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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947.

UNSCOP OFFICIAL ATTACKED

REVOLT AGAINST GOVT.

French Coalition

In Danger

Paris, June 25.

The revolt against the coali- tion Government of M. Paul Ramadier grew both in the French Parliament and in the country today us strikes spread, although the Upper House passed the unpopular "Austerity Bill" by 140 votes to 103.

The lower House accepted the bill yesterday and the Finance. Com- mission of the Upper 1louse passed it last night.

The Premier was on his feel. again today to defend the polley of M. Robert Schuman, his Finance Minia- ter. before the Upper House.

"Our proposals have only one nimi -to combat inflation," he said.

Ile won his point with somewhat both aequiescence by grudging Houses in the "have the frane" pro- gramme.

M. Hamadler's

party, the Socialists,

with were dissatisfied what they considered the Premier's lukewarm attitude about state con- trol of industry.

own

The Radicals, who have ave Minis- ters in the conllilan Cabinet, seemed determined to oppose the extension of state control, and abstained from supporting the Government.

The survival of the coalition in Party

BY TERRORISTS

Cuts Child's Hit On The Head

Tongue

of

New York, June 25. Mrs Agnes Smith nearby Ross Mills today ad- mitted cutting the tongue of a seven-year-old boarder with a knife in order to forco him to "tell' the truth," police said.

The woman, who pleaded guilty to a third degree as- sault charge, confessed to of tongue grasping the Richard Griffin with a pair of pliers and cutting a half- inch tear in the lining be- neath the tongue.

Mrs Smith's son was ac- cused of the theft of some pencils from the Ross Mills school. The Griffin boy said Mrs Smith forced him to admit the theft.

Richard was one of four children left in the woman's care while their parents

house-hunting.- were United Press.

NAKAZUJE 2031877

Developing Colonies

London, June 25,

With Hammer

Jerusalem, June 25.

Four Jewish terrorists attacked Mr Alan Major, Palestine Government Assistant Liaison Officer to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, as he entered his flat at lunchtime here today.

The attackers hit him on the head with a hammer and tried to chloroform him, presumably to kidnap him. His Jewish wife raised the alarm and shouted to a passing lorry. The attackers opened fire, hit the British Army driver in the arm, and then escaped.

the

Three British police officers stood Mr. Major was tonight recover-

Incident, An ing at home and the ariny driver by idly during the

armoured car appeared but was sent was in hospital.

A Palestine investigation court away by one of the officers because found no evidence that Major Roy he feared the creating of a bloody Farran had assistance in his escape incident.

UNSCOP delegates entered from the Allenby barracks, I was hotel for lunch a few minules after A large officially stated here today.

The major was detained in con- the musked youths fled.

the hotel crowd swarmed around of r nection with the dlsuppearance Alexander Rubowitz, 17 year old entrance, cheering and clapping und Jewish youth,

CLOSE OF PLAY CRICKET

London, June 26.

The close of play scores in firstclass cricket matclies were: At Colchester; Essex .282 (Dodds 62, Clark 56, leath sk

14 for 97), Hampshire for

OTC,

At Peterborough Northamp tonshire 240 (Marron 74, Laker six for 55), Surrey 110 for two (Squires 59 not out).

AL Barwell: Leicestershire 100 (Watson 85, Perks six for 66). Worcestershire 140 för three (E. Copper 88).

Blackpool: Lancashire 310 for Ave (Howard 109, Edrich 85 not out). Warwickshire to bat.

Un..

At Bath: Cambridge Iversity 183 (Buso six for 37). Somerset 109 for eight.

At Nottingham: Nottingham- shire 410 for six.(Simpson 163, Harris 60. Winrow 50, Reddick 78). Gloucestershire to bat.

At Chichester: Oxford Un- Iversity 232 (Awon 63, J. Oakes Ave for 74), Bussex 100 for nine.

At Bixton: Gentlemen of Ireland 111 (thodes five for 20, Revil three for 12), Derby- shire 234 for five (Alderman 06, Townsend 96).

At Selkirk: Yorkshire 213 for nine (Halliday 58, Leyland 68 not out), Scotland to bat.

At Newport: Kent 185 (Ames 61, Clay six for 70). Glamor- ganshire 100 for one (Dyson 85 not out, Davica 63-Router.

China's Hopes For

Big Loan

Shaken

Dino

At the

For

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Brilliant British Wimbledon Victory

Wimbledon, June 25. Thrills, tension and excite- ment, usually confined to the finals day at Wimbledon, at- tended the opening of the men's doubles events, this afternoon when the British Empire play. ers, Tonny Mottram, of Britain, and Bill Sidwell, of Australia, elfminated the seeded American pair, Tom Brown and Budge Patty by 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Queen Mary and a packed gallery thronged the Centre Court in bri liant sunshine to watch the first seeded pavers in the tournament defented. The final act was the most thrilling of all and had the crowd an its toes.

Washington, June 26. Nationalist China's hopes of an immediate American loan to strengthen the Anti-Communist Nanking regime

With British sportsmen ldings and bolster the country's sagging economic structure were from other nations at most sports the enger crowd cheered to the echo jolted today by Secretary of State George C. Marshall:

this splendid achievement by the Leaving open the whole question All-British pair. They received an of the future United States policy ovation as has seldom been witness- towards China, General Marshalled when they left the court and.cno feit that no one was more pleased told a news conference that:

with the result than Queen Mary herself, to play before whom is an- Dually

of the considered one

Doctor

And

uh, once stated to be pointing to the banners swinging Wife Die By

loverhead.

7

The police later burned the Angs with flaming rags attached to the end of long poles. Similar bannerea also had been strung up elsewhere jin Telaviv.

dend.

that he It was understood had been caught posting a Stem at gang leaflet but was not taken to u police station and no trace of him has since been found,

One of the police officers guard- The police were investigating the ing Forran when he escaped has means by which the Irgun contacted been dismissed for "negligence" and UNSCOP the others' engagement with the strom told the manager of Park Police force has been terminated.

A new colonial development

MASKED GUNMAN

Informants Bald Sand-

Hotel when he registered last night that he did not want to sign his name identity until this

A masked gunman of the Irgun or reveal his Zval Leuml, Jewish terrorist armorning-United Press.

GOVT. STATEMENT ganisation, today hoisted a banner waterfront rex- Laurant where several thousand Jews

uncertain. Tho. Communched incorporation, to establish or ad- outside a Telaviv

linnuni congress which

Jerusalem, June 25, Strasbourg today, 19 expected to

The Palestine Government press for, the ratum of the Com- vise on enterprises in British were watching the arrival, for lunch

to increase of the United Nations Palestine sintement to the United Nationa munists to power. They from the colonies, designed

Special Committee on Palestine to- largest "single party in the French their general productive capa- Special Committee.

The slogans on the banner were: day declared that "only through the Parliament, put dropped out of the city, is to be set up..

our country-the British free recognition by both Araba and Government at the beginning of lust

This was announced today in the n

must go."

Jews of the position, needs and rights month,

House of Commons by the Colonial

Troops searching Jerusalem today of the other community, and by tac Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones,

bechuse

contribute yesterday's explosion willingness of

of each to

MINERS ON STRIKE

poration

Poisoning

Southport,

The June 30 time limit on a $500,000,000 Export and Import Bank loan fund conditionally earmarked for China probably will be permitted to expire without action.

-If the matter of a loan is re- vived there will have to be specifle authority from the National Advisory Council, President Harry Truman's top financial polley group.

3 There has been no reversal of

Lancashire, June 25. Britain's mystery case of a "lady killer" doctor and his four wives rapidly developed today American friendship toward China when the Home Office patholo- and no decision to cold shoulder the gists testified at a triple inquest picas of Chiang Kai-shek's hard Here that both the doctor and pressed government which is facing

both military and Inflation crises. * his fourth wife died of mor- phine poisoning.

The State Department, he said, is giving a day by day study to the Chinese question. His pronounce-

A second doctor who performed the post-mortem on the wife, died

loan on an, economie basis and would have to base further pleas on political considerations,

mpliments of these champlanches

It was anybody's match, so close were the games and so evenly rant- ched were the contestants, but Mot- tram and Sidwell were generally. considered in front from the start.

Today's programme was confined

doubles and

Women's somo singles, with the men taking a rest from the singles event.

AUSTRALIANS OUT

The doubles, apart from the dema teat of Brown and Patty, went muche: ha expected, the outstanding being the саху victory of the South African pair, Eustaco Fannin And Eric Sturgess, the victory of the Laun-Americans, Enrique Morca and

tha Francisco Segura, over the Australions, Jack Crawford and Jack Harper, the comfortable win of the United States pair, Jnckt Kramer and Bobby Falkenburg, and the Czech pair. Jaroslav Drobny and. Vladimir Cernik, both of which eliminated All-British teams.

of cyanide poisoning, it was found. ment appeared nevertheless to add The inquest was on:-1, Dr Robert up to a decision that China had George Clements, aged 87, found folled at the moment to qualify for dying in his flat on May 30, the date a fixed for the funeral of his fourth wife, stopped by the police. Answering the unions' strike cau / who explained that the enterprises near the military court broke into a materially and morally, can tho, werf-

2, The wife, Amy Victoria Cle- in protest against the new austerity Which would come under the Cor-locked room and discovered a mat- į being of the people of Palestine as

would probably be mainly tress filled with explosives. They a whole be

and a national

menis, aged 47, who inherited £20,- agricultural.

detonated It, doing considerable

home established

000 from her wealthy father. She The

Corporation, which will damage to the room in the process.

Courage,

Imagination and the principles, operate on commercial

Two more alleged Jewish ter-

to compromise is required to married the doctor in 1940 and died ket low of CNC$45,000 to US$1.00 and of all

before her husband. will cher enter into-enterprises rorists were today arrested in Syrin, enleve these ends which cannot poses ontague Houston, suffered new reverses at the hands itself or set up subsidiary organisait was reported from Damascus to imposed but must be sought from

aged 39, who made a post-mortem of the Communists in Manchurin, tions to run individual projects, or

night.

the two peoples primarily concern examination of the fourth Mrs Cle- Associated Press. to give assistance to existing enter-

it added. prises, Mr Creech Jones said.

were

הם

3. Dr James"

in Paris that legal proceedings had

The French police today announced latements which represents ¡ments, and who was found dead in Only with the consent of then started against two French na- the British administration's case or his laboratory just before he was to. Colonfal Secretary and the Culonlationals who were charged with ille- the Palestine problem, oulled the have given evidence about her.

will the gul possession of arms. Corporation undertake any pro- They are Jacques Martinsiti, 2227 year-old history of the

Government

concerned

he

Government and its

Pulestine

continual

and

Dr W. H. Grace the Home Outce pathologist, sald he could definitely state that Mrs Clements' death was due to morphine poisoning.

MORPHINE IN 'SPINE

Science La-

It came just when the Nanking dollar plunged to a new black mor-

after National Government

troops

BUS STRIKE

UNLIKELY

The

of

Success

A notable feature was the suc

all three Indian pairs.

Todd, had a surprisingly easy win The United States player, Patricia in the second round of the women's singles over Mrs. Robert Ellis,

the Scottish champion, better known at Wimbledon

Senorita a8

Anita Lizano, of Chile, as she used to be when she played there so success- fully before the war.. Mrs Ellis was obviously short of practice today, the American girl beating her 0-2.

0-3

Doris Hart beat the British player, Mrs Halford, formerly Mary White- marsh, 0-0, 7-5, but two of Britain's best players, Mrs Jean Nicoll Bos- tock and Mrs Peggy Scriven Vivian, both won, ag

Clements did Betty who eliminated! ап old Wimbledon favourite in the Polish

eslimated to be on strike before the for social and economle deyeeecret rendezvous' last night at mid-presentation use principle should be Dr Grace said, but he did not beunion and company representa- | Kir), Jadwiga Jedzrojowska, known

plan, 25,000 miners left the pits to join the 180,000 miners already un strike in the Biggest contfield In France. Practically a the German prisoners of war employed in these pits downed tools in support of the strikers.

Some 120,000 strikers the march today for mass protest meetings to be held tonight.

Four thousand workers at a chain of shoe stores joined the strikers today. Others süll on strike were:! and its operations would be year old, and Robert Misrahi, who stru

to unile the Arabs. struggle" all bunk worker throughout the conducted in close consultation with were stated to have admitted that Jews for their mutual benefit.

workers in de- the colonial governments to ensure country and many

they were members of the Jewish

It admitted: "The Government that their activities partment and chain stores.

are conducted terrorist Stern Gang-Reuter.

Dr J. B. Firth, the Director of the has been generally unsuccessful in Almost all industry in the cost- in the best way suited to promote

threatened strike SECRET INTERVIEW

Inducing the Arabs and Jews to co- Home Office Ferensic fields of Nord and Pas de Calals the welfare of the colonial peoples.

works for the boratory, said that he found mor- Telaviv, June 25. operate in publie Departments was at

slandstilt

Private enterprise and investment {

ductors was not expected to Reliable sources said today that common end." The main reason for phine in one kidney and, in part of China Motor Bus Company con- today as the result of the walkout would be welcomed, sold, so

Sand-failing 10 secure

co-operation on the spinal cord, it sald, Wob

It was impossible for him to de- materialise today as a result of Hilton, the of the 25,000 miners at Valenciennes, long as it was in harmony with the the UNSCOP chairman, Mr

extensive conferences among Approximately 180,000 miners were plans of the colonial governments strom, interviewed Menahem Belgin, publle bodies,

head of the irgun extremists, at a question of numerically equal re-termine whether the morphine had "The Jews generally been taken by mouth or injection, latest development, but some few

be Legislation would

maintain that thousands-not belonging the inte Parlament shortly to set up night.

to Communist-led union-stayed ot the new body, with capital Of

was understood to have applied; the Arabs wholly reject it."lieve that she was a chronle morphia tives and labour officers.

Behind the struggle that developed addict.

sald the post- work.

The company yesterday indicated The same, legislation £100,000,000.

The pathologists Paris

to reconsider the Alm distributor,

mortem on Dr Clements disclosed als willingness one community by the other. other hand, returned to work today ment of the corporation which was Sandstrom. Mr Sandstrom declined on the would provide also for the establish of the

is "the basic fear of domination" of

on his right complaints, labour oMcials told the The statement noted the Zionist recent needle prick after winning a wage concession. to take over the ground nut project to confirm the interviews but the achievements in Palestine and com- thigh, while the sodium and Telegraph. Union leaders agreed to

body Dr Houston's Their strike had not affected pro-In East Africa, from which Britain Irgun openly boasted: "We have met

that they were "widely found In mented

was report the situation to their mem- grommes in the Paris

the average bars, and it was thought the strike elneris.hopes to get much nerded olls. UNSCOP."

known and deservedly praised." It more than 300 times

would not be called. Reuter.

Half a dozen masked teen-agers, auiilned the administration's achieve-lethal dose. in brazen deilance of the British (ments in the fields of health, Dr Houston was described us u police, this afternoon strunt Irgun education, industry and agriculture shy retiring man who was trying to banners in front of the Telaviv listel in all of which state action had been oblige the medical board chairman where the UNSCOP delegates required and improvements made in doing a post-mortem in a nursing lunched soon afterwards.

Reuter. Hundreds of spectators clipped and cheered as youths dorted out of a nearby alley, threw a cord over overhead wires and holsted up the banners, which snapped auto- matically into place,

EDITORIAL

Reuter,

Answering The Challenge

THERE are at least three' rea-

sons why Hongkong

dustrialists look askanco

In-

at the

prospect of Japan once again entering the competitive market. In order of Importance they can be ranked:

cheaper overheads; willingness superior machinery;

Masking these

to take less promotions (which

three standard dis were just na evident pre-war as they are today) is the dominant N factor of American dollars poured into Japan for her re- suscitation. Unlied Blates Business" has been heavily in- vesting capital in Japan; some dime or another there will be a demand for dividends, and Ja- pan's industries and other com- mercial inte

interests will have

to

the

provide them." SUAP, eventually, will disclose itself, not as an abbreviation for Supreme Com- mander, Allied Forces In Pacific, but ANA cover for sub- stantial American dollar In- vestments to W which a return

ho rec

required.

This is seriosta competition Hongkong

Mortexille and other manufacturers are facing, and, lis recognition understandably puts them in the doldrums. One con-

clusion has to bo drawn: ikat (longkong's industries, if they are to survive, must. both modernise and rationalise. Hand looms are an anachronism

and wasteful use of manpower; spindles that cannot convert raw cotton

info yarn as fast as in

Tho Japan should be scrapped.

effective answer to Japan's only textile challenge is for Hongkong manufacturers to produce as much yarn and cloth, in as short a time. and at silently cheaper prices. This will regalno i complete over- haul of the present antiquated factories

now struggling: to exist on both sides of the harbour. Un- til, and unless our resnufacturers are prepared to employ complete- ly up-to-date machinery, making

fullent use of the Inidat tecăunipal developments, the markets which once were theirs must pass inte other hands. The non before the meretleness of Japaneno competition war is nof denied, brut it was fundamentally the product of mo dernised production methode and willldigness to be satisfied with small but working margin profl Both will be "prime fac fors in Japan's future commercial and Industrial enterprises.

Bewed on the aims and tactics

A girl of about 16 appeared to be the leader directing operations. Robert Hickox, American newsreel comeramen, was manhandled but not hurt when he attempted to Alm the action. The mosted youths escaped unmolesied.

(Continued on Page 4)

U.S. Will Reject Protests Against Japanese Whaling Expedition

day's

ne "Jed" for short,

Here are some of the

of to- results by's games:

Men's doubles;—J. M. Mchta and Sumant Mirsa (India) beat A.B.G. Neal and R. C. Thorn (Britain) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Ahmed and Ghaus Moham- med (India) beat N. G. Farquharson

6-2. C.

and Cucelli -0, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, and M. Del Bello- "We do not expect anything to (Italy) beat C. Spychala and I. Tloc-

6-4, 6-4, 4-6,

and Torsten happen today," said one of the men artelin who participated in the lengthy con- Johansson (Sweden) beat

1. Clyn ferences yesterday and last night.

lon Reed and J. W. Spencer (Brl- tain) 0-4, 6-2, 6-0 Pierre Pellizer and Yvon Petra (France) beat W. T. Anderson and K. Hansen (Denmark) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Dinny Palls and

John Bromwich (Australia) beat B. E Whiteman and C. E. Clark (Britain) 0-2, 6-0, 0-0, R. Abdesselam and B. Destremeau (France) beat C. M. Jones

and N. W. Manby (Britain) the Japanese Navy, and imperii the of sending a whaling Rect, to the, Ar0-1, 6-3, 6-2. Washington, Juno 25.

tarctic..

Finicel and Mixed doubles: I. The Secretary of State, Gen- whale supply.

rejected these The source said Australia, in Its Mrs Hamilton beat D. K. Bose and Gen. Marshall eral Marshall, told the press to arguments, saying that the Japanese note to the State Department in Mrs Neilson 6-3, 6-2-Reuter A day that Japan will be permit-expedition would be supervised offering Australian crews, said it ted to send a whaling expedition carefully by Allied personnel aboard would he willing to consider means,

the vessels.

whereby the United States would bo to the Antarctic this summer The New Zealand Minister, Sir relieved of the burden of paying the despite protests by Britain. Carl Berendsen, will present to the expenses of the whaling feet. Australia, New Zealand and State Department

protest It sald Australla and New Zealand Japanese whaling considered against further Norway.

this a practical contri- the expeditions to the Autaretle, it was button to the solution of the problem Gen. Marshall sold that Commander

and that it ought to be given every Supreme Allled

London, June 20. learned today.

The note also will support Aus- consideration. Australia and New. The Colonial Secretary, Mr Arthur. Japan, Gen. MacArthur, has been

crows for Zealand had fully consulted on this Creech Jones, stated in authorised by the United States tralia's offer to supply

parlie- Japanese whaling fleet. to upprove the Mr. J. Kempton, Chief Electrician government

matter, it said, and were in accord mentary reply today that he was A source said the New Zealand as to what should be done,

the urgency of fully aware of with the Hongkong and Whampoa pedition.

note referred to Allied solidarity in Dock Company, died early this mor- The State Secretary pointed out wartime and deplored the different Australia should ask for a ranching decisions as soon as possible ning at St Teresa's Hospital, Kow-that such an expedition would re- War loon, after a brief less, lleve the United States of the tasic

Allies pa this. matter. The Far Eastern Commission, proposing He said that the recommendations The Into: Mr Kempion who had of supplying some food to Japan and It Petween the United States and vote on the British paper before the about, the future of the University.... been. with: Kowloon Dock since 1929, I this lighten the burden on American source said the New Zealand aide the prohibition of Japanese whaling of the committee, representative of ther the Universities in Britain and of leaves two daughters, Mrs Nancy tax-payers. He said it would help memoire, in supporting Australia's in the Antarctic, it continued, other White and Miss Jean Kempton, and to alleviate the world shortage of offer of crews for Japanese whaling countrica would support it. It added local interests, which hind advised. ships, pointed out that, frally, that that New Zealand. Britain and the him on the future of the Hongkong two sons. Ion and Malcolm.

Foll,

would eliminate the security angle of Netherlands would certainly vote for University, were still under the atost Mrs White is flying from Shangbai Britain, Australia, New Zealand

effect Japanese, whalers in the Antarctic the paper, and probably also Rus careful consideration, and he res for the funeral which will take place and Norway contended In

and other countries.United gretted that he could not say any ex- and, secondly, it would rollave the isla that the Japanese whaling to-morrow,

pedition might prove the rebirth of United States of much of the costs Press

thing further-Reuter.

STOP PRESS

DEATH OF MR

J. KEMPTON

In

CX-

the

a new

...

FUTURE OF H.K. UNIVERSITY

of Hongkong.