1948-08-31 — Page 6

Cathay Pacific

AJAWAYS --

THEABLIRE OF THE ORIENT

CHINA

MAIL

MONST

Editor-in-Chied>-W. J. Keates.

Asst. Editors-Ian Mackenzie.

Telephones: Editors ........................................ 24354 Reporters & General Ofice 32812

(four lines)~

:Subscription Rates:

MANILA FORD TAS

CLONCURRY Traker

3 months

months

One year

"SAFETY - COMFORT - SPEED

4444444 PLANE TALK Htfffff

DIRECT CONNECTIONS

DAME OF AIRUME

DESTINATION

DATE OF FLIGHT

SPECIAL NOTES

CATHAY BANGKOK PACIFIC AIRWAYS SINGAPORE

· MONDAYS

&

6

FRIDAYS

FOR KANGOON. AND CALCUTTA

AIRLINE

MANILA

PASSENGER |RODKING AGENTS;

OF THE ONENT"

FREQUENT, FLIGHTS AVAILABLE

TO FLV. THIS IS THE WAY ALWAYS FLY BY C.R.A.

| P. J. LOBO & CO LTD CHATER ROAD,

TEL 31162.8 31400

TEL 56260.

| KOWLOON OFFICE

HONG KONG TO SYDNEY Next Flight-September 18

BOAC

THOUSANDS CONVERGING

on

....

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY,

31, 1948.

Two fast, high-flying Mosquitos of British Europe an Airways, based on an English airfield, are flying av er, most of Europe investigating air-pockets which threaten to hold" up the world's plans for high speed travel,

We

BIRTH OF SECOND GERMAN REPUBLIC

Berlin, August 29, 5

BRITAIN'S "GUST-HUNT" the second German Republic will be bom on Wed-

A

MALAY PROBLEM the Government of Britain has

asked British European Airways to fly over Europe with specially equipped *

By Charles Gardner

British Broadcasting Corporation

nosday, nine years from the day when Adolf * Hitler started the war that destroyed his Third

Reich.

stitutional foundation, will meet at Bonn on.. the Rhine.

Fall Of French Cabinet

the outbreak of gust-trouble craft. Invesilgating Air Correspondent to the are being gathered, and it is like distrits.

The air bump has suddenly be come suc

such a a deadly foo because it has been found to exist, not only

The "gust-hunt" is now on, were egipped with the latest fvestigation. They climb up Every other day, from Crandeld navigational aids and the small through it, and go down again, aerodrome near Bedword, Enge cockpit was further crowded with measuring accurately Business Manager: W. H. Nolloth Land, a British European Airways special Instruments to record the layers through which the tught On that day the Assembly, which will lay the con-

turbul- Mosquito takes off in search of violence and duration of the ence occurs. They record tem the "bumps", or "air-pockets" or gusts The research unit was peratures to great. accuracy. (it turbulence systems" which are then based near the College of a possible that temperature in- threatening to hold up the world's Aeronautics af Cranfield, whence versions have a bearing on the

The first Republic was born, plans for high speed travel.'

has in the past months been problem) and use every known

in the Weimar of the German The "bump" has now become a conducting its fight research. navigational method to fix pre-

writers Goethe and Schiller: major threat to progress in this The test pilot, direction and

Captain T.T. caly the area's yoographleal

the second begins in the birth- and, in the words of Thomas, Distinguished HK$18.00 Mr. N. E. Rowe, the leader of the Cross and bar, was chosen for

Flying position.

place of Ludwig van Beetho Their data is later sifted, 'ex- research team for which the his experience of high altituds amined and plotted by the unit's

ven... Like the first, it starta H.K.$36.00 Mosquitos collect data, "Unless high speed flying, and also be-scientifle officers

amid, the ruins of a lost war we And

who hope In H.K.$72.00 | WC

solution, passenger cause he happens to be a Fellow time to find the cause

and in a quiet city closer to the of these remain flying will

pegged at

disturbances.

traditions of the German' 'clas- present speeds."

As this is an international pro-

sies than to the memories of It is to find that solution that

blem, all countries in Europe

German military power. But, Paris, August 29. have been_notified of the experi»

The fall of another French here the analogy endri ments, and all are co-operating. government within a month has The start of the second Repub-· Efforts by the Communists

In the United States, too, facts caused deep shock in the countrylle is mare difficult as the second to present

World War was more destructive. that more and more interna- "We will not like it, but wet takes place more than thre terrorism, in Malaya as a

tional scientific effort will be de- need a dictator, said a Brittany years after the end of the war, In fight for democratic rights

voted to this, one of the most farther.

4 country whose cities are large- He and other farmers from the ly and national freedom do not

perplexing, problems of moder

reduced to rubble. Ré- in clouds, but in the once sup-

aviation.

countryside were threshing out building has barely begun under square with what was happosedly clear calm air which lies of Britain's Royal Meteorological At first it was thought that one of the richest harvests in the impulse of currency reforin pening there or in the neigh- "above the weather" at 30,000 Society. So far Thomas and his clear air gusts might be associat-cent years. The farmers were and Marshall Aid and its econo bouring countries of Burma

feet.

In that clear air there is navigator, Mr. D.L. Jones, haved with frontal systems beneath workers,

happy about and Siam.

no visible sign of.

made many sorties over Europe them, but this was found not to 1. Burma enjoys full national (SHO KUDE A Lying in walt. The end over the sea searching to be so. Similar-work of elemina- mounting faster than wages, and

1a.

* | machine operator, Prices nte Western Zones Only dreedom and her people have with his aircraft rock-steady, is turbulent areas and collected data on now leads Mr. Rowe to thin the shakeup in the government

pilot, driving along peacefully gusts. They have found several

that we shall never be able to means a longer walt for stability

The Bonn Aseembly, owes its full democratic rights. Yet suddenly assailed by turbulence about them.

forecast must areas in any par- in the government and la she too is rent by a Com though it was a lorry being driven

which shakes

the existence to the London Confer- the machine as

ticular

position, financial system..

ence of the Western Powers, held munist Insurrectionary move speed over a mountain track.

From that

of view they are A two day

German tour of Brittany without

participation, ment avowedly determined The pitching is so abrupt and

likely

to be a elusive to the which included one day before which decided to authorise the. So far as can be seen at pre-teorolott as is precise know the government fell, and one day as in Malaya to seize power violent that, in an airliner, the

West German Ministers-President to call a Constitutent Assembly by force. Slarni has never passengers would be hurled to sent, these gust dreas seem to be place about the exact time 'and alterward, showed the reaction |

of a rain storm. What Mr. everywhere was much the same on certain terms. the roof, and finally left in limp anything between $0

Before the government had fal and 100 Rows does hope, however, is that been the victim of what the heaps on the floor, bruised or even |mileş across, and about 1,800 feet we shall be able to forment height lon, a hotel owner said stability delegates from the

Its composition is confined Communists term 'Western broken.

Western Zones thick. They seem to occur any levels which

ot

be brought to the country and Berlin, and the validity of its be ex- must Imperialism' and has main-

gusta can where at any Ume and there is, pected on any given day. by any means.

work applies to the Western. tained her independence for

The ns yet,

next no theory as to their this is en the airline captains

day after the Zones alone. Its work will re- : centuries; but she also sees

cause.

of the future will be able to flyovernment had fallen-the talk quire the approval of the Mill- Fach in Communism a menace to The balling thing is to avald

time the Mosquito above or below. the invisible Charles De Gaulle. Brittany the German people, p

tary Governors at

that of her independence.

(these gusta, which are invisible

encounters a gust area, Thomas gusts Just as they now fly above considered De Gaulle country in pilot meats them at 20,000 feet: and unpredictable. One day the and Jones make a thorough in-jor below, the visible cloud.

France. There were

Meanwhile, many

Tato of Bory the Tinta City Govarmant. In the over Scotland, and the next t

balanes for the past four days, 30,000 feet over Heligoland. Hu

was expected to be know " midnight tonight. Dr. Otto Suhr, President of the City Assembly, said this afternoon that he was standing by for a A restaurant owner said "when reply from Major-General Al we had De Gavilo, be walked exander Kotikov, Soviet Com- out on us. Because of that we mandant of Berlin, to his latest

warning that

Unpredictable

Even if there had been no general Communist forward movement throughout South East Asia, the Communist may fly from London to Lisbon section of the Chinese in every day for a week without in- cident and then, suddenly, on Malaya would have been

the next trip, the aircraft be- tempted to take some violent haves like a cocktail shaker. By the time the pilet has gripped

Major Problem

No Theory As To...

Cause

-

then

PAKISTAN REFUGEE CAMP SHOOTING

Lahore, August 29.

of the Legislative Assembly reported today that 22 refugees were killed and 150 were injured when the police opened fire last Monday night at the Moslem refugee camps at Montgomery, 140 miles southwest of Lahore.

HONG KONG action to regain the prestige the controls and slowed down, the committee of four West Punjab refugee members AIRWAYS they were rapidly losing.

They exhausted the good-damage is done. will they enjoyed at the end of the war; they failed to wreck constitutional reforītis and their attempts to exploit labour unrest were growing less successful as pace of economic recovery increased. Their Yellow travellers' among the Malays were only

FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT!

Passengers from 3 continents are flying by B.O.A,C. to the Annual Flying Display at Famborough (U.K.) from September 7th to 12th

thousands of invitations B.O.A.C. aircraft

have gone out. from all points are taking guests to this grand flying spectacio.

HONG KONG – U.K. ...,

Twice wookly

Departures on Thursdays and Sundays,

By B. O. A. C. FLYING BOAT -

J

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.LTD.

AIRWAYS DEPT.

6-8 CHATER RD.-

FRANS-ASIATIC AIRLINES, INC.

NEXT FLIGHT.

Since these gusts seem to lurk at the heights which the fast new gasturbine machine are proposing to use; and since their violent the speed at which they are hit. effect is multiplied by the cube of then obviously all civilian opera tors have a major problem on their hands.

This phenomenon of clear afr noticed during

⚫ the

Was

searned

nor

it, but not the mic revival is precarious,

the threshing

centre on

General

critics of the generòl but there critics relected the sense of des- peration which seems to have come to many Frenchmen Things seem about to get started then political faction break up the government.

well as

to

have lost four years. But come

communication requesting Rus- now who have we got?"

sian action to prolect the Assem He was recalling how De bly from Communist demonstra the liberation then. left when he tons. The reply, Dr. Suhr sold. Gaulle came into power after

was expected to arrive by night.

failed to get the kind of a cons- titution he wanted.

A town official said a lot of people were tired of political Meeting Arranged wrangling, "We cannot "10 on

Markets

mid-

Séveral lotters have been ex-

Another 80 were said to be Montgomery, model irrigation much longer this way" he said. missing, added the Committee, settlement in the south-west of Throughout Brittany the crops changed between Dr. Suhr and which has been collecting the Punjab,

seemed good. named afterloaded with fruit and vegetables. when demonstrators invaded the were General Kotikov since Friday, evidence on the disturbances. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery's Farmers know that prices City Hall in the Soviet sector for The Arst reports said that five randfather, Robert Montgomery. Į going up and they hold their pro- the second time within; 24 hours,

who administered the. Punjab induce as long as they can. killed and

ม

BERLIN AIRLIFT

The Anglo-American

Berlin, August 20.

on. Tri-

Interested in the dream of World War II when height had

Fusta waK first Malayan imperialism under as great an advantage as speed. refugees had been the leadership of the Indo-Aircrew who had been dying seven injured. It was stated at the last century-Reuter.

at

No government has been and broke up a meeting of the nestan Republic; the Indians fast at levels in the neigbourhood the time that the police fired on

strong enough to come to grips Assey that had just begun. would not accept Marxist of 30,000 feet began to report 50,000 refugees demonstrating

with this. The government... féll gust-trouble.

Dr. Suhr requeried that Gener- leadership. Unless the Com-

against the arrest of one of their

Saturday because it wanted we, controller Mr. Rowe,

10 at Kotikov ban demonstrations, in of re- lenders, after making a baton munists could

raise the fixed price of the search coerce

farm the area of and development

products at charge and using tear gas. They

the City Hall and so more of it“ would bulk of the community Into British European Airways,

re fired

take other steps to ensure the move to the cities. The Socialists safety, of Deputies, General Ko- "to restore order.” Later, alised that their accepting

air it would gusts would 20 platoons of the West Punjab armada made. 674 nights carry wages of city workers were rais day, asking for elucidation, and opinions,

not co-operate unless tkov replied midnight they would have no one be menace the De Havilland jet air-Constabulary and tanks suring an estimated 4,100 tons hind them.

ofod enough to match the price in- liner, possibly the big Brabazon rounded the camp.

and the 140-ton Saunders Roe

foodstuffs into Berlin in a 24-creases. The government propos- Dr. Suhr wrote a second letter It is for this reason that flying boat which were the back-leged that firing

The report published today al-hour period ending at noon Sun- ed wage increases but not enough yesterday clarifying his requests. the terrorist movement has bone of Britain's post-war civil was unwarranted and could cer- blockade of Berlin.

by the police day, the 67th day of the Soviet to suit the Socialists.

Suhr sald this afternoon The rich land of Brittany that he proposed calling a meet- from the first been directed air plans. He felt that seten tainly have been avoided.

American

can planes made 391 seemed to be struggling almost ing of the City Elders tomorrow, fifle investigation against their fellow Chinese and the Ministry of made

should be

"The Government gave a dis- sorties with 2,982 tons of sup- physically to bring Franco out and would call a meeting the as well as against Europeansed Accordingly. Supply agree torted version of the whole piles, the United States Air of hor-troubles. A Brittany for City Maserably in the cg of int and Malayas. In essence, the fastest and highest flying aircraft The refugees, who were fired sent 280 planes info Berlin with er yielded 35 quintals per met his demands.

cident," st added,

Force announced. **The RAF. mer sald that wheat land this for Tuesday if General Kotikov outbreak is a movement of availables were, allocated to the upon, were unarmed. No ob- an estimated 1,215 tons of sup-year.

hectare agalst 22 quintols last desperation.

Job-Mosquitos previously used on jectionable slogans The Malayan long distance photographic recon- by the refugees and they were an official figure on tonnage car- Farmers were happy when talk meeting in one of the Western were raised plles. The British did not release fruit Market gardens are lush. Dr. Suhr sald, he would call the Troes hang heavily with If his demands were not met, Government, strong in the naissance. These Mosquitus quite peaceful."

ried.-Associated Press. support of the Malays them-

selves and of the majority

the

of Chinese, has invited the We Could Make The Desert Bloom

Australian Government. to arrange for a delegation of Australian Trade Unionists |to visit Malaya and see for themselves what the terror. ist movement really is.

The State Department in Washington has approved

the shipment of supplies to

AND HERE IS A JEWISH-EYE-VIEW

The Israel I found in the sum-

Malaya on the specific mer of 1948 was much changed HONG KONG TO MANILA ..... 31st August, TUESDAY |ground that the rebels are from the country I knew during

TRANS-ASIATIC AIRLINES (SIAM) LTD.

NEXT

FLIGHT

HONG KONG TO BANGKOK........... 31st August, TUESDAY

FAR EAST AVIATION CO., LTD-

Thy Fiber, National City Bank of N.X. Bldg. Tal, ST250,

(Katranos en Duddall Street), Kowloon Tals -KTIRA

Air France-

-(FRENCH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS) "

SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES

From HONG KONG TO SAIGON

·overy, SUNDAY:

TUNG RONG TO FAIPHONG R. HANOI

every MONDAY

Frem HONG KONG TO PARIS

FRIDAY, SEPT. 3rd AND-SEPTITU

s Apply

CIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

TEL 19451

marauding bandits uncon- the war years. nected with any nationalist movement. Nevertheless, the insurrection remains danger ous and its suppression will demand the utmost energy.

RANGOON PRECAUTIONS

Rangoon, August_20. Rangoon citizens today elected

surrectionz.

Jewish officials greeted us at Halfs Airport, Jewish passport the newly. constructed small officers checked our documents, and Jewish Customs officers searched, our baggage

the road from

Halfa

to Tel- Aviv we passed long streams of trucks and Jeeps laden with

By Maurice A. Jaffe,

Former Senior Jewish Chaplain To The 14th Army

battle

met another friend. He had been one of the leaders in the Bergen Belsen concentration Jiberation: There he had worked camp after like a Trojan to help keep up the morale of the liberated Jews, who had expected so much after the defeat of the Nazis and

had received so- pitiably little.

What they wanted more than anything else then, was freedom -freedom from fear and persecu- tion; freedom to begin their life

Here in

Own

ing about crops but when the Sectors, subject of the govemment crisis came up they turned grim.-As- sociated Press.

Berlin's Soviet-licensed.news- papers charged today that, the City Elders were entirely Agieri can-controlled and that their meetings, were presided over by London, August 29. "an American, Captain Blel.” The cruiser London, flagship of The Neues Deutschland, official the Pacific Fleet, has been re- Socialist Unity Party newspaper, called to Hong Kong from a two- launched a long attack on the months' cruise in Japanese waters City' authorities and the City AJ- and will sail shortly for Blaga-sembly in particular, describing pore, the Admiralty announced the latter as "the so-called City today-Reuter.

Assembly.Reuter.

The first post war shipment of

DEINHARD'S

Israel. I found this FAMOUS HOCKS & MOSELLES

and contented, a

young, sturdy soldiers. I might in Tel-Aviv and Half the anew and to live it their well have been back in 1943, but cafes, cinemas, and theatres way, the these were not British troops were full and the crowds throng- they were Jewish.

ed along the busy shopping centre man happy They were without uniforms, of Allenby-street and the pic-worker living a Bardy life, but a "peace preservation" commit-but tee to safeguard life and pro- but with a brave and dedicated turesque boulevard of Shederoth living it in an perty within” the city in vlaw at heart that knows no danger and Rothschild via tant

atmosphere of freedom. the widely scattered. Burmese will defend to the last what has To a great

become dearer to them than any

He invited me to his house ant politically is over the Negev, introduced me to his wife and The Committee Includes lead-thing else in the world-the State When In Biblical times Moses two young children. His only re- ing members of the city's com- of Leraci

sent the spies to Palestine they maining rou was away in the munities, including “the British

went to the Negev and brought Army of Israel colony..

Though "Ightlng had ceased back the large bunch of grapez Jewish defence, Jewish life, and fighting for The

during the truce, every precau- The Negev, was

then wholehearted co-operation

perhaps Jewish landa support of the Government's ruce should be broken,

of campaign against. Insurgents; a Associated Press.

and

meeting;bledged, zioni::was being taken lest the the most fertile part of Palestino.g

Every available young man and thousands of years, the resert in tho

through the neglect

SPANISH TALK

wo flew away from Halfa early morning the sun many of the young girls were in ha marched over the vineyards, was just beginning to rise, light- the Army, Walle all hoped and and the Negev has decayed like ing Mount Carmel with a golden. longed for peace there was a most of the offer regions of the gleam. Everything was so peace- Keeling of cyniciam feeling, not

together

unjustbed, that Count But the Jaws who rolled back

country

beautiful Was it neces- Madrid, August 29. Bernadotte was, after all, enfore the deart, and cleared the this small,

|sury," 1 Naked myself." "to, afflict

ll, lovely Spaniards for the drst time of can trustscally plast

The Spanish ́ prez: today”: told {ing a modifed form of the Amorim swamps in the Ewiek Israci, know, strife, bloodshed, and it with last Wednesday's meeting at SanIt is sadly that I misst report they can do the same in the Teft Israel still

struggling not for her

independence Franco

Juan, the Pre Yet a clown annirals of this fool- and Doti

MES, Palded that but for: recognitow tender to

to the Spanish Taurono.

khay: believe, that," by: ing showed

Indepentance

by the mo that it was less to the Negev the sarpe placering, other states of the world. No paper made

any, editorial ons of hatred, then of disappoint split and enthusiasm which made comment. The official communbe

Iment

turned into bittern

1. well on my way! to que for the foreign reds after apart from there parts of Palestine live whose independence had already the mooling had bean anaiated cominuous, halm an

how / desolate and boen won, siid recognland. :. Thero stated the PALE PAL

Nogev:

Bebastian, between a Gimneral that, I found enmity, to Britala N MAY BE INDES pplying of "That

the talk was the education of the roado existence elec Prince-of- Asturian"? :: (Does Jung's] to...gu on quite eldest son) in Madridin Hot

Indin

the lat mundedvayntrogas

conle, the thost fertile and, fruite far less favourably a than, India. Khowing Tarael, I knew also that

sun-Fre: Harnel was reborn

INCLUDES Niersteiner Riesling Rudesheimer Superior Liebfraumilch 1943 Zeltinger Riesling Berncastler Estate

Hock

Sparkling Moselle

CALDBECKS

PHONE BOOT