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HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948.

CHIANG'S INTERVENTION

Calms Turbulent Assembly Debate Sweeping Powers

Russia Lifts Road Block

Vienna, Apr. 17. Russla today lifted the road barrier to the Britlab-com- trolled Schwechat Airport, near hore--either temporarily or permanently la not known.

Passengers going to the air. port wore surprised when a Russian sentry raised the barrier on the airport road and allowed, a convoy of four vehicles carrying 'military personnal on board to pass without halting.

This sudden relaxation of restrictions came only a few hours after the British Euro- pean Airways plane, which was delayed 24 hours, took off for Landon,-Reuter.

Van Heutsz Hostage Released

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December 14-15 last

Given President

Nanking, Apr. 18.

President Chiang Kai-shek's personal appearance in the National Assembly Hall yesterday after- noon averted possible violence in consequence. of the most turbulent dabato evor witnessed since the Assembly opened three weeks ago. A few minutes before the, Generalissimo's entry, délegates engaged in discussing constitutional amendments had started a free-for-all follow- ing the speech of a. Kuomintang delegate in which he declared that, in considering the. amendments, "no one should blindly follow

any one.

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people both abreed.

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"As one of the people myself, order request you to observe and diselpline, and not repeat

In future fi today's action

ston.

The issue concerning constitu- amendments whe fought

"If you want me to be Prea- ident, first you must follow my decision as head of the Kuo mintang," he said. The Generalissimo's action. following a continuous two-day debate, with both sides standing

PICTURE OF THE DAY Garter Banner

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The Banior Herald Painter of the College of Arms Working n the Garter Banner for Princess Elizabeth, which is Installed at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, for the ceremony of Installation next Friday. The Banner is the Royal Armi differed with two St. George's Crosses and a Tudor Rose con- tre on a white label. (AP Photo),

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LUZON PLANE CRASH No Aircraft Missing; No Wreckage

Found

Manila, Apr. 18.

A large unidentified plane is reported to have crashed in the sea off the northeast tip of the Philippines lato yesterday, according to a message radioed by the U.S.A.T. Gonoral Mitchell,

The message, intercepted. by, Globe Wireless, said witnesses

saw the plane trail smoke and crash. It said the Mitchell searched the area two hours after the crash without finding a trace of personnel or wreck- age.

office in

Commercial Airlines'

Manila said no airliner was over- due. US. Areny and Navy off. cials at Snugley Point and Clark Field bases

reported no planes missing.

Train Crash Victim Dies

Crewe, Cheshire, Apr. 17 Another victim of the Glasgow-London train arach died during the day, bringing the casualties to 29 dead and 27 Injured-Reuter.

World Watches Italian Elections

Rome, Apr. 18. Italy opened her polls today for an election watch- ed throughout the world as a contest over Communism.

A Clark Field serodrome of cer, Lt Frank Davis, sold a B-17 search plane would be sent to the area today. The Mitchell gave the position as Lat 18.16 N. Long

The final communiqueJot all kinds-were stationed all 124,48 E., which is about two de grees east of Cagayan, northern- from the Interior Ministry said, over the peninsula and in Sicily protect the most Luzon provinco,

the revised total of Italians and Sardinia The Mitchell's message sald, qualified to vote in this most voters' rights.

Slush Of Posters "In Lot 18.16 N. Long 124.48 E. fateful elections of the post-

In mild, misty weather holding a threat of rain, 41,647 heavily guarded polling places opened at 8 a.m.

a large plane was seen by several people to have trailed smoke and crashed and the ship searched for two hours until after sunset and La now proceeding in the direction the plane crashed and continuing the search. The plane was sOCT proceeding in general northerly direction and no trace of person nel or wreckage was seen from Mitchell," United

the

Press.

USAT

B-17 Finds No Trace

Manila. Apr. 18.

A United States B-17 rescue plane found no trace of a large plane reported by the Navy tol have crashed in the Philippine Sea after, trailing smoke.

war period is 29,098,895,

The voters will choose the first two-year-old Parliament of the Italian Republic. Its composition will determine the make-up of

the new

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In Rome, Milan, Naples, Genoa and other big cities, voters walked to their polling places ibrough a slush of poster debris that reminded them of the cam- palgn fasue.

In Naples, some voters on their A Comminated Pop-

sce the ular Front hos compaigned vigor-way to the polls could

00th current "erel Puinam," America's the ously to push out

Coalition aid ship to Italy, busily disgorging middle-of-the-road

the its 000 tons of American wheat Government headed by

That was a symbol of the Mar- Christian Democrats.

Thousands of voters got up at hall Plan-one of the biggest dawn to exercise their alectorul campaign issues and one of the Communist aftoughest hurdles for right. daybreak check

ender Palmiro Togliatti and other Rome's polling places showed many voters arrived with the first

light.

A

Communist Front orators.

Premier de Gasperi, of the Christian Democratic Party, sum- med up the issue in a newspaper Interview as an "iron alternative" between a "regime of liberty or places-Bolshevik totalitarianism."

This immediately was taken by the Young China, Party and the Social Democrat delegates as an insult to them and they rushed forward in an attempt to drag him bodily off the rostrum. Others mounted the rostrum and stood on either tional side of the delegate to "pro- between સ small Kuomintang tect his freedom speech".

group who favoured it and the The remaining delegates, Social Democratic and Young but likewise, split with many shak-China partics, who opposed it,

complete ing fists and exchanging Insults, outnumbered them in a

reversal of the original situation. The Generalissimo's dramatle

This followed President entry produced momentary Chiong's personal

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Intervention One of the six hostages, kid-quiet in the Assembly hall.

earlier in the afternoon, when he in the background napped off the 4,500-ton Dutch at

gates for a briefing session at the liner, "Van Heutsz", by pirates platform and walled until the summoned all Kuomintang dele- Chairman, Mr. Lin Pin, mem-Ministry of Defence headquarters all ***

ber of the Executive Yuan, Chilang Point has been releas-able, by 'his personat influence, told them bluntly that if they insisted on revising the constitu- ed and safely returned to Hong have a vote taken on the issue

the tion, he would not accept Kong, according to an uncan-in question.

Fresidency. firmed report in the New Life Then the Generalissimo stepped Evening News yesterday. forward and briefly made what, The vernaculur evening paper he called a post-session address.

"Now that the Chairman has said that the release of Mr. Ton Kit-cheang, son of the Singapore just adjourned the meeting," he to speak to you as Kah-kee, was said, millionaire, Tan

of a citizen of

of this country. All of secured after the

payment you as delegates chosen by the pat on the issue and attempting HE 300,000 ransom China people, must observe order and

The police told" "the

inst night that

made by the ingly good example for all time an attempt was to come.

Compromiso Formula "From what has just becurred hero

I feel very pessimistic

According to President Chiang The Soviet Military Administration today ordered about the future of democracy compromise formula, excepting in China. It is up to you to the emergency powers to be con-

an and to socialisation of industry in the Rus- make this Assembly a succesferred upon the

new President.

stan occupation zone of Gormany. Instead of leaving a blemish on all proposed amendments to the

to be remembered by constitution

A special decree by Marshal public ownership eight percent dropped be

Sokolovsky, untli a provisional session of the Vassily

Soviet of the industry in the Soviet National Assembly to be called by Military Governor, put an end zont, accounting for 40 percent the... President not later than to confiscation of properties of of its industrial production...

--London, Apr. 18.. December 25, 1980.

big industrialists, Nazi and war Sokolovsky's Order Londoners saw, a colourful pre- criminals. This had been going

Sokolovsky's order was pub- view of the forthcoming Royal on in the Russian zone since

State" drive. In lished in the official newspapere

Silver Wedding

Each polling place had two reports from 85 of the nation's this policemen on duty inside. Police B8 provinces showed that in October, 1945. In this period, it Tacgliche Rundschau" and in the bright sunshine early was announced officially, such tho "Neues Deutschland," organ

morning. confiscations had brought under of the Soviet-approved Com-Royal carriage drive was staged, poodles on the site of the crowd out than the early hours in 1948 A full dress, rohearsal of the in number from two to 10, devery case more, voters turned Socialist starting from Buckingham Palace, and quarter

of the city.

when muniat controlled

89.1 per cent. of the Unity Party.

eligible vote, was cast. when

a police motor cyclist pro- order outside.

Former Premier Ivanoe Bonomi In an accompanying editorial, ceded four State carriages, pulled In addition, police riot ¿quads "Taegliche Rundschau" wald tite by.spirited Horses moving briskly and Iseploads U2 finance guards said if the trend continued the decres proved that "private. In along the almost deserted city detailed to electoral duty were on vote would equal or pass thé 20 dustry survives" and that "only streets.

street patrol.

per cent eligibles. evil and hostile propaganda can

and infirm, accom Many voters and stayed up all Many aged now contend that private

night, talking, arguing and think-panied by nurses, took advaninge Initiative. Inj oppressad In the

Ing.

of sunny skles to go to the polls. Boviet zona!"

"All of the nation's mobilised Numerous precinct officials in forces-320,000 troops and police Milan, sported that the car

was) so heavy that ibles would Ukoly · ba“ voted. Üy.

nothing about the now make this Assembly an everlast to bar a vote-taking every time.j

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case of Mr. Tan Kit-cheang who with five other first class passen-

by gers were kidnapped pirates. The pirates seized con- trol of the Dutch liner when the from ship was about 80 miles Hong Kong.

record

President Elected Today

Nanking, Apr. 18.

The National Assembly tomorrow will elect the first President of the Chinese Republic under the At least 2,500 delegates now constitution, 7 are expected to cast their votes in the ballot- ing which will determine who will head the Chinese Government for the next six years. On the ove of the election alitional Assembly on a basis of the chservers agreed that General signatures obtained endorsing his Chu Cheng was Issime Chiang Kai-shek would candidacy.

manner almost be unanimously elected. nominated in a similar The

opposing although considerable last-minute only candidate the Generaliusimo

,

Chu effort was necessary to obtain the Is Cheng, President of the Judicial minimum 100 signatures which

who said himself when are necessary for nomination. nounaing his candidacy that

on the heels of the crucial deci- he was only running to keep

sion by the National Assembly the Generalissimo company." As late as last night some ob- today to grant the President wide servers thought the Generalissimo emergency powers for the dura-

Anal attempt tion of the national crisia, * might still make a

Chairman.

com

sball

While most of the Kuomintang mombers promised to accept this formula, it was written into a new proposal which was accept able to both the minor parties,

At the same time, those Kuo- mintong members who had yield.: ed to the President's pressure failed

to appear at yesterday afternoon's session, leaving only a handful of others to fight the lust battle.

A vote taken showed that, out

of 283 present on the sub-com- - mittee,. 107 accepted the new pro- posal-Reuter-ÄAP.

Nanking Students

Yugoslav

Protest

Rejected

The election. will follow de Demonstrate serious

Washington, Apr. 17.

.

Berlin, Apr. 18.

The Socialist Unity Party paper emphasised that "only eight per- cent" of industry in the Russian

zone fell under the sequestration process and "02 percent remains The U.S. State Department as before in private ownership.". has brushed aside the Yugo- This unusual emphasis scomod slav protest against the my- Intended to counteract the claim

"Project

X"

to on non-Commualat Germans that finance anti-Communist..un-the Russian zone is being Soviet- Nanking, Apr. 18. Four

hundred university

derground forces behind the red entirely..

Sokolovsky said his decree was students staged, a demonstra-

Iron Curtain.

Bridges, of issued because he had been a Chairman Styles Hung Lan-yu, Secretary Gen- tion against Anhwei Governor the Senate Appropriations Com- Commission of the Soviet zone sured by the German Economic to persuade the Assembly to elect

non-partisan to replace him in cral of the National Assembly, L Pin-hein outside the National the Presidency a proposal which announced today the voting pro- Assembly today and tried to mittee, on March 24 gave a tip that the power of "war criminala, the earlier made to the Kusmin-sedure to the Assembly delegates force their wy into the As on a clandestine anti-Communist Nazis and monopollats" had been tang in vain--but when the Gen-He said all voting will take place sembly hall. Military and civil ramme when he said in broken; in Eastern Germany, eralissimo sat through this morn-inside the Assembly hall and Sng's Assembly session in silence that ballotting will be secret and police barred their way.

The students claimed that one dt was conceded that nothing by individual balots. One mem could now prevent his election as ber each of the geographical and of their number suffered head in President.

vocational group of Assembly de- Jurice but observers on the scene. supervise the election United by the police as the students The

tried to force their way through Sava Kosanovic, protested to the the cordon.

State Department on Match. 30. The students carried banners and shouted slogans, setting forth The State Department, in a curt

reply, rojected the three principal demands:

protest on April 197

Not Kuomintang. Candidate

Chiang is not running as -2. Kuomintang enndidate since, in

Senate apeech that the Uniterl

State should "encourage the "Made Incontestable”, underground behind the Iron Curtain" and seek to "undermine Communist Lyranny in areas

voting would be orderly.

Police Carry Rifles A crisscross search was made By poll opening time. 50 to 100 over a wide area northeast of stood in line at many Guam from dawn until mid-day watched by police carrying her There was-no-doubt that the by the specially equipped. reseua and tommyguns to insure that

biggest part of Italy's - eligible plane.

will be open until 10 voters would cast ballots for the No military or elvitten aircraft мето

reported overdue, Clark o'clock tonight and again from 7574 Deputies and 237 Senator

Asociated PreES. p.m. tomorrow as the Operations reported-Associated to

voters decide their issue of Dem- Press

for ocracy varaus Communism the nation.

Royal Silver Wedding

A Sovereign's escort of the Household Cavalry, in full dress, made a gay 'and brilliant, show, with tasting plumes and shining breast-plates.--Router.

Polls

Heavy Polling

In less than one hour this morning 200 persons had voted at one polling place. At another, 10 nuns were first in line; at still an- other six priesta

The Roman Cathollo.clergy, from the Pope on down have electoral office, Angelo Pincenti, urged votes against Communism. announced at 1.30 p.m. that

inen and finance guards, virying

Britain, US "Unhappy" With Siam

кеде

Rome, Apr. 18 The chief of the national

10 p.m., eliminating the nood to reopen the polls as scheduled at 17 am to 3 p.m. on Monday.

United Press,

Communists Capture ¡Missionaries

Bangkok, Apr. 17. Foreign relations, rather than domestic problems,

will decide the fate of Stam's new govern ment, headed by Pibul Sangkram, according to competent political observers, hoře. Ten days after last week's Cabinet crisis in Bang- kok the wartime leader, Songkrom, today sat firm in the saddle of Slamose politics, but foreign diplomatic quarters were undecided regarding their attitude towards the latest На He also ordered that Indus-

Songkram coup.

remained comparatively tries which have been “contse-

While there has been notical cated without buffelent

official confirmation of the re-steady, with gold and commodities. (that To, if their grounds" former owners have not been ports, that Britain, the United showing a slight decrease over proved "monopolists and other States and other countries will the last few days

Labour Union war or Nazi criminals" should withdraw recognition of the be restored by April 30 Siamese Government, diploma- ""monopolista" dia- He observers : here, conceded Among

His order included the assertion in areas al that public ownership of proper- ties which had been socialised is

legates will be appointed to help saw no violence other than push-ready congue Ambassador, ["modò-incontestable."

Press

Accordance with a resolution the $6,000 Fire

Generalissimo proposed and had been accepted by the Kuomin lang. the party is leaving the mat

Generallsfimo, therefore,

Destroys

been nominated by the Nu some $6,000 worth of "aftan-, :3 (0)' A relief fund to be. estab-1 underground.”··· forces.” United tiuz de An

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The Slamesa, Labour Union--a

established here, today under the

Sankranima, spokesman fold Reu

My Palping, Apr, 18. Missionary quarters, reported to- day that the Communists captur |ed six Canadian priests and Ave Canadian nuns of the Szeplogkal diocese

The

misalonaries

apparently were taken during the recent Rød faction in that importans rail cen- tre, The Catholics, these quarters sold, may have been removed to Harbin,

The priests were connected Foreign Missions of with the Pontvinil and Montreal while the nuns belonged to the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (of Fontviaul-United Press.

The Weather

(1) The government renova Li An informed source said Pro Pin-hain as present Governor of Anhwel because of his corrupt lect has been started than terk enirely in the hands of the Rattan Ware

and dictatorial methods small way in some European Mattorial Assembly and not

(2) The government to- scnit countries. He did not name the nominating either the Presidential Fire said to be caused by more troups to clear the Com-countries, or give details of the possessed, the Soviet-controlled that Britain and United States new political organization was

Joe-Presidential candidates,

electricity leakage destroyed munists out of Antwal help given to anti-Communist Break Hated the late Nazi war were unhappy over the situa-patronage of Premier Pibui Song-

Hermann Wilhelm ton. ware goods yesterday morning and war refugee students, try

lished for "Anhwel, war refugees Press

raegliche

Pibal Songkram told foreign Rundschau” sold the

Jer that the newly-formed in- at the Hang Yu Rattan Firm, The students shouted "Down

Pressure, remalna, high-over: Zápák) bek sequestration process was "proof compondents last week that he

bour union: Will Formulata":lje bas fallen per Cantral Ohlan RAS No. 2, French Street.

with Ll Pin-hsin"; ng: they tried

of the qualitative difference be- hoped to get the great powers to

polloy and · programme on the Maashuria. A trough satends from abalh About 500 rattan baskets and to break through the police cor ARRESTED FOR GRAFTze and the Western zones world towards Blame

JAP VICE-MINISTERtween the tussian occupation recognise, his government and ho relled on the goodwill at the

Battery

of the Weltish; Kabour: finas-bekomme. Tenon; and turné M 14 NB., 120 lbs, of raftan were severely,

don.

Partyukakke DOMINATAKA Kłoday 8. ForemasterModerate mine f burned: No me was reported in Wu Chang-elin, Assembly de

by: Imperialist Anglo- occupied

Anglo Events of the lost tam days have will follow Socialist Ideals, winder weather alenday, coque fair-periodes Bingapore Mystery (Plarien Jured,

Je legatus amifformer: Governor of

Americans. (Tokyo, Apr. 18.

Yanturday's Weather 2009 belled the rumours of proposed adapted to Blam's peculier als 73.3 dow, Fabi appliances answered Ashwel, addressed the deconstru

Resin the Westernă: The Japanese police arrested.

It said, anti Bonakram cam

ions tion and will promote the wole Minimum 16.5, 58; YAN The Simple, Olmen Cen- the alarm at 11.30 am, and xlory and succeeded in calming Více: Minister of Franspor

"monopoly

The and fine poraibilit

Jortare of the Siamese peasantry and funshine! 7-hours, "GA" Linguished the "blare

werp (working classmaứ Ph monopolists in intressed through

forecast Ugating exploitation of the people, and majority vote of stultitiate

the contrary, the Soviet te Songistam guy wainaal #31ilem occupation, dhe took the Indus Joint

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