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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBE

1947

CUNNINGHAM GIVES WARNING Britain To Keep Order In Palestine Severe Measures

Threatened

Jerusalem, Dec. 10.

Faced with the difficult task of maintaining law

and order, in Palestine with a diminishing Bri- tish garrison, Sir Alan Cunningham, High Commissioner, announced today the adoption of "severe measures" if the present Inter- racial strife continued.

ARAB BOYCOTT Mystery OF JEWISH Man's

GOODS?

The warning was issued almost simultaneously

with reports that nine Jews and at least six plled that

Arabs had been killed in renewed fighting in Palestine today.

bo

The threatened British mea and Jerusalem, trunk, calls sures would, necording to in- tween the two cities have risen with formed quarters here, include almost hundred per cent, rigorous application of defence delays of upwards of three hours emergency laws, including the on urgent calls, death penalty for carrying, or "The Jaffa telephone exchange using. firearms, possible, country is working at less than 50 per wide restrictions of road trafficcent of its normal strength, 150 and imposition of

Jewish telephone operators stay.

work

becauso ing away from trile-forn areas.

Sir Alan Cunningham called on they fear Arab attacks. Arabs and Jewish leaders to co operate,

curfews

It

re-

between

Havana, Dec. 10. Questions on a possible Arab boycott of Jewish goods were put today to the Becretary of the World Trado Conference, Mr. Wyndham White, who re- trade boycotts for political reasons were a matter for the United Na- tlon

They

not come Would within the воре of the proposed International Trade organisations, he said-Beuter.

Spectacular

Comet Display

Forecast

Adelaide Dec. 10. Before the year 2,000 AD, there will be "an- other comet, the most destructive of all wars and the end of the world," according to Mr. Ahmar Gala Singh, an Indian claiming to be 114 years old.:

He has been described by Mr, George Dowdell, the Australian Government astronomer,, as “a great and mysterious man with a marvellous ability to foretell future events.”

Mr Dowdell confirmed today that a fortnight ago, Mr. Singh had predicted, the appearance of comet "seen flashing the new across the Southern heavens dur- ing the last few days..

An unofficial truce was ported to be in effect on. the The High Commissioner's commixed border districts munique atated that the Britian Jaffa and Tel-Aviv tonight and Government had made it clear no incidents had so far been re-

Capetown, Dec. 11. that so long as the mandate for ported. A few British armoured

The comet Hoods, streaking Palestine remained in force, the care patrolled the Jerusalem. Palestine Administration would Jaffa road.

across the southern sky in a display discharge its duty of maintaining In Cairo, the Multi of Jeru-

more spectacular than anything since Husseini, Jaw and order in the Holy Land. sulem, Haj Amin E

of phecy today that soyqti sun In nine days of Arab-Jewish and Sheikh Youssef Yassin, Sau-Hailey's comet, signalled the end of strife there had been a grievoudi Arabian representative to the the World today to thousands loss of life and extensive damage Arab League talks, held a long range Free State natives at Har spots-the centre one colossal-

rismith. secret meeting during the night. to" property,

The natives spent all last night will be visible in this area two

after minutes

midnight on The meeting began at midnight

chanting at Christmas Day, No Action

and thin, morning and lasted five hours. No in- Worning that disorders must dication has been given of the prayer meetings.

"People in England laugher cease "before further suffering subjects covered.-Reuter,

called

and loss." Sir Alan. Arabs and Jews to co-operate.

If the disorders continued, hej would have no option but to direct the security forces to adopt severe

egolost

ali

menstres those, Jews and Arabs alike, who were breaking the law,

Meanwhile, the. Emir Ismail Suleiman, head of the Ismaelite section in Syria, has Informed

Expenses Of

Occupation

"Washington. Dec. 11.

the Syrian Government that the today for US$490,000,000

The US Army asked Congress

hend of he

ما

Aga Khan, supreme

meet occupation expenses, Ismaelites, had declared that would contribute £30,000,000 for Secretary of the Army Royall the #redemption" of Palestine. told the Senate Appropriations the Damascus correspondent of Committee that this would raise the Near East Arab broadcasting the fiscal year total to US$ station said tonight.

1,100,000,000.

Mr. Singh mado another pro-

The comet Honda, named after the Japanese astronomer who discovered when I predicted in 1882 that

first a

a great comet would appear in appeared, al 1900 GMT. It., entered

constellation six months. Many committed the Triangulum, which it should leave suleide when the great comet tonight. Its brilliant train sweeps far came," Mr. Singh declared. from it and thousands of South Africans enjoyed ita brilliant a pearance.-United Press.

Mr. Singh said that "super- natural influences" had brought him from Melbourne weeks ago.、 The comet, of 1882 was un-

by

Dutch Rejectually, bright, and was clearly Proposals

te.

the

Com.

Aboard USS Renville, Batavia Bay

Dec. 11. The Dutch delegation today If the United Nations did not

The supplementary request, jected the plan drawn up by deviate from its present decision

he said, was made necessary by three-power United Nations the Aga to partitica Palestine, Khan, according to the Emir crop losses in Germany and mission for ending the war in Java Ismati as quoted by the corres Japan, Britain's inability to meet pondent, sald: "He would buy her half share of the costs and all Palestine and give it bucle to other facters. the Arabs,"

Prison Break

and submitted a plan of its ow A communique issued after

mado at the time determined that it would appear about overy 700 years-Reuter,

Mr. Shinwell Disturbed

the

London, Dec, 11. business session of the Commission's The Minister of War. Mr. In Emanuel Shinwell, replying to meeting with the Dutch and "I'm deeply Interested indonesian delegations said, however, Mr. J. R. Leslie (Labour) In the economy," Royall said, "but I that the Dutch requested further dis- House of Commons today, said and clarification of the that the solid fuel availabis to Under a rain of shots from 0 believe there is no true economy cussions sentry 18 Arab prisoners climbed in the semil-starvation of Ger- United Nations plant.

the army is not sufficient to main- over the caster wall of Acre many and Japan. The funds The Indonesians said they would tain the standard of heating of prison in north Palestino today we have asked are the minimum accept the "new plau," whose de barrack rooms which is necessary. It was only right in the pre- tails were not announced. The Arabs escaped by sawing required to prevent this and to

Authoritative circles said, however, sent circumstances that the army to work."--that it called for various withdrawal should exercise the greatest pos- through the bars of their cells, enable the people tying up a warden and descending Associated Press..

of both Indonesian and Duich forces alblo economies in consumption into the Arab market below the

from disputed territory in In- as all other users of fuol. prison wall by means of smug-

donesia in order to make clearer deasked whether the Minister was Mr. A. L. Symonds (Labour) gled rope.

marcation lines,United Pret

and escaped,

Eighty Jewish prisoners were tonight taken from. Acre Jerusalem.

to

A British dispatch rider was killed and another wounded by

JAPANESE QUAKE

JAP EXECUTED IN SHANGHAI

Tokyo, Dec. 11. A slight earthquake rocked the shots fired in Haifa today. It Wakayama area, east of Osaka, was also reported that a Spanish today, a few hours after Profes- priest was shot and wounded in sor Sassa of University had. the stomach by an unknown warned, of a possible quako intelligence officer in the Japan

gunman while standing on the there, roof of the Salesian school la Halfa.

Secret Meeting. With almost complete stoppage inf road traffic between Tel-Aviv'

Shanghai, Dec. 11. Takaishi Takicahl, a former

eae gendarmerio In Shanghai, Wakayama was hard hit in was executed here yesterday for the murder of a last December's disastrous earth- afternoon quake and tidal wave-Associat- number of Chinese underground ed Press.

workers and civilians, Reuter,

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Paris, Dec. 10.

M. Vincent Auriol, President of the French Re- public, opened the first session of the Assem- bly of the French Union at the Palace of Ver- sailles this afternoon.

Defining the functions of the (The French Union is the name gvien under the constitu- Assembly, M. Auriol said that it tion of the Fourth Republic to would not only be able to give France and her overseas terri- advice on drafts or proposals by

the French tories and protectorates).

National Assembly. and Governments bf the Re The Assembly has 160 mempublic or associated states, but bers, comprising 75 for France also to take the initiative in and 75 for overseas, areas but the proposals to the National Assom- full number was not present to by the Government of the Re day,

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aware that in one camp there was no heat at all in the huts dur Ing the recent cold spell. ..... .

„Mr. Shinwéll replied, that bo was disturbed about the facts at certain camps.-Reuter.

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