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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1947.

SHANGHAI STUDENT ROUND-UP Attempt To Stamp Out Uprisings In City

Call For Strike In Nanking'

Nanking, May 25.

After lengthy discussions at a mass meeting held here, the students decided last night to call a one-week strike beginning today, which will have, as one of its main objectives, a protest against the arrest of students in Shanghai. This mové represents the "next step" which the student federation announced it would take if the Government failed to comply with its ul- timatum.

During the perind of the States Senate and Hooss through

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make

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to the Political neil

strike, student delegaten will the Unstea States Catma Inte "anti-rival appealing to withhold Jonna af Peuples any nature which will enable the Nanlonge Government to finanser the civil war, Requesting Can- tremes not in "Ingest" in China's way, it said that bans at pre- sent are merely "gasoline poured over the fire." United Press,

In Shauphai pative sendars men swept town on muiversity students enpaget in a Inve heale

publicity demonstration campaign today and arendad BB in an attempt to stamp set stadení aprisings.

Pidier said the arrest of the student agitators was continui A jne

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Mayor Climbs Down Mayor K. C. Wu of Shanghai That 1}*** Budents artigiieed prrested during the week-end the National Chinoting

The studente, whes nye from from

the National, Polinntung usd University would be released.

were; This prevented another student Shanghai- alemondration,

'fungchi Universities handed over to the Woosung Garrison

More than 1,500 students lined They will be dealt with under up on the University campus martial law, a, spokestin said

march off 10 the

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Cur-

The police staged the roairal-¦ Murteipal Building when armed up in the face of an ultimatum Police gendarmes threw a to Mayor K.C. Wu that unless he released talents previously arrested, a huge demonstration would be told.

Labour Strike

Rumours

on around.

the pumps and blockaded the gales with riot vons and trucks.

The Mag

arrived pal after a manterener with students and Teachers urdered the Police to withdraw studenta

Chinese papers reported ru-| aint release mours of a general student and arrested. labone shop strike on June 2

the

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The students clurged tank 100

in connection with a threaten-{ pluinclothes men

broke up a

ed nationwide anti-civil war student meeting, arrested 14. student demonstration.

Coaches of the Puro-Ling es cajrens Utter the right-of-way near Orleans after the tocamos fine jumped the tracks as May 13. Aucrinted Presa Photo),

General Has Smack At Soviet

New York, May 25.

General Mark Clark, en route to San Francisco to-

take up command of the US Sixth Army after serving as commander of US forces in Austria, charged today that the Russians in Austria are confiscating Austrian oil wells, cattre, food and even United States UNERA supplies in direct violation of the Potsdam agreement.

Naft

In a specchi prepared for de- to the world for lis future peace who failed to escape, and Injured | livery on a nationwide radio-net.and prosperity, The press also reported several in the fracas. The work, Clark sald "The Soviet "As a skler, kid gloves are growing movement among stu- plaicelothes men smashed the High Commission. in Austria is not my style. Neither are denis To end the week long meeting room with axeн, The not cooperating with the British, words,"

Mayor promised that the men French and Âmerienna in ገፀ- Clark denounced the Russians and "sples" would be punished. cord! with the presumably in the most bitter termis ever

Asseclated Press,

solemn pledges all of us made uttered by a four star general

in uniform.

strike.

They Rail many of the students were preparing to re- turn to their classes, None of) the schools has been reoperial | however.

Students who had leen ar- rested last week leave bren ar raigned before the Harrison! command. They face formati prosecution, a garrison" ajukes- man said. -Reiter and Asso- ciated Pres

121 Arrests

Shanghai, May 20. The Garrison Headquarters and the city police rounded up 27 more students yesterday in continued drastic action to pre- vent student agitation 10 or- ganize a nationwide general strike against the civil war an June 2

parenta.

Eighty-two students were ar- rested in the downtown nres for pasting up "aubversive posters" demanding students, merchants and labourers to strike on June 2: Fifteen were arrested on the

U.S. Missionaries'

The

Ordeal

Tientsin, May 26. Communists during their occupation of Changli, East Hopei town on the Peiping- Mukden railway, removed three elderly Am- erican missionary women and about 400 Chin- ese students and mission workers for a two- day indoctrination capitivity in the mountains, burned one mission building, and subjected others to systematic plunder.

held

to

Potsdam Pledges Reviewing the Potsdům pleiš that the armies were provide their own foodstuffs, establish Governments of the

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SOLDIERS ON RAPÉ CHARGE

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Singapore, May 25. Two British anldiers, ac- cused of the rape of a ucar-old Chinese girl in the War Crimes officers' quarters kere, were remanded in cun- tody for a week at n Singa pere Police Court yesterday.

One of the accused nữón, Private G, McCulloch, denied that he was in the quarters of The time and naid that he could call witnesses to prove this-Router.

people's own chousing and other In netions to set the defeated coun-I tries on their feet, Clark sald "Despite my frequent personal protests to their High Commis- sioner Marshal Koney in the past two years the Soviet

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cupation forces, contrary their pledges, have supported themselves on Austrian farm products and livestock-and even xported surplus over their own needs.

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DEATH

Kure, May 26.

The British Commonwealth Occupation Forces head- quarters announced that two R.A.F, officern died in a fire which Aurrect The British Commonwealth air Uroup station officers' meas at Iwakant at 1.30 this morning. This Games of the 10 officers were withheld pent Ing notification of next of icin. -United Preza...

Greek- Albanian Gun Duel

Athens, May 25.

A gun duel between an Ailanian ship and the Greek Island of Corfu o the Albanian coast was reported today in a telegram from Corfu to the Greek Ministry of Public Order.

The telegram sakl that on May 22, an Albanian ship appreached Corfu and, after na exchange of Bre with shor detachments,

coast.

RELATIONSHIP

Margate, May 26.

Mr. Philip Nocl-Baker, Labour Party Chairman, called upon the Government to take the lead in trying to establish a "new relation of equal- Ity, confidence and trust" among the "peoples of the world."

In speech at the opening of the Party's annual confer- ence, Mr. Noel-Baker, who alsó holds the post of Air Minister in the Labone Government, de- clared that the Government's troublesome domestic problems. were a small bar compared with the major isso that cor- fronts the world: the major thusk of building pence on a entre foundation.**

He urged the Government to serk development of a "new worldwide, intercontinental sys-

Dean

Joins In The Fray

London, May 25. The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Dr. W. R.

tem of eetnomic -operatoín, Matthews, far more developed, far more pressed

than anything ww ibu

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have known before."

today ex- "astonishment"

the Government planned

on

But first, he said, “we must.

to go ahead establish A new relation : with the erection of a equality, confidence LO trust power station

the between the western, the EuroSouth bank of the river pear and the American people james which might ob

the P

and the other proplex of

world,"

Curc the view of the

seen the great edifice.

"No one who has new assembly of UNO and the) fense gebates en every question.

The Dean, delivering als ser. Heat oven remotely brings up n son, said that despite the weight of public opinica from the public, rare van doubt that this is pre withdrew towards the Albanian haps the gravest single prablem local authorities and experts, who of the century in which we were "unanimously" against the live."

scheme, it was sill! more astonish- Declaring that the

UND ing that the arguments put for. must be made the erriding touched the real point of issue. ward by the Government never factor in international, affair,"

That was not the fact that the tic voice confidence that the f

views of St. Paul's from the other organization can

gitte of the Thomes might be ob

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An Albanian report that two Greek planes had attacked thr Albanian town of Koritza, nine miles west of the Greck border. was denied today by M. P. Kanel.

world pence

enough.

lopoulos, the Greek Air Minister Another, report. that Greek planes flew over Albanian terriccomplish it tasks if give seared, "though tory was als: categoriently denied the time. "Anyone who thinks by the Greek Department of In that UNO has alretly failed des formation.

clares his ignorance," be coll cluded. --Associated Press.

The Soviet

On May 21, the Department sald, Greek planes attacked 500 guerillas within Greek' territory but only a short distance from

the Albanian frontier,

These guerillas had retired into Albanion territ:ry, probably tak. ing with them their killed and

wounded-Reuter.

Message Germans

Britain's

Το

Essen, May 25.

a message of "candid friendship" to the Ger- mans, Lord Pakenham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister Responsible for the British Zone of Germany, told a press conference here today of "a new era" that was opening in the history of the British and Am- erican zones of Germany.

Britain's hand of friendship was "stretched more than half, way" especially towards the younger. generation of Germans.

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"For far more important is that the erection of a power stallon strikes u blow at the London County Cunell pinn for the south He roneeded, however, that bank of the river, and we are ted we still have to convince car to fear that the great, sweep at Soviet allies that the true in- the river. Its mujestic turn terests of Britain do not cat what should be the most beautiful fillet with theira. We have aer all city waterways in the world, to satisfy them that nations will not

b given up again to

on

with differing sosial systems plegemeal and sporadic develop. con all live by the UNO Charment," the Dean sald,-Reuter. ter and by the Charter work. together in harmony and peaces

If we could end the fear of war," he declareal, "there is almost an enterprise that would he beyond our power.

"We could multiply by five or 10 the irrigated areas of the Middle East, we could let the sen into the Sahara and change the ellmate of half a continent. We could bring water to the Kalahari and make new land for white men and for the (Continued on Page 91

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A wink untleyclone in massing slowly martand meron the Eastern Mo Pre-

urla falling ever Central and BW Chiou. depres la anlam ENE in the cite to the E of Tokyo, Gradients are li

ver the Calon Berend Tolly's FarentNoderate SE or woe: elly, sowery, reliably impro

during the dry.

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"Even your best friends, Some observers tonight Inker The arrests brought the total

Qut of the welter of conflict-, lages seven miles away, the "This even applied to Ameri- however, beg you to rouline that Lord Pakenham's promise of an of students seized to 121, some

UNRRA supplies which the war was a crime, the important statement with the of whom were released on bailing reports and conjectures this Communists-allowed the three! can

women and some were distributed equally to all memory of which we are looking talk of a "new era," but no con- THE IDEAL APERITIF and hunded over their eye-witness story of Changli's American

to

orden) was brought to Peiping | Chinese women to ride on carts parts of the country. As A reto the Germany of today toffirmation was available.

the Austrian people are wipe out," he said.

Lord Pakenham spent the today by mission workers, four but the rest walked. days after the United Statex The captives included four living on a starvation flet.

"I ask you to believe that the afternoon touring" the Ruhr with Consuinte in Tientsin had re- Chinese mission workers. 151 "Industrial properties taken moment of Germany's "spiritual | high Tritish officials and with and 80 girl and 300 over by the Germans during the opportunity has come.

thể Labour Member of Parlia- quested the Nationalists to as- tenchers

Wall, which according to the certain the safety of the nine boy students.

"Germany's weakness is herment, Mr. J.II. Jones, whom, it Amerienn missionaries in When they reached the vil-1 Portlam agreement were to be spiritual opportunity. Never be was disclosed, waa appointed Changil.

Inges, the Rev. Lly 1-shian returned to their original non-lieve that the whole world Ishtia Parliamentary Private -National Chiaotung University The first eye-witness account spent long hours convincing the German owners, also have been against you. The German people Segretary before the present trip campus following a-clush antong was brought to Tientsin by the Communists that they would seized illegally by the 600 striking and anti-strike

Soviets, have great. qualities of en-at the express wish of the For! eyes of the These include oil wells original durance. But in the past students, Three were injured Rev. Edward Dixon, of Walling- love face in the

this ciga Secretary, Mr. Ernest if they ford, Pennsylvania, who trudġ- | world during the fight in which. Cred many miles to reach a rail-nilasionarice.

-the ly owned and developed by Am- quality and others, has beenBevin. cording to the police, one thụt

often turned towards evil ends. During his afternoon tour. was fired.-United Press.

way undestroyed by the Com- Fiially he succeeded and the

"I believe that if the goal is Lord "The Russians not only have eaptives walked back to Changli taken over Austrian

Pakenham vialted munista. Professors' Warning

industries provided the same qualitles of worst Blum districts of Essen. Plecing the story together] in 40 hours.. Tientsin, May 25.

Land" foodstuffs, but also the endurance, patience and hard the German industrial city, and from eye-witness reports. The Communists apparently very lifeline of the nation the work will be used towards that accompanied German newspaper A group of professors of the American Methodist officials in hoped to get equipment and Yenching University, one of Felping told United Press the gain converts, but the captives Danube River. Because it lies in goal,

reportera on an unscheduled China's leading centres under Communists returned the cap did not know why the Com-Russian-supervised territory, the

Great Hope

trip to a shelter dwelling where the presidency of Ambassador tives after having been persuad- munists indoctrinated the river itself and all t shipping Leighton Stuart, today Isaliva dned that their detention would] Americans.

facilities have been claimed for anti-civil war proclamation warn cause unfavourable world ranc-|

the Soviet Union, The Reds entered the mlaston. Ing that the Chinese situation at { tion.

compound on May 18, threaten

Only Facts present is "no lesa se lous than

"My

Marshal protests to The Americans involved were ing the missionaries against that prevalling on the eve of the

Panay French and (Russian) October Penn.; Lora Battin, of Bloom- paring to tie up Mr. E.J.other seizures,

Griffin, of Degolla, making a move. They were pro- Konev on this matter, an

were answered field. Iowa; and Dr. Clara burn down the buildings when dan agreement."

Winan, of Loa Angeles, and with 'Ita according to the Puts clrcularized to other universities Nutting, of Georgetown, Mass. the ordern were countermanded "I can state definitely that it In order to collect tho, signatures mission work in China.

-all over 50 with a decade's by the Communist commander. in not."

Hospital Looted

Revolutions".

The manifesto, which

Was

of professors through North

China, saldinumediate peace.and

a coalition government is the

Before leaving Changli in

only way to save China from the face of a Nationalist coun-

exhaustion aud' collapie.

The manifesto exhorted the Government and Communists to end Aghting Immediately.

It

United Press.

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ter-attack, the Communists Bub- jected the city to widespread Page Two

Communiam in Japan. destruction and looting, the Page Three eye-witnesses said. The Redn

Shinwell Heckled.. stripped the mission hospital] Page Five 4 expressed the hope that "com- no thoroughly that doctors are patriots throughout the country at present using chopsticks Page Siz will, arise as one man and plan rather than forceps to change Collaboration Ienues: Editorial to jointly grasp salvation with dressing. After the Reds hade ing both Jinnidn

World Rice Shortage."

Washington and Far East, takon all they wanted, they Page Ten Meanwhile, students of the Invited the rabble, to loot. Nankat University in Tiontal, The eye-witnesses said during

The Racor; H.K. Soccer: Inves

tigation. sent a mornago to the United the Journey to mountaih vil- Sports Stadium for H.K.

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Why Siam Fought

"I fell that a great and clear a woman was frozen to death hope lles before Germany in the last January.-Reuter. next few months, and overy- thing that Britain can do to help vill be done."

Lord Pakenham deplored the isolation by the rest of Europe during the last two years and during the last two years and between the young people of Gormany and Great Britain.

Bangkok, May 26. Captain David Parsons, of the "Everything possible that can Clark pointed out that in the!

United States Army, has, inter- free elections held in Austria 'an be done to arrange visits

viewed Luang Palbun Bonggram, overwhelming vote was turned ween the two countries will be who as Siam's wartime Premier In against Soviet influence and dono," he said. "It is a heavy signed a treaty of alliance with less than five percent voted for responsibility on all the Allies Japan and declared war on tha a Communist, state,

to help break down the Jaola Allen connection with

Tokyo war crimes, the Engliai tion of Germany",

language newspaper "Bangkok Post" reported here today. A statement of the "greatcat]

The newspaper reported that importance" for the future of Bonggram answered 10 questions, Western Germany was to be in which he told Captain Parsona "I have been accused by my issued next Tuesday. He declin-that Blam fought the Allies bo- Soviet colleagues of stating ed to specify to what it would Japan and that by joining the catuse of an agevomont willy outright lies, but I ashure my refer, but said it would be more fellow Americana I reported important than any issued re the custody of Allied Hives and war Slem was enabled to demand only facts-United Press, I contly."

property-Reute

Since, thon, he said, "In the Russian zone extra food, higher wages and better, rationi. have been given to Austrians who joined the Communist Party.

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