1947-05-29 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, Thursday, MAY-20, 1947.

ACUTE CALCUTTA TENSION| Britain's Role And

Leaflets Dropped From Air, Urging Public

American Steamer Detained

Gibraltar, May 27:

A 497-ton steamier, the "Colony Trader,” which arrived from Gibraltar last week from the Unit-

ed States, has been de.

tained here.

Newn of the ship'e detention came shortly after n report tlant an

ordinance providing for the detention of shipa 909- peste of being Tsed for tak. 1313: illegal irant 5.201 Palestine had been macted nere

committing an offence against

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To Remain Calm

Near-Panic Caused By Riot Rumours

Calcutta, May 27.

Leaflets urging the public to remain calm were

dropped from planes today on Calcutta, where · the morale of its 4,000,000 citizens has been dangerously strained by a flood of rumours predicting that riots, surpassing any thing yet experienced, would begin on June 2. the same time, Sir Frederick Burrows. Gover- reassuring *nor of Bengal, has broadcast a

statement and Moslern and Hindu leaders have issued a joint appeal for peace. A total of 35,000 leaflets were droned, containing peace appeals by Gandhi, Jinnah and other leaders.

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said:

RING DEM

BELLS

London, May 7.

The Bishop of Exeter, Dr. C. E. Curzon, advocates heil- ringing to seals down surplus ponds.

"Women have invaded the belfry," he air. "I welcome that invasion, Bellringing is a great exercise. It should be very good for the figure Reuter.

Mother's Place Is In The Home

Chester, May 27.

In his broadcast, Sir Frederick The peace appeal signed by "Rizeris have for two M slem and Congress leaders said months been subject to attacks that stories of preparations and by cowardly assassins, who hirk |punte was spreading. The appeal

A protest against the Under the ordinance, anyone in dark alleyways and stab their asked all members of the public Lebour Government's

ne to resort to violence set policy of It would bus liable, a summary / Viethus in the back.

"The lenskan which these back godwill and spuradte incidents has engendered | bemiselves as vofunfeces of penen. ta constitute has slowed down the nortnal life "Our parties ar determined to word, for peace without any men. tal reservaitoti and pence must found! will be restored.“

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cony letion, 1.. three mile fen prisonment

nat eceding 90, 62 of envirtles an indictatent to two years imprisonment or a line of 500,

beth.

The detention of the Colony Trader" was made under this ordinaner. The crew k The ship melades several national ities, while the master is stut ed 10 be Greek. Her crew jumbered 29.

The "lony

Tacker." was

on her way From Jacksonville, Florida. 6. Vienna. Reuter.

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the winde elty and be night some parts, almost to a halt." He promised protrelion for Ives jant property and said that he had arvonged for extra tro ps to br difted into the province.

in the event of teamble, they will be instructed to put forth every possible effort to prevent

spreading, le uded.

sope the yeaston for sating these instructions will not arise. at that is not in my hands, it is in yours."

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Calcutta Clash Today in Calcutta three people were killed and 12 injured in a Hindu. At ́stent clash. The tutal arrests for the day were 119.

From Lahore, it is that the

reported Punjab leaders of the Hindu Moslem League and the Congress

encouraging mothers to take up jobs

industry was made to day by the Bishop of Chester, Dr. D.II. Crick.

he

Addressing the Chester Thocenn Conference here, declared that home life maxt suffer if mothers go out to work.

"It is unworthy of our trad tin and un-Christian that the labour force of England should be recruited at the expense of the standard of home life," the Mahasabht (Orthodox | Bahoop sahl. Hindu Party and the Sikh Party have agreed to h l a c.nference

"If it is true that in no other

World Peace

Capetown, May 27, Fle]d-Mrashal Jan Smuts told the Senate here today that he looked upon British rule as "a safer guarantee of peace in the world, than the United Nations itself," The dangers to peace he declared, lay in the existence of only two "super-powers"the United States and Rus- sla-and in aggressive Communist propa- ganda.

The Prime Minister said that South Africa did not intend to annex Southwest Africa but would report to the United Nations as they had done to the League.

The power position in thewatching the General Assembly world, as a result of the war,for two montha, he had not been Smuts declared, had undergone impressed. the biggest change in thousands

"Judging from

indications

of years with the elimination of Reen so far, 1 will svapenil great powers and the emergence | judgntont on UNO. I want to of Runela and the United States nee how things move," an super-powers,

-He said if Germany and Aus- "Thus, there is an element of tela were allowed to sink to the danger of a clash in future,lowest economic depths, they

neighbouring There would be ngre safely in would pull all the world if there were a num-countries down to the ber of great powers.

fevel, producing a situation as

May this

A Warning

sume

A fair settlement of the Cen-

"It is necessary for the pence bad na war. of the world that Britain shall recover her position and main. thin herself as one of the super- powers. That will happen. It is merely a matter of time, I go tral European problem was an far an to say that I look upon essential condition for peace, the British rule as a safer guarantee Prenter said. He warned Parlia of peace in the world than in the ment: United Nations ifxe]f.

"Be ready. If you base your not in criticism of the United hopes on disarnament, you may Nations but because the United has disillusionment far greater Nailons is so young and inex-than resulted from the failure

of the League of Nations." pertenced",

Smuts said that in the event The Danger Declaring that he did not be. of a future war. South Afrien would be endangered because lieve that war was

imminent General Smuts spoke of the re-

the Cape route was one of the: glous aspect of

cartiinal arens on world Communist

fence.-United Press. propaganda all over the world, achling:-

"The danger in that there there turgorrow to discuss the pos. way can the necessary addition- | kave been religious wars

bo sibilities of restoring peace and ambers be secured for in-fore with devastating effects, conflence thr t-tern Punjab,dustry, we should say we can- while

Cawnpore, United Provinces not at present afford any 1C- industrial centre of a million peo.duction in the ordinary working plu, is today facing a complete hours."

power black at as a result of the He called on the Church to strike begun yesterday by 2,000 take the lead in opposing the re- workers of the Cawnpore Electric icruitment of mothers for | Supply Corporation.—Reuter.

Idustry. Reuter.

Blame For Texas City Disaster

Washington, May 27.

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no Government wants wur, these mavements, if they

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Losing That continue and its aggressive pro- Squared-Off

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London, May 20. Isolation", General Smuts sald,

London strawberry "If you are a South American blondes believe that physical! republic, you have North Am. exetelse provides the remedy erica to look after you. Here for "aquared-off" figures ro- there is no Monroe Doctrine." sulting from wartime service Regarding Southwest Africa, the women's forces and have set the Prime Minister said: "Weup business

Mayfair j're carrying the spirit of the gymnaslam as a school for bud-

mandate as has existed ding mannequins. hitherto, We intend to give re-i Their fortnight's intensive The U.S. Coast Guard today placed a substantial

presentation to the territory in course includes instruction the Union Parliament but "that { polas, deportment, make-up, part of the blame for the Texas City disaster

does not mean incorporation or hair styling-and self-defence. on the French Supply Council and the French

annexation. We are going to In charge of the last named de Line.

kend reports to the UNO as we partment is the jlu-jitau experti The cause of the fire was not did with the League of Nations ringleader of the enterprise-26 determined, but the Coast Guard-Reuter.

year old Joan Rhodes, said there had been "smoking by personnel in the area of 'Num- The Premier said "squabbl ber 4 haich" on the French slup ng in the Grand Camp,

Security Council which exploded comes as a sad blow, After on April 16, causing at 481 deaths and 3,600 injurica,

The Coast Guard conducted San Francisco, May 27. an investigation after the Australian Government | plosion and reported its has decided to subsidise theminary findings today. fares of American. ex-Service- prevent any future disaster of men and their dependents who the kind which wrecked Texas wish to emigrate to Austraila, City, it recommends an exhaus-

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As a' aldeline this blue-eyed "atrong woman" tears London In half telephone directories with her bare hands, can break a six inch nail, and throw man around with the case of a full elze policeman.

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No, she's not married.-Ưalt- ed Press.

Helicopters Rescue

Margate: The embarrassed Airmen

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Paris, May 27.

Argentine Envoy the Australian Department of tive study by a special Govern to the United Nations, arrived Information disclosed today.

mental committee, with a view here today from 'Spain. to developing a national policy Arthur Caldwell, Minister for for the handling of ammonium Margate Borough Council dis Immigration and Information, nitrate. said Australia welcomed young

Albrook Field, May 27. United Staten veterans. He said ed that practically all establish-

The Coast Guard report abow closes that Mr. Churchill will

receive the freedom of the Helicopters equipped with he hoped the new policy would ed rules for the safe handling Borough on June 5th instead of special winches lowered rescue enable many thousands to get of explosive fertilizer had been on Friday as originally schedul- platoons into the Panama jun the permanently in Australa. ignored at Texas City. Mored. The Council belatedly reallz. Ele to reach six survivom of "We regard the American over, it reported, nearly nil per-ed that the original date colneid an Army plane which crashed veteran an ideal immigrant. His sons concerned with the Grand with the final day of the La on the night of May 21. way of life is akin to ours and Camp shipment "displayed

The helicopters are unable to bour Party's annual conference.

land due to the extremely denne his Interests are similar. In ex-lack of knowledge of the provi pressing my personal opinion ions or regulations governing liaher, Curt Vinz, joined Am

Munich-The German pub jungle growth.

Special winches were instal- that these men will play an in the safety of operations, either erican officials today in telling led and the rescuers were lower- portant part in Australla's by land or water".

visiting American oditore, that vivor of the plane crash, Lisu- ed in pairs. The seventh "sur- future, I realise the indispens- The ammonium nitrate Was

Frerich and Russian books were tentant William Rogors, naviga- able aid they brought us in de being shipped by the French

flooding the German market Tending Australia against the Supply Council which lid not while United States publications crawled through the jungle to for, was rescued after he had Japanese hordes,” he Bald the Coast Guard reported, fol- United Press.

were lagging behind because of low the regulations which re-

where he was found by a quire that the shipper give writ. red tape in Washington.

search aeroplane. Rogers said ten notification in advance to

none of his glx companions ap- Paris:-The French Con-parently had been injured. the vCagel regarding tho

federation of Christian Workers characteristica

Lt. Rogers also said that dur- of dangerous has decided to amend its by Ing his slow crawling journey rargo-United Press.

laws, eliminating reference to through the jungle at night, he the Catholic religion because of heard wild animals acreaming Increasing non-Catholic mom- but he was het attacked.—Unit- bership. The Confederation, ed Press. which is the second largest la- bour organization In France, London, May 27. took action affecting nearly Detailed recommendations have

made here for the amal-1,000,000 members at the 23rd In Glasgow today that, although gamation of the Engilsh-speaking annual congress meeting In Japan had been defeated,

she Union and the American-Britai Paris,

Menace Of Secularised China

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Glancow, May 27.

The Rev. Dr. Arthur Taylor of

the China Inland Mission told the

Christian Endeavour Convention been

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Bombing Story Untrue

was recovering with a cyclonic Commonwealth Association both speed unparalleled in the history of which exist for the furthering of the world.

Those who would develop

ly opened a two week series of reports. that the Ching Ling, a China's great, natural resources The English-Spanking Union. should not repeat the mistako founded in 1918, has more than Italo-Spanish conferences today CNRRA water transport ship that formerly had been made with 14,000 members in Britain and on the occasion of an exposition had been hit by bombs and Japan.

Britain, the United States and more than 4,000 in other parts of of the "Spanish Book" at the strafed by Nationalist planes the Commonwealth. There is a Spanish Academy of Fine Arts. while unloading a roller cargo (FREIGHT) Rusala would vie with one asimilar union In the

United Speakers' include Folio Galante at Shihchluss, Communist held $1.80 per kllo.ther box hastab the States, Independent of the British on the prominence of Spain in port on the Shantung coast,

filimitable and inexhaustable reunion, but with the same objec-South-American culture. sources which made China paton tires.Associated Press.

'According to UNERA, the Ching Ling advised by radio tially the richest country in thei world.

Shanghal, May 27. Rame:-The Spanish Em- The UNRRA office said today no confirmation of of relations between the British basay's Cultural Office formal- there was and American people.

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