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Countess Loses

Jewels

London, Apr. 10.

A mink coat and £1,500 worth of jewels were stolen last night from the home of Barbara, Countess of Moray, the police reported to-day.

The peeress, is the widow of the 18th Earl of Moray and daughter of J. 'Archibald' Murray of New York.- Associated Press.

Krakatoa Eruption Threatens

Batavia, Apr. 10.

Krakaton volcano which ex- ploded in 1883 with the force of a thousand atom bombs and killed 30,000 people, is again threatening to erupt.

said.

and

The American archaeologist writer, Lawrence Griswold, who re- sently led an exploration party up the volcano, said today that its conc had bull up 05 feet since 1940 and and rock that it was belching gas into the air every 45 seconds. "One rock, which must

have weighed over a ton, was thrown 60 feet into the air." Mr Griswold submarine explosions were Two also heard Krakaton, which lies in the Sunda Straits between Java and Sumatra.

large

which Krakatoa disappeared In the eruption of 1803, which formed cloud of cosmic

darkening dlust, the sun for more than a month and sent a fidal wave three times round the world.-United Press,

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RAMADIER NOT UPSET

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Paris, Apr. 10. The French Government does not consider that General Charles de Gaulle's speech at Strasbourg on Monday contained anything of a nature which would upset the political life of France,'

," the French Premier, M. Paul Ramadier, told his week- ly press conference here today. "The actual opinions expressed by General de Gaulle are not new and do not create any

thew situatian warranting Government tion," he added.

"We do not have to go into con ference every time a political figure makes a speech," he told a ques tioner who asked if the French Ca- binet planned to discuss the General's speech-Reuter.

Jewish Traffic

delibera-

Paris, Apr. 19.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.

Soviet Proposes United Nations Supervision Of U.S. Aid To Greece

New York, Apr. 10. Terming the Greek Government “irresponsible, corrupt, inefficient and an unpopular regime,' Poland's "Dr Oscar Lunge opened the debate today on the Greek question in the Security Council by supporting the Soviet proposal for a supervisory commission on aid to Greece and opposing any American aid to Turkey..

Dr Lange declared: "We are told that the Greek state is threatened with political disintegration. Why should this be so after two years of British military and economic aid? Surely, it shows that there is something fundamen- tally wrong in Greece. Greece la torn by civil strife, but unity will not be fostered by supporting an irsesponsible, corrupt, inefficient and unpopular regime,"

He said that there was the las? It Yugo-Slavia the villain, accusation that Greck indepen-or Bulgaria or Albania? Or dence was threatened. "Is it perhaps it is the Soviet Union?

POCKET CARTOON OSBERT LANCASTER

"Has it ever struck you, Bracegirdle, that huntin' might be said to be a 'closed shop'?"

Marshall

Bitterly

threatened by patriotic gueril- If such suspicion exists, the So- Assailed

200 PLANES

AID GREEK

OFFENSIVE

viet representative should be; asked for an explanation."

when

Dr Lange declared that there was f

Warsaw, Apr. 10. no justification for giving military The Polish Foreign Minister, ald to Greece, which he termed a "political dynumile," As for Turkey, Mr Modzelewski, in a statement its conduct towards the Allies during issued to the foreign press to- the war was anything but friendly, day, bitterly denounced the U.S. "Why we all intend to limit Secretary of State, General armaments should the United States George Marshall, and reiterated propose helping Turkey to.

to increase its armed fore

forces?" he

Poland's contention that her usked. "If Turkey's national indepen- western boundaries were finally Greek commandos and infan-dence is threatened, we must asks for settled at Yalta and Potsdam.

which is try landed from the sea early specification of the state

alleged to threaten the independence: today at Cape Flatamon. south of Turkey and summon that state cast of Mount Olympus, in the before our Council." opening of an operation intended to encircle and wipe out big guerilla forces on the mounts of Olympus and Ossa.

Athens, Apr. 10. "

in

Earlier, press reports said that 000 paratroopers had been dropped the Larissa arca.

Seaborne forces

Student Minority Favours Wallace Guest Allied Discussion on China

Poiping, Apr. 10.

Peiping's minority student element, claiming to represent the liberal viewpoint, has issued a statement favouring Soviet- American discussion of China as a stop towards ending civil strife,

The statement also protested against the beating of Tsinghua University students and all the other "insolent and violent actions taken against us by special service men."

Plot To

Kill Franz Von Papen

Vienna Apr. 10. German and Austrian Nazis in 1938 plotted to assassinate Franz von Papen and thus create a pretence for the Wehrmacht to march into Austria, Michael Skubl, last prewar Austrian Minister of Public Safety, dis- closed today.

Skubl, testifying at the treason trial of former Foreign

Minister Guido Schmidt, claimed the plan

Himmler favoured by

and was Kaltenbrunner, but Goering Anally cancelled. it.

He said the Austrian state police sent trained agents to Germany to gather information on Hitler's plans for Austria and the Western powers. One agent, he said, was caught by the Gestapo.

Skubl

also said the Austrian police tapped a telephone call from Goering to his brother-in-law, Franz Hueber in the course of which Goering said: "Franz. I will make you Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice as soon as we set up a National Socialist Austrian Cabinet." He said this plan was counteracted by Himmler. -United Press.

Modzelewski thanked the Russian German POWs

At Church

"Marshall's declaration is purely a political manipulation jeopardising the peace at Europe and encouraging Germany," reactionary elements in Consistent With Charter

the statement said. Replying to the Soviet charges "All attempts at infringing. this that United States ald for Greece just and peaceable solution (Yalta and Turkey was interference with

clements which do not want the re- the domestic affairs of these coun- and Potsdam will only help those tries

and

inconsistent with the United

lationship in Europe stabiilsed," par- principles of the

State: Charter, Senator Warren Austin told Hicularly those German circles al- drove

Toready thinking of now aggression," the up

Council: "The President's pro- Pinion River valley between the twoposals to Congress were made pur- the statement added.

suant to requests from the establish- heights, with a view to funning and

Greece and Foreign Minister, M, Molotov, and encircling the heavy concentrations an

Turkey.

the French Minister, Georges Bidault, of guerillas who are reported hid-ed government of

The proposed military ald is contar their stands on the frontier ques ing there.

Order, sistent with the Charter principles en and Criticised the British The Minister of Public Napoleon Zervng, in a statement said and is in respect of maintenance of Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, and security for "parroting Churchill's words at "Operations are proceeding satis-domestic tranquillity

of the state."

Potsdam."--United Press. factorily in all arens,“

Senator Austin added: "In the which we now find The Air. Minister, Panayotis Kun- situation in

the United nellopoulos, said 200 Greck air force ourselves realistically,

in- represent nighters, fighter-bombers and Boston Nations

In this light bombers had been thrown into fallibility or perfection.

spring "clean-up" offensiveNOTERS

situation, It is understandable that against the Leftists, and were opera Greece and Turkey at this stage in United Nations' development ting continuously in perfect lying the weather. He added that the results should have turned to the United were "excellent"-United Press,

States for assistance.

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I is also understandable thot the United States should not turn a deal ear to such requests for as

Two Tsinghun students. it was alleged, had been beaten up after their university bus was stopped at the Summer Palace.

The statement was published in the Tsinghua Weekly by cer. tain student groups of Tsinghua, Yenching and Peita Universities.

Of Attlee

London, Apr. 10. Henry Wallace will be the guest of the Prime Minister. Mr Clement Attlee, at luncheon at Mr. Attico's country estate. Chequers, to-morrow.

Mr Wallace tonight will be the dinner guest of the United States Ambassador, Mr. Lewis Douglas. Douglas will accompany him to Chequers tomorrow.- United Press

UNBRADIUMKARJANAKA

Mr

Observers estimate that the stu- BUCHENWALD

ACCUSED TO

SEE FILM

dents involved total about 10 percent of the city's students. Their opposite numbers are the students belonging to the Kuomintang-backed San Min Chu Yi Youth Corps. Between them is the great body of stu, denta inclined to follow official

Munich, Apr., 10. leadership in matters of domes- Thirty men and a prgnant tic policies.

woman will. march from prison The statement hit out of the cells to Dachau courtroom to- current "Love Thy Country and

movie of Protect National Rights Movement." It said such slogans us "Oppose horrors they allegedly perpetrat-- International Intervention" cloakeded at Buchenwald concentration a reactionary desire to prolong civil strife.

morrow to ACC

camp.

the

The film-prosecution exhibli The statement spid that the elvi

-was made at Buchenwald, where war, rather than any international discussion of this strife, has brought 31 former Buchenwald officials are China to

charged with killing large per- her present pass.

international centage of 51,000 Inmates who died "We are

against

said, "but not at the concentration

camp. The star defendants are 42-year- interference," against well-meant just criticism

commandant, proposed by any nation or nations. old flse Koch, sadistic wife of the We consider joint American-Sovie! former Buchenwald

and and Prinz Joias zu Waldeck, mediation, internationally, Government-Communist Co-opera-only Germon prince of royal blood tion, domestically, to be compatible to be tried in a World War Il war with our national well-being and crimes trial.

Frau Koch, for whom gloves and conducive to world peace."

lampshades were fashioned from Dizzy Path Only through such co-operation, prisoners skin. came through. with ก shocker yesterday when the prison cap China be doctor announced that she was three the students said, anved from

the downfall towards months pregnant. which she is rushing along a dizzy

SS general in of the. area which included. Buchenwald. The prince, whose membership in the SS far outdates that of Ribbentrop and Bormand, is

with condoning

The charged

tortures, Buchenwald murders and -United Press,

graft, economic collapse and soaring was an

prices."

Property To Be. Returned

The "Protect National Rights" movement, the students argued, op- poses such co-operation and, there fore, impedes the birth of an inde. London, Apr, 10.

pendent democratic, free new Chinu. the A number of German officers "For the purpose of forcing of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe people to participate in parades they and Kriegsmarine, their uni-(the authors of the movement) con- somewhat threadbare trolled the press and popular views, For the pupose of expeller their in prison political opponents they fabricated camps, walked sedately today to bellicose slogans," the statement de.

Washington, Apr. 11. St Mary's Church at Nolton clared.

The Far East Commission, has Bridgend for services.

programme is the truly patriotic one, outhorised the return of property but "If patriotism means continued | confiscated by Japan to allied nat- bleeding of the people through civil ionals now living there. war, then we would rather dispense with patriotism altogether, United Press.

forms NEW PORT TO after many months

BE BUILT

Dar es Salaam, Apr. 10, sheltering an unlimited number of A new deep water port capable of large ships is to be built on a lonely Ingoon in southern Tanganyika to Senator Austin proposed

provide an outlet for the produce of solution asking the Balkan Investi-

the main Briah Government gating Commission to leave behind scheme for developing peanut plan- in Greece representatives to maintations supplying thousands of tons tain watch on the northern frontiers. of all to Britain.

Soviet Resolution

AUSTRALIA'S sistance.

RATIONING

No Readjustment Contemplated

He also asked that the

The scheme, announced here today, includes the building of one hundred miles of railway and a total ex penditure of nearly £4,000,000.

As they filed into the church the

Gravell. tor, the Rev. G. organ was being played by the rec.

The rector revealed later that the

Bishop of Llandaff had given per- mission for the prisoner officers to at the church on attend services

Occasions. Christmas, when 100 German officers first such occasion was inst

came

Lu

the church without previous. public announcement. Among the wors

then were Field Mar- shais Gerd Von Runstedt and Walther worshippers

Von Brauchitsch as well as Admiral Voss, of the Germany Navy-Asso- clated Press.

These students claim that their

In a directive to General Douglas MacArthur. the 11 nation comTM mission advised, however, that only and In- small scale

commercial

should be re- FRENCH CLAIM TO dustrial enterprises

stored for the time being. THE SAAR

Tho commission announced ite decision yesterday. It said a future (Continued from Page 1)

policy decision will be made over Belgium. The Netherlands and the property of allied nationals not Luxembourg

now living in Japan Associated Press.

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Mr Bovin said that the British would give careful study to M. Bidault's views.

Soviet resolution requesting the formation of a United Nations Commission to supervise United States aid to Grecce bo deferred until action by

The site of the new scheme is perfect natural harbour with United States Congress

and con- clusion of agreements between the thirteen-fathom channel and other advantages believed to be unique on whole coast of East Africa, United States and Greece and Tur-

Named Mto Miwara, it lies at the Following_Senator Austin, the southeast-of-Mikindani- Bay, about

Dr Basilios Greek representative,

25 miles from the frontier with that Portuguese territory-Reuter. Dendromis, told the Council

United the Soviet proposal States nid should be supervised by the United Nations was "clearly de- signed" to encourage the minorities who were "attempting to replace

Government the

Sydney, Apr. 10, M. Paul Hamndler, Prime Minister, The scale of food rationing in sald here today that the British Australia is unlikely to be re-key Government had "never-sent strong as an official note "to France adjusted as part of a plan to asking her to take steps to prevent assist Britain's food situation, clandestine embarkation of Mr J. B. Chifley, the Australian Jewish refugees from France Lo Prime Minister, indicated to

night.

the

Palestine.

He added that reports of British requests to the French Government

that

Mr Chifley sald that the best way decy by a Coinmunist dictator- in this matter had been "greatly for Australians to assist Britain was exaggerated" and tended to mislead to economise in the use of coupons.. pubile opinion as to the actual Food they denied themselves could

number of refugees who did embark be sent to Britain. clandestinely from France.

Rald,

permanent

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FAMOUS SITE AS NATIONAL PARK Greece welcomed

Belfast, Apr. 10. United Nations Border Commission, The Mountains of Mourne, famed but rejected the Soviet proposal, he in song all over the world, British Government, through He said that the government was

Dr Dendramis added: "The cause listed as a national park in a report

issued by the Northern continuing difficulties in Planning Committee today. its Embassy here, has merely made doing all it could, "having regard for of the a verbal request that we do every- what we are doing for our own peo- Greece is the support given thing possible to prevent Jewish ple."

beyond Greece's northern frontiers Other famous Ulster landmarks. to refugees from obtaining forged pass-

"we have never had to a very small minority in Greece, he made packs and nature reserves ports and illegal

He added; from

which is seeking by coercive means are the County Antrim coast, the France," he added.

to bring any complaint from any ofcial of

glens of the The request referred to possibili- United Kingdom source that we are diettore under Communist Glint's Causeway ties rather then to actual events not doing all within our power."--

The Council then adjourned unul Antrim, upper and lower Lough Erne and the Sperrin Mountains In County Tyrone.--Reuter.

Reater.

passage

Trieste Bomb

Warning

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Trieste, Apr. 10. A male voice telephoned warning to 88th Division officers at the rest centre in the Grand Hotel today that three bombs would explode in seven minutes in reprisal for the death sen- tence passed on. Maria Pasqui- nelli.

The officers evacuated the hotel

Associated Press.

Tito Will Now Talk Terms

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Monday, April 14-Reuter,

from

OUTWARD MAILS

Unless Articles minutes below:

otherwise stated, Registered

30

close time stated

and Parcel Posts entiler than i

Friday, April 11 Straits, Ceylon, India, East & South Africa, Egypt, Europe, United King- Com (via Southampton) (a) arm USA, Central & South America, Cana- da vin San Francisco) No Parcels for Canada) (Bea) 3 p.m. Australia, New Zealand (via Sydney)

(8) p.m.

Kongmoon (Bea) 4 p. MACRO, Tinahan, Shekki (Sea) 4 p.m., Canton (Train) 4 pm,

After a study of the proposala enade at Potsdam to treat Germany

Tinplate For Soviets

Swansea, Apr. 10.

as an economic whole, Britain had

One thousand tons of Weish decided to support this suggestion in timplate for Vladivostok, the first to accordance....

nce with the expressed views of Russia and the United States, be shipped from Swansea-to Russia since 1036, were loaded here today. Mr Bevin said.

Mr Bevin said that it was his de--Reuter, sire

to make the great potential of the Ruhr to Europe as a whole. He thought that separation of the Rhine- land would create the same dangers as separation of the Rhur,

As to other frontier claims on Ger- many, Mr Bevin sold that he felt that in general they merited sym-

WATCH !

JANE RUSSELL in

pathelle consideration by a commis- THE OUTLAW”

sion of the kind proposed vesterday

Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta. Karaca, by General Marshall. Ireland

Basra, Cairo, Johannesburg. Augusta, Marseilles, London, New York, Cana- da (Air) 3.30 pm.

RUSSIA WANTS BOYCOTT

OF FRANCO MUSCLE MEN

Prague, Apr. 10.

A Soviet Russian demand that Franco Spain be ex- pelled from the International Amateur Wrestling Federa- ilon moved the European wrestling championships, which will begin in Prague on Friday night, off the canvas and into the political arena.

Delegates from Russia, whose admission into the IAWF will be voted on at a meeting on Friday morning, told Federation officials they will insist on the expulsion of Spain as a condition to join ing.

guages; (2) that Russia be given the Federation vice-presidency; (3) that Fmco Spain be voted out of the

Federation.

Belgrade, Apr. 10. . The Government of Yugo. Slavia has sent a note to the British Government agreeing to a commission of representatives of British properties in Yugo Slavin coming to Belgrade for discussions on compensation.

Yugo-Slavia's previous attitude was that such discussions were un-

It was understood that most of the In a hurry, but the bombs failed to accessary as the nationalisation law

delegates would stretch the point and go off and a search revealed nope. passed last December already pro

accede to the first two Russian re- Among guesta in the hotel was viled for compensation:

quests, but consider the third beyond Colonel John W. Chapman, president British. Interests Include the big

Spain, which sent neither wrestlers it is not a full congress,

the jurisdiction of the meeting since of the Allied military court which lead and

"Whether zinc mines in southern sentenced Pasquinelli for the murder Serbin; and some oil refineries and AWE member in good standing force through the proposal appears

nor delegates to the tournament, is n

Russia can muster enough votes to of British Brigadier Robin de textile mills.

A Russian squad of 10 wrestlera, doubtful: A compromise is likely. Winton. Other guests were Mem- The Yugo-Slav note, which Bri-

reserver and

and oficials—the biggest of bers of the Italian section of the fish officials term "friendly", rc-

18 Countries Entored Italo-Yugo-Slav boundary commis moves, an old source of grievance in the tournament arrived in Prague sion-United Press.

Three delegates have arrived from Anglo-Yugo-Slav economic relations. on Tuesday with two more Soviet

officials expected later. Newsmen Poland, which entered no wrestlers. Router.

were barred from interviewing the and the Finnish, Rumuninn, Austrian, wrestlers, and It was learned that Yugo-Slav and Czechio-Slovaklu de-

even to tournament Russian demand,

The Soviet Deputy for the Ministry Three Conditions

of Education and Sports, M. Pustalov, Although the full congress of the head of the Russian delegation, con- LAWF will not be held until 1048 inferred with M. Victor Smeds, of London, when the now directors are Finland, President of IAWF, and M. chosen and rule changes discussed, Frantisek Mensik, of Czecho-Slova-

TAWF delegates in Prague are klo, IAWF vice president.

New UNRRA Chief.

For China

Rome, Apr, 10. Harlan Cleveland, deputy chief of the UNIRA Italian mission, has been named chief of the UNRRA mission in Cidna subject to approval by the Chinese Government, it was announced today.

Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow.

Tsingtao, Pelping (Air) 330 Chungking, Canton, Iolhow. Kunming

(Air) 330 p.m

Saturday, April 12' Swatow (Bea) 10a.m. Straits, Dangoon, Calcutta (Bea) 10 p.m. Salgon (Hea) 10 a.m. Manila, PJ, (Sea) noon.

Amoy (Bea) 3 p.m.

Shanghai, Stonolulu (Bea) p.m. USA, Central and South America & Canada (vla San Francisco) iNo Par- cels for Canodą) (Bea) 3 pm. Straits. Ceylon, India. East and South Africa, Egypt, Europe via London (Яea) 4 p.m.

p.m.

Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Soura

baya, Sydney, Auckland (Air) 3.30 Cunton, Itwellin, Chungking (Alt) 1.30

Runday, April 13 Canton (Ben) 0.15 am. Taamkang (Kwongchowwan) (Sex) 10

p.nt.

A.M.

Balyon (Bea) 10 am. Swatow (Sea) 10 a.m. Saigon, Singapore, Colombu, Sydney.

Auckland (Air) 10 am.

TO-DAY'S BROADCAST

Studio Variety Request -

Programme

ZAW on 143 kilocycles from 12.30 to 2 p.m. and 6.30 to il pan. and also on 0.52 megacycles in the 31 metre band. from 12.30 to 110, 6.30 to 730 and 9 to 11 pm. IK.T.

630, Film Memories: 7, London Relay: World News: 7.10. London Relay: Homg News from Britain: 745, "Romance and

7.30, Studio: "You Asked :Far

Soviet officials refused to announce | legations probably will support the Variety Itequest Programrune arrang-

officials.

RECORD WHEAT the line-up

CROP LIKELY

Washington, Apr. 11.

the

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The Agtleutture Department has forecast a record United States wip- ter wheat crop of 070,047,000 bushels, empowered to vote on Russian ad- Eighteen countries will have dele-

The previous record was 873,53 mission. 000 harvested last year.

gates at the meeting and 16 have a Russia, however, indicated she will total of 83 wrestlers entered, which

provisos: (1) that Rusalan be made sian wrestlers are admitted.—United one of the Federation's official ton-Press.

ed by Lynn-Frazer; 8.30, "Martial Mom- 9.10, enter B. London Relay: News: Studio: Plano Recital by Luba Shaftain; 0.40, Yehudi Menuhin ·¡Violin) and_the Philadelphia Symphony orch.; 10.25.

Act. Puccini's "Madame Butterfly Prinespais, Chorus and Orchestra: ot Za Scala Opera House Milan; 11, Close Downl.

Printed and published by Frederick Fercy Franklin for and on behalf of

Mr Molotov said that he attached great importance to the statements by M. Bidault and Mr Bevin, adding that he would like to study them un- til to-morrow before slating the So- viet view-Reuter,

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