement did deal jurist; as Secretary-Generative means of transport Some

with prisoner of war: labour." munists.

Mr. Richard Stokes. Lab nakod

tional Government, functions of the two

Parle, Mar. 23. The formation of a new,

heads of the Government. De- Stalin provided for use of German lato the Supreme, National, Do. fides, mud got 'into the fillers; passenger, hear a bus queue, a political party, headed by 'Gen-

Other Cases

ME.

With the Kuomintang de compared the situation to the claring that. It will soon bring #neral-strike of 1926, others

ral Francois D'Astier de la Vigerio, who was second in com- ing the war, was announced to- mond to General De Gaullé dur- day.

The new party is called "Do fence of French Libortles." -kie

"revison" of nationaliastions|

Hu sald M1-5 also Intervened House had been assured repeated party rule, the State Cound when transport was at a stand-

Minstereif he was aware the to an end the partod of one to times during greads ON OTHER PAGES programine Includes free: trade, In the củam o five persons on ha temporary appointment who former Foreign Secretary-Me la to be reorganised to laulude

by MP Churchill and the

had been certified in the last Anthony Eden, that there had members of third part

beed no secret, agreements of any will be granted than it possÓSÍ

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