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DEFENCE OF HONG KONG Confidential Report May Be Published

Royal Commission Evidence

Ottawa, Feb. 24.

Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minis- ter, agreed in the House of Commons here to- day to ask the British Government to recon- sider its objection to publication of some parts of the report of the 1942 Royal. Commission which investigated the fall of Hong Kong in 1941.

Two Canadian regiments were captured there. For

JAPAN TRADE BOOST

Tokyo, Feb. 24. Japan's limited foreign trade during the first two weeks of February doubled the average rate of business attained/since private trading began h Sep. tember 1, 1947, Allied Head- quarters announced today

United Press.

some days, the progressive Conservative

Op-Teachers

position have pressed for the documents to

made public and Mr. Mackenzie King had Protest

cabled to. the British Government for permis- sion.

Mr. King told the House that

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Shanghai, Feb. 25. Five hundrel primary Achool The authorities in London Hlon in the For East s they feachers and student guardians tuted khal inter-governmental belong to a class of communicamonstrated outside the Council built. correspondence should In future on framed. on the banis

Ing again high tuition fees and tow that alaries when the City Councillors romain confidential,

they would not be published." yesterday discussed education police

sald the nystem of and conditions. It was now hoped that the Bri frank and full communications

They were Ush Government would agree to between Governments

kept away from the of the building by approximately 100 police the publication of all documents Commonwealth would be preju-men-armed with rifles and mariner. so that the Canadian people could diced if telegrama had to be pre- guns. get a full picture of the action. pared on the basis that they

The demand for a new appeal might be published", Mr.

to Brilain came from Mr. C. G. Jald,

Power, Air Minister during the war, whose son was captured al Hong Kong, after Mr. King bud stated he was prepared to make public evidence which had been given before a Canadian Com

mission,

The British authorities, he said, had not been able to agree to the publication of teleguns which rehited to the International situa-

Markets For U.S. Rice

Washington, Feb. 24. The United States is sensing an expert around the worked to find out how long there will be an shuormally large expost demand first American

rler.

The war encouraged a sharp ex- pansion in the domestic production to Gill overseas needs where fighting and curtallied production,

Now that foreign producing areas are being revived, the American Government wants to size up future expart demands it can draft a domestic

programme designed

prevent surpluse

п

The Government is sure, hawever, that there will be a market for all

that can be produced this year,

Asia,

the Middle

He will visit East and Europe. He only one of everal marketing experts now al-

Amid the noisy clamout of de King|monstrators for better conditions,

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Mr.

ap

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criticised the Busterity campaign which, they said, azomed unnecessary" disturbances Leaders of the three pecially pointed to the ban on cain

in society. They Cs. ston parties agreed with King, but Mr. Power, who sits oing thousands out of employinent, mercial dancing which, while throw the Guvernment side of the has not succeeded in promoting House, though no longer in the austerity wetive among citizen..-- Cabinet, usked for the British Renier. decision to be reconsidered.

As one who played a large part in the assembling and des. patching of the Canadian force et Hong Kong, he waid, he wanted the Canadian people to get a complete picture.

The

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were asked to serve the children, ranging in age under officers who were not

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Union.

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The Dutch wishes on

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Wherever possible, Holland would consider the realisation of federalism within the Char- ter of the United' Nations.- Reuter.

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