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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947.

De Gaulle's Candidates

Brewster Urges Aid For China

Wants MacArthur To Deal With Reds Washington, Oct. 19,-Sena- tor Owen Brewster, Republlean of Maine, sakd today that American aid to combat Com- munism in China is "fully as important" 118 the Marshall Plan for Europe and that he would ask Congress to consider it along with the European recovery programme.

ther

advantage for us."

We

interview Brewster naid in un that the stabilisation of Asin is the "Achilles heel of Russia. won Europe and lost China I don't know where

would be any

100 He said that for the past

"whale American foreign the ΥΓΩΓΗ

the has been embodied in pulley Monroe Doctrine. If we were going to look forward to the next century it would be found in two words-- stronger China."

Brewster all that as for as this country is concerned the most in- portant phase of the last war was thei struggle in the Pacific. Ile added. "China has had a long history of peaceful intentions. If you guarantee peace in the Pacifle you will not

CENERAL DE GAULLE

BE OF GOOD

CHEER

Strachey Strikes An Optimistic Note Dundee, Scotland, Oct.

19,-

Poll Heavily

Significant Returns In French

Municipal

Elections

Paris, Oct. 19.-Something resembling a land- slide in favour of General Charles de Gaulle's can- didates in Paris during today's French municipal elections was expected by officials of the Ministry of the Interior late tonight as significant partial counts from various working class quarters of the French capital became available.

Unofficial estimates made by Reuter's correspondent after a tour of the principal election offices in Paris were that the Gaullist candidates would get 35 to 40 per cent of the votes, while the Communists vote would remain stationary.

The MRP. led by M. George Bidaul, the French Foreign Minister, tooked like being the principal vie- tim of this election. The Socialists were also expected to lose, but their position in Paris has never beeu strong

Partial results at 9.30 p.m. ca

Paris time fren

showed the Communists Gaullists leading the with more than twice as many votes, The figures were 12,828 for the

another worldwide war." The She Minister of Food. Mr John | Gaullists, 5,401 for the Communists,

Strachey, told an audience and he urged President Truman a year ago to place General MacArthur today to "be of good cheer"

in charge of China as well as Japan declared that the crisis wouļd

Lo stabilise the country and put down Communism.

turn in Britain's favour,

MACARTHUR UNDERSTANDS

The Govermant, he said, had Brewster said General MacArthur "understands the Orient and it un-long-term proposals for deliberately derstands inn.

I told the President increasing the world food production. that he would find nothing but dead Communists south of the Great Wall If he put MacArthur in charge."

for

Miners Win

Point

Sheffield, Yorkshire, Od. 19, -The report of the Fact-finding Committee Info the Grimethorpe "slint" dispute, which cast Bri lain 600,000 tons of coal," was, understood today to have re- commended that the stint

should not be increased,

The findings are retarded as justification of the refusal of the 140 men in the McHon Field seam at Grimethorpe to work un extra two feet of coniface cachi shift refusal which gave rise to sympathy strikes in the York- shire coalfields which, at one ilme,

involved 65,000 miners.

After a meeting of 500 Grimethorpe men in Gudworth, a mining village, tuday, Alr Ernest Jones, the Area Secre- tary of the Miners Unlon and a members of the Fact-finding Commitee, said that the report had been "unanimously receiv ed." Its findings are sald to have been accepied by the men. Mr Jones hoped that the dis- pule would end "in

end in the happiest possible circumstances."

The final settlement rests with the National Coal Board's re- presentatives

on the Concilia- dou Board for the grea, to whom

a copy of the report has been sent. Reuter. KLEINUNEZKABANECIPIENTENSE

PALESTINE JEWS HAVE

.

IDEAS OF REPUBLIC

Patterned On Democratic Lines

Jerusalem, Oct. 19.-Jews in Palestine, who are hoping for early statehood, are thinking vaguely in terms of a future republic on Western democratic lines, with a President. Parliament, Prime Minister and Cabinet,

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SINGAPORE PREPARES FOR TROUBLE

Constitutional Proposals

For Malaya Unpopular

Singapore, Oct. 19-Armed police and riot squads will be standing throughout Malaya to..... morrow in case clashes between Chinese and Malays or between opposing political parties result from the hartal (general strike and cessation of business) called by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the extreme Leftwing parties in protest against the latest constitutional proposals for Malaya.

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"The proposals, designed to weld | have Ittle chance of winolog the prewar jumble of Federated and mafority in fair and free elections. unfederated Malny States and the "We have seen their tactics re- Straits Settlements Into a single cently in some European countries," whole, provide for the replacement he said. of the present Malayan Union by a "When the elections are free, they Federation of at the Malay States boycott them. When they can con- and the Settlements, except Sin trol the election machinery, they use gapore, which may join the Federn-it to bully their way into power. Bon later,

"The Singapore Communists, at

It was feared that the Chinese meetings to denounce the constitu- decision of a hortal to draw atten- tional proposals, used the greeling of tion to their dissatisfaction with the the clenched fist. proposals might infame anti-Chinese feeling among the Malays, who, in general, are satisfied with the pro- posals.

NEWSVENDORS THREATENED After supporters of the hartal had threatened newsvendors that they would have their cars cut off if they distributed newspapers tomorrow, the British-owned newspaper, Strait Times. decided to give away morrow's newspaper. it will bo handed out at police stations.

to-

"It was an appropriate sign bo- cause their friends in South East Europe are today governing by the clenched ist. We do not want con- ditions like those in South East Europe to be reproduced in South East Asia."--Reuter.

EXPLOSIVES

The loading and uniaading of slaps THROWN AT

SUS

In Singapore harbour will be pended,

Most ghops will be closed, trang-

be absent from work.

here] 1,080 for the Secialists, 1,210

and MRP, and 980 miscellaneous.

MARKED TRENDS

Indicative of the trend was the

The state might be called Ereta -lhe United Nations Palestine Com- the Coinminist partial count in Party stronghold of Ivay Sur Seine.

politient government In Jewish Palestine. a Puris suburb, which is a Parlia for Palestine. Its largest

Com party, if not the majority party, Eventually, national institutions imentary constituency of the

nunist Purly leader, M. Maurice would be Socialist. Its government would be enlarged to include Arabs, In the years to come and in the Thores, which showed that the Com-and civil service would include re- but Mr Romez said: "It is safe remaining two of the present Parlia-munist Party held its own as com- presentatives from the Arab minority assume that we will need some time William Bullitt, former Amment, some of the most significant pared with fast year's general elec-if they are willing to serve and, before the Arabs will enter the ad- bassador to Rusia,

uitecte developments would be in the field lions, with $7 per cent of the votes, perhaps, scene British experts from ministration."

De the

Gaulle candidates the existing mandatory administra- similar proposals in a

arti

practieally swept up the rest with 30tion.

Therefore, he presumes that the ete. He suggested that the of creating at new enterprises in while

initial provisional government would per cent.

"For the time being, there will be entirely Jewish, although Arab In the principal ports, Marseilles no king." Mr David Remez, Chair-en-operation would be welcomed. and Bordeaux, the trend in favour man of the Jewish National Council. of General de Gaulle was more remirited today. marked,

Israel, a traditional Hebrew name mission for the establishment of a port curiailed and many workers will RED

1. Mr

the

Commonwealth which could make a big contributien to the final saltation of Britain's supolles of food and raw material. (1

States spend $1,500,000,000 to put China on its feet with MacArthur in charge.

Brewster described

way

asked

-Importan!- to "China

The Secretary George Marshall,

sot charge

future

China.

uf

new

13 this

ta

다

uf

Modest sum compared with what

The world would, sooner or later Rive we are being

rather than later in Europe." He said be favours giving-and stoner

a substantiatterns of year-have vast quantities China assistance

is fully us of food atul raw materials to sell to because

Britain again, he said. State, Gen. of has take per

review American

policy toward policy state- ment is expected soon on the basis

the

report submitted to President "If we are crying out for food and Truman by Lieut. Gen. Albert Wede- raw materials, the rest of the world meyer, who loured China and Korea is crying out for the things we pro- as the President's personit repre- duce-for electrical sentative this summer. Brewster said he that the Wedemeyer report has been "suppressed" because it holds that (Continued on Page 4)

The crisis would turn in her favour! but only if the country was well or ganised, industries were offelent, and the people put their backs, into pro- duction.

of

A

EDITORIAL

the Creating Covertiment in The Best counting in Marseilles proposed Jewish portion of Palestine the Gaullist candidates" "is not so complicated," he said in an

foundations showed

Interview. The ahead of all other parties,

JUBWELDAOS ¦ ****

upon

the

The Chinese called the hartul de- cause they objected (1) to the pro- posed qualifications for Malaya citi zenship, which they considered to rigid and belleved would deprive of

vote mos!

of the Chinese in Malaya, nearly all of whom were born in China; and (), to the ex- lasion of Singapore, with a popula- tion of nearly a millen, the majority of whom are Chinese...

are

The

Cift

of

Com-

RED HQTRS

Bristol, Oct. 19,-Frightened women and children ran into the streets when the Communist Party Headquarters here were attacked with explosives in the carly hours of this morning.

of the

The entire shop window premises was wrecked and shattered glass was hurled 20 feet away.

People in the houses nearby were wakened by

the deafening explosion, und some of then have reported hearing running footsteps as the at- tackers escaped.

to

Experts

on Palestine law and

LEFTWING AIMS loveat government institutions

The Leftwing parties Putera and already turing into the constitu-

All-Malaya Council of Joint tional aspects of the proposed state.

Action, together with the As yet, however, there has beenmunist Party, then decided to call

The of no serious discussion of the form of

police theory is that army-type their

supporters to observe for the Jewish state. hartal the same day,..

thunderflashes were used democracy in the Jewish. community

And the manufacturo-a--home-made-bomb,- Federation Palestine and the Jewish National Dulons, which is a member of the with adhesive tape. In Bardunus, with three-quarters were laid 30 years ago, he asserted. Oficials-of-the-Jewish Agency for Malayar

Trade which was then affixed to the window of the votes counted, the De Gaullists The community had elected an as

Council are concentrating instead Council of Joint Action, instructed had obtained 50 per cent of the sembly of 173 members with a pro-

Bourne, the Communist quickly creating a shadow Its votes, the Communists 18 per cent gressive constitution, he continued, administration that could immediate- members accordingly.

in Bristol, said tonight and and the electoral system is very take contrat of publle services it

Leftwing parties want a re- and the Popular Republicans

is the seventh attack on our Conservatives combined per nearly the same as that proposed by the British Adininistration, should citizenship, immediate self-govern- have been broken. We planned to uf the qualification for premises in recent weeks. Windows evacuate Palestine,

ment. without

any powers reserved have watchers on guard last night, to the Governor, and control of De- but it was lucky that we did not. fence and foreign affairs,

They might have been seriously.In- Mr

Malcolm MacDonald, Governor General of Malaya,

'the Jured.' plored the use of the hartal

expressing

cent.

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Earlier, it was reported that in Paris,

more people voted than in nuchinery any of the six former pools since engineering products, lextiles, and "understood" for a hundred and one things that we the end of the war, despite a total tack of public transport through strikes.

know as well as any people in the world how to produce," he declared.

-Reuter.

Public Ownership

ON New Year's Day 1948, under

an Ael of the Labour Govern- ment's drafting already on the Statute Book, the whole of the rail- way undertakings at present pri vately owned and transport ser- vices on British canals and inland waterways, will pass into the hands of the British Transport Commission,

public authority powers endowed with

adequate, economical

and

a

to create

an "efly integrated system port faciland transport and

of pubilo

The significance of this great act of polley cannot be lost upon Hongkong, where signs are being exhibited of grow-

номе

Ing opinion in favour

favour of public contret of the Colony's utility.

utility,ser- vlees. The Kowloon-Canton rall- way is already a Government con- cern, not only serving as an Im purtant trade and passenger roule between Hongkong and the in- terland, but, somewhat to the astonishment of those who decry publio ownership, more than pay- ing for fiself. The revolutionary decision, to bring Britain's trans- port system under publie control does not immediately provide for HỰC tire inclusion of road passenger services within the national trans- port system, but prosedure is laid down by which the new authority promote prea schemes, in consultation with the appropriate Local Government authorliles, for their ultimate Integration. Here, perhaps, can be disocmed another pointer to the Hongkong Govern-

will

headquarters, The Seine police which administers the polling in the

Purla region, estimated that nt 3.30 pm., 10 per cent more voters had

CURRENCY DECISION

CIVIL SERVANTS CENSUS No time limit has been set for conclusion of an administration plan. Several committees of Jewish insti-

means of

Mr

de- He alleged that local Fascists were as a responsible and declared that overy-

utions are working at top speed when he explained opposition one must agree that "this sort of

A census is being taken of Jewish

and defended terrorist behaviour is deplorable."—— elvil servants in the existing govern- the proposals in broadcast tonight. Reuter.

tal, le sald, might inflame The hartal, le mutual suspicions between

the

passed through the booths than theEgypt To Stay Out Otected about their age, capacity and 50,000 Indigenous Malaysinese girts, members of the Revolutionist

whole day's total at the last mữni- cipal elections in May, 1045,

Sterling Area

Cairo, Oct. 19-Egypt, faced with

upper

more.

numerous

and the

a dollar shortage, has decided to stay grades British, Arab and other suspicions which had existed

ment and information is being col-

FASCISTS LOSE PITCH- inclination to

London, Oct. 18.-Young men and It has been discovered that out of who have played an immense part Communist Party, fed cups of tea by

serve the Jewish state.lightly 2,500 civil servants

in the development of Malaya".

the Mr MacDonald

friendly local residents, held referred to the pitch of the British League of Ex- be- Servicemen (said to include former ween the different communities in members of Sir Oswald Mosley's Palestine and Indin, and called for British Union of Fascists) for 28

tion".

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census

are

seck

BOYCOTT DEPLORED

Manager's Confidence In Dado Marino

the

in the TEST OF STRENGTH

are Jews, A similar ment when begins to consider- The elections are the first into out of the sterling area as Britain

cannot guarantee her which General Charles de Gaulle's dollar supply, whether she is in the

greater civil servants will be started. future development plans. If and

Mr David Ben-Gurion, chairman when it is decided to construct_a anti-Communist Rally of the French cross-Jaarbour tunnel it will be People has thrown its strength, and area or outside It, and has formally i of the Jewish Agency, sold that they restraint, tolerance and co-opera- | hours today

offered Jobs If they necessary to regard the project as its supporters are hoping that it will approached the United States Gov- will be

The League supporters listened to sale up to 35 percent of the total ernment for assistance, Abdel Naguib capable and willing to serve. the malu ink between transport

Badr Pasha, the Egyptian Minister of Efforts are being made to

Jeffrey Hamm, the policy maker of facilities on both sides of the har pools.

Finance, said in an exclusive inter-out administrative and technical ex- He also regretted the Leftwing the League, who was bound over bour, and it may

The Rally's programme is of con be found both

view with Reuter.

peris not at present employed in the decision to boycott the first elections yesterday or a charge of using in- stitutional reform, full support for Expedient and desirable to bring

Palestine Government. Active con- for the Singapore Legislative Council sulting words at a previous Sunday the United States in the event of the lunnel, passenger road trans.

"The assistance will not take thesideration is being given to procuring next month, and declared that the meeting, on a platform a hundred war with Russta, and harder work port and tie railway under unified

form of a loan," he said. "We do experienced men abroad, both Jewish Communists among them had no use yards away from their usual stand at home. Government control. Should

not require a loan. We want enough and non-Jewish.-Reuter.

for democracy, because they would in East London-Router. The Government, In the future, decide

elections are also the first dollars to pay for essential imports to consider

since the setting up of the "Comin-from hard currency areas. That is The advisability.of as- sunring control of any or all the form Bureau In Belgrade with the why we asked the United States to

concerns, it can well be

French Commununist Party as a mem-open a credit account for US$10,000,- ber. guided in its creation of the pro-

000 to enable us to import fertilisers The main electoral batilo is being and badly needed fuel. per administrative body by ap-

fought in the 400 towns of more than in Britain in polniments made

9,000 inhabitants, where the results connection with the transformṇa- tion of transport · lato a pubilo service. For this immense task a Transport Commissien has been set up consisting of five full-time members, and only one of which. In turn this civil servant. Commission will delegate, the ministration to five other execu- tive bodies, again camposed chief- ly of non-Government oficials, but men with wide practical ex- perlenco

operations and problems of the various transport services. On this realistic founda.. tion the railways and other trans- port services in Beliain will pass out of private ownership next year, and this important experiment proves success, it should offer an incentive for the Hongkong Government to bring some of our public services

under publlo ownership.

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of the

take

three

Should the costs make uny

semi- London, Oct. 19.-Sad Sam he will be too light after doing it." como safely through

Solomon Promoter We do not want luxuries or non- Ichinose predicted today, that

announced finals of the Brussels heavyweight will be decided on the single vote cast essentials," he added: today..

Badr Fasha added that the United Dado Marino will be the next that Monday's Harringay card will boxing contest last night and pre- Iween Marino's stablemate, Tsuncahi dual, the winner of which will bo In the smaller places, there will States was under a moral obligation flyweight champion of the world open with an eight-round bout be-pared to meet in the next weeke

at British Bruce will be "recognised by Mario, and Stan Rowan, who recent-awarded a crack be a second ballot next Sunday if no to help Egypt since it was with the and

a Woodcock's European crown. A candidate secures

ly koyoed Jackie Paterson in an absolute ma-opproval of the United States that

everyone who counts," Jority the first time,

Weldin, a discovery of the tourna Britain decided to suspend the con-

Watching little Dado deal out show weight contest. Maruo has It was estimated that it would vertibility of sterling, even though

ment, clearly outpointed Stephan excellent form in training.

main event is scheduled at Olek of France' over 10 rounds, days to work out the this was one of the most important sharp left and right hooks to a

provisions int.

Anglo-American heavy bag bigger ilian Dade,

p.m. Just after a six-round return while Eugene, also a comparativo final results for

loan

Ichinose suid: "I only hope Dado match between the outstanding Bri-unknown, scored a technical knock- The ent declsive headway in the elccilons, to be

United States want Egypt can whip. Monaghan by such a clear tish coloured middleweight Randolph out over Belgian champion Pict Wilde, when Wilde retired badly well informed political circles forsce to be a customer, but we cannot margin that there will not be any Turpin, and Marit Hart,

A 15-round bout for the British battered in the seventh round. renewed demands by them for their import American goods unless the doubt about the decision." Inclusion in the Government.

ro- convertibility of sterling Is

Dade, after a tapering off session bantamweight crown between Pater United Press.

AUSTRALIANS' SUCCESS largest party in established, hence our approach to in

King

ipped the scales the headlining ovent, pulling Pater-

Mexico City, Oct. 10. the total votes in the November, plained.

at 113 pounds one pound over the son in a position or playing a pre- Nancy Bolton and Nell Hopman 040, general elections, the

Uminary's second fiddle role to the of Australia detented Mury Amold domestle consumption of flyweight limit. munists have been

Ichinose said: "Dado will take only bout he contealed in the high courts. Frentiss and Barbara Krase of the out

United States 6-1, 1-0, 7-3° tô, win sugar is to be cut to boost up their a light workout today. But I wish-United Press, Government since last May,

the Women's double championship Equally, any important gains by export to the hard currency pres, he is about a pound heavier right AUSTRIAN CHAMP WINS

so now. He must begin drying out- Brussels, Oct. 19-The Austrian In the bixth Pan-American, tennis General Charles de Gaulle's Rally particularly Switzerland,...,” and' would entail heavy repercussions on attempt to close the export-Import cut out water or he will not be able champion, Joe Weidin, and barrel- Lournament In Mexico City today. French political Ufe.Neuter.

to get second wind, but I am afraid | chested Robert Eugene of Belgium | Associated Press. gop. Reuter,

securing

21.9 per cent of the United States Treasury," he ex-Just out promon's West End gym, son and Norman Lewis will follow

of

Com

the heat products like rice and