1947-08-25 — Page 1

GERMANS BURN 19 Dead In TO DEATH IN Pit BERLIN WRECK Blast

Berlin, Aug. 23.

Casuck

About 24 Germans, mostly workers returning to suburban homes for the Sunday from their Jobs in Berlin, were today burned to death and an estimated 50 injured in a train fire. They were all in a single carriage which burst sud- denly into fierce fames as the train was mov- ing near Kremmen in the Soviet Zone.

Half the injured are expected

to de.

I IR believed that the fire broke out when sparks from the engine ret light to rulls of cinema flm in the wooden dny-carriage. Although - an alarm Was soundel 30 seconds later, the wind in the ginssless windows whipped the flames through the car and caused a panic.

The casualty list grew when most of the estimated 60 to 70 passengers nearly all tried to rash to the rear door and escape, Some jumped out of windows.

Poller minicdiately cordoned

off the scene,

The German news agency in the British Zone later reported that 24 people were killed and 4 injured when the carriage of the train in which they travelling Trom work in Berlin

Soviet to homes in the

Zone

were

suburbs burst into flames today.

-Kenter.

SEARCH CONTINUES

Nunking, Aug. 24.

Persian Army Is

'Quite Big'

Southampton, Aug. 23. "The Persian Army a 100,000 Prince strong," said General Muzaffar Firouz,

the Porsian Army Commander, after he land- ed at Southampton today from the Gdynia-Amerika liner "Batory

21

London, Aug. 24.

A midnight explosion and a flash of flame kill- ed 19 coal miners and badly burnt five others in the "Louisa". pit at Stanley,.

County Dur

ham, yesterday.

It was Britain's second major mine dianster in eight days...

Thirty-year-old Harry Robin- son graphically described the 'grim, scene which he and his comrades found when they fought their way to the seat of the explosion;

"The men 'were huddled to: other in groups. Some of them had their clothes ripped off. Wo did not know how inany wero dead."

THE, CHINA, MAIL," MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1947,

Lottery On "DUTCH RATTLE

"A Free Airport In

Your Own Backyard" Shanghai

Los Angeles, Aug. 24.

A free airport-practically in your own back yard-la the newest dream of public planners in Los Angeles.

Supervisors are studying a proposal, to encourage builders to provide landing siripa in the heart of new subdivisions. Là

Builders like the idea, because they believe the airstripe would enhance the commercial value of the surrounding land,

Credit for the idea poes to William J. Fox, régional plan- ning_commission chief and wastine maring flyer,

The board of nupervisors lina given For a go-ahead and asked for a full report on the legal aspects-Associated Press.

Watery War On

The Left Bank Of The Seine

Paris, Aug. 24.

*

"At the entrance to the Hutton acum, we found three men huddled together", henfu. "Two of them were moaning, We carried them to a drifi where 35 there was some nir, gave the alarm to the surface, then went The solid citizens of the Dauphine Quarter, on the backi..

Left Bank, declared a watery war today on the free young Ilvers of Taboù. "A full-scale offen- sive has begun. Tabou is a large musty cave under the Rue Dauphine with a juke box and rows of rickety tables where Jean-Paul Sartre and his Existen- tiulists used to hold clandestine meetings, but were soon driven out by the free livers, Mont Parla night clubs are ƒ

"The Quartier Dauphlaic, closed by the vacation lull, Int which played a courageous role Tabou a running full bingt. in the Liberation, will now Hundreds of latter.day Surrealberate itself from Tabou,” -- lists, with various ideas of dress United Press. and undress, boys and girls from 15 to 40 (about half of them' Americans) keep the place jumping from 10 till well after

The General has been on a two-month visit to American war plants and factories. He will make

In hot gassy air, the rescuera similar tour of Britain.

a small bird used to "The Persian Army, propor- redpule

Robinson in quite big detect gas died speaking. tionately

few ideas and his comrades staggered and and I want to rel so that we may make the Persian men in oxygen misks arrived Army first rate mobile fighting just in time to drag them to force. At present all our aero-

Bufety. Their courage had saved planes are British but in future the three burat men, others sald.

may buy

American

At the pithead, three women machines as well," the General added. Rester.

collapsed when they learned that their husbands were safe.

we

zame

An official Chinese Air Force "CAREER CONSULS"

release sald today the scach la continine without result Ins far west China for a transport miss- ing since July 31 with 25 per song aboard, luchiding Ameri- Barbara ('3371 Correspondent Stephens. Associated Press.

General Marshall then asked M. Molotoy that the Commission report to their respective gov ernment so that euch "may Im mediately ensider what further steps may usefully be taken to achieve the alms of the Moscow

Agreement

Nations.**

REJECTED

in

Lake Success, Aug. 22.

the Runkta today rejected American-supported plan for allowing "career

Consuls" Batavia to follow up the United Nations Security Council's cease fire order in Indonesis.

Mr. Andrei Gromyko; deputy Suviet

A week ago, 104 miners dled at Whitehaven, Cumberland, in the worst pit explosion In Bri. taln's history since 1934.-Reu. ter.

Rebuke To

Critics

bufid

10

dawn

or did..

Last night, the gulld citizens of the Quarter begun to take revenge for months of sleepless nights.

Mote Tabonists came out and shouted up at the dim shapes in nightgown and pyjamas 1 every window on both sides of

The

THE TURNING OF THE WAY Landon, Aug. 23. Moscow Radio waid today that Britain stood at the cross- rouds where she must find a "new political independence."

Referring to the decision Rot to convert dollars, into aterling, the broadcast sold:

"The United States merely decided to abstain from giv ing the knockout to its unfor tunate client from whom it may draw debts and resour- sex for decades to come. Why kill the goves that lays golden enge!"-United Press.

Personalia

Dancers

Shanghai, Aug. 24. The Chinese authori- ties in Shanghai have The submitted a proposal to Nanking for a lot-draw- ing to determine which dance halls are to close Nationalist first under China's new programme.

austerity

The proposal calls for the closure of the city's dance halls within three periods as yet to

be determined.

At the same time, the City Government here is conaldering a suggestion by one of ita mem- bers for the daily closing hour of places of amusement to be, nd- vanced from midnight" to 11 p.m. as a means of conserving electric power.

In the meanwhile, although Nanking has decided in principle to outlaw dancing throughout Ching, no date has yet been set for the ban to go into effect. Associated Press.

TERAUCHI'S SKELETON"

(By Charles A. Grumich).

New York, Aug. 24. Netherlands are rattling, the skeleton of the late Japanese Field Marshal Count Teräuchl in the apparent hope of convincing.world opinion that the Republic of Indonesia is an Illegitimate offspring of Japan's. "co-prosperity sphere." The Dutch appear to be reviving this argument to offset the widespread inclination to side with the Indonesians as underdogs against Europeans who have ruled the Indies for three centuries.".

This inclination, the Dutch feel, is placing them at a disadvantage in all discussions of the Indo- nesian conflict. Hubertus Van Mook, acting Governor-General of the Indies, last week re- vived the theme that Terauchi indoctrinated Indonesian President. Soekarno and Vice Pre- sident Mohammed Hatta with the indepen. dence bug..

This theme was first expound-1 fore excused from the Singa- ed by Dutch spokesmen. to a pore surrender ceremony of few of us foreign correspon- September 12, 1946, Mount- dents who arrived ut Batavia. batten had his own Royal Navy on September 15, 1945, in physician in Saigon with in- British cruiser squadron accom structions to rally the elderly ranted by the Dutch flotilla and feeble Japanese, if possi leader. "Tromp carrying scars ble, to a point where he would of war and a wistful Dutch hope | be able to stand unassisted and of a "welcome home to the In-hand over his heirloom Samurai

occupation party." There were not enough troopa ready for a full blown Atied occupation, That came more than a fort night later when the trouble began.

Readers' Letters dies. We were called a "pro- swords at some future time.

זווh

Scotch Whisky

Pavement Pests

Ternuchi was an orpery con valescent and this had great (1 Sir-Many residents have re.

military importance in the im marked that it is high time the

mediate postwar mop-up.

Ho till commanded a great un- police took action in clearing the public pavements of the

We found peace and cheers beaten Southeast Asia Army. dreds of weary coolles and others along the way to the sumptuous which outnumbered the Allled who day after day impede the Hotel Des Indies in Batavia. occupation forces. He wan, of proggens of peripatetica. These! Then gradually the altuation course, under the command of

дн the unsightly features of life in a soured

Indonesians Mountbatten after the surren- amall area of Hong Kong should figured that behind the British der.

naval entry a force was bulid- not be tolerated."

But he demurred on many or- return of Dutch dors and for a while complicat- ing for the rule backed by armed might fed the Allled occupation no end. Then the British discovered his necessary.

A Dutch spokesman to'd us addiction to good Scotch. They then that his government would devised

military medico. offer amnesty Indonesians | formula—give the old rascal · who would give up ideas of enough for purposes of amin- overturning Dutch sovereignty, bility but not enough to kill

is He said Soekarno and Hatta him off before he could sur. wore Japanese puppets.

He render.

of

In formar years- they certain- ly were not accepted as inevit able. One has only to view the Immediate neighbourhood Statue Square of an evening also to see how regrettably tolerant the community In an alleged British colony has become.

OBSERVER.

ISLAMIC UNION MEETING

The annual meeting of the Is. lamic Union,, was held at the Mohammedan Cemetery yeater

to

В

acknowledged both had hoon Finally, Terauchi was carried exiled from Java by the Dutch in a common chair into the gar for their political activity in den of a government palace at behalf of independenco long be- Saigon, in mid-autuma 1946, fore the Japanese, came.

and tottered the last few steps to, give up his centuries-old

Ho

They dumped water on the Tabanlats below. The Tabonists eame up to the street and shout- The ed curses at the citizena, solld citizens dumped more water. London, Aug. 23. Foreign Minister, and

A rebuke to those "prone three consuls ----Chose of Britain, France and the United States criticise American ships, shipping represented countries favourable polley and seafarers" appears in to the Netherlands, which he he annual report, published today,

(Merchant Navy the street, of the Omeer Independent. described as the "guilty party". Federation, representing more united Korea which can take its

shapes answered with Mr. Gromyko reiterated his than 30,000 British ofcura. proper place among the United) demand for Immediate Uniteri "It was well that the United torrents of water from dishpans,

The Villain Nations action to send cease fire States had the vision and ability wash basins, chamber pots and General Marshall pointed unt) observers to Indonesia, together to

hundreds of fast,, tauntry buckets,

The villain drawn into the swords. He said he wou'd do walp The police cilme but only

piece, Count Teraucht, was no- all in his power to effect the in an earlier letter to M. Me with an impartial United Nations capacious ships when our loloy, written on May 2, he had Commission

orders of Mountbatten and kept to arbitrate the yards were given over assentintly hovered against the buildings, The Very Reverend Thomas F.} day. New rules, and regulations where about at that time.

to the construction of naval ducking every now and then.

Ryan, S., newly elarified the United States' Inter-saye,

appointed of the Association were amended was at his headquarters in Sai- bia promise thereafter..... craft."

mit," the report declared. In view of the tough Soviet

Superior of the Irish Jesult and the folloying new members gon, Indochina. The British The Count died of cerebral prciation of the Muscow Agree-

The report take issue with these.

Family Affair muct on the lament present in opposition to using consuls now who

Fathers in Hong Kong, arrived were alected to serve on the said Ternuchi was a combina hemmorlage at Joboro more argue

that the bulk of

"We have no orders to take yesterday on a B.O.A.C. flying-committee for the dispute-consultation

United Nations American exports should with ain Batuvlo as

ensuing tion of all the evil they could than a year ago as Mountbat be car-

think of until they learned to and headed for the Viceroy job mides," one gendarme explained. boat. Father Ryan was formerly year

ten was rising to à Viscountcy American Korean political parties and so. observers,

offietala ried in American bottoms."

of long-standing on the staff of the Wah Yan ne has yet explain," it anys, "It a wort cial groups-in order to avoid were reported willing to Awing how Britain, her principal cus- family affair and we just want College and editor of "The Rock." Chairman: J. Ackber: Secretary:

Chairman: R. M. Omar; Vice pacify him with Scotch whisky. in India and an Earldom. future misunderstanding."

instead to a team of observera

Terauchi, a picturesque Bgure

Mountbatten hus just handed: for American to make sure they don't throw He came to Hong Kong in 1932 AR.A. Rahman; Treasures: O. with a shiny bald head the col- His letter alded: "In your representing the eleven countries tomer, con

and was one of the most netive R. Sadick. reply of May 7 you did not take of the Connella combination goods unless they be paid for the buckets too."

our of old ivory, was the War British India back, to the In. ültimately in gold, in goods, cr "Are we going to take this Sucial Welfare workers, in the -Committee Members: Mesars. Minister who made

dians and remains as Governoti. Japan exception to this position."-- United Press. Bussia's in survice notably shipping acr- lying down?" someone shouted Celony. He left the Colony last M Hussian, E. M. Rumjahn. abatidon the plan to hold the General of Hindustan with an

vices."-Reuter.

at several couples huddled in

A.R. Abbia, M. A: Wahab, LK | Olympic Games in Tokyo in

obvious. hope of acting liberat- toorway.

Kitchell and M. 1. Razack, with 1940 on the ground that run- ed India on permanent union ns "No!" replied a girl.

A. O. Madar, A. M. Ratcek and ning and jumping was aimless A Dominion in the British Com-

monwealth.-Associated Press, She slipped off her shoes,

A. M. Wahab (ex-officlo)..

foolishness not calculated to skirt and blouse and rushed out

build any empires. Moreover, to the middle of the street in Macao, Aug. 24.

HIT BY LORRY it might give the Japanese The British Consul here to nothing but her underwear and

youths some awkward ideas of Wong Hung, 41, said, to be day gave

in jewellry, and began dancing kids,"

friendliness toward other pec- slightly deaf, was knocked down a cocktail party

helped themselves to honour of China's Vice Freal about in the downpour.

lumps of cual being unionded by

plex.

by lorry-bus 6501 (driven by. dent Dr. Sun Fo.

coolles. from a Wang Kee Co, junk Sub-Inspector RF. Bell, who

Terauchi was opposite num- Wong Hing) at the Jordan Road Accompanied by. members of -"Bravo," shouted the to the Gas Co.'s yards at 3 p.m. was removed to Kowloon Hosp. ber to Admiral Lord Louis ferry wharf turnabout at 3.90 his family, Dr. Sun returned to Taboulsts, and about 20 of them yesterday.

tal on Saturday suffering from a Mountbatten and he was stub p.m. yesterday, sustaining injuries Macao. from his native village in ❘ followed suit.

When c foreman of the Wang suspected fractured spine sustain. born. Also he was a cripple to his knees and ankles. He was Chungshan district yesterday Today the solid. citizens sont Keo. Intervened he was pushed et while he was testing out a from a paralytic stroke some treated at the Kowloon Hospital

an open letter to the Commis-into the water.

learner-driver at King's Park, months before. He was there but not detained. Dr. Sun was welcomed at the) stoner of Pollca vin the Paris On arrival of the Emergency was, up to a late hour yesterday, Portungucac-Chinese border, by newspapera :——

Unlt, under S/ Wall, the gang resting quietly," the Acting Governor of Macao, "In view of your apparent in- | scattered. `-

After a thorough examination, who escorted the Vice President ability to do anything about this Five of the boys jumped into hopes were held out that the In to the Government House as noise, M. le Commissaire," it, the sea and began swimming out juries might not prove us serious guest.

said, "wo. the fathers and; but were, fished out by the E.U. ht first thought.

United Press.

Something to

remember

HIR

IS GOOD FOR YOU!

плу

CONSUL'S PARTY FOR DR. SUN FO

afternoon,

";

"Bravo".

1

April on short leave.

DEAD-END KIDS. LOOT COAL

A gang of over 30 hooligans, including a number of "dead-end

Dr. Sun and members of his mothers of families, all honest lade in a semban. family will be leaving aboardr a workers, have decided to do our Another was arrested in a Chinese warship tomorrow for a own policing and to hold you lateino, near

the Jordan Road vlalt to Canton-Central Nown responsible for the consequences, i ferry wharf.

Moffit's A Bit Ratty-But

1

He Has A Lot Of Fun

San Francisco, Aug. 24. --- Rats the terror of women and a boon to medical science are potential miniature racing thoroughbreds to Edward Momt, San Francisco crafts- man and nature lover.

Monit has a stable of 50 rac feet high and about eight fest a group of cats were chasing ing rats at his home,

wide,

them.

He also has a newly patented rat race track elaborately equip ped with six treadmills, dials, buzzera, trick lights and bel's which set up a clamour when the winner crosses the finish ing fine."

He is sure that his is the only rat race at its kind in the world

and that the sport of racing rats and breeding rodent thorough breds Is the coming thing.

"The Little Mên”

Look at all the little people

A window is Ja.front of each The dialg moved around. One treadmill and the wheels are thin rat, named. Roulette, was connected to a dial which mos-running and seemed sure to win

SUB-INSPECTOR'S CONDITION

VERANDAH COLLAPSE

The lumates of 66 Queen's Road Central were given a rude shock at about 3 am..yesterday, when the second floor verandah suddenly collapsed. There wore, no casualties

..

Police Raid Burmese Newspaper

PANOKE Rangoon, Aug. 23.

The Burmese police today raided the premises of "Bamakhlf,” a leading Burmese dally, arrest- ed the Editor and Publisher, and Seized some important documents from the press.. MAJA is alleged that the arrested men were connected th the illegal "Red Flag" Communist Party ated with U Wan Maung, leader of the police strike movement, who is in custody.

The ground floor is occupied by the Roué d'Or Watch Com U Aung Chlen, the Police "transfer of power in Burma by. pany and business Was tem-Commissioner, expressed satis- December of this year or Porarily suspended yesterday to faction today over the "marked January next at the latcat" frat floor verandah, which show where 48 hours have passed Minister, told correspondents enable workmen to shore up the improvement"" In Rangoon Thakin Nu, the Burmese Prime ed algns of angging.

without any untoward incident. here today, espo

TAXI, DRIVERS CONFER

He said he thought it indicated The Burndese Cabinet was at a good response on the part of present considering the, prin armed units as well as from the ciples of a draft with Britain, public to bla' appeal earlier this he added-Router week against the misuse of fire.

arma. He is maintaining all

aures, the distance, travelled. unti—all of a sudden-he turn-| Two mass meelings, attended

There are bazzers, and lights ed around and started the other by taxi drivers from both Hong possible security measuresU.S. on the board above each tread- way,

Kong and Kowloon, were held The Burmese press today re. mil and a nameplate for each entry, d

taxi companies, a

The

TO TRÁIN

Moscow, Aug, 24.

The dial moved back. That over the week end to hear a reported that Premier Thakin Nu CHIANG'S TROOPS? Denonstrating, Moffit recently ruined his charges coat port of the negotiations which met à nus of Burmese new

One could not miss the wind taken place at the Labour papers caitors yesterday and Soviet Navy Atewspaper selected. several sleek racers about six months o'd and placed nera plak-eyed little rate between their representa discussed with them "measures Red Fleet Faid on Fries that them lovingly on the treadmills named, "Commuter. Lives and representatives of the for combatting Foreign Preas the United States in DevPiIDE

reports that might be, detrimen, arm and train 20 divisibus for the He set the dials at "start"! As soon as he complèted bid

tal to Barnible interests.

Chloe Nationallats, land · Gen- and banged á göng.

100-foot course-do turn-of

By Censorship?img

armilasinò. Chiang Kai-shek up to the whee bell rang and

$2,000,000,000, and receivo un Foreign Correspondents in limited lights Ipahod, on and off over

control over Chinwe his gamopietė);

Hanggang word excluded from Most of them have been, In The rats, just sat there. Ong The winner, had established

thifa conferetice but it wa

(that various the human treadmill all their started running but adonde a new track record of 1 mio. 24 lives, going arounds in circles) sided after a look around that and getting no place it was not worth the effort. Meditawanda it known that his techey love to watch my rita o "Just had their lunch;" Molls rat race in fol mája co the same oth PALES Kexplained"

gambling device but I purely B/TRS ZIX Whodla nó whith; the sales pushed "button" that a ahört, which hi Tatá fun. Are unclosed in a wood; started:"*":"Inud?" egyid / Busting, courage, the brindlog

of the world, he said 10,

philosophical mood, neza

Stalemate

soc

BODY FOUND

The body of 6-year old Mak wanilam was recovered by the Laumets Police #14480am Herday floating near the

Road tetty wharfi 212The deceard tell?

on Saturday Mike an Jump

belity.