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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947.

PALESTINE COMPROMISE

Jewish Agency To Appear Before

U.N. Committee Four-Day Wrangle Ironed Out

New York, May 6. The United Nations Assembly by an overwhelming majority today denied the privilege of its floor to the Jewish Agency for Palestine, but order- ed its key political committee to give the Agency a hearing.

The special Palestine Assembly climaxed four days. of wrangling on the Jewish representation with these decisions.

1-lt voted 39 to 8 with 7 a combination of Slay and abstentions and 1 ahrence to Latin American countries.

Arab - the Simultaneously Russian-backed reject a

jira. posal granting the Agency the Higher Committee officially re- right to present its case from quested permission to speak

for the Araba of Paleseine. the floor of the Assembly.

tion

BRISBANE

DISASTER

Airisbane, Muy b Sixteen people are kaonen to have been killed and 30 - jured when a train filled with picnickers, icluding arany children, won wrecked today near Cump Mountain, 35 miles north of Brisbane. Reuter,

Global Army Dissent

Lake Success, May 6.

Nations The United

Council will Opposing the Jewish Agency Security being granted a hearing. Dr. open a debate this week Farid Zein Eldine (Syria) was twice interrupted by the Pon the organization of a dent and told not to discuss global police force. the merits of the Palestine case. On

Airborne Troops In Action

Ley Certified To Be Insane

London, May 6, Thomas John Ley, 66, former Minister of Justice of New South Wales, was saved from the gal- lows on Monday by an order of the Home: Secretary.

English Critic's Apologia

STU-

Ley and Lawrence John Smith, 38, a Joiner, convicted on March 24 for the murder of a bar tender were to hang on Thursday.

The Home office set aside the death penalty on the basis of the findings of two doctors who held that Ley is insane now and was at the time of the murder,

They reported him suffering from paranoia, a form of Axed delusional insanity, Ley was or dered to be removed to an insane

sentence and the

(10) convicted of being Ley's

elderly men.

Jerusalem, May 5. While airborne troops surrounded the Jewish scttlements near Acre

IOWA CITY, MAY 6. AN

ENGLISH CLERGY prison today, the Crimin-

MAN WHOSE DISCUSSION asylum al Investigation Depart- OF UNITED STATES

Smith. ment started the "screen- DENT MORALS PROVOKED accomplice, was commuted to life

imprisonment.

Victim of the murder was 35- ing" of all Jewish males WIDE COMMENT, SAID YES-

year-old John Mudie, whose body after yesterday's mass TERDAY THAT THE AME-

RICAN PRESS HAD RE- was found in a Surrey chalk plt. break from the grim old CEIVED A WRONG IMPRES- The prosecution charged that Turkish prison.

SION OF HIS LECTURE.

Lay's inntive was jealousy over The Rev. Brian S. W. Green, Mrs. Maggy Brook, an

known to both An official statement tonight of Holy Trinity Church, Lon-woman

admitted he accepted sald that the total number of don, said in a letter to Maurice Smith Arabs and Jews freed by ter. E. Wilson, University of Iowa money to entice Mudie to Ley's rorist attacks on the geol was student, that to characterize London apartment but insisted of whom four his lecture as "attack" on stu-that he knew nothing of the mur. are dead and 183 Araba,

dent morals was "misrepre-der. 216-33 Jewa

"The 29 Jews still at large sentation."

Ley, a business' mun, came to He said the dispatch was England in 1920 after a political "reasonably fair and balanced career In Australia,-Associated were al convicted terrorists," the announcement added.

Arab prisoners were report-ns for as it went, but it did Press. ganizations relating to Pales-love to apply the rule limiting United Nations oflicinis saled to be surrendering in large omft many of the positive and

speechen if the Syrian repre- yesterday the session

would be numbers. Mounted police were sentative persistes. Dr. Elding held on Wednesday or Thursday. searching the hills in the region American students, therefore it argued that the Jewish Agency

long awaited. summary

of Safai, northern Palestine, gave a wrong impression of the the

committee was TLEST

Big-Five

for which it was thought that lecture as a whole."

The Agures he cited, that 90 other Araba might be heading.

The latest reports said at percent of the men and 70 per least 15 men-prisoners and at-

Geneva, May 5. tuckers were killed and about versities had pre-marital 23 others wounded at the time experiences, were not his own.

The United Nations Balkans He said that an American

given those Commbesion was understood to- of the break. Nineteen prison-

of them wounded, sociologist had

on day to have decided to ask the ers, eight were recaptured and 16 others, figures which were passed believed to be attackers, were to him by professora he met, Security Council for a decision

but he thought they were too on the Yugoslay-Albanian captured.

Eight Britons were wounded high-Associated Press. in the battle with the attackers,

2.-It voted 44 to 7 with 3 abяtention and 1 absence to direct its political committee to hear the Agency "on the ques- before the committee" and to send to that committer for its decision other com munications received from ar-

Line.

Lester B. Pearson of Cann da, chairman of the political immediately called committee,

meeting for Tursday at Lake work Success to begin actual

on the setting up of a commit-

tee of inquiry on Palestine.

The Assembly's netion result

ed from a compromise move by

Soviet Envoy's Little Speech

Geneva, May 5, Valerian Zorin, Soviet

Am- bassador

the in Prague, told United Nations Economic Com- mission for Europe today that Ruania "will spare no effort!

for cooperation" in the

Atruction of Europe,

regan-

de- Mr. Zurin, chlef Soviet Jegate to the Commission, sald reconstruction could be

accom-

I will take as the basis of the the second occasion, the debate, the widely divided report Prenklent said that he might of the Military Staff of the Coun.

entitled, under the

cil.

The from

Charter, to be heard as a non-showed that Russia Is opposing governmental agency and that more than one third of the gen. us it claims to be a national eral principles laid down for the

consult International putile body. I should

force and Britain as mundatory power. upon by the others.

and Generals

that

Admirals

#greed

from

The Polish resolution the Jewish Agency for Palen- the United States, China, Russia, fine be invited to state its views Britain and France were able to before the Assembly was

de-concur an 25 points, but most of Cented by

39 votes to eight, them were copied from the United with seven abstentions,

Nations Charier and were stated South Africa entrsed a sor-in broad terms. prie by voting in favour of The Soviet Union dissented on the Pulish, proposal.--Reuter 14 of the remaining 18 articles.--

Ascociated Press. and Associated Press.

plished anly if the principle

that each nation remain sover-A eign and free in its interns! life" were adhered to.

"No Interference in great and amall countries' internal life should be admissible," he said.

He said help primarily should

Sharp Castigation Of Refugee

London, May 6. Polish company secretary convicted of attempt- ing to smuggle 283 gold watches into Britain was rebuked by a London magistrate on Mon- day for his "disgraceful" conduct "to the coun- try which protects and keeps you."

The Pole, Henry Chaim Louter, have to phy very heavy taxation."

go to countries which suffered 52, was fined £3.000 and 30-Associated Press. from the war and that help guineus costa for intent to evade should be given speedily. He customs duty on the watches, for said the problem of reconstrue-currying prohibited goods and for evnde purchuse tlon was most urgent in Russin, attempting fo Poland and Yugoslavia.

Mr. Zorin male no reference

to Germany-United Press,

MADAGASCAR REBELLION

tax.

He pleaded not guilty, saying he had innocently tried to sell the watches for a relative who had visited him from Brussels.

Clue To B-29| Mystery

The

Washington, May G.

Ambus- United States sador to Russia, Walter Bedell magis-Smith's report on an air parade new over Moscow may throw light on the mystery of five U.S. B-29 bombers which fell into

Fassing sentence, the trate, Mr. Paul Bennett ramark. ed:

Paris, May 6. The Cabinet in its first meet- ing today since the Kovern- "It is a disgraceful thing. You, ment's break with the Communn foreigner, came here in 1038, lats approved the dispatch of presumably to avoid the horrors reinforcements to crual: the re- of the Continent. You find a home bellion in Madagascar.

here for yourself, a wife and Yvon Delbas, Radical Social-child and you have also establish, lat, who is acting Defence ed a business. Your idea of grati- Minister, told the Cabinet the tude to the country revolt had been contained but tects and keeps you is to try to not suppressed. -Associated defraud us of these large sums Prens.

in duty, knowing that we

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uraian hands during action against the Japanese.

good things that I said about Balkans

eunt of women students in Uni- SCX

it was disclosed tonight.-Re Strike Threats

ter.

YANGTZE INCIDENT

Nanking, May 5. From four to six passengeTA were killed and

20 injured

when

Com- д Chiaughwo pany's river steamier was fred by a large unidentified laft ormed force from the bank of the Yangtze River 120 miles west of Hankou), on Saturday.

The steamer was enroute from Shanghai to Chungking, in. Military authorities are vestigating. One report sail that the attackers used rifles

and machine-puns.-United

Press.

In France

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Paris, May 5.

strikes Strikes, threatened

Group

Stymied

ro-

fusal to take part in the sub- sidiary Inquiry group going to Salonika.

A source close to the Com-

said the mission

subsidiary Kroup probably also would go the on to Salonika to await. Council's decision.

Bulgaria iso la expected to

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and new demands for wage In-refuse to take part.

'The Commission held creases spread through France

the Communist-controlled private session today, at which the understood VAA Confederation it French Labour

ropre. opened a labour war against the Yugoslav and Albanian Government that dispensed with sentatives explained their rea- five Communist Ministers yes atna for refusing to participate and Indicated it could not ex- terday.

An estimated 10,000 workerspect faciltles for work in their walked

out during the day, countries.

of The first part of the group is bringing the total number

scheduled to leave for Salonika strikers in France to 42,000,

plane tomorrow. United More are threatening to join by them if wage increase demands Tress. are refused,

Confederation

The Labour

full power of the called a special meeting of top the ranking labour leaders and on-munist-controlled organization nounced at ita conclusion that would be thrown behind

Counter-Measures Secret

London, May 5.

The Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, told the Ambassador Smith told TE-

Commons today that Britain had taken "vigor- porters in Berlin yesterday that

ous, extensive and varied" measures against during the May Day parade at

illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine.

use of asking. Governments such and *A large Moscow, he saw 100 jet-planes

four-engined Mr. McNeil said the measures

Live, but declined to detall them emigration of Jews into Fales- bomber which looked very much had been "to some degree" effec- as the Italian Government to stop it would tine while taking no steps or very like a B-29.

on the grounds that Airmen are not surprised to

lessen their efficacy. He declined few steps to ace that an organi- hear that Russia has jet planea,

to say which countries haul agreed sation such an UNRRA does not They speculate however, whe-

encourage emigration into Pales with Britain to cooperate ther the plane which looked like which had either refused or had tine?"

ካሰ Mr. McNeil replied that a B-29 was one of the lost offered only partial cooperation.

(Cons.)

could not accept that assumption. planes

Mr. Harold Nutting or a copy-Associated

"We are in close contact with asked: "Can you say what is the Press,

Government, the Italian sidering their many dimeultier," he said.

Lease-Lend For China

and

con-

want

shipments of lend-lease: tyres Mr, Nuiting commented: "Ob- and tubes, $1,150.521; 'electric viously the Italiana don't motors, $110,588; steam power Jews in Italy and they are dump- plants, $71,263; miscellaneoused on them. Surely the Minister must realise they are only too machinery and equipment,

anxious to get them out."

There was no further reply--- $111,348,

United Press.

Washington, May G. Assistant Secretary of State,

It was also disclosed that the Willard Thorp told the House Appropriations Committee that State Department has not yet $1,444,020 worth of lend-lease taken a position on whether material remained the "pipe- U.S.$100,000,000 of Japanese line" from the United Staton aescis held in the United States

to China at the beginning of should be used to reimburse Trial Of

United States civilians who suf-

this year.

He said the following items fered as a result of Japanese

were destined for Ching as final imprisonment.-United Press. Dr. Schmidt

YOUR RESEARCHES HAVE CONFIRMED MY OWN OPINION OF ERIC HE'S A PLAYBOY, AND' · TALKS OF NOTHING BUT,

CLOTHES TO MY

DAUGHTER, EHT

YES, BUT HE DOESHT

BUY HER

"ANY!

SHE'S MORE ENAMOURED WHY, HOW

OF HIM THAN EVER-STUPID I'VE BEEN SAYS SHE DOESN'T CARE-I'VE SUDDENLY · WHAT HIS PROSPECTS REALISED WHAT ARE--SO LONG AS HET I SHOULD DO

LOYES HER-HAW!” TO SPOIL HIS

EZ GAME!

Vienna, May 5.

The treason trial of the former Austrian Foreign Min- Ister. Guido Schmidt, resumed today affor a 20 đáy, ý c08d, but without the former Chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigs, who has refused to come from his home in Italy to testify.

Today's testimony by a form- er, clark fa- the Austrian Em bassy in Berlin maintained that Schmidt know about Hitler's plan to Invade. Rusela three days in advanos and told anti- Fascist friends. This means the end of Nazism."

The clark added that the Aus trian, Ambassador Tauschits, was disloyal Austrian, who worshipped Hitler and Goat.

Com-

Tor

kers' demands for increased wares.-United Press.

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