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CHINA
No. 33942.
ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
A
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1948,
GENERALISSIMO'S CONFIDENCE
Frank Survey Of National Situation.
GHOST MADE HIM CONFESS
Tokyo, Apr. 9.
A 22-year-old Japanese to day confessed to murder be- cause the ghost of his vic fim haunted him nightly.
Hajime Inouye, who gave his addre De Osaka, sur. rondered himself to the palice and solved the mysterious slaying of an 84-year .old man in a rest room in a suburban Tokyo Arca
March 26.
Inouye said he became AG. quainted with the
and slow him to get his overcoat.
man
on
"The man's ghost has been haunting me every night and I decided to give myself up because I cannot stand it any longer."United Prose.
BIG HAUL ON DUTCH STEAMER
Revenue Officers made a 'big haul on board the Dutch Steamer "Tjisadane." of the Royal Interocean Lines, when the vessel arrived in Hong Kong yesterday from Macas- sar and Java ports.
A total of 720 taels of gold
were seized, valued at $237,600, It was the first seizure mode! on a ship from the East Indies. Three men have been detaltimet In connection with the seizure. the "China Mall" understands, Ong is believed to be a member of the Chinese crew.
The gold was uncovered in the course of a routine search by Revenue Omvers.
DEFEATS BUT
Anderson
NO COLLAPSE Praises
Nanking, Apr. 9,
His "absolute confidence" in final victory over the Chinese Communists was expressed by Chiang Kai-shek speaking at a special sossion of the National Assembly this morning.
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In the midst of Nationalist military reverses on all fronts and with spiralling inflation, the chief executive, in one of the frankest surveys of the national situation he, has made in his long carcer, told the packed chamber that the Chinese Government was economically sound and militarily superior to the Communists and that all talk of an impending Nationalist collapse was imaginary.
"We have suffered defeats," he said, "but China will not collapse in three or six months as 50 many foreigners would have us believe." and
Amid thunderous applause Chiang emphatically declared that "Nationalist China will nut collapse in six months, six years or even sixty years.
He attributed the rising prices to Communist propaganda not to economic reasons.
and
The Generalissimo
said the inilitary situation gave no cause for alarm.
And Blames
London, Apr. 8.
Sir John Anderson, wartime Chancellor of the Exchequer, today criticised Str Stafford Cripps' imposition of a special levy on investment income.as a ("xop to his supporters who were disappointed that he had not produced what they call a real capital levy."
Opening the third of the five- days debate on the Budget and the economie situation, Sir John said that wiht the surtax-n special tax on high incomes-at is present level, a capital levy would not compensate for the Josa of surtax revenue year by year.
Sir John sald that white dia agreeing in detail with certain Budget proposals, he of the "most heartily
honest and realistic" approach welcomed" the
which the Chancellor had made to the country's problems. But Last September, when Shih-
prompt and decisive action chłachuang was captured by should have been taken lang the Communists. foreigners pre-ago. For two and a half years. a military collapad in the Government had failed ab- months and * Red,jectly.
He that the Communists south of the Yellow River would be crushed within six months.
dicted assured the Assembly -
President Chinng said the only crisis afflicting Notionalist China was psychological which he blamed on Communist pro- paganda and "misconceptions of foreigners",
Po asserted that the biggest ing a mufficient effort to win
crisis "Is that we are not mak
the civil war."
Economic Security
three
_victory_in_alme
Foreign Aid
That ciulm
WHS even
more
-It-had-gone "slopping along, refusing to look the facts in the face in a Mienwber-like attitude, hoping for something favourable to turn up which might enable them to dispense with the neces sity of some distasteful action. the That was very largely the ex- planation of the nation's present plight."-Reuter.
when the situation
exaggerated in Manchuria worse this year.
turned for
"Last March, with the Govern- et expital, the Nationalists' cum- ment's recapture of Yeran, the paign really started against the Communists.
"The strategy then was to re- cover main strategle points from the Reds, namely Harbin, Muk- den, Chinehow, Kalgan dud Che-
Lavish extravagance, especially in Shanghai, should not be fog.
tolerated, he said.
"China is nbsolutely
secure
One man was found to have 420 tucis hkiden la a farge tim ofronomically," the president con- coffee. The gold was in the formined.
the
of bars, coins and heavy plain
wedding-rings.
Two other men
were
with 180 and 120 taels, tively, in their possession.
fossne
Up to the end of March
issue urrency
which totalled respec-exceed the value of the nation's CNC$70,000,000,000,000 lil noi
GEN, CARPENTER
DEAD
monetary reserve.
"The
economic foundation
only not shuttered- but in even more secure than last your," he said, adding that gold and silver reserven in the Central Bonk were valued at US$110,000,- onD while China had another
Uniess these points were re- covered the Communists could
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Russian Tirade In Berlin
Berlin, Apr. 9.
Colonel Bonson, British deputy commandont in Berlin, today threw back at the Russians who hod made chargos of the Western looting of the city a figure-crammed· documentation of Soviet plunder` hero.
a
In what an Americon official described as
"record-breaking 12-hour rat race,' "Benson and Col. Alexander Yelisarov, Russion repre- sentative traded insults,
Air Line To Macao Starts
As soon as Benson finished his formal statement counter- ing the Soviet charges of loot- ing by the Western Powers, Yelisarov Inunched what an the American witness called "cheapest form of tirade I ever heard in my life."
Bab-
GOLD RUMOUR DENIED
Shanghai, Apr. 0. The Financia! Control Board today epiked raporta that from transactions in gold bara would bo permitted shartly.
At
the same time the Board amid' it, was not au- thorised to lasu eences to gold dealers who in racont days have been beslaging the Board for permita as the re- sult of rumours in the finan- oil ssation of the elty.
The rumours werd aleo responsible for the rise in black market quotations for gold-United Press.
Dewey
Wants U.S. Of Europe
Lincoln, Nebraska, Apr. 8. A United States of Europe as the strong third power, devoted Yellsaroy had complained of to the cause of peace, was called British being "unfair" in for here tonight by Mr. Thomas presenting charges of Russian E. Dewey, Governor of New pillogo in the early days of occu-York seeking nomination as the pation.
the
Benson dismissed the Russian 20-minute blast with "your comments are so disgusting as to be beneath notice," accord- Hong Kong's first postwar ing to an American observer The American air service with Macao was of the scone. officially inaugurated yester-representative, William day when Cathay Pacific cocks, nald he endorsed Benson's plone left the Colony at 4 p.m.views completely. with 21 passengers including a number of journalists.
The service is operated by the Macao Air Transport Co., Ltd., In conjunction with the Cathay Pacific Airways, Co., Ltd. Thore return will be four scheduled flights weekly Fridays, Satur- daya, Sundays and Mondays. that the Soviets stripped-Berlin mary-election-next-week, be-de- Yesterday's inaugural flight was of certain machinery, the Russian clared: "There are now only undertaken by Captain V. Hunt, colonel asked, "Why didn't the two great powers in the world assisted by Cha Officer C.
British Army get here first if they the United States Enther and Flight Engineer Cabot, wrecked.
An Air Stewardess, Miss Marques, and Mr. R. L. Frost, Manager of Cathay Pacific Air- ways, accompanied the passengers there and back.
King Paul of Greece, 'who had a narrow escape Thurs- day from sabotaurs. A security train ahead of the Royal
train Picture shows the King with one of his daughters.
WAR
Doctors Now Expected To Compromise
London, Apr. 8.
continue the rebellion with Britain's doctors will vote.a second time on whothor to join the new nationwide health service, fol- lowing concessions by the government.
foreign ald" (Chlong did not mentioned the source),
British
1.
T
"Liberators"
Republican candidate in the November Presidential elections. Speaking in a three-day com paign to win support for his In anewer to the British claims nomination in the State's pri-
and Com-
"Wo confront each other
Wanted to preserve those things?" muniet Russia,
Contrasting with military machines, Yellsarov christened across a devastated and divided his own army the "Liberator of Europe.
What Is needed is a third Europe." Both Babcock and Benson ask-great ponceful power which will aned Yellarov to produce, proof, also be so strong that no des
totalitarion Indian merchant, Mr. P. D. Be-mentioned by the Russians at thepotic ruler of
last deputies meeting on April 2, nation will think the cause | baramani, and a Burman. U Ba of mass Western looting here, The freedom so weak that he dares
to wazo" war, Soviet oicer replied. "I have Europena unity should be nothing more to say
major objective of our American marathon meeting ended.
foreign policy-Reuter.
Among the passengers were six Chinese
newspapersmen,
Maung.
Out To Beat World Flight Record
E
Rejected With
Contempt
as
the
In exchange for short-tem pered accusations, Yolinarov told Benson that the "British should remind themselves how they looked on whils Tooled the Don Basin. The Bri- tish ruling circles and pollsts gave wage war and afterwards Took.
не
.ed
kwung
Hitler
mano. to
Hiller ærme
Soviet
Free Vote On Death
Penalty
of
London, Apr. 8. Reviewing the vastness of the
Flying
second hand campaign, Chlang said that if The Council of the
take slightly larger fees, as they machine sold by the Royal Air the Government wishad
wished. to Medical Association announced the Carrison
two
He also said he would sponsor Force, the New Zealand pilot, thousand today that it would confer with
London, Apr. 8. counties in "the "country" with
Health Minister, Mr. an airendment "guaranteeing that Captain Arthur-Albury Mans- the
The Government will vote in one regiment each, It would
medical ser-field, 28, is to make a first
as this machina was Parliament next week against a vice. not have troops for defensiva Aneurin Bevan then submit his no fully salarised
would be storted witnout. officially-timed around the.
against the
five-year experimental abolition new proposals to-a-vote- of the
~~o~new-law-through- world, flight following a route passage
Union," doctors.
of the death penalty in Britain, Parliament.
lold down by the Federation
Benson answered, "I am second but it will permit a free vote of. The BMA Connell officially wel-Aeronautique comed this statement which may
to none in recognizing the gal-the House so that its rank and Previous attempts were not re-lantry of the Red Army, but file supporters can act according. Defending the recently
against the now state service, lead to settlement of the dead- nounced changes in the Govern- largely because of its provisions lock before the State Service is cognised as they were not on reject, with the contempt that it 真集- ient's strategy, Chieng said that to pay them a basic salary. The scheduled to begin on July 5 the recognised route.
without these changes the Cov BMA said it feared the kalory ernment was doomed to defeut as would lead to the doctors becom
Sydney, Apr. D. George
operation, Carpenter. Lyndo aged 77, retiro Salvation Army general, died torlay after operation.
an US$180,000,000 for foreign ex-
change. making A total of
General Carpenter succeetled US$200,000,000 in reserve,
General Evangeline Booth as heard of the Salvation Army in 1930 and served uni 1946.
A native of New South Wales, he joined the Salvation Army In Melbourne is a
at
cadet r
tang
His wife, also, à Salvationist, was his deathbed, -- Associated Press.
NEW AGREEMENT
London, Apr. 8.
The British Treasury announ-
ced tonight the conclusion of an agreement with the Netherlands which will end double payments of Income and profits taxes and death duties for nationals of elther country residing in the other. Associated Press.
In addition Government
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totalling US$400,000,000 could bo used backing.
Gurrency
បទង
that the now
security
No Alarm
He went on to say Government coulfi US$1,000,000,000 against the note issue.
Chiung startled the chamber by announcing that the
whole
latest blackmarket rate for United CNC$600,000 States collors was
the price in Shanghai today is CNC$630,000) for one.
Freak Action Follows Election
London, Apr. 9.
A man in prison for acts likely to help Nazi Germany during the war is trying to unseat a `recently elected Conservative Mamber of Parliament, Mr. Frederick Harris.
Confident
2012-
In the previous plebiscite, the doctors voted overwhelmingly
it had insufficient troops for ning civil servants, under govern- double role-defending the wholement domination. country and carrying out the Communist suppression campaign.
In six months, he claimed, the Communists south of the Yellow River would have no forces big- per than one division.
"I am absolutely victory," he added.
confident of
Chlang revealed for the first time that the Nationallate had fost more then evan Armies. Including the American-trained and equipped New First and Sixth Armiss In Manchuria
Mr. Bevan on Wednesday an. nounced that the Health Bor viru knw would be altered to let the doctors' take the salary an, small fees for each Blate pallent, or drop the salary and
Stop The
Drift To War--Evatt
Associated Press.
New Cripps Control
London, Apr. 8. Britain is to reduce from £5,000 to £1,000, the maxi- mum amount an emigrant going outside the sterling area may have transferred to him abroad Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, said that the reduction, which would save from £3,000,000 to £4,000,- 000 worth of dollars, would not apply to emigants already over- Беля or to intending emgronts who had already lodged a for- Imal aplication with their ban-
kers.
The maney would be payable
talments and the reduction eventually recover the whole of American and Soviet leaders, would start from today. the north-east."
to "stop the drift to war in the After a probationary period
during the past year.
"Six Months"
However, he assured delegates, "Changchun, Mukden and Chin-
Canberra, Apr. 8.
A resumption of the war-
chow will be permanently held time meetings of the British. now in four equal annual ins
and the Government will
interests of the peoples of the would continue, as now, to be fof four, yours, the emigrant
non-resident
International,
MINE OUTPUT
deserves, Colonel Yelisarov's alto the dictates of their con- Captain Mansfield will take off legations against the British." sciences. next Thursday from Blackbushe United Press,
About 150 Members, most of Airfeld in a light Percival Proc
them Labour, have put their names to an amendment to the for three-senter, in which he
urging Criminal Justice Bill. hopes to make the 25,326-milca
that during a period of Ave Manila, Apr. 9. trip in nine and a half days,
During the flight, an attempt Mindanao Mother Lode Mines years, no person be sentenced will also made on four official Inc today announced March pro-to death for murder. Sentences
be substituted. point-to-point records-London to duction of gold and silver con- of imprisonment for life would Montreal, London to New York, centrates at its mine from 6,100 The Government is not inal Tokyo to Paris, and Karachi to tons of ore was 212,000 Pesos, terably opposed to the abolition down 34,000 Pesos from February of the death penalty in Britain, London.
The fight, timed by official because of the four day Easter but is understood to feel that, so soon after the war, when observers throughout the world, holiday.
April tonnage is expected by lawlessness is at a higher peak will be via Iceland, Canada, the United States, Aleutians, Japan, company officials to reach 350,000 than normal, it would be
if only China, Siam and Indio, over the Pesos from 7,000 tons of orejudicious stop, even Mediterranean, and vla Paris to Asociated Pros.
Britain.
The plane was named Windmill 'Girl" by Jill
***The Anstey,
of the Windmill Theatre, Lon- dan, this afternoon.-Rouler.
Shanghai Magazines
He said that the loss of defeat suffered by the Gover-by Dr. Herbert Evatt, the Aus- and would be able to have his ment in North China,
tralian Minister for External full income transferred.-Reuter. However, he was confident that Affairs.
HOW GROW THE GREEK GUERILLAS
Shihchtachuang was the heaviest world" was today called form-designated as a Closed
General Fu Txo-yl, the North]
Athens, Apr..B.:
Shanghal; Apr. 9.
experimental-Reutor.
Churchill Demands Protection
London, Apr. 9.
The Weather
Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the Conservative. Opposition, today pressed the Labour Govern- ment to take measures to safeguard British sol- diers from terrorists in Palestine, s He claims that he was illegally prevented from op-
Amid cries of "Shame," the barity makes the task even more posing Mr. Harris at the North Croydon bye-
Referring to the position of
The City Government yester-Colonial, Secretary, Mr. Arthur urgent."-Noutor, China commah China. the whole of
Japan in the Far East, Dr. Evatt
day closed down three maga- Creech Jones had given the election last,month. ·
zines "Kuo Hsin Weekly," House of Commons details of Concluding the military review, told the Australian House of Re- The prisoner is Henry Wil- I was "stopped by reason of a Chiang assured the assembly that presentatives; "It would be un-
"World Knowledge" and "Time the murder of six British" sol- liam Wicks, who, at his trial in criminal conspiracy, such as the Nationalists would extermi--wise for Japan's Industrial AGreck official statement and Literature", according to dlers in Palestine on Tuesday
Akballow law primura gran covers N. 1940, was alleged to have work-would, under the common law nate the Communists in the whole strength to be restored. It would issued tonight said the Greek the "Ta Kung Pao".*** -"a cold-blooded murder for
Siam and the Gulf of Tonkin, and a These publications were ed for the German Radio. He of Parlament, render the elect Central China within six be a bad day for Australia fuerilla forces were now estimat- lodged a petition in the.......High |tion void."
Japan were given the capacity to ed to be 30,000 strong against dered to be suspended in a direc-own sake and nothing else. depresion to the Tiles Be Movi
Mr. Churchill asked about the 2. A weak, trough across 1.3. China in ro-arm, whatever promiso
moving slowly the 12,000 last year, and their arms tivo recolved by the City Govern- "unpreparedncia of the camp,”* **
8.8% Vipfewed......, by w Japanese ma
made or ure ready to were also more efficient than Jast ment from the Minister
of the
He said: "It does. Boom they moderate anticrolone centred over. Ebanal. years
Interior. Mit le
it is right that Japan_should
The statement said that since The reasons stated in the order were taken completely by sur-Teste sides extenia: Lean Formone to
prise. This vile and treacherous ORAZ TE become a workshop. It is com last spring, 1948 guerillas had are that these publications To- outrage was conducted with the day's foot-Moditata -or-8.5.
been killed and 1,506 had been cently published articles which utmost efficiency, and our poor at rat, alati
winda.“ Uloudy, with light-mix) or Ariskin pletely wrong for Japan to be converted into an arsenal cape captured, and 3,808 had suuren are regarded as "disadvantageous" men, who were looking forward Yesterday's Wanthers
to the Government and being to coming back to their families Maximumna 13.3" dow, Fah able of being used in the Bouth] dered. Heuter. Paolfic to the detriment of
pure propaganda 20
for the Com in this country, were cut off and into 20" dest. The l Australia." pá
FIRE ON. SHIP
munists. B. shot, down without, being able to | Numahlaws) -0.8. hours:41)
In the cases =?
World Infilet one the
zon the||Halofalla 4.1 ním mile) İnd one single casually Shortly after 10.20 am, yester-Knowledge"
Time
and assailants
Court, asking that the bye-elec-| tion be annulled.
Wicks claims he was a con-
It was understood that to con- tinue the action, Wicks would
have to find a surety of £1,000,
didato, but that his nomination Harriei nominal-res
On Other Pages
Ruropeans. Quoted. Eviction Caso Gurpties,
(Thread Vraad-Murder: Cass,
Naw: Morrison Hallá Pags: "Kightsz WEBPA Motoring Kesture,
months.Reuter-AAP.
-CATHOLICS AND
COMMUNISM,
*
London, Apr. 8. The Roman Catholic Church and Wales today jiged, Catholle, wrokers to com
ho
pondent to the petition as candidate returned by the byn- election. Ho
instructed
[soliditora, 10:
Watch Alr En-
terasts in the matter...
Mr. Harris told a reporter to- of England
*
day, he mi had received
| letter' from 'Wicks : claiming
The Australian people would of Japan, He said
A
1
and
or-
•Communism ́by taking an "not" be ready, for, the rebuilding day, are broke out in the en. Leftorted, the order also pomt"|"We ought to take, menzuros to blah average" niz ŽKK › HIG
had sent a nomination paper to active part in trade unions.
Oullining programme for there is no security for Aus the Town Clerk before the meeting the "challenge" of Comtralia North Croydon comicit. "I am niniam,the statement said:
against a repetition of what
aloo Boskyards Three are published articles, attacking & the Mr. Creach Jonce bald that the mers al w gine room of the "New Holland" ed out that the former frequently look after our own soldiers
told that no such, nomination, or that challenges whether we took place in 1913 unless the wape and the fire, which war dastur friendly relations between authorities were declared
engines were despatched to the United States in, anatiampt to powers invested in the milit any commuulestion of any kid are for God or against. God wo principles of the Potsdam Adres: cuilined to my drum of chemical from Wicks, was “ever" received] Catholle can be a Co undet, ment are carried out and Japan's solution, was extinguishad within China and Amerion, and the lat completely adequSATCOV by the Town Clark Mr.Harris | nor; a Communist mi ole" capacity to wage war la destroy, 20 minylány, No, matioun dagjago 0%
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