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VOL. II NO. 368

Bidault Puts In His Spoke

Threatens To Block Big 4 Decision

French

London, Dec. 9. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault indicated in a clash with Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov that he would block any Big Four decision on German economic unity until France gets an answer to her demand for control of the Saar.

'The Uniterl Slates and Britain approved economie already have

absorption of the industrially rich Saar valley by France, but Russia has not committed herself.

Briefing officers of

the United

States, Britain And France told

of the newsmen

incident in meeting of the Foreign Ministers' Council.

Before Bidault threatened the new deadlock, they said he pressed Molotov for a decision on the Sanr. but got only the answer that the Council would have the "time and occasion" to discuss the Saar prob- lem.

The Council reached tentative! Agreements on some secondary points regarding the economic fu- ture of Germany, but the accords were overshadowed by disputes.

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102 Killed In 10 Days Revival Of Emperor Worship US Govt's

Of Bitter

Arab-Jewish Fighting

TEL-AVIV STRIFE RENEWED

Jerusalem, Dec. 10.-Bitter communal strife burst out anow this morning in the all-Jewish Tel-Aviv and first reports said three Jews had been slain, boosting the unofficial Palestine toll of dead for 10 days of Arab-Jewish fighting to 102.

A police armoured car was set afire during the fighting by a "Molotov cocktail," in what Jewish sources said was an operation of Irgun Zvai Leumi, the extremist Jewish underground group, which has been in constant conflict with the British.

Unofficial reports said a Jewish policeman had been wounded fatally in the Jewish sources said other armoured cars came on the scene at armoured car attack. once and sprayed the street with bullets for 40 minutes. One of the other two persons

a girl. At least three persons were reported injured. killed this morning was

Former HK Journalist Lauded

In Japan Reported

London, Dec. D.-The reported attempts to revive Emperor wor- ship in Japan will be tho subject of a question to the Prime Minis- fer, Mr Clement Attlee, in the House of Conimons to-morrow.

Mr T. C. Skeffington Lodge, Labour, has given notice that he will ank Mr Attlee "whether he is aware that there is evidenco in Japan of a movement to reintroduce Emperor worship and whe- ther he will instruct the British representative on the Far Eastern Commission to press for Immediate action to probibit activities of

ils nature."

British press reports on Emperor Hirohito's vialt to atom-bumb blasted Hiroshima last Sunday said flat the Emperor was greeted "with fanalical adoration" by 500,000 people lining the streets,

Mr Hessel Timan, chief Far Eastern correspondent of the Dally Herald and author of several books on Asia and the Pacific, de- clared in his despatch: "It was a memorable day for the world, for It proved that Emperor worshipping in Japan is back where it starled."—Reuter,

RESUME WORK ORDER BY FRENCH UNION BOSSES

Paris, Dec. 9.-The Communist-controlled. majority of the General Confederation of Labour tonight issued "resume work" orders to its 20 striking unions, effective tomorrow.

Plan For Rationing

MEAT AND PETROL INCLUDED

Washington, Dec. 9.—The United States Government submitted to Congress today legislation proposing the re- tioning of meat, petrol and other commodities.

Mr Willlarn C. Foster, the Under-

Secretory of Commerce, told a

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that the bill, handed to the group by the Secretary of Commerce, Mr Averell Harriman, would also permit the Government to buy up the nation's entire crop of wheat and certain other com

commodities. Mr

Foster said the bill was de- signed to give President Truman the authority to allocate and fix priorities on scarce items, including The decision setting the nation's, wages and prices," M. Mayer said.

livestock and poultry, steel, grain back key Industries

in motion

Land grain products, goods wagons M. Jean Jauhoux,

non-Com-and other products and materials, followed an emergency meeting of munist minority leader in the CGT the National Strike Committee.

control and thus

the Inflationary who was against the strikes but trends in the United States. At one time the strikes, affecting supported the workers' claims, said ininers, dockers, rallway workers, in a radio address that the Govern- the lust

postal and telegraph employees and ment must now tackle the problem other government and Industrial em- of stabilising wages and prices and

measure would give ployees, involved over two million guarantee adequate purchasing President the authority to restrict people.

power to the worker. Acts Dr

of sabotage on railways cul- minated in the deraliment of a Paris-Lille express near Farns Auran

the loss of 21 lives.

This morning's fighting in Tel-ningham, in an interview last SUR- Aviv followed a wild fight during day. which a taxicab army of Jewishi He was given to understand that Administration would volunteers beat off a two-hour attack the British

and continue to function until by Arab machine-unners

moment. grenade throwers in what some In- formants called the fiercest fighting since the United Nations decision to partition the Holy Land.-Associated Press.

ARAB AMBUSH Tel-Aviv, Dec. 9-A Haganah in- telligence officer, Joseph baum, described by friends as an authority on

shot

for

withdrawing

ASSERTION REFUTED Sir Alan Cunningham, 'iri an off- clal statement tonight, refuted Khalid's assertions.

Tho

reasons were given to Dr Khalid," his state- ment added. "It was also explain- ed to him that equivalent arrange- ments were being made for the Arnbs."

with

dicating a projected British with-line trains.

The

any

WIDE AUTHORITY

other materials, if he found after pubile 'hearings that a shortage was unsically affecting the "indus- trial production ог the cost of

Senator John Cooper (Republican

NOT ALL SATISFIED

Reports from Marseilles tonight living.

Paris had been without dusimen indicated that not all dock, fram- Teltel-

and almost without a postal service, way and metal workers were satis-of Kentucky) asked Mr. Foster whe- had suffered water, gas and elec-fied with the resumption order and ther the bill implied authority for tricity cuts and at one time had no the general

tomorrow consumer rationing. reaction to local trains and only a few main morning was anxiously awaited.

Many informed observers con- sidered the CGT in its statement allempled to avoid dissension among those who wished to continue striking by appealing. to them as martyrs.

London, Dec. 9.-Lieutenant

Arab customs, was British officials said the Council General A. E. Percival, British

a Bedouin, encamp- agreed generally on a British pro- commander at Singapore, took killed today when Arabs ambushed pasal for drafting common the occasion at the Malaya his car hear

him as he fled across a field. export-import programme for Ger- Campaign Officers Reunion last ment, disarmed his Arab escort and

Teitelbaum

was killed near the night to salute Harold Guard,

Arabs yesterday veteran United Press staff cor-spot where respondent; who was with the burhed Joshun Globerman,

supported Haganali

meanwhile unofficial British estimates with claim that its troops had killed 70 Arabs in an Arab attock last night on the Hatikva quarter of Tel-Aviv. Haganal sources said the attack

FINE JOB BY British forces at Singapore and

MINERS

during campaign.

coal-qur

most of their

Pacific

deep mining and opencast working troubles. I have rend most-news.formed Arabs crept through citrus

In Dunkirk were mined.

fons

houses on

Were

of

so far as is known

The great ports of Marselles and Havre were almost idle as a result of atrikes.

Federations of the

"(2) To congratulate all those who participated in the butlle, or supported it."

to

"(3) To adopt a declaration be made to French workers and to publish it throughout the country

4) To call on all workers to reinforce their unity within the CGT.

distribute

available

It was "all finished and won," he added.

Referring to the London meetings

Mr Foster replied: "It would include that power."

The Administration's contention was that it should have the power to ration, H necessary, to halt runaway prices.

to

tho

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The measure presented Committee would extend the port controls and priorities power up to March 31, 1950.-Reuter.

Purchase Of

C&W Assets

Pretoria, Dec. 9.-The Union, Gov- of the Big Four Foreign Ministers, ernment has reached an agreement at which he represents France, M. with the Coble and Wireless of Bidault said that yesterday's session South Africa, Ltd., for the purchase had brought to 500 the number of of the Company's assets as existing

1047. the South

hours he had spent with the Sovlet on October 31, Foreign Minister, M. Molotov. This African Minister of Posts and Tele- was so many more hours than the graphs announced to-day. "(5) To

French chief of the

Communist funds,

particularly to families of the Party had been able to have with Telegraphs will assume the respon-

The Department of Posts

ind : heroes, who either fell or were im- M. Molotov-Reuter.

nibillly for the conduct of the ex- prisoned during this battle.

ternal telegraph and telephone ser vlees of the Union with effect from January 1.

tele-

This was interpreted here as in-

drawal from the Arab towns

Jenin and possibly Jaffa, Nablus, Gaza. Dm-

A British soldier was shot dead

DECISIONS ANNOUNCED by unknown gunmen in the Jewish. Hadar Hacarmel district of Haifa

Tonight's National Strike Com- mitter communique said: "The Na- M. Didault, Foreign Minister, com- tonight, it was officially stated,

Fifteen Palestinians, nine Jews

tional Strike Cummittee meeting on menting on the termination of and six Arabs

either shot, December 9, after having heard the Fennee's greatest post-war strike, Constituent said in London that the French Gen. Percival said, "I am happy

stabbed or beaten to death today. to any that we have here tonight us

since the United

and wishing to fulfil its | Government had won n political

London,

duty towards French workers. has struggle between "forces of civilian- Dec. 9-British

guest o representative of the was Drst planned and the opera- the tenth day

tion carried out by Arabs in uni-Nations announced its decision to

decided:

tion and those elements which are miners Inst week beat

The Arabs poured heavy partition Palestine. all output American press to whom I feel sure

to extend a form. would wish me

Arc on records since the fall of Dunkirk in you

the. Haganah

"(1) To give an order for the the very negation of it." All was quiet tonight in the bor of automutic hearty welcome. Harold Guard of 1040.

Tel-Aviv der zone between

and resumption of work, effective from the United Press Associations was position from orange groves north

of the slum

uni-Jaffa.-Reuter.

lomorrow, quarter, while

• They wou 4,200,700 tons from out there with us and shared all our

EVACUATION MOVES London. Dec. --The Arst steps werk. 4,953,400 tons

Jewish

towards the complete evacuation of paper accounts of the campaign and plantations to the cast of the town- the uf the outskirts

Palestine, now being taken, include With four weeks to go to the car can only say that he did a first a surprise attack on

can see village of Salume-United Press.

the movement of stores and equip- of the coal year-on-January-3, 1048, class job of reporting. 1 it is no longer a question of "Will that he is well remembered by most

CLAIM BY ARABS

ment, the "thinning out" of

troops from certain areas and the making the miners reach their target af of you and I know there is no need

for Jerusalem, Dec. 9-At least 1,500 of arrangements the United 200,000,000 tons?" but "How much for me to ask you to extend to him

thes

of the will the target be beaten?"

proverbial hospitality

Palestinian Arabs, after completing Nations Commission to take over. With 185,080,200

The timetable, so already Services."-United Press. mined this year,

there remains

Harold Guard will be well re-military training with the Syrian 14,919,800 tons to be obtained in thembered by many of our readers. army in Syria, have slipped back from reliable sources, may be sum-

Syrian-Palestine border marised as follows: four weeks.

He was the first manager of the cross the

and dispersed to strategic points

May 1st to 15th-The British As the miners have exceeded the Hongkong Bureau of United Press, throughout the Holy Land, informei Government 4,000,000 mark each week during and in 1941 went to Singapore to Arab sources said today.

mandate, probably about this date, of arms and transfer November, there should be a con- open up UP bureau there. He is "Several lorries' loads"

responsibility to the

tele-communication, iderable balance on the 200,000,000 now attached to the London office and ammunition were being sent United Nations Commission over a

and telephone radio services ton target.-Reuter.

to the Arab armed forces in the peric

of about two weeks. In

within the

the Union and to and from. Hebon area of southern Palestine areas already evacuated by British On December 7 the Government

the Union will be State-owned and Transjordan, one through

source troops, full responsiblilty for keep-transmitted new proposals to the

State-controlled from that date. ing order will puss to the United

CGT8

Executive stated.

Committee 113 Singapore, Dec. 9.-A Far Eastern

The Minister, Mr W. Mushel's, Jewish casualties in the past 16 Nations.

follows:

bureau of the World Federation of statement said that the transfer of hours, according to reliable Jewish May 15 to August 1-Areas re- Monthly allowance of 1,500 francs Trade Unions would be formed at a control of the external services. sources, were

killed and live maining in British occupation-the retroactive to November 21 to work Federation conference to be held at was the climax to protracted nego wounded.

"bridgehead"—will be ere who did or did not strike.

next year, Mr Ernestations between the Union Gov- The Irgun Zval Leumi in a state- evacuated district by district with other words, workers who resumed Thornton, President of the Austra ernment and ment to the Hebrew press appeal the British retaining responsibility work wouki realise the sum of 800 lan Counell of Trade Unions, said the adoption of the

the Company after ed to the Haganah High Command for their own security until they franca living allowance for Novem- here today.

recommenda tion at the Commonwealth Tele- to allow them to join in the de-

leave.

ber.

Mr Thornton, member of the communications Conference in fence of Jewish lives and property. The precise timetable is contained The Goverment would abandon

British troops tonight enforced a in a top-secret operationul plan

on his way the Commonwealth ·Governments Falaries and agreed that steps would Communist Party. is few between Jaffa and Tel-Aviv, command and for security reasons be taken to stabilisc wages and back to Australia by air from the should take control of their respec- Paris meeting of the World Federative external tole-communications the trouble spot in recent Jewish-the

military will not disclose in prices until June 1.

systems.Reuter. Árab outbreaks.

advance which districts and in what A new minimum wage guarantee tion Executive-Reuter. At lenst dozen Arabs and six order are to be evacuated first. will be established to become effec- Jews

tonight reported to No date has been set for the tive from December 1. have been killed with scores more British police force to be out. In Family allowances will be paid to wounded in last night's gun battle the preliminary phases, however, striking or non-striking workers in that area.

by 22 changes are being made in ratio of and will be increased A battalion of British troops troops and police in certain areas cent moved into the "bottle" area tonight Router.

EDITORIAL

of United Press.)

Big Four Stalemate

DEST

ESPITE a certain amount of

agreement

procedure, un there appears to be Bitle hope that the London conference of Foreign Ministers will ad- vance very far. towards work- ing out a German peace treaty. Progressive discussions on prin- ciple issues are being statemated insistence on Day- by Russia's ment of reparations as a prere quislie for the econonile unity of persists Germany. M. Molotov

United

An this demand in the face of strong protests by the States, Britain and France that Germany cannot afford to

tions from the Western Zones only if they are unnecessary to German

Mir peare' economy. Marshall, Mr Bevin and M. Bidault are convinced that Ger- many needs the remainder of her

the capital

equipment for purpose of

proper neldeving a

economy, and that any reparations at this stage

the

further would,

In the long run, mean they must

coino

out of the pockets

of

American and British taxpayers, Ever since the fruitless Moscow conference the

between

Russia and the split

remaining three

Powers has been on the pay

another $10,000,000 in repara- tions, and at the same time help

Herself make

to

WH

of,

Inter-

pretation of the Potsdam ment,

and whether circum

since that stances economically

agreement was reached in August, .1945 have a changed that some of the conditions then laid down can- not now be

applied. reasonably

"Initial

balanced to a degree that relieve the Western Powers crippling rehabilitation costs, M. Molotov unceasingly repeats that the principles of the Agreement must be carried

Potsdam

out

that

of

in full, and that any alternatives

violation of constitute a

study A

tho agreement. Potsdam Agreement autgests that M. Molotov han something of a case, for the relevant. articles'read: "Reparation claims of the USSIt shall be met by re- movals from the zone of Ger many occupied by the USSR and from appropriate Ge

German ternal assets (and that) 10 per Industrial caplial equip. cent of ment as is unnecessary for the German peace economy shall be removed from the Western Zones

be transferred to

ex-

the

Soviet

or

to Government on reparatious ac count

without payment exchange of any kind in' return"" The contingent clause here that Russia is entlited to, repara-

.

In what was called the

of Allied control," ro-

orations WeL

ro-

peric

will surrender its

X

Com- (6) The National Strike mittee, which has accomplished Its mission, has decided to dissolve itself."

✅ GOVT. PROPOSALS

Far East Trade

Union Bureau

Al

All

Praph

tion at

hoot al sight" dusk to dawn cur- {worked out by the British militar until June i its decision to block Central Committee of the Australian London in July and August that

and camped in the orange groves

separating the two towns.

the

COUNTER "INVASION"

Dr Hussein Khalidi, secretary of

Another 10

Arab Higher Committee, said Years Of Peace

tonight that any Invasion of Pales-

tine by Jewish displaced persons Forecast.

from

Europe would be met by a "counter-invasion of Arabs from

neighbouring,

cofantastic", the

per

The CGT statement commented: These are the results you have ob- tained for yourselves alone, by your strike action."

The statement continued: "Wo of giving take the responsibility the general resume work for to- morrow, December 10.

will resume work at the same timy as civil servants."

REASON TRIUMPHS

"Workers

Wreck In Harbour Fairway To Be Lifted In Three Sections

After months of dificult preparations, the forward section of the sunken Japanese cargo ship that lies just East of the Kowloon ferry path will be lifted this week. .. Part of the huge salvage scheine, which cuts through metal by shoot- which has cleared Victoria. Harbouring oxygen through on electrically of come 100 wrecked and sunken charged tube. Developed by the ahips, the removal of this wreck-hts Americans during "the war," the oxl- San Francisco, Dec. 0.-Dr Arthur

been one of the most difficult and are cuts very quickly and II. Compton, Nobel prize-winning

The communique made no men- ticklish foba in the entire pro- especially constructed to work under today forecast atomic physicist,

but tion of the fact that the CGT's. Ex-gramme, claims to have killed 7

pence for another 10 years,

and National Committee

on the sca more than 100 warned that milions of

The forward section, weighing 000 and wounded

Because the ship lies persons ecutive

Committee already floor just a few hundred feet away tons is now in the process of being Central Strike others in last night's battle.

would die intanatomic war

had Dr Khalldi, speaking at a press things go wrong."

turned down these some pro from the main waterline between slung on to three pieces of 9-inch

the day that they conference, said that there would be

wore Hongkong and Kowloon, it could not cable wire. The section will be lifted He added: "I will not say another pornis

submitted. Arab Government-in-Exile.

be broken by explosives and the today or tomorrow by two special- war will wipe. every body off the

M. Daniel Mayer, Minister If there is an Arab Government, face of the earth

entire job had to be done by divers ly constructed lifting barges. The and it will not will be set up in Palestine, he destroy civilisation-there will be

with cutting torches.

remaining two parts, weighing 1,200 The operation was further ham- and 1,000 tons, will be lifted by the

He denied undoubtedly en-

visaged as part of the economic price which Germany lad to pay for losing the war. but it is

striking that in two clauses deal- ing with this subject emphasis

Jewish Araby

Do

Tit

ATL

of

Labour, who conducted the negotin tions with the CGT, on hearing the

bald: I cannot hide my

water.

that Is placed on-the condition reparations must be of a natura considered

unnecessary to Gor-

added. Molo- man peace economy, M. lov's argument. today therefore means, as Mr Marshall has point- of an international volunteer force enormous setback. We will have to back." start, all over from the way ed out, that Russia

being formed under the command of considers

The Chancellor of the Washing payment of all reparations as

the British officer, Captain Royton University said, on the other Forran, to fight on the Arab side, hand. 10 years of peace would go condition to the economic unity of the German people

Dr Khalidi said: "We do not, want a long way clear

toward preventing another Spain here," violation of the principles

Third World War. Intention of the Potsdam Agree-

He said that the action of

"The

forces which unlied the ment.

Palestine And so long as Russin

Government in with United States are at, present at remains adamant on this

drawing the British police from Tel-

work throughout the world and 10 there is no

Aviv area was in contradiction of years of peace will strengthen the the assurances given him by the trend 10 permanent peace," Dr. High Commissioner, Sir Alan Cun- Compton sald.--United Press,

"Asked if he had any knowledge some pieces left. But it will be resume work order,faction. It Pered because the ship Iny abreast end of the month.

and

Iskue

hapo of ·agreement

between the Big Four.

the

nt slack fide

when

they

When the operation is complete, only would seem that rencon and in of the tide and divers could work telligence has triumphed over force. would not be swept into the wreck-four wrecks will be left in Victoria Harbour, two at the Fast *The working class has made age.

end and two at the West end. All between "Six divers worked in shifts for of these are worthless for salvago discrimination necessary ..

the economic aspects of their claims several months to

cut the wreck and will be blown apart by explo- und political exploitation of these into three pieces and make it ready sives, the entire programme will

for lifting Before the wreck was finished within six months... claims.

debris and Now, the Government, faithful cut, a cargo

of steel

The Royal Navy and the Salvage to its promises, can begin consulta- mineral ore was removed.

Department. have cleared over 100 The divers worked with a special large and small wrecks since "the tions for a general regulation which would fix the equilibrium between wȧrilme Invention-tho oxl-arc, 'liberation."