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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1947.

SOUTH WALES COAL STRIKE?

Clerks Threaten Stoppage

Colliery

Attacks

On British

Agency

Inter-Trade Union Struggle

London, June 22.

The strike of 4,000 colliery clerks, scheduled for tomorrow in South Wales, is expected to affect some 200 pits turning out half a million tons of coal weekly.

Budapest, June 22, The Communist Party has dropped its demands for a al-The

le coalition slate in the autumn election and an end to individual official Party Party lists, the newspaper, Szabad, Nep, sridh today.

on

The

Local Boy

Makes Good.

Maison, Wisconsin, June 22. General Douglas MacArthur, considered by Wisconsin as a ivative 'sun, was given a pince be hid Thomas Dewey and Harald Stassen in a ballot taken by Wis cantin Republicans meeting in this year's State Convention.

Governor Dewey received 321 votes in the selection of first cholres for the 1948 Republican presidentint condidate.. Captain Stassen reecived 286 votes, Gen.

threatened stoppage followed yesterday's statement by the Minister of Fuel, Mr. Eman- uel Shinwell, that there had been a "marked increase" in absenteeism among Yorkshire miners, and that their weekly target of 865,000 tons had not been reached in any week. An official White Paper

Yorkshire miners were Cool Board. They refused to heeral MacArthur 157, Semmlor Ru the Hungarian conspiruey was

the responsible for more than one absorbed by the National Unlabert Tall (Repub,, Oldo), 97 Re. John Bricker 75, published today. Most of

of the country' overall of Mineworkers. Should thepresentative

Senator Arthur Vandenberg 50, 400-jpe cumént conalsts of th

strike materialize, more than 200

und the Governor of Cullfornia history and depositions previous weekly target of 4,000,000 tons.

The South Walen clerks

repits, with a weekly production of Earl Warren 28.-United Pres. ly anotherd, plus allegations

demanding recognition of their 300.000 tons, would be affected. that American financial HU

union by the Fecently-formed

A representative of colliery port

SX-National Coal Board, which con- promised to

foremen from all South Wales Premier Ferenc Magy fur the trol Britain's nationalised mines.

met coalfields,

yesterday and Smallholders Party n the cum- The strike was intérpreted an a

their support of the between pledged struggle

DROWNED ing election and that British of trade union

the miners and clerical workers, who policy of the National Association

Flushing, June 22, ficers were using one of

their gwn

of Colliery Foremen in demanding to negotiate

Six British segmen convicted conspirators for ex want

wages

el

Th that the Association be recognized drowned day conditions.

when the tug pionage.

mers union is attempting by the National Cont Board ns

"Fair Play" capsized ult Flushing organise the clerical workers the appropriate body with which | Straits. The four survivors of the

to negotiate,

crew of ten are now in hospital

Whx

The Szelad Nep devoted most of its first page to na attack on a branch of their union. the curresjondents of the New

Mr. Will Arthur,

to

חן.

Vice-Presi

York Times and of Reuter and dent of the South Wales rainer. sold today? "We are going to Associated Press news agencies, keen the callieries uning DUA- liating false stories" the

corsible. Our inen will do any job respondents hnd allegedly fled that arise." and geking, "How long shill we

them to file these allow throughout the world?"

BRITISH SEAMEN

weer

Amritsar, June 22. Police, raiding a deserted house today, found a giniture hob factory containing

country-

made beans. a doule-borrelled gun, hand grenades, steri belnits, stayms, spears, bows, gusuljne, ani

David Bann, Association Seere. ] here.-Reuter, tory for Monmouthshire coalfields, Buid: "I am quite certain members will slay solidly behind their leaders and decide that 28. Mr. Arthur Horner, General day strike notices shall be hunt, les Secretary of the National Union to the National Conl Board-on the Aug. 1 if they persist in their re- uf Minewarkers, described threatened strike as "exceedingly is) to grant us the recognition "The Communist organ men-Tonlish" and said that the posiwe desire."-United Press. floted an Associated Press dis-tion was that patch that the manager of the wanted the situation clarified *** Alfen Officers Club in Budapest that they could deal with hal been arrested and it Heu.organisation instead of a number.

---Reuter, ter story that long queues had formed in front of Budapest bank during the first days of the crisis.--United Press.

Obituary

Gen. Thwaites

The Cont Bour1

Blunt Warnings

London, June 22.

offe

Blunt warnings over the week.

garatus for manufactur ing Reuter.

Claimed Ordered Kind Treatment

end by a high Government affelul "I gave orders to my subordinates to treat suspects

and Union leader thut coal pro duction is falling off indlented to- day thut Britain's newly-in. !

week in augurated five-day coal mines might be jeopardized If output did not increase.

the

Em

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London: June 22. The Fuel Minister, Mr. General Sie William Thwaites, inanuel Shinwell, warned at who in a military carver extend. miners demonstration yesterday inst over 51 years, held appoint in Barnsley, that after the first ments of Director of Military two five.day weeks there was a Operations and Intelligence, Com. nutable decrease in production, inander-in-Chief on the Rhine: especially in Yorkshire, largest and Director General of the Ter-caul-producing area in Britain.

The Yorkshire miners' leader ritorial Army, dled today at Rend.

Also Joseph Hall,

notel He was 70. img.

decrease and said: "It will be

doy

snd a

there

He served with distinction in the South African War" and be is need to go back to the six-day came a staff officer at the War week, but we may be forced into Omee from 1905 to 1910, serving it it coal Is not fartheurning in in the military intelligence greater quantities than it is now." Mr. Shinwell said absenteeism branch. In September, 1918 Geri. era) Thwaites was appointed us and "disputes" could "easily pre Director of Military Intelligence judice the success of the Ave-day at the War Office, holding the op-week," Jointment for four years,

From 1931 until his retirement in Octuber, 1933, he was Director General of the Territorial Army.

--Heuter.

Warsaw, June 22, A Polish commission, including representatives of the Polish Government and the textile indus- try, was on its way to Egypt to- day in discuss an exchange coal and other Polish products for Egyptian cotton.--Router.

•[

Meanwhile, an unofficial strike

kindly so that counter-espionage measures could be successfully employed in the future," declared Major Shiozawa Kunio, when testify- ing on behalf of Sgt. Tsubota Kanji before No. 5 War Crimes Court yesterday. Tsubota is charged with having committed a war crime in that he, at Tsunwan Kempeitai Sta- tion, between July 1, 1943 and Dec. 31, 1944, was concerned in the ill-treatment of Chinese civilians, causing physical sufferings to some and death to others.

wets.

Gave Orders

Major Shiozawa, Kunio, Com. wan Kempeitai Station also ap mundant of the Kowloon Dis-prehended A number of aus- trict Kempeitai until Sept. 1943, when he was posted to Herd- quarters, sald that he know Tsubota, who was originally in charge of the General Affairs Apart from two men who Dis- were Rent for trial, all the section at the Kowloon

rict Gendarmerie. Tsubota was others arecated in conuretion the subolage meldents subsequently transferred to the with

were released and used as de- Teunwan Kempeitai Station.

enys by way of counter-es- Shiozawa and that between pionage. He had given orders June and Ju's 1943, an electric to his subordinates to trest sun. of 4,000 colliery clerks tomorrow generator and railway natalla piets kindly Bo that counter- in Seath Wales was threatened. tions in the vicinity of Sheung-espienage mensures could be The General Secretary of the Naahut were blown up. As a re-successfully employed in tional Union of Mineworkers, Arsult of these incidents, he order thur Horner, described it as "exed his subordinates to make Shiozawa snil that he had ceedingly foolish,"

full investigation and to take never heard or received reports preventive measures as well as that any person detained at the arrest possible culprits.

Tsunwa Kempeitai Station bad As far as he could remember, died in the cells. Taubota hud the Sheongshul Kempeltai de-o experience in carrylag oul! tachment, effected the arrest of interrogations

and was never! several suspects, two of whom employed in matters relating to were sent for trial, The Tsun-criminal or po'ltical offences.

200 Pits

The clerks, members of the Clerical and Administrative Work ers Union, were demanding that wage negotiations for their unior be recognized by the National

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Shiozawa said that all sani- tary and other arrangements came under the responsibllity of detachment commanders. In the case of the Tsanwan Kem- neitai Station, Sergt. Major Nakayane was responsible for there arrangements.

Major Hirao Yoshio. who took command of the Kowloon District Gendarmerie in Sept. 1943 from Shiozawa, testified to inspections which he had carried out and the places which he usually visited during Huch inspections. Hiruo also testified regarding the amount of ra- tion issued to persons detained i nt the different Kempeitai Stations.

Arrested Wrong Men

The last witness en'led by the lofence. Sergt. Ozawa Tomoki- thi, said that while attached to he Kowloon District Gondar- verie, he heard from Sgt. Major Nakajima In July 1943. that ertain arrests had been made y the Teinwan· Kempeltai Sta- ion in connection with sabo- age incidents.

Nakajima had expressed dis atisfaction with the manner in which the interrogation of sun; bected persona was being car Fled out by Chinese'nt the Toun- wan Kempeitai Station. He felt hat those arrested had nothing to do with the inabotage and that it would be better to have thom released and used for counter-ospionage purposes.

Ozawa said that he

later heard that all suspects arrest. ed by the Taunwan Kempeltat Station had been released

*Hoiting was - then "adjourned tlf 10 p.m. on Friday; June 27, when the closing; addresson' will! *be delivered.

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