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Feng Yu-Hsiang Mystery

Faro

Speculation Rife In Shanghai And Nanking P&O B.I. E&A

Hong Kong Position Demand For

Discussed

Power Politics

Problem Of Italian Colonies

London, August 10. The Manchester Guardian devoted a long editorial today to a discussion of Italy's form- er culonies and the work of the Commission which recent- ly completed a fact-finding tour of North and Eastern Africa.

The

Shanghai, August 11,

The reported return of the so-called "Christian” General Feng Yu-hsiang to "somewhere in Asia" to assume a role in the combined Com- munist-anti-Kuomintang ossault on the Chiang Kai-shok_government today has foreign ai well as Chinese officials asking questions. Some of these questions might affect the inter- national scene. There is no mistaking that Chinese officials want the Hong Kong Govern- ment to show definite signs that they will pre- vent or at least discourage dissidents using Hong Kong as a base of operations.

Gaekwar's

Abdication

Bombay, August 10. The princely state of Baroda was reported to be excited today over a demand for the abdication, of Maharaja Pratapsinha, the Gaekwar, made on Monday by Dhara Sabha, the State's Legislature, which further called upon the India Govern- ment to institute a regency

Hong Kong officials have al-Orient was not announced until ready given indications that after he left, and the absence of courfeil.

DN 10 how or The resolution, passed by a they will not countenance the any indication

has left huge majority in the Legislature. oper use of the Colony as a where he is travelling.

the turf-loving Maharaja pint to foreiga quarters who are watchi-suid newspaper said that meeting place for

Chineso political develop. misused and misappropriated ing

funds from the State Treasury, which in six works in April and ments also up in the air.

One such source, who asked to May this year totalled nearly remnia unidentified, suggested £2,500,000,

| chances of tour-power agreement overthrow the Chinese Govern- the future of former Italian ment but Chinese leaders are Afrien are very slight, adding wanting more than press state-

"the obstacles to agreement are ments.

Kong

asked

areas

to be found not in Africa but in At the same time the authori- that maybe Harbin от Dairen The resolution states that while

Maharaja's Europe" among the dissenalons of ties decline to reveal whether would be the stene of the Com-the

privy purse the great powers.

have they

already

or munist-Democratle League hud-amounted to just over £250,000 are planning to ask the Hongdle. In which case, there would he took large loana often without Therefore, the paper forecast,Kong Government officially to necesarily be Soviet co-operation interest from the Treasury. the United Nations

Doctor Jivraj Michts, the Prime Assembly take some action in preventing with the dissidents. which meets in Paris next month Reds and other Leftists from

Minister, said "famine staring the British ΟΣ will probably be left to decide the holding

Coloninius in the face in part of the state "political consultative future of these colonial

Governments clamp down on the and 1 ter-conference" In Hongkong.

1 am compelled in 'the in- rence in ritories.

Another question asked is conference there are not many teresis the people of the stato

the Soviet the visa where places outside

draw the attention or to "Who guve Feng the Discussing the conditions re-

of the where Government of India to these vealed by the fact finding Com- he is going?" They also want to Chinese Red-held

how he is travelling. know

such a political conference could transactions." mission, the paper declared: "To Or if the United States State be held without Interference, uf- Mr. Mehta suggested the Trea- some extent the Commission's

SUTY be reimbursed from the report strengthens Italy a case for Department formally registered less in a clandestine manner.

him as a political refugee and

Maharaja's "large investments in having the

The last issue the colonies returned

the "For India and abroad. of .ulso 'will. be

Eastern Bulletin," mimeographed 11 admits that the whether Feng

The 44-year-old ruler is be- or Chinese national. face do the right things in restoring

pieces of the anti-Kuomintang only to the Nizain of Hyderabad, a. Chinese national, Feng

Committee Revolutionary

and often describied us the world's the lund und in developing the would not require a visa to Democratic • League today richest man. country, and it praises the skil

The demand for is heading 1 20

mentioned "political consultative abdication, according to the re- and energy of the luution settlers, to Hongkong. If he

tor Singapore he would need an

conference plans" including

Mno solution, was parily due to the "In Libya, however, anti-entry permit.

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no mention of any possible time, Cyrenaten the Arabs would cer

place and delegates. United tainly night.".

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Italian Government was trying to faccepted by the British as a re-publication serving as the mouth-lleved to be second in wealth

Not Fair

Questioning whether Italy can now afford the capital investment needed to develop these terri- tories, the Manchester Guardian also asked "whether it is fair to Abyssinia to give Eritrea back te

Secret Departure

The fact that Feng's departure trom New York 10 return to the

ASIAN

FEDERATION

OF LABOUR...

Washington, August 9.'-

Italy, since it was, from Eritrea The American Federation of Labour said today it

that Italy twice invaded Aby- sinla in the past,"

was considering a request to help complete formation of an Asian Federation of Labour.

"Maharaja's conduct ever since his so-called second marriage." The Gaekwar in 1943 broke the state's anti-bigamy, law enacted by his father when he married Princess Sita Devi of Pithapuram, who was earlier boycotted, by her family because she married und divorced a Moslem.

Condemned Second Marriage

Some Indian women condem- ned the second marriage and the Prime Minister resigned shortly afterwards.

The Maharaja attempted to make his second wife the senior Maharani Maharani while the first Ma-

"For want of a belter solution.. Cyrenaicu Moy

achieve Indie-

The request for AFL parti-free trade unionism in Asia as pendence under a British trus- cipation was submitted by well as other parts of the world." teeship on the lines of Trans-

Devan Sen, organisation secre- They added that AFL policy harani withdrew from public life. jordan-provided Russia agrees.

Both Maharanis have children. and G. L. Mapara, always "to encourage and assist France will probably keep the tary.

efforts in such direction whenever Four months ago, after popular Fezzun which she has already de General Council Member of the facto annexed," the paper pre-Indian National Trades Unlon they are prompted by bona fide, agitation, the Maharaja conceded Congress Conference, to AFL free Democratie trade union or democratie Government to Baro dicted.

ganisations,

un and left India without-form- President William Green.

Initial steps to form the Asloning a new Government.: Pointing out that only the rest

The conference also was ulFederation were taken in July at The Maharaja said he was go- of Tripolitania with its vital tended by Matthew Woll, chair-San Francisco by Asian delegates ing to Paria for health reasons, Mediterranean coast appears the man of tho AFL International to the International Labour Con- and was in England for the Der real difficulty, the paper made, Relations Committee.

ference,

|by,--Associated Press, Mr. Green and Mr. Well said Nations this suggestion: "If the powers

represented included

fail to agree, what an opportunity the request for help to form the China, Burma, India, Indonesia, here to ndd strength and Asian group would be studied at the Philippines, Pakistan, Iran cohesion 10 Western Unton by the next meeting of the AFL and Turkey.-Associated Press.

Relations Com- making all three colonies a trus International teeship administered jointly by mittes.

co

and Mr. the nations of Western Europe Both told Mr. Sen including, in this case, Italy.Mopara of the "great concern of Associated Press.

strengthening the AFL for

IMPORTANT VICTORY

CLAIMED

Peiping, August 11;-

Capture of the important communist stronghold of Tsunhua, 85 miles East-Northeast of Paiping, was announced by Fu Tso-yi's headquartors today. Headquarters said that Nationalist troops striking north occupled Tsunhua after an engagement in which 897 Reds were killed and 27 taken prisoners.

of

and.

Headquarters said that after uniforms, 80 ton of paper, good deal of booty, including two radio transmitters. 3,000 summer and 15,000 win-other equipment was taken.'

MANILA BANK RESOURCESE

Manila August 11.

Inside Tsunhus the Nationalists destroyed arsenals, paper factor- ics, spinning and weaving mills and warehouses-a possible in- dication that they do not plan to hold the town indefinitely.

Broken Doll

Brighton, August 9.

EAST-WEST VALUES

Singapore, August 9. "Legs-East and West" said a headline in the Singapore Free! walla, the story Press recently,

A caricature plaster model of below contrasted the value of a

Mr. Winston Churchill with the leg in head off stood on the Bench at a Singapore. Brighton court today when Hugh McGonigal was sentenced to one the month's imprisonment for fully damaging it.

England and one in

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The story recounted how, on wil the saino day, a six-year-old

English giri in London' and an Indian labourer in Singapore

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It was alleged that McGonigal, were awarded damages by courts. went into a shop and asked the for leg injuries suffered in motor assistant: "Wil you help an old accidents.

soldier?" When refused,

pick- The English girl got £1,160;

ed up the inodel and broke the her right leg was severely scar- head off. The defendant told the red. court: "I have been a victim of

The Singapore · Indian; got Mr. Churchill's Tory regime."- £338; his leg Was cut off. Reuter.

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WEEKEND ROUND TRIP

Teunhus, which is a key Leaves Hong Kong-1.15 p.m. Saturday, August 14

centre,

in

success Ourel's..

their.

In

Was the most troops drive Total resources of the 13 banks

Eastern operating in Mantin were 688, against the Reds 016,000 Pazos (US$444,308,000) Hopel. This drive is aimed at

oh May. 1; the Bureau of Bank, securing rallications

ing announced. This represents Manchuria and

a: new record.

Deposits of public funds were

to

atobi- much of the disturbed area.

Ilslag much

Meanwhile pro-Government

chie factor in raising deposits newspapers said the Nationalists to 503,098,000 Pesos on May 1 had started

a drive to

to seal the compared to 880,207,000 Pesos on Hed held gap on the

soction

of the perfo

April 1.

con Monetary circulation on May 31 railroad but there was no was reported by the Department Armation from other sources.

This drive is believed based af an increase of 14,004,430 Pesos

Wahl miles from the Great. over the April 36 figure. A Come

Land for- months now marce

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