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STATEMENT ON EXCHANGE CONTROL H.K. COTTON TEXTILES

ALL K.M.T. CONTROL TO GO

Shanghai, Apr. 21.

A Chinese report from Nanking

Certain Merchants Not

Playing The Game Tightened LABOUR Regulations

Why Government

Any

Currency

EXPLOITING

CAPITAL?

"Exchango control is only being tightched, as certain members of the com- anunity are not playing the game," says a Government release to the Press issued yesterday afternoon. As exclusively reported in the "China today claim-

Mail" last week, Government is getting much less dollar exchange than it should, due to the exploitation of methods of by-passing exchange control.

criticism against the local Control for the more stringent application of the existing re- gulations, the Press release continues, should in all fairness be passed on to those merchants in Hong Kong who are not doing their duty. "Many merchants here expect, to be able to keep all their hard currency exchange from exports and at the same time obtain from the Control any hard currency exchange they require for imports.

ed that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has given a further colices- sion to the minority De- mocratic Socialist Party by agreeing to the can- céllation of a provision in the, National Govern- ment organit law which} made the President of China responsible to the Kuomintang's Political Council.

The report said Chiang agreed to reving the article following --a protest by the Demo

Sociabets who pointed out that the provision would again make the National Government one-party Kuomintang regime despite the participating “of two minority parties Demo cratic Socialist and Young Chinn.

In

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that the balance re-

Fevente,

of

Former Premiers Sentenced

RUSSIAN FEELER?

London, Apr. 20.

The Sunday Times correr- pondent in Muscopy reported today that Russia” “put vul" ɑ.

the Muncow fecler during conference regarding

mic anistanca from the Unit- cd States."

The dispatch gave no de- tails-United Press.

Ex-Council Employees

To Be Paid

Big Orders Expected From Ceylon

(By Margaret Bradbury) Large-scale orders calling for Hong Kong's entire production of cotton textiles may be placed in the Colony within the next few weeks through Mr. M. F. Jayaratne, Controller of Textiles in Ceylon,

Representing the Ceylon Civil Service, Mr. Jayaratne is a man with unlimited scope in ar- ranging contracts which will meet the urgent need for textiles in his own country. In an interview yesterday hoj yesterday. "I am representing wald, "The Ceylon market my Government also on another, London, Apr. 20.

needs an immense amount of matfes, that of exploring the high-class textiles and is pre- possibility of exporting to Japan Mr. Alfred Edwards,

pared to pay for it. We will buy certain commodities which are Labour Member of Par-

the whole of Hong Kong's pro- available for export in Ceylon, liament, called today for

duction if the goods are uit- such an. rubber, ten, graphito abolition of the strike

able. I live already shown and cinnamon." Shanghal. Apr. 21.

Mr. Jayaratne, who will re officials here certain samples of weapon which he said

The Chinese Government has types generally required in Cey- turn to Hong Kong as soon as "penalises every one of decided to pay up to the end of lon and requested them to ar- he has completed his negotia. the workers more than September, 1946 the superan- range, If possible, the procure-tions with the authorities In ment of the kind of stuff from Japan, intends to obtain Hong the employer at whom tuition and gratuity funds and

Kong textilca us far as they ari retirement pensions of former { the Colony.” is aimed." Prague, Apr. 21.

employces

Shanghai of tho

Mr. Jayaratne, who recently suitable for Ceylon consump. I Trades Addressing Former Prime Ministera

Municipal Council-the govern- arrived here from Ceylon by lion. Rudolf Beran and ene-eyed Gen Council Labour Party

ing body of the now defunct air, in flying to Japan today.

Previously,Hong Kong used Jun Syrovy, both 69, were sperative Party Joint conference

International Settlement--who with a view to negotiating with to supply only a cortain amount sentenced today to 20 years at Eastbourne. Sussex, Mr. Ed.

were interned by the Japanese the section of SCAP handling of specialised type of fancy imprisonment for enllaboration wards: declared: "The fact that

hold linen to Ceylon with the Germans and glacion capital in the past has exploited during the war, according to textiles and the import of embroidery items and house-

Nanking today. responsibility for the destruction abour is no reason for labour to Chinese press reports from Koorts of the republic in 1988-39.

explet; capital' today, which it Beran, many years the head does when it refuses to give value

for vugos pald."

Union

and .Co.

The full text of the. Press essential release in ny follows:-

malning of the Loan should be During the early part of the spent in the most careful way, war, Great Britain had to pay such na for foodstuffs or raw out very large amounts of materials, which she can uns Arriendollars for the pur. for manufacture and re-export, chase of essential war supplies. Hence, the recent drastic which at that period came un-increase in duty on tobacco at

-the heading of "Cash and Home is for the purpose Carry," and not "Lease-Lend." conserving dollars, and is not

Mr. Edwards, who is a success. vital months of made with the Idea of increas. of the prewar Agrarian Party,

The price of wna premier during the post husitiese man as well as u 1940/41, when Great Britain ing cigarettes in Hong Munich Second Republic and Labour politician, was recently the was fighting Germany alone, twenty Amerien was the only possible Kong made from American to the first month of the German subject of much Left-wing criti-

bacco is 80 cents, whereas in occupation of the protectorate.cism for his forthright denuncia supplier, and the strain

Syrovy, previously Minister tion of what he called bureau- Basela England with the recent in- Great Britain's

Incratic interference In Industry. in duty, the price is of National Defence and was enormous, All British na-crease

apector-General of the Czecho› Today he argued that in Bri. fonola had to surrender to the $2.67. Treasury not only their Ameri. Methods Being Exploited slovak Army, became premier tain strike action was cutmoded: enn dollar cash balances, but From the above few matters immediately after Munich In a "The strike weapon was the an their American securities, who mentioned, It should, therefore, cabinet of experts. One of the awer to the Itckout. No Labour tuld for these in sterling at the no obvious that Hong Kong chief charges against him was Government would toldrate the oficint rate.

must be self supporting as far failure to prevent the delivery lockout today," he declared.

Reuter army and The war is very greatly im-ax dollar exchange transactions of sale of Czech Huang

equipment to the Gormans, y poverished the U.K. who now are concerned.

"Josef' Havelka, · 55, former A Hong Kong Government Other Cabinet. members re. Binds heraalf in the position of

Quisling

Jn Nanking, the Chinese press Inday zeldely hut unconfirmedly reperled that Premler Chang Chiun has given two key posts in his cabinet to Young Ching

Parly leaders.

Reports said the Young Chinn Party's Teo Shin-sheng has De Bominated Hydraules and

Minister

1.I

Minister of Economick.

of

dollar

the

nounced that the Government Threaded qufalfour Precident U.S. Surgeon very huge spokesman, bug, already, any Minister reason

portfellisine: Interior --Chang cat, wont almost extirely for

for the essentials prosecution of the war.

successful

Treasury Policy The result is that it has to

conserve

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many rich

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L-aheng: Finance, 0. K. Yul;

is getting much less dollar ex-llacha's staff during the ce Foreign Affairs, Wang Shih-

than

it should. sscupation and formor Interior chích; National Defence,

methods of by-pussing exchange Ministers Otakar Fischer, 62, General Pal Chung-hai; Educa.

and Josef Corny, 62, were control are being exploited. Uon, Dr. Chu Chin-hoa: Com-

Overseas Chinese remittances nequitted. A three proved munications, Tu Ta-wol;-Secint be the policy of the Treasury from America, which were pre-service in the resistance move- Affairs. Ku Cheng-kang; Jus- of Great Britain to

her present American dollars vlously sent here in the form of ment during the occupation. tice, xin Kunn-sheng; Food.

bulances, which she received by American dollar draft on Hong United Press. Ku Cheng-lan (above unchange ed from the present lineup); way of loan, and she can only Kong Banks, are now being order the absolute essentials sent in the form of Bankers Land Administration, Tseng from America.

Great Britain, drafts on New York, which are Agriculturo Cheng-yut

and which has always been the cen. sold here in the black market.

Again, Forestry, Chow Yi-chun; Chair-

tre of international trade, does man of the National Resources not wish to prevent in any way here are financing, exports to Commission. Wong Wen-no: the flow of trade, but is herself America, especially wood oil, Chairman of Mongolian Tibetan unable to buy, when she has and are being paid. American dollars for these goods on their Affairs Commission, Ist Shih- not the foreign exchange, ying Chairman of the Oversens The recent severe winter, arrival in America.

Affairs Commission, coupled

with the floods in American dollars are not bulus Liu Wel-chih-United Press, Europe. makes it even more surrendered to the Hong Kong Control, but are being used for black market dealings. Not Playing The Game

Exchange Control is only be- ing tightened, as certain mem- bera of the community are not playing the game. If more American dollars were received by the Control. more American imports exchange to finance would be granted.

Chincke

Princess' Message To The Empire

Capetown, Apr. 21.

Chinese Page Two

II.K.V.D.C. Survivors'. Storles, Page Three - Death of King Christian. Page Five *I'bose Siap Happy Verdict Today.

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Exchange Control: Editorial Page Seven

No British national in the Colony is allowed to hold: American dollars, except with Financial a permit from the Adviser, which is seldom given. if he has American dollars, he has to surronder these to the Control at the oficial rate.

In China all Chinese na-

Princess Elizabeth, in her 21st birthday radio ad- dress to the British Empire today, said: "As I speak to you today from Capetown, lam 6,000 miles from the country where I was born but I am certainly not 6,000 miles from home. "Everywhere I have travelled our great imperial family to In theso lovely lands of South which we all belong, but I shall Africa and Rhodesia, my not have the strength to carry parente, my sister and I have out this resolution alone unless tionals are supposed to surrcn- been taken to the heart of their you join In it with me as I now der their foreign assets to their people and made to feel that'] invite you to do. wo are just as much at home as

ort Government, but Chinese in "I know that your support Hong Kong are given very pro. If we had lived among them all will be unfailingly given. our lives.

"May God help me to make forential treatment over British That is the great privilege good my vow, and may He nationals, and can retain their

American dollars. Seof. belonging to our place in bless all of you who are willing

the wide Commonwealth-thạt | to sháic it” Router. there are homes ready to wel- come us in overy continunt of. the earth. Before I am much pider. I hope I shall come to know many of them, and

Intrator

Merchants Fault

Land Investment Meeting,

For China

ent

San Francisco. Apr. 21. Dr. Leo J. Eloemer, promin. San FranciкCO surgeon. will leave on April 27 to return to China for work with Chinese medical leaders, it was nounced today by the United Servier in China.

This applies to all Allied per- Ronnel, including a few hundred Britishers, Neutrals and Chin

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Six Million Yards "I hope to get immediately a contract for about six million yards, of cloth for the first half of 1947," said Mr. Jayaratne

e80 who joined the puppet municipal administration will be paid only to the date of the ployees of the Shanghai Muni inauguration of this adminis- cipal Council have left Shanghal tration, added the reports, since their release from intern which made no mention, how-ment had have found new em. ever, of the currency in which ployment abroad. including payments will be made.

Mr. Jayaratne explained yon- terday: "Ceylon's prewar ayer- age imports of textiles totalled 70 million yards a year. Maln source of supply was Japan, tho largest textile-producing coun. try in the world. Before the war, practically 75 per cent of our textile imports came from Japan."

Payment In Sterling During last year, Mr. Jaya- kuch places as Hong Konkratne said, Ceylon's Imports had

The majority of British em-i Malaya and Europe-Reuter.

Important Russia Should Succeed

*Copenhagen, Apr. 21.

Henry A. Wallace arrived in Copenhagen on his European speaking tour today after climaxing his appearances in Norway with the assertion that "it would be unfortunate for world peace If anything happens inside Russia to upset its system of Government at the present time: Before leaving Copenhagen He told an audience of 2,000 in Oslo that the Scandinavians should preserve a friendly understanding of the Rus-- sians and added "it is important that the Rus- sian system be successful as well as the Ameri- can and the Socialist systems.

"Russia needs to feet socure.so

Dr. Elocaser urged Cailformin doctors to donate medical sup- plica, instruments and books for shipment to the Chinese.

Dr. R.T. Lægge, a Berkeley physician, announced. aimut-she will be able to give her faneously he is retiring and is citizens a measure of freedom to donating his entire office to the travel in and out of the country Chinese-Angelaed Pross,

and become more friendly with' other peoples."

American Interest

Far East

Washington, Apr. 20. Indicating the intense United States Interest in the Far East, State Department officials ·re- vealed today that they Antended extending “limited" diplomatic recognition to the Indo- neslan Republic. This immediately stirred speculation as to what might later be expected in the way of limited recognition of the Viet Nam Republic in Indo-China.

The former United States Vico- President, in his third Norwegian speech in 24 hours, praised Bri- tish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's campaign for the aboli tion of passporta and visas.

"We won't have a really free humanity until all have such con- fidence in the brotherhood: of ́na. tions that any citizen

can go without passports': or visa, any- where in the world," he said.

Virus Disease Referring, again to criticism in the United States of his tour of Europe, in which he is speaking against President Truman's Greck.. Turkish aid programme, Wallace However, what is more im- The raising of the United said that his congressional critics portant, it provided one more States Legation in Bangkok to "in my opinion do not represent plece in the gradually clearing embassy status is another in the rank and Ale of the American picture of United States policy dication of the United Staets in- people."

ant Communism-1 in South-East Asia.

creasing interest in this aren, Ho described: The United States great in President Truman this week in the US. as "avirus type of terest in seeing tho national expressed to Prince Wan Wal disease" and assured his listeners aspirations of the peoples of thayaken, the Siamese Ambas-that the US. will recover from It is an offence however, un- that area fulfilled was, firat sador, his hope that peaceful it. just like a child reedvers from der the Defence (Finance) Re-spotlighted by Mr. William Governments could be establish measles."Associated Press. guations for any resident in Phillipp's mission to India ed throughout the area to pro Just A Patriot Ilong Kong, to deal in foreign which was followed by a serios vide security and prosperity fordi moda, Ostoj Apt. 20. currencies, unless authorised to of sympathetic pronouncements the indigenous peuples.United Mr. Henry Wallace, former Vice- President of the United States, do ed by the Government, designed to bolster the Indian Press.

replying to Mr Winston Any criticism directed against faith in their ability to govern

Churchill's, description ofthim as the local Control for the more themselves, stringent application of the These culminated in an a THE WEATHER "Crypto-Commuals herd London Apr. 21.

oxisting regulations should: fo raordinary United States states dependence today that he Wilheither a Com we all love so dearly, dn even International Anuncier Max fairness, be passed on to those ment on the setting up of anusz, of N Handhu and movina munist, por Socialist, but a pro- Standar thing-mord free, more Intrator, now awaiting trial in merchants in Hong Kong, who interim Indian Government Aware of hath Dround a greative patricule citizen of the Prosperous, more happy and a Paris, was again named at Bow, do not do their duty to the which was without procedant in dropped daily wards and along the United States.

that it is posible to live in peace more powerful influence for Street police court today when Control here is the abaritu direct call to internal die past bid the degree pres express my innermont, bellef Food in the world than it has Mrs. Marjorie Cooper of Many merchants here expect ments to unite for the future, border at

In one world, where the Com on In the fronted days of Knightsbridge was fined 400 to be able to keep all insirford Bovernment.

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the Social Democratie, aya "Western Europe and the capital. |lat ́dernoarticy of the United States

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gone down to some 33 million yards which were gathered from all avaliable, sources. A | very strict system of piplès con- trol and rationing on coupons still operates in Ceylon and; | although India has, allotted m -cortalm quothy Júa” is not-sam-~~

Clint Ib. Why bement needs of the people

"Thany Case,” said Me Jayaratne, we have difficulty In securing even that quota and then it is made up in part of cloth which is not altogether. suitable or popular în Ceylon.”*-

When questioned, as to how Japan and possibly Hong Kong will be paid for their textilo Imports to Ceylon, “Mr. Jaya- Tatne said: "This will have, to be operated on sterling credits available to my country through the sterling pool in the United: Kingdom,"

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