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RENEWED DRIVE ON CANTON? Animals Are Born
Time Bomb In PAL Plane
Manila, May 31. The National Bureau of Investigation today looked info reports indicating a Philippine Air Lines plane which exploded on May 7, had J Set time bomb abourd.
Thirteen persons died when the wreckage of the shattered C-47 plunged
into the sea off Alabet Is- land three weeks ago.
A dispatch to the Daily Mirror
from Dact, 140 miles South East of Manila, sald authorities have located the watch- the maker who adjusted clockwork mechanism be- lieved to be that for a time bomb.
Por.
The watchmaker. lirio Ponayo. set the mechanism to run for 15 minutes, according to the Mirror. His customer said It was for testing radio receiving sets. Assoclated, Press.
STATE OF
SIEGE IN BOLIVIA
La Paz, Bolivia, May 31. The Government declared a state of siege throughout Boll- vin list night as striking mine workers seized more hostages und the walk-out spread through the tin producing area. Two more mines and a railroad wore reported to have been closed:
in the strife-tera Catavi area high in the Andes whore at least 27 per- sous, including two American en- Tineers, were killed in bloody week-end rioting.
Acting President Mamerto Urriotagoith, who had said earlier the strike was aimed at the over- throw of the Government, all- nounced the imposition of a state'
of siege.
He said the step was decided nu with Cabinet approval as a result of the revolutionary acts by minera at Catavi.
The country had been la a state of site from May 1 to May 20: As a result of political disturbancea { after the May 1 Congressional elections in which the Government; Party lost some grouped to Rightst
Kromp
The
Loft
Shanghai Victors Said
To Be Marching South BOARD OF TRADE FORMED
Nationalist Chinese military sources said on somo of the Communist troops who took, marching South West in what may be the Canton,
Canton, May 31. Monday night that Shanghai were already start of a drive on
The Southern campaign has been almost at a standstill for the last fort-
night.
The Rods were said to be headed towords Chong | Board Of Trade
sha, a koy point on the Canton-Hankow rail-
way 400 miles North of hore,
The Reds have lost been re- ported about 300 miles North of Canton in an area some 200 miles South West of Chang- sha, but the railway that runs through Changsha is regarded as the most likely route South.
A railway running South West! from Shanghai through Red-oe- cupied Hangehow and Nanchang joins the North-South route at Changsho.
General Pai Chung Hel, who pulled his 200,000 Nationalist troops out of Hankow without a fight, is reported to have a head- quarters at Changsha and another at Hengyang, 100 miles farther South.
His position is not regarded as enviable. In addition to the Reds threatening him from the North) and North East his Western flank is in Hunan province, which is believed to be more pro-Com- munist than pro-Nationalist,
Low Morale
The Nationalists who fled the Shanglur sector are reported to have straggled into Pal's lines recently, somewhat disturbing his troops by their rugged appear- ance and low morale.
No accurate information was Na- available on how many tionalists escaped when Shang- hal fall, or where they want. Most sources in Canton belleva
Formos. they all went to Generallasime Chiang Kai- shek's "last stand" island.
One Canton paper sald some of the Shanghal garrison had conie here, but a thorough check of the waterfront falted to disclose any arrival. Instead, trucks, jeeps and light tanks that looked like enough equip a division were being loaded for shipment cut. Rightist, The unconfirmed rumour was
they were bound for Forinesa
Govt. vs. Unions
Bolivian topsy-turvy situation apparently pla the Government of Centre- against unions which it charges
affiliated with nationalist groups attempting to start a revolt.
are
The strike originally broke out at a mine owned by the Patine group, Bolivia's largest Un com bine. Fifteen management officials, -including seven Americans, were noized as hostages and beaten severely, the company general
manager said.
An Interior Ministry commun!- que and two American engineers were dead when Bolivian troops roached the hostages on Sunday. At least two Bolivian mino oficials also were killed,
The rioting strikern at first Tought off the troops by hurling dynamite bombs at thom. Three noldiers wore listed as dead in the communique. Unofficial reports
ald about 20 strikers were killed
wounded.
The Weather
General Tang En-po Shanghai commander who put up a strong defence and then pulled out sud- denly, was said to have gone to "a certain pines"-Incal term for Farmona-alter declaring that he had killed 100,000 attucking Reds. General Tang, was quoted as say-
The Communists, shipping men Bald, have established a board of
ing that he left to spare Shang-trade to handle navigation mat- hal_further suffering.
lers. These sources said the Heds The 'Nationalist milltary prob- ure eager for shipping to be re- tems were bound up with the
Buned. bickering insirle the Nationallat government. Well Informed for- eign sources sald Generalissimo Chilang was in Formosa and would not coine to Canton to confer with Acting President Li Tsung-jen on what to do next.
In Shanghal, meanwhile thei first foreign-owned ship is apply
to
Inter that Communist-held Fort was approved today but alected not to enter.
The Java-China-Japan Line, owners of the steamer Molenkert got the permit this moming. But this afternoon they learned the ship already was en route from Prisan, Korea, to Hong Kong The owners elected not to turn the ship back here.
International air carriers met also to discuss re-opening of No the airport in Shanghai. Gonorete action was taken-be. cause departing Nationalhtr stripped Lunghwa airport radio equipment, which necessary for safety,
of
Shipping quarters said that, following the take-over of Woo- sung, Postung and other down- river installations, there was now no physical handicap to the ro
or the sumption of navigation Whangoo River.
The majority of the scuttled ships are down-river, and only The first American vessel for in one sector, opposite the Bund, which clearance was asked, the are they near the shipping chan-
by the nel. China Victory, owned Pacific Far East Lings, is in For. most.
Destination Mozambique?
"Маско
Macao, May 31. The Portuguese Daily News" advocated today that able-bodied rafugat from Shanghal should be vent to Mozambique
and Angola if they can be fully employed there, is no other place to they can be sent.
30. Thoro which
Meanwhile, student ro. fugees are being admitted to schools here. The Macao au- thorities rald today that no time limit has been fixed for the refugees haro.
re-
It is conting the Portu. guese Government 83 (patacas) a day to feed ona refugee at present. This may be duced later when the kitchen At the Refugee Centre completed. The refugees are at present being fod at a restaurant Our Own Cọr. respondent
It is not yet known whether the American President Lines have been successful in obtaining a permit for their vessels, the Pre- sident Madison and the President Polk, tocall at Shanghal early next month,
Three By Three
These six sheep are all the children of ane ewe. That's not surprising, but what is is the fact that they The three in the foreground are two sets of triplets. were born last year, and have already won two prizes at shows. The newly born in the background are being shown some of the certificates which cover the wall of· their barn in Kingsland, Herefordshire. Miss Mary Elliott and Miss Shella Wenham (right) farm 70 acres in Here- fordshire. Last year their pedigree sheep took 25 prizes In various shows-AP Photo.
Chinese Seamen, Owners Fail To Agree On Claims
The State-owned China Mer- chant Steam Navigation Com- pany-China's largest shipping. concern was reported meanwhile to bo actively preparing to re- sume the service between parts One
in the liberated area.
As start, they intend to run the Yangtse service with a feet! of 14 ships which were left be- ; hind by the Nationalists in Han- kow, Nanking and Woosung.
Shanghai placed on summer- time by the Nationalist authori-
:
(By Our Harbour Reporter). >> hundred. Chinese seamen and their families have established themselves / aboard three steamers, now lying off Stonecutters, after disregarding orders to leave from their respec- tive employers.
ties in the beginning of May-hns Negotiations are under way between the Chinese been ordered to return to stand- Seamen's Union, arbitrating on behalf of the ard time as from midnight to-
dissident seamen, and the local representatives all clocks night, when
will be turned back one hour.
of the Shanghai owners over claims by the crew An official announcement today
that promises made at Shanghai of substantial in the Liberation Daily said that the city would go back to Pel-
allowances and food supplies were not fulfilled hour to- ping Time from zero night
here. The New China News Agency
available Latest Information
"Most of us are strangers here, revealed that about 70,000 tons last evening, however, was that Thrown out
our job and
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Legislators Veto Appointment Of Aged Chu Cheng
Canton, May 31, The Legislative Yuan in a surprise vote th morning refused to confirm the appoin ment of Mr. Chu Chèng as Premier à China by one votë.
Though he led by 151 to 143 votes at the end c the stormy morning-long session, Chu's cor firmation was stopped when he failed to re ceive a majority of the 303 votes cast. Nin ballots were declared invalid by the six-men ber ballot inspection committee.
At the second session this afternoon. Chư's suỹ porters tried to force a second balloting bi the motion was disallowed by chairman Li Chion-chun.
Under the constitution of Cabinet, probably in the post. China it is still possible for Minister of National Defend Chu to be recommended again which he had held concurren
with 대 premiership-Uniti Prens and Beutor-AAP.
and to be confirmed
by the legislators. Whether this will
occur or not is still in doubt; Acting President Li Tsung-jeu has not indicated, any further nomination.
The Legislative Yuan, which way to hava recessed today, voted to move the end of the session to Fri- day when they will consider now. recommendations for Promier.
Too Old
Opponents of Chu's appoint. ment based thair arguments on the fact that he is too old and that he is not a military man.
EISLER LANDS IN PRAGUE
Prague, Czechoslovakia,
May 31. Eisler landed
en route fro
They say the 73-year- old Kuomintang
Gerhart veteran and member of the Party's Innar Prague today council would lack the vigour London to Germany.
and the
military
axperiance "I am glad to be in Czech necessary to head the Cabinet slovakia and not in the Unite when the elvit war. Is going States," the Communist lendi so badly for the Nationalists. told reporters as he left the plan They wore allent during the de- There was no official delegati balé on Chu's declared, Infention of on hand to great Eisler, including the Young Chine and security police plainclothermi
and Democratic Socialist Parties in the were at the airport.
took h Cabinet If he became Premier, to a special room, whero im..wi Some the stiffest opposition | not- obliged to comply with urdle came from legislators who favour ary customs regulations, the appointment of Marshal Yon The German-born Cominunki Shi-shan, defender of Talyuan End | arrivéð at London's Northolt Al Governor of Shansi, to the, pre- port only a few minutes before th miership. There is
also some plane took off. His name WIE SI sentiment that General Ho Ying- on the passenger list and his ba chin who resigned yesterday be re-i gago horo no labels. appointed.
Eisler has bean büiled as 13 The logislators' fallure to con- main speaker at a rally set fo firm Chu's appointment came as a | tonight by the National Counc surprize to local observers who had for Civil Liberties. He was expected it to be only a matter of have made a "Thanks, People form. Ordinarily, failure to con- Britain" speech.
firm would mean recommendation Elster, who jumped bail in t of a new candidate by the Acting United States and stowed awKY O and approval by the the Polish liver Batory, was free Provident Kuomintang Standing Committee by a British court last Friday. T before action.by the Legislative court denied a U.S. request for th
Yuan,
States.
Eisler was given a travel permi the British Government afte
Some believe that the task of fugitive's return to the Unite finding someone who will take the The man who had been describ difficult job will probably forca Lia Congressional committes " to re-recommend Chu.
the Chief Communist agent la, th Meanwhile, it was revealed that tinited States, had now hauled o Li told a gathering of legislators the Batory by British police
that General
Ho Southampton. yesterday Ying-chin had threatened suicide his resignation as premier was not accepted.
his release. He said he intende of essential foodstuffs are being the owners have agreed to give without means of accommodation I said that Bo had repeatedly to proceed to Poland and then rendy for shipment to Shanghal four months' pay and free pas- it would mean starvation,” the requested acceptance of his re Germany where he had been off
and had signation
aald that he ed a professorship at Leipzig Un large coal supply.
center- was announced after a
Approached by telephone, the would jump into the son if it was versity in the Russian occupatio The report added that the first ence between the CSU and the local representative of the own not accepted on this occasion. zonassociated Press. shipment of 1,000 tons of coal has ence
It is thought, however, that he already arrived in the city-As-representatives of the a. Hungers asserted that, he had given
Cheong and ss. Hung Wan yes- the personnel money and food will continue as a member of the sociated Press and Reuter.
terday.
on Monday when the matter was taken up by the CSU.
of
from North China, aside from a sage Home to each man That seamen declarod.
Chinese In Hong Kong To
Mark Dragon Boat Feast
The seamen are meanwhile dis- cussing die proposition among themselves and will send in thon decision today to the CSU.
# This is the last batch of moral each mah
last
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"We have informed the CSU that we will pay four months' salary and give a free passage to when the alluation 400. Chinese seamen who clears up North," the official said.
of Since the beginning have brought similar claims of non-fulfilment of promises made month, eight steamers and at Shanghai, which had caused towing craft were brought safely them to
to take the risk of being Jocal waters by "volunteers' attacked when sailing down
the
who apparently "killed two birds The Stage is all set for the Many foreign residents, parti The origin of the festival cens Whangpoo River during the Battle with one stone" to quote a well- Informed source. The trouble and 70 persons were severaly Dragon Boat Festival, one of cularly newcomers, have been trea round the story of a Chinese of Shanghai
Wat Yuen, The CSU arbitrated on several began when they received orders
were setted Inst to leave from the
local repre- There have been no further re- the most important and popu- somewhat puzzled at the sight atatesman named ports of disorders at that mine lor of the Chinese community of the large number of small famed for his honesty and up-claims, which
parcela wrapped in bamboo leaves rightness.
More than 300 Roomen where the hostages
have were taken in traditional style.
a mutual compromise. displayed outside Chinese rts
According to the story which week when both parties come to sentatives. from their homes by the strikers.
When Shanghai was attacked been satisfied after negotiations A highlight of today's 'cele-toura
taurants and tea-houses,
has come down through the ages, There Assolated Press.
contain rice dumplings Wat Yuen was very much con- by the Cominunists, the former were successfully concluded bo- brations will be the Dragon parcels
and the coloured streamers which cerned about improving the lot of crews of the ships left for fear of tween the CSU and the owners, Boat races
and had. organised by the Buiter gaily in the breeze denote the poorer classes
on being attacked while the รโทษ The case of the ss. Wol Nam Chung Shing Benevolent So the type of rice dumpling for several occasions, brought to the anchored in the river," a repre- is still progressing. ciety and which will be held | sale.
notice of the Emperor, certain re-ventative of the ss. Hung Cheong The contents of the rice dum-torms which Wert at Kennedy Town between
considered
crew declared yesterday in, an 13.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.
pling consist of a variety of innecessary.
interview,
The owners made many pro- gredients, such
However, the other counsellors assaltod The multi-coloured dragon yoke, slices of cooked pork, roast of the Emperor
mises which encouraged ather boats normally used for the pork, roast duck, chicken, ham, interested in the plight of the extant to sigh on to bring the
100bean or aw
sweetened bean paste. musses and by force of numbers vessels down to Hong Kong, races measure from 50 to
able to over-ride Wat Even their familles were permit- Dragon Boat Festival ir The
́ed to accompany them. enough to pout two men abreast, usually a day of feasting and Yuen's proposals for reform. ››
The boats are designed after merry-making,
"We look three days to gali In a moment of despair, Wat religious the shape of a dragon. The ceremonies before the ancestral Yuen is said to have dung him down the river. Firing on both
river and coxswain stands in the prow and tablets also forming part of the self into a
was banks was heavy, Normally 1 drowned.
takes only four hours to get out beats a large-sized Chinese drum programme.
When the news of his drown.to the strokes of the
FOR. to regulato
One of the "delicacies" to be
"Our ship moved by night most the oramen, at the same time utter-ind
out before
ancestraling came to the notice of the Em-
he was overcome with of the time and laid low in day- grief and Immediately gave or light," he recalled. crew to give of their best.
These dragon boat races may
der for the Imperial Dragon Boats to search for the body, of bo regarded as the Chinese ver-
The Dragon Best Festival, la Wat Yuen, All efforts to recover sion of the annual Oxford-Cam-
attract alvo a happy day for the ohll-] the body were bridge boat races und
unsuccessful.
on that it was The legend rope on L dren, who are usually the res thousarida of 'spectators · from all
cipients of email embroidered then decreed that on over the Colony.
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Rainfall Nil. Total
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