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Jitterbugs,

Be Warned!

London. Mar. 24. Arthur Whitmarsh. 18, tailor's cuiter, was fined fo shillings to-day for in the words of the officer who urrested him- "persisting in Jitterbugging" in 1 London street.

Whitmarsh was charged formally with "Insulting behaviour whereby a breach of peace might have been occasioned.".

In levying the line, Judge Rowland Thomms suggested that defendant "take up a Hittle more manly sport."-em United Press.

BOEREN SAFESTEZ TARNICA STARTER KARNA SLAVIC) MARIANNE UURT #animantiu DEAD OR ALIVE?

MYSTERY OF

V

HỌ CHI-MINH S WHEREABOUTS

Paris, Mar. 24,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1947.

Wartime Agreements: Texts Released

Washington, Mar. 24,

The State Department to-day mado public the entire texts of the Tohoran Yalta and Potsdam Agreements, including the pact of February 11, 1945 by which the Kurilas, Southern Sakhalin and concossions in Manchuria promised in return for. Russia's entry into the war against Japan.

were

"Beyond the revelation that Russia agreed at Teheran to go to war against Bulgaria if that nation attacked Turkey, the texts contained ifttle of major import that had. not been previously announced informally or through com- muniques.

It was disclosed that at Tehe- ". The status quo of Outer Mon- ran on December 1, 1943, the golla (the Mongolian People's Re- Big Three were negotiating to public) shall be preserved. bring Turkey into the war, A statement on the military 'con- clusions of the Teheran con- ference said the conference:

1. Agreed that partisans of Yugo Slavia should be supported by sup- plies and equipment to the greatest possible extent. an Agreed

that from a military puint of view it was desirable that Turkey should come into war the side of the Allies before the end of the year.

A French message from Indo-Bulgaria. China to-night quoted the Viet

on

3. Took note of Marshal Stalin's statement that if Turkey found her self at war with Germany and, us a result, Bulgarin declared war on Turkey or attacked her, the Soviet would immediately be at war with The conference further took nota this fact could be expileitly Namh radio as having reported stated in the forthcoming negotia- a statement by President Botions to bring Turkey into war." Chi-minh who, according to a Turkey declared war on Germany telegram from Saigon earlier to- und Japan effective March 1,

Yalta Agreement day, was rumoured to have died.

The text of the Yalta Agreement regarding Japan says:

press

conference

1s

tim may have ben recorded and cannot be relied on as the rumour either posing of

Way!

The President is reported to have said: The Viet Namah people will be ready for friendly collaboration with France with the frameworks of the French Union provided France the independence and recognises unity of our country and our entire Jiberty In the realm

of foreign rela- the case, for tion as

example, with the Philippines in regard to the United

with India in States and regard to Great Iritain.

ch

is not the decision of the French Parlingent and if France plans to re-establish a colonial re- ime In Viet Namh, our people are determined to continue the battle."

Reuter.

NOTE ON CYPRUS ELIMINATED

that

1045.

The Leaders of the three great powers--the Soviet Union, the United States of America and Great Britain have agreed that in two or three

the Allies on condition that:

IMPERIAL

PREFERENCE

(Continued from Page 1)

and that Is the whole basis of the idea on the turiff side of the nego-

port of

2. The former rights of Russia violated by the treacherous attack of Japan in 1904 shall be restored viz: (a) the southern part of Sak. halin as well as all islands adjacent to it shall be retu to the Soviet Inion; (b) the

Tmmercial Dairen shall be Internationalised, the pre-eminent interests of the So- viet Union in this port being safe- guarded, and the lease of Port Ar thur as a naval base of the USSR restored.. (c) the Chinese Enslern Railway and the South Manchurian Rallway, which provide an outlet to Dairen, shall be jointly operated by the establishment of a joint Soviet- Chinese company. It being under- stood that the pre-eminent interests

ла

.

of the Soviet Union shall be safe- guarded and that China shall retain full sovereignty In Manchuria,

Kurilo Islands The Kurile 3.

islands shall be handed over to the Soviet Union. It is understood that the agreement con- Outer Mongolia cerning

and the ports and rallways referred to above will require the concurrence of Gen- cralissimo Chlang Kai-shek. The President will take measures in order to obtain this concurrency on advice from Marshal Stalin,

"The heads of the three great powers have agreed that these claims tionably fulfilled after Japan has

Govern-

Normandy Invasion The text of the military conclu- slons reached at Teheran

Burmese delegATION IN LONDON

The Burmese delegation which recently visited Britain to discuss Independence in the grounds of No. 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Alileo is seen talking to U Aung San, leader of the delegation.

$600,000,000 To Stop Communism In Korea

Washington, Mar. 24.

The Acting Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, to-day conceded that American anti-Communist Intervention in Greece and Turkey would embark the United States upon a global policy opposing totalitarian threats to free nations everywhere.

ALL-OUT AID

BY ARMY TO

STOP FLOODS

London, Mar. 24.

A

The next big step in that to the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee will probably be taken

direction suggested

in Korea, now occupied half by

the United States and half by Russia. He said the Adminis

MEN WHOKILL

LIKE LIONS

Tanganyika Terror

Dar-es-Salaam, Mar. 24. Gangs vffon men" who kil under the hypnotic Influence of native witch-doctors and mark their victima In the manner of Ilons have terrorized the Singida district of Tanganyika with at least 40 mür- ders,

The police are holding three aus. pected lion men" for trial and ore investigating others, but so far have found no oficial explanation for the outbreak of killings.

White residents of Singida bellove, however, that the two native chiefs of the district are feuding and bribed their witch-doctors to hire pesassing, DRESS IN SKINS

The killers dress themselves In lion skins and attack their victims with chives, leaving long wounds resembling the marks of lions" teeth and claws. The police have been hampered in their investigation by the recent increased activity of man- killing. four-footed llons, whose victims are sometimes indistinguish- able from those of the lion men.

The police found evidence that the killers are paid from US$3-4 for cach murder. Both the victims and the killers belong to the primitive Wannyatura tribe in the village of Maori, about 20 miles from

Singida,

one

Friends and relatives of the vic- lims refuse to give information to the police for fear they will be next сп the lion men's list. Only victlin has been discovered who re- covered from an attack and phe immediately changed her story say it was a real lion that scratched and bit her.-United Press,

OUTWARD MAILS

tration will ask Congress for Articles

In effect the spending would be

pro-

to

Unleas otherwire staled Registered and Parcel Posts close 30 minuten earlier than the time stated

Tuesday, March 25

Shanghal Peiping, 330 p.m. Seamali:

Manila,

USA. Central end Souili America, Canada (via San Francisco), 3 p.m. Kongmoon, 4 p.m.

Macão, Tsinihán, Shekki, 4 p.m. Canton, 4 pmn.

into Communism. This confirmed the United Press report of last week. Traini

Testifying on the President's range of ald to Greece and Tur-Airmail! mittee chairman, key, Acheson was asked by the Com- Arthur Vanden- berg, whether there would be need for assistance to other areas such us In the Far Eust.

Acheson said: "There will be to-

quirements for expenditure of United

Wednesday, March 20 Salgon, Singapore, Colombo, Sydney,

Auckland, London, 330 p.m. Canion. Luchow, Kunming.

Nanking. Hankow, Tsingtao. Pelping. Foochow, Shanghat, 3.30 pm.

Seamail:

Salgon, Swatow, Ampy, noon. Awalow, Bangkok, 3 p.m.

Shanghai, 3 p.m.

Manila, Batavia. 3 p.m.

Australia (via Sydney). 3 p.m. Teamkong, p.m. Kongmoon. 4 p.m.

Macao, Tsinshan, Shekki, 4 pin. Train!

Canton, p.m.

Airmail:

Thursday, March 27

Bhanghial. Pelping. 330. p., Scamail:

Canion, am

Swataw, noon.

Halptiong, noon.

Shanghai, 2 pan.

Straits, Madras, 3 pun,

Shanghai, 4 p.m.

Kongmoon. 4 p.m.

That telegram said his where- abouts have not been known for more than three months, and added:

money-informed sources put below. "No one knows whether he is alive."

To-night's message, says it is be-

the sum at $600,000,000-to | Airmat!: lieved that Ho Chi-pinh addressed months after Cermany has surron-

All-out military efforts to spend in the US. zone of Korea day, but that as the statemezdered and the war in Europe ter. of the Soviet Union shall be unquca stem the flood waters surging |

yester- HE it Salgon

in the next three years. similar to the previous ones from /minated the Soviet shall enter into been defented. For its part, the Soviet through the two gaps in the nimed ut preventing Korea's collapse war gainst Japan on the side of Union expresses readiness to con- Ouse, in the Fenland district

National clude with the ment of China a pact of friendship near Ely, were being made to and alliance between the USSR and day. These two branches alone China in order to rander assistance have led to the flooding or 130 to China with its armed forces for square miles of rich fen to an The purposes of liberating

China from the Japanese yoke.

average depth of three or four **Signed Joseph V. Stalin, Frank- feet. lin D. Roosevelt and -Winston S. This afternoon, 10 Neptune tanks Churchill."

loaded with five tons of ballast were into being moved

semi-circle around one side of the Earith breach. The space left will be filled also will 240 tons of sandbags and sand-be tiations to take place at Geneva and recorded that Roosevelt, Stalin and bags will also be thrown under the of those preparatury talks at present Churchill "took note that the Nor-tracks of each tank as it moves into going forward between the Common-mandy Invasion would be launched position. Two other Neptunes will

during May 1944 in conjunction with stond by with torpedo and wealth and Britain in London."

anti- attacks on southern France,

submarine netting to stop the rush Sir Stafford added:

The text read: "We, of

of water. Others wil

will stand out in conference further took note midstream course, recognise in this relation that

as anchors for

ве alin's statement

those some industries, particularly agri- of

that Soviet

into the gap. moving culture perhaps, have been deve forces would launch an offxive at

Work will also begin to close the loped in Empire countries on the about the same time with the ob gap at Hilgny to-day. It is hoped basis of markets assured by the Pre-Ject of preventing German forces that a ship will be sunk across the from transferring from the Eastern breach, but it will be difficult to ind Washington, Mar. 24.

to the Western front."

a vespel of the right dimensions The paragraphs which described!

"We do not want suddenly to The Big Three agreed then that which con the United States as favouring the modify those Preferences to the ex-

negotiate the fenland they should "henceforth cussion of Cyprus to Greece and the tent which is going to cause real close touch with each other in re-must be 12 feet high, 100 feet long keep in locks and bridges up to the site. It establishment of free port facilities i disturbance and distress in the Over- gard to Impending operations in and have 250 toys, of burden load. to Salonika, were withdrawn to-day seas countries concerned and in the from the documents relating to Pre-long term we can,

Europe." think, avoid any

The Potsdam Agreement by Stalin, sident Truman's programme of aid to such result by the successful imple. Churchill, Attlee and Truman pro- Greece and Turkey, They had pre-mentation of the term of the proposed vided that the Montreux Convention viously been made available to the trade charter.

governing the Dardanelles should be House of Representatives Foreign

revised as "Falling to meet present "In the short term, the consulta-ay conditions." Affairs Committee and widely nube. Ilshed in the press.

tions that are now going on between

Dardanelles Problem A memorandum on "United States representatives of the British Com relations

Greece" published tex-monwealth countries should make all tually in the United States press was parties, including ourselves, fully the background of the

the working aware of the dangers of sudden and was

action a was not intended to be paper

and should, final statement of the United States therefore, enable us to avoid them." position, it is authoritatively under-

TARIFF BARGAINS stood. The release of usually pre- paratory studies was exceptional, it

Referring to the limitations placed was pointed out and the step was taken in view of the demands in on the United States delegation to Geneva by the United States reel- Congress for

peocal trade aureements. Sir Stafford -Reuter.

said that, one had to accept them if one was going to have a bargain TURNED DOWN with America, "We believe that despite these limitations there Is London, Mar. 24. room in which we can work out a A suggestion that British

bargain Ex-tisfactory

on the tarif employees of the Shaphail Muniel-side.

publication- their

ference arrangements.

of that

kind

York Flooded

The floods spread north over the

the

Macao, Teinshan, Shekhl. 4 p.. Train:

Canton. p.m.

Amoy,

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tates funds probably over the next nancial aid to Koren is necessary three years in Kores." He sald

because the "Soviet Government has not been able or willing to proveed with discussions" for unifying Karen under a Korean Government.

Lead To Ponco Acheson_reaßrmed his faith that the new "Truman doctrine" would lend the world to peace rather than into World War III by promoting international stability and furthering the aims of the United Nations.

He told the Committee that the proposed $400,000,000 Greck-Turkish aid programme is fully in line with and hinted that a formal report will The objectives of the United Nations.

be sent to the world organisation shortly, explaining why the United States plans to tackle the Mediter ranean crisis on its own

The Republican leader, Arthur

foreign policy Vandenberg. urged

Relay: Home News from Britain: 718 STEWART GRANGER the United States to inform the United Nations of the steps it in-Boder (Piano) (By Courtesy of the tends to take in the proposed pro-

PHYLLIS CALVERT gramme for Greece and Turkey, Acheson hinted

that this would be done during the Senators' question-

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week-end, and, the ancient city of York was to-day virtually cut in two by water two and three feet deep in the main streets.

Troupa worked throughout The next steps, it is said, should be night to save the waterworks from subject to direct conversation be-flooding, and to-day carried men tween eact of the three governments and women to work in collapsible

They have distributed food ing. and Turkey: These "next steps" to hosts. date have brought the Soviet demand from high lorries to those marooned Meanwhile, President Truman to on Turkey that Russin be given a in bedrooms.

summoned top leaders of Con- direct share in the defence of the continued to improve, and although special evening

night The position in the Thames valley

gress to the While House for Dardanelles,

conference which there

are still floods the river is was linked to the growing Adminis everywhere below bank level. The tration's drive for public and Con- The Yalta conference also discussed Lea Bridge pumping station began gressional approval of

Printed and published by Frederick the лек the Montreux Convention. The then work to-day supplying water to a foreign policy.

Percy Franklin for and on behalf of Foreign Ministers Edward Stettinius, million Londoners, who had been

South China Morning Post Limited Anthony Eden and V. M. Molotoy, without it for a week.-Reuter,

Issued as a State Department spokes-toris. In the Colony of Hongkong

The White House summons was

at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Vie agree that the question would be

man confirmed that the programme discussed at the next Foreign Secre-

of financial aid Korea, roughly Larles' meeting in London.

parallel to that proposed for Greece and Turkey was now under study by the State, Wor and Navy De- partments.

Barrage Of Questions

The United States and Britain op-

posed such an arrangement,

The Soviets made it clear that they would put forth various proposals berment" of Germany, the Big Three then. On the question of "dismem-

grants to Greece and

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Rio de Janeiro, Mar. 24. the British or Colonial civil service |

The Brazilian - Foreign Office, with appropriate seniority and pen-when the Geneva meeting is over

Wer and

Alt

The Korean programme carries a to bring a good deal of this big bar-greed at Yalta that the surrender together with the slon rights, was noi! pocepted by Mr

terms should include a section calling | Ministries, to-day issued state-

price tog, which has been estimated Hector McNeil, Minister of States, in countries which will have been par- in gain into operation between those

for "complete disarmament, demill- ment that Brazil would in no way up to $600,000,000 over a three-year the House of Commons to-day,

tarisation and dismemberment of intervene in the Puruguayan revoli, period. Added to the proposed He did not think that the suggea- at Geneva. The

Germany as they have been a re- either by will pe

be 10

or by $400,000,000 supplying arms lion-made by Lieut-Colonel

bring the result

Will any person who, witnessed JEAN KENT DENNIS PRICE. commend United Nations at a

for future peace and security," offering refuge to fleeing political or Turkey, it would houst the cost of (Conservative) would

United Press.

army leaders.-Reuter.

the Administration's new policy to the will of the above named CECIL PARKER FELIX AYLMER itselt to his colleagues concerned, conference and see whether we can get their co-operation in the plan of a worldwide trade organization."

The Government belleved that Ini the next three years one could hope for a progressive reduction of bar- riers and defensive mechanism.

Reuter.

Boles

New Oil Discovery

Cairo, Mar. 24.

oll

The Standard 011 Company of New Jersey have discovered near Wadi Baba, ́ an area of the Sinal Desert about 200 miles south- rist of Suez, along the gulf of the Surz coast, it was reported here to day.

The

discovery, described un "promising" was made three weeks ago and to the first in ten years of prospecting by the Standard Oil in Sinai, where they have had a con- cession since before the war.

before

He concluded: "An international} trade organisation is logical and o necessary complement to the Inter- national Monetary Fund and Inter- national Bank. It is a vital part in the postwar scheme of economic and financial

co-operation on the inter- national plane and to fail to go for ward would be, I, think; to tip the scales. heavily in favour of

descont

to restrictionism and uncontrolled economie conflict in the world and The discovery is not far from Ras that would be equally dangerous to Budr where Anglo-Egyptian Oll- our standards of living and to inter fields drilled an oil well in March national friendship and goodwill.

last year.Reuter.

Router.

British Legion

Having received the necessary authority from head- 'quarters, it is now possible to re-start the local branch of the British Legion; and all ex-activo Service men and women of the two Wars are cordially invited to attend at a meeting to be held at the Canteen, Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 31st March to elect Officers.

· E. - J.-R. Mitchell, Former Committee Member.

BEVIN HAS INTERVIEW

WITH PREMIER STALIN

Moscow, Mar. 24.

The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, con- ferred to-night with Generallasimo Josef Stalin, and it was authoritatively learned that Mr Beyin urged the streng- thening and extension of the Anglo-Russian alliance against Germah aggression.

than

the $1,000,000,000 mark.

Both Acheson and the Under- deceased in Stanley Camp in 1944 A Gainsborough Secretary of State, William Clayton, or who knows anything of the

who appeared before the 'House

Foreign Affairs Committee, en contents of the will pleaso com-

countered a barrage of questions

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from Senators and Representatives municate with Wilkinson & Grist, Watch for the Opening who demanded to know why the Solicitors for Mrs G. E. 8. Upedell. American programme was bypas-

sing the machinery of the United Nations..

Acheson reiterated the Adminis tration pledge that American troops will not be dispatched to Greece and Turkey. Both he and .Clayton in- dicated that further aid, to Greece might be required after the initial. 15-month period which the present programme is supposed to cover, United Press.

SWITCH-ON OF BIG BEN

Mr Bevin is also understood | American reporters at Spaso House. to be ready to discuss with The Americans concede that, the Generalissimo Stalin the United conference has moved faster States proposal for a four-power the horse-irading stage-finding the 'anticipated, Already it has reached pact covering German demili-Americans restrained and with A tarisation for 40 years.

feeling of

of optheism, although the Meanwhile, the French delegation only agreement of any kind existing has proposed to the Foreign Minis- among the Big Four is an Anglo-clock of the Houses of Parliament, tera the suspension of the transfer American agreement on German con- of Germans from Poland and Crecho federation.

| Slovakis. and has called for a four-

London, Mar. 24. The lights of Big Ben, the huge

were switched on again to-night... They were switched months ago

The second 'ble social event will when a shortage of electricity shut power conference in Paris before take place to-morrow night when down industrial plants. The 150 of July 1 to organise the migration of Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov will electricity in homes is still banned Germans into France

and other be host at a special command per- for five hours daily throughout sultable countries.

formance of the ballet "Romeo and Britain.-Assochted Press. The Ministers' conference is in re- Juliet with Prokofieff's music, in cess, but will reconvene to-morrow the one-time Czarist opera house,

for the third week of discussions on the Bolshoi Theatre. The Big Four U.S. Telephono Strike Germany and Austria-Associated will sit together in the former Czar's

Washington, Mar. 24..

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