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THE LAST HOURS OF NANKING: LOOTERS IN FULL CONTROL

BRITISH CONTACTS WITH REDS

London, April 23. Bly. Richard Crossan - hour Member of

Parliament

(By Chang Kuo-sin)

Nanking, April 23. Rioters and looters had a field day today as this city of 2,000,000 was without water and clectricity. Most of the looters stormed food warehouses, but shops, offices and homes of the rich were stripped..

Among the first places to be looted were the Pre-

and a commentator on foreign Many aflairs, saud 10day that the Foreton Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, has unofficially sept in elemtact with the Clanese

Com ausis,

î

Benny And pro

sidential offices and the residence of the Act- ing President, Li Tsung-jen, where the house- keeper helped the looters to carry off their spoils

"she could have some peace."

SO

looters and rioters were shot later today by emergency police guards, and rioting slowed down. However, further outbreaks were pected during the night.

to nation the party headqu-national- fees on Hong Kong, Mr. Cross-safe.

usseted 713-201

is the "Sunday Pictorial

TE

lis-

hand for

king

Ox-

The city's American popula, last night they thought that Nan-

foreign

would stand for some time. tion of 259 and othe

The only shen of organised re- in be are believed

was the aistonee

eity in the Peare Preservation Corps-un Nanking The people of

trained

koen militia who waited They politically apathelle.

the Youth Ministry compound มิล เกตุ "That is why I Could whether play no mue enthusiasm for the

for orders. the Yates incidents will make Communists than they

#l. Eu Thị

louring grow im (Mr. Beyin) after his deer- hira

the Governżneni,

inore widespread. The city's West stori to arcept the Communist Here 158

hordes of a chronological account

# wens opened and vistory in Chipa e a fait arcom- | of developments today!

refurces from acrosa the river 4 am, on pl, and to try to reach a work-

to From midnight

kato the city and streamed ing agreement with the Commun-

th rearguard Saturday - Police

smashed shops, stores und homes 1st lenders.

unts of the 45th Army covering of senior ofetals, the Nationalist retreat began a 14

few Nationalist geneval withdrawal. The soldierstreups who escapert across The were tired mad haggard from de-Yangise river from Pukow were were maintaining is acting as rearguards. fea! but epline Loes of trucks, packed with luggage and soldiers, sheed

eity. The souLIST beat of the American

"Mr. Bevin

JEM

has been very careful to avold taking aldea In the

between General Chiang Kai-shek and the Chi Ani Communists,” Mr. man added.

**Unlike

the

Crom-

1k

rightly saw that General Chiane Bring across the river dful down

would pro

a nost

worthy ally.

We gave

US

untrust except fur

and that any 215- sistance

Izn would! merely discredi!

China when his regime collapsect."-- Reuter

t

NAZI MEDALS FOR SALE

Berlin, April 23. A Berlin boy, arrested for the passession of a sackful of anedals and over $1 in American money, has been best

for six months by a United States military court here,

over

No further action will be taken if he finds a more respectable way of enruing a living than peddling Nazi medals to American soldiers, the judge told the boy. Reuter.

the occasional chat- ter of a bone manchane-gun,

Looting Starts

5 a.m-President LI Trung. Jen and Premier He Ying-chin let the airport at dawn on the

plane from Inst Government Nanking.

6 ... Mubs began looting the President offices and the Garrison Headquarters and

Com- munists began crossing the river, No police were on duty. All poller stations were

were abandoned.

4.- A

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1049.

Conference Celebrates Nanking Fall

Prague, April, 23.

The "ttle pesce congress" being held here broke into a wild 15-minute demonstra - tion when the chairman an- nounced that Chinese under- had taken leaders ground over Nanking. The report led the 44-man Chinese dole- feet gation to jump to ta shouting and singing,

Other delegates, including the Ruslans, tossed one Chi- nese delogate to their should. or and began parading. The congress brake Into a chant: "Long live free China."... United Press.

Objection

To Presence Of Japanese

DUTCH TAKE OVER SLICE OF LAND FROM GERMANY

The Hague, April 23. Holland's special Commissionar, Mr. A. Blauwboer, motored into the town of Eltan, just east of Nijmegen, at noon today to "occupy" 75 square kilometros of former German territory. Mr. Blauwboer who was escorted by customs men on bicycles, had been preceded an hour earlier by 50 armed Dutchmen, who moved into billets in the town of 3,600 people.

From the German Burgo- master. Baron von Lochner, he the terri- officially took over

10,000 seemingly tory, with unwilling Germans, under a recent re-adjustment of the West German frontier by the Allies.

There was no public ceremony, no excllement, no welcome from

MAY DAY "PEACE" SLOGANS

London, April 23.

the Germans. The only reported Among the May Day slogans "demonstration“ war by a halt broadcast by Moscow Radło to- drunken young man, who was night was one colling for quickly pushed into a shop by friendship between the peoples Geneva. April 23.

some women.

of the East and the West. for the The way

Decupation

the It said: "The friendship of China has protested against}

had

been cleared early morning the presence of two Japanese]

United States and Britain is a abservers at the 58-nation Red when, as most of the population people of the Soviet Union, the involved still slept, Dutch and

token of lasting peace. Long Ilve {Cross Conference here.

British officials planted boundary the brotherly union of the peoples

new frontier in considering flags along the

of Britain, the United States and The delegates are

the Savict

ict Union in their struggle three revised conventions on the bright Spring sunshine.

prisoners and Colonel J.S. Collings and other e for treatment of war

Brush Control a new convention

protect officials of the to

xlogans said: "Workers of civilians In war areas.

Commission in Germany were nt

all countries! Joining in the de- ង. Japan is represented

the Elten solely to introduce

fence of

of peace is the business of abserver by two members of the Dutch and German authorities to all the peoples of the world. Ex- Americare military government

plore the aggressive plans of the and by two Japanese experts.

warmongers!

gerst Unite all your forces The Chinese delegate, Dr. Wu Nan-ju asked conference to have the two Japanese

credentials and the

да

withdrawn, committee

Red Underground is considering the request.

officials Swiss Government Communist 11 4.m.-The

because while came into the open and bogan said Japan was invited

Small she has a Government, trying to gain control.

workers Germany has not.-United Press.

groups

of

harangued

the

political

mobi home 0 to

the that

uver

Was cul.

The Inst

pro

Ship's Crew Charged

each other.

Some Sabotage

After Me Blauwboer taken over, Colonel Collings

had

in the, struggle for world penes!" In Prague. the Communist Party said it will see to it that everybody takes part in n mam- commented: "This

Is the moth parade to be held on May occupation 1 have seen, and I

Day. have seen many."

Party members began ringing doorbsite to Invite residants in an attempt to correct the "luke- warm atlitude in our wakan- od country," according to Party pamphlai

one

The Dutch found a few isolat- ed cases of sabotage-damage to trees cut houses,

a few fruit down, some electric fittings re- moved, and minor cases, Other- wise, all

was peaceful, though

It said many people stayed home appeared sullen last year "just" Germans

because no one many

Communists Booed In

urging naranu

and them neming

Communists would restore order peacefully. 12 noon--The Communists sent the river that they word neross woukt cross at 7 a.m. on Sunday.

and condemned the change-over, invited them and told them to Wellington, April 23. A committee for the

Temorrow morning, the Dutch go."-Reuter and United Press. Three more members of the will get down to serious ad- preservation of penee" took over

Canadian ship ministrative of the

work currency city. It

It rew the administration of the

today charged changing. food supplies, com~ posted notices that it was taking Tridale were

(It was pending peaceful taking over with combining to disobey the munications, and so on.

announced here that the Comunista. -I saw men and warnen, of the city sy

lawful command of the ship's ofleinlly girls and boys carrying their Telephone service to Shanghal captain by refusing to take the the rate of exchange in the fron-

civil planes streel-tur- boot through the ture, shoes, rice and four--with

which had been operating all day ship from her berth. broad smiles on their faces. left for Shanghai,

Like 23 other crew members Ku-kwang, similarly charged yesterday, the I watched the footing 9.213.

Cieneral Pulice th

Nanking Omer

City three

men were remanded on Muny people on the streets were Counell and President of the Un-ball until Wednesday,

crossed the All striking seamen from the stunned When they went to bed versity of Nanking,

required to report river lo extend a welcome to the Tridale are

to

A crow the pollee poli- daily Communista. Communist tical workers took over the "Cen-spokesman said that this "after- that the electricty and trol Daily News", omelal

news-noon

water systems had been cut off paper of the Kuomintang.

from the crew's quarters of Tridale. but the crew had been businessmen assured by several

of

Off

Czechs Call

Planned Revolt

Washington, April 23. Anti-Communist underground leaders hero dis- closed today that they have called off a desper- ate attempt by underground forces to overthrow the Communist Government of Czechoslovakia,

A spokesman declined to say

when the uprising was fixed but said it developed very re- cently, and details were sent to the Council of Free Czech- oslovakia in Washington,

The

the

RADIO

P.tn.-Chen

chairman of the

Shoot To Kill

3 p.m.-"Shoot to kill" notices were posted throughout the city and most of the rioting subsided. All shops were closed and tightly chair- shuttered. Ma Ching-wang.

of the Order Restoration Committee. said the Garrison

Commander asked a battalion of regulars to come to Nanking anch help maintain order. The soldiers refused.

man

the

of assistance for the period of the strike-Reuter.

JEWS FLEE

tler areas will be 80 guilder cents will to one mark. The Germans have to hand in all their Ger- The Nether- man currency to lands Bank.)---Reuter.

SPAAK ARRIVES

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Warrington, April 23, Women shoppers today booed Communist parade which marched through the centre of this industrial town, near

Air Force United States

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erles There were

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sloop obtalace here of reports

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Nanking FROM HUNGARY estan Legation

pan--Small fires were

of the Belgions shelled by the Communists in

the Yongise River. will meet the Regent, Prince

The main United States Air Charles, M. Spunk and the Bel-Forces air bake in Britain is al glan Minister of Justice, at the Burtonwood, near Warrington

For most of the Americans Monday. Professor Jacques there, today was a normal work- scere-ing day, but the others were Twelve hundred Jewish re- Pirenne, King Leopold's scen fugees from Hungary have ar-tary, rived in Geneva yester-restricted to the camp until the

dny-Reuter.

Vienna, April 23.

In Pukow across the river. Ouerived in Vienna after escaping Are was reported to have started via

Czechoslovakia.

Most of

in the railway station. The rail them are middle-class business- read has ang operated since last pight, 5

af down.

on

p.m.- 10.000

persons

men,

were

| still looting a' large warehouse council countermantled

This

Hong Kong but most of the rioting had died is Itadio The revolt, declaring time is not ready and the situa- broadcasting on a frequency- 1-845 kilocycles per second and ilon is not such that their tempt could have

any positive .52 megacycles per second in the

3 metre band. result. Sacrifice of thuse men would have been useless."

H.K.T. He explained that the Counci been established to form the

had

brave

15.30 p.m.-[hily Prexramme Summary.

nucleus of a Free Czech Govern- 122 pm-Mantovani ed His Orchesten

Com- munist hold on Pragte could be broken.

ment in exile until the

is now

The spokesinun said the Czech Communist Government threatened by two elements- the democralle underground and the Titoists," or nationalistic segments within the Communit Party itself.

The discontent of this latter

Increased group has been

by orders from Moscow that Czechoslovakia must now Con centrate on becoming a contro of heavy Industry for Eastern Europe. the *pokesman

tinuad.

ton.

He said the Deputy Soviet For- eign Minister, Andrel Vyshinsky, recently made a special trip to

Czechoslovakia to override objections of many Czech offl elals and to order a trial pro- gramme into effect.

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the

Tie purpose of the programme

to

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and satellite supply the Soviet

armies equipment.

arms

to

and

said

and Anne Bhekton. (Vorn1)

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wih heavy The council spokesman these plans аго wrecking the light industries which have long

backbone of been the peace time economy. Press.

PREPARING FOR

NEXT WAR

Melbourne, April 24.

Mr. Arthur Calwell, Australian

immigration Minister, said here

today that Australia has a max

SUMMER TIME

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New York, April 23.

Imum of 25 years and minimum New York, Washington, and

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will advance their clocks

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"We need 20 million people to hour develop, and hold Australla, and Time at 7.00 a.m. GMT tomorrow we must get 'thom in a maximum ; for five months of daylight sav»] period of 20 years," his salding, ending on September 26.- Beuter..

Reuter.

They said that their fight was organised by the Jewish Agency. The Kungarion-Czech officials closed their eyes to the exodus, the refugees stated.

frontier

their

0 p.m.-Small groups of volun- The group, who hope to leave teers were patrolling the streets for Israci soon, said that with orders to shoot the rioters reason for leaving Hungary was and looters on sight, Many rioters that business men have no place were killedt-United Press,

there now.-Reuter.

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