1949-07-25 — Page 3

Chinese Reform Assn. Hits KRA Plan, Holds Discussion On Rice

Reminders

Today

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TOMORROW

1K Roary Club, luncheon, Rooi

At a meeting held in the Sun Kwong Hotel yas- terday afternoon, the Chinese Reform Asso- ciation denounced racial discrimination os a- disgraceful insult to both British and Chin-

esc.

Later, the meeting dealt with the rice situation in the colony, and appointed a Sub-Committee to investigate the matter.

The following is a resume | Sible people in a spirit of reason- of the statement released. by blu campromise, This reform the Publicity Sub-Committeelun and not other suggdations of the Association after the should be regarded as the mikrik- mum suggestion from the Chinese meeting:-

stde.

"This Agrociation represents the unit of the Inhabiton's of

| Hong Kong Theretajes, in wel-

Garden, 11K Hotel, 12.50 puan. oming expressions of opinion, at

The Electorate

Bridge Drive Cros civilians burts that the Government wil Lastly, with regard to the

and Servicémeni) YMCA, 8 p.m.

European c

HK Lagti Orchestra relíausal, 50.

Jon's Cathedral ball. 6.1.

10.

are electorate qualification, the feel- Pralunter the

ofing of the Chinese civic bodies of such school

24

1>1 thought, and on this point, we embadied in a simple elehr-cut,

h to add our comments on the and jogical demand,

This de

between British

raised by the Kowloon Remand is that in to be no HK "Rotary Club febres mest idents Association as being en-discomination

and on-British.

, Roof Garden, ik Hotel,tradictory in the vast majority of 12.30 p.m.

the population of Hong Kong.

WEDNESDAY

Mare

There

REC

outstanding impressions that close examination Toe Club mering, Su

sill reveal, (ly The technique of donrod disad, 8.30 pm. HK At Ratio Thanhatting Jammutation

443 akilfully Swiety. meeting

up the int Chinu, tuled that it covers up the Fleet Clubs Theatre, 5.30 pan.

real intentions. It smacks of de- Baljotu

liberale

exaggeration to attract Lessons to hit Attention. (2) It reflects a tradi Servicemení, European YMCA,

tion school of thought {p.in.

most THURSDAY

prevalent in colonial atmosphere) Kowlcon Rotary Club felsent

which the present trend of world meeting). Peninja Hotel thought does not permit of exist 12.30 p.m.

Jenre Barnstormers, Europeni YMCA,

pn. Jolly Variety Show

for Troops).

Symbolical Reform

Chinese

elvle bunties have pointed out that any reform which retsins. the

1 Men's Club, luncheon, at Hong The other day the

Garden, HK Hefel, 12.45pm. HK Light Celestra. Saugere restem of nomination is nothing hearsal, St. Jolm's Cathedral but a symbolical reform which

Hull, 7.30

FRIDAY

p.ra. SATURDAY

"In this year of Grace 1949,

of perpetuation

racial dlı crimination in disgraceful input to both British and Chinese. It would neutrallis al! the RH

best Intentiona and efforts of constitutional #incere

reform.

"ABY

reform plan that dues not tive adequate representation to 99 per cent of the inhabitanta a reform which is not needed. į Such a reform plap must not be used as at substitutions ni the YOURK

for municipa!

H council.

The Chines

believe firmly

the that unless real reform of Legislative Council is place, they would

Plan

take to rather have i

THE CHINA MAIL," MONDAY, JULY: 28, 1949.

Carry Cross Around World

A Carthorse In a London street watches Catholic cross-byarora pass with their ten-foot burden, Built by monks in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre, this cross has already been carried. through Syria, Lebanon, Italy, France and Beiglum, and MAN yet to be taken to Ireland and the US A. Collections made throughout the crom's tour will be used, to`æld. Pricatine War refugees, a Catholic spokoaman said.—(AP photo),

Indonesians Favour Government On

W. European Model

Jogjakarta, July 23.

the Municipal Council as schedul-A government on the West European model is the

ed before May, 1930."

Rice Situation.

boltes

the very name of reform. The indefile postponement of Victoria Recreation Ulab swim- | the municipal council plan clear- mang Gala in hope of Six, deprives the right of self-gov-

Levante for the inhabitants of The Association then deliver |

Hong Kong. To

say that

unleated in the legal rice situation, tination is retained, the ris. M. Kennedy Skipton, who used having responsible councillors hold the potion of Rice Con- parand be safe-guarded against|troller in the

Cakmy, gave

Arthur Meuse, at VRC pl. 9.30 pa

Marine Cooks- Want U.S. To Recognise Reds

the

hus

is any puracions disregard of the lupinion as follows! -- ability or self-government of tal--- Commission-of-inquiry the Inhabitants of Hong Kong which would represent a major Chinese as well as

of members of the public, he inevitable conclusion is that should be appointed to investi-

as non-Chinese it supply mud-slinging directly ate the rice pusition. Two points eo tradictory 10 thi colonial

lonial need to be investigated. Policy el lis Majesty's Gover- Whether rier control should se ment, which is to promote "the continued. - (2) How

Kvennakmani by inviting the decent fullest msible co-operation with

debgates at. | all sets of the communion control before 1041

San Francisco, July 24, Rognitio

Chinese Communist regime was urged by a majority of the tansking the C.1.0. Marine Cooks and Stewards Muton ronvention.

Hugh Bryson, the Unton's Pre- sident, told delegatos:

"As long as vur Goverment follows a policy not recognising governments with workers repre- utatives in them, we won't have

proposera of the

The

(1)

rusure

as the rice leaves the Govern ment godown.

reported choice of Indonesian political leaders for the projected United States of Indonesio. Republican officials and representatives of 15 other Indonesian states and territories adjourned here last night after three days discussion of the future of the islands after the Dutch yield control. They plan to meet again in Batavia on July 30.

V

Grim Find By Perak Police

The conferers agreed that the Government should have a President as its head, but with actual authority in the hands of Cabinet Ministers.

Sterling At New Black Market Low

The

Paris, July 24.

Ster. British Pound ling was quoted at a леш fow on Saturday in the Paris black market it 920 France

to the Pound. In the official free market, the Pound was

quoted at 1,097 Franca

the Pound.

to

in the block market. the dollar was at 345 Francs and In the free market, 330.5 Using the black market rates for Pound and Dollar, the Pound was worth only US$2.66 ad compared with the official rate of around US$4.03.——Acangiated Press.

Kwangtung

Province Co-operative

dependent colonies for wolf. Thus controlled rice as sold is ot

The Republican Premier. Quality" Mr. Kennedy Skipton said that

Mohamed fintin, the conference The Government initiated rico

chairman, rear the results at #

The first co-operative union 10 *SUM

20-minutes open meeling, The in Kwangtung Province was Residents Assuction's plan be-adequate food

supply in the

Ipoh, July 23. name will be "the Republic of formed last week when repre- Hong to the school of orthodoxy, Colony in the event of seige, The strangled bodies of 11 fntlonesia Serikat (United)."

sentatives of 210 North Panyu although they recognize

mountain excep- After the war, the object in con- Sukais, aborigine tional virusundances.

the trolling rice-is-to prevent fluctus- dwellers of Malaya, were found A technical committee will "Pao" or village co-operatives pecular enviroment that long on in prices. But he said that today by !

Keng is in at the moment, but the

Perak police three discuss what states should furm met in Kiangtsun near Can- ton for their first convention. they refuse to face facts, and the rest surt-coming in the weeks after 35 Sakals were tre and we won't have jobs.”

present method of control was dulge a wishful thinking in the that there was no control as soon

captured by Communist ter- Afer that delegates voled golden dreams of the pust.

The Indonesian peoples will The new Co-operative Union rorists. favour of a resolution calling on

a co-ordinated be represented by House of aims to develop Chinese elele bodies clearly pointe

Until recently the Sukais have Representatives and Senate. The local program of irrigation, co- the State Department and Con-

ed not ut a meeting that the must gress to recognise what it called outstanding feature of the con-

Mr. Skipton showed two sum-remained, aloof from the Jungle House will have a limited num operative marketing, agricultural

warfare between "the new China." end America's Litutional problem of Hong ples of rice which he had brought Land -Communists, who are main-led suficient. No agreement could ural education. This program is British forces ber of members-156 Is consider improvement, public sanitation and "suicidal foreign

Kong policy" und

They with him to the meeting. make loans to the Reds, without

is the fact that non-British in-

ly wartime Chinese guerillas. habitants consists of more than op were purchased by him in a shop political strings.

The kidnapping of the Saknise reached on the power of the receiving financial and technical help from the Chinese-American 3nd July

Senate. Earlier, a feeble effort by per cent of the population. Any in Yaurati in June

was followed by terrorist ralds

Joint Commission an Rural Re- mluority groups of delegate. to

construction which was establish- proposed reforin which does not respectively. Both samples support Unitel States foreign front them idequate represents the 64 rents grade. In the July Sakal reservation 10 days

u Juge.

ed us a part of the United States pulley and thus Marshall Plan was Lion is, to say the least, unrestot, it has been found that 38 per A prisul raid by the Sakais

China Aid Prograin. squelched. Only about 10 rele

Batic. The Chinese civic bodle cent of it was broken rice; and killed 18, Chinese und wounded Hates approved the Amercian pro-suggests that there are to be six in the June lot. 40 per cent was grumme.

Chinese councillors, sne

of broken rice, and the rest of t whom are to be British subject very old rice. Mr. Skipton said Chinese, out of a council of 17 that there was obviously some to 20 members. The wish of thing wrong somewhere, huying 30 per cent in the council

Before the meeting adjourned,

The convention also approved a resolution pledging support to the Philippi Congress of Labour Organisations-un affiliate of the World Federaton of Trade Unions. (The National C.IO. hs with. drawn from the W.U.F.U, because, it sakl, of Soviet domination. -Associated Press.

น

to

.are

represent 00 per cent of the the Chinese Reform Association ilong Kang inhabitants by respon-elected a Sub-Committee on Rice. Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, an Secretury, and a Chleso

TAFT'S CALL

Secretary.

15.

Discovery of the 11 bodies and search for others in communal graves in the Cameron Highlands expected to sharpen differcaces

usubily the

pencetul aborigines and the Chinese---As- sociated Press.

between

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In his opening address to mora аго now Dutch subjects or than 130 delegates General Wu citizens of the Indonesian Ro- Kunn-chi announced that the re- public; Chinese and Arabs of cent US830,000 JCRH_grant-in- similar status who do not ob- uid to the North Panyu Recon-

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who wish to used to strengthen their Co- become citizens.

operative organisations, General Wu, chairman of the Panyu Halen. As soon as possible after the

of tha Dutch transfer of sovereignty, local Reconstruction Commission, the provisional Indonesian gov stated this financial assistance ernment will prepare free, sceret would insure the continued ex- Parle, July 23.

pansion of the North Panyu co- Jelections for a constituent con- Tsang.

Delegates from Poland, Cze-stitutional assembly.

operative movement which has SODE sang, C. H. Taung, Li Yuk-lam, choslovakin, Hungary and Bul-

grown from 20 to 210 co-opera- Koon-shing, T. R. C. Won, | Karla did not arrive, as expect- Tsang

lives in the last four years. The Republican Senator, Ro- Chang Ta-wing, Ko Mo-ngau, od, for the eleventh congress of major points regarding Inances, bert Taft (Ohio), called on the Tang Shlu-snug. Ng Man-shing, the

The JCRR is International

subsidising the by air from Rumania, landed at United States Administration Ng Fu, Ip Ping-che, Y. K. Wong, Lawyers, which opened here yes Novisad, Yugoslavia, on July today to delay its foreign arms Ho Saw-hong, Mrs. Marlon War-terday. the Yugealsy news agency Tra programme until the new|man_Miss (D) Chan Cho Gang, Lawyers from 30 nations are Jug said today.

North Atlantic Council drafted and Mr. Kennedy Skipton. The Agency said that the men, Captain Toma Elekes atul Lieu common defence plans,

RUMANIANS FLEE

COUNTRY

Belgrade, July 23.

Two Rumunian officers, fleeing

tenant Lilje Redu, asked for

FOR CAUTION

Washington, July 23,

He said in an interview that

sylur saying. that they dis-the needs of European countries agreed with the Rumanian anti-should be studied

Yugoslav policy.-Router.

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of the treaty signers, but I'am

Among those present at yes. Lerday's meeting were Messrs Ma Chen, F. C. Daniel

Ma Y. K. Muk, Chen Cho-fi

attending-Reuter.

Union

Arakan Seen Trouble Spot In Burma Strife

Rangoon, July: 23.

certainly opposed to any, all-out The Burmese Communist rebellion danger signal is likely in the future to be focussed upan the Western seaboard. of Arakon.

programmo. that will starf" al

world. arms race," he said Reuter

An agreement was reached on

of but financial and economic policy North Ponyu co-operative move

This may happen if rebel The observers said the rebels may

ELECTRICITY. groups from mid-Western attempt the rearguard action at CUTS IN FRANCE Burma cross the Arakan hils a natural defence barrier 36 miles Paris, July 23.in an effort to evade Govern- below Frome to cover a "Burmese

Dunkirkers think it ment troops closing in on them. The French Government has competent military observers

quito studied plans., for new mining:

like

that the mid-Wastern rebels, centres and an increase of 700,000 suggestel today.

at present, unided, will split after Observers told The Associated entering Arakan, which in frag- program Press that evidence points to muldmented by Red and White Fla far rapid development to stavo Western group comprising rate Contropnist Parties, 20th, Union gade White PVO, Communists military police fleaerters, anch Arakansie Separationlate: fed by

kilowatts in hydro-electric sup-

plies, in drafting *

off electricity shortages.

today,

M. Robert Lacoste, Minister of and Army matineers preparing the the renegade Monk U Selads. Industry and Commerce, disclos-

e of the communications, centre ing this warned the French of Prome, 160 miles North West Burmese authorities for inciting This man, incarcerated by the people. that electricty cute will ward of Rangoon, as the spring an Arakan farzuoll, escaped from continue in France for the next board for a mass jump over the few years-Router.

Tharrawaddy fall whip, Army Wastern; kills.

mantineers, seised: the town and in Burma army, alded. by.

tayboy barck, with name guecillas, arg

Promi) the IANA

'The Social Organisation

Berlin, July: 25. Democratie?! Youth söene

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founced today a Lampkirary, com. V Advanów Units, mainly, gumyllan, sation of its mellvilley in the Bo have already reached ffinhis, the

will be discussed further in Ba- ment because the local people

tavla,

have demonstrated

their ability A discussion

The local on union with to help themselves, the Netherlands was also de-people, largely under the lender

ship of

General Wu, collected ferred. Associated Press.

funds amounting to 35,000 picuis of rice and financed road recon- struction. They have built telep hone lines connecting 17 "Hsiang" (10 villages) offices.

MALTA PREMIER IN BRITAIN

London, July 23. Mr. Paul Jofa, Prime Minister of Malta, and Mr. D. Mintoff. bis Reconstruction Minister, arrived at Northolt airport here tonight from Malta

They will be in England for three or four weeks but declined to give the purpose of their visit

-Reuter.

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