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35 PEOPLE MISSING IN They Stood Up!

EVACUEES

FLY OUT

Paris, Feb. 3.

A Skymaster aircraft carrying 39 British civilian evacuees from Palestine to Britain will not arrive here to-night as scheduled but will stay overnight at Mar- seilles, officials here stated.

It was not known whether -given good flying weather to-morrow-the plane would fly directly from Marseilles to London or break the journey at Paris, they added. -Reuter.

FRENCH PLAN FOR RUHR

International Administration

SHIP'S BLAZE

River Steamer Sai On Catches

Fire In Harbour

Thirty five people are missing, believed either burned to death or drowned after jump- ing overboard, as a result of a disastrous firo which broke out aboard the Hongkong-Canton river steamer, Sai On, just before 5 o'clock this morning.

Between two and three hundred passengers were aboard at the time, and many of them jumped into the harbour when the fire, believed to have been caused by an internal combustion, broke loose.

Captain R. Wherry, master of the Sal On, told a "Telegraph" reporter that the blaze started

five minutes to five, just about an hour before the ship was due to sail,

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He was aroused from sleep by his boy five minutes later and by that time the midship was well ablaze. The raging fire caused con- siderable confusion

among the Chinese passengers who struggled to get from the lower decks to the first- class passenger area.

The flames spread with amazing rapidity and the ship

Was well

Paris, Feb. 3. The French plan for international administration of the coal and steel industries of the Ruhr, in which, the "Ualled Nations AUC principally Interested" was outlined by M. Herve Alphand, Director of Economie

Services of the French Foreign | ublaze by the time the fire brigade Office here to-day,

arrived. Subsequently a fire float

The plan he said provides for un Allied Commissioner, who would:

1. Attend board meetings of Ruhr cual and sloot companies..

2. Exercise veto over all legisla-i tion of local Ruhr authorities,

3. Control the use of profits from Ruhr industry and have the right to block them if there were reason to or inefficiency in suspect bad will the working of Rahr industries.

Have power to appeal to Allied troops stationed in or near the Ruhr, for example, in case of strikes,

The full detailed plan was con- tained in the memorandum submitted to the United States, Britain and Soviet Russia оп Saturday, The text will published in a few days when the three Allied governments have themselves had the opportunity to study it.

-POLITICAL-CONDITIONS

M. Alphand made it clear that the proposed technical administration of the plan depended in the French view for its effectiveness on several political conditions. They were:

1. The technical administration of the plan must be embodied in the pence treaty with Germany.

2. The plan must be placed under what M. Alphand called "the special guarantee" of the United Nations Örganisation.

Retention

Of War Powers

Here is photographie proof that eggs can be stood on and at Lih Chun, or the Coming of Spring. Picture was taken yesterday at the bombed out site in Wyndham Street, and shows the eggs standing up, some on the broad end and some, on the painted and.

also Pago 4. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

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200,000 Troops Closing In On Red Stronghold

Shanghai, Feb. 3.

Some 200,000 well-equipped Government troops con- tinue to close in on the Communist South Shantung stronghold of Linyi, headquarters of General Chen Yi's new 4th Army to-day against disorganised opposition, ac- cording to Chinese press reports; which predict the early fall of this important city.

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AUSTRALIA

PLANNING

Canberra, Australia. Pilotless aircraft, possibly fly- Ingut supersonic speeds, ulti- mately will be tested on the 3,000-mile rocket range the British Empire plans to establish across Australia and over the Indian Ocean.

Plans already announced for the rockel range, to be built in Australia in collaboration with the Empire Government, indicate that although the immediate purpose is to develop and test rocket propulsion units over long distances, radio control of flight. an ultimate descent will play a

major part. Radar equipment will be installed in a chain of observation stations to trace the course of the missiles.

Latest oficial details of the scheme received by tho Commonwealth Government from Britain as disclosed here are that the range head will be located at Mount Eba in South Australia, 60 miles north of Pimba which is on the trans-Australian line, 110 miles north-west of Port Augus-

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Singer's Note Breaks Glass

London, Feb. 3.

An Irate reader wrote to the Times to-day that a soprano slaging an aria in a BBC pro- gramme had reached a whose vibrations shattered

note, tumbler on his dining room kablo, showering him with glasS.

"One of these fine daya serious damage might be caused, reault- Ing in a possible awsuit," he declared, adding: "For the life of me I cannot do who would be the defendant an Interesting problem."

The writer said the incident occurred during a broadcast of Madame Butterfly and that his subsequent research-dona by tapping ཞ similar tumbler-rer. vealed that as the singer reached the top note the "tumbler ex- ploded into thousand piecas with

loud report. Fragments were acattered over my wife and my- self and a greater part of the room."United Press,

BINTRGINCE

Shanghai

Transport

(A dispatch from Sydney indicated Survey By Experts

the launching site probably would be located at Eucla, constal town on the West Australian-South Australian

Philadelphia, Feb. 3

the Municipality of Shanghai It was announced to-day that

enme alongside and helped to fight |URCED BY TRUMAN columns are at present driving on simo visited the war front since his Christmas Islanıl in the Indian Ocean, has commissioned two local ex-

Three different Government! It is the first time the Generalis-border, with the range extending over Several alternative testing sites have been examined.)

the fire.

FIREMEN HANDICAPPED

By the time the flames had been put under control It could be seen that the ship's superstructure was extensively damaged.

Smoke was still pouring from the centre of the steamer at 10.30 making it impossible for remen to recover any bodies.

He, together with the Chlef Officer, Brat and second engineers and four

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Washington, Fob: 3. Prealdent Truman appealed to Congress to-day not

the Scrap Government's war powers, the aban donment of which would mean vir tual chaos in the world distribution of short food supplies.

the oily, from the south, southeast trip to Manchuria nearly a year ago. and southwest. The southem orce, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek dew to by capturing Tafoy on the highway north Kiangsu in the morning in his to Linyi, which les 30 miles north private plane "Meiling" und wos ward, is lending in the race towards back in the capital date in the after- capital. the strategic Communist provincial noon-Reuter."

The southeastern column,

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Trains

These powers--due to expire un-

"DRASTIC STEPS" der present law on March 31-are monded by General Ho Pen-sful, is Included in the Second War Powers reported to-day to have reached a the Communist-harrassed Peiping- inoved cautiously along Act and President Truman declared point about 38 miles from its objec-Tientsin railroad an The Sai On, owned by the Tunga special message to Congress iive. The third column is pushing official promised "drastic steps" to Government On Steamship Company, was carry- that if they were not continued "our northwestward from Talerchunng, on eliminate ing 350 tons of paper, rubber, cotton troops would be jeopardised and our the Klangsu-Shantung border.

Red threat to the line and general cargo when the blaze policy of encouraging

which 2,000 Americans would use the occurred, said. Capt. Wherry,

growth of

for their imminent withdrawal from democracy would be endangered". All newspapers to-day stress the Peiping.

Forecasting that the world grain significance of the flying, trip made defeit would become

General Li Tsung-ien, director of Presiden: Kai-shek he con- told newsmen that Truman said that

these ferred with the Chief-of-Staff, had been increased in this area and powers, the

would be General Chen Cheng, who is per-the rail line soon may be free of unable to allocate specifie quantities sonally directing operations in south Interference. Fighting still was ro- of American food production for for Shantung... elgn consumption. The result would

ported,howover, at some pointa 'be a scramble by foreign and do-

along the corridor from Pelping to mestic interests alike and an end tu

the sea-Associated Press.

fats and oils, eggs and meat, the present distribution of American

FULL SCALE WAR DOUBTED

Washington, Feb. 4. Gen. Ho Yin-chin, Chief of the Chinese Military mission in the United States, said after a call on Gen Marshall that he doubted the withdrawal of American troops would revive a full scale civil war in China.

Chinese officers are safe, but every-the next few comentarios atent sex to Huchers were breng Chang Kal-shek's Pelping office,

one of them lost all their kit.

This IB the sixth ilmo Capt. Wherry has lost his belongings in ships.

It is estimated that damage to the Sal On amounts to $800,000, and the ablo is insured for this amount.

Capt. opinion that so long as the enginesį

Wherry expressed the have not been badly damaged, the Sul On could be repaired and recom-

missioned in two months,

Built at the Taikoo Dockyard in 1924, the Sai On, a sister ship of the Tung On, has had an adventurous

career,

International food offieinls here de- clared, said the President, that with- out these controls in the United States, the International Emergency Food Council would be unable ade- quately to continue its work of world allocation of scarce food.

When the Japanese eccupied long- 3. Measures must be taken to en-seattled in the harbour, but the Sai

'kong in 1941, the Tung On wps HARDSHIPS INEVITABLE sure that the international economic

"The most careful On made her way to Macao and re-

allocation of administration in the Ruhr is en- abled to carry out its work un-

mained there until Chinere collabora available supplies, including those hampered by any legislation which tors stole her and brought her to from the United States, which is still the largest exporter, will be essential the future local Huhr authority or Aberdeen. legislative bodies might introduce.

to avoid extreme hardship in war devastated This point would present

countries, President difficulty, M. Alphand said, I the

Truman declared, Referring to the 12,000,000 deficit between the world

grain supply and demand this President told Congress: The United States has a special res- ponsibility in Germany and Japan,

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future legislative authority in the ULTIMATUM TO

Huhr was itself International, as proposed by France,

The French memorandum embody-

ing the plan said that there would

JEWISH AGENCY

Jerusalem, Feb. 4.

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CHAUNCHAINE CIRCLETE RELACIONSTATERIJERUAN

STOP PRESS

60 BODIES

RECOVERED

The death toll on the Sai On is much greater than was at first estimated.

Shortly after 10.30, firemen recovered 60 dead bodies from the steerage compartment at the stern of the ship. The bodies were piled on top of each other, muto evidence of franito at- tempts by the trapped passen- gers to break down the grilles.

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SAI ON RESCUERS ROBBED

be great danger to peace and Mayor Israel Rokach of the all-where heavy Imports are required to security if the German steel Industry Jewish Telaviv declared to-day maintain food supplies at least at a were allowed to develop to the that the British had warned the level sufletent to prevent disease and maximum as before the war. It Jewish Agency that it would face unrest." added that the united steel produc- military "counter-measures" unless Stressing the domestic advantages tion capacity of Allied European it co-operated in stamping out ter- of continued world control of scarce countries was ample to cope with rorism in Palestine within the next foods, he added: “I consider that the Europe's steel requirements.--Reuter. seven days.--Assoclated Press, current import and export controls Firemen and European police

must be kept after March 31 to assure

are Jumped into the harbour to rescue this country a proportionate share

Ara Sai On passengers who had leapt EDITORIAL

of commodities in which we ard de- | overboard and when they returned fielent while carrying out our interna ushore found that some of their tional allocation

ts, clothes and belongings had been Arrangements." insisted Fresident Truman

that stolen, "special controls may also continue to be necessary on flee" but pald

United States trade; Interests had been attempting to force off Interna- tional allocation.

An Admirable Gesture

GOVERNMENT'S announcement that it intends to provide free education children' of members of the Hongkong Volunteers who were either killad or disabled during the war will cause general satisfaction.. It is a much more practical intimation that the authorities have the, welfare of the Volunteers at heart thin any honeyed phrases. Evan more satisfying is the fact that Government has taken the initiativo over this, matter. It has been willing to do so should encourage the Volunteers to hope that the several grievances they aired pubilely in past months wifi also receive the same helpful treatment.

That

special attention to sugar which'

INEQUITIES DANGER

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Burvey Shanghai's transportation problema, and TREMENDOUS RANGE

prepare a programme for the The range, some 200 miles wide, installation of a modern Ameri will extend north-west over the Incan type of transit system. dian Ocean, crossing Australian coast just Broome.

the West of south

At first the length of the range will be about 300 miles, but it will be extended in 300-mile stagen to its ultimate 3,000-mile length.

Dr Thomas Conway, Jnr. and Dr Luther Harr are sailing from Ban Francisco on February 14 aboard the Marine Lynx fr a six-month muzycy. They will be accompanied by Mr Thomas II. Nicholl who will serve an chief engineering constant.

Primary purpose of the expert- Dr Conway was a former president. ments will be to insure greater ne- and chairman of the Board of the curacy in guiding projectiles by ris Comadelphia and Western Railway dlo. At the outset the experiments Company, a highspeed electric line will be concentrated on rockets, but servicing the western suburb of will be extended within three or four Philadelphia and Norristown. Hair years to include_pilotless_nireral..._____ was President of Research and P}---

About 800 workers,

ning Incorporated. including scfenists and technicians from bọth Dr Onway will supervise Britain and Australia, will be located gineering, traffic and other technical at the range head and launching sile. phuaes. Dr Horr, former state-

A Govermenul "Australian Com-Philadelphia city

secretary for banking and former mittee on Guldent Projectiles" al supervise the financial aspects of the

treasurer, wil ready has been established, composed of representatives of the threo Australian defence services. The committee will co-operate with the British Technical

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Mission led

study,

Mr Nicholl during the war servç as Director of the Highway transport office of Defence Transportation.

The objective of the survey is to provide Shanghai with an Integrated

He told newsmen that the period. by Lieut-General J. F., Eve'ts in the of Intense fighting between the undertaking, which has been nomed network of highspeed trolley motor- Government and the Communists the "Guided Projectile and Super- bus and ferry lines, comparhig passed last year with the struggle sonic Pilotless Aircraft Project."— | favourably for Manchuria.

with the most modern. Althought he declined to say any-

Associated Press.

systems in the world-United Press. thing about the ligelihood of Inten- sified hostilities, Ho said the fullure of the Nationalists and Communists io agree rendered unlikely any reduction of the total Chinese forces from 300 to 160 divisions since V-J Day,

His statement followed what he' Lermed a "courtesy call on Gen Marshall with the Ambassador Wellington Koo-Associated Pres.

HONGKONG SHIP INTERCEPTED

Batavia, Feb. 3. Two British ships, the Kitakami Maru, 508 tons of Singapore, and the Empire May Rover, 400 tons of Hongkong, were intercepted by a unit of the Netherlands Navy off the republican port of Cheribon on Monday and brought to Batavia under armed guard,

According to the British Consul "Sugar available in 1047 Is cx-players this morning when the fourth that they proceeded to pected to be only about 7,500,000 lest match was

the masters of both vessels reported tons as compared with the average Adelaide oval. Muler and John loading cargoes of rubber they were Cheribon will Dutch permission but after prewar imparts of about 8,500,000 continued the Austrailan innings and: In bringing orphans and other children of Volunteers within the opera- tons," said the President, "and the advanced the overnight score of 203 intercepted by a Dutch Corvette tions of the Royal Warrant Government, is, of course, fulfilling a moral

United States will continue to re- for 4 to 319, Miller being 52 and four ami a half ceive its share of these supplies. Johnson 40.

miles

outside obligatiori. That it has long recognised the debt and has been propared

Cheribon to live up to it is demonstrated by the revelation that ever since the Military sumcient to permit us to maintain Our share in past years had been

The master of the Empire Blay Administration was set up a number of children, qualifying for éducational

Miller cpened his scoring to-day Rover whe

whose ship was involved in benefits under the Royal Warrant, have been receiving them. The principal

along with Canada and the United with a sixer off a no-ball from a similar incident effect, therefore, of to-day's announcement is to broaden the application portion of our prewar consumption

last December Kingdom

considerable higher pro-Wright-United Press.

claimed that the Dutch had seized of there benefits so that other children who quality shall also enjoy them.

and not returned his ship papers. than other importing countries."

Four British ships have reported The terms of referance provided for the special advisory committee appear to be fair and reasonable. Clearly the Individual needs under the

they have been intercepted and mang fats and oils. President 331 for 4. Miller not 60, Johnson that the

stressed: "Only by mein- not 43-Reuter,

schrches since Jan. 28 when the Royal Warrant will vary, with some children requiring education. from the taining careful distribution between

Netherlands Junior school onwarde, and others only finishing school. It can be con-

Later.

East Indies Govern- Adently left to the committee to work out the details squably and to the serious inequities. This situation re-and Johnson had taken the total to expert from both Dutch and In- countries will it be possible to avoid

Scoring at a very fast rate, Miller regulations, virtually

ment announced stringent now advantage of all. For the present, it is sufficient to congratulate the quires the continuntion of import end 355 for 4 by 11.15 HKT. Miller was denesian territories

banning all* Government an'its gesture, which represente an acknowledgment of the export controls to ensure that we

without prlor: superb sacrifices so many volunteera mado' more than five years ago in the and other countries receive a pro- then to and Johnson 47-Router. defence of Hongkong..

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