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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948.

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PICTURE OF THE DAY

Italian

British Protecting Arrival Of Arab Reinforcements Elections

Siam Upprising

Bangkok., Apr. 28.

Blamene police and andi; crime squads were today waging an all-out campaign against guerilla bands who staged an uprising near Buh. gelgolok, on the Slam-Malaya frontier..

The go

be "g

only

ed

operations wore weld to "going successfully" with about 300 of an estimat- 1,000 strong rebel force to be rounded up.

Units of the Siamese fleet.

fraining cruise

On D

BARN

reached the East coast port

of Nara Dhivas with instruc tlone to stand by.in case help is needed.--Reuter,

Journalists

Approach General Clay

to

the

Preparations For British Withdrawal

Tel-Aviv, Apr. 29.

British guns opened up on Jewish Irgun troops in the fourth day's battle for the important Arab seaport of Jaffa. Artillery deployed near the railway station shelled the Jewish positions, occupied last night after house to house fight- ing in the Arab Manshich quarter, near the Mediterranean shore.

Unconfirmed Jewish reports said that British forces had broken the Jewish land blockade"óf. Jaffa and were protecting the arrival of Arab re- inforcements.

Jewish Agency circles viewed A despatch from Jérusalem

believing qualed an official police source the possibility calmly.

British tanks they might be able to reach as saying that

bargain with the Arab monarch. and Bren-gun carriers were

Meanwhile, a Chiro dispatch still in their positions in Jaffu.

Twenty six Arabs were killed said the Arab League will shortly. and 2 were wounded in yester-notify the British Foreign Office. day's battle, the despatch re- ported.

"Ai The Egyptian newspaper

its Akram reported today from

Amman, the currespondent in Transjordan capital, that he had Karned that British officers" in

the Transjordans Arub Legion would retire and be replaced by Arab officers.

rorist

that Arab armies will enter Palestine to "liberate Palestine Arabs and put an end to Zionist aggression,"

League sources said the note British note of will eile the November list stating the British would be responsible for security and order.

British and

Frankfurt, Apr. 29. · American and Allied corres-

Arab sources said the British pondents. here' today asked For the first time in Palestine's nete promised to keep General Lucils D. Clay, Ameri-story the Irgun, a Jewish ter- forces in Jaffa and atta

Arab and the other plages with mixed Organisation, Governor, can Military.

These Haganah, Jewish army, staged a ond Jewish populations. eliminate parts of the new | BHANA

joint funeral for their dead. sources said the Arab note will public relations polley issued Six Irgunists and nine Haganah point out the British withdrawal last week in his name to pre- men who died yesterday

contradiction were from Haifa was vent members of his command taken in state through Allenby of the British promise. from deciding for themselves Street. Tel-Aviv's main thorough At least one trainload of guns, what news is in pubile inter-

fare. 10 the cemetery on the vehicles and troops moved across eils-eastern-outskirts.

Egypt toward-the-Palesting was added to A clause

All Arab prisoners, estimated border on Wednesday. standing public reintions directive at 100, escaped from the Latrun which originally forbade the letention camp near Ramleh, on WITHDRAWAL army from.

com revealing matters of the Jerusalem-Tel-Aviv road to- military security and questions day after the prisoners had set PLANS "under cliplomatic negotiation." fire to a number of bulidings, it

The letter, signed by Robert was deially reported. Haeger of United Press (Pre- In Jerusalem, Jews have laid sident of the Correspondents' As down a landing suip on the out- sociation), was delivered to Gen-skirts of the capital under Arab said today that the British forces

Clay this morning.

are and have scheduled regular Palestine already have aban-

doned Nep

Negub, in the south, and nights to Tel-Aviv, The Jewish the mountains of Galles in the lifeline, the supply

forth in a gradual withdrawal ulghway, had been under heavy toward the part of Hallu Arub pressure,

The correspondents pointed out that the new directive appeared to-contradict General Clay's own pulley. This had "goldfish been a long-standing nititude on

the General's part to provide all TREATY possible information to the press hut which affected secur-

A except that'

VIOLATION

route by

Authoritive Laudlan Bourcea

Bomb

Training

London, Apr. 28. Forty British heavy bomb. era will bomb Hellgoland æ part of a training exercise tomorrow night over Hofland,..... Germany and Britain, the Air Ministry announced

10- day.

Heligoland, the North Bea•• Inland whose 1,800,-former Inhabitants have appealed lo the United Nations to let them return, has been descrt- ed since its fortifications were blown up a year ago. Rou

igr.

Reds' Good Treatment

Shanghal, Apr. 29. .

Some 800 passengers, in- cluding 12 foreigners and crew members of the Chinese freighter Wan Lec, arrived here this morning aboard the Chinese · steamer-Chang Cheng, after having been marconed for a 'fortnight, in; “ Communist territory, follow, ing the grounding of the vessel off the north Shantung coast, ·

An American named L L. Lazarevith and more than 400 other passengers are still in the Communist hamlet of Yuen- sheng, about 30 miles east of Whihniwel awaiting trans- portation to Shanghai,

The Wan Loe carried some

some

EODOR

A shower of political leaflets being dropped on Duomo Square. Jn...Milgo, the constant sceno pf. Italian-politiuai-rallien -- and demonstrations. (A.P. Photo).

May Day Has New Significance

London, Apr-29.

Millions of workers will parade on Saturday in the European cities in the tradition of May Day but in the Western countries the tradition of unity of the working class will be largely for gotton, according to first reports today.

In most

Civil Rule

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LI'S VICTORY NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE FOR KMT

Nanking, Apr. 29. General Li Tsung-jan, Kwangsi director of the Generalissimo's headquarters in Peiping, "won China's Vico-Presidential, election at the National Assembly today by a margin of 143

'votes.

In a straight fight against Dr. Sun Fo, son of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen and President of the Legislative Yuan, General Li polled a total of 1,438 votes to his rival's 1,295.

General Liled throughout. today's ballot-the fourth and final and immediately upon the conclusion of the counting, a thunder of applause broke out and photographéra rounded the new Vice-Presl- dent.

sur-

By his victory today, General Li, who had gained majorities in -three previous ballota, was con- firmed as a "man of the people and a man for the job."

"No Reason

For War"

"

every

London, Apr. 29. Lord Vansliteri, # former diplomatie advisor to the British * spooch Covernment, said in here today that there was ab- solutely no reason why there In should be another war unless the Hle victory is regardad

lysts of con Kremlin persisted in its present Nanking as Adence for the Independents"

ponhappily,

it is showing and = "vote of non-confidence"

sign

of doing so," he added. "I In the Kuomintang Party.

think that Stalin's propensiiles Observers sold that his victory are very much the same as those is all the more significant since of Hitler and there is always the Lall political stunts known in the danger that the dictators may Western world were used to push themselves into a war before block him. On Sunday, when they wont--it: political pressure was applied, "That is part of the biasfy General Li withdrew, from the trade of dictatorship. The second world war could have been Following 72 hours of political Frevented and the third could bo by the only argument

race,

monoeuvring, he reluctantly re- preces understandin

entered the ruce after President the Chiang Kai-shek personally had

is strength-never

by

Western

given assurances that the election appeasement. If would be "free and in accordance Europe was to survive all the with the principles, at demo- countries concerned would have deal of their to pool a good sovereignty, their foreign policy, their resources and their armed-

Tacy,"

From Common People

50; this would-not-work-

al-

General Li Tsung-Jena man -unless these inter-locking from among the common people unces were underwritten by the. of China, was the only one of six United States, who would pro...... Vice-Presidenttica relentes 10 bubly not want to underwrite

ivocate political reforms the them

*the western***Worla elimination of corruption and in- showed a will to live..

Mieleney from the Government. "Therefore," he said,

theses This former peasant boy, soldier arme. forces should · retain a and administrator gained most of high decree of efficiency.”—Rou- his popularity from all sections ter.

at the community for his under- standing of the common people and his forthright approach to all: problems he tackled.

In 1935, he was the leader of the_now-famous Canton and Kwangel revolt. This was Gen. eral Teung-jen's first chal- longe to President Chlang Kal. shek's authority.

Congo Treaty Review

today

Generalissimo's ears from obtaining

Today's arrivals were unant- mous in speaking. of the good treatment they received from the -Communist "durini:" · their ["stay"at"

Yuencheng

They

said that they were not searched or otherwise molesteil. The s

America Sasscarer. how-Unity will stop at the bor over, had been detained possibly ders of the Soviet satellites. In most Western capitals, the for "Investgution," they added.

and CNS700,000,000,000 worth of cargo split between. Socialism and CN$300,000,000,000 in cash Communism will bring out when it

it foundered off the Shan-separate demonstrations and, in police By, May 15, British troops prob- tung cost on the morning of some cases there are abb will be holding only April 12.

precautions to keep-them-apart. Jerusalem and Halfa along with in addition there was

Washington, Apr. 20. essential aiciields and a few key US$250,000 worth of precious jade Unity will stop at the borders Proposed legislation to set up ronds in cuntral Palestine.

of the Soviet satellites.

London, Apr. 29. aboard the vessel.

a civil government in the Pacife

The Association ity of diplomatic_negotiation...

These include the airfields of

Information available

of British here Western clipitals, the spilt beistands was sent to Congress to- The correspondents also asked

Kalundia, neur

Jerusalem, Elintis morning disclosed that, thetween Socialism, and Communism day by Secretary of State Mar-

Chambers of Commerce for dellnition of "matter under

outside Haders and greater part of the ship's, cargo will bring out separate tiemon shall

At that time, General Li ad-carried a resolution calling for a British sources said today that Shemmer

The United States is trustee, voented a more active campaign treaties to prevent Japanese cot-

rovlow of the and suggested

Congo Bubin diplomatic study"

Rahmat David, outside Haifa and was safe and would be returned jstrations and, in some cases there of Transjordan 10 that on authority be named to de- King Abdullah

Commis-the Nablus Jenin-Inifa mountain to Shanchul-Reuter,

are police precautions to keep under the United Nations, for the against the Japanese and reform them apart,

Jon cide what news fails in that cat- has assured the High

road and the Lydda-Halfa coastal

Marianas (except Guam, which within the Government as op- stoner. Sir Alan Cunningham,

In the countries of egory in the event of a disputed this a truth in the re-roud. The two roads are the

to the APL Luxury

possession), the Mar-posed The letter expressed "appre.|

routes from

Italy, where Communists con- Caroline Islands. The preparation before action and sentral and west Africa. Itrol the Labour Confederation

The treaties made in 1886 al etation for the personally press ports that the Arab Legion oc-main withdrawal

Nuy now governs the islunds. bureaucracy. Finally, the revolt with a 57 per cent majority, will Liner

in this area, relations policies by General upation of Jericho is the begin-Jerusalem to Halfa,

lowot freu, trade garrison pre- The Jerusalem

Under the proposed bill the was settled by a negotiated peate Lieutenant Colonel Wentworth Pales- of his "conquest" of

stage its most important post-war President would appoint a Gov- sumably will quit the capital im mediately after handing over on today, is the new American Prest

Arriving in Hong Kong at noon rallies.

meeting that Japan ernor; Chief Justice and two. As- During the early stages of the told the corres- given

charge full

of Allenbygested that the troops wilt with

her pre-war

policy pondents "requested specifie in-

of flooding the which was formation

previously draw on Haifa in two stage, the Cleveland" with a party or the hundreds-of-liallan. demon-signate alte for the seat of gained the first major to our exact status," Bridge

is expected to show governraent. guarded on the British side by nest to some Intermediate line tourists whose lime in, port will strations

victory over the Japanese at Tal-world markets with cheap, goods.

speaker from. This was in reference to the con-British

Menthoster In another development affect- Erchwong in Shangtung Bald That unless immediate and as to whether

troops fusion

ռու police.

karm did

น fully to close ondents are subject-to-Military-King Abdullah-also-has-been-such as Nazareth and Jenin Tul- be fully taken up with a tour to whether the Communist bow

perl-Repulse Bay via Shaukiwan, and Palmiro Togliatti, has decided to ing the islands, President Truman vince meter around-Holfa-harbour,

to the lower Peak Station lie low for a while or to fight named Dr. Felix Koesting of During the last seven years of positive steps are taken to en- led with courage other Industries than wor, he commanded to The evacuation by sea from for un ascent the Peak.

public. Aquares against the United States Commissioner on much

strengthened rightist the new six-Power South Pacific divisions of the Chinese Army in well as on the textile industry. In of any conquest by will be completed by August 1. seugers will visit the shops and election release of news about our King Abdullah before May 15 After

the northwest. Since the war, ho this country."Reuler, Bhallock, the accidents and equal treatment for because such action would con- remaining in Palestine

May 16, however, troops other.sections of Hong Kong and, Government as he did following Commission.

will be Kowloon,

The Cominform neeting fast-au- New York lawyer, was named has been the director motion picture photographers on

Commissioner,

Generalissimo's headquarters at Onstitute

serious violation of the responsible only

The "President Cleveland" will tumm., for their own the same basis as still photo-

The South Pacile Commission Felping / General Li's election as Demand For call at Shanghat, and Yokohama The Confederation's

China's show of in a regional organisation allied

first graphers, Heretofore; the former | Anglo-Transiordan Treaty.They | security.

and American Express Company

constitutional Vice- were required to clear their added, however, that the warrior

strength and unity, should also with the United Nations and set President is expected to herald H.K. Dollars and Thos Cook & Son have mode determine whether the Christian up to promote advancement, of political and government reforms hooling-with-the-Military-Gov- King undoubtedly would step into

Palestine after mid-May,

urrungements for each port, ernment before making thele

Democrats with a minority of dependent peoples of the area, and to be regarded, with favour pictures.-United Press.

only 12 per cent in the Con- Associated Press.

In America. Reuter, federation, will continue in it or try to split labour and thus go after the last stronghold of Com- munist strength, in Italy.

The

Clay and his "unvarying.. ability and frankness,"

avail

་་

In their letter the

Arab Legionnaires have been May 15. Military sources sug.dent Lines' luxury liner "Presi: The peacefulness or-violence of soclate Justices and would de- Sino-Japanese war, General Li should not be allowed to develop

Bring

Government laws.

The hewspapermen also asked

to garrison a a small force.

Fortress in |"given" "Tegart-

-in-Jericho

return

the

Chinese

? for speedier and more efficient Louestion sources said, there is no (Haifazatreslly—a tardorway-and-During the stay in port, Dasth legal direct-action-iniho Stanford__University as senior success some, of the crack textile in Japan, ""the effect will

Yugoslavs Release Britons

an-

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Top-Heavy

NT Police Inquiring Vessel Sinks Into Students' Death

The British Police authorities in the Now Territories are inquiring into the circumstances surround- ing the exocution of four Hong Kong students by the Chinese authorities at Shumchun, ac- cording to the “Ta Kung Poo“ yesterday,

Carrying some: 200 kuge baskets of vegetables from tlie Chung Shan District and, about 20 passengers, the 8.5. "Heng Lee", a small wooden motor-

Trieste Precautions May Day is expected to fore- vessel, tumed over on its sido cast the Yugoslav policy on and Bank off the Luen Cheung Trieste because of-Anglo-Ameri Wharf, east of the Custodian can precautions against

Com- Wharf, on Wednesday:

Milion

of the

2,000 Squatters Amicably Removed

munist infiltration for the demon Mount Parrish, sito of the former Naval Infectious

Discasos || Hospital, cost of the English Methodist Church, was cleared of some 2,000- squatters by the Sanitary Department yester- day.

· London, Apr. 29. The Yugosláv, Government has agreed to return the two „detained British aubjects to the

The cargo and passengers were stration as an antagonising red *British authorities on the Aus-

thrown into the harbour. They fing to Marshal. Tito and all (were rescued by

The precautions and Communista, SAMPENS "Irian-Yugoslav border, the For-

| nearby: junks.

have been so thorough that the Office spokesman eign

The journal reported an in-, chun but was thrown into a cell Top-heaviness was ave May Day celebration will either

sold to nounced today.

terview with Liaow Kwon-yu, when he tried to speak on their been the cause of the mishap to fall fat for lack of the usual The two prisoners, Mrs. J. E. the incle of ons of the boys, behalf.

the vessel as It was swinging tas

filtrated. Woltering workers Burke and Lieutenant P. Marler,

Without fuss or bother, or not have to pay anything for the berth. Its hold was empty and slavia or who was detained by the are expected to be surrendered

He saw the boys taken from the decks stacked high with will clash openly with the West-laign of opposition or antagon- Torry

"Biles. service and the to the British frontier posts at Chinese authorities when he at-

their cells on three consecutive vegetables. tempted to intercede on their

nights for Interrogation. Thoir hands were tled with

the same tim

same time, the body of behalf but later released.

Ho

the.

J. E. Burke, who was was requested to-cross hot by a Yugoslav border guard border from his farm and give while plenicking, with his wito the British authorities his ver- and Marler, will be returned by sion of the affair. the Yugoslava-United Press.

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Pweto Page LTWORD DE

band Hospital Appeal. 6yil Page Thrankte bebe, bar Kendal Krucution, Burlata-Latteri

·

ALLEGED ROBBERS:

from...........

in-

of Yugoslav violence and harass-

at

and

be disastrous on world trade RS"

Cantor, Apr. 20. Cash Is streaming into Canter from Bunar ́and Hupeh' pro- vinces, the "holders being sent. here to buy-Hong Kong dollars and gold bars merchants are niso

Some Hunon

shipping, eggs and dried: chrysan- themum for sale here at prices Tower than those in the places of origin because the Kellers gre ready

to dump them here in order to get Hong Kong dollars bar

or

gola

each visitor An the law limit AL to bring only CN$30,000,000, it is believed some of the Chinese cur-- rency Is being smuggled into Canton-Associated Press.

The Weather

An anticrofone centred E; of- Tápans.

-from-JU÷do -Formosa and H.China. :: Pros-2.

duro gradients men alikht over M ́and G

Today's Foremnat p=--Moderate',

hins and over the Chiss

winda, -eloudy and; hair, with pattered

Yesterday's Worthers

lah showers. - -

ern Powers tipping of the pound flam, the 2,000 men, women and / North Point.

'rapos.

ment at sieste to pressure point, /chlidren' were ́transferred by The squatters dismantled their moving quickly Eland "aridge extends " There were also ropes round

expected, to mark a new Com Sanitary Department, to new planks down the hill to the wall

In France, niso, May Day is four lorries, provided by the wooden shacks themselves

| carried their ~-belongings:-and their necks. They appeared

ARRESTED exhausted. The older boy had

tunist policy, The Communists sites at North Pointe

ng lorries which took them to a head wound.

Detective Sgt.. Ho Ping -and and followers of General Chorjes Many were reluctant to move Hillside near the National Paint

themselves and Lerquer-Factory, On Apr 18 the four were a party bf detectives, from de Gaulle will hold rival cole- and fried to "talk", Linow told the "Ta Kung Pao taken from their cells und Laow Kowloon City raided an unbrations several miles apart with into remaining. “But by sunset When the China Mail" visited

sentry temark. that numbered but at Shak Kip-mel some 1,000 police between them they had all moved out without the scene yesterday morning, the Maximum 1 19.1 deg. Fah.. that the four boys actually visit heard the od his farm on April-13-at about they were being escorted 10 Can-Village-on-Wednesday after to prevent any contact any assistance from the pollte. mass migration was in full Minimum: 19,5 dar, Pas

ton That was t the last ho

conspicuously absent throughout.j.awing

| Buńsk(det 24 beurs.3% 11 nm. After refrestiments they

Parls police forbade the Com "Baw

moon and arrested four inen

munists to march down central left at 2 pm. for their homes in of them..

Questions asked by the squat einfall! &di sem gulal was re- alleged to have held up and Paris. With 3,000 police-watch-Talked Himself: Hoameters revealed that many had becho On April 22, Llcow was Bhungahul

leased, told to return to his farm, robbed the Kowloon Tong Noing they will march from Place

MAMAELF victimised by: racketeers who had of 150,0 mmas, and advised not to attempt any bus and Stanley bus.recently! de la Nation to Place de in Eas Thrown into Coll

"resorities: in: future, fees

of persons dotalbed, by One of the men affeated- ha tille, The Gaullats will calb-emoval was under the collected money from them by 10

supervision of Sanitary Inspector posing as representatives of the Baro, al males the

been charged, and will appear in brate at the stadium in the 6t, E. Powell who talked himself Police Department and the Sople way. Douala - 11.99 Later the same afternoon be The "Ta Kung Pao" added that the Kowloon, Magistrate's Court Cloud suburb offering as aftrabs hoarse by being forced to repeat-tary Department.

Bei Menidly V., Hey CICS was Informed by messenger of the Police have also taken, slate-this morning.

titions such enteriçinors" na José, jedly explain to the squatters the whole area will be clean" | Dew the boja, murtat by the Chlicae ments from the parents and Two loaded-revolvers were phine" Deker and a free nuttery where they were being runovoded up by scarongor-coolies arid Wind Direktios

found-in-the-but.

For sindrène United Press, authorities. He rushed to Shum- | relatives of the boyavaran

and why, and that they would the anti-epidémio: squad, todayÄVLETİNİ.