1948-09-22 — Page 9

FIVE YEARS' GAOL: QUESTION IN HOUSE

Britain Firm On Reparations

London, September 20. The United States

has asked for scaling down of rroarations from Western Britain 1 Germany but standa by the original pro- Christopher gramme,

Mr.

Mayhew, Under-Secretary of State for Forclun Affair told Parliament today.

Gov.

"The United States crnment has made a view clear to us on this subject," he said. "Discussions are in progress but there has been no change in oke BOURY “ .. A Foreign Office, spokes- man said Francs agrena with Britain on the issue.Aleuter.

General Strike Call In France

Paris, September 20.

All three large French trade

BOYVÍCU

London, September 21.

L. D. Gammans, Conservative M.P., Homoy, asked the Foreign Secretary in the House of Com- mans on Monday if he had any statemant to make about the handing over of a British sub- ject, Captain David Vivian, R.E.M., to be tried by the Burmese government, which has result. ed in a sentence of five years imprisonment for alleged gun smuggling.

A similar question was asked by E. P. Smith, Cong servative, Ashford, who referred to "the sen- tence of five years rigorous imprisonment pass- ed upon Capt. Vivian in Rangoon for smug- gling.

Christopher Mayhew, unut”“” Secretary to the Foreign Office,

replied; "Capt. Vivian Is

"

British officer of the old-Indian Army who was seconded for service with the Rangoon police shortly before the assassination

the of inembers of

Burmese

Cabinet on July 19, 1947.

"According to his own admis-

sion, he arranged an Illegal issue

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1840,

To Revise Sentences

Berlin, September 20. The chief prosecutor of the Boviet Military Administra- tion in Berlin. tonight called for a revision of the sentences of 25 years in labour camp passed last week on five Ger mane-after null-Communist disturbances in the city.

The reason for a revision, he wrote to the Chief Boviet military tribunal, was "the fact that their crimes were committed on the direct in- stigation of leading members of the Berlin City Adminis tration." Major • General Com. Gaviot tno Kotikov, mendant of Berlin, gave the same reason when he wrote to the chiot prosecutor sug- gesting a reylaton of the son- lances Router.

Tug Rushes To Assist Stricken British Ship

Miami, September 21,

of 200 Bren guns and a quantity A Miami tug on Monday ploughing its way through mountainous seas reached the stricken British 900 ton freighter Lochmonar.

of ammunition

from an

Arany Ornance Depot to U Saw, who convicted and afterwards was exceuted for the assassination,

Civil Matter

The

US Coast Guard reported that the lives of those on board were in no immediate danger though the tug reported that high seas kept it from The offener of which Capt. unions today called for a two-, Vivian was accused was

beginning the rescue operation, a civil

"We turned The Captain of the freighter

the ship around hour general strike on Friday matter of great political import-

on aground

Little to protest against the Governance and no question arose of his

Cayman and tried to run off. She behaved well for a while until He sub-isiond in the Caribbean radioed very ment's announced cuts in the trial by military court. elvil service and the high costsequently confessed and was conthe Associated Press the vessel suddenly she took a roll to port,"

Captain Lawson said. victed and sentenced by n Burm- of living.

ese court to five years rigorous was standing up to severe wen- surprisingly ther conditions Transport n

imprisonment," workers are being asked to re-

Mr. Smith asked, "Are you well. The stricken vessel has of six mab at their jobs to ensure that

aware that a sentence of rigorous 73 persons on board, normal running of indispensable imprisonment in a ellmale like them British passengers, services.

Burta is virtually a death sen-

Captain Trewecks sal in bis message that the Lochmonor was fon an even keel and fall possen. gers and crew were well, and carrying on normal ship's life.

Nineteen survivors from the wrecked British freighter Leives ter arrived at Montreal in the Argentine freighter Tropero and

$

"

on a

The CGT Union of Gasworketstence to a European?" began a 24-hou strike at noon Since he was not convictest

Pors todny.

the

capital charge." Mr. Smith nationalised company, the lee-added, “will you do everything trivite de France, walked out for

you can to mitigate this sentence a two-hour strikes,

of imprisonment?"

The Foren Ouvriers called Ton agus strike in the Paris suburbs between 8.00 1. Brick HOOTS morrow. Heuter,

MAY RETURN

RICE TO ASIA

Landon, September 20.

T

Britain may have to ship back.

to Asia the 52,600 pounds of rice

Mr. Mayhew replied "No sir. am not convinced that the sen tence was out of proportion to | the crime of the diccused,”--As-

sociated Press,

URUGUAYAN FREE MARKET

Montersden, September 20.

received from Burma and Intend- The Uruguayan National Bank ed to give Britons their Astony arinounced 42:37 official ration of rice since before the tree market" exchange rates war, the Food Minister, Mr. John representing the second deprecin- Suacbry, told Partimment tonight. tion this monilla,

I would be returned to com=" United States dollar today was; pensate netchbouring Countries qanted at 2.31 pesos na compar For the restuctions of view exports i with 2.21 as fixed n Septem- from strife-form Maria Mr. 8 and 1.89, prior to that. The Strachey rout,

Corresponding, sterling rates were The Food, Mingby is trying to 9.306 against 8.903 and 7,655. Har tier from other

Simultaneously, the Bank es- sotirees to distribute at home, but has taken tablished new restrictions, drasti

the availability [

back its promise to provide one enig curt

curtailing potte apiere, Mr. Strachey add-Inf exchange, with the result that new rates today were virtually nominal.

ed. ---- Ruuter

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MASS ARRESTS IN PALERMO

Palermo, September 20. Large forces of police, directed

by the Prefect of Palermo, ar- in a

1.00 p.m.-Accent on Rhythm (CTS), rested 484 persons today

1.45 p.m.--News. Weather Report

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125 p.m/Orchestral Interlude.

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2.00 pmClose Down,

6.00 p.m.Programme Summary.

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7.00 p.m.-" in the Alr“. · Variety | .

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known

tirock Planist

sudden round-up in the Partinico

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The sweep

of

"Then colossal ECA Came right over the top of her and

a tat with the remained about 40 degrees. We tried to straighten her and last two port ||feboats.

"Despite the fact that the wea- ther started to improve after she listed, the list continued to in- ercase from midnight to the time we left her."

Five Huk Commanders In

Luzon Reported Slain

Manila, September 21.

Constabulary reports indicated today that a total of five high-ranking Hukbalahap, commandors had been slain on various "fronts" in Central Luzon since the beginning of the all-out offen- sivo on dissidents carlier this month, a major attack of which is the current siege of the ox- tensive, water-logged Conaba Swamps.

Sinin uk commanders includ- led Colonel Salvador Nolasco,

overall commander

in of Huks Southern Luzon, who was killed in an encounter at Cavite, Laguna Province, on Sunday,

Constabulary unlts, bolstered hy regular. Philippine Army troops, were reported to be polsed

Anal attack on the swampy stronghold in Pampanga... WHAT'S FRIISTANaométro iduósoblay is belleved to be trapped with a strong for

force,

unit

Shanghai's Population

Shanghai, September 20.

pram pomoprofatinic racirelešejo Shanghini's population was to- day officially announced by the city authorities as 5,042,247.

the Central Govern-

the

Two Huk squadrons of undeter mined strength reportedly were mown down by Constabulary fire

The Police Commissioner, Mr. when they tried to break through

Schobern Yu, anid A recent the encirclement of the swamps rechecking of local inhabitants Sporadie clashes were continuing was underteken at the express elsewhere in Ceritral Luzon, with the Constabulary

sing artillery orders of wherever sizable concentrations ment for the purpose of ensur

ing better maltenance of public of dissidents were sighted.

security in the city during President of the PKM The

Communist sup- period of the In Terue's home town of San

pression campaigu. Luls,

identified Pampanga, Ramon Tolentino, 38, was arrest

Of the total, only 38,200 are ed in Manila

while selling foreigners compared with $2,000 bananas. He WHE found arined

which included in 1037,

20,000 with a 45 calibre pistol.

Japanese. European refugees The PKM in labour group and and Russians constitute the largo sister organization of the Huk-foreign communities at present. balahap.

The authorities are looking into Shanghai's density of populn- the possibility that Tolentino was tion was officially given as 8.270 operating In Mantio with other persons to a square kilometre.-

Reuter. Huks and PKM.—United Press.

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{ship had tried to run before the some distance to reach the Tro- hurricane which wrecked her last pern and most of the men were week.

in the water for more than hour, Capt. Lawson said. have According

Reached Bermuda Twenty other survivors

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to the survivors,

reached Bermuda, says a report sharks probably got at least three from Hamilton, Bermuda,

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