1947-04-18 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947.

Queen Elizabeth Italy's Septuagenarian

Not Damaged

Bouthampton, Apr. 17. Divers Inspecting the hull of the Queen Elizabeth sald In a preliminary report today, that they found only

nly superficial damage to the world's greatest passenger liner from her miskap In grounding at the entrance to Routhampton water earlier this week.

Two divers working through- out the day reported that the 85,000-ton liner had only dam- ared the paintwork an hier bat- tom.

The Queen Elizabeth is ex- preted to sali again for new York on Saturday-United PreKS.

No Crisis, Ramadier Declares

Foreign Foreign Minister

Struck By Angry Mob

Rome, Apr. 17.

Seventy-four-year-old Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza was dragged from his motor car and pummolled by angry youths staging a demonstration in front of Parliamont building this morning.

Several thousand unemployed stormed through Rome's Iarge Piazza Colonna, then marched to Montecctorio, halting buses and automobiles and foreing passengers to get out.

When they passed the Palazzo

BARUCH ON Chigi, housing the Foreign

AMERICAN

INFLATION

Columbia, S. Carolina, Apr. 17. Paris, Apr. 17. Bernard M. Baruch, one of Premier Paul Ramadier to- the outstanding American elder decinred today: day repudiated reports of an statesmen, impending governmental crisis "We are on the brink of an and flayed the attempts of engulfing inflation. There is General Charles de Gaulle to only one way out. That is by

the French people work." against the alleged inefficacy of the Fourth Republic's constitu- tion.

arouse

DS

Most morning newspapers foresaw the possibility of a rupture in the Hamndier coalition government the result of the attitude of the Communista during discursion of the rebellion in Madagascar at yester-

y's Cabinet meeting. day's

Afterwards, the Communista did not attend

the dimer in honour of The former Socialist Premier, M. Leen Blurt.

M. Ramodier told newsmen at his regular press conference this after-

nuon

Addressing the South Carolina State Legislature, Baruch asserted that the more we producee the lege will be the cost of living; the more things we can buy the easier will be the building up of our reserves.

Physically, financially, spiritually, too, we shall be free of worry sence of which is a range of accurity." ke declared. "We are in the midst of a war. Our enemies are to be found abroad and at home. never forget this:

Let us

"Our unrest in the heart of their success. Pence of the world is the

on that there had not been a rup-hope and goal of our political system: ture of ministerial solidarity at the it is the despair and defeat of those

who stand against us." Cabinet meeting, and that the Com- munist Ministers had previously ex- cused themselves from the Blum dinner in order to attend a Party meeting.

Not Mentioned By Name Although he refrained from men- tloning General 3: Gaulle by name, M. Ramndler was obviously refer- ring to the General's attempt to

French rouse

notional opinion against weakness in the conglitution and party system when he declared: No one has the right to render ineffective the

nationalrines

aid above

imposed over and

of parties. The tional discipline 15 it is tied to, ideas of

the

for this no-

liberty and

anzt

and

nt the Republic. He who repudiates national discipline and patrimony places himself outside the Franch places

He who Imprudently community. Issues watchwords against national discipline must be placed on guard against himself, and we must place public opinion on guard against him."

United Press.

RAF ORDNANCE

DEPOT BLAZE

Lalore, Apr. 17.

A big fire broke out this afternoon

44-Hour Work-Weck

He added that If America would adopt a five and half day 44-hour work-week for the workers, with no strikes or layoffs until January

Ing."

to

Office. Count Sforza's car was just leaving for a short drive Parliament. The crowd sarged around the car, and when it stopped the dignified eller statesman stepped out to be met by angry shouts. Several youths who immediately sur- rounded him hit the Foreign Minister on the top of the head three or four times.

uff toward Parliament.

POCKET CARTOÓN Įby OSBERT LANCASTER!

"Being a civil servant, has certainly had a bla effect

on Henry,"

Bomb Inquiry Leads Police

To Paris

It was a

་

Wants War Bill From Egypt, India Cut Down

London, Apr. 17.

Opening the third and finál day's debate on the budget in the House of Commany today, Mr Brendan Bracken (Cón- servative), former Minister of Information, critlefsed the Chanceller of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh Dalton, for not taking a stronger line against the unfair demands made upon us by creditor nations whom we saved from destruc- tion or pillage by Germany, Italy or Japan,"

Apart from "violent ver- *The National Government, of biage," what had the Chancellor which Mr. Dalton was a member, done to cut down the demands never concealed its intention of that these inflated debta made by countries like India and | seeing | Egypt, he asked.

would be heavily scaled down at the end of the war. Our grent He continued: "Nearly two years friend. President Roosevelt, encour- have passed without a settlement aged and pressed us. lo seek sweep- Our war debts. to those countries ing reduction of these Lantastic pre not commercial debts.

They charges. are, In fact, examples of some of the worst book-keeping in history.

LISBON WILL

BE 800

YEARS OLD

Lisbon, Apr. 17.

Saved From Slavery

"It is not unreazonable for us to expect sharp reductions, in our war debt to Egypt, What would have happened to that country, If Field Marshal Bommel, or greedy Mus solini, had occupied it? Let us stop modest, British and

too

bominion forces saved the whole

population of Egypt from becoming slaves of the Axls and from losing ull property of any value.

"I notice that the Egyptian Finance Minister was recently reported s Lisbon will be 800 years old suggesting that we should begin re-

over shores of the Suez Canal and

London, Apr. 17. The Chief Inspector of the Count Storza, apparently unhurt, Special Branch at Scotland removed his battered black felt tot Yard. Inspector W. Jones, today

was, it seemed, immediately recognised by other demonstrators flew to France to make inquiries who cleared a path as the Minister,into the discovery of the bomb is face white with anger, stalked yesterday at the Colonial Office on October 25, and in celebra-paying our debt to Egypt by handing

in London.

tion the city authorities are Anglo-Egyptian oflfelds. preparing a series of celebra-1 "Does that gentleman really be- tions, fiestas, musicat fetes and love that the British public are go- competitions to begin in May to work for years to pay off some

debis

we incurred by saving Are aur peo- Egypt from invasion? and run through to October.

ple to be kept short of clothes, forn!- In addition, to commemorating the lure and other amenities of life in founding of the great city, recogni-order that our factory workers shall

Loil for the brucht of Egyptians↑ tion of its conquest by Arabs, also whom we saved from Axis invasion, eight centuries nge, will forms a con- exploitation and pillage? siderable part of the octocentenary.

Workers recently discharged from mhior government and public relief jobs and at present receiving a dole of 100 lire per day protested that they were unable to live or provide

for families with that sum.

Mobile police squads in jeeps be- gan dispersing the crowd by racing down the sidewalks of the two-block aren, forcing the demonstrators fee for safety.-United Press.

De Gasperi's Deal

to

Romic, Apr. 17. italy's strange political union of Communists, Left Wing Socialista, and Christian Democrats revived Rightist charges today that Premier Aleide De Gasperi was holding his government together through under-the-table deal with Commun- ist leader Palmiro Togliatti.

similar bomb which caused the explosion some months ago at the British Embassy in Rome. The man who made it is believed to be a Central European..

Inquiries today spread not only to France but to Holland and Palestine. The woman who planted the bomb, on the pretext that she wished to go to the ladies roum at Dover House to x a ladder in her stocking, is belleved to be a French Jewess who arrived in Britain on April 10. She is thought to have landed on in- structions of Jewish agents.--Reuter.

Associated Press is that the wo- man is between 25 and 30, very ansmartly dressed, about 5 feet tall. has a fair complexion and dark fluffy hair-Associated Press.

the

begin-

In this odd situation, where 1. Communist leader has demonstrated 1940, the result would be electrify that he can always control the bal- ing. Production would flow smooth-ance of power in the Assembly, Pre- ly. A sutise of security would re-mier De Gasperl announced he would turn to the worker and employer leave tomorrow for Sicily for an all- and reaction upon the economy of out fight to break the Leftist politi the world would be deep and last-cal drive for power in the island's irst elections under regional auto- nomy on Sunday, "Until we have unity, until we straighten out and solve our pro- Sicily, being watched closely by blems of production and have in-political observers, who are ternal stability, there is no basis on ning to believe that "as goes Stelly, so goes the nation in the next elec- physically or spiritually. Upon this tions," is the wide open battleground change in our material outlook there where the Christian Democrats re-

vichd would follow a change in our sense fused to

an Inch Our Socialist-Communist bloc in the of security. Make no mistake: military lines are no stronger than violent pre-election campaign. industry behind them. Unless work we Unless we work we shall not be able

claim to maintain our

to power. That would be the greatest blow we could receive, for it would strip us of our strength to preserve our way of life."-Associated Press.

which the world can renew

shall see vost

King Christian's

in the Royal Air Force Ordnance Strength-Declines

Depot at Harbanspura, a few miles

from Lahore,

were

itself

We

inflation.

Copenhagen, Apr. 17. Three sheds of the 308th RAF

The strength of King Christian of Unit, containing parachutes, petrol, Denmark "slightly declined during lubricants and other stores

stated completely destroyed. No 1013

the day," it was officially of life was reported.

here tonight.

"During the day the King had more coughing, but his condition was the official otherwise unchanged," Al £1,-

bulletin added. "His temperature was 38.7 Centigrade and his pulse 00. His breathing was 50,"Reuter,

Huge columna of smoko were visible for miles around. Lossen

estimated are unofficially 500,000,

Eleven fire brigades. lucalized the fre after five hours.-Reuter.

OPENING SUNDAY

AT THE

QUEEN'S

Дсанно DURBIN Gove KELLY

Wi Samarjat Maughamfa

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

RICHARD WHORE DEAN HARENS GLADYS GEORGE DAVID BRUCE-

GALE SONDERGAARD Produced by FEUX JACKSON

SUNDAY MORNING

at 11.30 A.M. Yvonne do CARLO "SALOME, WHERE

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with Rod CAMERON

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"Absolute Nonsense'

"

mocrats

Political Corruption

to

the

Wallace Lauds

Labour Govt.

London, Apr. 17. Henry A. Wallace, former United States Vice-President, said today that Britain's Labour Government had a moral and spiritual strength fully equal to that of the Roosevelt Cabinet in the early days of the new deal."

Summing up his British Impres- sions at a final press conference be- fore starting a dying tour of Scan- The lack of Lefils! opposition indinavia and France, Wallace said his the Assembly to the Christian De- only regret was that he was unable has increased speculation to get a more nearly complete picture that Premier De Gasperi and Com- of the Conservative viewpoint, munist Togliati have arranged compromise for Assembly discus- sions preceding the new Republic's second general elections late this

He declared he hoped to meet re- presentatives of all parties in Scan- dinavin and France because "I feel my trip cannot be of real survice to year. It is rumoured that Premier De Gasper) has agreed not to force the ideal of a world united for peace" through-the-referendum-on-the-new without such contacts. constitution opposed by the Leftists He declined to make what he If the Communists and their Socialist termed "a definitive statement" on followers, led by Signor Pietro Latin America-United States rela- Nenni, give up their obstruc-

tions, but described President Juan tionisi tactics in Parliament

Peron of Argentina as "one of the other questions.

most skilled dictators" of the last 20 years-Associated Press.

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CABINET CHANGES

Signor Giuseppe Saragat, head of bitterly the Right Wing Socialists, denounced the "political corruption of the three parties" in reviewing last night's action when the tri- party bloc staved off a vote of non-

ANNOUNCED confidence and non-approval of the motion clearing two ministers of

(Continued From Page 1) fraud charges.

Signor Guglielmo Giannini, leader "When I asked you a few months Aboard the Royal Train, South of the Coma Qualunquists, said: ago to be allowed to retire you re- Rhodesia, Apr. 18. "After having destroyed the libertyquested me to carry on for a time.

the demo-Christians Now, I feel more than The highest sources in the British of the press. Royal household today termed "ab-and Communists have gone together vinced that the increasingly heavy responsibilities falling upon tho soluto nonsense"

from to absolve their ministers." a report

holder of my office, and in particular Ottawa that the engagement of

Signor Giannini linked the general the framing and piloting through Princess Elizabeth will be announced

elections, with Premier De Gasperi's Parliament of legislation that will be Monday on her 21st birthday,

shrewd political manoeuvre to win necessary to effect the transfer of the vote clearing the ministers, but power in India and Burma, require added: "Only one fact will count to be undertaken by a younger man, with the electors-to have clean and the sooner. he is in the saddle hands."United Press.

the better.

"There will be no such announce ment," the informants Aaid. The British royal family is touring South Afrlea. Associated Press.

Flower Day

To-morrow

to aid Hongkong's Needy Children

The Hongkong Society for the Protection of Children

Thanks

You

VACATION. FOR

ARTISTS

You may get a six-months paid vacation in Slovakia today if you are an artist, writer, or scientist in the government civil service.

The Slovak Cabinet

approved a regulation recently granting vaca- tions up to six months for workers In those categories who con convince the authorities that their pet projects -private as well as government are hampered by daily punching of the time-clockUnited Press;

Chinese Soldiers

Entertain

ever con-

In his reply, Mr Attlee said: "You have done great service during the past.20 months and have carried

burden of responsibility which might well have been too heavy for a much younger man. greatly admire your courage in going out to Indiu lost summer and the endurance and skill you showed in your dificult task."

POSITION UNAFFECTED

It is understood that Greenwood's transfer from one sinecure office to another will not affect his position or responsibilities, which will con- tinue without' change.

Alteration of his office was necessary to conform with the Ministers of the Crown Act of 1037 -under which there are certain limitations to the number of Minis- tera who can sit in the House of Commons.

Since October 1945 the Control Office for Germany and Austria has Thirty-five Chinese soldiers cook been linked more closely with the bers of the Presbyterian Church in Department will be retained and ed and served dinner to 125 mem- Foreign Office than with any other The existing Con- Broomington, Illionio, in apprecia- trol tion or the Church members will stay in their present offices, hospitality.

The Permanent Secretary of the A month ago, young married Control Office will become people of the church had the Chinese al Permanent Under-Secretary soldiers as dinner guests. Return State to the Foreign Office. Ing the compliment, the

One of the Junior Ministers served 50 pounds of beef, 20 dozen the Foreign Office will answer for eggs, driel shrimp, Chinéso sauces, herbs and other food.

Chinese

The soldiers are receiving special air forco training at a nearby alr- feld---Associated Press.

I

A contest" for the best plan 10 modernise this traditional Crass- ronds between east and west will be featured. But the events wil not be too serious.

of the

Profiteers' Paradise

"Are we really to pay enormous reparation tu India for saving her from Japanese invasion? During the war, Indio was a profitcer's paradise. Are we going to fool the profiteers'

A glittering night fiesta on the bill? River Tagus, world championship hockey matches, a football game be-- "If not, why has not the Chancellor tween Portugal and England, an long since sent in a bill to India for international horse race, an inter-saving her from the disaster of the national

yachling race

between Japanese conflict?

and Portugal, athletic com Spain petitions between Spain and "The first thing that the Chancellor Portugal and Belgium and Portugal. should have done on the morrow of our victory was to send in a bill for a gymnastic tourney including team from Sweden, and an intern we did to save India and Egypt national mater car race, will also from brutal Axis loolers, I cannot understand the Chancellor's Inertness be featured.

to the scaling down of these inflated

debts."

Besides sports, there will be special theatre performances and motion picture showings, and music halls, opera, bollet and other entertainment will make special attempts to enter tal the expected swarm of tourists

and visitors.

Rebuilt After Earthquako

Mr Bracken criticised the Chan-

cellor for neglecting to control de- partmental expenditure and said that his cheap money campaign

ព

WUS "stunt." He predleted that when the new nationalisation stocks had been issued, the Chancellor would show much less interest in cheap money, Spectal feature movies will include but unfortunate railway and elec- one on the life of Marquis de Pom-tricity stockholders would "be vic- bai, who rebuilt Lisbon after a tre-imised twice over."Reuter. mendous carthquake destroyed most

of it in 1775.

The celebration will be formally opened at the Castle of St George, dominating the centre of Lisbon. At this Castle, the Portuguese, alded by French and English troops en route for Palestine on one of the perennial crusades, drove the Arabs from the city in 1147,

A commercial and industrial fair will be opened about the same time. Delegations from provinces the length of Portugal will attend in regional dress to help open the mammoth programme.

Special attempts are being made by the authorities to provide accom- modation for the expected tourists in pensions, hotels and private houses. Two types of gold coins wil be struck In commemoration. - United Press.

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