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CZECH MOVE AGAINST Premier Godfather Chiang Says Kwangtung

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Government Preparing To Take Full Control

STATE

SUPERVISION

Prague, July 15.

The Czech Government served notice today that it was preparing to take over full control of the Roman Catholic Church through- out the country,

The bill, drafted for the next session of Parliament and reported by the

official agency, would provide:

Foreigners Want To Leave Shanghai

Shanghai, July 15.

Hundreds of Americans want to be evacuated

from Communist-dominated Shanghai today. They, along with other non-Russion foreigners, have besieged U.S. Consul-General John Cabot with requests for an evacuation ship.

Many (f these, inost of Ho be the reason for this sudtlen the veteran China business desire to leave Shanghai,

That seems to have been crown. men, elected to stay on when

Communists

Many Americans, ex- the

threatening blow,

cluding a few misskmaries, have virtually given up on Communist China now

the city. They thought some how they could hang on 10

their businesses and invest- ments. Now they have changed their minds.

The case of the American Vice- Consul Mr. Willam Olive, seems

Troops Load Export Cargoes

London, July 15.

1. The state will hardd the right to approve in disapprove

all Church appoinhornt, frum Archbishop

down

chaplains:

2 Pay I ali priests

Bed annual salaries :

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will be

3. No post will be paid if be been sealenced his a ervil e ut sa

if he is not "untionally reliable;"

4. Churees will to required to inventory all property and will be to sell or transter pro- forbidden to perly without a

approval:

5. Churches will be respired te operate on budgets presented an onally in advaners

4. Administrative supervision of the above power, will be vested in the Ministry of Education.

The bill will be di russed by the church sertion of the Central Ae- Ton Committe, the agency re- port said, and will presented to Parlament after the summer receg

They want the American State Pope Attacked

Department to send a ship dere to lake them out.

here es

Leading Americana timate that about a third of the 1.100 Americans in the Shang- hui aren want to get out Hun. dreds of other foreigners want 15 leave. eave.

There are about 5,500 non-Rus- stan foreigners left in Shanglust. Commercial shipping and air nes have long waiting lists lot 'ransportation as soon as it he

British troops began loadings available

export cargoes time toey

on

for the first.

thre

River docks where

An official of the Czechoslovak Communist Government directiv attacked Pope Pius XII today

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Catholic accusing

Roman Pontiff of blessing and supporting Fascism.

anger

Although the controtted Press has not yet Informed the Cze choslovak people-75 per cent Catholics a! The them Vatican decree exzammunten

Minister of Since the Communist песира

ting Communists. den, and in all fairness a little

Vaclav Kopecky Information Thames

before tr

reflected the Cecmun.t tir, foreign businessmen wildcat have been plagued by what they at the Church's actor.. strike has paralysed shipping in unreasonable demands by

and idled over Chinese labour. for 19 days

Speaking at a meeting of the Friend of Denncsalic They have been lacked in their 5% (2 Some of the 6,000 troops 35-ffres by ubour lemonstrators Spain to commemorate the 13th signed to the docks went to work who wert severance pay,

back on 15,000 tons of waiting automo-pay, and claimants of severanes bilds, steel, planos and other pay who have not worked for the freight.

tims in many year, and in some Others continued unloading cases, not at all. food shipments from 17 ore of the 134 ships tied up by the stop pake.

14,000 stevedores.

Pickets at the docks distributed leaflets urging the strikers to join

demonstration march from the waterfront to Trafalgar Square on Sunday.

Meanwhile, teaders of the two unions representing the idle work- ers met with Labour Ministry Conciliator Sir Robert Gould for new efforts to settle the whole dispute.

After the meeting, the unions summoned their full executive committees to meet Sir Robert late todayàssiclated Press.

MORE TROOPS FOR MACAO

Lisbon, July 15. About 800 troops and extensive military suplies left here today

aboard the 8,080 ton Portuguese steamer Nyassa to reinforce the Portuguese garrison at Macao, Router:

The Weather

0860 OHT p.m. STKST) the

A

typhoon le centred about 250 miles E

Commonwealth

The complaint is that neither Import Cuts

move

use workers nor the Communis authorities..are making a

settle the pay disputes on a "ensible basis.

many

wanting leave China are

However, among the foreigners whose normal tour of duty is up. They would leave in any case if transport were available.

Conditions In Hankow

munist mit

military auth discipline

Foreigners in the Communist- held Yanktse port of Hankow, in central China, are safe and well and making the best of the stop- nant business situatlen, according to usually reliable reports reach- ing Canton today, says Reuter.

city is controlled by Com- The

autherilles whose to be good. The civi

Iɔn, however, is bad. Senior officials in public utilities, in the Custons and Post political commisssis with

have been replaced

little Pol experience. Junior employees are being kept on, but

but many of these

office

is

civil admined to

are attempting to evacuate,

Taxes in Hankow are very heavy, and prices of general com-

daily. Roaring.

are

BOTTO

40

or

London, July 15, Britain in belloved to nave

the asked

Commonwealth countries of the Sterling pool at the #nance talks here to

her lead in day to follow

cuts making, immediate doilar Importa from the United States and Canada.

Sir Stafford Crippe, Chan. cellor of the Exchequer, Inst night announced proposed United Kingdom cuts at the rate of 100,000,000 a your

pending п definite Import programme to be decided at Washingten in Septembar.

to

Today, the other finance

understood leaders were have considered suggestions for cutting dollar Importe by the rest of the Sterling Area on a similar basis.

Britain's Prime Minister, Clement Attlee holding his godchild, thirteen-week-old Charles Arthur Simon Jen- kins, son of Roy Jenkins, 28, youngest member of the House of Commons, following the christening at the House of Commons Crypt. Mr. Jenkins, Lobour MP for Southwark, was sponsored by Mr. Attice when he took his seat in the Commons.

(AP Photo),

Mysterious U.S. Conference On Atomic Energy

Washington, July 15.

The White House clamped a tight lid of secrecy today on President Truman's conference on atomic energy with top cabinet, military and congressional leaders.

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For nearly three hours last night some 15 high officials met with the President at Blair House,

residence. temporary presidential Grim and unsmiling as they left, the con- ferees refused to discuss the nature of the parley. But it appeared likely from the posi- tions of the participants that the conference concerned some international development in the field of atomic energy--the United States number one secret.

Among the conferees were They pointed out the issing the Secretary of State, Mr. members Included members of the Dean

Acheson: the Defence Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Army's Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson: General Omur Bradley, the Navy Mr. David Lilienthal, Chair- Admiral. Louis Denfeld, and the Air Force's General Hoyt Van- man of the Atomic Energy

denberg-United Press. Commission; General Dwight Eisenhower, acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: und top Democrats and.. Rc- publicans on the Joint Con- Atomic Energy gressional Committee.

Senator Millard Tydings, Chair- man of the Senato Armed Services of the Committee and member Atomic Committee, guve the only

hint of the importance of the meeting when, complaining of i cold, he left Blair House early.

"Good Luck"

He was escorted to the door by Mr. Mr. Truman. "Good luck, President," Senator Tydings sald as they parted.

Conscription In Korea

Seoul, July 15.

Must Be Defended

Canton, July 15.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek today declared: "We must have a strong decisive ambition to defend Kwangtung-the historical revolu- tionary base to fight against the Commun=" ists."

The Generalissimo said that every member of the Kuomintang should do their best to protect Kwangtung and assist the military authorities to achieve a final victory.

He said this at a tea party given at his tempor- ary residence to all members of the Central Political Council and the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.

An emergency committee Presidents of the emergency will hold their first meeting committee will be appointed

morning tomorrow afternoon under the tomorrow

by the chairmanship

the of

Gen Central Political Counell and erallssimo. The two Vice the Centrál Executive Com-

mittee.

Quirino To

Press For Pacific Pact

Generalissimo Chiang at noon today conferred with the Acting President, Li Tsung-jen, the Pre- mier, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, and other members of the Emergency Committee of the Kuomintang.

The Kuomintang officia paper, Central Daily News, to Gay said: "We will be pleased. If we can be led by Generalissim- Chiang Kai-shek ma this is the way in which the cause of the Revolution can be successful.

No Differences

Generalissimo, Chiang

Kal

Malayan Reds Said Willing To Surrender

Singapore, July 15.

A number of surrender- ed bandits have told police officers that 50 per cent of Malayn's terrorists would come out of the jungle surrender terms were offered, the Chief Secre- tary, Sir Alec Newboult, told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

He said that the Federal Government WAS watch- closely ing the situation but did not intend to offer an amnesty to the Com- munist bandits-Router.

SCAP Refutas Panyushkin's Allegation

Tokyo, July 15, General Douglas MacArthur. the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacife, in 213 official atatement today, described "fantastically untrue," the allega tions of Mr. Panyushkin, the Sovlet Ambassador in Washing- ton, that the American policy in

Manila, July 15. President Quirino tonight pledged full determination to press ahend with an anti-shek's political adviser, Dr. Wanz Communist Pacific union whe-Shih-chleh, sald today there is no Japan was unfair to labour and ther or not it had the approval fundamental difference between reduced the country to economie

the Generalissimo and Nationalist ruin. of Washington or London.

"Labour

rights enjoys

and In a radio address, Mr. Quirino President Li Tsung-jen, reports

liberties comparable to those of aid the coolness of the United Associated Press.

Dr. Wang, former States and Britain to the idea of Minister of China, added, how the world

Foreign the most enlightened countries of and the economy là Pacifle union was the "most natural thing in the world, will ever, there are important issues constantly improving."

need further exchange of that

Panyushkin's allegations the Noril, Atlantic pact perhaps

opinions.

stem from the Spriet hey can afford to be cool."

"There in a strong desire on all

In its nefarious" plot not we of Asia and the

nides," he said, "for a concerted to absorb Japan into the Soviet Pactile," he added.

The fire of Communism is at general plan for the conduct of orbit of influence," said General.

the wor il is absurd to imagine that to devise means to

top it is to fly with are."

dear and

In one of his series of monthly dio Inks tonight, Mr. Quirino said:

Means Limited

Mr.

"plain on

MacArthur.

war on all fronta Wit cannot ba ̈ dünlad,” · Dr. The Russiana have been died Wang continued, that up to appointed in the hope that the the present each front has been Introduction of disorder and Eghting its own fight. There has violence by ever, only a small been no effective unity of com- minority would turn the progres- mand."

sive

tide of

of democracy in Japan *This is one of the most in- in favour of Russia's DWN "Our menus of protection may portant issues that will have to totalitarian concept of despotle be limited and not immediately peelded between Chiang and force, sald General MacArthur.

because it is effective

largely Li," he said.

Russia was "unwilling itself to Chieng, he said, has decided to contribute

the economic and political in effect.

even in

most And we know that difficulties are everything possible to continue minor degree to the tremendous of tremendous but it is worth a try the war zalmat the Communists. task of the rehabilitation to save our lives, our free In He embasfsed that Chiang has n|Japan."-Router. _'

titutions-Democracy Ityolf. To interton of resuming the Prest old our arms would be suicidal.cy from which he retired Ir

Ja Urry. To prepare for the worst le not only - foresight

but release from the paralysis of Inaction induced by sheer animal fear."

Dr Wan sald there had been a lack of cohesive military plan- ing by the Nationalists since th fall of Shangthai,

Chiang's first visit here in 1^

years has produced surge of

MOVING COAL.

TO SYDNEY..

Bydney, July 15. Mr. Quirino said those of the

The New South Wales govern- West who are friends of the

began moving ment yesterday Thilippines and genuinely

race against time to prevent col. terested in the preservation of the optimism. There has been a lot of 20,000 tons of coal to Sydney in Democratic way of life, "will have talk that eventually the Nation-lure of the city's public utilities. alists will be able to turn the tide reat Incentive to help peoples of alists

Some 400 police stood by in the East if we show we are gainst the Reds,

case of trouble from the striking Meriously exerting ourselves." He Dr. Wang sald. Chlang would coal miners who had established aid the best way to do so was to ask the projected 12-man Kuo- lines around the coal supplies.

Umited mintang emergency council to ap-

Coal dug from the mines North prove a China-Philippines Poelne of Sydney before the strike start- 10s was to pool their

Mr. Quirino made it clear that unlon aminat Communism. Other od on June 20 was desperately aimed at nilens have been invited to join. needed for the gas and electricity the Pacific union was

supplies in Sydney.-United Press. effecting unification of Asia to Reuter and Associated Press. Decome an integral unit of a great world union.”—Associated Press.

resources,

U.S. EXERCISES IN CHINA SEA

The National Assembly to-

Manila, July 16. day passed the Korean Re- The United States Navy an public's first national conscrip-nounced today that joint navy and tion bill, making Korean males between the ages of 17 and 40 subject to the draft.

air force exercises will be held in the China Sea West of Lauzon for about two weeks beginning July 18.

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Acting come after repeated pro-

Naval vessels, including tests by the Southern Korean Government against the with-submarino, six destroyers, a sub- drawal of United States troops marine repair and salvage ship from South Korea and requests and a seagoing tug for towing for United States military aid targeta, will participate in the against the threat of Communist war games with planes from Clark attacks from North Korea.

Field air force base.

The bill today provided the "pper limit of draftees can be extended to 45 if necessary.

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Correspondence ›

erally, and moderately high to thẻ BB of heavcellent. 11. ritish, Ameri- | communication weapon in genera' the advisability of continuing the mentally deflelent, criminals with i· Chinese Chamber of Com

Zupan.

Today's Forecaali-Light or moderate

` SW. winds,', Cloudy with scattered showUTH,

clearing partially in afternoon,

Yesterday's Weathert

anniversary of the outbreak of Reporters waliing outside Im

him with the Spanish civil war. Kopecky mediately peppered

con regarding the questions charged that the Vatican is stil modities are

supporting the regime of Gener

ference. He replied: "If I told

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It was passed by an overwhel- Communista" peoples' alissimo Francisco Franco,

you, you would not print it fr the interest of the country." The Communist Press of Prague

ming vote of 66 to one. The bill money is the official currency, but

It sald similar anger.

There was no indication when most be approved by President formers will only tell their pro-showed

of or if President Truman would Syngman. Rhee before becoming excommunications duce on a silver dollar basis. loVatican Hankow, behind the "bamboo Communists and their supporters discuss the nature of the cun-low. The bill exempts from draft students be- such entegories as curtain"

Pago 2. 70 are part of a political "hule con- ference.

(The New York "Herald-Tri- tween the ages of 17 and 20, A- of Okinawa, moving NNW at about 8 European businessmen, and the paign against the peop'e's do knots. Pressure is low over China gan, fantiles, whose morale is said to mocracles."

bune" reported that at the con-sembly men, Government offinials,

Teaders, the Page 3 addition, there The Press could attack the x- terence Mr. Truman examined policemen, district are number. of

merce Meeting disclosing the latest exchange of classified u'omic prison records of more than six con and other missionaris, all of without

data with Britain and years, and "persons making fre- Page 4 whom elected to stay at the jobs Vatican order because it referred energy

Barclay's - Bridge back to the actions of the Church Canada. The newspaper said the quent trips abroad.—Reuter. when the city fell in May.

'The city's night aire, which ryanst those who supported the "meeting concerned nine areas of vas banned a month ago, le now operutist, Government-sponsored atomic energy development, some reported to be booming, with Catholic Action, Many who joined of them highly classided, on which dance hails and brothels crop the movement have been declared the Unlied States still co-operates ping up like mushrooms. Oplan cut off from the sacraments of the with Britain and Canada."

Tauxembourg, July 15. Church-United Prea and Amo-

There are 18 members of the. is being sold almost openly. The Communist authorities in cinted Press.

Atomic The Defence Miniatore of the Page 6 Congressional 1049.0 1006.6. Shanghal today ordered the Bri-

Energy Committee but only seven five, Brussels Pact nations, Bri

Motorlag News Lials and American Information

were invited to the conference. bain, France, Belgium, Hollend and

Page 10 Some of the uninvited members Le

Lexembourg, met bere today for were obviously annoyed.

PREO ARG als that

"I may be something has hap dance, expected to last two Ships Queue Off Thames

vilnisters accompanied by

Finance and Commerce it had issued the orders because A Pay and Records Section has pened," said Republican Repre Britain

and the United States had been added to the Fores Head-sentative James Van Zandt but economie and other experts, were. Page 13 -

Air, Shipping Moveme ne diplomatic relations, with the quarters of the Hong Kong De other member said they did not understood to be considering fur Communists Associated Press fands Faroe, accorting to in order belleve the conference- luvpived ther details of the Western union

Sports found made by the Governor.

any immediate military trisin,-defence scheme.Reuter.

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