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VOL. II NO. 96

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1947.

DRAFT BRITISH PLAN

ANOTHER MISFORTUNE

Little America, Jan. 23.

The Byrd Antarctic Ex- pedition to-day suffered a third aerial mishap when a helicopter crashed into the sca and sank, but the pilot and a single passenger was picked up uninjured.

The mishap occurred during a takeoff from the cartier Philippine Sea. The cause of the crash was not known.

It will be recalled another holicopter crashed on Sun- day alongside the tender Pine Island. The pilot and passenger also were unin- jured.-United Press.

HUNT FOR CHILD KILLER

FOR GERMANY

Main Principles Are Political, Economic

London, Jan. 23.

The draft of the British plan for Germany understood to have been completed and will Je communicated to the Big Four Foreign Ministers in Moscow.

The plan is said to base on the following general principles:

(1) Prevention of any further German aggression through the establishment of political conditions which will secure the world against any German reversion to a dictatorship or any revival of a German aggressive policy.

(2) Establishment of economic conditions which will enable Germans and the world outside Germany to benefit in conditions of peace from the German industry and resources.

The constitutional machinery to politically but with special "guar- be set up in Germany for these ends antes" to be worked out for both should, in the British view, avoid the vital industrial areas, presumably on two extremes, namely a loose con- an international basis.

Regarding the

frontier, eastern federation of autonomous states and

Britain a unitary centralised state.

reportedly is asking The plan is said to provide for a assurances that Poland will be able Rovernment which would to develop former German territory be

The

for

will

Stalin Said Seeking A Real

Military Alliance

New York, Jan. 22.

Newsweek magazine reports that. a few days prior to Pravda's charge that the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Revin, was seeking to renounce the Anglo-Soviet treaty, Generalissimo Stalin suddenly asked Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, "What are the chances of signing a Soviet-British military alliance?" To which Lord Mont- gomery replied, "You forget we have already signed a military alliance."

"I mean a real alliance-not the Bevin alllance," Stalin reportedly said, whereupon Marshal Montgomery sought to change the subject, but Stalin remarked that the subject might be taken up again when Marshal Vasilevsky repays Marshal Montgomery's visit.

According to Newsweek, "British diplomats believe the Russians are genuinely anxious for some new expression of Anglo-Soviet solidarity. They think the anxiety will take the form of a new Russian attempt to split the Anglo- American front and Isolate the United States diplomati- cally."-United Press,

MISSING PLANE FOUND:

ALL BELIEVED SAFE

Shanghai, Jan. 23.

The missing American Graves Registration Service plane has been located and all members of the crew and passengers are believed safe.

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RESULTS OF NEW YEAR SPORTS

Memorial Cup Match

Football yesterday drew a big crowd to Cause- way Bay, where the first of the holiday series of matches was played. Fine weather also enabled cricket, lawn bowls and tennis to be played. Here is a round-up of yesterday's sporting events:

CHINESE WIN

Other scores were: E. C. Fincher Combined Chinese beat the RAF and Mrs Jones 25, S. A. Gray and by three goals to nil in the Memorial Mrs Thomson 24, C. A. V. Joyce and

S. Trueman Cup match, played on the Navy Guest, 21 each, J. J. Ferguson and and J. Guest and G. Ground yesterday.

Mrs Kingsley .10, D. Mackenzie and were very unlucky, Mrs Hutton 15, D. S. Green and Mis The airmen but had only themselves to blame, J. Stoltes 12 and E. Randall, and R. for they missed chances consistently Lawrence 10.

throughout the match, Stickland,

ance, missed three open goals

for instance,

in the first half.

ATTABOY LAWN BOWLS

The equivalent of the pre-war

Play was fast and exciting. After Altaboy shield lawn

bowls match

12 minutes, Lat Shiu-wing scored the was played yesterday at the Kowloon first goal for the Chinese, but Stick-Bowling Green Club, but instead of land equalised soon after. Just be the shield, the winning rinkt received fore half time, RAF appealed strong-

spoons.

ly for a penalty klek, but the re- Nine rinks took part, all playing feree waved the play un. The air Ave heads against each other. The men netted Immediately afterwards, winning rinit was; W. C. Simpson, but were ruled offside. The half C. Dowinan, J. Hempacy time score was 2-1 favour of the| Cheeseman (skip). Chinese.

Strong and determined play was seen in the second half, but the RAF

and F.

GAMES PROGRAMME

The plane, a twin--engined Dakota, renched Shanghai yesterday in a carried 13 persona and left Shanghai telegram sent by W. O. Harry Fatragain missed many fine opportuni- 1948 OLYMPIC

ties. Midway throughout the period, for Canton last Saturday.

of Los Angeles to his fiancee, Miss the Chinese went further ahead, the word that the plane had Ettie Sherman. successful forced Jonding | Where one

of the wildest air ball being deflected past the RAF Roalkeeper. The airmen were at- searches ever undertaken

in East tacking strongly when the final China falled to

to produce a trace of whistle blow. the missing plane, love found a way. The message was presumed to have been sent by the pilot or some other crew member and it states: "Hello darling. Plane made forced landing but safe and well. Miss you very much. Will cable from Canton. Love Harry."

centrntable to the German people under a Polish administration prior made Manchester, England, Jan. 24. Scotland Yard's ace homicide in- because it was thus likely to be more to recognition of the new border. vestigators joined the hunt fur le permenentral government would con- Potsdam agreement regarding poli- Britain airo is said to be taking for assurances that provision of the killer of 10-year-old Shella Gowrie

after

striking sist of chambers-one to be popularlytical developments in Poland noting yesterday, similarities between the depth of elected and the second based on re-

be observed.United Press. Manchester a "Little Red Riding

presentatives of regional unite. Hood" and four-year-old Norma Certain questions would be

exclu-

THE AUSTRIAN TREATY Dale, who was found murdered on 4 sively reserved to the senate. The lonely Yorkshire muor list Septem-central government should be freely

London, Jan. 23. ber.

elected from Germany as a whole and Its authority run throughout Ger- many.

The right show was missing from cuch body and both Httle girls died of strangulation. The bodies of

ECONOMIC UNIT

both had been exrried from the f On the economic side the plan en-

remarkable

formity with

50

of

|

The Foreign Ministers' Deputies to-day agreed on the first article of the Austrian treaty recognising the establishment of Austria as an In- dependent; sovereign state.

The

of Austria's

Inde-

URANIUM IN CHINA

Independence inland provinces.

been in the past

S'HAI PROBABLE XI Seven members of the Shanghal interport football team arrived in

London, Jan. 23. Hongkong by plane yesterday after-

The dales and venues for various noon, accompanied by three officials. events in the 1548 Olymple Gumes, Seven more players who left Shang- being held in London from July 20 hai early yesterday by ship are ex- to August 14, were announced by the Miss Sherman promptly. notified pected here late this evening or early Orgatiling Committee lo-day..

The following seventeen sports the United States Army authorities to-morrow, while two more players. and planes were readied throughout will be arriving by air to-morrow. will be included in the Games: yesterday to fly with relief supplies Shanghai will probably field the Equestrian, yachting, fencing, shoot-

boxing,

cycling, swimming, for the 13 men who were presumed following team against Hongkong:- ing. to be planning to make their way to P. L. Chang

football, nowing, canoeing, basket- ball, fleld hockey, wrestling, weight- C. EL WH Canton overland. The planes were

ffting, modern pentathlon, athletles grounded by heavy weather.

and gymnastics.

8. 8. Yen

B.

C. Kao

L.. S. Sung

1. P. Han

LH. Han Karolich

Shanghai, Jan. 23. The Saturday Evening Post correspondent in Nanking, scene of the crime.

The body of the Gowrie child, visages permanent prohibition

American and French pro-William Ayers, reported to killed while carrying a gift of food the production of war material in posal include in the treaty an Ailled

found the broadest sense. Germany should

day that to her grandmother; WAS

uranium has been huddled against the back doar of be treated as an econonic unit in con-uarantee

by discovered in at least four of

Confirmation that the passengers the provisions of the pendence which was opposed her home yesterday. Unlike Normaformity

Russia. Soviet Deputy Fedor Gusev Dale, the apparently had not been Potsduin agreement. There should be argued that such a guarantee might China's eight little-exploited and crew were safe was received by

no reparations from current German imply that Austria's

the Americat Graves Registration raped, police said.

Because of "some

production

long as

there is and not always

Service in Shanghai fo-day from deficit in the balance of payment in respected by the Allies.

field team in The paper ascribed the informa- Canton. The AGRS and Germany should any single

The Polish representative, Stefan No. 1 geologist.

tion to Dr Wang Wen-hno, China's Canton sold a decoded Chinese mes- become self-supporting as soon as

sage reported that the plane made a possible. German industry, working Wirblowski, presented a memurin-

forced landing on January 18 in the Ayers said the discoveries automa- } village for penceful purposes, should be free dum stating Poland's claims with

of Llenpintung. 100 miles to expand subject to a measure of regned to the Austrian treaty, in-tically brought to the

cluding demands for the prohibition China's policy toward atomic

foreground north of Canton.

Some bright cricket was seen on International control.

"All crew members and passengers Chinese New Year's Day at the Club Germany would be allowed to proof propaganda for an anschluss with search, and control.

ore safe," a_second_message... from ground, when United Services met and the removal of all duce some 11,500,000 15.1% of steel per Germany

Canton sald.

the Rest of the Colony, winning by He said uranium has been found annum with steel taken as the yard-Nazi elements from important

Captain A rescue party led by in Kwangsl,

eight wickets, southern Hunan. Paul McLaughl atteft for other branches of the Gerations In Austria.

left Canton on Rest of the Colony batted first, Kiangst, and the mountainous coal- January 21 by jeep for the village. with Pearce (43) and Owen Hughes min industry.

tukden. mining areas in Manchuria north of toad conditions were described as

(48) featuring in a fine partnership "bad." The air rescue plane was

They declared after eight wickets for

similarities" between the crimes, London uuthorities announced, Scot- land Yard dispatched two investi- gator to the scene without the formalides of awaiting a request for help from the Manchester Criminal Investigation Department.

"SHOE IN BACK" YARD The main lines of

investigation followed the theory that the Gowrte child was killed by man, but police said that she may have been strangled by a woman or a boy,

"At present all possiblities must be probed." H police spokesman declared.

Detectives, after

night of combing the working-class district in which the Uttle girl lived, yester- day discovered her missing right shoe in a back yard two doors from the Gowrie home.

po-

The memorandum also included a

The plan also reportedly recom- demand for the restitution of pro- mended nationalisation of the Ruhr perty belonging to Poles or Polish Industries which should be owned institutes in Austria, for the com- and worked by the German people,pensation of costs arising from the and give active support to German repatriation of Poles from Austrlu. plans for the socialisation of basic abolition of provisions limiting the Industries in other parts of Ger- Frights of Polish citizens in Austria, tuany.

treatment as the most favoured na- GERMANY'S FRONTIERS tlon. transit rights for trafic.- On the frontier question the plan United Press. 15 said to suggest acceptance of the

Still sought was the can of meat French proposal on the Saar subject Shellu was taking to her grand- to adjustments of the French TC- mother's and which Was never parations, since the French

plan delivered.

referred to was to incorporate the Police admitted fallure to establish Saar In their economic

and ad- ministrative system bul without

a motive for the crime.

that

the

The child's clothes were still clean formally annexing it. The plan, and there were no signs that she had however, recommended struggled against her attacker-Ruhr and Rhineland remal port Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

of Germany, both economically and

An Idea From Scotland Yard. D"

URING the week, the BBC included in one of its news bulletins an announcement that the police authorities had launched a campaign designed to on courage the publle to take a more active part in the sunnremsion of crime and the appre'lension of criminals. The idea might well be explolled by the Hongkong plice.

of

In London posters are being promuently displayed, calling on victims robberies, thefts; and hold-ups to report immediately to their pearest police station. Posters also urge all motorists to take every safely precaution when parking their cars, and request householders to inferm pollon stations when they proporę o be away from their homes for any length of time.

CRIMINALS

INACTIVE

Quiet New Year

rc-

Wong confirmed reports of the again grounded by bad weather. discoveries, and also sold that, United Press. uranium has been found in China's for western province ol Sinking, bordering Russla-United Press.

Calcutta Clashes

Calcutta, Jan. 22.

The police opened fire here lo-day in clashes with bands of

to be men reported Added police precautions success-young fully kept the crime wave down to mainly studenta, who in the its lowest ebb during the Chinese second day of disturbances, New Year period.

Since January 21, there were only were attempting to obstruct thece nimed robberies of a minor buses in various parts of the magnitude und one highway hold up

city.

in Kowtoon.

As . from January 18, all local leaves were cancelled, and police officers were detailed to stand-by at their stations in case of eventualitles. Extra uniformed police were put on the streets and the emergency unit and mobile patrols were policing the town to neet emergencies, which, however, did not arise.

Peak Tram

Strike Still On

The trouble started yesterday when the police opened fire, used tear gas and made baton charges to break up students' "Viet Namh Day" march in sympathy with the Indo-Chinese Nationalists fighting the French.

RANGOON DISTURBANCE

15 YEARS FOR war crimINAL

Roboostoff

N. Z. Lee (Capi) Y. LA

BRIGHT CRICKET

163 runu.

Cole (53) Thackeray (70) and shone for the Services, who scored 177 for two wickets.

Darwin (United Services) was the

bowler, taking outstanding wickets for 37 runs.

K.C.C. TOURNEY

K.C.C.'s

won

fixed

Bro

The dates definitely shooting at Bisley, August to 6. Boxing at the Empire Pool, Wem- to August 3 or 4. bley, July 23 Swimming, first. indoor event August 7 first outdoor August 6, the finals taking place on August 12 or 13, all at Wembley.

Cycling at Herne 1 for the track event on August 4, 0 and 7.

The Committee is having difficuky...

areas for the in finding suitable toad events near London, where roads can be closed, but Richmond Park may be used if the Ministry of Works cives permission.

FOOTBALL

ori.

Football-preliminary rounds grounds in the London area begin- ning on July 30 and every evening six unit August 7. The semi-finals will ba in the Olympic Stadium on the nights of August 10 and 11 and the.

the

Rowing will be held over

on.

:

Yokohama, Jan. 23.

Twenty players took part yester-Anal evening on August 13. Former First Lieutenant Tetsutoshi day in an American tennis tourna Yanaru, commander of Fukuoka ment held to mark the opening of Henley Regatta course on August 6

to 11. Canoeing at Henley POW branch camp No. 5, was sen- the

rehabilitated hard

August 12 and 13. tenced to 15 years hard labour for courts. war atrocities by on Eighth Army Play was on an automatic sliding Basket-ball, in which teams from, Military Commission to-day.

handicap, and the winners were 3.28 nations, is expected to compete The prosecution pointed out that Chubb and S. Saul, who 32 probably, on July 31 to August 0, but Yanara ordered and incited his staff games in the six rounds played. the venue has not yet been decided..

Runners-up were J. C. Fenton and

Field-hockey-preilminary rounds to "severely mistreat" prisoners. United Press.

J. E. Baker, with 28 games.

will be played on London grounds on August 3 to 7 and the final in the Olympic Stadium on August 9.

Wrestling will be on July 29 to August 5. comprising seven Greco- Roman style and eight catch-as- catch can style events, and weight- lifting from August 10 to 12 at alx weights, including a new bantam-, weight class,, will be held at vehues to be declded.

Money Plentiful In S'hai For

Chinese New Year

Shanghai, Jan. 23.

Financial circles estimated that $100,000,000,000 more

of Chinese currency was put into circulation as a result of payment of year-end bonuses and lavish spending during the past week.

Modern pentathion will be from July 31 to August 5. Athletles will be at the Olymple. Stadium on July 30 to August 7.

The dates for ollær events have

not yet been declded-Reuter.

Alsatian Comes Here By Air

A survey revealed that all factories, The prices of other commodities One student was killed, 50 were irrespective of business condens, were also appreciably higher.

Though rain somewhat marted In Hongkong, not only posters, but the radio, cinemas and · public As expressed by a senior officer, Injured and 200, including 15 girls, were forced by labour employees to address sets could be utilised in an imaginative. determined and com.

It was the most quiet Chinese New were reported to have been arrested. pay what is officially known. as the Chinese New Year celebrations on "year end reward", amounting from Tuesday, all theatres were crowded Year hullday he had ever known in |—Reuter. compaign, to whip up and sustain public interest in the flight prehensive

seemed to have six to 60 day's salary, The bonus and everybody against lawlessness. This is the sort of task that naturally falls within

his 20 years of service.. the scope of the Public Relations Offen; indeed, can help to devrion

generally averaged one-month's pay, plenty to spend. The Issuance of the Cotton spinning factories, which new larger denomination banknotes a fulher appreciation of that lille ktown nod only faintly comprehended

despite maximum CN$10,000 proper- were the most prosperous London, Jan. 22. government department. But any ush campaign must be full-blooded aud Incisive. There is no reason ww. It should be a finanolally, extra-

Eight hundred and fifty "Red Flag heavy taxes and rigid government tionately raised the standard of tip-

Mr R. C. Labrum's Alsatian pup vagant undertaking: naliber must government bo nigardly in this

communists" parading in Rangoon to control, paid employees the equiva-ping servants during the customary has the distinction of being the first

Whereas his respect.

Silk New Year social calls. day swarmed over railings into the tent of 40 to 60 days salary. Government's Secretariat compound, weaving factorles, which, were the $4,000 formed the standard last animal of its breed to be imported according to an official report cabled worst hit because of the high price Chinese New Year, it was now good into Hongkong since liberation, and tip servants at least also the experience of having made

the journey by air. from Rangoon to the Burma Office of raw silk and rayon--several of manners to

theso factories may not reopen after CNS10,000 or about US$1.50... In London.

The pup, which is six weeks old. the Chinese New Year holidays

This up, placed inside a red en- arrived this wook from Sydney. It Part of the crowed entered the were forced to pay the equivalent of

velope, is left near a lidded tencup was fed on sandwiches all the way. building, but was dispersed by the six to 12 days' salary.

GOLD PRICES · SOAR."

with two green, raw olives placed and when it stepped down at Kal Tak use of a water hose and by "mild

on the Hd to bring good luck.

WAK in high п lathi charge by the police,"

The immediate effect of the pay-

Casit presents given to children

A dog

Mr Labrum hopes fancler ment of billions in bonuses was the by relatives were also higher than to Import more Alsatians on a fairly skyrocketing of gold prices, which those of last year and even middle large scale in the near future. Bo- closed on Chinese New Year's Eva class familles now give no less than fore the war, there were many fine as high as $420,000 or VE$00 der CN320,000. Wealthier familles dis-specimens of the brood in Hongkong, ounce. All goldamfilo stores were tribute among nephews, nieces and but they alther perished through lack thronged with workers buying gold nther youngsters "double sawbucks" of attention or hunger during the earrings and one-ounce gold bars at since Chinese currency is no longer occupation, or were taken as prize midnight, New Year's Eve.

fashionable-United Press.

by the Japanese.

While recent omelat dgures ree milly published by the "Telegraph" Indicated that the police are ma ing progress. In their struggle to obilierate the colony's criminat elem nis, one has something more than s suspicion that the police by no meas receive reports of all robberies, olther attempted or scecompilshed. This is possibly due to Inck of con fidence in the ability of the authorf'les to recover the stolen property, or capture the thieves: or to fear of reprisala should the report lead to the arrest of the criminals; or # sh -pishness in disclosing that safety mesantes taken were insufficient to prevent

robbery. If ear of these suggestions are valid, "then all the more reason for Instructing these people to behave like proper citizens when they have been vielanlord. Not only, our pres ni Police Commissioner, but his predecessor, bave emphasised and emphasized the necessity of quick reports and prompt sotion by the public. But here in Hongkong, public wolcitednem has to be stimulated an1 cullirated. If a campalen on the linos suggested can do anything in hat direction, then let's get on with

the ro

The situation of the Peak Tram strike remains unchanged since the Chinese employees, including brake- men, conductor and pointsmen. walked out at 5 p.m. on January 21 following a petillen asking for basic wages Increase of 30 per cent, Enquiries at the Company elicited that so far there has been no up pronch from the workmen.

An official salt that there were fow men standing by and as soon as they could get enough honds to operate they would resume service.

Others who broke in were dispersed by the use of tear gas. the report

says,

Twenty-two persons were arrested Eighteen of these "are now indoor patients in hospital."-Reuter.