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VOL. II NO. 164

BIG LINER

AGROUND

Southampton, Apt. 14. Seven

tonight Lugs were

Fiant struggling to free the 85,000-ton Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth, which ran aground at the entrance to Southampton Water,

The liner has 3,000 passengers and crew on board and has just returned to Britain from New York It is not expected Uut she will be refloated before the next high tide tomorrow morning,

Dense for has been holding up shipping on its way to the dock at Southampton. The caplain of an American ship declared that fit vessel had been held up for six hours and at times "It was Impossible to see the water,"

Belilsh liner from Hongkong was delayed by four hours and it was said that at times the for got so thick that it was impos- sible to see the mast from the bridge.

last arrival at On her Southampton heavy seas caused the Queen Elizabeth to miss the tide and delay her several hours. -Reuler.

Reynolds On Way To Alaska

Tokyo, Apr. 15.

The

For-the-Propriélbr of files HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Por and on behalf of

SOUTH CHINA MONNING POST, LTD.

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Prister, and Publisher

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BLACK MARKET

SCANDAL

Troops Play Havoc In Occupied Europe

London, Apr. 14.

·

The British Government today lifted the cur-, tain on one of the greatest scandals of European, occupation.

For the first-time the hard-pressed British tax- payer was 'informed officially that the blackmarket antics and currency manipulations of his British fighting and occupation forces on the Continent in the past two years will cost him at least $240,000,000.

How much the American taxpayer will have to pay for.

· similar clandestine manoeuvrings of the fighting and occupa- tion GIs has so far been kept a tight-lipped secret, but. American finance officers in Germany and elsewhere admit privately the total figure-when and if it is disclosed by the United States Treasury-will come as a shock.

Before the Treasury and War Departments Imposed the present currency restrictions through the use of script in Germany and Austria, undisclosed millions of marks were converted into dollars and sent home in postal money or dera.

The British figures contained in Milton Reynolds' round-the-a roport of the Comptroller and the military world plane landed at Yokota | Auditor-General on airfield at 7,01 m. Japanese appropriation covered only amounts which had to be "written off" be- time today on its flight from cause of illicit currency manipula- by British forces in the Shanghai and hopped off again tions at 9.24 a.m. for Anchorage, Netherlands, Germany and Austris.

ENORMOUS RETURNS Alaska.

The flight of approximately 1100 miles from Shanghai to Yokota took four hours and 39 minutes.

The plane was 40 hours, 50 minutes out of New York and averaging about 300 miles an hour for the ictal distance, including stops.

When it crossed the Japan const over the Itazuke airbase on Kyushu, It was clocked at 330 miles per hour.

Ariny United States

Airforces ground crews at Yokota field west of Tokyo immediately started servicing the plane for its trip to Anchorage.

Alaska.

"ALTERNATIVE-ROUTES-

By dealing in pounds sterling at black market rates aryl "trading"

with

the civilian goods

population, British for

the Netherlands force in durini: 1945-40 mude at least $50,- 744,440, the report disclosed.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1947.

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May Sow Crops Flood Relief Fund Home Budget

From Air

London, Apr. 14.

the

The British Ministry of Acri- culture is likely Lo approve plans for extensivo crop now- ing from the air because of the urgent, necu 10 repair Javoc caused in the

recent serious floods throughout Great Britain. Ministry officials said today.

Government experts have Loy examined the results of the recent airborne sowing by Mr T. W. Tomkins, 3 Northampton- shire former who sprayed fifty acres of ploughed land from a twin-englued aircraft.

Interested in “We are very Tomkins experiment," A Minis-

man kald. try spokesman

"One of the main objections to

crop the nowing from the air is cost, but in exceptional circum- stances which

resulted

experiment

from the recent severe flood, the urgency of getting land la- to production again. this high. cost is considered warthwhile."

Tomkins

WAS carried out because of the ur- gency of getting seed into the ground and the inability agricultural machinery to operate in the flooded fields.- Reuter.

Passes The First $100,000 Mark

The British Flood Relief Fund, sponsored by the South China Morning Post and Hongkong Tele- graph this morning passed its first $100,000 mark with a number of generous donations.

The fund has now been open for | 13 days, the average daily contriou- tions amounting to just under $8,000 Further donations, addressed to the General Manager, South China Morning Post, Ltd., Wyndham Street, will be gratefully received, and ac- knowledged in these columns.

Donations Received

Alrendy acknowledged

(per "H.K. Telegraph" $87,009.00 T. H. Lunson

A. B. Litvin (Pop) and

Nonf! Band.

Mr and Mrs F. C. Young The attention of readers is drawn R. P. Newoll today to a special article on Pager. T.

2 which graphically describes the Sacred Heart School

grim effects the floods have had on

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Today

London, Apr. 14.

Chancellor of the Ex-

chequer, Mr Harh Dalton, presented Britain's 1947-484 budget to the Cabinet today, preparatory to submitting It-to the House of Commons tomor-

row.

The budget reportedly""reduc=" ed Britain's tax rate of nkia shillings" in the pound to eight shillings and sixpence or eight|

hut offset this with Increases in Indirect taxes.

Mr Dalton is expected to speak for between an hour and

balt and two hours tomorrow

in presenting the budget to the Commons, Mr Anthony Eder, deputy leader of the Oppos!- tion, will speak next. The budget debate will continue through Wednesday and Thurs- day. United Press.

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Britain's farmlands and points up St. Francis School the urgent necessity of bringing Str quick and webstantial relief to the Blackall ruined formers of

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Mr and Mrs R. M. Wood Messrs L. Dunbar & Co.,

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Treaty For The Disarmament Of Germany Proposed

Moscow, Apr. 14.

The Big Four Foreign Ministers today completed their study of procedure and discussed the American proposal for a four-power treaty of disarmament and de- militarisation for Germany.

After General George Marshall (United States) had asked his colleagues whether they accepted the idea, he proposed that plenipotentiaries could be immediately appointed to consider the definite text. Mr Ernest Bevin (Brain) and M. Georges Bidault (France) gave their consent to the proposal: Mr-Molotoy did not directly, express the. Soviet view, but by putting forward a series of amendments and additions to the American draft appears to have implied that the Soviet delegation is ready in principle to consider à four-power treaty.

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Mr. Suen

Mr and Mrs R. Zindel Messrs Caldbeck, Mac-

gregor & Co., Ltd. Miss 1. N. Watkins Messrs Wilkinson & Grist H. T. Barma

Janet (Balance)

K.

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F. C. Mow Fung,

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Holland

China

Co., Ltd.

Trading

A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd, Pang Shlu Kwong "Kintyre

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Mr and Mrs J. P. Rush "Mac" Gray Bros.

Hend Watchmen, Assistant

IIcad Watchmen and Watchmen of District Watch Force

Min

Mr and Mrs Lo

Nung

The same type of transactions by ! British forces in Germany and Aus-

Calling upon the Council to pro- jed that a study of the draft text and tria during the same period cost the

or not they Intervening events would make nounce itself whether British Treasury $91,000,000.

The report estimated an additional were in favour of such treaty and re- changes desirable. "I now suggest that $80,000,000 would have to be writ-calling that Mr. James Byrnen pre- the treaty might provide for a per-

in Paris a the treaty draft

lodic review of its terms. In particu- ten off because of currency black-sented

General Marshall ' said: or after the peace treaty with Ger marketing by British forces in Ger-year ro, mony and Austria during

1940-47"There "The United States Govern-treaty shouki

many become final the four-power

Harris Book Co. has been ample time for re-

be re-considered to scal year.

Similar problems arose in France, ment believes that the time has now adept it to the provisions of the peace Belgium and Norway but did not come for the three other powers to treaty."

his necessitate any write-offs on the decide whether or not they want 1940-47 account, the Comptroller colleagues to involve themselves in

considering-the-texts.

wald-

The French occupation forces have Army briefing officers prepared never disclosed how much the black- two alternate routes on the basis of marketing of their troups would cost. War Department directives specify- Russian soldiers are forbidden to Ing distances by which American take any occupation marks from Ger- aircraft must avoid Russian territory many and huve no means of con- such as the Kurlles and Kamchatki.verting marks into roubles.-United

One route was mapped north to Press, the 38th parallel, then along the great circle course at a distance of 300 more than

mlics Kamchatka.

trom

The other would skirt the Kurles where a 12 miles limit is permis- sible.

APPOINTMENT CANCELLED

London, Apr. 14. The Foreign Office announced to- The army weather oficer al Haneda airport near Tokyo was night that the appointment of Mr flying to Yokota to give Reynolds Victor F. W. Cavendish Bentinck as and his pilot William Odom the Ambassador to Brazil has been can- latest repòria-Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

celled.

Not Very Friendly

the

IMPROVED Sino-British rela- ilons-a standard theme for platitudinous pubile orators—will scarcely be promoted by incident at the Macao airfield on Sunday when 'n Far East Fly- ing School training plane from Hongkong was fired upon and hit by a machine-gun

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yards beyond the perimeter of the airport. It is difficult to escape the conclusion that this was a wilful act of hostility. It was not the first time that

air- a training craft from Kal Tak had flown to, and landed at Macao; and certain

time Chinese ly not the first

freeps on the vicinity had seen a plane bearing. other than Chinese markings. Which -'muut. immediately dispose. of any possible plea that the possu

Chinesa scled either in Ignorance. It may lie, of course, that the military outpost was no thoroughly bored with, life that

error

s to relieve the monotony.

a happy diversion tsuch as shooting at friendly alcerati); alternatively, the machine- gunners, may have been so trig rer-lappy that they mistook Stinson Sentinel flying machine for an earle." On the free of it, Chowever, the inclination is to view the indident as lending colour to

· China's recent “tough" atillude to

provisions

in

tovel,

"If they want the treaty I propose that we designate plenipotentiaries to negotiate promptly the final text.”

General Marshall said that the ori giual proposal was made because the United States is determined to take an active part in keeping Germany disarmed, The United States recognis

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pxmpassion, Such treaty

Reuben

Co.

definite text, discussion of the which he accepted. on behalf of M. Bidnult said that there France.

for welcoming were three reasons

four-power treaty:

That it was right that a solcmn; act should be entered into for con- of the special res- crete expression

Import - Export and obligations of the ponsibilities

Lee Furniture Co..... great powers preventing a renewal of German

Per "Wah Kiu Yat Po❞— General Marshall also proposed would not clash with or duplicate Lee Hap Ming .. $50.00 that any prohibitions contained in the the peace trenty to be signed by Chan_Mo_Chor. 10.00

lies, who four-power treaty be incorporated in the interested

have

(3rd. the peace treaty so as to bind the been at war with Germany.

Instalment) $60,00 2. That despite difficulties re- George Parks German state and become the law of the land obliging Individual Germans vealed at the Moscow Conference, Leung Yew

still to obey and German courts to respect which

the great, Wang Kee & Co. separated them,

on short-term aspects of the Wing Wo Hing M. Bidault welcomed both the

rman problem

the four-powers David Sassoon & Co., Ltd. re-confirm tirat idea of a four-power treaty and the would

whatever World Light Factory diMculties proposal for immediate these

might be

Lam Chi Fung ailles

resolved were formally

to Mr and Mrs J. F. Mac-

gregor maintain common front and to

American

BAKSI 5-4 FAVOURITE TO

BEAT WOODCOCK TONIGHT

London, Apr. 14.

Joe Baksi and Bruce Woodcock will climb through the ropes before 10,500 fans at London's Harringay Arena' on. Tuesday night for their long-awaited Len-round heavy- weight fight-regarded by virtually everyone, except Baksi und Woodcock, as the final eliminator to decide Joe Louis' June opponent.

stable doors,

and sharper than

Wits

the

In future preserva

that unity of Members Treasury Staff.. action, which bad enabled them to

win the war.

on

for

3. Thal such

treaty symbolises America's willingness.

to take active shore in the maintenance of European peace and to accept pre- cise and sweeping obligations that purpose, which were without; precedent in the

history of tho United States.

M. Bidault accepted the ideu. of making a detailed study of the texti

between now and the next meeting

200.00

Defies Critics In Washington

London, Apr. 14. Mr Henry A. Wallace, in a 10.00 defiant reply to Congressional critics who have challenged his 1,000.00 right to criticise American

30.00

| foreign policy in a foreign na- 300.00 200.00 tion, said 'today: "I shall go on 10.00 speaking out for peace wherever men will listen to me until the 52.00 end of my days."

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In a statement Issued here today, Me Wallace said, "Those who pro-

750.00 i pose to take action against me

1,500.00

betrayed their present state of mind, Only if a state of war existed could 25.00 I be accused of giving ald and com- 100.00 forita un enemy. I recognise no ***** 200.00

enemy and know of no state of

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100.00 War." 1,000,00

Mr Wallace's statement was as fol- lows: "I learn there is sentiment in Congress that the place for me to campaign against the proposed mili- 157.00 tary loans to Greece and Turkey is | nôt in Britain, but in my own coun- 1,000.00 try. My answer to

this is straight I did campaign

against

und the British

people 100.00 through the medium of the British

50.00 for proposed Joans in the United

100.00 these

States

well

press, knew. my attitude very before I came here, I have mentioned my altitude of oppostiion to loans for 60.00 military purposes only incidentally int Britain. It is the American Congress that decides American policy, not the British public.

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AMERICA'S CHOICE

"E bave said that America, like d 500.00

countries, can choose, between two 200.00 policies; one stands for a strong 175.00 United Nations and leads to lasting peace; the other stands for a divided and loads ultimately to war. I have said, and shall say, that some the groups in America stand for Donations should be addressed

second world polley. I have said, and to the General Manager, South

I shall say, that I stand for the use of China Morning Post, Morning American resources through the UN Post

for the betterment of all, Only Building,

if Hongkong.

state of war existed could I be ac- Cheques should be made out

cused of giving old and comfort to to "British Flood Relief Fund."

an enemy in expressing my point of For the purpose of acknow- view. If the they were right, that im ledgment will donors kindly effect a state of war exists, therm indicate their names in Blockea would be unimportant. I recognise whether I spoke in Britain or Ameri- Letters.

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of the Foreign Ministers. He said that he wished, however,, to malce some remarks for the consideration of those appointed to make study.

LIMITED U.S. TEXT Firstly, that whereas the American condi- Nate Wolfson, who carlier objected text appeared to limit the

disarmament to purely to De Young's appointment, agreed tions for

5-4 behind closed Bookmakers made. Baks! a favourite 30 hours before the open-reported faster ing 'gong.

ever before.

The referee will be the 62-year- old British veteran, Moss De Young.

vuntage.

от

delega-

STRONG 'QUAKE

Weston, Massachusetts, Apr. 14.

A "strong" carthquake Was TC-

Boston the

다

no enemy and know of no state of

war.

"As long as there is hope of British aviation Interests---flratly Promoter Jack Solomons sald that

peace, I shall go on fighting for the protracted negotiations Harringay had been sold out for nine

peace. Those who propose to take Nanking for giving landing weeks. The ticket prices ranged

action against me betray their ownE rights

to British com- from one guinea to 20 guineas for

state of mind. In England I have to him after a meeting with the Brl-military field, the French merical planes operating over | 800 ringside seats.

scen frsthand the devastation and Ush Boxing Board of Control where tlon felt that it would be more China; secondly, the bumptious The weigh-in is scheduled for and discourteous treatment of our

Charles Donmail, the chairman, as- on Tuesday. Baksi was

simple and more effective to define sorded at 7.28 a.m. GMT today at suffering caused by war, and to pre- p.m, GMT

College conditions

seismograph vent that ruins and devastation from Civil Aviation Ministry

by referring in

to station. officials expected to weigh around 211 pounds sured Wolfson that the Board would the

Observers said that it orl being wreaked ngoin on the world Canton, where they were put on

and Woodcock around 183, spotting assume full responsibility for a fair appropriate clauses of the Act of ginnted about 6,000 miles from Bos- I shall go on speaking out for peace Surrender, of the Allied Control the same level as intruders, in- the American 28 pound weight ad- decision. stead of envoys—an 1816 touch.

Nat Rogers, matchmaker for Mike Council, of the Council of Foreign er ut carly directionnt indications until the end of my days."

were poor. They sold that among The Macso alair,

Mr Wallace was the guest of a Bakst planned to remain in his Jacobs, said he will attempt to talk Ministers and of the peace treaty the likely spots for the quake at he settled on the i

the winner into a meeting with Loula when this was concluded. In this that distance from Boston-based on group of Labour Members of Parila- Brighton training camp

the the in June and he is prepared to offer | way,

four-power agreement past records of quakes would be ment at a but it is not out of

private. dinner. today.. to recall place wh

Channel English

would always be related to und Tuesday $150,000 as the challenger's shure. that China helped to

thePerala, the Red Sea area, the Kam-Tomorrow, he plans to visit the the

Colonel Edward F. F. Eagan, situation in Germany.

chatka reglon near morning arriving at Solomons' gym

the Siberian House

the of Commons during 1944 Chicago provisions of the

Just off Plcendilly crcus Intime chairman of the New York Stale

(Continued on Page 4)

coast and Chile. Reuter. Conference

established which

budget debate-United Press. the

for the weigh in.

Boxing Commission, was on hand to Or-

checked out Woodcock

of his see that the "winner is a suitable op- This conference

stable loft gym_this_ other things, that

morning and ponent to meet the champion. agreed, among

entrained for London with his *forefan aircraft not engaged In

brother Billy and several York scheduled international, air ser-

shiro friends. His former railroad vices may dy Into or across ́lla

gang workmates cheered him terzliory and make stops for non-

from Doncaster station. commercial purposes without ob- taining prior permission." China Also agreed

to the Two Free- dams" convention which, Inter alia, provides that the contracting States shall permit "flying acrosa cach other's territory without landing." The clarity of Diese two concessions calls for no addi- tlunal comment, save to observe that they demand the most posi- live assurances, from China that there will be no repetition of last Bunday's Macao airiteti incident.

off

Nora, wife of newly-wed Bruce, decided to stay at home and listen to the broadcast of the fight with Bruce's mother,

Solomons said a polive cordon wlli' surround. Harringay in an attempt to spot holders of invalidated tickets which were stolen last month. The Invalid tickets conlained two photos, Baksi's and Woodcock's,

The new issue contained a third photo, Solomons,

Stalin Adamant On Press Censorship

press Moscow, Apr. 14..

relations must be 'mproved.1 on April D. in the Kremlin which Generalissimo Stalin today ft censorship in the past had falled of notes was checked and aftreed However, he claimed that efforts to dealt with the press. The transcript told the Republican candidate and offered no hope that such a move upon. Stassen

said most for the presidency, Mr Harold would be tried again.

midnight Kreplin conference wille

of the Statements on the eve of the fight Stassen, during a one hour and

the question of

Stalin concerned economie affairs? Stassen brought up the

But he withheld the details of 40 minutes conference that "it censor white he enters that discursion, until he returns to

were:

Woodcock: "I feel fine.. I'll do my would be difficult in our country"/countered with what he called the United States "because I want

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dence of bad faith by foreign corres-

Bukal's wife, 21-year-old Aone, nho will Isten to the BBC veiston from her west end hotel nome. A best with both hands." boxing widow for four weeks, the Baksi: "This Aght means every to dispense with censorship. He pondesta, Stalin said, "It will be dif- to be avaliable for discussion when has not phone Ball. Permitted to sex or thing to me and I'm going to try to indicated that the ban on out.ficult in our country to diapense with it is given out." He said, "We only

win quickly as possible,"

discussed long range Both fighters reported themselves Tom Hurst, Woodcock's manager: going news dispatches would re-Molotor h. 3 te For Minister, Mr cultural matters. Wo conomic and

has tried to do it several 100 percent Alt. Baksi knocked out "Bruce will win. Some of the Job's main in effect in Russia. times, He had to resume it each time items between the governments, "It cuas anything about the currant. four sparring partners in 'the final comforters are dus for a shock."

Stassen reported that Stalin told Stassen sold, he recolved Stalin's would not have been proper or heavy workouts on Saturday. Wond-. Wolfson: "Bakst decisively," him that Russia and the West must permission to isstic a verbalin To advisable for me to discuss such cock, who has trained in secret United Press.

find a way of sitting together" and cord of a portion of conversation matters."-United Prens