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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948.

RUSSIANS TRY TO PUT THE BLAME ON B.E.A. PLANE Alleged Violation Of Allied Flight Regulations: British Denial Investigation To "Palpably Be Carried Out

Berlin, Apr. 7.

A Russian investigating, commission claimed today that the collision of a Soviot fighter plane and a British transport on Monday was caused by a British violation of Allied regulations. The Russions declared the crash occurred over o Russian airport and that the British pilot violated flight regulations prescribed by the Allied Control Council in flying over the Soviet traffic. zone.

No official British version has ¡Northolt airport Just before noon 'been Issued for the Berlin col. today.

Questioned about the situation. lision in which 14 persons were in Berlin and his portentous din- killed. British authorities said her last night with Marshal Suko- At is unlikely one will be issued flovsky, Lord Montgomery said:

until official inquiry

33,1v4c],

is co-

A representative of British *European Airways, operators of "the British transport, however. denied that the crash took

place over a Soviet airport.

One British ofbial said it was almost Impossible for the crash

"There was lovely weather and it was a nice day. I had an excellent dinner last night| In excellent company. had a long qu'el talk alone with Marth Sokolovsky. We talked | about the weather and the Bu ant.

The morning I got up at 5

to have occurred over a Russian fo'clock, had breukfist at 4 ain. airport, although two Russian tok off from Gatow at 7.30 fields are very close to Britain's.721.

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Gatow'sirfeld. The British plure "While I was over there, I met

General Clay, the NAV

French Commander-in-Chief and Marshal

- fell in the Russian zone," The everybody, mwhuling my son. -Russon plane

in tre

-British zone.

crashed

The Russian commission - Sokolovsky. It was great fun: serted that under Control Cou cil regulations' no Allied piune is pennlited 11 approach laser

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than two miles in the strport of another nation lawer than Zimb feet without prior notißen- Mon.

The

Soviet Version

Russians wisp.contended they were not informed of night.

lre

The Soviet report said the pilot

"Everybody was most friendly, But whỹ would they noi be?” United Press.

Untrue"

Berlin, Apr. 7.

It was officially stated here this morning that the Beviel report that the British Viking of a low aircraft came out cloud and collided with the Bovlet fighter about to land Berlin's outskirts feat Monday was "palpably un. true.'

on

The British statement said: "The official view is that the true facts about the collaton cannot be established until the Inquiry has been pleted.

com.

This much la known, haw-

time ever-visibility at the

of the collaton was some five miles."-Reuter.

Associated Press adds that the statement continues:-

"When twa milles from Gatew

airfield the Viking was traffic sighted from the alr control tower at Gatow air. field. Also the Viking had floves

down from Hamburg tho corridor towards Berlin at a height of 1,500 feet with the clouds another 1,500 feet above it. The facts in them. selves show that the Soviet story is palpably untrue."

COMMONS STATEMENT -PAGE 9

Soviet Plebiscite

Berlin Zone

In

Berlin, Apr. 6.

of the Russian plane was creting The Russian-controlled Berlin radio today said a

over his airport at a height of ""about 400 feet and was about to

land.

in this moment

plane shot out of the

A

British

clouds

over the Soviet airfield in a downward direction," the Rus

Communist-sponsored plebiscite would-be-hold-

in the Soviet occupation zone from May 23 to June 13 to determine whether the Germans in the zone wanted a united government.

slan report said. "The British The Russian move, which is The announcement came a few plane hit the tail of the Soviet an answer to the economie mer-hours after General Lucius Clay, States Commander-in- plane

with Its motors and ger

of the United States and United

Chief, bad told troops their occu- destroyed the tall. The British British

zones, has been long plans burst into flames awaited.

pation of Germany must continue despite all handicaps, until there is real peace in Europe.

result of the collision,

де я

bogen

to fall apart, plunged down out of control and burned out." British sources quoted wines. ses at the time as saying the *Russian plane was "frolicking"

when the crash occurred.

The Soviet commission's report was published in the "Targliche Rundschau." oficial newspaper of the Russian Military Adminis- tration.

Investigation

J

"In order to clarity completely

the Aner details of the collision

To Visit H.K. On Air

Record Bid

He said the Germans now had national

k Government level, "except the military four- power Government which has not effective." He pointed proved

out that since the merger of the United States and British zones, a formal invitation to join it had been stunding 10 France russia.

and

R/T Tests

With New Territories

be-

Radio-telephone tests tween Hong Kong and the New Territories were recently carried out successfully by Cable & Wireless, the "China Mall" learned yesterday.

Whether or not this system of communication will in future be adopted, depends on equip- mont and personnel. The Hong Kong Telephone Cum- pany is still shart of material necessary for setting up a tele- communications system in the New Territories. These ma- terials are essential for estub- lishing t radio telephone I system.

The radio-telephone tests were carried out between Un Long and Victoria.

Reports from Canton that the Chinese authorities were work- ing on the re-establishment of land inte tele-communications be- tween Hong Kong and Canton were discounted in official circles yesterday,

The report that the impending rainy season will have un adverse affect on radio-telephone Com- munications was also described as

absurd."

Talks In Tel Aviv

Tel-Aviv, Apr. '6."

Council The Zlonist General

con- began

Ave-day secret

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Writing On The Wall

red

A Greek Orthodox priest In ·Jerusalem painte crase, an Greek promises to protat from further attack aftozelf had been.. heavily.:. bombed by. Arabs.

ference in embattled Tel Aviv Macao Is Short

Tuesday 10 clarify the

Jewish stand on proposals for a

Aruce in the Palestine fighting Of Fresh Water

and on America's plan tor 14 trusteeship.

Macao is in the

shortage.

throes of a Jewish Almost the entire

Supplies Agency Executive and 18 Ameri- fresh water cun members attended the close-from the reservols have been ly guarded meeting.

fotally severed, according to the The agenda provides for dis-Sing Tan Wan Po" yesterday.

The

said that report

tho cussion on the continued sugges- tlon in some quarters "that authorities are supplying fresh Jewish State should be pro- water from Chungahan district, cialmed without waiting for May selling it to the public at $3 for

15. when the British mandate two buckels. The water is brought

to Macao in boats, ends. Associated Press.

Stalin Present At

Treaty

Signing

London, Apr. 6.

Price: 20 Conts.

Hong Kong Has Lots Of Rice

Bingapore, Apr. 7,

Hong Kong reported at the monthly South-East Asia Kaisan officers meeting today that rice was meriving "at an unprecedented rate"

from Burma and Siem,

Mr.

Cowperthwaite sald it appears the Colony's flest six months' quota will be received before the end of April.

Unofficial sources said rice was arriving so fast in Hong Kong that there was difficulty in staring

It. Associated

Prcas.

Japanese Sea Food Exports To Hong Kong

Tokyo, Apr. 7. Chinese traders from Hong Kong are handling about 90 per cent. of Japanese sea food exports to the British Colony, declared D. M.. Kenrick, agent of the Hong Kong Govern- ment in Japan.

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Italian Reds Call For Strike

Rome, Apr. 6.

The Communist-dominated Labour Federation has ordered 6,000,000 workers to strike for ono hour on April 12, in protest against the slaying of Communist labour leaders in Sicily. The Confederation's Executive Committee called the strike after voting against daylong work stoppage because it would be "too drastic." Meanwhile, reports of violence streamed into the Ministry of the Interior. Communists near Foggia attempted to lynch a Christian Democratic veteran who complained about treatment received in Soviet prisoner of war camps. The police saved the Milan Demonstrates veteran and arrested five Reda.

In Milan, t demonstration of Unidentified men stoned and approximately 10,000 office work. injured a parish priest nearers practically paralysed the city Palermo.

Tuesday on

morning, Local

A paper bomb exploded hear the Promlar last night when ha spoke at a rally at Bolzano. It throw the audience

into a panic, but de Gasperi remained on the platform and calmed the crowd.

of

Two Monarchist deputies leaders of the Labour Socialist

Party were ambushed and fired upon Anti Communist along a highway in Palermo Gluseppe Sarapal lett Milan to- Province. They were not in day to meet the French Socialist Blum, at Domo- leader, Leon jured.

dossola.

They hope to persunde Blum to Milan. to come

According to the Labour So- cialist newspaper "L'Humanity,“ Blum is in Italy for a rest but may join in third force organisa- tion

Two Leftist leaders were in- jured in separate accidents when the drivers of their cars swerved and to avold holes in the road crashed into guard rolls.

Premier Alcide de Gasperi call- ed a pre-election Cabinet meet- ing for tomorrow to study plans

for internal security.

moves In Italy. United Press and. Associated, Press.

Swift Communist Reaction

Trieste, Apr. 6. The Communists reacted swiftly tonight to pro- American sentiments expressed by the atten- That Commenting on reports

dance of an estimated 100,000 persons at the Chinese traders were complaining About discrimination against them

United States Army Day parade and scheduled In the issuance of import licences,

a funeral parade tomorrow for the Communist Mr. Kenrick wald only one licence has been issued to a European

Union leader killed in a brawl on Saturday.. Arm for Japanese sea food in

Although the Allied Civil number of "mourners" who attend Hong Kong only a small part of the Japanese Control authorities still held the funeral.

The Military Government can exports in this category which Communist's body for autopsy control the route and Communist aro mostly handled by Chinese the official Communist news-

licence:

This

represented

merchants under. Hong Kong paper, Il Lavoratore, announced wishes to stage. It through the sending it through side streets, Mr.Kourick pulled out that that the funeral would be held heart of the elly may be thwarted

the quale coramustat not all applications by Chinese tomorrow afternoon traders for importing Japanese downtown Trieste and urged alition of this type-a-portege of sea food to Hong Kong have been Party members and sympathl- more than 60,000 persons through granted because the Hong Kong zers to attend.

the, centre of Triesto-occurred Government Ands it necessary to An Allied spokesman said the were killed by police fire.

two years ago when two Slovenes

balance trade between the British Colony and Japan.

other

from the

funeral provided the Communists Underground The charge of discrimination with a leng- sought opportunity Yugoslav zone, meanwhile, claim- against Chinese traders was un- to demonstrate en masse, He gald

had been reinforced, while Yu- true. Chinese buyers were actu- the Military Government, although ed all frontier posts in Zone B

or forbid ally handling most of the licenc able to license

pubile demonstrations, goslav reinforcements were ports of Japanese sea food into type of

had no authority to regulate the ported in villages in the interior. All troop movements were made Hong Kong. Central News.

at night, said the reports, which added that the

Yugoslav 53rd Infantry Batalion, had been quar- tered at the seminary at Cap- odistrin and 12 armoured formerly at Capodistria were now

elsewhere.-United Press.

Overwhelming Victory

By Tories

Claimed By

T

London, Apr. 6.

Conservatives claimed an overwhelming victory on

Monday, mostly at the expanse of the Labour

Sabotage,

Party in Saturday's urban and rural district Says Red

olections.

Amended unofficial returns, Party headquarters said, showed Conservatives won 138 Council; scats and lost only nine.

Moscow Radio announced tonight that Finland and Russia had signed a treaty of friendship and

The trend to Right, first evi-1 dent in English and Welsh military aid. Marshal Stalin was present at the

municipal elections last autumn, signing ceremony. "Increasing Sovic! opposition According to the Radlo, the countries should coordinate their cost the Socialists 100 seats on rural and urban district Coun- "treaty of foreign policy. to Buch a fusion becomes treaty, called

Tho impression in diplomatie cils, Conservative tabulators re- cooperation evident," he said. "Cooperation friendship,

and quarters in London is that the ported. with the French at present is de- mutual assistance between the Finnish delegation was authoris The Labour Party, which made Press.

London, Apr. 7.

Anile

It is necessary to appoint a mix- Hong Kong, China, Japan,

cd Anglo-Soviet investigating Siam, Singapore and Burma

• commission," the report said.

British authorities said it had are all on the route of a world not been decided whether the in-air record bid which will vestigating commission would be start from a British airfield Anglo-Russian, or whether Unit- on April 15. On that day a exi Slates representatives would bo Included. Two

Americans young New Zealand pilot, Captain A. A. Mansfield, takes

wero killed in the crash.

R! Ong possibility was a joint off from Britain in a light

Anglo-Russian

Jan

commission with aircraft to try to fly solo

Ameclean observer

prosent,

they sold.--Associated Press. round the world.

The attempt is being made junder the regulations

of the

and

a

improving."--United Soviet Union and Finland." wased to sign the pact without fur- no tabulation of Saturday's vol- signed by M. Molotov, the So-ther consultation with its Govern- Ing, declined to comment Im- viet. Foreign Minister, and M.ment only if the Finnish objer Mauno Pekkala, the Finnish lons to the Soviet claim to, de-

17-Gun Salute To C-In-C

Prime Minister.

The treaty is for 10 years, with provisions for renewal.

termine In what circumstances

Finland should receive aid were met.

who

President Juho Pansikivi Is bc- "The treaty does not contain lleved to hava warned the wo

for Soviet provisions

bases in members of the delegation Finland, In the event of Finland returned to Helsinki last week being exposed to aggression, or end that there was considerable the Soviet Union being exposed danger that the Finnish Dict to aggression via Finland, Finland might refuse to ratify the pact

M. Molotov. will resist such aggression, if necessary, with the aid of

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Summer Time

revert to

Hong Kong, will Summer Time at 3.30 am. on Sunday, May 2, when clocks will be put forward one hour.

spokesman

ALEX BACK TO NORMAL

Alexandria, Apr. 6, Alexandria, the second city of Egypt, was tonight almost back to normal after its 36 hours of disturbances over a police strike which cost, ac cording to official figures, 29 lives and 220 Injured.

On Other Pages Captain Mansfield the "Circuit mark Admiral Boyd's promo- fore with each other's internal and serves to the development of od Conservatives gained control their duties from the

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Lake Success, Apr. 6. Andrel Gromyko today_ac-❤ cused the United States and Bri- tain of sabotaging the United Vations programme of arms re- duction.

Speaking at a closed meeting

Conven of the Commission on tional Armaments, the Soviet De legate anid it was useless to dis- suas the British resolution arma reduction since no agree... · ment can be reached on, it,

on

The American Delegate, Fro-" derick Osborn challenged à Soviet declaration ibat- the United States and Britain are Jeuding an arms race.

her

The Weather

on

Osborn declared that available Information showed that, Russia was spending twice as much of national Income An occasional shot was sull

than the United heard until the curfew hour of armaments Hoven o'clock, by which time the States. the

The Commission decided to * Tactful "Monty"

Inhabitants Had, for the second London, Apr+.8. A 17-gun salute to the Com-Soviet Union.

The Soviet Foreign Minister,

night, to be indoors, but the ten-meet on: Apr. 13 to continue dis London, Apr. 7. Federation Aeronautique Inter-

con-Mr. V. Molotov, in a speech

sion had lessened and citizens cussion of the British arms ro Lord Montgomery, Chief of the nationale of Paris, the body mander-in-Chief of the British The treaty provided for

hoped they would be able to re-duction plan.-Associated Press. Imperial General Staff, arrived at controlling the granting of in- Pacific Ficet, Admiral Sir Denis sultation in the event of a threat the signature of the Soviet-Fin-

Dggression, Both parties nish draft, according to the Mos-mediately. "A

pro turn to a normal Ille tomorrow. mised a statement after complete While the police, at the end of ternational records, and the Boyd, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.C., of Royal Aero Club.

"This treaty is almed against a returns have been analysed. their strike, were taking over If carried was fired yesterday by guns of pledge themselves to respect the cow Radio, sald:

to sovereignty of their respectiva

The unofficial returne indicat military out to schedule it will win for the escort destroyer Alert

afforts by friendly relations between out of alx Councils and lost two to of the earth" and several other tion In January from the rank

Presore is very high over, Kamchatka lof Vice-Admiral.

were arrested. [day voting. The treaty is subject to rati- countries and the consolidation of the Labour Party in the Satur youths and a number of looters records.

Since the 1945 General Elec Losting, in which uniformed and the large ridge extends actõed, Jesan The plane to be used is a Por- Admiral Boyd's flagship, the Acation. The Sovlet Deputy For- peace in Europe."

The Finnish Prime Minister, elen Minister. M. Vyshinsky, was Dr. Pekain, said that treaty was tion the Labour Party has lost tiguros were seen taking part, to the China BoA antlerelaiso, la Intänelfying ovar, N.W.; Chlaky A shallow, cival-Frocter 3-pussensor-light cruiser London, which returned also present. M. Molotov and an act of great significance. It only one seat in House of Coni

has sout shopkeepers thousands depression covers HW, Chlon nod n daru. transport with a cruising speed from a cruise to Salgon, Malaya M. Pekkala exchanges speeches. reflects a great achilevement in mons bye-elections that to a of pounde "sterling, medikant knepression over dehal it wearing slowly E. of 135 to 145 miles per hour and British North Borneo, Brunei, and The Finnish-trealy delegation foreign policy based on the post Comic district of Glasgow, fought over the division of the side. Clouds and instely, ming Conservativė candidate in the The ·looters, who sometimes |Today'W-forecast ---Light or moderska a normal range pelat wake wil Mantia on Tuesday, returned the to Moscow was believed in in war friendship between the So while retainius 13-Asscelated spalis, opened a secret market in Parts are Westher the afternoons and 100 miles. Special tanks salute. enable the muchine to stay in the

formed quarters in London to viet Union and Finland.” alr for some of the longer 182, This was the first occasion since night to have persuaded the So He thanked the Soviet dele Press. stages into which the flight will the promotion was announced viet Union to accept the Finnish xation for "the benevolent atti

Soviet-Finnish: mutunk assistance t#: Goverment during the nego- Since the war ended, Captain that Commodore CL Robert-redraft of certain articles of the tude accorded to our country and

son, Commodore-in-Charge, Hon Mansfield has been engaged in Kong, had an opportunity to pay act on tourues were tations, thanks to which it har "And his colleagues res been possible to achieve results commercial flying between Mons his respects to his commanding ported today to have Kong and the East Indies. E

accepted" conductive to our particular, com the Finnish request that a contli, ditions, and satisfactory toơm both Airfields in the Far East on the of London, d'accompanied by or should be inserted; in the|partios, -as already became, clear company has, announced plans, tq|:alorikoopas, Him Barn, at mál S

HMS programme for the fight include destroyers, is scheduled to leave military claumes limiting in at the first conference.MAW Lunghwa, Shanghai, and Kattak, sang 5 Kong for a {{flve-wook}land's activities to the defence, of "May this treaty. serve the tilt build two large passengers vos- cluding Greeks, · Hong Kong, both due to be vint- ed on April 21, Donmaung, Bang cruise to North China porta bon her own territory.

further deepening and consolida Denk and Kallang Bingapore, on May 8. She will return to Hong The Finns were also reported ton of the relations between Ihr @Governors Add to Court April, 22, and Hingaldong Han Hong, then undertake a cruited to have secured relaxations in Soviet Union and Finland."

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