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Jewish Terrorists Boast Of M.P.'S PROPOSAL FOR

Danger Of 150 Perish In

General Strike

MALAYAN THREAT

Singapore. Mar. 9. Forecast of a general strike of Malayan labour unless the jailed Kedah Indians are released was mudo yesterday by Mr A. N. Samy, leader of the 26,000 estate labourers and Vice-Prest- dent of the Kedah Federation of Trade Unions.

River Disaster

Nanking; Mar. 10,

A focal shipping agent sald that 150 persona perished In steamship fire at the important Yangtso river port, of Klukiang,

The agent cald the fire was started in the engine room of the 800 ton steamer, while sailing at *fullsteam д tew miles west of

the port.

More than 300 passengers and crow membera, panlo-stricken, jumped into the rivar, Another Bionship sailing

sight rescued 150 passengers.

The ship burned nearly an Hour Before she sank with a cargo of foodstuffs and medicinal herin. The 10 is estimated #t CN$100,000,000,--Associated Prets.

Asked whether he and the Pan-} MOREUCRARIENSERANGAN za istoto karroca preIANI Malayan Trade Unions were it-

fucatial enough oralla eneral HAMMOND'S

stripe. Mr. Samy said: "Time will show,"

Strument trade union investigators| ure at present visitin; Kedah. Among them is the Chairman of the Federn- tion, Mr. 5. A. Ganapathy. He will be leaving reún for the Inter-Asian Con- ference at New Delhi,

Fifty-nine Indian labourers and three Indium wornen were sent to prison and two ather Indian women were fed at Sungei Pulanl, in Cen- tear Kedah on March 4 for unlawful neembly at Bukit Sembilan, where pepper and boiling water were used in a herce clash between the police and labourers the previous day.

Several clashes have been reported from Kedah recently, following the inilag over by green-uniformed in- bourers of some rubber estaten.

Fifty-nine labourers were senten-! six months' hard labour,.threej warren to one man's hard labour and the other two women were fard $50, or one month's simple imprison ment.

Seventeen of guilty, the rest Reuter.

the

PUNJAB

DISORDERS

Lahore, Mar. 10.

DECISION

No More Test

Cricket

London, Mar. 10.

London Bomb Outrage

COLONIAL CLUB EXPLOSION

London, Mar. 9.

A mysterious telephone call from Brussels to- night said that "fighters of the Jewish underground" had touched off the explosion which damaged the crowded Colonial Men's Club in the centre of London on Friday night.

The caller diotated in French to the United Press office in London a communique which he said had been issued by the "Jewish underground movement." The London Post Offco traced the call and said it had been made from a pub- lic telephone in the central Post Office in Brussels.

The text of the communique to as follows:

"On Friday, 7th March, at 6.56 pm.. fighters of the Jewish under- Kround launched an attack against the very centre of British power In London when, desp'te Innumerable precautions, they succeeded in penc- trading into Trafalgar Square, where they attacked and damaged the British Colonint Club, a centre at British imperialism;

Walter Hummond, England's "The enemy suffered damage. The cricket captain since 1938, an-Jewish underground fighters return-

from nounces his retirement

ed unkarned to their base, Test cricket because of pressure Jewish underground movement will of business."

the

Ile is also relinquishing captaincy of Gloucestershire, but will play for the County when- ever possible.

The

Hammond will, of course, continue in leud Marylebone for the remainder of the Australasian tour.

Hammond's statement, leav

"Pressure of business Aten pleaded London, says: claiming trial will in future prevent my playing Arst class cricket as regularly as I

done in the past. I have

"In the best interests of the game I have therefore decided to retire from international cricket after my return from the present tour of Aus- tralia and New Zealand, and have inforried the Board of Control of this wish."

ALLEN AS SUCCESSOR

Gloucestershire secretary, Airbome troop reinforcements with Colonel H. A. Henson, announced orders to shoot rioters on sight ar- Hammond's retirement from the rived in the troubled Punjab province County, captaincy and the appoint and Sir John Bannet. Inspector Gene- ment of B. O..Allen an successor and into the villages.

tribute to Hammond's constant pald Fighting in the Punjab's large elles loyalty and consideration of the best where hundreds were killed last interests of the club during his dis-

have been tinguished career of 27 years. week was reported to partly under control

Sir Evan Jenkins, Punjab Governor and Sir John Bannet Inspector Gene-

of the Province polic cral Rawalpindi, 180 infles northwest of here and said smoke was rising from #about half a dozen" villages been handicapped by the recurrence

of fibrositis, It caused h charge from the Royal Air Force in

vicinity.

of

Rawalpindi tuself Was reported quiet,

A communique said the city Multan, 190 miles southwest of Lahore has remained quiet but there are further reports from the surrounding villages, at attacks on properties and looting of Hindu houses and shops." Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

Before going to Australia for the fourth time Hammond decided that the Test serles just finished would be the last of his illustrious calter, so his decision is no surprise.

He will bo 44 in June an

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Hammond played for England #4 times, making more Test appearances than any other cricketer in history scored over games and in these 7,000 runs and took 63 wickets.

He captained England in 19 Tests.

-Reuter.

Draft Bill-First Reactions FOUR points stand out sharply after perusal of the draft blit recom- mending imposition of taxation. 1, government apparently is willing to be guided by majority oplalon in the maltor of fixing the standard rate, and has accordingly left it open; 2, there is to be no attempt to rush through Into feglaiation what might be, to taxpayers, wholly unacceptable monaurer: 3, proposed personal, family and other concessions are fairly generous; 4, there is no indication in the draft BI whether it is intended to exclude HCL and rehabilitation allowances from chargeable Income.

The first three considerations will go come way towards restoring public confidence in the authorities confidence rudely shaken by what appeared to be an unnecessary technique of occrecy and procrastination In making known Intentions. Earlier reports were emphatic that it was in- tended to impose a standard rato' el 25 per cent, and there is no reason But crodit must to believe that thle objective will be gladly surrendered. be given to government for declining to make any arbitrary recommanda- tion and for putting the issue up for discusalen and an open yote. eves opinions may on the wisdom or practicability of Introducing direct taxation at this time, everybody will feel immhaasurably more satlified in the knowledge that opportunity is to be freely given to study..and possibly obtain amendments. to the draft provisions. Biggest fear was that the colony would be dragooned Into secepting painful legislation without having the chance of contesting it.

What-

Faced with: the prospect of taxation an Incomes, wage-earners, naturally, are interested in proposed concessions. These suggested in the draft bill are reasonably good. A single person will have his allowance Increased by $2,000 over: the 1941 figure; a married man will benefit by an Increcap of $3,000; a family of alx a total Increase of $5,000. These coniceralshines, helpful, though an assessor would be hard put to proval The allowances`ard that they accurately represent Increased Ilving costs. Imposing In tatality, and, taken in conjunction with the proposed sliding scale of charges, offer some compensation to the lower bracket wage. earners. Of more vital Importance, la whether 'chargeable income is to be" confined to basic salaries or is to include HCL and rehabilitation allow- ances. Wording of the draft Bli auggente that these subaldies against living costs will be made taxable. The forbidding phrase read: "Batarles tax shall be charged:...an all Income arising In, darived from or received In the 'colany," and the only saving clause is. 9 (4) which dearoda "any Income exempted by order of the Governor-In-Counoll under acation 89." The position as it stands is obvidualy ambiguous and government le strong. ly advised to make an early clarifying statement.

The

continue and reinforce Its attacks against the enemy on its own sail and everywhere he can be until the foreign and oppressive reg'me has been driven out of our country."

The Colonial Club is operated for calental servicemen by the Colonial Office Welfare Department in building in St Martin's Lane, near

St Martins-in-the-Field Church.

FEW CASUALTIES

· The explosion · which occurred on Friday blew window glass and broken frames into the street, extinguished lights, brought down ceilings and wrecked furniture.

were

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of three civilians Bodies found within the barbed wire tanglement surrounding the Sarona Camp, where another attack occur- red on Saturday, military sources srid.

A woman was found shot to death in her home outside the martial law uren.-Associated Press.

BARTER OF COLONIES

London.

Mr Norman Smith, Labour M.P. for Nottingham, has offered for House of Commons debate a proposal that Britain swap her western hemisphere colonies for needed capital and goods from the United States.

There was no immediate comment from government

sources.

Presumably, Mr. Smith's proposal would concern such West Indies possessions as the Bahamas, Barbados, the Leoward islands, Trinidad and Tobaco and the Windward islands, as well as British Honduras..

Mr. Smith also proposed that Britain turn away from multilateral trade contracts based on currency, and negotiate long-term barter agreements with countries outside the dollar area. Associated Press.

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Big Four Meeting

Envoy's Cautious Forecast

BY R. H. SHACKFORD

Moscow, Mar. 9. The United States Secretary of State, General George Mor- shall, arriving for the opening of the Foreign Ministers' meet-

ing tomorrow,\predicted

difficulties ahead but eventual

CANCIONEN KOMMUNEBRILEY BEACH EIN 1329831982 2207 1778 1671875901 m Big Four agreement which

Saving Germany From Chaos Is A Costly Job

Berlin, Mar. 9.

Since the war ended the American taxpayer spent nearly $500,000,000 to ward off complete chaos in the na- tion he spent billions of dollars defeating in the war, Gene- ral Joseph MeNarney revealed to-day in a report covering December Inst. The figure does not include the cost of maintaining an American occupation army of roughly 125,- 000 men.

Economic Budget' To Be Presented To Commons

London, Mar. 9.

Britain's first economic or manpower "budget" will be presented to the House of Commons to-morrow by the President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, in a speech which will probably last two hours.

COVT. PLANNING

He will talk about the grave situa- are so badly needed in Industry Is tion outlined in the economic White | absurd.-Reuter. Paper and remedies which are put forward with a strong appeal for the co-operation of workers everywhere. There is a Government motion to approve what is proposed and. to this Mr Winston Churchill and other

lenders have Conservative amendment "regretting

that full facts have so long been withheld" frun the country and "expressing no

the confidence" in

Government,

nt

whose prosposals for the future are elther inadequate or injurious."

If the Opposition amendment were Only three out of a group of negro, carried it would amount to a cen- armen and scamen playing chequers sure motion. Hardly less strong is were injured seriously enough to be one by Mr Clement Davis and eight who "deplore the taken to hospital. Other servicemen other Liberals

-Government .in. were given first aid on the spot. dilatoriness of the

appreciating

the present difficulties First reports attributed the explo- and its failure to take proper steps sion to a gas leak. However, Scotland in time." They demand a workable Yard said to-night that Investigation plan instead. of "quite incoherent was still under way. He said the improvisations." call to the United Press was the first indication that the Jewish under- ground might have been involved.

The "communique" marked the first time that any supposed self-styled re- presentatives of the Jewish under- ground have claimed credit for sabot. age in Britain-United Press.

WOMAN ASSASSINATED

Jerusalem, Mar. Dí Irgun Zval Leumi assassins shot dead an alleged woman informer in the heart of Rehovoth, south of Tel-Aviv, to-day while hundreds of workers hurrying to citrus groves stood by helpless.

about

THREE-DAY DEDATE.

The debate is to cover three days and the Government spokesmen will Include Prime Minister Attlee, Chan- the Exchequer Dalton, Minister of Defence A. V. Alexander cellor of

and Minister of Labour George Isanes.

Mr Winston Churchill will move the Opposition motion on Wednes- day. Sir John Anderson and Mr R. A, Butler will also speak.

Before the debate opens in the House of Commons to-morrow, there will be a private meeting of the In Tel-Aviv Itself, the police and Parliamentary Labour Party attend- Mr Attlee and his leading Army troops detained

*100

who will hear and answer persons as rumours, spread that the Criticizma. One which military authorities were about

comes from both paclists and trade divide the city into 12 compact zone unionists is that to keep over one with varying curfew hours BS

million men in the forces when they additional security measure.

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Six hundred refugees from the illegal immigrant ship, Ben Hecht, were transferred peacefully at Faith to the British deportation vessels, Empire Rest and Empire Shelter, for transhipment to Cyprus.

STOR. PRESS

A breakdown showed that from August 1, 1945 to the end of 1946 the

American taxpayer spent:

$395,401,000 to feed the Ger- mans and some displaced persons In the American zone and tho American stelor in Germany.

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would. "greatly advance the cause for peaco."

General Marshall was the last of the visiting Ministers to arrive for the most important postwar con ference since Potsdam. Britain' Ernest Bevin preceded him by a full, day and France's Georges Bidault, by a few hours.

Gen Marshall's big, shiny, fougs' motored C-54 landed at Central. Ain- port, from Berlin, about 24 hours prior to the four Foreign Ministern' sitting down in the conference room to begin negotiations on the German and Austrias peace treatles.

It was announced that the opening nevsion would start at 3 p.m. Moscow on Monday. probably at the Flyers' Club, although it was not officially stated where acзuions would be held.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Mr Bevin completed his rotme of courtesy calls with a visit to the So- viet Foreign Minister, M. Vyacheslav Malotov, having seen Gen Marshall of and M. Eñault at their respective embassles. Mr Beyin nisa received felicitations from Mr Malothy in re turn for his cartier congratulations on their mutunl

520,921,700 to pay. salaries miliary assigned to militDAY κοντ emment Jobs,

of

$10,550,312 to pay salaries American civilians and Alica nationals employed by the military government.

cated with reichsmark payments amounting to 1.262,400,000-or only $12,024,000 at the present military exchange rate-up to the end of last November, the report disclosed.

This fabulous

Soviet Union, plished, for more Ruests,

city of the

300 Aureign The Germans who are supposed to

ready for the COTI- beur occupation costs, had rec proference with extra militis, stationed The than hout downtown' streets. biggest hotel.. the

Moskva, was turned over completely. 10 house delegations and correspondents.

Gen Marshall's arrival

was the On the international market, how-day's highlight beenuse firstly, he fo A newcomer to the Foreign Ministers Council and secondly, it is his first visit to Moscow,

AIRPORT STATEMENT,

Shrewsbury, Mar. 9. The British Air Minister, Mr Philip Noel-Bakker, stated here to day that the Labour Government "mean to change the face of Britain by planning our economic life and by combining the planning with de-ever, the mark is still worthless, mocratle freedom, In which Britain has always led mankind."

pro-

un-

ONE BRIGHT SPOT

renched

The report contained one. Anan- cial note of encouragement. Con tracts for products to be exported from the American zone nearly $25,000,000 by the end of 1040 and the actual cash receipts reached $4,500,000.

Бесп

Buch

H

vary

which

The Labour Government's gramme, he said, still stands

In a statement at the airport on challenged "as the only hope for

his arrival, Gen Marshall reminded social justice and national prosperity

the Russians that: It was his; first Noel In the postwar world." Mr

visit and welcomed his first real Baker added: "In many countries,

contact with the Russian people, countless anxious people faced by

am very happy. to have totalitarian solutions of different

stated Gen In Moscow," kinds are watching to see whether or not this peaceful-method-of-social The cash came.chlely from the "It is tho first time I have

here and on progress will succeed. The nation sale of Germany's famed hops

to beautiful

1 and by its efforts in mi

day. the United States und Beiglum. factory and mine,

gratified by the reception. field will give the answer. I am

honoured me. This For the newly fused British and hisg | certain

will of that answer now

and through the coming months and

American zones the export goal for be my real contact with Moscow, anch years It will bring new hope to all

1047 is $100,000,000. By 1950 U the Russian people,, except for n the world. It is not plain for all

Americans and British hope to have brief period, when, wo,zpot, at Valto. their two zones economically self- The mission on which I have come to see that only nationalisation has saved

sufficient, real us from

disaster."

DITOSS

is known. the world over as Reuter.

The report noted gloomily

on of enormous importance and con- that

mankind. December Industrial production In

sequence for alt.

There have been many the American zone dropped five per which are unavoidable, as there are difficulties cent below that in November and

bound to be in negotiations designed 1030 was muly 30 per cent of the

to accomplish real peace. Undoubted average, mainly because of the pro- tracted, cold spell. Precision ma- there will be difficulties, great dif.

ly chinery and. opties production took on the worst slumps-between 20 and

PATROLS CLASH

Hanoi, Mar. 9. French and Viet Namh patrols blashed near Haiphong to-day the Haiphong-Hanoi rallway line 23 per cent. which the Viet Namhese attempted to cut, semi-official French sources said.

The Viet Namh patrol was routed after brisk, fighting.

French troops at Nomh some 60 miles south of Hanol, beat off a Viet Namh attack on a French oulpost-Reuter.

Field Court Martial

HEALTH POSITION

ficulties, here. But they will be met successfully and loam confident hat by peaceful methods of negotia tion we will reach an agreement which will advance the

cause of prace, in which we all are very much

Gen. McNarney noted with some interested." satisfaction, however, that the crime The reception at the airport for

WOB Dinh.} situation

no worn? and the Gen Marshan was of the same type as Germans did not seem to be losing those held for Mr. Bovin and much more weight, though

of the Bidault, without honour guards average uiban adult male in the bands. The Soviet deputy Foreign American zone is between five and Minister, M. Andrel: Vishinsky, was 20 pounds underweight and elderly the top Sprkt official to meet Gen men and women about 30 pounds. Marshall, with a dozen or more For- The control of tuberculosis, Gen. eign Office officials and diplomats McNomey said, remained a serious and 3 couple of hundreds of Soviet Haifa, Mar. 9. problem, with Bttle immediate 'pro- and foreign reporters and photo- The sentence will be promulgated spect of tuffient hospitalisation for

graphers. in due course on the eleven young isolation and treatment of thousands

PRESS TREATMENT paratroopers accused of of upen cases.

The Sunday morning edition mutiny, it was announced when a On the education ride, the report Pravda featured hir Bevin's arrival

General

Court disclosed that the assistant deputy with a picture and his statement and Martini ended in Halta in-night. military governor, Maj. Gen. Frank, a small item,

All eleven were' charged with dis- aboying an order to make up their beds and loy out thele kit on Novem- ber 15.Reuler,

British

Several masked men empiled the Police Launch ended in

pistols into Kadia Mizrahi, a dark-) skinned Yemenite woman, us she left Rehovoth police station for her home to-day. The assassins 'escaped, Kudla had allegedly alded criminal Investigation agenta in tracking down members of irgun's "Black Squad" In Rehovoth.

Tel-Aviva 12 Hebrew newspapers threatened to close unless telephone communications were restored with Jerusalem and the outside world.

The Ariny was reported consider Ing the Imposition of collective punishment on owners of houses from which extremists last night attacked Citrus House. Bellish military head- quarters. In Tel-Aviv..

About 30 newsmen were caught inside Citrus House by last night's extremist, attack,-United Press.

THE WEEK'S TOLL'..

Jerusalem, Mar. 10.

Sunk

THREE LOSE LIVES

"

A European sub-Inspector and. two Chinese crewmen lost their lives when Police Launch No. 16 colded with the sa Talposhian at 5 o'clock this morning and immediately sanit

of

A. Keating, has ordered, a new However, several long articles investigation to cleanse university were carried reiterating the Soviet

laffe of ail Nazi elements-United potion Germany

and. the Press.

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Foul Play Suspected In Plane Crash

Ponie, Mut. 9. The English languago Rome daily, American, reported to-day that a member of Egypt's Royal Family who came to Italy to investigate the crash of the Italiaú military The launch was carrying out beat duty when the tragedy occurred, plane at Terracina on February 15 "is convinced it was exploded in midair by a about 150 yards from Holt's Whari.

bonib.' Sub Inspector

Alexander Paul Zaremda, aged 35, formerly of

Quoting Informed

sources, the King Farouk's-persenal order. Prin fled the passenger as Mr Gilda Shanghai. Chinese Engineer No. 17, American Bald Prince Ibrahim Fazbil, cess Amina Anem Barontz, also a Almagia Ambron and said she come Tseung Hong and Chinese Stoker relative of King Farouk, had "indi- relative of Egypt's King, was killed to Italy to check the diappeal of No. 74, Ngai Fo-lum, were trapped cated that certain persona hoped to in the crash with 10 others.

several million lire left here by, the In the launch when it collided with prevent the plane from reaching lis The American sald a sources ex-King for use by Italian charities.. The newspaper sald Mrs Ambron the steamer, belleved to be about true destination" and said the Prince "quoted Fuzhil as Saying one of the 2,000 tons displacement.

"stated atly the flight was 'unauth- plune's passengers had been sent to had in her posscasien a complete re- orised and secrof' '

Italy on a special mission" for ex- port on the distribution of funds The newspaper also said Prince King Victor Emmanuel, who is now when the plane crushed. United Fazhil allegedly came to Italy on In Alexandria. The newspaper ident-Press.

There were three survivor Nine deaths were attributed to the Chinese members of the crow., week's violence in Palestine.

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