WEST GIVES WARNING
Arbitrary Action By Russia
Mission
"Forlorn Hope"
Washington, December 6,
A Republican Senator, Ar- thur Capper of Kansas, referred to the mission of Madame
Chiang Kai-shek as a hope.
forlorn
Won't Countenance
Berlin Moves
Paris, December 5.
Britain, the United States and France warned the world today that they cannot countenance the systomatic and arbitrary actions of the Soviet military administration in Berlin.
They added that continuation of illegal Soviet actions
will end all possibility of establishing a unified, legal city administration in the German capital.
He noted that she is not being The three Western nations said that Russia had suc-
received offcially by the Govern
ment. Her reception Is pretty much of an interation of what she
may expect, he ofurved
There is no question about the Chinese situation being desperate, Mr Capper sabi
The State Department rather dilatory in handling Clona votre by Congress, he routined, Shortly after The wa egule 1. Mr. Capper said. President fru- man sent Mr. George Mnusuall to China to try to straighten things out.
--
ceeded in completing de facto political division of Borlin.
They referred specifically tapart the Soviet-spensored Pump with
Just established Koves meil Tuesday in the Savirt sector of
terlin.
They made very clear that only complete and quick reversal save Soviet policies would Berlin from revocable division into two clues and nynid a more or less permanent aren of an- Reger discord between the Eust As the West,
Threw
Western
"Apparently one of the things Mr. Moushatthis was before he
State beenme Secretary at
On the day of the municipol temples was to persuade Gen-elections in the Western sectors
Herlin, the to juf erulissimo Chiang Kai-shek take some of the Commits - powers Bind their wurtag in to his Caldert, on the theory this these were not really Communists but only Chinese New Dealers.
2,000-wor Joust
daltzent
1
of the
Soviel authorities
workings the
normal Berlin constitution.
"They could even now be set!
Ch
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1948.
Baby Prince's First Outing.
London, December 5. Princess Elizabeth's baby son, three weeks old today, had his first outing in mild weather this afternoon.
For about half an hour, he WAR wheeled round the gar dens of Buckingham Palace in his perambulator--the same one which Princess Elizabeth used 22
years ago by his nure, Blator Holan Rowe.
Princess Elizabeth did not Do out-Reuter,
American Friendship
For China
London, December 6. The United States Economic Co-operation Administral-, Mr Paul G. Hoffman, said today: "We are doing everything we can to show in a practical way our friendship for the Chinese people,"
Mr. Hoffman flew Inle London
Ruhr
skle if the Suvlet authorities from Washington on Sunday to
Total Division
sive some
mure
were to disown the unconstitu- try to formal body created in the Sovic! plants from dismantling. He sector on November 30, 1948, and believes these are needed to work in conformity with the constitutor European recovery,
permit elections to be held He will leave un Werhursday
for Chinn on ay-wide basis"
a survey of ECA progress.
Asked by a reporter if his visit to China was connected in any way with Madame Chiang Kai- The statement referred to Soviet action elmed at bring shek's arrival in Washington to ing about plecemeal and final. seek military and financial aid ly total division of the city by for the Chinese Government, Mr. the Hoffman said: "I am not leaving normal processes of a unified the United States because of the German city administration. vhit of Madame Chlang Kai-
[{ from
In asserting "Chiang
their policy retused, and That time
the on. Instead of
The statement Wan irvom | Pon-interference in the function- open door policy for China, the pamed by a day by-abst of 51 m-ing of Berlin's government, The United
ridents which had occurred Staten has
In Western powers denunced suck
most a
Berlin since last June. Most dentisterference as unfortunate China,"
with end Soviet jellons, which { cause:
is rykdence of the were cited
destroys Latify almost comTL= growing and now
rechorwhlehr constitutional admistra- -
the city of Berlin de-
hands
pursued al
On
policy in
The Communits took ivant-
which was trotsiratled informal-
ly as information to all moniers uf the United Nations Security Council.
of
constant
te of this situation, he said, battlete anpoimitility pushed affairs in Korea and Mate-agreement with the Iussians ontion 01 churia, - Associated Press.
SMALLPOX IN BAGUIO
Manila. Deermiær G.
Her 14s
Door Not Slammed
1pends.
interferenca In
be-
upon
2. Believinat they do in the baste need of the role of law an
democratic life.
shek," Associated Press.
DEATH ROLL IN CAT
CRASH RISES TO 12
Shanghai, December 6.
The death roll in the crash of a Contral Air Transport
plane yesterday has now rison to 12. One of the dead is a foreigner-a Russian who
boarded the plane at Hankow,
The plane crashed in flames
planes Owing to the fog, all mile from the American-made for the American-occupied
beenwse the occupied Klangwan airport af-Klangwan Airport ter overshooting the runway in civilian airfields at Lunghun and Tunzino are not equipped for dense fog.
tower control landings. A sinflar tragedy Chinese pilot, the co-pilot and here at Christmas two years ago the radio operator.
plane when three civil planes, trying to carried n total of 20 passengers make ground, control approaches and crew. Among the denihs was
rrnshed in fog.-leuter. a baby.
Included in the dead were the
The
The survivors of the crashi have been taken to hospital with
Earlier minor injuries.
It was believed that the pilot of the an American, The plane was
plane Was believed to have brought
passengers from
10
Chenglu via Chungking. Hankow and Nanking.
The plane was one of four at tempting to make a ground con- trol landing through the fog at | Klangwan, All the other
landed safely.
Engine Flow Off
three
occurred
Truman Will Keep Promises
re-
Baltimore. December 5. President Truman has ported his determination 10 The plane flow in too low for fulfil all his campaign promises, including those on civil rights,
the to
Assistant Instructed according
a landing and then averehat the runway when
to take altitude, and the left Secretary of Labour, John W.
engine
Bew off, causing plane to crnah about from the airport.
were
of
the Gibson. mile Mr. Gibson also said the new Congreen would be asked to in- Earlier, six bodies were
displaced re Prease the number of porter to have been recovered
persons permitted to enter the United States and fo minimise from the burning wreckage the plane. AR
in the Chinese, discriminatory provisions Seven persons,
sustaining in-Present DP law.
Mr Gibson termed the of a fatal character,
Presi- effective juries not were taken to the General Hos-dent a courageous and pitol fer treatment.
champion of civil rights and individual freedora.
"He stood firmly on 1 pro- ramme to
equality of treatment, economic opportunily and political participation for all of our people, regardless of race, colour, creed or national origins, and the American people have endorsed
Soviet Officials Leaving U.S.
Washington, December 5.
they cannot Soviet Russia has reduced its official government stoff in the United States by over one-fifth dur- ing the last three months.
However, the West 미디
the countenance
systematic and slam the door on agreement,
of the Seviet although they appeared to brary actions
15 set artmitting that the door to Butitory diministration
sirte laws adopted by the people uripartite by The Junt statement referred lend approved
agreement was closed.
Four cases of smallpox, 27- ported in Baguig this werk, ledise the
10
mass vaccinations of the popalition.
**
Authorities Bal private partitioners were anddica the Government is attenutastering 2,000 vaccinations per dny,
1. The Russian refusal to te
validity of today's efections in Berlin
establishment
2.
"The
Soviet
The
Illegal Body
three
Jin
months
the
Gibson.
secure
his stand," sald Mr
The Assistant Secretory also noted that Mr Truman had frank- ly labelled the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 as anti-Semitic, anti- Catholic and failure ta meet Amerleas responsibilities.---United Preas.
ONE-EUROPE MOVEMENT
Instter.
DO YOU KNOW
ago-Embassy Soviet Three There are only 225 diplomats and aides in the personnel 78. Consular personuel Nations 17. Soviet
Paris, December 5 United States compared with 44, United
three. Commission
The Executive Committee of the 290 three munths earlier. Purchasing
Autor 81
iniscellaneous European Movement, and
♫ newly There was a total of 2,300 in
formed body to set up o Euro- seven. United States Western
powers 1945 when the
Teday: Embassy personnel 83, Dean Consultative Assembly, has of an unestitatment body with accused the Soviet authorities of and Russia were wartime allies. United Nations 70, Soviet Pur heen asked to send a delegation the five- no claim whatever to represent having countonged. Indeed en Most officials here at that time chasing Commission three, am on Thursday to meet
a series of pets lust were supervising the shipment torg 59 and miscellaneous 10 power Inter-Government the people of Berlin or even the couraged,
Com- Soviet Lector.
mittee of European Union--Neu- month which now excludes the The joint statement concharted: legal city administration of Ber of billions of dollars worth of Tass Agency newsmen who re- ***These developments.
lin from its proper sent in the United States lend-tease equip-cently arrived raised pose new
group to 10).-United Press. The station was declared, to ani prave problems for solution Soviet sector and which estab-ment to Russia.
nieral lished
The closing down of the So Communis1- diagalies, be under complete vinatrol dar to; of Berlin's currency preciationary mesure ---Asso These new problems have arisen controlled government claiming viet Consulates in San Francisco and New York City was res-
SHOT BECAUSE freemuse of interference' the control of the entire city.
on rinted Pre
The statement
then warned: ponsible for about one-half
OF A KISS "Although this illegal body will the current personnel reduction.
due largely be prevented from usurping any The rest was due
in the num functions of the legal city Ober of officials here for the pur
continued shrinkage
Dalton, Georgia, December 0.
white Police today arrested a ernment as far as the Western ber sectors of Berlin are concerned, pose of working trade deals. man on a charge of shooting
Exports 10
Soviet Russia have negro for allegedly trying its existente in the Soviet sector will end all possibility of a legat fallen off drastically during the kiss the white man's wife.
As a months
result The condition of the negro, unised administration function last ning ints con a citywide basis. This is of strict controls imposed over Richard Bingham, was critical.
of shipments
heavy The white man, Grady King, a development that the Western the
machinery and
by polled under! powers have consistently sought
other equipment was released to avoid."-United Press.
which might be used to build up bond.-Associated Press. Russia's war potential.
NEGRO'S MURDER TAKES NEW TURN
Lyons Georgia, December 6.
Five men surrendered to county officers today and
were held undar suspicion of murder in the November 20 killing of Robert Mallard, a
a negro. The five
connection
מית?
with
They surrendered
denied
nny
Hopes Doad
07
of
to the
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MINE DISASTER
2. to
The overall reduction in the numbers of officials In the United States
have been wegia London. December 6. The
greater except that about three Western powers' A county grand jury was SU-
Oslo, December 5. of 44 Consular personnel were the killing. moner after Governor Hermuntatements to the Security Council
transferred to other
One body was found and 14 documents Jon the Soviet action in Berlin, is
posta in Talmadge forwarded
men were still missing today, 24 after they
the United States Instead of submitted by a member of the seen here as the death knell of
hours after a coal minis explosion said they heard two of them National Association for the Ad- any hope that the Council might being ordered home.
jat King's Bay, Spitzbergen. were named as the killers by vanerment of Coloured People in find fz solution to the Berlin The staff of Amtorg, the Soviet
Rescue parties tried to force Amy James Bullet, the behalf of Mrs. Mallard,
problem along the lines proposed trading corporation, was cut
away through an old tunnel to negro's widow.
by Dr. Junt Bramuglia, the drastically. Here are comparative the area of the explosion.-Reu- Lant authorities, who ence ar-
on charges Council's former chairman.
figures: rested Mrs. Mallard of killing her husband and then relensed her, absolved the Ku Klux Klan of the slaying.
She said band of robed white men shot her husband.
Dr. Bromuglia's latest proposal was for a commillee of exper's
to study the problem of introduc
Al The absolution was contained ing a single currency in
Mrs. Mallard has refused in re- turn to Lynns to wwear charges against the men for fear
in a report sent by county ofcers as a
condition of lifting
she would be lynched. She is to the Grand Dragon, Samuel blockade.
Berlin
the
Alrendy in reply to Dr. Bram-
under a physlelan's care la Sa- 1 Green, head of the KKK.-A:50-uglio, the representatives of the
vannah.
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