1948-11-11 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, :NOVEMBER 11, 1948, :

EXODUS FROM DOOMED Priest Victim

PEIPING UNDER WAY

Communists In Malaya Cornered

Peiping, November '10..

This fabled spiritual capital of China is already be- ginning to wear the garments of doom although there are no powerful Communist forces with- in 200 miles.

The greatest flurry has been caused by an order of retired United States Major General Claire Chennault to close the Peiping office of his Chinese Air Transport Corporation.

This airline for more than a year has been the most tangible symbol here of Nationalist resistance North of the Yollow River.

Singapore; November 10. British air and ground forces hammered with mounting In- tensity today at an estingated

Monday. Sure then 3,000 to 1,000 hard-pressed Communist Insurgents remain-the company's offices have been ing in the thlek Malayan besieged by jittery

jungle.

^ Inege-scale peared Selangor State.

be

capria ukion

Of Revenge

Athana, November 11,

A mine exploded in a home

In suburban Athens, Rilling a priasi and two children.

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The police suspect that Communlits placed the mine

an act of reprisal against the priest, who gave evidenca bome time ago against severel accused Communista on tell for life.

Preliminary Investigation showed that the mine was of American 'make. The house Te situated near Hasani al- port in the suburban town of Elleninko.-Assoclated Prose.

Withdrawal of personnel ho- There are strong impress India Raises

an on

Chinese

that if Peiping falls to the Retis, the change-over will be effectedl without much bloodshed.

No Red drive against Peiping eelding passages.

or Tientsin has yet begun. Yesterday's principle tople of

The Reds might prefer to con- olher ap- | 20tviraution was "ate you paingcentrate their attention on

by atashug***

ol-jectives.

14 under way

Most foreigner ut the belonging

It the black sterket watch else- fartshes by transport in where, Chinese are offering up to 2,000 Oobi Yuan for passate for She ghni. Indivithels toil grotips

Plastering plumm

in the machine-gun to get at, sk

The RAF amuntnerd that pit

crushed fire and Beaufighters. with bombs and ruskel for 35 minutes an insurgent-infested ace in Selangor Latry fehter

hoonherstel With 42 fire.

The sur

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Communist Casualties from the RAF attack known unti ground forces reach the arca.

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approximately 280

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47 indicated their inten tion to leave as quickly no pori or 900 Americans, more sible.

leave than 120 decided to teen jrsible.

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Hulutao Gone? The Champe Telescommunion- | Even thene Bureau retired fro 14 veel

Pulley and army in a joint | ninitque atinenter that 10 3 surgents

were

let and

Strategically it would be

them advantage to

greater

to try and seal General Fu Teo

yi's corridor to the West.

BRITAIN LOOKING TO HER CIVIL DEFENCES

London, Növombur. 9.

The threat of the atomic bomb will be fully re- cognised in Britain's revixed civil defence ar- rangements dealt with in the new Civil Döfence Bill published tonight.

The main points in the new plan are:

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There will be no compulsion | The arrangements will

service for civil defence

in cognise the possible use war- pence time though volunteers, time of atomte weapons: Never- will ulso provide once they have enrolled, may telers, they

protection against conventional be subject to a penalty not ex- eeeding £5 if they fail to pro-methods of warfare.

Quarters close to the Govern ceed with their training.

nent emphasise that the intro The civil defence services will duction of the Bill it this stuge not be put under the etatrol of

has 00 relation to the present the Army.

Tension in International affairs, ku h

an emergency, the nucleus

The bill hns been envisaged of the new plans will be series since 1945 of training colleges four at first measures of civil defence were New Delhi, November 9. -which Will train instructs suspended.--Reuter, The Government of Thula, as who, in turn, will provide the part of its anti-Inflation polley, busty for ritionwide instruction. today

announced Increased The new Act will not involve

for the first time-the construe duties on luxury imports.

Beer. brandy, witisky, tobacco, tion of new deep or other shelters cigars and elgarettes will have to fhough the demolition of meet a rise of about 25 per cent wartime shelters has been stop-

Import Duties

and sliver Sources close to General Fuon vale, this duty increase dipped. |

he is annoyed by reports lying also to gohl sald that he is giving up North China plated ware, toys and genes 10-

quishies. without a fight.

Although

The overall surcharge levied on certain luxury items, such as allk and art silk fabrics, will be n- cretsed from ane-Arth halt.

to one-

Import duty on motor-curs will nlso be higher.

Most People Staying They tacitly admitted though that General Fo might move his awn troops to Inner Mongolia. secure his rear and leave Hopei

The Government has deckled to

export duty to Central Governinent divisions reduce

on collon and toral militia.

textiles from 25 per cent fa 10 【‛「i「1at•u£、 are per cent on value. The export wonder in Tuesday's ground¦ mersman for the Micelarian poet'

offering exorbitant black market duty on castor oil and castor seed operations. Ta bliggest haul was of Hulubio, sayang it hund no con-

prices for passage out, the vast will be abolished.-Rétzfër: aneke in Selangor where a mangle tact.

Such sepeals in the just asoal.bulk of the populace are prepar- patrol caught 20 Chupete vou-}

Many are go- ed to stay behind. midtists unawares and killed Kis. ly

dited 1.

ing about their business without British losses for the day were quertion were lost.

too much thought on the subject. star; poberám kulteri

Thrie, lansever, was withhat to

Charl mobi

this Applied tn

Index

the One curious

of Itujutto.

confused situation in the num. hert ber of Chirique coming from Nanking and Shanghal, thinking Pelping is going to be cheaper,

woanded at once crydum-killed by terrorib.

In In

Airlift Affected By Bad Weather

Berlin, November 9.

Bad weather during the first week of November cut the Anglo-American airlift into Berlin by op- proximately 4,500 tons of food and cool.'

In the week ending Novem; † ber only 18,900 tons of dvori,

and coal supplies were flown

in, compared with 23,370 tona

the previous week.

*The overall number of aircraft

figures are Freight tonnage never affected so much by bad weather as are plane gurco, according to one senior official.

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"When selsociales have to be

safer and

place in which to lve,

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better

sume

Preparations WIN Include

plans to maintain conential servicno-alectricity, on water, hospitals and fire services-but the fire service, which came under national control in the last war, is not expected again to be nationalised in peace time. Atomic Weapons The civil defence services will an Organisation distinct huve from the Army, although lu

of the emergency cerinin units

within the Array may operate civil defence system,

Albania Murdered British Seamen

The Hague, November 10.

Tourist traffic to Peiping, how Britain said today that Albania commited acts which

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would be considered murder under ordinary law in mining two British destroyers and killing 44 seamen two years ago.

*ri[l. has virtually Over, handful from Nanking, possibly the last roup of sightseers for some thee, today saw the Forbid- ་་- den ny, the Temple of Heaven and other historie sputs. They

The Attorney General opened saw them to good advantage, 100, becaure Pelping was mantled in Britain's fight before the In- this year's first fall of snow and ternational Court of Justice everything looked! particularly for an apology and £875,000 tranquif-Associated Press,

damages from Albania.

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Swedish Prince

In London

London. November 9.

on

claim stems from the in- The eklent in the Corfu Straits October 22, 1946, when two Bri- fish destroyers hit mines in Al- banian waters.

A Soviet veto in the UN SC-

the

Shawcross, soid

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Proposals For Malay Autonomy

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1. Malays to have a voice in the incident, when British ships found 22 newly-fold miries in the federal administration which

exclusively Briti channel, which was 'up- now posedly to have been cleared, Malays would be appolated and two other ships were aneti-heads of Federal Departments and Malay named as Derty High ed by Albania,

Commissioner.

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Purity Counci last year halted prrivals at Gatow nevi Tempelhof |rut, tue, Best aircraft fo de werke Crown Prince Gustav Adcip Counell acceptance of a resolution

London, November 10. Loses last week averaged 412 feet are all twin-enginesf alope,”

in Landon with

Proposals that Malays have of Sweden is cuity as against 522 fm die seven | ne guid.

Crown Princess Louise on his un-placing the responsibility on Al-

an increased part in the Gov- days ending Novetuber 1.

The Attorney General, Sir ernment, economy and défence British and American off-

The God stockpile is suficient ual private visit, a Swedish Embantu.

the of Mafaya have been submitted Harley cials we unperturbed at what to supply the Western sectors of assy spokesman told Reuters to

British would prove that the to the Colonial Secretary tutions in vilst supplies for the gents a two-ding drop from the The Crown Princess is staying mission, Sir Hurtley started pre- Johore Premier, Dato Onn. they regard as temporary due the city for 38 days. This repre- day, fie will stay until November

destroyers were on a peaceful Arthur Creech Tahes by the eily.

Arst of the month, but the differ-

Onn sald today that his pro- "Seasonal reductions have been ence is attribute to the inereasa Kensington Palace with her

gramme

Malny budgeted for," rail

for inefensed an ufficiali ratione, which went into effect mother the Marchioness of Mit-sentation of a 72-page brief to- -British Military Government en November 1 well as to belford Haver; the Crown Prince has day

Britain_accused Albania of a autonomy provided for: spokesman, "and we shall proby weather Besart a stocks area suite at nearby Hyde Park:

"deliberately hostile" act after Hotel. ably And the overall figuress frusumetent for 47 days. November will be slightly higher

The spokesman added that the Princess are than the target we not ourselves. On foggy

priority has Crown Prince and days This was the ease in October, been given to food cargoes at the leading a quiet life, as strictly

private turmger ex- expense of coal. The coal stock-

possible in these days." arrival

two per pile is ruflictend for 50 days, enm- He knew of no offelal functions target by

pared with 21 days at the start to which the loyal pair would be:

Sir Hartley commented Ironl- The worst days of the airlift of the sticlift. However, bad tv- going but said in they would were November 1 and 2, when ing weather preverited further almost certainly visit King George eally: "Had it not been for the 47 out of 48 mitcraft landing at stockpiling for home heating and Queen Elizabeth at Bucking Royal Navy, no doubt the good

ham Palace.-Reuter

people of Albanin would still 'be given, with servile döéllity, the of as satellites ABBEY MEMORIAL Fascist salute

Mussolini, -United Press and TO ROOSEVELT Associated Press.

London, Nuvember p The Government Ins erected a memorial plaque the late President Roosevelt in West- minister Abbey, to be unveiled by Mr. Clement Attlee, the Prime

when the ceeded the

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3. A grant by Britain of ST$10,000,000 sprend over period of five or 10 years for agri- cultural loans and to further eco- namic development.

Onn said his proposals had been received "sympathetically" by the Colonial Ŏfee which promised they would receive consideration.

a one-dullar per hour minimum Duto Onn said he expects to re-

sinister and Mr. Winston Chur-Press for posing nude.

the leader of the Patlla-" mentary opposition, on Novem- bèr 12.

The inscription, written by Mr. Attlee and Mr. Churchill, rentts: To the honoured memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882- ivas. "A Falthful felend of free- dom and of Britain, four times President of the United Stiles. rested by Kingdomment "of

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Scots Send Money To Strikers

London, November 9. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, has given permission for the Communist-controlled Scottish branch of the National Union of Mineworkers to end £1,000 to the striking French miners. When the Scottish miners de- cided last month to follow up a resolution of support for the French miners' strike with n Bnancial gift, the question was raised whether they would

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