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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1947.

EGYPT'S CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

CONTINUES UNABATED

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Cairo, Sept. 29-The "vomiting hysterics" today hit a lot of Egyptians in fear of cholera, the first symptom of which is vomiting. Ali Tewfik Shousha Pasha, Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, pointed out that such cases usually cropped up during cholera epidemics because of the psychological effect on the population. Vicious-tempered officials in tha health centres of Cairo are full of unkind remarks on this .subject. They complain that hundreds of citizens call them specially in the middle of the night because they "caught cholera" when it was u simple

case of vomiting.

A man yesterday sent enfe clients stampeding into the street when he put his hand on his stomach and groaned.

Apart from abnormal jitters, the

day working round the clock to pro- duce: hundreds of thousands more cholera vaccines to supplement the quantities already down urgently to India and Egypt to help check the danger of new epidemics there. told Reuter today:

A HOA feeds once in planès "All payable with drugs and vaccines. Having for be going out all

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Fled From

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"Now, don't you stort sighing, Charles!"

Seoul, Sept. 30-4 Catholle Greek Premier Urges

The latest information

ion in more than half million cases of 000 to Egypt, in addition to sub priest who fled in disguise from vaccine have gone to India and 40,- stantial quantities of sulla drugs, Soviet controlled North Korea sumelent to treat more than 2.000.- Bald on Monday that he had rhost of cholera is dominating, in absolute despotism, the thoughts of Ninely bottles of sterile distilled been arrested three times in a all citizens in everyday life, water and 46 intravenous transfusion | campaign. to persuade him to

been prepared Food and drink are talien with not which have the single thought of cholera in mind, at the laboratories of the Midland support Russian aims and to Restaurants and

Regional Blood Transfusion Service preach anti-Americanism from fountains, zoda where the majority of Egyptians in Birminghe, will be despatched his pulpit.

by air to India tomorrow. in most Iclaure time, cases are almost completely desert- ed. Street vendors of frult and

pass their

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Quick Action By U.N.

•

Monty Has A Word For Vishinsky

Southampton, Sept. 29.-The Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Field Marshal Lord Mont- gomory, said today that he wanted to talk to the Soviet delegate to the United Nations. Andrei Vishinsky.

"We have a very fine leader in Mr. Churchill, who led this nation through times of great crisis," Lord. Montgomery said. "I see Mr Vishin sky in New York the other day liken- ed him to Hitler. Mr Vishinsky is a very decent chap, but next time I see him I shall have something to say to him."

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The war hero's statement part of a brief speech aboard tho new cross-Channel steamer, Falalse, where Monty unveiled a plaqito dedicating the ship "to commemorato the grent victory in Normandy of the Anglo-American forcen in campaign for the liberation of Europe in 1044,"

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He briefly reviewed the story of the "Battle of the Falaise pocket, which occurred near Caen shortly after the Normandy landings,

"I wrote a book about it, which had the great morlt of being true,"

Lake Success, Sept. 29.-M. Constantin Tsaldaris, the Greek delegate and Foreign Minister, told the United Na tions Political Committee here tonight that the Greek question involved the whole future of the United Nations The priest, Father Bamabus Kim, donned fisherman's utile and fled Midlands Contribution

M. Tsaldaria was speaking These troops were the bulwark of from North Korea three weeks ago when the debate was resumed Greek liberty, when, he said, his friends told him vegetables are virtually out of work. This represents the Millands con- North Korean Communists were after the Soviet attack last

General morale, however, h be-tribution to the notiopal plass for considering killing him.

week on the Greek

Urges Quick Action Govern- ginning to improve with successful aid. British travellers going out to

increasing Constantly

pressure ment.

President Trumon's government efforts to isolate the affected ancas are being advised to

against

programme epidemies "within the sphere of in have themselves vaccinated before reduced the number of his parishio- religion, he related, had

for Greece, M. Tealdaris sald, could M. Taldaris said: "It is evident only fluence," Another factor is the leaving the country.

succeed if peace and tran- "he said. ners from 700 to 300 within the that much more than the indepen-quillity rush

Air France anounced in London last two years. or mercy consignments

wero 'restored and the st-cholera vaccine

from abroad

dence of Greece has become Ia-norther attacks stopped. this afternoon that their service by -the United States, Britain, France, DC-4 to Khartoum Dar es Salaam radio attack religion and churches tion is only one phase of a much act quickly in Greece, na every day North Korean newspapers and volved. The so-called Greek ques He urged the United Nations to Switzerland, Italy, Russia and South Madagascar and Cairo every Tues- Africa. And the last factor, not the day would, for the time being, by-scheming against the common people, life of the United Nations itself."

ha "feudal allics" of the rich, larger question inviving the useful of delay helped those

which threaten Greek independence" least, is that one can get used to pass Cairo, thus dispensing with the Father Kim anything,

declared, and North

Every day's delay also brought death possible necessity for passengers to be a Kored teachers rendezvous with death around. the noculated before leaving Britain or against religion.

He said that Albania, children wam

Bulgaria corner United Press,

and Yugoslavia had carefully avoid and suffering to thousands.

In a most moderate

M. speech, ed the main question, which was aid

Taaldaris said that Greece would given by these countries to Grock

carry out any recommendations of guerilins,

the General Assembly which it would make on the Greek question. France's M. Yvon Delbos asked the United States to alter is resolution

Greece to avoid any direct accusation that Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia helped the Greek guerillas. He said that his object was to avoid anything which might

to even

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Nightly Questioning The cholera vaccine is being pro- duced here from organisms cultivat

He said he was once held for two ed h every spare Bask, bottle and his arrest by North Korean officers and weeks at Russian headquarters, after Jar that can be pressed into labora-

In June last year. He was not tory service. Living organisms are then killed either by heat or antisep awakened at I am. dally for ques- the prayer of the Hellenic nation". maltreated by the Soviets, although oops remained in Greece "only be- cause It is the desire and, indoed, tle treatment and the vaccine pre- pared in doses sufficient to stimulatening by a Russian captain who .him to support the Soviet natural anti-body rezistance in each person so treated.

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The captain, Kim added, pictured DE GASPERI

At Ministry of Health spokesman Russia as anxious for Korean inde- told Reuter that the manufacturing

pendence and as convinced that chemists and other private organisa- America had designs on Korean tons were co-operating swiftly and severeignty. Kim said he was warn generously following the Egyptianed when released that he must not, and Indian appeals for help,

under pain of death, disclose that he, had been questioned.

abroad.

The refuged priest reported that many North Korean, Catholics and Protestants had been arrested in October last year on grounds that

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Bre's M. Kisselev fused at length the evidence of the St, James Palace in London. United Nations Balkan Commission's report and accused Greece nt | "aystematie provocations" by border

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The spokesman emphasised that the present British effort was an emergency ons, Normally large quantitics of cholera vaccine are not produced in Britain, where the discose is

practically

unknown. they were not co-operating with the publican Party prepared a fourth McNell, urged the Committee Those cases which did of non-confidence in the usually traced to infection suffered gramine, which started with nation- Italian Government tonight, and 1. The Security Council

alisation of Church

Premier Aloide. De Gasperi potent to deal with the Greek ques- Associated Press.

Bought to speed up the critical tion; 2. The Greek Government is He said that there was no point debate to bring a vote by the legal and legitimate Government. and of the week.

Commission's evidence which, show- a line based on the Balkan

od, without doubt, that Greece was being threatened from outside her borders, and he asked the Yugoslav representative to withdraw his "un- aycently, that British troops had not ment by the Very Rev. Father Riganti:

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laboratories Hospitals and Egypt and India suffer from a lack of vaccines, and it is understoorl

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that the Egyptian and Indian Red Cross units have been in communien- tion with the British. Ked Cross Society, which is adding its weight to the efforts to obtain medical sup piles for these countries.

health

Meanwhile in Cairo,

officers, aghting to halt the spread-

SUICIDE PACT

Paris, Sept 20—A 61-year-old Frenchman, Honore Faure, was drowned today and his 15-year-old weetheart, Suzanne, survived when river Isle the couple threw themselves into the Bordeaux after making what the police described as

love-pact.

near

When Suzune struck the cold ing of the cholera epidemie in Egypt, water, the instinct of golf-preser- today offered £1,000 reward to vation was too strong. She clutched people denouncing scrum black some branches and was able to resen marketeers, and declared that the the river bank. Faure's body was so-called serum produced in "private found later. laboratories"! seriously threatened public health.

Owing to its scarcity when the cholera first began, anti-cholera serum last week fetched £5 a unit in the black market and racketeers

business went into

"Ferum" AS producers.

The first large consignments of

them

Before the couple threw selves into the river, the police said that they signed a document saying that they had intended to commit suicide-Beuter.

France's Harvest

The Republican Party sald the motion would ask for a new govern- ment of "all democratie forces who really want to defend the fire and work against misfortune sort for the Repvblic."

of

A spokesman said it had not been decided when the motion would be

put before the Assembly, which al- measures from the Communists and rendy has received non-condence

two Socialist parties,

Forty-six orators are listed to Most attention is speak tomorrow.

on Lig Rightist Uomo centred Qualunque Party, whose votes could moan the difference between victory and defeat for De Gasperi The party has refrained far

from declaring its position.

De Gasperi askod that the debate move promptly in order to get to

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the anti-cholera serum arrived by Paris, Sept. 29-Through good the confidence vote before the Octo- late summer harvests and enlarged ber 12 administrative elections in Imports, France will maintain its | Rome. bread tatlon at 200 grammes (seven

air from London today.

and savage attack, made

been in contact with the Germans in the liberation of Greece.

Mr McNeil said that Britain had

lost 376 killed and 1,400 wounded in that campaign.

United Nations to He urged take "serious action" in support of the United States resolution.

The Political Committee adjourned the Gresk debate until Wednesday.

U.S. Resolution

The United States resolution de- clared that Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria gave assistance to guerillas fighting against the Grank Govern- ment and called upon them to desist further action of that kind.

14 urged these three states 10 settle

As more supplies arrive from the

by Roeft wing Socinliels, striking again means, recommending to that end United States, South Africa, France, Italy, Jerusalem and Iraq, It is hoped ounces) per day and will have built at Saragat's position in attacking the re-establishment of normal dip- to have the entire population of up a reserve stock by January 1 of Communism in Italy, wamed that lomatic and good neighbourly rela- Egypt innoculated within 10 days. about 3,000,000 quintals (200,000 any centre left government with tions, frontier conventions and With 11 deaths and 140 fresh cases tons) of wheat, the Frends Govern- Saragat would be the weakest yet effective measures to prevent refu- officially reported in Egypt in the 24 ment disclosed today-Reuter. hours ending yesterday the latest Agures available the epidemie show- ed no signs of Reuter d

from Palestine

said that the Government there had Joined the Middle East cruntries in taking special precautions against the spread of the epidemic by order- ing Inoculations for all alway customs, imanigration and health Kalcials at seaports and air fields in Palestine. Air passengers must hold inoculation certificates

Mostems in Iraq have been for- bidden to make their pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca in Arabia because of the cholera danger.→→ Reuter.

IRAN'S OIL

formed"-United Press.

Population Transfer Resumes In Punjab

Now Delhi, Sept, 29.-The movement of columns of refugees on foot between the East and West Punjab, which has been held up by heavy rain for the past few days, has now been resumed, a military spokesman in Now Delhi said tonight.

To

gees from taking part in political or military activity, and that they study the practicability of an ment for the transfer of minorities. observe the compliance with these recommendations and to assist the four Governments concerned, the resolution proposed to appoint a Committed of Assembly with principal headquarters in Shlonica. -Reuter.

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Christmas Parcel Stall The Christmas Parcel Mail for Great Britain will close Meanwhile, the West Punjab come the appointment of a body of at the General Post Ofice at noes on Ministry for: Refugees. an impartial observers chosen from the October 1, 1947 and at Kowloon Central nounced today in Lahore that act in the disturbed areas of the United Kingdom early December, 1947.

Dominions of India and Pakistan to Post Office at 11:30 am, on October 1, 1047. This mail is expected to arrive at the estimate of 1.200 Moslem West and East Punjab, It was au- Unless otherwise stated, registered

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About 800,000 Hindu, and Sikh Government's Propaganda refugees from Pakistan's West Pum of the Bureau, said today that he did not fab had so far been satiled on 700,- bellevo Russia would dare wago 000 acres of land in the East Punjab

The Goverment of India, It was war for Iran's oil.

an East Punjab Government spokes stated here, had already addressed All firma-requiring adverthing

Bald here today.

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who is on s a Pakistan proposal that the two 12.30 noon, | thusa who thought. Ican should 'ex- brler visit. to

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Punjab Moslems were leaving 500 neutral oboervers to be flown out to Mr Khajenuri emphasised todos 000 heres of cultivated and, while report on the communal rist post-

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