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REPARATIONS

Irgun Breathes Defiance Claims

Jerusalem, Apr. 27. The Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leumi, in a statement issued tonight, said: "There will be no peace in Palestine, in the Mid-| dle East or in the world

is

until the British occupa- tion regime in Palestine

Trans-Jordan and

British abolished and forces in these countries are withdrawn."

The statement was, issue te the press

on the ere of the! United Nations spreial session an Palestine.

"Britain is going to the Unit- ed Nations Organisation" "only" for new International approval of her rule in Palestine," the statement added.

Unsigned pamphlets, printer in the Arabic langunge, were distributed today in Jaffa, an Arnb town near the Ali-Jewish city of Tel-Aviv, calling Ou Arabs to "exuperate with Jews against British lamperialism in Palestine."

Meanwhile, the Palestine Government tonight warned the that any of Tel-Aviv mayor further terrorist thefts of Post Office vans anywhere in Palea- tine would be followed by the total suspension of postal and telegraph facilities in Tel-

Aviv.

The Tel-Aviv municipal coun- ell protested against the Gov- ernment warning annd atuted that it could not be held respon- sible for the security of Post Office vehleles throughout Pales.. tinc.-Reuter.

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1947.

FROM JAPAN

To Be Staked Out Next Week

Textile Machines Not Included

Washington, Apr. 27. Eleven members of the Far Eastern Commission

will stake out their claims to Japanesc repara- tions at the closed session of the Commission's Reparations Committee here a week from to- morrow, authoritative diplomatle sources re- vealed.

The United States, which has been fighting for a showdown on this question, is expected to ask for 30 per cent of all internal Japanese indus- trial equipment and assets available for re- parations. However, part of the United States, share would go to reimburse Korea for some of her losses during 40 years' domination by the Japanese, according to State Department- circles.

WILMOT DODGES THE QUESTION

London, Apr. 28.

The Supply Minister, Mr. John Wilmot, dodged a tzuen. finn in the flouse of Commens today as to when Government Bri. nationalise Intends to tain's iron and steel indus

"No legislation on this sub- jert ill be introduced during this session." he replied amid Opposition cheers

London newspapers for several days have been spreti. lating whether Government

fake toill attempt to steel during the next Parlic- mentary Aession opening rezi autumn.United Presa.

Anti-Terror CampaignTM May Have

Jerusalem, Apr. 28.

OUET

Hit A Mine

The Jewish Agency was re- liably informed to have complet- ed its programme for a new anti.

Rangoon, Apr. 28. terror cumpalga colting upon the The RAF today announced it Holy Land's 600,000 Jews to is abandoning the search for realize that "murder and blood- the 1,000 ton coastal vessel. Sir shed" endangered the Jews' argu-Harvey Adamson, missing since ments on the eve of the presenta April 17 with 200 passengers tin, of the Palestine case to the aboard. United Nations.

A highly placed Informant said the Agency's Executive Commit tee, mindful of government figures showing that 238 persons have been killed in Palestine vielence since the end of the war, drafted a programme for combatting tec rorism containing these features: 1. A continuation and intensi.

Two RAF search planes made a final sweep off the Burma count yesterday without finding any trace of the ship,

British naval sources believe

the search.

All claims will be submitted on a percentage bass, since po renched agreement has been between General MacArthur and the Far East Commission on the actual dollar value of Japaneno equipment avaliable for removal as reparations.

ex-

NEW ECONOMIC MEASURES?

Shanghal, Apr. 28.

In an attempt to get a prip on the constantly mounting prices which skyrocketed in the past fortnight to confront China with a new economie crisis, the Chinese authorities today were considering more, revere punishment for specu- iators, profiteers and hoard- ers than that at prent provid- ed.

The authorities are meet- ing on May 1 to ducida on neto price ceilings and on effective means of enforcing them--Arsociated Press.

General's Narrow

Escape

The United States was pected to back up Its percentagą demand with the assertion that it has reparations claims against Japan running up to US$150,- General

China was 000,000,000.

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Private

Trade With

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Washington, Apr. 27.

The United States, in

HOUSE Price: 20 Cents.

BRITAIN AND

The

GREECE

London, Apr. 28. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Christopher Mayhew, told the House of Commons today that no date has been fixed for the with. dratcal of British forces from Greece.

Viscount Hickinbrooke, Con,, asked that troops bo mulled out "before the pori- tion under the American pro- porals has been consolidated." Mayhew replied "We will withdraw from Greece · as Boon as it is practicable, United PreJA,

an effort to increase Jap-U.S. Loan

anese revenue from ex- ports, announced

announced an- For China

other step in the direc- tion of resumption of private trade with that country,

Shanghai, Apr. 28. Mr. K. P. Chen, newly appointed member of

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DOCKERS WALK OUT IN LONDON

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London, Apr. 28.

The spreading sympathy strike of more than 24,000 dock workers today virtually paralysed the sprawling London dock system for the sec- ond time since the first of this year. Already almost 200 ships, Ginsgow dockers who were din- enrrying vital food for ration missed as "redundant" by the Britons in London and Ministry of Labour five weeks points south lay idle in port ago. waiting unloading as thousands of members of the Transport and General Workers Union, in Burprise move, supported, the strike decision of 7.000 members of another Union yesterday. It ed to snowball into a nation- Morseyside, 46 impossible to determine wide stoppage if

ard South Wales and Tyne workers exactly

how many mon

im-

Steps have been taken mediately to divert ships from the Port of London to Liver- pool and other strike-free porta although the walkout threaten-

actually striking as distinguish. decide to support it.United ed from the thouannda just Press, forced into Idleness,

The strike is unofficial and was called in. sympathy far 590

the State Council and

and Veteran the To Be

The Reconstruction Elounce Chairman-of-the-Board Corporation said that, affective

Directors of today, private buyers will be of permitted to bring Japanese Shanghai Commercial cotton plece goods to the Unit and Savings Bank, will ed States for finishing to re- be named as Chinese export to other countries,

Government delegate to United States to

The

Scrapped

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9,000 Out

London, Apr. 28. The great. Londen dock strike began today and within a few hours nearly one half of the port's labour force WAR idle. with Fifty-seven ships, some food cargoes and others with -cépori-consignments were u

worked although loading and unloading on 20 others in the docks started normally thin morning.

Ship's Engines April 19, Break Down

The strike began when 9,000 stevedores, dockers and Ilg'iter- The United States Commercial

'San Francisco, Apr. 28. men decided to stop work t Company, which handics Japan-the

The American President sympathy, with the Glasgow esa and German trade for the negotiate a $1,000,000,000 Lines announced today that the workers who had been idle for.

firat six weeks in protest against 500 RFC, said the finished textiles loan, according to a des- old liner Panamanian, could not be offered for con-

men being declared redundant. from patch-

Nanking christened Mongolia and Inter Jerusalem, Apr. 28.

mon at It grew rapidly as renamed President Fillmore. sumption in United States mar- General G. MacMillan, kets and that a bond would be

this morning.

will shortly emerge from re-dock gate meetings today.de- Mr. Chen, who is known in tirement, at Hong Kong for a cided to come out in spite of Officer.com-required to reassure their ex-

of the United States as one

brief voyage up the China const the advice of their union off- China's leading financiers, re-to Shanghai where un-manding British troops port

the vessel ciula and some observers expect It said it was believed this presented China In talks lead-will be scrapped. derstood to be prepared to unin Palestine, narrowly

the stoppage to be completo by But similar figure. EL

injury today stem would assist greatly in ing to conclusion of the wheat

bulit in tomorrow.-Router. The Mongolin was alleviating the world textile and cotton lonn from the Unit-}

(Earlier news will be found Camden, Jersey, in 1904, and these figures are valuable only escaped from the standpoint of comput-when a terrorist threw a shortage by taking advantage ed States before the war,

on pige ) Inx percentages, since either of hand-grenade at a pass-of the United States' large

report added: "It is placed in service by the Pacifie рая- them alone exceeds many times ing British truck in finishing capacity, since Japan's understood that no conditions Mail on the trans-Pacifie

of finishing capacity at present is will be attached to the loan but senger run. In the first world the most eptimistle extimate of Jerusalem Street

the 15,000 tun limited.

the Chinese Government will be war. Japanese assets,

in addition to seeking 30 per the Prophets.

The goods will be sold for required to provide detailed served as an army troop tran- expenditure of sport. Her guns Bank a German The General's staff-car, ca- June and July shipment from plans for the cent of reparations for itself, it

understood the Inited corted armoured jeeps, pass. Japan, the Company sold. Offers money. As soon as these plana undersen boat on States would suggest that China Led the spot only three-minutes a purchase must be for nt are submitted,. money will be 1917, "After the war, she went receive 45 per cent, with the before the grenade was thrown.least 1,000,000 yards-United; made available by the United into the United States "inter- coastal trade, then in 1929 was. Police and troops have now Press, remaining 25 per cent be divided

acquired by the Dollar Steam. among Itusale, Britain, Fruner, cordoned off the area and aro

ship Company. the Netherlands, India, New carrying out a search. The only Zealand, Australia, the Phillp-casualty so far reported was a It was sald 21-year-old Jew, wounded in pines and Canada. the American plan would take the thigli,

The grenale was thrown by a terrorint from hiding- care of the question of external n'ssels simply by Jupatiese

place in the German Hospice. nation allowing each

to keep The police have not disclosed whatever It had in Its own whether they believe that it wan territory or recovered in

the intentied.

for General Mac-This stained, old capital was shocked today to dis-- liberated areas.-United Preas. Millan.Renter.

cover that it was in line for the title of the Textile Machinery

"wickedest city in Europe," blithely vacated lest spring by Paris when it closed houses of pleasure that had given it its ill-fame. Scotland Yard and

WAM

Tokyo, Apr. 28.

The Adamson, operated by not include textile machinery, the MacKenzie Line, was en) Beutlori of Haganu security route to Tavoy in Burma when other reliable sources speculated that the Japanese textile indus- -Associated

try will not be touched oven in the final reparations pro- gramme, However, this report I cannot be confirmed.

patrols" to oppose the operations it disappeared. of the Irgan Zoaf Leumi and the Stern Gung.

2. Educational and propaganda campaigns to

Jews.

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Anti-Vice Drive On In London

London, Apr. 28.

She was renamed President Fillmore and put into the round-the-world service.

She was placed in retirement in 1931, but brought out in 1940 and sold to Panamanian Interests.

November,

At Galveston In 1940, she was shaken by mys- terious minor blasts while load ed with 62,000 drums of gas Ilne for Japan. She finally was the Orient and reached Kong. Associated Press,

Honolulu, Apr. 28.

The Swedish-ówned · motor- ship, Mattawunga, carrying 14 passengers from Australia to San Francisco, reported today. its engine was completely oft of commission 405 miles south- cads of Oahu, Hawaii.

The report said the ship was not in danger;

The US Navy Hawailan Sen Frontier Command sold the Navy tug, Serrano, proceeding front Pearl Harbour, is expect. ed to reach the dlanbled ship on Tuesday morning and return with it in tow by Saturday.

Associated Press.

"DUBONNET"

It is authoritatively learned it may, have struck & stray mine, that the 30 per cent interim

various Rival prostitution gangs have anchored in retirement at Hong Surface craft are continuing reparations ordered for early

A wrisk antleyeline remains over NE civic groups concerned with the been warring with razors and removal by Washington, will

cast aw of Tokyu is muring ENF closed in on "the square mile of End vice and its hundreds of Chian. A dern depression of the Japan problem of morals immediately blackjacks fer control of West annual vice" contring about Piccadilly thousands of pounds From Ita-trough extends SW

to head off the unwelcome dis- revenue, westward along the B China const. Pers wure la also relatively low wear French Indo-China and over the Philippines. tinction and clean up the city

Britons abroad are being of. Today's Forecasi:Modernia austerly before the first real post-war winds Inshore: moderate and NE winds cffshore low overchal or cloudy, with tourist influx expected this sum-fered $800 and more to marry prostitutes who are then ship- mist wind driksle along the coast.

Yesterday's Weather:

Last night and every night ped to Britain from from now

connot be deported on policemen and they policewomen as well as Saiva- wives of Britons. tion Army soldiers and other

Depaite the critico) housing reform clements will tour, the Piccadilly-Soho area to do what shortage the vice-ring controle they can within the limits of numerous luxury fats in the weak laws which permit prosti- most exclusive sections of the tutes to walk West End Streets city and has no trouble cloth- Ing its girls in expensive dress. practically unmolested.

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[ The unconfirmed report, if Chamber of Commerce Meeting, proved accurate, will mean the Haximum: 77.2 den. Fah. Pugo Five

adoption of Strike's reparations Maimum 55.3 kg. Pah. programme as for as Japan'santai: 22,0 mm 0.94 inches: Total textile industry la concerned. Clifford Strike, who two months ago led a seven-man Reparation Committee to Japan, told now Baro, at men here that "we don't pro- pose to reduce the textile indus-Rel. Humidity .... try in Japan".

Nations. Associated Page Ten

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British Position On Palestine

New York, Apr. 28.

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Britain was "ready to accept any United Nations decision on Palestine,' British spokesman said today, "but would not implement any ver- dict which it considered unjust."

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The Bishop of London's Pu- bile Morality Counch is worried about the increase in homo: sexual vice.

Shanghai Fears Of Labour Disputes

Shanghai, Apr. 28.

This new statement of the tain could be expected to pro-Ho Kong, the Netherland Shanghai's estimated 2,000,000 are eagerly await-

British position came on the, vide.

East India and other: South

eve of the General Assembly's Along this line It thus could Seas areas. extraordinary session of Pales-be possible for the British to

of a decision which could be doemed unjust in their view...

The spokesman refused to, Bolaboraia

Ph. There was a chance that the

Navy Seafire

The China and the Philip

ing the City Government announcement on the living cost allowance for employees sche- duled to be announced tomorrow morning for the month of April.

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́tine and it' immediately touched say they wore not able to im- place, the deletion of textile 'off: apeculation' over how the plement certain decisions-AB-machinery from the reparations

Unofficial reports said the cipal cities. One Nanking paper British would react in the event soclated Press.

llat, would mean a more stun allowance will be 50 per cent claimed Government scomed to ning blow, since the textile in higher than the March figure of have lost all control over prices dustry in both countries was CN878,000 in addition to the and warned the budding econo- almost crippled during the basic pay multiplied by the Japanese invasion and during frozen, January Index of 7,945, the occupation

Labourers generally are tiot Even American textile indus satisfied with this rate point triallate reportedly felt the Ing out that the compensation tatato his Government's position Intensive search is under way threat of the Japanese industry, allowance is based on the range

firmly on the floor of the s for Seafire Naval fighter. According to

From of price hiko on a faw essential sembly Boon, although "nóme

commodities while the priceE OF quarters familiar with London misalag, from Trincomalee air New York, the Allied

stripple band since nuan yesterday Sigj,

Tapan's@heavy

(ons] all things Increased between polley balleyed he might "waltlusPlot Lieutenant MaoMobage try and

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chief British delegate, Missing

A) Alexander a Cadogan, i would

Colombo. Apr. 28.

The whole question of West End

fir prostitution, lett

shows, staged "exhibitions" and even worse forms of degeneracy broke into the open with the Rentencing at five members of the so-called Romeo Gang for extorting protection money from prostitutes. -

Stronger Laws This gang was a rival of the "Maltese Brothers, gang which rents sidewalk space on choice streets to prostitutes--if they mic crisis is an and that of the are not already working under potancy of the new reorganised gangs' direction. The penalty Government under Premier for non-payment of rent is a

razor-scarred face, Chang Chun.

Every Londoner bas, seen wo- Pao-reputed men soliciting in the West End to the CC clique but the extent of the traffic han Premier bean an unpleasant surprise. ance Arosult detectives from out- rod. "Gov, lying districts are being moved" Ing out to beats where thely faced, are tiary hot, knownɛ to trap 1800 or se panderers living on the earns

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