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FRANCIS WU'S STUDIO GLOUCESTER ARCADE

CHINA E MAIL

No. 33909.

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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948.

TROOPS LANDING AT BELIZE Guatemala May Break Off Relations, Try To Cut Off Food Supplies FINLAND

Moscow Supports DISCUSSES

HK-Japan Radio 'Phone

Tokyo, Mar. 1,

SCAP has authorked the Japanese Ministry of Com- munication to set up direct radio-telegraph service with Aless

Kong. Associated

Fress.

Shanghal-London

Shanghai. Mac. I.

The Shanghai Telecom- munications Administration announced today that the Shangbai-London radiotele- phone circuit will be open- ed to the public next Thurs- day, following satisfactory tests. The charge for three-minute conversation will be, for the present, CNC$1,746,000 (nearly KA at present open market rate).

33

The Shanghai-Lendon cir- cult

will be the second long-distance line to

be

opened within a year. Last spring the administration restored the radio-tele- phone link with San Fran- elsco-Reuter,

Machine-Gun Seized In

Border Raid

Nine Chinese are being held As a result of a surprise cald by the Hong Kong and Po On po Hoe on Lin Ma Hong Village last Friday night.

One machine-gun. two reyal. vers and several rounds of am munition were seized.

P.:

The Commissioner of the On Police, Shiu Tin-loy, contact. ed the Tulpo Station when be received information that

B gang were hiding some- of robbers where between the Lin Ma Hong Village and Cheung Ling Village (Shui Chun) and that they wore ready to go to Lin Ma Hong. which is in British territory.

detachment A

of 30 Hong Kong police was despatched und foined the Po On force at Lin Mo Hong where they cordoned off the village and arrested the nine suspects.

The darkness, however, helped many to escape a police screen- ing.

now being

The suspects

де

held at the Taipo Police Station, pending further investigation,

Britain

Belize, Mar. 1.

Guatemala will decide, when its Congress opens today, whether to break off diplomatic rela- tions with Britain and to cut off food supplies to British Honduras, according to reports here. The opening of Congress by Dr. Juan Jose Arevalo, the President, will coincide with the arrival here of the 9,850 ton training cruiser "Devon- shire" with troops of the Gloucestershire Re- giment from Jamaica, bringing the total forces available for the defence of the colony to over 1,000.

An anti-British demonstration

has been arranged for today in Guatemala city, it was also re- ported.

On her arrival, the "Devon- shire" will immediately land

vehicles troop, nghting

and unti-aircraft und anti-tank

Shots rang out in this little town yesterday, but it was only the local homeguarde having an exercise. Admiral Tennant in spected their headquarters and also had a long conference with Mr. Edward G. Hawkesworth, Governor of the Colony.

Diplomatic

advices trom Inst week referred

REQUEST

on

Helsinki, Mar. 1. Discussions began within the Finnish Government today Prime Minister Stalin's proposal for a Finnish-Russian treaty of friendship and mutual дазія- tance.

Was

President Phasikivi learned) will be told on Wednes day of the final decisions of the major political parties on the proposal which is expected to be submitted to Parliament. The Government's official statement is not expected before Wednesday night.

Well-informed

sources

sald

Paasikivi favours signing a treaty, Over the week-end he conferred with K.L. Kuto, head of the pro- Moscow Socialist Unity Party.

The Executive, Committee of the Democrats, bloc of the Communists and the Socialist Unity Party, in to discuss the Premier proposal later today, Mauno Pekkala will attend.

Pekkala and Eino Kilpi, Minia-

&

gons, Vice-Admiral Sir William Guatemala Teunant, Commander-in-Chief to the strong probability of anter of Education and member of of the American and West airborne attempt to reize Be- the Foreign Relations Committee. Indiles atation, said when holize and the rest of British have recovered from slight colds announced that the cruiser had Honduras by

and resumed their duties—Asso bloodless rouclated Press, been delayed by slight engine it was disclosed here today.

Five Dakotas were known to be at an airfield near the bor- der, and it was feared that they might be used to ferry troops Into the Belize airfield. where no force was immediato. ly available to counter auch u

trouble.

The

Marines

forces. ho indicatod. would probably be quite enough to deal with the situation. and reply to what he called Guatemala's "rather tactless and offensive statements".-

from "Sheffield" have already penetrated the 90 miles from the coast to the border of Guatemala, "so that they could be acen by the Guatemalana,” - 12.1 Admiral Tennant said. The single na row; swamp flanked road join ing the two countries is guard- ed by forces ready to throw road blocks and other defences across it.

Guntemalan reports that the British were being reinforced by the sloop "Swallow" offelally denied here. The sloop in in Trinidad and is staying there, it was stated. It was also denied that British troops had marked out part of southern | British Honduras with flage af- ter going up the Sarstoon River in landing barges.

Admiral Tennant's confident statement supported a general belief here that the crisis had passed.

Peaceful Now

were

"No emergency now exists,” he said. "Everything is calm and the border is entirely peace. ful."

Shanghai Petition To Truman

Shanghal, Mar. 1.

The United States Secretary of State has acknow- ledged receipt of a petition, submitted to Pre- sident Truman on Jan. 20 by wives of former foreign employees of the new defunct Shang- hal Municipal Council-the pre-war inter- national governing body of the International Settlement of Shanghai, It was revealed at a week-end meeting of former S.M.C. foreign staff members still here.

ex-employees of the

of dent Truman to use his influence Shanghai Municipal Council and good offices. in "persuading the International Settlement.

The petition appealed to Presi- 1 dub to

move.

The reporta puggested that the attempt was planned to take place before today, when the Guatemalan Congress opens, The time for such a move; how ever, is now past. Any move by the Guatemalans would im mediately produce bloodshed and violence, which they are not expected to risk.

"Tourist Visas"

Officials here, however, were j still watching éventa in Guatemala

in closely today

[PICTURE OF THE DAY!

Racket

Hong Kong must rank among the noisiest towns in the world. but lest there should have been anything lacking, this Instrument of torture has now been intro- duced in the Central dis- trict. (China Mait photo)."

Finland Won't Be

Quite So

Easy

(By John M. Hightower)

Washington, Mar. 1. Russia is expected to have a much more difficult

time forcing Finland Into the Eastern Euro pean Communist bloc than she had with Cze- choslovakia.

American officials predict that the resistance of

the Finns will be much greater than that of the Czechs. They say it may, in fact, succeed in preserving for Finland some elements of liberty.

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TEN MILLION YEN IN CONTRABAND Heavy Seizure On ss. "Taksang" In Kobe

Kobe, Mar, 1.

A single American GI, Pfc.' William H. Stewart, of Philadelphia, broke up a 10,000,000 yen smuggling operation in Kobe harbour today. The alertness of Stewart and swift action by a Criminal Investigation Detachment cracked open an attempt by the Chinese crew of the.. British, vessel "Taksang" to smuggle penicil- lin, saccharine, gold, silver, platinum and other goods into the Japanese black market. Stewart, a member of the lighter, he waited until the U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment, small boat had been loaded and was the lone security guard on taken to the dock. Hạ thôn board the "Takaang." Noticing | summoned the Officer of the that some cargo Was boing Day, Lt. Richard W. F. Hughes, transferred from the skip to n of New Jersey.

ALLEGED BRITISH 'ATROCITY'

Jerusalem, Mar. 1.

Together they discovered 2,000 vials of pentelllln and 350 lb. of saccharin

as well

OK

medicinal-preparations, malted milk compound 'arid lighter flints. The

contraband

WILK

| Impounded and four Japanese

on the lighter were arrested.

Two Arrests

More

penicillin,

platinum bars and

and gold

S'hai Prices Come Down

'Shanghai, Mar: 1. Bamours, thas... President

· Chiang Kai-shek, is argiving In. Shanghini · personally to tackle the commodity msr«. kes spurt, forced to down prices today on all fronta, with Chinese stocks suffer« ing the heaviest selbacks.

The pivotal sharo, Wing On Cotton Mills, dropped to a low of ON$958 from yes- terday's '_high_of_ON$1,200. The black market. U.8, dol- lar, however, 'remained at anty CN$300,000, although isolated deals were report- ed-United Press.

Salvage

To Aid Tug To "Kien Sing"

salvage

tug,

The "Caroline Moller" which

pleces of recently towed an ex-

ellver, owned by one of

the Japanese tanker from crew were found. He and an Hong Kong to Shanghai,

other seaman were

arrested,

the U.S. Army announced.

was last night speeding

the

The "Taksang” arrived in southward along

Formoan, Chiha coast to the aid of

Kobe from Koelung.

to discharge a cargo of mica.

Eight Jews were killed by Arabs after Haganah guards at a foundry near. Jaffa had been disarmed in error by the Folice. The Jews are now accusing the British of "atrocities,” alleging that the murdered men were

A sister ship, the "Loksang," the grounded s.s. "Kien deliberately left at the mercy

was involved in a similar case Sing" at Chilang Point, of the Arabs. This is strongly denied by the Palestine Police. a year ago when a cache of 80 miles northeast of

The Jewish account, given in a penicillin, sulfadiazine

and 30 Hong Kong. broadcast over Haganah radio, tons of sugar worth more than said the British "kidnapped 24 100,000,000 yen was discovered Hogansh man and dropped them--United Press.

off in Arab territory. The Bri-

lah admitted their men disarmed

the Jews but said, the arms were

Inter ordered returned. į

The order came too late to do American

any good, according to J.M. Finnagan, Police: Superintendent |

British, disittal, “Tinimgan Freighter

On Fire

said Jewn in-thefoundry fired on mree Arab trucks on the high- way.

A British armoured car drove up and searched the foundry, seizing three Sten guns and two

Sydney, Mar. £. rlites. The armoured car com- The American freighter "Cecil G.

the mander advised

Jews to Sellers" (7,216 ans) serit out an S09 abandon the foundry and then early today saying that he was 1 headed for Jaffa, taking the urma

fire 1,500 miles out from Fremantle. with him.

The Captain reported the position a grave and the ship might have

to be abandoned.

swept on the rocks by the tide. and wind, was last night re parted to be in danger of severe damage, owing to a “very rough “ ECE" pevalling in the vicinity of: Chiang Point

The "Kien Sing", having been

Some of the 50. Crow · have bgen› transferred to the Chinese Customs :cruisnes atanding bands discourage any attemple at pirsoy, "

The

motoryjunk which lart with Hong Kong on Sunday anchors, chaires and cables reached. the "Kien Sing" yesterday after- noon, Attempts are to be madej to keep the vessel from moving from its present position until the salvage tug arrives on Wed- nesday morning.

With Captain Trifan in com mand, the vessel was on its way from Hainan Island i to, Kobe

•Finnogailaid-be-learned-the- on her way to Bombay from it-went-aground-in-heavy-fog uni

There is no longer much da Reports reaching the State De. enne the present government gulsing the fact that American partment now tend somewhat to should be overthrown and re-authorities were shocked and dis- explain this. These are in line

tressed at the speed with which with placed by extremists.

dispatches preas They were also watching an-he Czechs gave in to Commun- Prague. They say that President

ist demands,

Eduard Benes had few powers of ether development. In the past

Tesistance left when Communist few days. 150 Guatemalana

Premler Klement Gottwald made radio. have applied for tourist visas

his bid for a Communist-controll- to enter the colony,

ed Government.

The visas have been granted, but there was some fear that: the influx might be a cover for fifth column or propaganda aç- tivity here Reuter,

Moscow Blames U.S.

London, Fob, 29, Tho United States, using Argentina and Chile as tools, was trying to "crowd Britain

Marshall Aid Plan Approval

•

London, Mar. 1.

approve the

America will

These authoritative account (on which American policy to ward the new Czech Government must be largely based) summed up the situation this way:—

The Communists threatened and beraud Bones with words. They pictured Czechlovakia ripped with internal strife and stained with blood of political warfare, The Communists had the power to cause such, trouble

If they wanted to.

plus

Benes' own physical weakness, his knowledge that situation was extremely danger- ous, caused him to give in. The

in a legal manner.

Finland Different

Arabs meanwhile assembled nearby and stormed the building after the British left. Jews were members of Haganah and crdered the arms returned. But the British were too late in Brmoured car by reaching the

Insisted Superintendent that disarming of the Jews was not intended to set them up for slaughter. He said he Armly be

armoured car Coth- eved the mander "acted in food faith and did what he thought was right."

United Press.

The

British

Condemn

Terrorism

Jerusalem, Mar; 1. "The continuarice of indis- criminate murder and condoned terrorists can lead only to the'

The freighter "John Gorrie" (7,176 with 4,000 tons of Iron ore when

Saturday morning at Fremantle, in trying to reach the

Polat

The "Cecil G. Sellers" is carrying a cargo: of wheat. She has a crew

Chillin

of 36 and has two Australian stow the Sword Line of New York, and is away aboard.

hound for France from Fremantle

She is a Liberty ship belonging to | Reuter.

Rationing Of Rice In Shanghai

out of the Antarctic," a Moscow Marshall aid plan to Europe by

Shanghai, Mar. 1. Shanghai's Mayor K.C. Wu today inaugurated the Radio commentator declared to-the end of this month, accord- day in a review of the dispute ing to well-informed' United

world's third largest city's first experimental over the Falkland Island Depon. States quarters in London to- | Communists thus came to power

step to ration 40,000 tons of rice monthly: Aţa night. dencies.

special press conference, he invited the world These quarters Upholding British sovereign-ndence that both Houses of the

con- express

to watch the rationing programme to judge ty of the territories, Moscow American legislature will finally

the success of a strictly Chinese administered Radio said that Chile and endorse the plan within the next The case of Finland is const

effort. Argentina, "under. the complete tour weeks,

derably different. Londen sources control of the United States,"

The Shanghai plan-which is menth and the remainder id consider that The Finng-have been through persisted in their demands be if the plan is approved by March two wars with the. Russians 19 foxtelture by the Jewish, com-identical with rationing systems the second half of the inoйtl cause America was trying "to 1. it will be several months be the last ten years. Such experi-munity of Palesine of all rights eat up in Pelping, Hankow, clearly state that half of the

fore supplies berin to flow ences are toughening as well as in the eyes of the world to be Nanking and Tientsin-affects | rica comos- deprive Britain of her most im- through the

from the United pipeline from the enlightening. Since the end of numbered among the civilised 6,000,000 people. It was drafted States Government portant strategic position." United States to Europe.

World War 1 when they man- "The recent discovery of Meanwhile, authoritative quar-aged to turn against the Ger- peoples," wald, the Palestine with the cooperation of the Mr. Gilpatric......at the pross U.S.-Chinese Relief Mission conference, said it is the first uranium in the Britlah terri-ters Indicate that the forth- marm, the Finns have pursued a Governnient today. ́' tories of the

British Antarctle un-coming-

Government polley of friendly caution and A commutikque accused the headed by Mr. Donald Glipatric line that enough rice is on Contral Government | hard to make rationing possi; doubtedly plays no small role economic survey expected with completo correctness toward Rus- Jewish Agency as an interns and a

in the first fortnight of March... |ain.. in this respect,

tional body of breaking the special committee hended by ble. Ho expressed the hope that the Radio will show an altered emphasis

the great difficulties confront added. .

laws of Palesting and of "other Mr. Y.T. Mino, In view of the mow greater like. lihood' of Marshall ald." \

countried in which it has - The programme is to be tried 'ing the City Government, would operated". The communique for a period of four months, be overcome and prove that added:

starting March, and altogether rationing, le a feasibility.— "On February 8, 1947, the 160,000 tons of rice are re- United Press, Palestine Government. Invited quired-half to be furnished by the Jewish Agency and Vaad United States relief and ball by Leumi (Jewish National Coun- the Chinese Government cil) to call upon, the Jewish Each person, regardless of community for their assistance age, sia to get 16 lb of rice in bringing to Justice, members monthly, at a cost of five por of terrorist groups who had cent below the open market been guilty of murder, and other cost. The rest can be bought

the Chinese Government to effect A similar appeal was also: for: The commentator' added that without further delay payment of warded to Mr. Winston Churchill superannuation and other funds but no reply has yet come

Britain's war-time Prime Minia- ter.

ON OTHER PAGES

The United States Secretary of State's reply, conveyed through

the Atlantic Ocean was not the only sphere of American "ex- pansion."

No "Leases"

British Policy

Britain's policy, all along, has been' to attack the problems of economic recovery on the as Kumpulan that the country would

(Continued on Paye.2)

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