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VOL. II NO. 356

Partition Plan Accepted

UN Committee Votes

Lake Success, Nov. 25,- The United Nations Palestine Committee tonight accepted the Partition plan scheme for separate Jewish and Arab States in Palestine by 25 votes to 13 against, with 17 absten- tions and two absenceB.

Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, India. Iran, Iraq, the Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Slam, Syria, Turkey and Yomen voted against.

Paraguay and the Philippines were abrent.

Those who abstained were: Argen- tina, Belgium, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Luxem- bourg, Mexico, Holland, New Zen- Ind, Britain and Yugo-Slavin.

The partition solution must still obtain a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly,

SYRIA'S OBJECTION Before the vote was taken, Faris

El Khoury (Syria) said: "The partition plan seriously prejudices Syrin's rights and Interests and violates the Charter. "Syria reserves all rights devolving from this situation, including the right to bring the case before the International Court,"

Fadhil Jamali (Iraq) sald: "We shall vote against partition because we believe it

It to be unjust, im- practical against the Charter, and a danger

ger to International

peace,

The

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Mountbatten?

London, Nov. 25.-The London Evening Standard speculated today that Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of India and uncle of Prince Philip, may soon be appointed British Am- bassador to the United States.

The Foreign Office said it would neither confirm nor dony the report and a spokesman added that "these appointments aro never announced until they happen."

The present Ambassador. Lord Inverchapel, was ap- pointed in May 1946 Associated Press

Must Share

Or Fight

Option Facing Russia,

U.S. And Britain

Lisbon, Nov. 25-Britain and the United States must either share the world with Russia or fight against her in Europe to preserve thele principles and interests, the

Dr Portuguese Prime Minister,

Antonio de Oliviera Salazar, said

here today.

the

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1947.

Big 4 Agree On Agenda

Still At

Variance

On Peace Treaty

Precedence

London, Nov. 25.

The big four Foreign Ministers agreed at their opening session on a six point agenda but split in the usual three_to_one fashion over whether Austria or Germany should be considered first.

The three Western powers appealed to Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to consider Austria first so they could reach a quick agreement and thus reassure the "anxious world."

United States Secretary of State George Marshall said, "It's very important that wo agree on something quickly to assure the people of the world."

Molotov insisted Germany was more important and therofore should bo considered first.-Asso- ciated Press.

PRELIMINARY TALKS

London, Nov. 25. The Conference of the Big Four Foreign Ministers, to try once more to solve the problems of Germany and Austria, opened here formally today when the Foreign Ministers arrived at Lancaster House punctually at 3.30 p.m.

M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, was the first to arrive. He stopped from his car amid the hand clapping of a small group of on- lookers. He replied with salute.

The Russian was quickly followed

Marshall, in that order.

by M. Bidault, Mr Bevin and Mir

-

British women

The operative part of the resolu-| Speaking at a preliminary meeting tion on Palestine partition, as laid of members of the National Assembly before the Palestine Committee, said: before opening of Parliament

It is being attended by Mr Ernest

The Big Four Ministers were as-. "The General Assembly recom-today, he said:

sembled in the vestibule of Lancas- "By the force of facts and irrespec- Bevin, (Britain), Mr George Mar- mends to the United Kingdom as the mandatory power for Palestine tive of the will of the casual leaders, shall, (United States), M. Vyacheslav ter House three minutes before the and to all other members of the for the United States and I will Molotov, (Russia), and M. Georges Conference was due to start.

Bidault, United Nations the adoption and im- say the same for the British Com-

(France). monwealth-there is but one hope Mr Bevin was authoritatively stated

Shortly before, the five plementation, with regard to the and one alternative. They must share today to have reached agreement with husbands of the Russian future government of Palestine, of a

which is M. Molotov in a preliminary talk lust who were not allowed to leave with Russia, plan of parti'ion with economic the world

impossible and contrary to union and requests,

their night on the importance of formulat-Russia had attempted to picket the interests "1. The Security Council to take against her in

and principles, or fighting a four-power pact on Germany. building, carrying placards in Eng- Europe to uphold A Foreign Office spokesman lish, and Russian reading "We are necessary measures as provided for them."

described this meeting as friendly. Mr the British husbands without our 2. That the Trusteeship Council

SOURCE OF. CONCERN

Bevin also entertained Mr Marshall Russian wives." The police prevent- last night and stw M. Bidault this ed them from getting anywhere informed of the responsibility Dealing with Portuguese affairs, morning. envisaged for

near M. Molotov, for it in

in this plan.

the Premier said that Portuguese "The General Assembly calls upon

India

WES

"source of great con- the inhabitants of Palestine to take cern." He referred to the importance such steps as may be

necessary on to India of the Portuguese port of their part to put this plan to effect Marmagoa, and said "there la no and appeals to all governments and great dimculty in finding a solution peoples to refrain from taking any compatible with the interests of netion which night hamper or delay both parties." the carrying out of these

in the plan for its implementation.

.bo

mendations."

The first problem facing the M. Molotov's arrival was the most Foreign Ministers is in what order spectacular. A police outrider came they are to discuss the various sub-roaring into the square followed by jects. Britain,

France and the police, then came the great black United States want to start with the Ruzian limousine with the Hammer Austrian peace treaty to give her and Sickle on its bonnet and the sovereign independence. Russla in Russian flag Hying. sists that the Conference recom-

should

start with the many aspects of the German problem and discuss Austrin

Prison Siege

Ends

Waupun, Wisconsin. Nov. 25.--Sixty-nine con- victs surrendered to the authorities here today after a 15-hour siego by over 150 heavily armed officers and warders of the second floor of the laundry in the State prison,

The convicts, who held four warders as hostages, discarded their home-made weapons and came praceful- ly away from the barricade which they had erected in the laundry.

The warders hold as host- ages were not harmed, and there was no violence during the siego.

No reason for their action was given by the prisoners, who refused to deal with anyone but the State Wel- fare Director.-Reuter.

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WHY COL. McCORMICK HATES THE ENGLISH

"Impudent And Arrogant"

An Exclusive Interview With HARRIET HARVEY

Colonel Robert Rutherford McCormick, pub- lisher of the powerful Chicago Tribune, leaned over the sun-filled balcony of his spacious apartment at St George's Mansions, Kowloon, early yesterday morning and said: "The reason that I'm anti- British is because I resent their impudence—their arrogance."

"The British always said that they were ashore first that they won the war, when actually their contribution was very small.”

"And they demand charity as a right. If you look at the financial situation," he told

the Hong- *You can see that they feel our kong Telegraph,

money is their due."

Colonel

Asked it he thought he was ne- have a general election in England complishing anything constructive now, the Labour Government would

the British war bo out too." by running down effort,

McCormicks

(who

HE LIKES OUR ROADS has retained hip colonel's title from

We drove along Taipo Road, to the First World War) sald that the British didn't do very much during set a view of the harbour. "Where"

bald the Colonel "did the English got the war and they were always say- the money to build all these

did

more than anyone roads? I don't understand it. Ing that they else, The British didn't have the

America suppose power to do very much. did and she proved it, he said.

"The British thought they had the power or they wouldn't have gone war. After all," said the Colonel,

back in

in his green plush choir, leaning bac "What did England go to war for?"

to

cover

all of Hongkong Island. T Chinese labour is cheap.

"America scens to be a bad Tussle Between Govt.

Ambassador," he said, looking out at And Trade Unions

a group of Chinese coolies working by the roadside. "The Chinese hate us, the British don't like us, and Paris, Nov. 25.--The

the French don't care much for us. tuaslu between the

place the Communist-dominated

into it. No conquest in his- where there is any real feeling of unions in France, which brought nearly a million people tory has worked-except the Roman friendship." out on strike, approached its Conquest. Napoleon failed, Louis II climax tonight as the CGT opened, falled, just as the Russians will fail."

The up negotiations with the Govern- ment.

has to england declared war. She wasn't South America is the only

When the car reached a summit on

Emperor of the paper which Talpo"Road, the Colonel wanted to successfully pontificates to Ave mid get out and look at the view. "Per- the chaps this is the reason that Western states, looked out on the

ard arrogant, he sold ro- British his he Pressure on the authorities was sunny moming and

down on

on Vic- looked of the quiet voice, almost absentmindedly, foris flarbour, "Their shipping ruled increased by the decision railwaymen's union ordering all its "England should have pursued her the world at one time. England was own interests and not bothered with the major power for many years. members to join the strike movement.

war. The Germans didn't cross the First France, then England, now we As the Government called a special Channel, they didn't come into Eng-are that power. The British are cabinet meeting tonight to work out land. They couldn't have come largely responsible for our getting it would into England. The British had no that power and now that we have what wages concessions

to war." malo. the strike position remained reason to go to confused.

Colonel McCormick fastidiously it, they don't seem to like it."

"The English have a class of people checked the time by his watch and that we don't have," he said. "This Reports are conflicted about the then checked it twice again with that class engages

Colonial develop extent to which the strike orders of his secretary and his house-bey.ment and government work-a sort were being obeyed, and the impres. He said he would like to go for a slon prevailed that some leaders drive around Kowloon If we could recently in correspondence with my of gentleman's business. I've been were beginning to fear that they be back in an hour.

old headmaster and he reports that would lose control of the rank and

PALM BEACH OF ORIENT not one of my classmates his entered fle unless a settlement was made

As we drove through the streets, commerce. Not even banking-which quickly.

he was Interested in watching the seems to be the most socially accep- TEN-DAY LIMIT

Chinese at work in the shops. "Hong-table business in England, kong" he said "Must be the Palm

bd.

AND HE LIKES CRICKET Efforts are being made to bring Beach of the Orient-though I don't

Colonel McCormick likes cricket. the huge body of two and a half caro much to go to Palm Beach now While at school in England, million Government employees into that you have to sit up all night on joined his British classmates in The dapper M. Bidault was smiling the strike movement. At a meet-a plane-it's all right for young games on the playing fields of Lud- broadly when he arrived with the ing tonight, the Government en people, Hongkong won't amount to grove ("I went to an aristocratic veteran French soldier, General ployees decided by a majority vote much unless she builds a better air-school. My father was a diplomat.") Georges Coiroux, now French Am- to give the Government ten days to field,"

"But," said the

the Colonel as we drove bassador to Moscow.

consider their demands before taking "You know," he said, suddenly back toward St George's Mansions, strike action. The executive com- going off at a tangent, "if you break "Cricket breeds slowness. Welling- Mr Bevin looked dour and deter-mistee of the union was defeated a window in England today you have ton was all wrong when he declared mined. He waved at the crowd, on its motion to limit the delay to to get the permission of the Govern that Waterloo was won on the play- shivered and said: "It's cold."

ment before you can fix it.

ing fields of Eton. Cricket is a slow The biggest opplause was reserved

Some reports said that more trains "And you know the story of the

game. It doesn't breed alertness, for Mr George Marshall, the last towere running today, but strike leaders former who planted barley because hardy vigour, or roughness the arrive-Reuter.

denied this, while the

When railway he had no wheat to plant, company's headquarters today re- the Government found out that he qualities essential to soldiers," ported no change.

didn't have permission to

At today's formal opening, the Foreign Ministers were understood to be discussing their agenda. Mr

in his opening remarks ns

A resplendant figure in blue grey uniform accompanied M. Molotov. He was Marshal Vusšily Sokolovsky, the on the Allied Soviet representative Control Council in Berlin and author of the speech there last weekend, criticising the British and American

Birman, proposed that daily meet-polley in Germany.

Stating that the "wind blowing from India may have perturbed some Goanese," Dr Salazar added: VOTING TENSION

If new circumstances

Jost. and the The partition resolution must all people's aspirations to Increase their obtain a two-thirds majority in the responsibility justify alterations in General Assembly,

the adminstrative regime or statutes, A hush fell on the smoke-filled that is a problem which concerns the Committee room, packed to over- Portuguese Indian state and cur- flowing with the press and the pubile | selves. This problem is already un- us the voting began.

der study and will have a speedy Many Jews were present. Rabbi { solution.” Gold, member of the Jewish In another reference to the inter- Agency Executive, with flowing national situation, Dr. Salazar said: patriarchal beard, lent a Biblican "Europe is under misery and fear- touch to the momentous session. fear of Communism, fear of Russia."

(Continued On Pagò 4)

--Reuter.

EDITORIAL

The English-Hating Col.

YESTERDAY we asked Colenel

Robert McCormick, English- balting pubilsher of the Chicago Tribune the 64-dollar question- Why do you hate the English7~~- and his answer was just what we revealing exported,

Ingenuous, childish and superficial knowledge. of the people

the country and which he persistently castigates. The Colonel says his biggest rea- son for disliking- us is our in- pudence and arrogance; yet wo have had the opportunity of meet- ing a number of American ser- vicemén and newspaper corres- pondents who spent most of the

In England Aqı curiously enough their chief Im- pression was the shyness of the average Englishman.

war

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folish for under-staterary Impudence and characteristics of arrógance.

Sometimes

Colonel McCormick can be so incredibly naive that it is difficult to belleva he is

Is not talking with his tongue

In his 'check. England, he says, should have pursued her own in- terests and not bothered with but it so happened that her most compelling interest was the

of

Europe

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which

Colonel

dictator was deter

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mined to destroy McCormick #HYS went to war beosuse she thought she had the power, he is guilty of untidy thinking. England did not delude herself that she pos- sessed a greater, or eveh as fine

ea nation

ever having

arc

Nazis,

a military machine as the .but

she went in to fight for a principle the preservation of in- dividual and national freedom. Sometime later the United States did precisely the same thing, and In their respective spheres, performel quite credit- ably. We

not conscious of claimed more than that, nor

can we

we Imagine any nation of people who could be more generous in their apprecia- lon of the responsible part which America played in the successful conclusion of World War II, Colonel McCormick's misrepre sentations, If they remained purely personal. would' be amusing: unfortunately he persista In repealing

them in his news- and manages

to patlute minds of vast numbers of utt- suspecting Americans. We can- not see how anything of value can come from such campaign, for It serves

only

to creste mis» understanding and will. We Burgest, too, that when Colonel MoCormick complains that the United States does not appear to popular anywhere In the world except South America, he should indulge In a little heart- searching, and ask himself how eliher popularity or even respect

when be gained vociferous spokesman as himself does little diae but hari Insudia at people

who

quiefly, but tenaciously, trying to do their bit in bringing order to a chaotic world.

papers

be

Can

auch

ings should be of three hours' dura-

tion. This proposal appeared to have been accepted by all the four Ministers.

The Foreign Ministers today agreed to include in their agenda a proposed draft treaty for the dis- armament and demilitarisation of Germany, put forward by Mr Mar- shall, the American Secretary State.

of

The Big Four also agreed on list of six items to be included in the agenda, But they did not solve the order in which they are to be discussed.

FOUR AGREED ITEMS

The items include four points Foreign previously agreed by the Ministers' deputies and two others. The previously agreed items are: 1. The report of

treaty commission.

2 The form and

the Austrian

scope of the future provisional political organisa- son of Germany,

FIRM FINED

£25,000

24 hours.

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plant

The cabinet is meeting again to barley, they ploughed under his en-

ho

"Wellington was a great man, though, a great great man", onid the Mid-western Colonel as he got

morrow to consider Hic labour situa- tire crop, England today-the only out of the car to keep a closely-

lon. Both sides are playing for the support of the bulk of workers.

Strike leaders have, hitherto, ap-

determined to lead up lo

peatcu

general strike, but they may hesitate

timed appointment.

"As for way she can get out of her present

Colonel McCormick cancelled all mess is to go back to a Republicanother engagements lust night to dine

s Government--that

self-govern-

ment.

She now has a dictatorship and exchange views with His Ex-

to continue their campaign at the of the proletariat, She'll have to get cellency the Governor, present moment if the Government away from that and go back to self-i

is able to offer attractive conces government. sions.

of

"Just as Churchill was the parent

Labour

Government,".

Sells Onions Above Controlled Price

the Failing a settlement tomorrow or in the next day or two, the struggie said the Tribune's dictator, "Hoover

to London, Nov. 25.-A fine of is expected by observers, here was tho rent of the Now Deal." 3The economic principles for

a much £25,000 with 1,000 guineas enter

grünmer stage. But the New Deal is on its way the future

German basis of the

out and I think that if they were to State

costs was imposed at Old Bailey Reuter. 4.The procedure for the pre- today on a London firm of fruit paration of the German peace treaty. importers for offences concern- This item was agreed by the Foreigning pears and onions. Ministers in the following armended form-"the preparation of the Ger treaty (frontiers and procedure).

Consequently this item includes the French proposal to discuss the German frontiers.

man

The firm was J. & J. Lyons (Im- port and Export) Merchants. · Ltd.. of Spitalfields.

In addition, Joseph Lyons, director,

Inter-Zonal Trade Pact

Bye-Election

Test Tomorrow

London, Nov. 25-Britain wil have a useful indication by Thurs- day morning whether the Labour Government, which has successfully contested every one of the 20 byc- elections since it came to power in 25.-A huge day to fron out details of agreement. June, 1045, still maintains its popu- Berlin, Nov.

The trade pact was signed by larity, trade agreement between the

The votes cast tomorrow by about Soviet Zone and the Western Joseph Orlopp, president of the cen

and women in tho in the Foreign Trade

Soviet Thameside constituency of Grave- To these previously agreed Items, 503 and ordered to stay in custody here today, calling for the ex-Zone, and Dr Vollrath von Maltzahn, send, Kent, are expected to reflect

of Woodferd Green, was fined 2 Zones of Germany was reachedral administration for Inter-Zonal 40,000 men the Foreign Ministers today added until the fine was paid, Cottikel said the Soviet Union's proposal for the fine would be paid today.

change of goods valued at 300,-chief of the Foreign Trade Section the nation's political mood in the

tho Bizonal Economic Board.

face of the latest Government a German of discussion on the four-power dis-

000,000 reichsmarks,

The pact gives Western Germany terity measures and plans for the The case, which was expected to armament and demilitarisation treaty

shore of badly needed food supplies direction of labour. proposed by Mr James F. Byrner, Mr Inst for a fortnight, took an unex-officials disclosed here.

the Inter-Zonal and which the Soviet Zone has in "Ger Officials of

At Gravesend, the two candidates, Marshall's

and the peefed turn today when counsel for predecessor,

the comparry entered a plea of guilty Foreign Trade Division of the German many's breadbasket" and the Iron Sir Richard Acland, Labour, and Mr Sevict proposal for a discussion of

to eight charges of conspiracy to sell central administration for the Soviet and steel sort Easter Zone now has Frank Taylor, Conservative, have the implementation of the decisions

a chance to obtain part of the Ruhr campaigned strenuously for the_cat taken by the Moscow meeting of the onions above the controlled price Zone made the disclosure.

expulsion from The trade pact calls for the Soviet steel production vital to industry left vacant by the and selling pears at a price exceeding Foreign Minister Conference on the

Parliament Zone to deliver large quantities of in her Zone.

of Mr Garry Allishan domilliarisation of Germany.

the maximZIKI.

Joseph Lyons. also pleaded

Onclals mate thái also union

đến tr In exchange for steel and fron Kulity food

Ways and means of

wan Gravesend by a very to two counts of conspiring to sell from the British and American Zones, cussion were

of row onions and selling onions at above Exchange

materials for balancing an earlier agreement be narrow margin in 1045 over Liberal ↑ also

play manufacturing will

an tween the two parts of Germany, and Conservative candidates. This The Big Four decided to meet the controlled prico,

renan

officials here said the time there is no Liberal in the field early at 3.30 pm. and to attempt. The prosecution accepted the pleas important role, officials here sald. to close their meoling each day by and offered no further evidence en Omcials said conferences between Western Zones were till in a do-ant the decision of some 5,000 third-

81,000,000 reichsmarks party supporters may be decisive 6.30 p.m. Today's opening session ton other counts alloging similar representatives of the Eastern and felt of

Reuter. lasted three · hours.

affences lleuter.

Western Zones were continuing to- United Press.

THREE-HOUR SESSION