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MANILA FIRE

Manila, Jar, 55.

A mid-morning fire to- day razed half a block of small stores in the Escoltu centre of Manila's commeri ein and shopping district.

Traffic was tied up at the buslext period at the Jones Bridge.

The losses ocensioned by the fire are estinuled at a x quarter of a million pesos. -Reuter,

MACARTHUR MEDALLIONS

Tokyo, Jat 25. General 'MacArthur has awarded the Medal of Freedom und to 7 persoos for "hernic meritorious service" during the the Japanese ccupation of -Philippines particularly in aid- and ing American military elian prisoners,

Gold

Ten of the awards were post- humous. They included the highest awards of the Medal of Palm Freedom wit: the

Eserda, further to Antunin Manila Bulletin editor, Enrique Amusrie- Pirovato, Ramon de

qui and Father Theedore But- Lernbroch All were comment. ed

for consistent efforts bring ak and information to prisoners -despite Japanese bri tality.

was

Among the civilian prisoners

Medal themselves, the awarded to Earl Carroll, former Chairman of the Santo Toma A Clyde Committee Judge Dewitt, Dr. Willam A. Fletcher all of Manta. uted Dana W. Nance of New Orleans, Lus-

tunn

U

Mrs. Josefina V. Guerrero Novaliches Rizal received the highest award--Medal serond

She was with the Silver Palin, cited for assistance to prisoners ad Bitelligence work that was iristrumenta) 12 **Saving the

11 t MANY Americans and Filipinos,"

Many other women were also cited, including Mrs. Corbin

CHANG CHUN DENIES SILVER CURRENCY PLAN

Nanking. Jan. 25.

Press reports that the Chinese Government was at present negotiating with the Mexican Gov- ernment for the purchase of silver, prelimin- ary to adopting a silver standard for its cur- rency, were denied by the Prime Minister, General Chang Chun, yesterday evening.

He described these reports as that the spreofitient and sand Government had Bat officially approached the Mexican Gov. erament,

Anglo-French Agreement

London, Jan. 25.

The Premier revealed that the considering Government more than two currency reform

A Treasury spokesman ald schemes and refused to state today that a joint Anglo-French whether China would return to conumusaique will be issued in Lon- the gold standard as suggested don tonight on the recent conver- Dr. R. 1.ations on the Trane between the by the ex-Prempas, Kung, in a recent address in the British and French Governments and the attitude they have arrivel

Cuffed States

Refering the new economate plan at present under consldern. teen by the Government. the Premier said, sene restrictions Were absolutely necessary enable

hei China thalaner. budget for the present financial

veau.

He indicated that,

of essential import

fo items.

the

a

A statement from the French Government will also be issued.

A communlu from the Exter national Monetary Fund will be sued in Washington, the Trea- xury spokesman said. Reater.

Kowloon City

harter wetens will be enspikye Demonstration

as far as possible in order to exchange foreign

Shanghai, Jan. 25. Conserve while the Government will put About 100 Chinese students chase gode in China and ship staged demonstrations before the in Chungking in New Zealand, British Consulate them abroad.

against the "China

striving to make yesterday in protest ends meet and the new inport; Rusbonu City vvietas, accord. anti British sperches by expert plan will greatly assist these reports here.

IS

in Balancing the budget in the the udents, the crowd diapers- coming year."

eil.

Ta Chinese had alleged that the British

Araneta of 3000 Tait Are the press regarding the amount hershness when they evicted the

Extension, who was awarded the Metal with Palm Asserinted Prisk.

the Bronzr

necessary

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THE CHINA MAIL, MON DAY, JANUARY 26, 1948,

a tom Watter which he Hey Fergunn, British inventor of claims has been copied by the Ford Motor Co. of Detroit is now duim- an omplaint end £62,775,Oma damages, Mr. Formunu said he had about the tractors being finduced by the Faid plant at Dagenham, as The were quite different from la menthune brang made for him by the Standard Motor Co., Coventry. This picture shows the inventur reading a copy of the industment at les fiume in Abbatianad, Status in-the-Wald, Gln, (Photo!

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Palestine Protests Protests

To Trans-Jordan

Jerusalem, Jan. 24.

The Premier pulsi the con

urdu The infiltration of 750 well-armed Arabs in eting extimates appearing in

Chine living in condem

uniform with "some light armour" into stabiilse t];e

hit at Kowloon walled city, on

Palestine from Transjordan has led to re- Chinese national currency were the matatand part of the British

Palestine Gov- "purely sprvulative" and did not emony of Hong Kong-Reuter,

presentations. by the represent the views Df the

crnment of Transjordan, it was officially

He intent that a stabilisa- on plan is still reveiving care. ful consideration but no figures

avaliable

::nal,

Government. Saigon, Jan. 24 Ab Marshat Sir Hugh Lloyd.

in Air Comunander

Chief, Air Command Far East, has arrived here

the mvitation of the French Air Force Command and will stay un Sunday. Reuter' Reuter.

Devaluation Of The

Franc

Paris, Jan. 25.

The morning newspapers announced that they will print special editions to carry the exact details of Finance Minister Rene Mayer's de- valuation plan scheduled to be made public at 7 p.m. today.

TWENTY MONKS Cotton Deal

DIE IN KALGAN MONASTERY

Shanghai, Jan, 25. Catholic sources disclosed today that 20 Trappist monks, including five foreigners and 15 Chin- ese, died of privation, disease and torture at the hands of the Communists since the Reds captured a monastery below Kalgan last autumn and took a conumunity of 60 persons prisoners.

BIG FOUR VETO

Nanking Jan. 25.

Nineteen escaped or were retens. and arrived in Pelping mid the remainder were belloved to be still in Communist custody,

The abbey, called Yangkinping, was founded in 1883 and is bé- litved to be the oldest in China, It is prssibly in the Far East, situated in a mountain village in

Hopei.

The offelat organ. Central the province of

Com-

Scotched

Shanghai Jau, 25. The imposition of new restrictions on the export of editon from India has considerably handicapped

the Chinese plan to export colton goods as barter for Indian cotton, decording to Chinese semi official circles.

As the crop of dementia eutton this year, is not ex- pected to meet the, demand of Chinese consumers. The Cotlöh Textile Export Con- trol Comtnisstoių. Is Jooking for other sourese of supply from the United States. Brazil and Egypt.-Kenter,

UNO Offices In Shanghai

Shanghai, Jun. 25. The Chinese Government has

offered formally building on the Japanese

the former Consulate Generni

waterfront to

the United Nations for use by UN ngencies here.

Daily News, today called the

The monks were accused of al- British views on the Japanese peace-making as the high most everything by the tunes of imperialistic thought, munists and were "tried at Etu

hting. The paper said it would ap- were priests and the rest were Of those involved, eight peal that the British stand

conformeny brothers or students of the against veto power with reason but a careful ana- Trappist Order.

The foreigners reportedly kill abandon- lysis will show the

The building will be used to vato ed inclutied Father William Can house the ment

Four of the Big

officen of the UN would give the British an ab-burien, farmer French mission Economic Commission for Asin ary in Szechuan; Father Stope- solute veto over the peace con-

hen Maury.

Father nnil the Far East, the UN 18. (French); ference.

It said China till sticks to Alphonsius l'Heureux, Canadian; formation Centre In Shanghai, her

the announced stand on

and former Jesult missionary in the World Health Organisation, Big Four veto, but a solution of Hsuchow; Father Augustin Faure the UN World Appeal for

And the present stalemate depends (French):

Father Alfred Children, the international Re the American attitude, Droest, of the Netherlands.

and other The Chinese However, it said, the American

included Father fugce Organisation 1s attitude

vacillating and Michael Hsu, prior of the Abbey United Nations activities.

Later vacillation might stall a settle and a native of Shanghai, aged

it is expected that ment

47. Ten years ago Father Hsu branches of the International WAR a priest Pootung, eastern Labour. Organikation, the suburb of Shunghai, The

UNESCO and the UN Food and capées reported that lisu died

will Agriculture Organisation And his borly was buried in a trier otrine.-United Press. move in.-United Press.

Press,

indefinitely. - United

Young Women's Hurdles Feat

ta-

Hundred Thousand In Big Round-Up

London, Jan, 24. Miss Maureen Gardner, 19. year-old Oxford Jancer

and Britain's leading hope for the woman's Olympic title this year. I is not only a great hurdler but has also the right temperament

When

Informed that her record of 11.5 seconds for the 80 metres hurdles at Hotspur September Park. Survey. Inst could not be ratified beenuse the

to be truck was found

fanri The British Army

"the the decision to partition the coun situation in hand", it was stated try. It is understood to be under inches short, she said:-

senior Iraqi "Never mind, its hard luck. the commcnd of Jerusalem.

it this year all jopenest registration Irnois. but I will do rer and fo comprise The Arab forre, said to før ne Syrians, and a number of Pal-right",

sonne Arabs. companied by lorries headquarters in the mountɔm town

Report Denied stated here tonight.

The Hague, Jan. 25.

A Dutch press report that docu

Lord Kiln ments compromising” learn. The Special Couinsissioner in j South East Asia, had fallen into the hands of the Dutch East Indies) tiovernment was denied by official source here tonight..

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aren gun carriers. established

The source expressed regret that siwuld such an incorrect report have been published in the Daten

press.

The report, which appeared in the Haagsche Dagblad today, a "very comprising letters," a dressed by Lord Killearn to the Indonesians Republicans, were in the possession of the Dutch Gov

but

being kept ernment secret-Reuter

Wore

It is believed the force did not of Tubas, 16 kilometres northeast use the Jordan brides which are of the Arab stronghold of Nablus,nder guard by British forces,

British Airborne Division para troppers have taken up positions to prevent the Arabe from making further progress Into Palestine.

It successfully eluded British frontier guards. The furce is the largest to enter Palestine since

Prague 'Spy' Arrests

first

come Reyter.

SCHOO

PHONE CALLS

London, Jan. 25. Britain's first peacetime industrial conscription registration had ended today with probably fewer than 100,000 persons caught up in the Government net, of whom less than 10 per cent is likely to be called up for essentia! work.

sultable.

Labour Minister George Isancs jover the age limit of 50 for men

three weeks and 40 for women. ngo with the avowed aim of try- Street traders registered in the Ing to all some of the estimated order-Jon, 5 through Jan. 10. The Maureen is training hard at

500,000 vacant essential jobs in first week of the employment Oxford for the athletic

in coal-mining. Labour Ministry Annorgeed on Thursday that 13.174 signed on. Gamea. and in particular for the Olympie Britain, mostly

Two tenths of a second grleulture and textiles,

Preliminary reports indicated but added those disabled or with utside the world record even on that not a single playboy, peer, regular stalls would not be dis- atenek shortened by four inches debutante or other representative turbed."

Labour exchanges will scan re class achievement, of the idle rich signed on. Thoy indicative of bigger things to were the "drones and butterflies" cords of a registered persons and whom Mr. Inaca especially want- offer the choice of three or four led to rope into essential jobs for essential jobs to those they think

Britain's recovery battle, "Several Thousand"

If they refuse all of The Labour Ministry had been so then they can be directed int sure that persons "not gainfully one under threat of fine and im- According to unofficial reports,

prisonment. in the past few weeks, several

employed" for at least 30 hours of

Of 400 traders who had regis- hundred well-armed and disch Much to their chagrin, people the week-the last category to re-

tered at one London exchange only Hong Kong Hotel's gister in alphabetical order on plined Arabs in uniform have using the

100 will be called back to go into specified days of last week.. crossed over the frontier into pubile telephines have now Prague. Jan. 25.

Palestine, mostly in the north, and pay 40 cents per call.

The London labour exchange essential work and they will not An official communique no-

that Arab

claim

The charge hus been fixed by

An exchange official said there nounced today the arrest of 15

other sections of Westminster ro including civilians, several thousand trained men are the Hong Kong Telephone Com-covering fashionable Mayfair and be called for some time. persons, Sir Allan Powell, Chairman military personnel and several gathered in the Nablus aren, where any and is 300 per cent higher gistered only one personspartly were few vacant essential jobs left

with spying they are engaged in the final pre-than the prewar rates.

midlands and Previous to the introduction disabled voluntary girl scout work in London area and no housing women, charged the British Broadcasting Corpora

parations for the battle. for a "certain western power." "But now that the thing is done we

north where most of the vacancies the call-rate, an average of 300 earing the initial a through available in the

W C day on Monday. When regis Live these all!

tion from 1939 to 1946, died at

made daily at the tration closed

are. United Press. The Communist

paper. will do my best Bing

The communique said the al-

last night 111 The

Earlier reports that Fawzi El calls were

only his home here day, aged 80. busquely created.” of the sinusino 20

This has about 60 men and women report- "Humanite," called the devaluation

When presiding at a meeting leged splea were mostly Sudeten Mayer's se

daily average of el. plan a "defeat for our national sover-

a seizure Germans who maintained con- Kawakil, the veteran Commander Hong Kong se panty organ, Laurore"

Most were students, disabled last Monday, he had Washington headlined its devaluation stery "Be-

tact and reported to relatives in-Chief of the Palestine Arabs, dropped to a rigmy engineered

and friends in Germany. They bad entered Palestine from Syria. just 100-netting the Telephone persons or girls caring for dis-

Company $40 a day.

abled relatives. Few in any case, [tween British opposition and Ameritron which he did not recover,

When appointed Chairman

would be subject to direction into were accused of giving Infor- were not confirmed. Reuter, Ihr B.B.C. "he said:

military impor-

essential work. mation "of tance" concerning the Czech Army and Industrial firms members of an alleged German espionage organisation estab- lished by a certain western power."

comment-

With the general outlines of th" Puputaire," expressed doubt that controversial scheur already known,, the Mair: plan would boost Firark

varied from exparts. newspaper wirm support to fit criticism of the programme to put the frane-dollu | parity ice from 129 trane in our dollar to 216 more.

Our frane has become a monkey."

Farmer Premier Leon Blum, writ ing in the Socialist Party newspaper,

Help them with their homework!

"Even without taking stock of the British objections, which are far from negligible, douts the elleavy of free money marker"

Wit

ran resignation France accomplishes

its monetary reform."- United Press.

CLOSED BOOK

Gerrards Cross,

Bucks, Jan. 24.

of

"I know

n thing about broadbusting-it is a closed hooks to, me."

Sir Allon spent much of his life in public service after being admitted to the bar in 1900 and he was at one time Mayor et Kensington-Reuter.

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Letters

Sir-It is a worthy custom to treat anonymous letter-writers will con tempt hut, by reason of the nom de guerre chosen, the attack on me in yesterday's "Sunday Herald" mas he awarded a

Paxing bow Ex-serviceman"

ners have no heart-searchings as to my sympathies

man

to

The comunique said the Ge

organisation included principally "farmer members of the Gestapo, the security ser- vice, the S8 eilte guard and similar criminal organisations." -United Press.

UNRRA Relief Supplies

sources now

Hotel.

Stalin Gets Shock

In Baltic States

London, Jan. 25.

The weakness of the Communist Party organisa- tions in the Baltic States was demonstrated by official returns of local Soviet elections th Latvia and Lithuania held on January 18.

were

A

ลด

Fifty Women

The anime was true at another big London exchange covering Marylebone. Paddington, Bays water and Kensington. There 25 men and 50 women signed on during the week.,

The number of those not ghin- fully employed registered through- out the country was believed to be fewer than 10,000, with a maxi- mum of 25 per cent likely to be directed.

non-perry people, simultaneous Tan BRD REGU

The registration was limited to men of 18 through to 25 and women of 18 through to 21, Other

will In Latvia only 18.29 per cent of nine-tenth

be registered later. the candilates elected to town, village according to

During the previoita week...... and district cuncifs were members of dispatch from Vilnius, the Lithuanian

Spelet capitat. the Communist Party, the

Jan. 12 through to Jan, 17-pro Shanghai, Jan. 25.

In Agricultural areas the percent-prietors of belting pools, night during the war years. They ivere An agreement was said to have Dews agency To Teported from

ages of

of Communist candidates seem cubs, carnivals and amusenicht Riga on Saturday. what

into the Army... pw the

leca reached between UNRRA aut

to be even below the average for the arcades registered all their ein belief in the right to freedom of the Chinese Government regarding

More than four-fifths of the elected country as a whole since the Cam- ployeon with the labour exchanges. speech and freedom from fear and in the disposal of relief supplies and the dignity of

cash fund amounting to US$65,000,-candidates were described as "not munist Party primarily is interested Football pools alone registered be Thus tween 60,000 and 70,000 persons in dominating town councils. 000, ibe bewijiaper "China Press" [party people." reported today.

of man.

That there was a war og" when the Japanese unraged all these be liefs is no palliation, as "Ex-service- man seems to hint.

At the surrender, the Japanese so far as coulit abserve-had nor the faintest conception of how grossly they had deneaned OUT commox humanity. Most of them were happi- ly complacer at having been koo boys and obeyed the Emperor,

I made no suggellan of perpetuat ing the evils committed by the Jap anese. Hut, t iny lnd, until they had first been given some apprehen- xion of the rights they scorned and then in thell own selves have been made to feel what it in to be deprived of them, the Japanese can have no real understanding that men should so treasure those same rights

ale

As undriginal "emilihg thought: "If

to

whò time ihé allter theik genérálly get it "Happed".

J.W.H. PEARSON.

BIRTH

OLIVER TO Mr. and Mrs, G, H. Oliver, at 51. Payla. Hoipital, Causeway Bay, si January 25th.

■ web, "Laille Jayne..

The report gave no details of the agreement but said it was underiind that the accord was satisfactory to both parties-olted Press.

RIP KIRBY

tween

in the new city council of Riga, it but 40,000 to 50,000 of them are In Lithuania the discrepancy be-largest city in the three Bakie Soviet only part time workers, mostly

and non-patty

Commune republics, the Communists have 50 housewives who are not subject per cent majority despite their hela to direction. The majority of the candidates was even more striking only 11.6 per cent of the elected an Irive weakness throughout the country. 20,000 fulltime workers are alab believed to be either disabled or didates were Communists and almost '-United Press.

HOME FROM HONOLULU, RIP KIRBY GOES INTO SECLUSION TO COMPILE A RECORD OF HIS LATEST CRÍMINÁL INVESTIGATION,

WIRE FLOWERS TO MISS DORIAN, DESMOND. SHE'S GONE TO GREENACRES FOR A REST, I'M AT HOME TO

NOBODY

ON A TRAIN SPEEDING EASTWARD, JANOTHER FRIEND OF RIP KIRBY'S TAKES A HOLIDAY FROM HOLLYWOOD

THAT'S MADELON, THE FAMOUS.

~MOVIE STAR!

AND ON ANOTHER EASTBOUND TRAIN IN THE DAY COACH, MISS DOLLY, MALONE QUITE A BURLESQUE TOUR FOR HER BELOVED BROADWAY...

Reminders

Today Northumberland and Durham As- sociation meeting, SCM Post Board Rocm, 6 p.m. Australlon "Anniversary Day".

Ccktail Party celebration, Hong Kong Club, 0.30-0 p.m. Crown Lond Sale, PWD Office, 3

Whist Drive, European YMCA, 5

b.mp.

p.m.

Coming Events

TOMORROW Rotary Club Luncheon, Talk by Capt. A.J.E. Luss, RAEC,

on "Education in Occupied Germany," Roof Garden H.K. Hotel, 12.30 p.m.

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