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'THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948.

CHINA RELIEF WORK WILL BE CONTINUED

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Pasadena, December 20. The Economic Co-operation Administrator, Paul G.

Hoffman, today expressed great admiration for General Chiang Kai-shek.

He declined to comment on the future of the Nation-

alist Government in Chino, however.

Mr. Hoffman stopped briefly able to give that country addition- at his home here en route back at financial aid,

to Washington after a world- wide air trip.

Ho told reporters

Projects he would like to see developed in Korea and Formosa that dis include sgricultural

education, tribution of relief to the Chineye dyke building und repairing

in cities that

would continue

where needed, Industrial develop

change hands in the current war ment, and the reduction of If the now de facto governinents literacy-Associated Press.

conditions free to alt ECA which have been accepted by the present Nationalist Government. Three of these conditions are major ones, he said, listing them

1. Full protection of all ECA personnel including Chine.

2 Full rights of Inspect lon and supervision by the ECA Jis- tributors,

3. Full publlelty to inform Chinese recipients of ECA food

· Bride Killed Within Hour Of Marriage

Bydney, December 19. Less than an hour after her marriage, a 10-year-old bride was killed instantly to

her day while riding with husband an a motor-cycle to their wedding breakfast at, Warwick, Queensland.

The cycle skidded In sight of the

membera of both families who were following by car. The bride's was fractured and her 21- year-old Husband suffered severe cuts and 'shock.

The minister who married

officiate them wil

#t the girl's funeral.Router.

skull

Malan Government

Defeat Forecast

Johannesburg, December 19,

and other benefits that it comes Political circfos here forecast the possible defeat of

rom the United States.

from

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29 nese Communist printes,

"There was a time when the Nationalist Government's cir rency reform resulted in boycott of the Shanghal market by farmers who refused to take the new purrency," Mr. Hoffman reported.

Feeding The People

the Union Government as a rosult of tho threatened split in the Nationalist-Afrikaner coalition.

the

The present indications are, segregation of natives) including they say, that Mr. N. C. 1a the abolitio of native repro-

in the House * As venga, the Minister of Finance sentation and the leader of the Afrikaner sembly and the change

the coloured Party, will be forced out of the franchise rights of

people af the Cape Province, Cabinet following a recent

would be put before the elec- he declared

torate at the provincial council that he did not think it would elections, to be held on March Speech in which

be wise to amend the NOG-9-Reuter, European franchise clauses uf

the constitution by a simple

The coalition gov-i Mayor majority.

The

to

Havenga

at

Shanghai Short Of Coal

depleted

Tientsin Preparing For Fateful Events

Tientsin, December 20.

Tientsin is all astir following reports that the Com- munists have moved closer to the city by many kilometros and will strika in earnest vory shortly.

Nationalist reports from the vicinity of the main

airport are not cheerful and the city is braced for fateful events around the corner.

outer

Street defences and the dum encircling Tientsin are be- ing strengthened with the parli- cipation of Tientsin's own defonce brigade, formet of local recruits, Brick fences have been pulled down and reconverted into brick plilboxes.

Shanghai Memorial

Service

Shanghal, December 20. An impressive memorial ser- "With the historia expital wall vice, for the late

Nationalist

Inside the range of Communist

General Huong Commander Li

batteries, the Polping authorit. commander, les have directed résidants to Po-tao, and prepare shelters against sholling Shen-hao, of the 4th Division, who fell in the battle of Hsu- In courtyards. Numerous historie trees, hun-chow, was held at Chinese tireds of years old and of remark- All cutlying arens

theatre here yesterday, with meanwhile able circumference, which are are under serious threat from the among the attractions around the

over 3,000 people attending. advancing Communists

The Mayor of Shanghai," Mr. who are marble Temple of Heaven, are be- K. C. Wu, presided over the mass reported just outside Peitsang ing uprooted with minor explo only 10 kilometres West of here.sives for speeding the construc. meeting and lauded the glorious

example of An armoured train which left tion of a second emergency alr-leaders.

the two military Quoting the famous Yangisun, 20 kilometres away field.

hard-fighting General Yo Fel in from Peilung, failed to reach Its First aid unile and medical Chinese history, Mayor Wu sald destination after three hours,

centres are being established in the war will come to a victorious though the normal run takes half various parts of the city under an hour.

end if civil servants shun money the Initiative, of the Public Health Bureau.

and Army officers defy death.

were Among other speakers Mr. Fung Chih, head of the local Kuomintang headquarters, Mr. Sui Halang-yun, chairman of the Shanghai General Labour Union.

Local trains from Tientsin to- wards Peiping have been conecll-

drawn from Peilsang.

el and railway personnel with

Bridge Dostroyed

The British Consul-Generül, Mc. Scott L, Burdett, has requested An early interview with the Tie- tsin Garrison Commander to dis cuss the protection of foreign

and property

residents, with The railway to Tangk growing signs that both Peiping was sabotaged yesterday with)

and Tientsin may be furned Into ralls removed and

bridge battlefields. blasted between Changkuel. chuang and Chunliangcheng, 11| and 23 kilometres East of Tion- where he

tain.

Mr. Auroti Is doyer of the Diplomatic Corps in Tientsin, returned from home

When a repair train attempted leave exactly a week ago.--Reu-

to reach the scene, It come under attack, consequently there were 10 repairs no trains or Tangku

wire

The telephone

between Tientsin and Tangku, hitherto re- served only for military use, was cut around noon yesterday, pre- sumably nt Changkuzichuang, i where the Tien Isla airport is located.

ter.

Ulster Labour Party Decision

Arniy

and

Many crippled and wounded Meers and soldiers who served under the Jate General Huang Po-ino were also present-Reuter.

TALKS ON RUHR

London, December 19. The main work of the London six-Power talks gathe Ruhr was completed Inte Tonight, after an all day session, in which

the proposed international authority for the Ruhr was discussed.

oficially nanounc was

nanounced that the six delegations, repre

France. Britain.

it

"Lapham (former Lapham of San Francisco, now erniment, he stressed, bas Director of the Chinese ECA present only a slender majority programme) borrowed a ship of five. load of flac In one place, beg- 1 Air.

does resign,

Belfast, December 20. In another. cred merc

nod EE་

General Smuls, he and

Shanghal, December 20.

The Northern Ireland La-senting people net fed, and the food leader of the United Party, Ini

the riot danger was ended."

An order for the purchase of

Com- United States and the Benelux forces, they will defent the Gov-

bour Party's Executive of coal Despite endeavours to bring Mr. Hoffman declared that the ernment during the next session more than 200,000 tons

from the hinterland mittee, faced with secession of countries are to meet again in a US$400,000,000 Marshall

Soviet vegetables Plan

parliament, beginning on from the United States,

ele day or two for the revision of Russia and India has been placed into the city, prices rose over 100 its strong anti-partition

the final drafting- progratome in China is now al-January 21, 1940,

ments, today abandoned its texts and in on per cent overnight.

Reuter. most completely restricted

situation by the local authorities The whole political

In beleaguered Pelping, prices projected merger with the Brl- relief, chiefly feeding the people. here has been thrown into the effort to augment the

have risen an average of only 50 tisli Labour Party. Or the US$70,000,000 earmarked melting pot by Mr. Havenga's stocks of fuel of Shanghal's var-

per cent. One hundred and Ave: A potent factor in the decision for reconstruction, only US$10,- speech, at Brakpan, followed by lous púbile utility services.

amusement establishments, affect-} wa a letter from the Irish 000.000 has been spent to date, the death of Mr. J. H, Hofmeyr, The measure has been neces- ed by the closure order, contem- Labour Party in Dublin, saying South Africa's great Liberal and stated by the spread of the civil plate petitioning the authorities that if the merger occurred an **We le not want 10 build leader of the left-wing of the

war, which has cut off coal sup- or permission to stage afternoon Independent labour party with public works or factories, or new United Party, on December 3.

an anti-partition policy would be agricultural industries for the On the

night that Mr.plies from the Sino-British Kai-shows only.

Mining Administration

established in Northern Ireland. Ir Commies to take over," he de- Jon Hofmeyr died, Dr. D. F

Instead of becoming one of the clared. Mr. Hoffman praised the Malan, the Prime Minister, re-

British Party's regional councils, Korrans for their work toward plied to Mr. Havenga in a state- The imported con! will in- The Nanking authorities are the Uister Labour Party will co- establishing a Democracy and meat which said that the Gov-chudle 100,000 tons of ECA coal, sending Air Force planes to bring operate more closely with the said he hoped the ECA will be crnment would continue its plans and Soviet coal will be shipped out of Peiping leading party ad- British party la fighting the next

to amend the non-European here via Vladivostock. No de administrative, and educational British general election. franchise clauses of the constitu- finite date of shipment was officials stranded there, according procedure was agreed at a meet- tion.

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He appealed to the Afrikaner. Party to support the Govern- ment in its plans.

Dr. Molan also stated that the

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DUELLISTS KILL EACH OTHER

Manila, December 20. Two Manila police officers, Patrolman Jose Barretto and Detective: Alejandro Eugenio, shot each other to death last night in front of a Chinese store.

followed The duel

the de- lective's attempt to arrest the policeman for an alleged effort to

North China.

given.-Reuter.

TOJO

Sholling Threat

to Chinese press reports.

WANTS TO GET IT OVER

Tokyo, Decombor 19.

Japan's wartime Promier, Hideki Tojo, under sen- tence of death for war crimes, was quoted by his lawyer today as saying: "I am just hoping for the execution of the sentences as soon as possible."

Scichiro Kyose, the lawyer, of the seven top Japanese con- extort two pesos from the Chi-faid reporters that Tojo be-victed of war crimes to the nese store owner-United Prass. lieved the fight over the appeals United Supreme Court was

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Mania, December 20. Senator Carlos Tan declared today that he will press legisin- tion to wrest control of Philippine retail trade from the hands of foreigners.

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He referred primarily to Chin- ese, nationals who have a heavy total Investment in small business. During the last session of Con- gress, Senator Tan sponsored a bill which sought transfer of for- question of protecting the eign-operate t retail trade to American Constitution and the Filipinos within six years. conflict over them will be car- House of Representatives passeri ried out according to that Con- the measure, but the Sunate stitution.

sheived it after two readings.

Mr. Tun sniel that he had found American Government attorno country where foreigners oc- neys had submitted to the Wash-cupy the same position in retal ington Supreme Court on De trade that they do in the Philip- cember 16 that It hnd no au- pines--Associated Press, thority to rule in the appeal of seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the Tokyo military tribunal,

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Britain has appointed new en- voys to Rumania and Bulgaria. Mr. Walter Roberts, British Am A. S. WATSON, The United Stalca Solicitor bassador in Peru since 1945 is

& CO., LTD. General, Mr. Philip B. Periman. going to Bucharest in succession in a belet filed with the United to Mr. Adrian Holman, who has appelnted Minister in States Supreme Court, hearing been the appeals, asked it not to tam- Havana.

per with the International Tri- In Sofa, Mr. Paul Mason, bunal which sentenced Tolo and Counsellor at the Foreign Office. six other high Japanese war will succeed Mr. Sterndalo Ben- leaders to death.

nett, who is returning to London Some of those sentenced have to join the directing staff of the not appealed.--Reuter.

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