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VOL. II NO. 189

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Hongkong Telegraph. G.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1947.

PROCEDURE PLAN FOR HANDING OVER INDIA

Cabinet

Approval Postponed

London, May 13.

The Cabinet today postponed final approval of Viceroy Viscount Mount- batten's plan of procedure for transfer of power in India to permit clarification of several undisclosed points of detail.

It was expected these points would be cleared up in time for Cabinet action on Thursday or Friday.

Good Coal Output

Five-Day Week Is Justified

London, May 13. Public opinion in Britain has been considerably reassured by the publication today of coal production Agures in the first week of the b-day, week system introduced into Britain's coal- fields on May 5.

It was believed that Lord Ismay and General Sir Claude Auchinleck would leave this week. The delay will not affect the roundtable conference called by Lord Mount- batton, as that had already been postponed from May 17 to June 2.

Lord Mountbatten will present the plan of procedure to the Indian leaders at the conference, for their discussion and their comment.

An India Office spokesman said the| The New Delhi Statesman' which plan suggested means by which the represents progressive British opin- Indians themselves muy decide on lon sníd the delay carries "the what basis power was to be trans-alarming possibility of the

further ferred so that constitution-making delerloration of the political and ad- may proceed without further delay. ministrative matter.

The plan was understood to out- The pro-Congress Hindustan Times lae several courses which might be called

the postponement "highly sumption of power, what the British sent state

by the Indians toward

as-disappointing and added "the pre- could do to help and what results disintegration of authority all over of suspense is causing could be anticipated. What course the country." should be taken will he left to the Indians to deride.

taken

ALTERNATIVES There has been fears that the five- conference will adopt the originul Britain still hopes the round table day week system would lead to con- British Cabinet Mission siderable not loss of production at provincial groupings roughly follow

plan for time when Britain could least ing Hindu and Moslem areas under afford it. These

had Icars

been Central Government which would widespread both. the publle deal with such overall questions as and even insidement circles. defence communications and foreign The

niners lenders had begun to policy. hint that the

week five-day have to be reconsidered if the first to be partition of India into separate The only alternative would appear month's results were not satisfactory. Independent states, presumbly the There is relief at the first indica- duston and Pakistan (Moslem state) tion that the average output is likely to and possibly Rajahstun If the Indian be maintained and that it will in- crease

inprinces refuse to join either.

Several London newspapers pub- Fished report that Lord

Mount- that Britain.

the

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Dawn, mouthpiece of the Moslem League said that something obviously had gone wrong" and added: "the Mountbatten has been able to create favourable impression which Lord

determination to play fair may well by his forthrightness and is obvious

be shattered on the rock of treachery

defel

The Cabinel elsewhere. plan is

mission 1,18 dead. "It is so dend it now stinks in most men's nostrils. They will not touch Absolute division of India and a it again even with a pair of tongs. sovereign Pakistan alone can bring peace. Associated Press.

DEPRESSION WARNING

Viscount Bruce In Grave Mood

case with technical improvements. The figures published today re- vealed that coal production had, on batten might propose the bulance, been fairly well withdraw from India by the end of maintained during

first 5-day this year instead of by the week except for areas where pro- duction was affected by unofficial ment's white Paper of last February date of June, 1948. The target

Govern-1 strikes, as in Scotland,

allowed for that possibility by men- tloning

June 1948 merely as the deadline for withdrawal. This could not be confirmed in any authorita- However, one India tive quarter. Omer omeint said the point might have been raised

to Impress upon the Indian-leaders-the necessity for An analysis of today's Agures show making up their minds on the future that some areas actually surpassed the 8-day output in the first 5-day of their country, as soon as possible. Prime Minister of Australia and Aus-

-United Press. week, Ono exceeded the previous

output by 21,000 tons dikter.

In announcing these figures, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, the Minister of Fuel, and the main architect of the nationalisation of British mines, felt confident enough to declare," I think you will get your 200,000,000 tons.

BEER S

sugar.

RESTONGY

PRESS SUSPICIOUS

and fear of

New Delhi, May 14.

a nutionwide

London, May 13. Mr John Strachey, Minister of Food, announced today the restora tion of the ten per cent cut in the strength of beer made last August because of the shortage of grain and

Mr Strachey

sald. that brewers will brew the maximum quantity in June of next year will be present-country of the greatest production, they can from the conl stocks nowed to Indian leaders on May

May 17. The following day a second com- avaliable and "might as well brew it

munique announced the action would a bit stronger."

be postponed until June 2 "owing to Imminence of a parliamentary recess in London,"

London, May 13. A warning of a possible world de- pression worse than that of 1929-32. was given in the House of Lords to- day by Viscount Bruce, former tralian High Commissioner in Lon- don until 1045.

Viscount Bruce, who was Chairman the Preparatory Commission Indian newspapers voiced suspicion which drow up the framework for disin the United Nations Food and Agri- tegration" of authority as a result cultural Organisation, was making of Britain's decision to postpone for his maiden speech after being elevat- two weeks the date for the details of the British plan for Year honours list.

disclosing ed to the peerage in this year's New transferring power to Indlin hands.

A communique from the Viceroy, Americans that the United

Condemning the argument by some Lord Mountbatten, announcing

States Inst should cease to be the "the "fairy Saturday night the plan for hunding godmother of the world," he declar- the power over to India before the British authorities quit the

ed that the United States, the he country

would come to economic desoster It she could not sell that praduction.

The limiting factor in beer sup plies now, he added, was coal and not raw materials-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

A Happy Agreement

TUE civil air service agreement between China and Britain is a genuine forward step in bring- ing closer together the commercial interests of those two nations. Negotiations were protractedto many, perhaps, over-lengthy-but it must be remembered they dealt with atomia subject which, after the

day.

bomb, is the most sensitive International *problem of the The official

statement made after 43 meetings spread over three was sketchy, but rat- fiolently informativo to Indicato that China

and Britain have reached an

agreement only conforms to the basic prin

that not ciples of the Chicago Convention of 1944, but which offers mutual Ivantage to the countries.con- cerned. Internationally speaking, Chinese aviation has silt to deve Top before cart successfully com-

with

pete

· Holland and France America,

links

China has bullt up a splendid Internal ser- vion through its ONAO and CATO

adequately service which

most important the

OCMITT'S elites, such as Nanking, Chungking, Kvelim, Shanghai Peiping and -This civil stromanticsi service siso

makes. Hongkong an important. terminal, with planes dally be- ing Ifhwn in and 'bul,: This fact, spart from the first and ở second

Tientsin.

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Jury Ignore Witness-Box Murder Confession

Leeds, May 13.

A Jury Ignored the witness-ŝtand confession of murder by a 19-year-old soldier and today found Eric C. Briggs, 40-year-old weaver, guilty of the fatal knifing of his 49-year-old wife on a deserted street lost February.

The jury believed Briggs' pre-trial confession rather than that of Private Dennis Woods and took one hour and 40 minutes to return a verdict. The Court sentenced Briggs to death by hanging.

Earlier, Briggs had refuted his confession as given under duress and yesterday Woods took the stand for the defence and said he had killed Mrs Briggs on an urge although he had never seen her before.

Briggs collapsed after sentence was passed and was carried from Court. Woods remained in gaol pending his own trial for murder next week on charges of killing two spinsters on two separate occasions by bayonetting them to death-United Press.

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FUTURE OF PALESTINE

Indo-Soviet Amendment

Defeated

"ake Success, N. Y., May 13. A joint Indian-Russian amendment calling for the inclusion in the terms of reference of the proposed fact-finding commission "the question of establishing without delay an independent democratic state in Palestine" was today rejected by the Political Com- mittee of the United Nations special assembly Ол Palestine by 26 votes to 15, with 12 abstentions.

Voling In favour were all the saying "The commission should Arab states, the Soviet Union, the submit such proposals to the General

European group, India, Assembly as It might consider Persia and Turkey.

propriate for the solution of the

Eastern

the indice of Palestine serve on the commission.

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COURAGEOUS MOVE BY RAMADIER

French Premier Becomes

Food Minister

Paris, May 13.

Displaying great political courage and deter mination, Premier Paul Ramadier announced today that he was personally taking over the unpopular and critical Ministry of Food Supplies.

The strike of workers in the plant 30,000 of their comrades voted to re- of the Paris Flour Mill Company turn to work-Ualing Press which began carly today brought a MINISTER'S WARNING lightning riposto Crom B. Ramadler

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Geneva, May 13. M. Andre Philip, French Minister govern of National Economy, said today that

who, without hesitation, ordered nill to

be requisitioned by the nient. This means

there are now under

that workers military law

and rofusal to work will mean that ther will be austed and their jobs handied by competent soldiers.

to this morning

Cabinet

Premier Ramandier told the prus: "This monkey business has gone on long enough. People have got to cat.

I have public' opinion beivind and, if necessary, we will tako yet further measures."

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Els words, however, wenbunheeded; by millers in the suburban Corbell plants where a strike was declared this afternoon.

The government immediately or dered the requisitioning of this mill a150.

The millers are demanding a 15- franc per hour wage increase.

The Parts and Corbeil mills are the biggest in the area and can handle 8,500 quintals per day.

·

the

STRIKE DANGER

(Confinued on Fage 4)

BRITISH

FLOOD RELIEF

FUND

THE FUND WILL CLOSE ON 31ST MAY

Ways

Mollers

343.00

60.00

200.00

100.00

$2

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(Hong-

175.00

1,240.00

The Arab delegates are now un-Palestine problem." derstood to be split on the question With the Arabs obstaining, whether to walk out of the special Committee decided that the fact

at was feared their lead might Already acknowledged assembly in protest against the finding commission's report should result in a general millers' strike in (per "HK. Telegraph")$219.842.38 Political Committee's decision. be ready by September 1-in time the Paris area,

Cable and Wireless Staff One section of the Arab delegates, for the second regular session of the

M. Ramadler, who will assume the European Police Staff, Including Faris at Khoury (Syria) General Assembly,

functions of Food Minister till Hongkong & Kowloon Was at first understood to be in Having diaposed of the fact August 1, said ho had a plan, which Wharf & Godown Co., favour of making a gesture of pro-finding commission's terms of re- would be put into operation soon, Ltd. test by boycotting this session, but ference the Political Committee be- to deal with the continued meat G.

Ramchand It is believed it

that more moderate can discussion of the next knotty shortage. The Food Commissioner, II. A. Advani & Brothers

problem-which opinion has

countries

Georges should M.

Rastel, will still continue K. Wai (Memory in his functions.

Robinson Road) 2nd. RUSSIA'S SURPRISE

Asiced what as one state is not taken as a guid-

prompted to take

him

Instalment **** Ing principle of the fact finding

over this Ministry, which has broken Capt. Officers and Chi- Russia sprang a surprise by sug- commission's work then Arab

cogesting that the commission be com

nese Ratings of M. V. the backs of many politicians before, operation cannot be ussured, Faris posed of members of the Security the Premier replied: "When the ship

"Lily" CNRRA Water- al Khoury declared today. "We are Council. The Committee thus

Transport had springs a leak, it is normal that the the way the case has two main proposals. Firstly, opposed to

Messrs the captain should take over the helm." been put."

secret United States asking for a "neutral"

However, it was an open

kong) Ltd. and Staff Asked whether this meant that the

and,

to be Jolin ม that much of the confusion secondly, commission,

the Arab states

not co-operate Russian

found today in France's food situa-Lok Ven Woh All tact anding.commission, hewan proposal.

tion came from the

the bitter. antagonism Anoni Whon-the-Political-Committee-re- said: "The situation has not yet comesumed the session after a

between Liberal Georges Rastel and Per Wah. Yat Pa to that stage."

adjournment, the Russlan proposal to the Minister of National Economy, Base!

Mission; RELIGIOUS INTERESTS

include the "Big Five" on the fact Andre Philip, who wants an

Kowloon Tong $ 52.00 At today's session the Political finding commission was defeated by greater measure of government con- Chinese Methodist

trol

Church, over economy. Committee, by 27 votes to 8, with 20 votes against 0, with 21 absten- 16 abstentions, Instructed

fact tions,

The abstentions included all

kong In order to persuade farmers to give up their wheat at the official Chinese Methodist finding commission to give speciul Arab countries, India, Turkey

and celting price, which interests all the Scandinavian countries. in Palestine those of Islam, Judaism

farmers consideration

An alternative

sider foo low, the

To Church 64,20 and Christianity.

that small countries from

Russian proposal about to launch a great "persuasion" Congregational 7th.

the same

Branch Church goorgraphical arcas as non-permanent programme. members of the Security Council Jewish churchmen, politicians

Prominent Catholic, Protestant and Baptist Church, (Australia, Brazil, Colombin, Poland and Syris) thould be chosen for the fact finding commission

was also defeated by an overwhelming ma- jority.

to religious

After, voting down the "indepen- dence" movement the Committee accepted by 44 votes to 7 a paragraph nature

STOP PRESS

AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY More Pay For

Chinese Troops

"In the nineteenth century, Britain was the great creditor nation, now It is America. This is the hour of America's opportunity.

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He declared that Insufficient atten- tlen had been paid to the report of the

Preparatory Complesium rights laid down by the Chicago

work food and recommended the Convention

establishment of a temporary body (with China as signatory) must have contributed

to the

take an international approach to to the success of the Anglo-Chinese

whole problem of trade undll the discussions

International Trade Organisation Nanking. British

came into existence. overseas air network needs to extend, in the Far East, beyond Hongkong. To do

so, it necessary to have landing righis in certain parts of China. The rights, however, reciprocal,

whatever the final

in

are

The

623 22 and

and, ment signed between China and Britain on this issue. It can be ac cepted now that they will not be onesided." Through BOAC, Britain eventually plans to have a direct line between the home

country and Japan. Such a project ob viously makes necessary landing rights in Shanglia), and even possibly other points further north Equally important ATO Empire aviation interests which envisago

advan trading Такса

mutual to Chias and them- Belves. The

The final treaty can be expected to protect both the ad- vantages and the rights. When the agreement is finally

signod

and

south

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In several regions of France, the kang wheat shortage is 20 serious that Chineso Earlier, the Committee had also bread rations reduced today to 200 Basel

many prefects

fects have had to order Church, Kowloon 12.35

Mission defeated a move to delete all men- tion of religious interests from the

grammes from 250 grammes.

(Tsung

Bu Chun) On the Industrial side of the silun- commission's terme

Church, of reference, tion, there was little change. One shulpo

60,00 the Latin American countries thousand four hundred workers of Tabernacle Church 06.25 voting almost solidly for its inclu- the Renault automobile plant con- Boniel Church; slon Reuter.

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Nanking, May 14. "pray for the sake of the whole

The Chinese government today in- world that America may rise in the creased its monthly budget height of her opportunity," Viscount US$25,000,000 in its war on inflation

28.50 Bruce said.

and the Communists, but the man in the streat still is faced with the In-

240.60 creasingly serious problem of feeding

London, May 13. and clothing himself with wages that

catching the Surrey coplain, E.R.T.

44.00 lag far behind the prices.

The South Africans beat Sur- Holmes, he stumped McIntyre and Hongkong Congre The Government Increased the rey by 116 runs at Kenningtonroughout the Surrey innings not

gational Church 258.00) soldiers

CN$14,580,000 Oval today, pay to

one extra was conceded. the match ending

St. Stephen's monthly and hiked the living allow-

Resulta of games ended today Church civilian ances of its

employees shortly after the lunch interval. were:

* 110.05 Rhenish. Church, CNS10,420,000 monthly, retroactive Starting the

At the Oval: South Africans beat day with eight Surrey by 115 runa. South Africa henloh

Hongkong Lord Jowitt, the Lord Chancellor, to_May_1.

Church It did not say how it would meet wickets in hand and needing 224 10 83 and 311. Surrey 112 and 187. replying, said that he agreed with

Kowloon everything that Viscount Bruce had the increased expenses wihch totals win the county side were faced with

At Lords: Somerset beat Middle-Church of Christ in a dificult sald except that the report had not

$300,000,000,000 in Chinese financing.

pitch owlog to overnight sex by been given enought attention,

It would go to Geneva in August,

notes to its besieged garrison at Tai for the absence he said, and. meanwhile various Yuan, capital of Shansi province, thrilling finish. countries were working on it. The and promised the surrounded troops From British Government believed that it had a great deal, to gain and nothing to lose from this "bold international approach to the problem."-Reuter.

Nylons Smuggled, Into Palestine

It flew 833,000,000 in Chinese bank heavy rain, which was responsible 231 and 70, Somerset 134 and 178

one wicket.. Middlesex China, Mong

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At Northampton: Warwickshire an early hour on Anal

beat Northamptonshire by nine wives' Associa- to fly in 140 tons of ammunition in doy the South African bowlers were

wickets, Warwickshire 295 and 55 a day or two.--Associated Press. on top and Surrey being forced to for one. Northamptonshire. 134 and Chan Ho Ming

defensive game.“ play a

Once the

216 (Frederick 70, Holles Ave for Sing Kung pair were parted before 60). overnight

School, To Kwa he hundred on the board wickets

Wan At Canterbury: Kent beat Derby- fell stendily and there were indica.

shire by 100 runs. tions that the game would be over IN MIDAIR

declared (Todd 98), 14th. Instalment 1,923.70 before lunch, until Mcintyre began Derbyshire 220 mutat London, May 13,

Staff, 170 (Smith 70; Local hitting the slow bowlers. Even so, Ridgeway four for 48).

NAAFI Hongkong Jerusalem, May 13.

Two occupants of a Mosquilo cir- the spin attack continued to domi- More than 2,000 pairs of nylon craft flown on a test were killed

At Portsmouth: Hampshire beat nate the

-ùnd ... at the Junch Subtex machine exploded stockings were among the articles when the

234 by 86

Hampshire mune. alleged to have been smuggled from

Ringway airfield, 4terval, ter a 80-minute and 293

55 not out). of

(MoVorkell bowling. had maidens Sussex 353 and 98 (Iferman six for Transjorden into Palestine, which Cheshire, today.

in 19 overs and three wickets for 33, Ransom four for 37). According to on oye-witness, were found in a motor car belonging there was a terriße Nash followed by only nine runs. He had final figures | to the TransJordan Royal Household

At Kidderminster, Worcestershire for the innings of four wickets for beat Leicestershire by 150 runs. Wreckage when police searched it.

Jeru- pall of black smoke. In

uha in 21 cters, 14 of which Worcestershire 100 and 245 for eight was strewn over-a wide area and salem

gbrage,

It was officially stated hedges and grass were scorched by were maidens, horo tonight...

declared (Jenkins not out 56, Jack The whole South Africari atack

son four for 49). Leicestershire plane when they fell to the ground.

(18). Firo engines were rushed to the at Boost a wicket apiece,

At Cambridge; Un- The tourists were also smart in iversity drew with

· sçend' but” were unable to get near cough to try to rescue the crow. the feid, one particularly good re 224 and 276 for, five declared (Dodds ESSCX - The aircraft was to :-have beentum from Rowan running. handed over to the Turkish Goven Parker, wedle Ovenstone was brif- Cambridge 200 and 134 for seven out 64, Vigur not out 84, Smith 51). ment--Reuter,

Lanh behind the stumps. Apart from (Smith Ave for 40)--Router,

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· hosdedness of both. "Chilneso anti. His other goods stated to have been the best of the blazing parts of the was sound, and all five bowlers had] 171 and 93 (Howarth four for

Brillali negotiators. Even more

Important, a practical expression

of the goodwill which has always

axisted between China and Bri- Lain.

found in the car were 277, cigarette lighters and 350 cigarettes.

The driver of the car and two other occupants-not members of Use Transjordan Royal household had been arrested. Reuter,

to the General Manager, South, China Morning Post, Morning Post

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