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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 15.-1947.

MARTIAL LAW IN N. IRAQ Border Crossed By 300- Armed Kurds

Persian Aircraft Drop Leaflets

Baghdad, May 13.

The imposition of martial law in the Zibar and Rawanduz districts of north Iraq, where arm- ed Kurdish rebels had "forced their way into Iraq" was announced by the Premier, Salth Jabr, today in the Iraq Parliament here. Three hundred fully arthed rebels under Mula Mustafa. Barazani tribal leader, are estimated to have crossed into, Iraq, informed quarters stated.

Aground

In Thames Estuary

Loncion, May 13.

are

mo-

Iraq army and police forzes said to Be swooping on their hideoudz ist the Cafns, and it is believed that they will be unable 10 resist much longer.

The Premier told purliament that Iraqi police forces opened fire when Mostafa refused 1" surrender unconditionally. One. Bulleen was killed at The Chumlee at rebel casualties wan

unknown.

me martial law.

"Geveniment forces are chan- ing and cleantag up the rebel”, Two days after return be sald, after announcing that ing from the biggest-the Government had decided to ever Antarctic whale Mustafa took refuge Jan hunt, the whale fac- Peria after trading a revolt in tory ship Balnuka Frag in 1945. Early last year went aground today at About 15,000 Barzmi trileyirs Med unto Pren after rebelling the mouth of the Times |

against the tra Governmen a lightship fired

and fightly between them and

earlier this year.

warning gum,

STERLING BALANCES

Landon, May 13. Mr. Pulton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, answering o quration in the House Commons tarny abunt. the Healing down of sterling fiancee.

said that in the

($

forthraming diacustiona, mit referunt considerations, i7- cluding those to which he re-

in dzew ultention zocblic speech, would be bore in mond but he did not think it would be useful for him to bing! Juokelf in advance by making any doclavation,

dawn

A Conservative member, Afr. Dongles Morchell, had anked 24, he wurm of the fact that the progamat to meet is neuling of sterling, balancek will lead to withdrawale of Hiese balancea by unrequited exports, he will now procred Ser black them effectively. pending opreenient bring reached?". Reuter,"

Electricity To Be "Organised"

Lonitou, May 13.

Lord Eitrine, former General Persian tanpa WRN reported, Serretary of the Trade Union Congress, is to be Chairman of The Dew interim organising committee for the electricity In- duntay--the-setting-up of...which was announced by the Minister of Buel, Mr. Shinwell, in the

In April. Mustafa was

ported here to have aurrender-

She was refloated at hich thle and then went nground again, and by now stranded on Shipwnch Shores, 12 miles easted unconditioundly to the Trag of. Walton-on-Naze, An effort!army after being severely

In-

well be marte tax reflat her on Jured. This was neither confirm of Commons today.

this evening's tule

ed nor denied by the Premier,

tue of the committee's main An observer and that "shel Who, however, told Parliament tasks will be to press on with Accred to move for a whole and that Mustafa's brother, Sheikh the provision of new generat

Atmon Al Barzani, had survening plants until the industry in then seiffel town again."

The "Balacka." which hustered unconditionily to the nationalised, apent six months whaling to the aq army and police forces, ..

Lord Citrine is resigning from his 16,000-a-year job on the National Coal Board. The shet leity Industry will even-} tually be ruh

by the British Electricity Authority and Lord

Antarctic. Jeft Southampton last Right for Rasher, Inl Nümay, offer which she was, dực to go to Liverpool. She has one-third of her catch of 192,000 | barrels of w

Reuter.

Pardon Offer

Teheran, May 13.

Persian army atreraft today and 50 tons dropped Inaflets

over

all

Citrine has expressed his will. Jugness to accept its chairman-

of frozen whade meat still in Kurdish Matriots, announcing ship. The salary of this post

board, Ruter.

April Shipping Losses

Liverpool. May 13,

general pardon granted Shah

Muhammed Reza [1 Kurdish tribesmen wher Cu-

is 8,500 a year. Reuter,

sperated with the "Demira Field Marshal

in the northern province rif

Azerbaijan when they revolted

against the central Government Passes

Just year.

ONTARIO WANTS MORE BRITONS

London, May 13. Colonel George Drew, premier of Ontario, at pre- sent In London interviewing Government offi- cials regarding the immigration of suitable Britons into Ontario, told the press that the Ontario High Commissioner's London Office already had received 125,000 Inquiries from Britons desirous of emigrating to Ontario, Col. Drew emphasized that his visit was not an attempt to persunde Britons to leave the British Islen at present nor ant fattempt to frustrate the Bri-, New Delhit, May 13. Ush Government's policy of "Pathanstan" as a separate In-keeping much-needed skilled

view

Pakistan Hindustan Rajistan Pathanstan

dan state for Pathans today be labour at home, “but in come a possible addition to the of the many thousands of Bri Pakistan Hindustan, Suchston, tons who have already express Italian and other "stone"

or Jed

a wish

to lo emigrate "Istans" proposed by the various Ontario. I have come to Bri- communities and a lullens to Intel in order to expedite the

ila's problem.

passage of those most suitable." Col Drew stated that Ontario

could, within the forearenble future, support 25,000,000 50,000,000 population. He sald

and eventually

agricultural workers Ontario's most

Waß Attalion Kim, Minister of Revenue in the Northwest Frontier Province, declared in Peshawar: "First of all, we want an Independent sovereign state of Pathans and then we will visun.

skilled

રી

argent

Jint conference of the whole Pathan nation, which will were ultimately neguinte on an equal need, after which came workers forest Industries and

furting, either with induston or Pakistan, whichever offers us the better terms."

ton.

for mining.

The Premier stated that be would not discuse with Govern- ment officials the question of

CERTIFICATES WANTED

Landon, May 13. The United States Embuang announced today that all per Kona travelling to the United States from the British Tales and "Egrupe nowe must be able to produce proof of mucrona- ful vaccinition against westl- the hunt ihren pos within pears---Lluited Press.

CHINA'S

RELIEF NEEDS

Washington, May 13. The Senate President,

Pathans. who inhabit North. west India, are descendants of early immigrants from Afghands. opening British branch indi

|tries in Ontario, "which la ♫ Mortens have entled for Pakin matter for the lndividual us tas. Hindus for Hindustan, Sikhs dustries themselves to take up Mr. Vandenberg, today have asked or a Sikhstan in with the British Government." disclosed that eastern Punjab, the Dagras for

China's Degraistan in Madras Presidency. He said he expected his Lon-post-UNRRA relief re- and Use Talian Princes were radon visit to last only a fort quirements were estim- ported earlier this month to be night, after which he was related at US$60,000,000 by discussing a combiner slate of turning ተው Torulito. Uniter]} Rajistan.--Reuter,

Press.

Reassuring Coal Production

London, May 13.

Public opinion in Britain has been considerably

reassured by the publication today of coal pro-' duction figures in the first week of the 5-day week system introduced, into Britain's coal- fields on May 5.

There have been fears that the 5-day week system would lead to considerable net loss of produc tion at a time when Britain could least afford These fears were widespread both among the public to hint that the 5-day week might have to be reconsidered if the first month's re- sults were not satisfactory.

it.

the State

Department. and United Nations Technical Committee.

He said about two-thirds of the proposed US$590,000,000 Grolief would be allotted Italy, Austria and Poland.

to

Senator Vandenberg told the Senate that the United States, under the pending US$250,000.- 000 foreign rief bill, would furnish about 58 per cent of total post-UNRRA relief.

He broke requirements down as follows:--Austria, US$148,- 000,000; Greece, US$60,000.- 000; Hungary, US$23,000.000; Italy: US$158.000.000: Potami, US$117,000,000; China, US$60.- 000,000; Trieste, US$20,000,000. The Senate agreed fo Vote tomorrow on the foreign relief bill and the amendment 10 knock nut aid te Hungary. There is relief at the first in. 1 Mr. Shinwell, giving the Agures Poland and other countries un- dleation that the average cutput at a press conference on Tues. der the "domination or sphere is likely to be maintained and that day, said there was no cause for of influence" of Russia. it will incrense with technicol pessimism about the effect of the

Senator Vandenberg appeal- Improvements.

shorter work week on production, ed for Congressional approval veal that cool production has, on

The Bgures published today re- He added:

of the fall US$350,000,000 pro- avoid disputes | gramme because the balance, been fairly

President well which may grise because et Truman's stop-Communiam plan maintained during the first 5-day anomalies disclosed In the five. would be doomed without it. week except for areas where pre- day week agreement I am can-The House kas duction was affected by unofficial ndent that we can get the ecol." | US$150,000,000

- Topped from strikes, as In Scotland...

foreign The first Bye-day week ending relief appropriation which the In onncuncing these figures, May 10 brought 3,782,000 tons administration is expecting the Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, the Minis- from British mines, Mr. Shinwell Senate the ter of Fuel, and the main archi said, compared with 3,830,400 tons Press. Legion of Honour and held the tect of the nationalisation of Brt. In the previcus week.-Associat. organisation

The tribesmen's chief, Ghazi Mohamed, was hanged by Government troops at Maliabad, main Kurdish centre, two maiths ago--Reuter.

fif

The Underwriters Associa- tions casualty returns for April

London, May 13. revented today that world ship-

All civilian Internees in the ping losses last month wore

United States occupation zone more than twice as great na for the same mouth in 1945.

Germany who were Dut Sixteen ships, totalling 78,- members of any

Interna- 639 tons, were posted in the declared crimini by loss book last month. This tional Military Tribunal nt are to be released compared with 11 yessels of Nuernberg. 57,715 tons in 1946 and fly and returned to their homes, ships of 30.220 tons for the where they will be subject to same period in 1945;

Lymington, May 13. Field Marshal Sir Cyril De- vereli, 72-year-old former chief of the Imperial General Staff, died suddenly at his home here on Monday.

Sir Cyril was promoted to Field Marshal in 1936 and in 1986 and 1987 wan chief of the Imperial General Staff.

He

WAA an

officer of

we can

Croix de Guerre with palm fortish mines, felt confident enoughed Press. his services in the first world to declare: "I think you will get war.

your 200,000,000 tons."

He went to India in 1921,

serving four years as comman der of the United provincea dia-

Better Than Before

An analysis of today's Agures the usual denozification pro- triet. He was Quartermaster show that some areas actually Of the vessels inst month, six cedure, the American Military General in India from 1927 to surpassed the 6-day output in the were British and four Ameri-Government announced today. 1990 and the chief of the Gen-first 5-day week. One exceeded can, the report said--United Recording to the

Stuttgart cral Staff India in 1930-31. the previous output by 21.000 Press,

Associated Press.

tons.-Reuter.

radio.-Reuter.

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Justice Demanded Leaving For Japs

San Francisco, May 13. The American Civil Liberties Unlari today launched a renewed campaign on behalf of #BH Peruvian Japanese detained the United States since 1943 when they assertedly were arrested by Peruvian officials at the request of the United State authorities,

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