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THE "CHINA" MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 21,2

Subversive SPITFIRES IN ACTION

Agents Menace

Washington, July 20.

State Department officials have told Congress that several hundred known

or

suspected subversive foreign agents have

entered the

United States

as employees'

of the United Nations and similar organisations,

IN MALAYAN JUNGLES

New Chief

Of Staff, FELF

for

OPERATIONS IN KELANTAN

Singapore, July 20.

Royal Air Force Spitfires and Dakotas swept into action at Malayon troubla centros today, shoot- ing up insurgents and dropping troop reinforce- monti, arms and ammunition to anti-guerilla columns in various parts of the peninsula.- Rocket-firing Spitfires made day-long attacks against guerillas in the Gua Musang area, Kelantan State, where a British major and six 'Malay soldiers were killed in an ambush yesterday.

London, July 20, Brigadier J. M. Kirkman, former Chief of Staff Mr. Robert C. Alexander, As-Palestine and Transfordon, has sistant Chief of the Department's been appointed Chief of Staff Visas Commission, has testined for the Far East Land Forces at to a Senate Judiciary Sub-com-Singapore, the War Office -an- mittee, which

in aludying Im-

nounced tonight. migration problems, that nothing can be done about it under the present laws as they are cover-hold the temporary rank of Major the surprise attack on a strong A xix-hour battle followed cd by the International organisa-General in his new tion's Immunity Act.

will succeed Major General Hin trucks

assignment, troop and police column driving "They are not subject to ex- Bedman, who will become Dire Musang, where a police station

to reinforce clusion under our laws, even tor of Military Operations for the was raided by 300 insurgents though we know that their com- War Office, ing here would not be in our beat

on Saturday. interests."

no

"The

Brigadier Kirkman, who will

the

Brigadier Kirkman is 50 years: Mr. R. Clyde Larkin, Chief of oil.

The British malor, who was in He served on the Western command, was killed almost im- the Department's Publie Safety front in World War I.

mediately.

It was believed the and Security Division, said he He was Deputy Director of cther hay

occupants of his Jeep, recommendations for Military Intelligence at the War which was lending the convoy, meeting the situation.

Office from January, 1942 to May, yere also killed, Besides Declaring that some of the peo-1944.

killed, four Malay soldiers were ple in question have been moving

wounded before the column could apaut freely, he added:

In April 1945 he landed in jescape the trap. ones that I can recall have been Greece with the British liberation The travelling throughout the country army. He was appointed to the miles from Gus Musang, when ambush Jook place 15 trying to collect intelligence data Palestine-Transjordan post in the force, in which will be of beneft to their May, 1947 and held it until the passing through a cutting on an life of trucks, was own country, whoever they may recen! withdrawal of the British old railway be serving, as well as for the en-from the area-Associated Press, was

track. The major killed almost Iminediately. lightenment of various groups in this country."

while the other four occupants of his jeep, which led the column, weit

killed. also Drains running along both aldes of the track provided the only cover for the party and from two of these ditches the troops and police fought back.

the

Mr. Alexander said that United Nationa Rellet and Re- habilitation Actnunistration "was the greatest offender."--Reuter.

RUBBER SHOES

FROM HK

CONFISCATED

Monila, July 21.

"NO WAR" SPEECH BY GOTTWALD

Prague, July 20. President Klement Gottwald

The Commissioner of Customs declared here today: "There han ordered the seizure

war. The Soviet

of 120 will be no baskets manifested as containing Union will carthenware, which arrived

not conduct an July 17 aboard the ss Vivjta from Kressive war for Hong Kong, following the disallow itself to be provoked. I covery of rubber shoes in some of has good nerves and the baskets.

Any attempt to smuggle in rub. ber shoes is a violation of the anti-dumping act,

Police Released

33 miles to the north. reached the viiluge of Bertan, The military authorities ra- ported today that two British artillerymen had

deserted at Tampin, about 60 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, driving off

Ferry Boat Disaster

New Delhi, July 20

One hundred and twenty- five are believed to have been 'drowned when a ferry boas sank in the River Ganges hear Allahabad, in the United Pro- Inces, yesterday wording to reports reachihp here, tó night

The vessel, which was car rying-workers, capsized three miles from the confluence of The dumna and Ganges--R@U-* *tor":

Women Missing In Shansi

Peiping, July 21. sionaries are missing in Sharist; Four American women als- but it is not yet known whether they are in the hands of the Reds or safe with the Nation alists.

Nothing has been heard of them In a jeep and taking Sten gune for over a fortnight, Two terrorists today shot lend William Dewar had

Rotting Dumps In Singapore

"London, July 20.

Sir John Barlow, Liberal National, complained in the House of Commons, today that large dumps of Army surplus stocks have been ly ing in the open in Singapore for months past and were de teriorating rapidly.

The stocks, he said, were re leased periodically at prices con- aiderably below the current mar ket value or replacement cost.

ing to end the losses thus caused What was the War Mlaister do- to the British taxpayer, he asked,

War Office, Mr. Michael Stewart, The Financial Secretary to the

replied that there was a "short" nge of covered accommodation to available to the Army in Singa- opote. Most of the stores lying

nially stored in the open, In the open were ordnance and engineer stores which were nor-

The disposal of stores

Chinese schooliasster in bred Fenyang, 60 miles southwest rono daylight eight miles south of Taiyuan, to visit one of them who the heads of child as the tea-by the four were cut off by Red Kuala Lumpur. They fired over was stationed there, but apparent

tried to flee. cher, + Kuomintang supporter, occupation points on the Fenyang-

Taiyuan highway, A "mystery" girl was among

when The Reds were reported to Exclared surplus was in the hands Port in the attack on the Batu not known whether the four were had informed him that they were 20 Chinese arrested for taking have taken Fanyang, but it was of the Ministry of Supply, who Arang Federal capital, on, July 12. She the Nationalists, Asociated mediately for the best price ob-

coal mine,

the there at the time or had left with generally sold by open tender im- railway station and picked up a

s alleged to have walked into, a Press.

iamnable locally-keuter. Arst-aid kit after the raid.

Depart- they

near

meat officials said today In Washington, State and no evidence to suggest that the disturbances in Malaya were "coordinated or inspired

from aureido the country," but it was admitted that it was possible.

It was pointed out that in the early stages of any organised re- sistance to Government, it WAS dimcult to defect any "master- other Malay soldiers minding" behind it, so, for wore killed and others wound-present, the official view is that ed during the fighting. After the disturbances are an after-

war with

TWO

a six-hour battle, the combin math of the ed force was able to withdraw.possibilities.' Spitfires provided air cover report said each time the oked during the action, but an official

we also must have good nerves", told' a delegation of

slovak women.

M. Gottwald nuded:

he

Czecho-

"Despite

alr-

craft flew over the Ambushers stopped firing to avoid betraying their positions.

Further reinforcements were Air Force was pssisting in the being ont today and the Royal operations.

the

Binister

Nof Nationalistic Omolais recalled that these querilla banda -largely Chinese roamed the Malayan jungles throughout the war and, By harassing the Japanese, had rendered the Anies & uneful service. Given

The baskets were consigned to all the theories of the 'blitzkrieg * Manila Chinese Arm-Uniteds used by Hitler, experience has Press.

a taste of jungle life, shown that it is impossible to The Asintle inspector and conduct &

14 they had

apparently decided they without mass Malay constables captured in the liked it but now their activities armies and the mobilisation of all Gua Musang police station raid had taken on the citizens.

flavour of were released unharmed today. "What Government can today It was believed in Singapore that

gangaierlam.

Officials declined to comment

MINE EXPLOSION

Mecurtain, Oklahoma,

July 20.

One miner was killed and an other inissing when an explosion and fire swept the Lone Star Coal Mine here toslay. Nineteen others esenped safely-Associated Press.

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lead it into an aggressive war?) as a propaganda gesture, felling taking s mobilise the whole nation and the Chinese molilas freed them on the possibility of Australia what nation will undertake a war their

hand in quelling the prisoners they were not disturbances but 'said" the situa-'

of aggression today? No nation fighting Malays but only the Brition there appeared different from will today undertake a war of tish. akgression.

that in Indonesia, since so far it The gueras were today re-appeared to 'lock nationalist in-

have withdrawn and spiration-Reuter,

The only danger for the fu-ported to lure might come from Germany and that is why today everything hinges on Germany."-Reuter.

NAZI COLONEL

GETS LIFE

Rome, July 20.

Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Kap-

p.m. and from 6.00 to 11.15 p.m.,pler. former German police chief and als 9.52 megscycles in in home, was sentenced today to the 31 metre band from 12.30. to life imprisonment for participat 1,30, 7:30 to 8.30 and 0.13 to 1.13 lag in the 1944 Ardentine caves maestere of 135 Italians-Asso- clated Press,

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