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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947.

INCOME TAX PETITION

:

Not Expedient To Sacrifice Confidence"

Danger Of Flight Of Capital

A statement that it is neither expedient nor advis

able to sacrifice, for the sake of a mere ten million odd dollars worth of revenue, the faith and confidence of over a million Chinese in the Government, appears in the latest Petition by the Chinese community against the imposi- tion of income tax.

The Petition, which has been signed by the "re- presentatives of 98 local Chinese organizations and associations" and which is addressed to the Hon. Mr. R. R. Todd, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, was hunded in yesterday afternoon by à deputation of 21 members from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Chinese Anti-Direct Tax Commission.

As reportvil exclusively

In insist upon seeing their devislom

yesterday's "China Mail" they bring encried into effect merely Petition atau asserts teal the means driving Chinese capital imposition of income tax will out of the Culony later result in the removal of Chins

es capitat from the Colony,

The Petition reads as follows: The reference to the Gavern. meal's offelal notification

A

Apr. 4, of the temporary MITH-

plaers, dos old

ewery.

leaving

other Kong

of any

chance of re-

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* Continued 'on page 10)

pension of the proposed Bil of Molotov

the

a

Agreement

On Korea

AUSSIE WOOL

The

FOR JAPAN

Sydney, Apr. 22 Canberra correazion- 'dent of the Sydney Sun яajs that it was revealed today that fh Commonwealth's decision in release 7,300 balıs of want for shipment in Japan experimental and may be fullyed by larger shipments.

was stated that the ori

fo gnal request

the Co- wentwatch

thep 17:07 3

Ala- Trally should supply Japan with 30.000 bates containing

large proportion of Aner grades, but as these fines were in demand by varicua sevol.buying countries among fle tited Nations, the oriter fr fine grades was drastic alty cut. Henter.

Warspite In Sea Drama

JUDGE'S CLASH WITH DEFENCE COUNSEL

Tokyo, Apr. 22.

Sir William Webb, president of the International Tribunal for the Far East, today accused the American defence counsel of "Indulging in enemy propaganda."

Sir William's statement followed an acrimonious debate over the inclusion in defence testimony of a speech by President Truman to Congress. in which the President demonstrated the fear of the spread of Communism throughout the world.

Defence counsel argued that, ever, he refused to take back the Japanese, in their opera. anything he had and, tions in Manchurin, were mo- tivated by the same anxiety now expressed publicly by Ame rican officials.

Specific paragraphs of the defence locument, to which the proseention objected were Chuset

"It will be shown that Ja pun had reason to fear, and in fact did fear, that the spread of Communism in China, and i then in Japan, would menń Ja- pan's destruction.

London. Apr. 22. The 31,000-ton battleship Warspite.broke loose from one

"The clinching evidence in of the two tugs towing it to the support of Japan's rightful Clyde for scrapping early today fear is President Truman's ad- in a heavy grie off Land's End | dress to the United States and almost went adrift, the Ad-} Congress last month on that miralty announced.

subject and the desperate mea- aures recommended to stop its spread."

the real tax and the app dist. ment of a speelid committer to go more thoroughly Intes whole question of a direct tax, it is plain, in the opinion of the people, that the Government bus

Moscow. Apr. 22. not shown any readiness to au

M. Molotov, Soviet Foreign cept the people's proposal to

Winde, whleh reached 70 miles And other means of solving the Minister, agreed in a letter in difficulties of the Government's | General George Marshall, Unit- an hour, snapped the five-inch 19447 expenditure problem. ed States Secretary of State, to wire towline between Warapitei

and fact which, in effect, is equiva the Soviet United States com- and the tiny tug Bustler

Korek

the companion lent

robbing to the

of tax mission in

resuming i torsed

a pro- Myning III. about, so preenr payers of their right of voting. their efforts to form by a Government whose system visional democratic government ously that her master radioed and mutto is "rule by law." there with July-August. us thei request for all life

station recommendations, crews to stand by in case he "It is

expedient deadline for neither nor advisable to sacrifice, for

and the United States.

line to save his vessel. the sake of a mere len million add dollars worth of revenue. the faith and confidence of over a million Chinese, in the Gov- errent.

Wher

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London, Apr. 22. The Court of Criminal Ap. pení today dismissed the apprals by Thomas John Ley. 60-year-old former Minister of Justice ETL New South Wales, and-Laurence John Smith, 38-year-old joiner, against their conviction at the Old Battey by the Central Cruinal Court of the murder of John Muille, hotel barman, whose body was found in a Surrey chalk ptt.

Mudie had been kidnap- ped at the instigation of Ley tolo in his insane Jealousy,“ the prosecution said, believed thai he had been blackmall- Ing his 60-year-old mistress,

--Renter.

Troop Train Blown Up

Jerusalem, Apr. 22. Five British service-

Mr, Lazarus said he had had no intention of insulting any Allied countries, including Rus sia. and Sir William, accepting the explanation said he con- Ridered the incident closed.men and a civilian were United Press.

killed when a troop train was blown up in south- ern Palestine today.

Twenty-three servicemen were injured, two of them seriously. Some troops were still trapped in the wreckage, a11 official said. In addition. statement

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THE BEAVER'S NEW CRUSADE

London, Apr. 22.

A call to Britain to deal with Russia in a moot of reconcillation and the assertion that the Unit- ed States has already recovered from the war, while Russia is suffering from "tragic poverty" are made in an editorial in today's (Tuesday) widely read Daily Express.

"Russia has endured and sacrificed to a degree which we in Britain find it almost impossible to realise," the Express says.

"It because of this enormous "How then enn we expect the United States to understand, the disparity between post-war pro- United States who for all her vast blems of the eastern and western endeavours and entributions Is Allies that divergence has grown. after the war comparatively between the two-and that dis

trust has sprung from divergence. richer than she was before it?

"It is because of this that the "America has already recover-

Russions and ourselves And it wo from the war. ed economically Britain is

come to an no means in that for. hard to

agreement unate situation. This country over an elementary question like impoverished and embarrassodeparations from Germany, the and is likely to remain se for great common enemy who, as we know represents a cond pos

of renewed danger European freed:m.

years to come.

"But in Russin it has now be-sibility come a question of restoring-or falling, to restore the very lubric

I'civilisation.

Capitol Shot Up

By Gunmen

Reparations Issue

"In our

poverty, wa

to

British

say that we cannot afford to sub- sidise Germany so that she may pay reparations to Russia out of her industrial production.

"In their poverty the

vastly more tragle that Russians Ray they must have every available ounce of production from German factorles.

"Let us approach Russia in a mood of rec: nciliation.

is auspicious

extent because

we do which

Havana, Apr. 22. Unidentified gunmen. armed "'Russia

injured and 11 slightly injured, with submachineguria and pin touchy to some Launched

Belfast, Apr. 22. Strict security precautions were enforced by the Admiralty at the launching at Belfast to day of Britain's

the

lightly. away.

THE WEATHER

and

The lotanan depression haq, become sīp

presion has developed over Yeman. A weak high-pressure belt extends NW Trum the Easter Brx,

Today's Forecast:-Moderate or lersh

tionary aver fakhalid and another de

seven civilians were seriously

The train, which was carry-tols, poured 300 bullets intu Ishe is impoverished and weak. ing troops and supplies, was en Cuba's $20,000,000 Capitol last Everything route from Egypt to Palestine night while the Senate was in make Russia more prosperous and

of session-touching off a bitter more assured will be a contribu when blown up south-east

politien battle which ended in ion to a wider and more vital Telaviv

mines a fierce fight on the Senate problem-the peace of the world." Electrically-operated Accret Bew

floor.

-Reuter. The Court rejected two para- light aircraft-carrier, the Cen- were used and wrecked several

Early today the police still The wire from graphs without listening to the taur. No details of the ship's couches.

men who fired away from the defence explanation of what it displacement, apced, armament mines led to an orange grove were searching blindly for the moving slowly was intended to prove. During or complement of aircraft were owned by a Rehovat resident,

The first three coaches were tenneau of a a heated retort, defence attor- revealed and photographers

destroyed and a sleoper and automobile as it passed in front ney Aristides Lazarus declared- were forbidden to take pictures, diner badly damaged, while the of the Capitol"and" the race that the defence had no opport- The Centaur and her sister last conches escaped to the governments of Russia had to cut the remaining tow-unity to answer the prosecu-ship, the Bulwark, also building,Passengers in the latter cars An eye-witness said about 100 tion's objections and that the at Belfast, are officially describ, mostly escaped, injuries here persons were in the vicinity of The gate subsided by 8 a.m. court had made an arbitrary ed as light floet carriera.

the building at the time of the being the lowest. the Commission should meet on and the broken cable to the ruling without considering

They embody-many improve. After the blast, hidden gun shooting but only one was in May 20 at Seoul, southern battleship was replaced,

what arguments could be pre-ments on previous British ships, men

to have Jured. The wounded man, whose were reported Korea, In the American zone. The same gale caught the rented.

of this type. They will have sprayed the train with grenades identity could not be learned Correspondence published reconditioned 35,000-ton- Gun-

"President Truman has said the best crew accommodation and small arms fire-Reuter; immediately. was taken to a A Full Century

here today disclosed that M. and White Star liner Maure-

in this recent speech exactly ever provided for the Navy. United Press and Associated | private hospital. "We have the honour to Bub-

Generali janin off the Mersey with neur countered

what these (Japanese) people At today's launching, the Press, mit the following points re- Marshall's criticisms of the So- ly 400 high ranking guests presenting a constasis of publie viet attitude by charging the aboard while it was Liverpool said at that time," said Mr. naming ceremony was perform- Lazarus, "and therefore weed by the Duchess of Kent. precedents United States delegation

after opinion based on

in bound

completing her

want to introduce this state "May she never have to take) and tests before going into regular aid lawn instituted before the Koren with obstruction

part in another war", she said. outbreak of the Pacific War, with including among the or-passenger service.

Reuter. and shall be grateful if Govern | ganisations consulted on the The storm caused the Maure- ment will give our submitted formation of a provisional, tania to miss the tide that would views on the question of the government 17 parties and take

her into Liverpool and

M. Molotoy suggested

Molotov

that

ment.".

Sir William interjected: "The American counsel will not in- dulge in the tolerance of this

Ghastly Spectacle

The United

Corres. Prepa pondent at Rehovat telephoned the following description from the scene:-

local tax its kind reconsidera- groups who opposed the 3108- she is standing off Mersey Bay Court to engage in what might Romans Run Riot It is a ghastly spectacle with

tion.

"1. The imposition of the four direct faxes Included in the local tax law was carried out in England long before the opening up ef Hong Kong as British Colony.

"For a full century since Hong Kong became a British Colony, the Hong Kong Government Bad never imposed direct tax, well convinced as it was of the unsuitableness of the direct tax

cow agreement on Korea:-Ret today and waiting for the mid.

day tide.-United Press.

ter

War Next Year- F.D.R. Says So

Rome, Apr. 21.

to Chinese tradition, sul fear. The newspaper Giornale d'Italia, reported tonight

ing that its imposition might lead to unfortunate incidents such as occurred in the North i American Colonies in 1775 us a result of the people's opposi tion.

War Tax "Although the imposition of the direct tax was proposed in 1939 just at the time when

that a leading Italian medium had contacted the spirit of the late President Roosevelt and was told that 1948 would bring a seven-month

war.

The newspaper said Carlo Ver. "America?" he asked. "Yes," sald gani, director of the magazines the table.

debris

coaches of shuttered.

The flung over a wide aren. explosior ripped through the bottom of the coaches, turning them topsy turvy and blowing them to smithereens.

Blond-spattered wreckage was thrown against trees, fences and orange groves to which the

be termed enemy propaganda.”

Rome, Apr. 22. The President immediately receaned the Court.

Protesting against unemploy Following the recess. Mr. ment, inadequate Government Lazarus, making for an explana. subsidies and rising prices hun tion of the phrase "enemy pro-dreds of ex-partisans, returned paganda." said: "We never ex-prisonera of war and discharg- pected that the remarks of the ed veterans including numerous President the United States wounded staged a demonstra- to the United States Congress tion here today, the third wires led from the detonators would be called in this Court five days,

that touched off the explosion. chemy propaganda."

The doors of Parliament The explosion took place near "That is utter nonsense you were barred before the crowd a level crossing and the rond are putting forth now," replied | arrived. The demonstrators, sciross the tracks was strewn Sir William. "You are per-shouting "we want justice" and, with pleces of human bodies.-- sistent in using the President's "down with the do nothing gov- United Press. remarks, as head of an Allfedernment," pushed a score of power, in a altuation which 18 Carabinieri back to the Parlia wholly different from matters.ment doors and then beat on now before the Court."

the doora shouting "fuori,

'London, Apr. 22. Sir William said the Court fuori, firor}," The last shout The Stern group of the previously had. permitted the

underground today defence to attack the United meant they wanted the Deputies Jewish

claimed responsibility for the States and Britain whenever to come out,

As more moblie palice and attempt to blow up the Colonial such attacks appeared relevant,

the Office last Tuesday. jccpa

Sternist Claim

World Union" and "Ways of the To, "Will there be many vie Spirit," had conducted seance tins the table mode a great

racket. betere a group of laymen.

"Roosevelt then predicted that Vergani, who claims 10 have Japan was invading China, caua- contacted the volees of spirits Harold E. Stassen would be the "But you appear to take great troops arrived in

crowd became calm and finally In a communique mailed to ing a sudden boom in all Hatur which say they are the painter next President of the United delight in insulting our Alle sont a delegation through a side the United Press London offre

Colum.States and said a period of peace Kong's trade and industry, the Donatello, Christopher

Geering, Musso- would follow the 1048 war and authorities, giving, heed to Sirbus, Schubert,

lini and Roosevelt, used the that all states would be united Henry Pollock's idea of the

single federation-United direct tax as an Impediment to ance inethod by which raps onto a the undertaking of new enter-the table spell out the spirit's an-Press, prises, very wlacly decided not swer to the medium's question.

To the first question put to

GREEK BATTLE

Athens, Apr. 21.' Authoritative reports Bald The medium and "Roosevelt" tonight that 80 guerillas were

to impose the tax which, they Roosevelt's spirit about another feared, might provo an obatrue-war, the table replied: "A new tion to local investments by the war will break out in 1048. Chinese,

"In 1940 when the War Tax then had the following conversa killed in an effort to break tion, according to the newspaper: through encirclement by gov-

Will it last long?" "No."

"One, year?" "No."

"Two years?""No."!

*Three years?"—"No."

At this point the table seemed

countries."

"To show our tolerance," Sir door of the Palace to speak to William continued, "we will a representative of the Govern over-rule the objection." How- ment.-United Press.

The Loon Goes Through

Its Paces

San Francisco, Apr. 21.

ernment troops south of Agrafa Seventy-five correspondents, photographers and

mountain.

newsreel cameramen who watched spell- bound last week when the greatest guided

"Fightera for the algned, Freedom, of Israel," the Ster- nista said: "Despite the rigorous watch of the famous Scotland Yard our fighters auc- ceeded in penetrating into the very heart of the Empire and in executing there a war action.

"The war of Jewish libera- tion will go on everywhere the British flag la wavering.” United Prosa.

missile in history was fired westward over the ON OTHER PAGES Pacific, today were permitted by the United Page Two States Navy to describe what was seen.

was firot introduced, the Finan- elal Secretary did publicly de- clare that no direct tax would be Imposed when the war came

Other reports said that in a to an end..

flerco battle with a band of 250 "At present, China as

guerilias in the village of whole, is still in a state of impatient, the newspaper sald. Sykourion, Larisan, 29 gueril- turbulence, and the influx of and the medium asked. "Is it a las were killed and 26 injured, Chinese Into the Colony is daily matter of months?” The table re- while the Army lost three killed

Tanoka Trial. Page Five Increasing. While much of theplied, "Yes."

and nine injured, including one It was a three-ton flying, bomb,`fesa of 425 miles per hour. Its

Slap Happy To Die. ravages of the war is still wait-

"Would you, Mr. President, officer United Press.

officially called the KUW-]; but weight in 80,000 pounds, its cost Pape Nina as many, raps ing urgently to be repaired, please give an

better known to 700 naval and US$15,000,00

Emergency Unit members in the Court. now is the time to make fulkuse months that war will last?"The

elvilian scientists and personnel is supersönle—is a matter MANILA ALÄRM

of heavily-guarded air missilo Navy refused to discuss-United Page Ten Mantia, Apr. 22. test centro as the Loon,

World and Local Sport." of Hong Kong's prosperity. The mork would be bombed The entire Manila police Here are some of the things t -The-Germana-invented-a-bomb,

Capital Flight?............. and

and was told "Yes." The table force was mobilized and order wilt increases the Navy's coupled it with a pulse jet engine The fact that the authorities said Italy would take part in the ed to stand by on 24-hour duty range from 26 miles the extreme States: The result was the V-trol by radio bot

effective

heavy bambardment invention stolen from the United by equipping it for remote.com- in charge of taxation without war but that Rome would not be last night following reports that rare. achieved against Japan buss bomb; 8.600 of which were The Loon is subsonic as was even making, any reference to bombed, although "all Europe the Pepple's Army might invade to 150 miles. Radio-controlled; it Bred weraat the English channel the Vits apend less than the precedence laid down in will be ruined."

fa course in flight]: Now the United States Navy has round. Whether or not, the Navy

of any capital for the revival table rapped seven times.

medium asked if London

Preas.

the city from outlying areas·10) can okan, Byt target with 'dand- taken the German, composite and is working ba a Loon, designed to

1940 relative to taxation, must The medium asked, “Will Bus- support the city's strikers to sock stub""ruly and determinately, sin win?" -mad-wan--told," "No," {'Central News.

by Moourney. Ita "spred train "x-made it many times more effeptive | parallel the German, V-8—which

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Bunshine: NIJ.

Rainfall 2.2 mm. equals 036 ina, Total since Jan. 1–183.6 mm. AN agalys an average of 249.3 mm.

Readings at

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The Senate continued in mea- sion despite the attack and en- gaged in a bitter debate on the responsibility for the shooting, Baro. Various Senators charged that "gangs" of different Cabinete Humidity Ministers were to blame-Unit-Wind Direction ... by F ed Press.

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