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KUOMINTANG DISAGREEMENT? FOREIGN

Reported Differences Over Democrats

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MILTON, GET MY TEETH

Canberra, Del. 38. Labourite Rowley James, whose home is in Newcastle, -300 miles from Canberra, patised in the middle of a debate on a hill, for the na tionalisation of banks tarned to the

microphones

by which parliamentary proceedings are brnaitcast to the nation.

Mr. James called his dent- tist by name and lisped: "Milton. If you are Ustening, gel my teeth ready for this week-end."--United Press.

League Members Narrow May Fly To H.K.

Nanking, Oct. 30.

Neutral quarters remained cautious today regard- ing the Government's outlawing of the De- mocratic League, but some observers believed they saw indications of disagreement within the Kuomintang over the ban.

All sources agreed that if the Government charges against the League as an organisation were true, there was little choice except to ban it.

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It is stated that the In- atrucilons specifically state that Dniens, the Manchur- lan port at present occupied by the Soviets. In under Chinese Jurisdiction and all foreign ships here, Includ- inc Soviet. must comply with the coastal regulatio~*, which. inter alla. forbid ́nan-Chinese vezels from

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CHANGCHUN SUBURB ATTACKED BY REDS Offensive On City's Airfields

Nanking, Oct. 30.

A large-scale battle is raging around Changchun as the Government poured airborne reinforcements into the area to repel the Communist assaults around Nungan and Hwafteh, north and west respectively of the Man- churtan capital, according to pro-Government despatches reaching here today.

Polish

Leader

Mystery

London, Oct. 30. The Labour Govern- ment came within 24 votes of defeat in the House of Commons early today in a stormy debate They expressed the hope, howly would oppose the Lengue ban over the abolition of the: ever, that Government would on ihose grounds. mute public concrete

The timing evidence

the ban was slim petrol ration now Ho substantiate th charges that generally conceded to be unfor- [allotted to British motor-

the Leugte as a whole was fan.

Lunate-unless the Government

ists. plented ar-tend of individuals was really convinced there was within the League.

Imminent danger fram the Lea. Shouts from the Conserva****************** here Somr observers said It was gue-In view of the delicate poll.tive Lenches significant the action was taken teal situation with the United sign" grested the vote-the

Ammon's when Prenur Cheng Chun, For Staler in regard to the questionamalleet majority which the eign Minister Wang Shih.chich of Chinese, ald.

Labourites ever have received] and Generalissimo. Chiang Kai Chrk were not in Nanking. The

that wille COATS Pittel

Gen.

Pakistan Success In Kashmir

Unfortunate

Flight To H.K.!

The Kuomintang Vice-Minis. of information, Mr. 1ao Shi.

Nanking thchukuo,

of "Resign. Re

on any issue in the House a Hint On

Shipping

Communist assaults on the outer perimeter of Changchun are believed to be aimed at the destruction of the city's airfields and to keep the Nationalists from moving to the help of the beleaguered Kirin garrison.

The official Centrul News In China Proper. meagre re- agency estimates that 100,000 ports state that Communist Communist troops are at pre guerilla forces are closing in on ment marlícipating in the battle the important Peiping-Hankov fer Kiria and the Isiaufeng- rallway, hub of Shinchlaehwang man hydro-electric pinst sitna-¦ in southwestern IПopei. No de ted slightly to the south of the talls are hitherto available, rily.

(Continned ou Pape 4)

Paris, Oct. 30.

The nationalist high com- Exiled Polish sources mand hus thrown extra alr aquadrona into the frag to

today quoted counter the numerical superleri. Chinese

the "best friends" oly t the Reds, whose main Stanislaw

offensive weapon is said to he Mikołajczyk

heavy artillery.

as saying he is safely out The bitter batile for Kirin

of Poland "and in a dan-centred around a'small hill out-

side the city. ger zone,"

closely

Polcs here who were Hankow, Vet, 30. Aksoffated with the former Pen" Hankow would be greatly sont Party leader insisted, how. benefitted if bermission is gives ever, that they did not know his for foreign vessels to navigate present whereabouts or his des China's inland waters.

tlontion. აი declartd Lord Ammon

A high diplomatic source told titat Mikolojczyk United Presa

world."

is nowhere in this part of the

Changtu Taken

Reinforce Border

An additional company

they swept into power in 1945. Chang and Dr. Wang approved

The closely-contested vote: shen, in un interview with the the prostration »I

Individual

came on a Government motion ulficial Central Dally, predleted League members guilly of can.

to end the debate Issue. Im- wwwww mainst the Government today that members of the De

mecraite League will attempt to-nuiilutaly_after_lo Government! New Delhi, Oct. 30.

they opposed witlowing the Lou-

Be to Manchuria, Hong Kong motion had bien carried by a stue as a whob.

of regular troops arrived Indian Army troops

and Maceo, and urged the exunt of 184 to 100, in Opposi-

One dispatch sald navage at the Chinese border thorities to take steps to prevent tion notion to amend the order

fighting for possession of the town of Shumchun yes- flown lu relieve be-

These sourens clearanc that flights.

abollahing rationing was de

hilltop continued from late yen-' leaguered Kashmir state the League ban-which had been Ho charged League members fented by 187 to 180.

tarday until noon today with terday to strengthen the [1; the oử for several werkt=was | were guilty of a state crime in were pushed back four rammed through

Red artillery and by

mortars existing forces along the extremo organising the North-East Peo. toly a few hours earlier Con- lender of the British Parlimen.

Govern- miles yesterday by pow- Kuomintang elements - before | ple's Self Government Commis. Rervative leader Winston Chur-ary Mission. in reply to a ques.

Kowloon-Canton frontie.. ment positions. This pro-Gov-, erful pro-Pakistan

Premier Chane or Foreign Minis- sion which aimed at a new Man. chill had lost by a margin of tion at a press conference here

throwing shells into for-ter Wang reached

this morning.

Reports from Shumchun nid more than 3 to 2 in his fourthi Lord Ammon said that "Han-}

orament report said Communist ces equipped with artil-void DIJ Inevitable wrangle He said it was ludicrous that attempt to out'the Labour Gov- kew depends much on overseas Friends of Karol

Popiel, ne storm troopers made repented that the Kwangtung authorities decided to increase the front!er within the Government, lery, machineguns and the Issue normally

which League members, who ins! year cinment from office by Parlia-itude. It would be a good thing other of the Polish Christian Dr. nasquits in groups of 50 or forces in view of the threatening would have violently denounced the Ameri.

ballot. mentary

Associated to have foreign ships come from mocratic Party who is reported more and after 12 hours automatic

of attitude of "bandi" in the arta. weapons.been precipitated,

cuns, should seek U.S. Embassy

aterami. These ship

would to have left Poland a day ahead fighting trenches wore filled! The Shumchun garrison b. Both Sheihk

Gen. Chang and Dr. old. Abdullah, Pre-

hrine wealth and trade to Han. of Mikolajczyk for France, said

of the Wang were said to be the two

ith bodles of more than 1.500 sorbed most

300 fresh Regarding the premises of Mr.

that they did not know his where dead Reds. Now." mier of Kashmir, report-members

troops. In the Government Lo Lang-chi, Democratic League

In reply to a question, Lord abouts either. ed today.

Other resorts from the border of world apin-spokesman in Nanking, to obey most contents

Ammon

Changchun-Muk; emphatically suld he

--Along -- the In London,Ieferids of Milinta. ion, particularly United States the Government, Mr. Tao sald it Не said two companies of popular rnction, and consequent was likely the promists

had no "personal opinion about Jezyk said they had received den allway, the Government said that the Chinese authorities have received Information that flerce Sikh troops met the in

Hong Kong. I know nothinë | "renewed assurances" that the claimed the capture of Chang-more than 1,000 "bandils" plan vaders about 30 miles west of

about it." He added that it is missing Polish Opposition leader t station, 10 miles south of to seize the railway town anid Shrinagar and after losing sever.

question for the highest au was "safe outside Poland but Is | Szepingkai.

disrupt land communications, al men, helding the company

thorities-Central News,

lying Inw for. few days." commatider, retreated to prepar cd defences 24 miles from the capital.

tu the Indian

Sources clove Government said both India and Pakistan were rushing troops to the "undeclared war" in Kash. mir

Unconfirmed!

reports in New

Britain's Tribute To China

Lake Success. Oct. 10.

51

the

Sir Alexaruler Cadogan, leader of Delhi sal ny of the invading the British delegation UNO, ad- troops were formerly members dressing the prople of China ovez of Subhas Chandra Bose's pro. the United Nations radio, recalled Japanese Indian National Army, the happy years he spent in China, -United Press,

country representing his (United Nations General Assembly,

He continued: "I would like here to pay tribute to the part which the Chinese delegatisin isplaying i these Councils of the Nations of the world. No country's representatives are mare highly respected.

BORMANN'S SON ARRESTED

The

Vienna, Oct. 30. government announced

today that Austrian police--of. The voice of China is AD often

would

be broken "because he had bro- ken many in the past."

"W: do not expect Mr. Lo to keen his promises," he said.

Mr. Tao added: "1 expect Mr.

Le and his conferees to issue a penitent statement divulging at the foul schemes of the Demo. cratie League to the public. This is the lenst they can u to re- deem themselves, but I do not think they have the calibre to do this."

(See Page 3)

They May Never Have One

Washington, Oct. 30, Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves clols have arrested 17-year-old the voice of coolness, of sate pal said today that Russin would Martin Bormann, Jnr., son of ound judgment, of courtesy and of need 15 to 20 years to develop former top.nutch Nazi Icader tact."

an atomle bomb if it did it in Martin Bormann at Lafer, in the

Sir Alexander concluded: "Your secrecy without ald from the! American zone of Austria, near country is passing through difficult United States, Britain or Swit- Salzburg.

days. My country is too.

⚫zerland.

Head of the wartime Manhat-

United States uriny

Fruer

PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA

Nanking. Oct. 30. Bubonic plague is now spreading quickly in the Manchurian

of province

*2,000 Sungkiang, and over deaths have occurred,

The centre of the plague seems to be Shwangcheng. a city on the Changchun- Harbin railway,

Harbin, which is one of the Communist strongholds in Manchuria, is also re- hit-Reuter- ported badly AAP

DAYLIGHT SAVING

ENDS

This Information was relayed

to the United Press by a Polish Left Wing moderate who was a In pre-war

Vement official

Poland.

"This word has revived hopes Our Informant toid us that Mr. Mikolajczyk wished his where- Shanghai, Oct. 30.

"bouts to remain & secret for a Daylight saving time ends few days in order conceal the tomo11ow In Shanghai. The route by which he escaped and hour hands of all clocks hore protect those persons who assist. will be turned back one houred him."--United Press tomorrow at midnight.-United Press.

SHIP SINKING IN TYPHOON

Manila, Oct. 30.

The announcement guld that "Both our counties have been Martin was turned over to the weakened in the long struggle for Kari Engineer District which Seas churned to violent heights on the southern

authorities victory over our common foes. developed the atomic bamb for famediately after the arrest. "Yet I believe that both of ran the tinited States, Gen Groves

Barmani junior lived under an—and will-by our devotion to high sumed name as a form worker standards of condua give the kind that the Russlabs, with a and was a student ut Lofer and of leadership which will help

great deal of, help from *** Kirchtal in the United Statens on the way to a secure peace," zone.-Unlied Press.

Vicious De

---Central News,

Attack On Gaulle

Paris, Oct. 30.

M. Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General of the French Communist Party, today claimed that his Party was still the leading one in France, and bitterly attacked General Charles de Gaulle's "Rally of the French People."

annonced the

turn

Brighter Picture Of Britain

New York, Oct. 30. Britain's people are making "the greatest sacrifices in the world" today but the difficulties besetting its business ocotomy will dis appear, Hector McNoll, Minister of State and acting head of the United Kingdem delegation TINO,

sald

cannot

to

eil and all we need to sell,

fringes of typhoon "Cathy," twisting over cen- tral Philippines today, frustrated attempts to rescue 26 crew members and one or more pas- the

sengers aboard the stricken motorship FS 277. United States and precision

While I call you that machinery from Britain

the scimitar-shaped point) and

As the doomed vessel drifted help field on Switzerland, probably would be able to produce a bomb in five lessly toward the rocky cliffs of Mount juler into Leyte Gulf. He said he Britain can produce all that you

Tubay at Butuan Bay,

Northern was evacuating to higher ground. can

I haw no doubt that conditions to seven years. He added they Mindanao, FS 162 reported at 0655 in the Visayan Sea, directly in the certainly were getting no help GMT it had, sighted the ill-fated ship path of the oncoming "Cathy" 230 will Impave," he told members of from the United States and," a sinking condition very close of southeast of here, reputed at 070h the British Empire Chamber of therefore, it will probably take shore." The rescue ship said it had GMT ceiling visibility was zero with Commerce at a luncheon here. them a longer period.

heen forces back to seek shelter in winds of 10 in 70 knots sweeping thr The time was conservative and Duruan Bay whh rescue impossible | island.

At Legaspi, on the southern tip of the Russians might never achieve due to the towering seas. it. Any nation

tried to The Weather Bureau reported ail Luzon, the PAL radio operator re- make the atomle bomb would communications, with its stations on ported winds of 50 knots and torren have to devote the best scientific the islands of Samar, Leyte antial rains.Associated Press. brains and a great deal of Its Masbate were cut a winds of 84.5 wealth and industrial effort to m.p.h. swept over central Samar. the task. Ho pointed to the

radio Airline The Philippine tremendous amount of money

aperator at Tacloban, Leyte, went off Heald it will be a matter of the air at 0530 GATT with the final

that

M. Thorez

M. Thores attacked in formation of committees "for General de Gaulle, the former spent by the United States.

the

to bo

sion of rockets and plänes.——

Man the after ernal United Press.

WARNING TO

report that heavy waves whipped by CATHOLICS

the defence of the Repubile against French Socialist Premier. M. Leon "decades" before atomic power 70-knot winds were flooding the air

Fascist danger"

Blum, the Socialist Party, tho "In the French People's Party "Truman Doctrine", the Marshall will be available for the propul

the men of Munich aid Vichyitos, notorious collaboratory of America in French greedy

tramckers, cut-throats", he politics", the "economic colonisa declared.

tion of France by America", and General de Gaulle, M. Therez "American pretentions, at world said, had exploited, "for the needs domination"..

ROY FARRAN HONOURED

London, Oct. 30. Captain Roy Farran, acqult-

of his adventurous cause", the' dit- "Everybody knows new that the ficulties of every description which Communists were put out of the he himself, during a long reigh, Government (they formed part of shad shown himself Incapable of it until last bay) in the ordersted at n recent Jerusalem court surmounting,

of the Americans It was a con- martial of a charge of murder- dition of

to France",

Ing a young Jew, today received ho

the United States Legion of In a call to the Communist murit from the United States Party to find new forms for rally- Military Attache, Major-Gen- ing the masses, Thores drew eral Clayton Bissell, for nor attention to the committees vices behind the enemy lines in appointed In some Paris factories Italy from Dacorabor, 1940, to "for the defence of the Republic."

May, 1945,

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Gold Jar Caseras

Ide Words.Between Coume! Page Three

Democratic League's Replyi

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Football Poole Proposal:? Page Tasting Bed

Yesterday1-Boccer,

to contrive such, committeds on a

Collision In Channel

London, Oct. 30. For today paralysed the port of London, alowed traffic in parts of London and delayed seroplanes at the Northolt airport, ente

The American überly ship Billings --- Victory, and the Britas steamer Warren Chawo collided In the Ent- Hab Channel but damage was', klight and both pro... Associated PressŽENÁ

Ho added: "It is possible mlad Since acquittal, the Palestine local basis and to unite all Re-terrorist Stern Gang has pro publicans; Communists, Catholics, laed "We shall go after Far-coded on their own..way socialists and Freethinkeratzia: Jan, to the ends of the world," meet the Fascist dagger"Router, Reuter

Warsaw, Oct. 30. Dremizé Josef Cyrankwicz openly warned the Romar Catholic hierarchy In Poland that further attacks against the regime Soviet.backed Warsaw would be met with swift action by the Government,

to

with the United Kingdom and he

British Cominonwealth under- standings and consultations can strengthen international ‘ozuncils, "substantial he said, and make contribution" to UNO,

He identified the United Stater

nations of the Commnwealth and of western Europe as having ny "aggressive or sectional designs." dru The conceptions which nowadays accepted by most people representing International Vanity," he declared, “are those which are normally common in all car countries."-Ascociated Press.

.

The Weather

At G80 GMT (8, p.m." "Hong Kons ammer Time) the typhoon, wis centren about 100 miles-ESE of Manlie, moving

WNW à 10 knota, “A moderate, entis

•Today's Forecasts--Fresh ) N and NË

winds, fale and cool.

In a strongly worded warning lane corete the whole of China and

Poland's Roman Catholic Church leaders, the Premier told the Parilament session that the '

Ymierday's Weatherjon Government would tolerato con Maximums 78.8 deg. Pal. structive, but not “untrije, det | Minimum: 66.2`deg: Fahi tructive, criticism. He did not; Sunahinez^5,1 houru, „Ba elaborate upon what the Govern Rainfall: Mil. Total alnce: Jan, ment would do. If the attacks 1688.4 mm.::151,11 km, na awalter ani sgainst the regime in the Cathe average of 1088.4 mm/m81.13 Ins, ille press and pulpits continued.:

There were unconfirmed 0.9 1616.1 m.). |ports, however, that the Church, jikko ode Equela: 90,111*94,31 Inchen, owned agriculture land might be tel. Hankrity her 100 taken over, and parcelled out || Dww Foint

Din Raadisgo atļ

among the peasants-daoclátod | Wind Direction. IEE Press;

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