1948-10-28 — Page 11

French Violence :

THE CHINA

MAIL

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948.

Shanghai PP's

TROOPS HURL TANKS Going Home

AGAINST

STRIKERS

Paris, October 26.

RED ARMY Troops and police hurled tanks and artillery against

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MOVES IN

striking minors' barricades at the Rochebelle cool pất, outside Ales, Southern France. There was a battle of guns and grenades in which

one worker was killed.

GERMANY According to the Ministry of the Interior, several por

Berlin, October 26.

The American official Ger- man-language newspaper, Die Neue Zeitung, declared today that large forces of Soviet and troops. armoured curs heavy artillery are moving up to the zonal frontier.

The newspaper quoted what it deserheid a United Sintes Army amusincement, based on observations, by plots engaged on the Berlin no-lift,

sons on both sides were wounded while 400 people, including many foreigners, had been arrested.

Shanghai, October 27. Fifty-two European To Jugeds and displaced persons Are loving Bhanghai today on the French "ither, Andro Leben for their (pre-war homis in Europe and Bouth Amurica.

More than half of the group ura tooked for Austria, two for Poland, two for Germany and ens far Italy,

Eighteen others are re-set- ng in Argentina and two in Cominica. Reuter.

lists covering the Ales incidents were kept RGSTIC distance away from the fighting but were able to neither Dockers it Marseilles, 80 miles Interior would

confirm | see the tanks' crashing tirðugh to the South-the second greatest nor deny the report that i de- the barrier. Qut tin- monstrator had died. elly of Françe-came mediately they, heard of the clash at ansembled in a nearby open Space, where they stopped trolley bus services,

Traunway and bus drivers alsu Erttuck and metal workers dawned It said: "Sert 150 mill-aircraft orla in theories, near the part, guns have been placed along though the elty was said to be

calm.

Ministry

Dackers' Strike?

It WEB reported that while.

The Secretary General of the the coalfield battle raped, work- era in Ales tried to poize the uers' Federation for the Gard bondarmen barracks, the costeiriment sald tonight that 270

sirliters had been arrested. office and the sub-prefecture. M. Henri Queuille, the French All factorian and shops were shit. The Ministry of the Interior Premier, today received M. Lerin Ouvriere Traite said order was restored, there by Jouhaux, leader of the non-Com-

Hoots and added that many ar-

Aliens Arrestad

Allied conors and trails UJ] Thr

of the Interior (rested strikers carried arms, armotuvd cars and lorries hyeol the interior said tonight that bren men, which end suchdenly in

hod cleared all fur the troop foresty and Selás

the top Bl the power station

Rochebelle!

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"It is assumed that vieta are going to repair under.

The newspaper, Le Monde, said graund

at Installations

The ink Bring a 25-millimetre gun former German Wehrmacht,

breach tu Corrind

te barricade "The armaments being nuved

and then 400ralsed by the strikers In ure indeed heavy tank and several batteries plunged through under shower Tot bricks and fron bolts Dung by

the miners.

Grenade Thrown

of long-range guna Heder.

Commission On Leopold

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Britain

Gets ERP Loan From USA

Washington, October 26.

|Britain received today a $310,000,000 Marshall

Plan loan from the United States.

The loan agreement carried a 22 per cent rate of

interest,

Semi-annual interest pay- ments will start in 1962 and re- the semi-anual principal payments will begin in 1950.

The fast instalment of the loan will be paid back, barring other arrangements, in 1083,

giving Bri- lain à total of 135 усата to make good on

the obligation operation

The Económic Administration said that "the United Kingdom will use the loan primarily to finance the purchuse of. Industrial machinérý and

industrial cquipment and materials.

"The sum of presents the

raw

Agreement On German

It

Industry

1

London, October 20.

from was Jearned usually reliable source that the $310,000,000 re-Cabinet today approved a new amourit of E.CA. Anglo-American agreement on John funds which is to be mate dismantling in the British Zone [available to Britain in the Arst af Germany.

nihe months of the programme".

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Publication of the agreement is expected tomorrow, Fores

The source site munjst

that the An "gcape clause" was weit terms were worked out at nane. Union Federation and inter

ten into the agreement permit dry delegation of the French F

conference between Mr. ting posible postponement of Ernest Bevin and led by piryars Fueleration

the Marshall either principal or interest re- Phim Administrator, *. Pierre Ricard. No information was The Ministry stated that

payment

at any time, de Hoffman, ut the Foreign Ales demonstrators were quickly officially available about the talks,

from time to time, the parties here last week. which bed but well informed political ob dispersed by troops been kept in reserve.

hareto determine that it would Diplomatie quarters In London nervers thought it possible that M.

in the common interest 'be- Thetleved This fternoon, recurity guards įQueuille was drowing up a plan

that, under the new cause of adverse economic con agreement, no further diamante. audi 'gendaries wece patrolling [for a three-cornered

ogreciment the Gard Valley mining region--between Government,

ditions or for any other renson' the

Jing will be undertaken until the the

to do so. storm centre of the trade unions and the ffic present

employers

plants in question have been re-, Loan agreements with Franco, vlewett in the ght of their pos titrl country-wide" cost for a national Fettlement on wiges

Italy.

Holland and Denmark are sible contribution to the European sirtices.

and prieas.

due to be signed shortly and will Recovery Programme. The Ministry of the Interior

M. Christian Pineau, Minister closely fullht the British pattern. Plantlig would continue in A Ministry Spokesman sald two spokesman also said that these of Public Works and Transporta--

The other countries with which plants where it had begun, soldiers were sevinairly Injured, turn movement was galalan Hion, today described the condi-

and Mr. Hoffman is leaving by air rine bay bullets and one by a SmaTi strength in the Lorraine coidilek, tions in which he alleged that the loans are being negotiated

the tentative amounts

ro: Bel-

sel for Washington tomorrow. Faniese

Elsewhere, the situation was un- French railway workers would he

gium and

and Luxembourg $50,000.- Reuter The correspondent of

franget,

asked tu "Jaunch strike,

000; Denmark $25,000,000; France fAonde sald the overwhelming Safely men begon work ortay The

General Communist-led

$170,000,000:

$10,000,00 superiority of the troops forced in the pits in the Dount-Valen-Confederation of Labour is con- Tuity $50,000.00

Hotland $80. the sirikers to aunndon their stones culfield of Norther dueting # #strike ballot. Drawing 000,000 plus another $14,000,000 strangholde. He described The France, which was eldared

parulie! with the situation in

for the Dutch East Indies; Norway troops formations as consisting Melting workers yesterday by the strike-bound coalfelds, M.

**** $35,000,000; Sweden $10,000,000; of "tanks, sappers, artillery, inge Bumbers of troops nad Plenu sulet in radio speech and Turkey $30,000,000,--Reilter.

security police.

("After having involved you in a alluation resumined i strike, the French section of the The Fretic press agency said changed in the Blanzy Busin and Cominform wunit sabotage. As

would, without doubt, i that four strikers and four pollen in the Upper Leire repon, where lask you to

were wounded. The five pits end of 15 were retaken in the wires, you would not have the right to ensure safety men- The yobs we taken by a showed authorities at Ales have im- by the Government,

For the past 40 hours, troops sures and you would bear the of lands, art only four deputies, posed a news black-out, prevent-

strikers have not shifted responsibility for alt megaly of the Social Chrising complete detalls being gather-An

their positions, (Catholic) Part, the King's in tiar

The Executive Committee of Monferrato,--Reuter: voted against supporters,

the Central French Dockers The 1, fables y M. Albert Deputy, will Devran, a Liberal

Trade Union Organisation Lo- now go before a special

night strongly recommended all menther unions to follow the the Chamber and come. slón of

example of the dockers in p for percent discussion sofag

Northern French ports who re- the next rasith...Renter.

fused to handle incoming coal

Fauek, October 26, The Belgian Chamber 131 Berm Jaatles dente kolay to consider

for etting up a Mixed Commision, of Enquiry into Me polies

of Kour Leopoled befort, chering and alton the Wat

The Contas, on wptilt also he reqüiresi lo ang wasthee or not 11 was denie for the Kit.

now in provarempi exife, to re-

turn to the Alstone,

Leeds Supplies The Russians

Ler, October 27.

fantry,

Aepublican guarde and Mobile Guards.".

for trop

Paris.

The shooting broke out when French troops, clearing strikers from the Rochebelle pit in the Department of Southern French

card, suught to force a number of burrientes which had been put by the strikers on the national up. highway, the French press agency reported here

quoting "here todly" Mofficiat sources."

The strikers, t wns alleged, throw

grenades at the occupying troops and exploded several mines nday the pit, One regular Army nicer was wounded? In the shopt-

A contract to supply £3,000,-ling and several workers were hit.

000 worth of electrical generators for Russia has been accepted by the Leeds engineering firm of 3. and H. Metaren, nu ometal of the firm subel.

One of them wasin a serious con-

dition, the agency added.

Attack On Barracks

The

The French press agency ce ported that at a pit near Valen. clerines. 12 members of a strike 'picket were foreigners whose identity papers were not In

order and they were arrested, The Parks Intransigeant cor-1 respondent reported that journa-

ALPINE CRASH

AIR PROTEST REJECTED

Berlin. October 27.

Representatives of

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SHANGHAI

wish to meet those who are interested in Turin, October 20., 'Two Italion

The Russians today rejected buying, their Cotton Piece Goods or selling *businessmen, Michele Vitre and Sercio Favosi, British-American protests that were killed in an air crash today. Soviet planes violated air safety | Some chemicals or dyestuffs to them

crashed in rules by harassing the Western' to innocent travellous accidents Their tourist plane

Revolt Crushed

Paraguay

Said

Asuncion, October 27,

A spokesman of the Ministry of The Paraguayan Government announced today that

An

the revolt in Asuncion, the capital has been crushed.

The company is trendy work- the Interior confrmed the French નમ શ ધ ing on a £1,000,000 generator for news agency's report and added Russin, 1 variet

and about 30 t many strikers carrying arms plants are being shipped to the had been arrested after the clash.

official announcement the military aendemy hnd not Soviet Union weekly.

The French news agency *re. The plants of the 50 kilowatt ported one death and four wound- said that Colonel Carlos Mon- spread to other parts of Para- typi

for use in ed among the striker's at Ales and anaro, leader-of-the-revolt, has buy_______ fre designed

surrendered. Agriculture and industry---Asso-four injured among

and police. The etatest Pres.

the troops Mistry of the

Reds Complaining Of Hardship

Berlin, October 26.

The Russians today complained, through their of- ficial news agency, that the Anglo-American counter-blockade was creating hardships both in the Soviet and Western occupation zones of Germany.

The revolt against the Gover- ment of President Natalielo, Gonzales started en Sunday when

a single plane dropped several bombs on the city.

The Ministry of the Interior 1old the Associated Press That order has been restored and all necessary measures taken to enable the capital to resume normal life.

This indicated that the extent of the revolt which broke out in

The

down revolt was put after 20 hours of bilter street fighting. Casualties were not direlaead.

A loyal cavalry regiment sta- tioned

at Suburban Camp Grinde supplied the politically harassed Genzales Government with the power, it needed to suppress the revolution.

Colonel Mentanaro is a brother of the Foreign Minister, Domingo Montanaro, who is attending the United Nations meeting in Paris.

Associated Press.

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS Ninth Extra Race Meeting Saturday, 6th November, 1948.

The Russians sald vital sitp- } The paper also said that East- German police were plies for Russian-occupied ter-ern Zone ritory were being confiscated or maintaining a rigid watch on all turned back by the German ads leading to Berlin and since October 10 had seized over 00 police on the zonal borders,

tons of coal, 20 tons of potatoes. The Soviet blockade of Berlin tons of vegetables and H appeared to have hackaged again large number at "löfis" ai metál last night when the entire Rus• and raiw materials allegedly ivit be run at 2.00 pm. slah sector was in dariless venenated for forun through black, cause of a breakdown in the market channels.

The First Ball will be gung at 1.30 pan. itd the first raco

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and kuests are reminded that they and their

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giant Kingeberit power plant. The British-Reensed nows alles MUST wear their

Allied officials adid Hey 'belloved dåber, wie Wcli, `quofing 'dn esiliouglibht the Meet Padres ·PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED

the trouble was,enuked by

ferior coal muerted fogh For The pluni formerly used cool.

The Soviet

tary

caped Gerinah Drisoner from "NO"ONE "WITHOUT A BADGE WILL TE ADMITTED TO

Russia, Bali 4000 to 5,000 Ger THE MIRAWERS ENCLOSURE, manshu been trained in a "Birxlat high school to take over key positions in the Soviet zone Gorman Alministration.

ment organ, Tacgilebe Rundschau,

Die Welt said the men were - reportedlyesteriny's Rusalón vato.

of the United Nations Security hand-picked to insure Commun Collicit plan to end the Berlin st control of Eastern Germany crisis under the headline: "Wall-i in the sent that the Ruslans orn intions prevent solution of whdrew their occupation troops Dorlin question."

United Press.

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Bato at the LACE COURSE.

Badges admitling to Méhibers Enchante will NOT be ob

and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. Both offices st The Treasurers' Compraktore Office will close at it 'a.m.

Jat Floor, Exchange Building.

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Olah House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE "ADMŰTTED TO THE CLUB'S FREMISĖS DURING THE, MEETING.

PUBLIO ENCLOSURE,

The price of admission to the Pudilo Enclosure, La, $3. including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gale.

-- Bookmakers, Tie Tie men, elo, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of 'The

The liớng, Kang "Jockey. Club:

during the Kaes Mesting.la

Roffealments will be

be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Pabllo Enclosure.

SERVANTS' FASSER, •

Kervanita" passer will be „fsuod to Frivate Box - Holders ONLY, who are, zotrested; to distribute them, with

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baizes on Shin pamong hot brimitira in this Mornbons Sta

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the Alpine foothills near Casale powers planes supplying bloc (especially Sodium Bichromate or Sodium

kaded Berlin.

ADN, The Soviet censed Ger- main news ngeney, sild the Rus- cargoes sympathy with strik-slùns deny there is ony. four Ing miners.

power agreement on, flying vulca Marselles dockers stopped work in occupied Germany. this afternoon after the refusal American offelals who receiv to handle Imported coal by ed the Russian reply declined dockers In Calnis, Boulogne and comment untli a translation La Rochelle yesterday.

completed today. The Russlans

is

Chlorate) at:

Room 47, Hotel Cecil·

from 10-12 nap, & 2-4 p.nu.

on October 27th & 28th. Telephone No. 31593

The National Dockers Union rejected a long series of charges They will be back to Shanghai on the 29th, urged dockers all over France to filed over a period of many

do ikewise-Reuter.

weeks.ARKOclated Press.

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