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CHINA MAIL

No. 33971.

ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948. -

ALL-OUT WAR IN PALESTINE Arabs And Jews Prepare For Flare-Up

Australia's Contribution

Canberra, May 13.

Australia contributed the equivalent of UB$12,500,000 to the Empire dollar pool in gold exports to Britain for the nine months ended March 31,

it was disclosed today."

The gold exports amounted

Aus

to 350,000 ounces and

tralia is sending all current gold production to Britain to help meet the dollar oriale.

But gold

production in slump. March continued to

Sixty-five thousand fine oun. cas were produced--light per cent feas than March, 1047.---

Reuter.

River Steamers Price War

between

Mandate Ends At Arab Plan Midnight Tonight To Take Over

Jerusalem, May 13.

Proparations for all-out war in the Holy Land on Saturday were reportedly being intensified throughout Palestino yestorḍay.

The lost British troops started rolling out of Jeru- salem as Arab and Jewish troops moved into positions from which they will launch their assaults when the British end their 25-year mandate over Palestine at midnight tomorrow.

New Iraqi troops from Bagh | had reached the Transjordan bor. der on the way to Palestine, ond Egyptian troops in the Sinai De xor were said to be moving. to- ward the border,

el

The battle for the vital supply. road between Jerusalem and Tel- Aviv continued around Bad Wad, in the Judean foothills, with fortunes of war see-sawing.

Jawish Hopos

Nagoya Ceramic

Exports

Tokyo, May 13.

The Arab Legion at Trans. Chinaware manufacturers' and in Nagoya Japan's china]

jordan was reported last night

*Cut-throat" competition among the shipping companies with

plying boats Hong Kong and Canton and Hong Kong and Macao has re-tion

political

to be waing heavy guna armoured cars in a battle for production centre-have re- the Jewish settlement of Kfarquested the authorities to Etzion, on the Arab route from consider a 10 to 20 per cent in-

Palestinie Egypt and southern

crease in the exchange rate for to Jerusalem.

negotia. ceramic and porcelain exports, Metinueri. A Jewish Agency according to Japanese press

still hope reports. suited in the companies getting spokesman said "we together and agreeing for an agreement with King Ad-

The manufacturers sald that will avert total raise was necessary dultali uniform rate for freight.

With the exception of the China between the Palestine Jews and

the With the

of Steamship Navigation Company the armies of neighbouring Arab higher production costs.

revision which operates the s.s. "Faishan" states.

About 1.500 British troops and nation's price structure expected June, it would and the s.s. "Wusush," other com.

to be made in Gon policemen panies have been engaged in ut-throat competition for the

from Haifa in the Samarin yes.almust seem impossible to . past few month in attempts to erday. Unofficial extimates were inue exposing their goods under

that the British evacuation of the present exchange rate

they nk securo pay-load out

of

Palestine has

"Kong to Canton and M RENT - Completed.

competition,

As a result rmsiderable losses were suffered. Several representative mestings were held and the companies eventually agreed on a uniform rale for freight which came into force on Wednesday.

Drugs From H.K. Seized

San Francisro, May 12. Customs, spectors, announced they selzett two cases of ChinOBA patent medicine containing mor- phine and heroin from the steam-

left

home for

· End Of Mandato

300

Lo

the

Cover

con-

Recently, Japan has exported

to the chinaware

Netherlands East Indies on the basis of Y976. to one US dolar.

The end Britain's mandate

A dinner-sel, which costs Y, will he signalled when the Union Jack is lowered

050 to

manufacture. is priced at AL Government louse in Jerusalem tomorrow Y6,081, owing to the present ex- while production change Tate, night,

Damascus, May 13.

Arab League officials said in Damascus today that the League will set up an Arab civil administration in Pales- tine after May 15.

fol-

The disclosure was made lowing a secret session of the League Political Committee and the Arab War Council.

eague Secretary-General The League Azzam Pasha told the Associated Press that, the decision was rench- ed after the bodies defeated a proposal to establish a Palestine Arab state

the one the similar to Jews are expected to launch ns, soon as the Brijish mandale ends, "We accepted the prezumption that the Jow will establish a tate on May 15," Azzam Pasha said, "and wd agreed to set up an Arab civil administration un- der the Arab Lengue to function In cooperation with the occupy- Ing Arab military forces.”—š- sociated Press.

PICTURE OF THESDAY India's

New G.G.

Chakravarty

Rajagopala - charl, present-Governor-of- West Bengal, whore, appoint- ment as Governor-General of india, succession to Earl

Mountbatten, ha besh ap proved by the King.

Women Jurors Get A Tribute

Price: 20 Conte.

PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS

OF ALL WELL-KNOWN BRANDS IN STOCK!

Hongkong Typewriter Exchange

́9, 17Aguilar'$t"^

·TML-21433 -.

SLUMP. IN SHANGHAI

Reaction To Ban On Transfers

Shanghai, May 13. Foreign as well as Chinese stočk quotations slumped heavily today, following the Central Bank's docision to ban the free transfer of foreign securities.

The regulations, banning the exportation as well as the importation of foreign securities-made known in a circular last night-implied that securities may be transacted with the approval of the financial authorities.

Appeal To The Premier

Banks are, to be instructed that exportation will be ap- proved if the proceeds of the sale of these securities in for- eign countries against foreign exchange will be put at the disposal of the Central Bank (as in the case of the export of raw

and other! materials merchandise).

Flight To H.K.

pre-

In recent months, many war Shanghai firms, mostly Bri- hond London, May 13.

have shifted their tinh, Civil servants are to appeal offices to Hong Kong and con- verted their capital Into Hong Prime Minister, Mr.Kong currency. to the Clement Attlee, to decide the rights of men and women re- moved from-work-in-Govern- ment offices on the ground that they are Communists or Fas- cists.

Negotiations between the staff and the Government representa- tives live broken down, the Treasury disclosed today.

Ministry of

Red Threat

In East

Washington, May 18,

A Congressional report pub- Ilahed today said that Bovlet diplomacy

banding avery effort to move the Rus- slan Army into the Near East, and the Kremiln will manu- factura altuations enabling it to do so if they fall to do. velop."

The report, the lafest In- stalment of findings in a study

by

the Hours Foreign Affairs Committee of the strategy and tactics of world Communtem, declared: "Only this army dàn

desired nohlave the

ranulta within the allotted period of time."Reuter.

Debutantes Presented At Court

Meanwhile, the Finanas, In'a determined effort: to stop the masa movement of

London, May 13, textile machinery to Hong Kong

Many debutantes of Britain and other South China Indus- trial contres, has Instructed the and the Empire were presented that textile today to the King and Queen, at Customs authorities equipment can be shipped only the first presentation party this with the approval of the Cotton year, attended by over 2,000 Control Commission, the Chin. guests at Buckingham Palace. The stumbling block was

For the girls and their escorts. ass press reported today. Industrialists who contemplate attendance at the party counts trade union demand that

The servants suspended or transferred transferring manufacturing opera-as a formal presentation.

lans to South

China to evade debutantes did not, however,

will

in have to control.

complicated make the have to

the apply to

and précarious

curtsey low Control Commission

was customary at the formal evening courts before the

the civili

their usual work, should tons have the assistance of a

from

union

advisory

trade Government

Cotton

for which

curlsny

lon representative if and when future Members of the local legal fraternity approached

he appeared before an committee sat up by the Govern- removal permission.

The Ministry of Finance is re-wor ~by tho “China Mail“ concerning their views—ro- -ment

Infrend, they gave the simple Today's Treasury announcement ported to have told the Commis

or abbreviated gording women jurors, yesterday expressed the

should the number of spindles in made to Royally on ordinary pe- said the staff representatives were sion that, under no circumstances "bob opinion that the women of Hong Kong have making immediate representation the Shanghai aren be reduced cesiona. The men bowed.

to the Prime Minister, and when

only special applications 'more than justified thoir right to serve on juries.

he had given his decision a full and One well-known member of statement on the recent talks be- should be considered.—Reuler. the legal profession, who has tween the two sides would be hadzconsiderable experience inde

Soong's Chat With Bullitt

Hong Kong Courts and has hadde

In the meantime, although it is

unlimited opportunities of ob understood the comb-aùfitơ serving women jurors in the continue, no cases will come be- course of trials, said that since fore the advisory committed.-- women jurors were empanell-¦ Reuter. ed, the standard of intelligence

of Hong Kong Juries has been raised considerably.

Women in Hong Kong first be- Shanghai, May 13. Sir Alan Cunningham, British cost of the same set has risen by

service in will leave 80 per cent since last July. High Commissioner,

advocated It was reported today that came liable for jury The manufacturers

the July Inst, when

necessary H.M.S. aboard the cruiser

the Governor of Kwangtung, amondacht to the Jury Ordin Euryals from Halfa

present rate shortly Increasing the

Y300-Reu-T. V. Soong, and Mr. William once was passed. afterward and Palestine will be Y300 per dollar to left to the Jews and Arabs.-As-ter. sociated Press. ·

Arab Claims Wife's Plea

Dismissed

Daniascus, May 13. The Palestine Arao Higher

occupied two vil

er General Gortion when it dock-Committee-raid that last night.

ed from the Orient today,

Customs collector Paut Leakeages Banking the vital Tel-Aviv-

Colour

Bar "'Will

Of God"!

Columbla,

-Executions Of

Bandits

Canton, May 13.

(Commu. Twenty-five bandits nists), taken prisoners during the present "bandit suppressiou" cam- paign in Northern Kwangtung, were executed en masse at Nam Hung on May 4, according to a Central News report.

This is the largest number of bandits to be executed at a time zinec thr Kwangtung-Kianga!- Hunan bandit suppression authori South Carolina, tes started their campaign a few

May 12 months ago,

The party

was on Busterity lines by the King's order—a com- promise between a court and ca gertien party, and the King and Queen, and members of this. Royal

'among·. Family, moved informally "the" "guests,"

the For the first time since war, the State Apartments on the Arst floor of the Palace were used and a long marquee stood, in the covered way grounds with a from the saloon to the buffets, where ten was served.

The

women were afternoon gowns and the men lounge suits or uniform.-Reyter.

DENIS BOYD MEETS

PRESIDENT

C. Bullitt, strong advocate of Subsequent to the passing of US aid to China, conferred the Ordinance, Sir Henry Black- in Shanghai on plans for all. Chier Justice, "tested" some

The General Conference dl The execution, by shooting, took large

Nanking May 13. devolopment in South China, 2,000 women jurors by means of

broadcast over Z.B.W. in the the Southern Methodist Church place in the midst of a but neither of them could course of which he

President and Madame Chiang B resolution crowd of spectators-Router. explained adopted today

Kal-shek entertained. Sir Denis be contacted immediately for many points which were bother-stating that total race segre

Boyd, Commander-in-Chief of ing women Jürāfs.”~~

EMMY GOERING- confirmation.

and Arab fighters

galion is the will of God"

the British Pacific Fleet. It was not until January this and, must be maintained.

INDICTED Lady Boyd at a tea party in the Bud Jerusalem highway

London, May 13. However, the two were re- year, however, that women were Delegates from six Boulhern

their official residence, Yesterday said 1,500 bottles labelled "Dr. El Wad orca west of Jerusalem.

Munich, May 13. résolution. divorce court ported to have been closeted in actually called A British

upon for jury states adopted the

afternoon. Tong Shih Yee Cough Pills" were

Emmy Goering, widow of the

the party

were The Committee telephoned the

making it "part and parcel ni service,

Also present at the indicted to. worth US$3,600.

report from Jerusalem

Reichsinarshal, was to its judge' today dismissed a wife's two-hour conference in which

The firal case to be heard by the discipline of the Church."

Stevenson, Brith tion In application to the Wing D. Wong, who brought the Chairinan, Haj Amin El Husseini, petition for nullity based on they went over the world situa

Jury on which women were

The resolution said: "We are day as a major offender under the Sir Ralph drugs on board at Hong Kong and exiled Mufti, now in consultation her husband's practice of Chinese situation.

the

10 denazincation law. She is charged Ambassador to China, and Lady carried them across lo his locker, here with Arab League lenders.

Bullitt's attention was reported-Murder Case" in which a former all races of people, and

for its connections. The trial date has ed British officials in the capital. was held for Investigation. He It sold the Arabs took over the coitus interruptus, although he said they were for a San Fran- villages and captured soverol de admitted that the facts were ly paid to the question of how employee of the Anti Malariai arly to the Negro race

charged with the spiritual betterment and for our not been set.-Associated Press. United States aid

these people to- cisco friend and he did not know tachments of the Jewish militia similar to those in a case in Chian should prepare herself to Bureau was

| Uso

against murder of a fellow employee at leadership of

their own problems, arising from world Aberdeen on July 28, 1947, The ward Christ within

was nccused

found emergencies.

guilty as race structure. Bullitt arrived in Shanghai on charged.

"The Almighty God saw fit, in In the course of that trial, the His infinite wisdom, to segregate Tuesday night, accompanied by Pel Tau-yee,' who hended the skeleton of the murdered man the races in the beginning, and Chinese mission to Washington was produces In Court, but the we earnestly believe that the will before negoliation on the Chinese gruesome sight did not unnerve of God will best be served by o ait programine-United Press. the women Jurors..

continuation of the total segrega. tion "of the black and races."-Reuter.

Press.

they were narcotics-Associated Hagapalı, with their anns.-Asso-| which, two days ago, another

ciated Press,

divorce judge gave an opposite decision.

New Election In China Demanded

Shanghai, May 13.

Carson Chang, leader of the Democratic-Socialists, said he believed new national elections should be called to settle the present dispute between China's dominant Govemment Kuomintang Party and minor factions.

↑ Chipa-have boycotted the new

.

the

The judge held that the hus- band's persistence in the practice --which involves premature withdrawal for contraceptive purposes during

Intercourse-i was cruelty.

He granted the wife a decree

118.

"

only

regret that in two days there should be contrary deci sions on this matter. It

is an ex- emphasises that this tremely dimeult point which at some stage will have to be de- elded by a higher tribunal."

Whether there was nullity in

was

"Skeleton ever mindful of our obligation with "profiteering" from Nazi Stevenson, and other distinguish-

Russians Reported Aiding Reds

Poiping, May 13,

such a case was a question of ax- The Ping Ming Jih Pao-General Fu Tso-yi's.own

treme importance-and-dimoulty,

NEW. PASSPORT REGULATIONS

newspaper in a despatch from Manchuria to- day quoted General Fan Han-chich, deputy Commander-in-Chief în › Manchuria, as doclar- ing that portonnel of a "certain country”............. obviously referring to Russia arrived in fuh- sin, Communist-occupied Manchurian cool

centre.

white

A MACARTHUR

REVERSAL

Tokyo, May 13

Referring to General Douglas

MacArthur's previous refusal to

-Central News.

Red Tape In The Service Colonial

London, May 12.

British colonial civil, sorvants in West and, East Africa are exasperated with the amount of "paper work" they have to do, and one adminit- `trator has rosigned because of it. Lord Rennel, Liberal Peer, becoming a

serious problem---

The Weather

(China court.

A trough from the depresalen over the

saind to the Lusen traits and 14. bəs

allow the United Nations Tem-asserted in the House of Lords Reuter. porary Commission On Korea to tonight that five officers recently hoodquarters in back from Africa all told the establish Its Tokyo, Col.-M.-P. Echols, SCAP's same story.

them- Anniferclone, contra over the He said they found Chief Public Information Officer,

selves tied to their offices with Eastern Bea moving alowly asst and u today stated:

"In view of the urgency aftris no time to get round their diside from the Russ covers the Houth buted to the matter, arrange-tricts and see people. They

to

Okhotsk entends ' through; the ments are now being made provide the United Nations Tom-were inundated with papers of

on-Korea and cried for returns from the

comfort weltre. A wook dipression ta porary Commission with offices in Tokyo, while pro-Secretariat.".

Some of the men who had centred over. E. Philippise. Prture

also low over ālans and Yunnan, paring its, report on the Korean

thought they.

Today's (coma back:

Foruchalinish, - moderately elections,

Colonial Servico. winds, cloudy with some light drizzle

Ent fru, becoming Aly, during As previously announced, the brought into clearance of its

| morning. personnel into under false pretenses, he said. been authorised."--- Japan has

Yesterday's Wasther They told him, "we thought we were being sent out to took Maximums 10.2 dog. Fil. after and govern the Colónlag, Minimum +–69,4-di-÷Yak and not to be underpaid and shines did hour, pup

Rainfall: 8,4 m2.10.19–15. Totál › sinco overworked 'accountants.

1 Jan. 1-ESKO MANILA, Ins

*10.01 Ing. LORA

WOFC

"We are prepared to submit Legislative Yun-It-is-a-question to the judgment of the people of principle," Chang said in a he added.

The Judge in the previous case even if we fail to gain a single signed statement.

"It the high polley of the Kuo-ruled that the practice of coitus seat in the Legulative Yuan;

interruptus by a husband did not provided that elections are held mintang," he continued, "is to pre-

servo the essence of the one-party constitute consummation of the on a fair play basis reflecting systém behind a facade of Demo marriage and cattled a wife to the popular will of the voters,” cratic constitutionalism, I declares decree of nullity.—Reutor. 'ho said.

solemnly and soberly that the China's two minor parties, the Democratic Socialists can be of no Democratic Socialials and Young |servies.”

The despatch coincided with moved 100 locomotives, wagons. The Democratic Socialists, he

2 report by a traveller from and machinery parts, popularly elected Legislature sit sald, had participated in

He said the Chinese Reds began ung in Nanking because the Go Government solely to aid the

Manchuria who said he saw Canton May 13

property, re vernment party failed to give Kuomintang in bringing about an

Merchant four Soviet military men mov-the redistribution of them the 155 cents promised them and to its unchallenged 20-years The Canton Shipping today engrailway and Industrial moving military supplies, and coal Reuter,

from Fuhsin soon after string -befurs" bit January's diections." rule of the nation.

last President's Canton Headquarters quipment from Fushin. The the city. He said the Reds re The real issue of the dispute. He said that prior is not the question of seats in the January elections, the minor that they must not accept foreign traveller who told the story paired the railway from Fuhsin to

"unless they are in asked to remain anonymous.Tahusan,“United Press, parties made an agreement, with passengers the

Hitherto thers has been no not to Launch possession of a passport, or a Kuomintang campaigns "attacking the Govern-residents' certificate from the direct evidence that the Chinese SHANGHAI RAIDS

Canton Police Headquarters, ac- Reds in Manchuria have "bean> ment party on the ground that the sording to the Kwangtung Jih assiston directly by the Russian

Shanghai, May 13, Communists would succeed in

Pao, a nowspaper close to Gov- Nevertheless, the story dovetailed spliiting the country.

Members of the Economic Police of one catty

and picut. Into Fan Han-chich's statement raided, several more shops "The Kuomintang, through falal- | *rnmant quarters that which said that "certain quarters" [offices, suspected; of: blackmarket i side grain polished as a sub- able to go about 'their districts | 11. ̈ ̄ Humidity"

The instructions fleation of the elociion returns and' "dallberate violations of repeated aliens entering a Chinese port are hiring coolle labour for the dealings in gold and Americanployee

urance", manipulated the elecabosed post a passport ene removal of industrial equipment in currency, yesterday.

On Other Pages

"Page: Two:

Sequeliz Foot. Claim,

to

!

Eight additional arrests have

CANTON STRIKE

Canton, May 13, Workmen in seven rice mills

The Earl of Listowel, the here are on strike,

Minister of State for Colonies, The dispute. arose over the sald that Colonial Governmenta workers' demand for the payment were aware of the vital import Baro, at mal,

of rice for avery unco of district officers being

Equals

по among

Dew. Toint

AM Wind Force

dorsed by Chinese conmiler alle Hed-hold, aromas batu-made-and-nail-sums-ot curred with the employers' · vlaw fond of 'the war, but had 'they |

freely. d-was-turned-down by the The Colonial Office had no Wind Dirwelles,

figures of resignations The Social Affairs. Burcau con- civil servants" sent out since the now instructed the been significant, it would come concern to. direct the to their cars, he added.

He hoped that would: assure mediately-fleuters en Lord Ronnel that this was not time.

the legal 'point of view, cal case de statalesa: aliona, alleged that he saw Soviet mill-] American dollars and a number off and have

In the

Tritlistry; the Léxtra-legal U practices.:›elled

above constitute radicient ground they must produce passes issued tary man riding in Card He account books were salged. No union. to quilty the plection." Chang by the highest military or civil said they inspected mine arld foreigners were: lavalved in the strikers to resume work im- added.ssociated Press,

I power stalions after which they atresia-Router,

$10!!

All the above. Slmet card

the