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HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948.

BOGOTA NOW A SHAMBLES

Hundreds Killed In Twenty-Four Hour Upheaval

Czechs Refuse

Lake Buscem, Apr. 10. The Carchoslovak Gover- mant tonight rejected a 6- Burity Counell demand that

It sand • representative to explain the recent Commun.

Jet coup.

The Council had called on the new Prague regime to ** stats ita case last week, after

US delegate Warren R. Aus- tin insisted he had a series of questions ha wanted to ask the Communist Government.

-Associated Press.

Kowloon Tong Bus Hold-Up

Compromise Government Expected To Emerge

San Francisco, Apr. 11.

A compromiss government was reported to have

been formed today in an attempt to sock an and to the 24-hour revolution in Colombia, The revolt left many buildings in Bogota gutted by fire and stripped by looters. It forced a recess in the Pan-American Conference.

Snipers still were operating from many buildings in Bogota last Saturday and they were being sought out by troops armed with rifes and machine; guns. Reports were also re- ceived of uprisings and rioting in the interior of the country. The revolt apparently had re- percussions tri Paraguay Chile, leading to arrests.

and

The formation of the new

government was reported in New York by Dr. Eduardo Santos, vice- Three Chinese, passengers in

of Colombia. Santos abus on Route No. 8 (Star said the new cabinet would be

president Ferry-Kowloon Tong) held up composed equally of Liberals and the driver, the conductor and Conservatives, and that both about 10 fellow travellers last parties had pledged themselves to night in Kowloon Tong and re.jseek an end to the fighting: Heved them of valuables and

Dr. Önatos, in route from cash, valued at $2,000.

Europe. to

Colombia, said Marlano Expina Perez, a Con- servativa, would remain # preeldent and Liberais fundar, Derio Echandia would head the cabinet.

Included in the loot were wrist- watches, gold rings, fountain pens and the conductor's takinga.

The Bus left the Ferry ter

* Imīnus at about 8.45 p.m. Hot Near Comwall Road, Kowloon

4. Tong, where the lighting was poor, the three robbers brought it out

revolvers two

mtid automatic pistol and stopped the vehicle.

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and Secretary of Commercs Averell Harriman.

Conference Uncertainty

The fate of the conference in uncertain. The delegates have. been invited to continue the con-

ference either at Lima or Panama City. Mr. Marshall is understood to be determined to continue the conference at Bogota if it is at all possible,

Notably missing from the pro- Posed new Cabinet list is former Foreign Minister Luurcono Gomez, delegation to the Inter-American Conference, Reports

that Gomez had been killed are denied by Santos in New York. The pooled dispatch from Bogota said Gomez

head of the Colombla

has not been accounted for since the revolt-United Press.

Records Destroyed

Washington, Apr. 11.

sold

Americans On Smuggling Charge

Shanghai, Apr. 11.

Two American pilots of the CNAC airline have been or- dered by the local Procura- for to remain within Shang-

hal city Ilmits pending

the

complation of an investigation of charges that they smuggled US$7,000 from San Francisco to Shanghal In A

yellow leather bag behind the radio operator's seat in the plane. The pliota' namen were Nash and given as

Cravin and the men are not detained. No other detalls are yet avall- able-United Press.

Protocol

'M'. Proved A Forgery

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SHANGHAI IN THROES OF NEW "RED" SCARE

Student's Story Brings Many Arrests

Tientsin Theatre

Disaster

Tientsin, Apr. 11. The balcony of the Central Theatre collapsed into the stalls during a performance of a Chinese opera Jast Saturday night, killing six persons and injuring more than 100 persons. The dead included two girls, Aged four and 18, and a man of Di.

More than 500 persons were in the audience at the time of the dianster which was the worst of its kind for many years this city.

Shanghai, Apr. 11. Revelations of Communist plots to stage student and labour strikes haro next month in support of the Red "spring offensivo” for a large-scale southward crossing of the Yangtse were made to the police bureau by Wang Chung-yi, a student of the Chinon University and a former Communist, City Government sources disclosed. last night.

Acting on information supplied by Wang, police agents went to Fuhtan University. last night and arrested a number of students suspected of being Communist agents. The majority of students in both the Chinan and Fuhtan "Police arrested the manager

Universities are sons of Overseas Chinese, from whom relatives of the dead and those seriously Injured pi-

According to Wang's contes- ready are demanding compensasion following his arrest on

tion.

Newspapers pressed for a sur- Ivey of all amusement buildings many of which are very old to avoid further disasters. Asso clated Press.

Meanwhile, in Poiping, pro- fessors and lecturers of the Yen- ching University, of which the United States Ambassador, Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, is Pro zident,

sent a statement of deep

Friday, he received a directive from Communist "higher au- thorities" revealing that the Chinese Communists will com-

concern to Generalissimo Chlang' pleto preparations for a "spring Peiping representative, General offensive" before the month of Li Tsung-jan, regarding the All available policemen were May, that is, they will broaden "illegal seizure of students," rushed to the scene, and, assisted the occupation of North China by volunteer rescuers,

so as to isolate Tientsin and until nightfall excavating victimal consolidate their bases in North

Rescue Efforts

worked

were

In Munchuria, the directive said, the Communists will push through the Great Wall after occupying Changchun, in order that all Communist troops in North China might be mobilised for crossing the Yangtze River.

of the tragedy from the debris. Kianzeu.

Four hospitala have made available accommodation for the injured, several of whom reported to In

be a very critical condition.

The tragedy represents the second case of a collapsing build Ing within a fortnight, when eight died out of 18 families, crowding the premises—Reuter, 1

"Independents" Support Chiang

All the equipment and records

New York, Apr. 11. of the Pan-American Conference in Bogota have been destroyed, The "New York Times" today Five Hundred Dead according to a joint despatch from published a Genua despatch correspondents received today by from their correspondent de- The "El Liberai,” an opposi- the American State Deparment.

(claring that "Protocol M”—the The despatch antion newspaper, was the only one

the city's

alleged Cominform plan for to publish today. It said 130 per- business centre Was shambles

fomenting strikes in the Ruhr Friday's revolution sons were killed in Bogota and after

and 400 in Colombia from the revolt.

rioting.

to sabotage the Marshall Plan Three hundred dead were re--had been "proved to be a in other cities fallowed the Ported at the last count yesterday, forgery"

newspaper said uprisings

fires still raged and looting: The correspondent, Cyrus L Bogota

revolution, adding, how- when that the coastal aren` now i continued.

Bodies around the American Sulzberger, quoting what he sald Was quiet

a "completely reliable Both The Venozulan Minister of De-Embassy had not been removed. was

Churches had been sacked and a source", wrote: The British in- velopment returned to Caracas on Sunday and said that he had seen food shortage was developing telligence service, which had been

At pistol point, they ordered the passengers to hand over their valuables and helped themselves

*** go to the conductor's takings.

The rubbers then jumped the bus, ordered the driver to Przedve on, and ran off into the 1. darknaɛs.

A report was Immediately. made to the Kowloon City Police station, and all Kowloon stations ware alerted.

Singapore As Illicit

The

looting yesterday in Baranquillo, Colombia, following the Bogota revolt.

The Communists were accused of plo

plots in other countries- Paraguay and Chile.

A bijăre broke out in the customs warehouses on Saturday |-night-s-Chilean port,-and- police arrested two mon found on a

Arms Centre nearby roof-Associated Press.

Singapore, 'Apr, 10. The "Sunday Times" says Bingapore has become an

Tanks Round Palace

Army tanks surrounded presidential palace and the radio slation, controlled by this rebels,

the

Reuter.

Submarine Bogey

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hoodwinked originally into con aldering the protocol genuine, discovered it had actually been prepared by an anti-Communist German.

"After careful detective work, the author was tracked down and, arrested. Ho in understood to have-confessed".--Reuter.---

BARE FACTS?

Nanking, Apr. 11.

Early May

American professora. were among the 107 teachers signing. the letter which deplored midnight rald by unidentified armed men in the Palping Normal College dormitory and said that "there. In no way to maintain normal education so long as the 'students are terri- fled,"

College demanded that Li's head- At the same time, the Normal

quarters fix the blame for the "shocking" raid, in which eight

A large-scale attempt to cross | under-graduates were abducted this vital waterway was hinted and held in a mud hut until a for early May. At that time, the city-wide student demonstration Communists in Shanghal, Nan- fected their release. — United king and Hangchpw will instigate PreRE. students to stage wirikes on the pretext of demanding 'more sub- sidies from the Government

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Once the strike le begun in the schools, Communiita inl.. labous unions will litigate la

bour strikes so as to disturb

the 'whole 'Aranetat atructure facilitata --the Yangtee and facilitat operations.

Finally, after the Communista have crossed the Yangtse, Red agents la colleges, will be in structed to coax thoir schoolmates to emigrate to Communist-hold

the Young China Party and the Democratic Socialists have announced "their support for Chiang Kai-shock as President following, a con- ference between Carson Chang, Democratic Socialist Party leader, just returned from tha United States; and Tsen Chỉ, head-of-the-areas south of the Yangise to join Young China Party.

The two leaders issued a joint statement-asserting

(1) that the two minority par tion jointly recognized that Chiang Kai-sick is the only suit- able person to be the frat Presi- dont of a constitutional govern- ment.

AIR VICTIMS' FUNERAL

Berlin, Apr. 11.

the Communist garrison forces.

The polico authorities on- nounced today that they will deal leniently with young Communist "students who” surrender ~ them-

salves.

An undisclosed number of stu- dents arrested hitherto include a girl, Hul Wel-chich of Chinan University, whom Wang described

Two of the four Military Gov-as one of the leading, members

San-Francisco, -Apr-11. The crew of a Honolulu-bound Air Corps transport plane today reported sighting the wake of an "unidentified submarine" miles off the Golden Gate.

New York, Apr. 11. The crew

were not able to

Theatre manager Walter League distinguish the craft clearly but is a worried man today.

(2) that the constitution shouldernors of Germany, General Bir of the Red underground forces Brins traffic centre, with buy-} said that they were still trying B&W the sharply outlined wake Last week "April Showers" not be amended before it has Brian Robertson (Britain) and in Shanghal-Reuter.

General Luclus D). `Clay. (United *er from the Middle East, In-fto get the Conservative President, and what seemed an oil trail on opened at his theatre and it rain-been enforced.

donesia and Burma seeking to Dr. Perez, to resign.

States) this morning attended a The naval authorities said that buy, firearms stored in Slam Colombian

forces, with Kand Burma but sold here.

tanks and lorries, went to the routine air search of coastal United States Embassy to waters have been ordered. Sellers

aro reported to be

evacuate the American staff to

No United States submarines upranteeing, shipments by all other sections of the city. The have been operating in the area, Grass, and supplying ammunl-fire which broke

they added.-United Press. in the Em-

army

QUE

20 Feices range from US$150 for bassy destroyed the air mall post Enfield rifle to US$600 for once there but it and other fres in the building were extinguished,

Joint despatch said,

win mortar,

Because of heavy risks, the

It was uncertain whether the Sunday Times" says, sellers de conference would be able to com- maid cash in advance-Associat-tinue. Many delegates, without food since yesterday morning, faced another foodless day with all the city's markets looted.

el Press

01:

Soviet Still Protesting

London, Apr. 11, find Investie," the official Sovint today that' United States mili

nant newspaper,

Kytary aircraft, including F

A brazilian, who was caught in | the streets when the revolt began, i save a graphic eye-witness ac-

the water.

League says he does not know what to expect from "The Naked City" booked for next week

United Press.

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Vague

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to

War On Bandits

Singapore. Apr. 10.

A task force of the King's *Own Yorkshire Light Infan- try and Malayan polios struck deep into the North Parak Jungles tonight.

A radio report from the foros mald fighting to expect. ad within 48 hours against Chinese bandit gangs-Asso - clated Press.

Dry Ice Experiment Again Fails

ed. "If Winter Comes" began a The second point adds the min-memorial service in Berlin, "for The authorities three-day run on Thursday and ority parties' voice to the grow the victims of last Monday's air give considerable

appeared to it snowed.

credence to Ing opposition among officials to colllaloh between a British Viking Wang's reported disclosures, but amending the constitution at this passenger plane and a Russian observers generally tended session.

Yak fighter.

One hundred and fifty discount them. The French Military Govern- The Assembly has power to

ment_was_represented by Major and revealed Communist inten- thin layer of cloud over The plans disclosed were vague pounds of dry ice dropped on amond the constitution but all General Dromard, head of the tions which are common know-Stanley Peak yesterday morn- government officials from

Combined Services, M. Smourov, Generalissima On down have of the Liaison and Protocol Sec ledge any way. been trying to persuade the A- tion of the Allied Secretariat. sembly not to amend the const! Representatives of foreign mill tution before an opportunity #tary missions in. Berila zwelled available for seeing how it works. the crowd in the crypt of the effect on Chr went into bomb-damaged church where the

Christmas Day, 1947.

Paraguay Scotches Communist Coup

Asuncion, Paraguay, Apr. 10.

count when he arrived at the Paraguayan police announced on Saturday that

United States Embassy today,

He said that, according to a pooled despatch, he saw public uldings and private houses on

at least nine

bodies

he Fortresses, were violating - lying in the roadways in the indom of navigation in the rain,” he said.

"On two occasions, I was turn- Last by currying out systematic ed back to the way I had come szobservation of Boviet merchant by soldiers who threatched to Bopping, Moscow Radio reported shoot me and drove me away at

un point."-Reuter

ingh gwhatever may be the explana- Jorking Inventia"

wrote, the Rioting Ceases Tholibribed States Air Force manifest= freedom of

they had scotched an attempted Communist coup.

The plot was alleged to be coordinated, with simi- lar moves in other countries and aimed at interfering with the inter-American conférence at Bogota...

and the seizure of quantities of arrest of a number of ringleaders

arms and propaganda.

the

The National Assembly is cost- Ing the Chineso Government CN1E000000000 ́dally,' accord- ing to the Chinese press. Over CN$200,000,000,000 · have been spent on the Assembly thus – fazi

Expenses include böarding and food for delegates, gasoline, water, electricity and salaries for Assembly clerks, attendants and guards..

Election Next Monday

The National · Amembly today. President of the Chinese Republic voted to hold the election of the

[on April 10th, and that of the

ing-again failed to produce Wang was arrested when police rain. put down a quarrel among_stu-

The experiment was again con- denta, reportedly over the Com- munist, sue in which three ducted by Mr. A. S. Halis, senior students were seriously injured. Shootor at the Far East Fiving and Mr. O, C. Chambers, ---Associated Press. service was conducted.-Reuter,

Fin two Stinson training aircraft,

Cloud types at the time were not suitable but as further dộng tarforation was indicated Mr. Halls decided to try experiment to prevent wastage of the dry len by evaporation, gjest ta

This time the dry ice was pre- vented from coagulating by mis- Ing with it rice husks, -

"United States

Of India

Washington, Apr. 11.

Halla

The cloud, layer, Mr. suid, rose to only 3,000 foot. R. was very thin and sun was shini,

The remaining two bags of dry Leo will be dropped today at the Arat opportunity,

proposal for the federation of Burma, Ceylon,ing through. The dry ice had no

India and Pakistan was set forth in an article by a South Aslan under the pan name “Fusa”, `published today in the magazine "Freedom

and Union". Mr. Clarence Streit, editor of

leaders were arrested and rifles Police sald four Communist

and hand grenades seized.

The Ministry said the plot was Vice-President on April 23 and The Communist Party of one of a series aimed at South to call for administrative reports the magazine and leader of the

Ffrom.

all branches of the gover Paraguay has been outlawed American countles. It said it mavigation in waters which about dawn today, Loyal Govern- the Government accused it of Bogota conference and creating The Assembly agency which

cessed since the middle of 1947 when was aimed at breaking up the anka Bording to international lawment troops restored some sem-

lupen to ships of any nations blance of order and were slowly aiding the civil war then rag-

Junky, lola ton -, the

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Rioting and looting

regaining control. The fires burn- themselves out but a heavy wall of smoke hung over the 400- year-old city.

Anula Barrera blamed the Communiata, for "sabotaging the

ing.

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puppet govemments aligned with was finally passed on Saturday Yangtse

for

Turns Turtle

Nanking, Apr. 11.

Inter-American Conference," say: "Theʻplans 'included simultando. Ho plot wee' daselbad omelette will be announced" on."April 14th | was 'choked, with thounnide -

sfied Thross To Changhaien. me they hack, sinclad the revolt.

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Nearly half the volume of the dry ice has evaporated since it arrived by PAL altcraft from Manila on Saturday although it being kept in a cold store in insulated bags, pagr

The Weather

"Union New" movement for the federation of the Western de mocracies, said the author used a pen name so that the pro- posal would be considered fr Southern Asla strictly on its merits without regard to his

The authorsiona postane bo move" NB, nationality. EARNE "He" said Fund was a "South

being "highorn, in: w viden extandlig from ́ Bbankingïail the Ben Fol Aslan leader and a native citirapan. A trough exten" i and BW frum zen of one of the four nations' } the deptsalon, over the Kazjies, “, Printare who knows,Bouthern", Aalu, ab, b'alau low over SW Chiná hod over Slam. few do. Ma han:long-Impressed" | 15'te valatively low are the Philippines. ime as one of the most øreativa --- Today's - Fresonat pechoderate) 15- WinS

"thinkers 1:have, met anywhere."

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Moscow.

called for the inauguration of the The Ministry al

said that Alberto President and Vice-President on Apollos communique, sato| Candia,

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Secretary the anal day of the Assembly ou that a radio transmitter was General of the, Captured as well (Rediye was the main leader of the plai

Candidates

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while Vice-Presidential aspirants floating a turtles following - light cailing for simultaneously will be announced on April 19th. attacks.

rain: Fosterday afternoon. stations. and seizure of police stations, public

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