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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947.

HIGH COMMISSIONER WARNS

Strikers Go Back To Work

Schuman Broadcasts To People

Paris:

December 10-Mort France's 1,000,000 strikers resumed. work today after an absener three weeks, but the Executive Committee of the General Con- federation of Labour Announced al midday that it would continue fight for the "release of Im- 10 prisoned strikers," and the abroga- tlon of the Government's ani strike law.

The Confederation yesterday or- dered the strikers back to work after the Government's warning of is not a 'sterner measures if there big scale return today.

In a communique today, the Con- federation announced that it might postpone i national congress from December 19 until the Government wase proposccepted last night |

beenme

turn of strikers in the port The return of Marseilles was not complete al- though some began work for the first time for 28 days and, sailers rejoined their ships. It was hoped that

omnibus and tramcar services would be running normally by this

ател in the Lille

were Miners

who 1. by strikers, opposed wanted to stay out and plekets pre- | vented those who wanted to return" to work from entering the pils at

Sallau mines.

Paris housewives had enough gas pressure for cooking, water pressure to clear the was back and work boulevards and streets of heaps of rubbish was started. Reuter..

COUNTRY BREATHES AGAIN

Prime Paris, December 10.-The Minister, M. Robert Schuman, told the French people in a broadenst Inst tonight: "The

strikes drawing to a close today. Work

again. The

starts once more."

and

were

country breathes

It hitation of distress."

JEWS AND ARABS Severe Security Measures If Strife Does Not Cease

18 ARABS ESCAPE FROM ACRE PRISON

Jerusalem, Dec. 10.-Faced with the difficult task of maintain- ing law and order in Palestine with a diminishing British garrison, Sir Alan Cunningham, High Commissioner, announced today the adop tion of "severe measures" if the present inter-racial strife continued.

The warning was issued almost simultaneously with reports that nine Jews and at least six Arabs had been killed in renewed fighting in Palestine today?

The threatened British measures would, according to informed quarters here. include rigorous application of defence emergency laws, including the death penalty for carrying, or using, fire arms, possible countrywide restrictions for road traffic and imposition of curfews in strife-torn areas.

End Of The

World Before 2,000 AD

Indian's Prophecy

Adelaide. Dec. 10-Before the

year 2,000 AD, there will be "an- other comet, the most destructive

of all wars and the end of. the world," according to Mr Ahmar

Gala Singh, an Indian claiming to

be 114 years old, who has been described by Mr George Dowdell, the Australian Government astronomer, as a "great and mys- ierious man with marvellous ability to føretell, future events.'

A

Mr Dowdell confirmed today that a fortnight ago, Mr Singh had pre- dieted the appearance of the new flashing acrosa the Southern heavens during the last few days.

comet seen

not pay." We observe today that night on Christmas Day."

More than

Sir Alan Cunningham called on partition Palestine, are 75 Jews, 34 Arabis and Jewish leaders, to co-Arabs and two Indians killed. operate.

Giving these figures in Parliament The High Commissioner's_com- today, Mr David Rees Williams. munique stated that the British Under-Secretary for Colonies, said Government had made it clear that that some hundreds of Jews and so long as the mandate for Palestine Arabs were wounded. Full detalls

remained in force. the Palestine of property destr

destroyed by fre, or Administration would discharge its otherwise, had not yet been received duty of maintaining law and order "The Governor reports that the in the Holy Land.

situation has been generally calm In nine days of Arab-Jewish since last Saturday and all necessary strife there had been a grevious measures are being taken to protect

Siamese Twins

Gain Weight

Indianapolis, Dec. 10-Slam- eso twins born Joined together at the tops of their skulls were Like ustial caining weight on milk diet of bables.

It was announced today they had gained a total of five ounces since their birth 11 days ago. bringing their combined welcht to eight pounds and nine ounces.

Their progress in growth and health Wis about normal for babica born pro monih pro- maturely.

Brain specialiais abandoned plans for a delicate operation to separate the bone which con- neel them at the top of the skulls. They said there was virtually no hope that the wins could survive the operation bo- cause apparently they

common brain tissue, have a The specialisis said the joint was not flexible and theorell- cally the only way they could ever walk would be with one supported upside down on the head of the other-United Preas.

EFREKTUROJTESYAZORATEEGIETSOFYFC053336707259335

Soviet Repat Commission Expelled

For

Roservations

Tel: 27880

Price 20 Cents

Marshall Talks Bluntly

No Reparations From Current Production

DEMANDS INFORMATION

London, Dec. 10-Secretary of State George - Marshall declared on Wednesday night that the Soviet Union was taking US$500,000,000 annually in German assets out of the Russian occupied zone and demanded that such withdrawals, cease within three weeks.

1

a now

Launching his first offensive in the Council of Foreign Ministers, Marshal made a bid for a showdown on the issue of reparations which may make or break the present conference within a matter of days. In reference to the Soviet demand for US$10,000,000,000 in reparations from Germany out of current production, Marshall said: "I wish it to be clearly understood that the United States is not prepared to agree to any prow gramme of reparations from current production as a price for the unification of Germany."

He said that while the United the French and British agreed and States and Britain Bro pouring Russia reserved its position. Molo- US$700,000,000 annually into Ger- toy brought up the matter that the many "to keep Paris, Dec. 10-A 12-man live", the Russians in their zone currency for possible issue in Ger-

the Germana United States has printed Soviet repatriation commission, were steadily drainng away German many and said, "This suggests. the including three colonels, ex-assets. He added: "Also in that area possibility for unilateral action in pelled from France for alleged German businesses, through one matters of financial reform,"

subversive activities" caught device or another, are being brought

Mr Marshall under Soviet ownership and placed the Paris-Orient express for in a gigantic Soviet trust."

replied, Mr Rees Williams cald that the

United States government Warning that disorders

gas must police, despite the use of tear the border last night, in the

FORCIBLE SEIZURE

| taken no decision to bring. In ngw cease "before further suffering and and rifle fire, were unable to pre-glare of photographers' flash-

currency in its zone or jointly with "Thus, in effect, much of the any other zone." loss," Sir Alan called on Arabs and vent looting and burning of Jewish lights. Jews to co-operate.

shops, and 'military aid was

German economy operates for the If the disorders

Earlier, the Soviet Government Soviet account. Also much German The United States agreed to would have no option but to direct. Three British destroyers landed had broken off trade negotiations manpower is being taken out of publle ownership of certain indus- the security forces to adopt severe marines and two companies of in-ob which the French had hoped to productive, effort, either through tries on the condition that the Ger

obtain 300,000 tons of wheat in ex-forcible seizure, or under the colours mari people as a whole first vote on change for commercial products, of contracts which

Such nationalisation. This Was ure imposed. These developments, making

This is sudden worsening in Soviet-French be corrected at

is the situation which needs to agreed to by Russia and Britain. Correction France reserved her position until action six weeks ago in closing the

be placed on some industries. Before Indefinite future time. Soviet repatriation

camp near Paris some

then, German economy most pro- and the subsequent arrest and ex-bably would be so wrecked that its

BLUNT DEMAND

Apparently determined

put of all Molotov on the defensive, Marshall

of the started

meeting with

loss of life, extensive domage to all communities," he added. property.

continued, he for

called

fantry were sent to Aden by air.

Over 000 Jews were evacuated to camps under British protection and over 100 Arabs Reuter.

were

опсе.

...

Tho

bas

arrested. relations, were a sequel to French cannot be delayed for a deciston it is decided what controls" should

at

Plane Crashes pulsion of 19 Soviet citizens for dead weight would drag down and

In Labrador

Dec.

"Emerge

the

economy

to

pro-

measures against all those, Jews and Arabs alike, who were breaking the law.

AGA KHAN'S OFFER The Meanwhile,

Emir Ismail Suleiman, head of the Ismaelite section in Syria, has informed the Syrian Government that the Aga Khan, supreme head of Ismaelites,

activities

to French "prejudicial national interests.

sts. The arrest of a had declared that he would contrl- bute £30,000,000 for the "redemp-

disclosed today. twentieth was tion of Palestine, the Damascus

In usually well-informed French He then submitted a request to blunt demand that the Soviet Union correspondent of the Near East

circles the

bus lations-was

of the break the Council to rule that from nex! produce figures showing reparations irit of The only victory of which the

Arab broadcasting station_sald__to- Westover. Field, Massachusetts.

the economie January "nothing shall be taken removals and ing-off Government honed one day to be

night.

10.—A soiltary figure waving considered quite unfounded, al-out of Germany, except for a fair gress in the Eastern zone of Ger- Mr Singh made another prophecy proud, M. Schuman continued: "15

speculation economic value in money or goods many, which Molotov had refused If the United Nations did not de- his arm from the centre of the though there was spots-the that "seven sun victory over misery,

on Tuesday. the

which can be immediately used to injustice today

intentions. centre one colossal will be visible viule from its present decision to wreckage of the United States Army about Soviet

Skymaster transport plane which Colonel Alexandrovitch Nicholat sustain the German economy." been said that "strikes do in this arca two minutes after mid- partition Palestine, the Aga Khan shed in the frozen wastes

This decision shall stand until according to the Emir Ismall as

of Filatov, head of the

expelled mis- j quoted by the correspondent, said: Labrador at midnight was spotted sion, waved nonchalantly to a small further action by the Council or "He would buy all Palestine and, today by a small reconnaissance group of embassy officials and cm- pursuant to a peace treaty, but shali

plane.

ployees when the train left the not apply to agreed reparations de give it back to the Arabs."

Under a rain

of shots

This news was flashed through to Gare de Lest station for Strassbourg. liveries in capital goods," from the

sald Soviet Conference Bources few hours carlier he had been sentry 18 Arab prisoners climbed the Army Transport Command here

Minister V. M. Molotov over the eastern wall of Acre prison tonight.

Identified by a French Foreign Office Foreign Mini spokesman as one of the members she would reparations" come "I am naturally unable to perceive

Marshall's Palestine north

today

An Army spokesman sald and escaped, it was officially stated. "whether he is one of the survivors of the mission who had been eagog charges when

on the country by three weeks of Mr Singh said that "supernatural

from Acre town fired on or Arabs

member of a ground rescue ed

the agenda, possibly "subversive activities," up

an justification of withholding by the Influences and brought him from the prison wall to help those escap- crew sent out from Goose Bay is Reuter.

Thursday. There were strong in Soviet Union of information which The Government has shown firm | Melbourne weeks ago.

dications the American position is I consider necessary. Such an aill ing, reports said.

unknown."

DENOUNCES HIS GOVT.

unless the Soviet Union drops tude makes the discussion here un- It was later learned that the Arabs ness on the side of workers against

that An earlier report said

a Moscow, Dec. 10. Raymond its reparations claims from current saboteurs of employment and will

real." un- bright, and was clearly seen by day. escaped by sawing through the bars United States Air Force reconnais Marquie, chief of the French Re join with workers in their

warden sance plane had sighted a "scattered

production and, "frm" tying up a

Mr. Molotov replied that the pro- relenting fight against food sabo-light. Calculations made

at the of their cells, the Arab mar- burning wreckage" in an inaccessible Patriation Mission ordered by the are achieved on economic princi-

and descending thne determined that it would op-

cedure for the Allied Control Coun- north of Goose Bay, New Soviet Government to leave Russia,les, there is little use in going on all in Berlin did not provide for

today denounced his own Govern- pear about every 700 years-Reuter, ket below the prison wall by means

of smuggled rope.

present meeting. Russian that ment for "falsely" accusing

Mr Molotov Eighty

Although first reports said

conceded that the making such information available, there were 'signs of survivors," this ficers of subversive activities in Soviet view on reparations differed and when it did so he would supply

the information.--Associnted Press, the Western view and said, was later amended to "no known

from Burvivtics" when that report was Polish and Ukrainian Partisans according to conference sources, "As received.

during the war, said the French for the considerations just stated by

Soviet Re Three ground search parties set charges against the out at daybreak from St. Johns, patriation Mission in Paris "echoed" are unfounded and the Soviet dele-

through rugged Newfoundland,

strikes are expensive, very expen-

"The people in England laughed sive, for the nation. 2,000,000 tons of coal, more than 400,- when I predicted in 1882 that a great comet would appear in six months. 060 tons of cast steel and the est

Many committed suicide when the tire stoppage of unloading of sup-gical comet came," Mr Singh de- plies from ships these among many

clared. other losses have been inflicted on

#trikes.

teurs," M. Schuman said.

(Continued on Page 4)

EDITORIAL

The comet of 1882 was unusually

Government Controls

IR Vistor Sassoon

+

SIR

expressed

forceful

lively and some

orillolars of governmental con-

irols to the Rolary

Tuesday -- some

and

well superficial. some

on

Club

founded, Most by Sir pertinent point made Victor

the concerned

· malad- ministration of controls and the stupidity of bureaucratio pilcinis. Here he put his finger on the prime weakness of government supervision of established 'free- of trading and individual dom uberty. The principle of controls in any time of national-emergency (such as now) requires no de

for its purposes are fonding equal distribution of limited re-

and commodlilcs,

Most Bources Effective use of manpower for production of cssentials, and pro- teplion

from of the calamitous fuiation. Controls, it operated efflelenify should, in a large measure, produce such re- sulis, and when they do they are Justified. It is

bungling bureaucrats, devold of Imagina- Hon. Incompetent, and lacking a properly developed sense of re- bring ridiculo sponsibility who

contempt on a system de- signed to do the most rood for the most people. It is to these maladministrators, and not the conception of official controls to which criticism should be direct- ed; moreover it should be in sisted that the Incompetents be re-

and

nation

rink

in

A

urce

foundland,

Jewish prisoners were

tonight taken from Acre to Jeru

salem.

ed

placed. It is natural for traders, irked by restrictions,

to

urge their abolition, but the danger of swift removal of controls is considerable, as exemplified in

States where The United

have skyrocketed since war-time with "cellings" werd

abolished,

for higher. consequent demands Incomes-the old Inflation spiral. Controls may hot make private business particularly happy, but they help to maintain

equill-

if fairly app tonomia. brium and perform public

Mr

service. Hongkong, servic Cassidy admitted at the Notary Club Ufin, has been fortunate in the type of people who have ad- ministered controls during the past 28 months, and so far as the community is concerned, It has cause to feel grateful to them. Without controls on

essential commodities and services the Colony could nover have re- covered so.

the general publlo have been anything like so contented, sense has guided the Imposition and one

operation of government

with com

DISPATCH RIDER KILLED

that

France.

M. Marquie, who fought

with

A British dispatch rider was kill,

and another was wounded by shots fred in Halfa today. It was

summer by some made last also reported that a Spanish priest countryside, a Reuter dispatch from Socialist magazine

in the St. Johns reported, adding that 29 States. He gunman passengers and crew were on board magazine. while standing on the roof of the the crashed plane.-Reuter. Salesian school in Haifa.

was shot and wounded

stomach by an unknown

With almost complete stoppage

of road traffic between

Tel-Aviv

and Jerusalem. trunk calls be EARTHQUAKE

tween the two

cities have risen

almost hundred per cent, with de WRECKS HOUSES

lays of upwards of three hours on urgent calls.

Ankara, Dec..

10-A violent The Jala telephone exchange earthquake last night shook an arca working at less than 60 per cent of of eastern Anatolia, wrecking many Its normal

strength, 150 Jewish houses and about 200 stables. telephone aperators slaying away

The East Anatolian area affected:

from work because they fear. Arab extended from southern Erzerum to allacks.

ricar Kare,

the Turkish-Russian

An unofficial truce was reported

to be in effect on the mixed border border.

districts between Jaffa and Tel-

No loss of human life has been

Aviy tonight and no incidents had reported, but many

the

that

with

the

"If we cannot take this economic decision which is of immediate, vital significance, then we are wasting our when there is no time to time waste," Mr Marshall said,

the Mr Marshall said

Western had made

in- economic powers 'formation avallable and declared,'

agreements

the United States delegation, they

gation will prove them unfounded when the question of reparations from current

production

did

not

-the

name

United the

under discussion.

M. Marqule told a press con- ference "none" of the allegations in the French notes to Russia "con be charged against the Government or Soviet Govern- authorities of the ment or can be, supported by any (Continued on Page 4)

comes

ACCIDENT HOLDS UP TRAMS

Fourteen cast-bound trams were held up for about ten minutes this 10 morning when, shortly before of o'clock, n Chinese pedestrian Was 'down at the corner of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Mr Marshall proposed that the outside the Post Office. The man, head injuries, was four powers institute currency re- who suffered form In Germany by next March, removed lo. Hospital.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS Some additional developments the session, according to official ob- knocked pervers were:

Krupps Sold Plans For Submarine Construction To Japan In 1920

In Cairo, the Mufti of Jerusalem,

A Reuter message from Nicosia, early ns 1920, two years after obtained. Hal Amin El Husseini, and Shelkh rapidly. not. could

lasting the first world war, it was dis- Cyprus, said that tremora Youssef Yassin, Saud! Arabian re about half a minute, shook the closed here today to the Ameri-Navy was working presentative .lo talks, held' a secret meeting island early today, but no damage can War Crimes Court which is foreign navies on experiments with Krupps representative

long

was reported.--Reuter.

hearing charges of aggression, during the night.

plunder and slavery against 12 The meeting began at midnight and lasted five hours. No indica-

former high officials of the Hon has been given of the subjects

giant firm. covered,~Reuter.

དྷྭ་*

.thousands of Nuremberg, Dec. 10-Plans submarine construction bureau was vanced so well that three and a submarine construction founded, disguised as a Dutch firm half months Hitler denounced the so far been reported. A few Bri-panic-stricken people camped in the for

open and about 800 lost their homes were sold to Japan by the with its neat at Hague so that disarmament clauses of the Treaty 12 sub- practical experience of submarines in 1035, no fewer than tish armoured cars patrolled

The Kassan Kale and Karakeusseh Krupp armaments combine as with foreign navics could Jerusalem-Jafta read.

De marines were in service with fully district suffered particularly badly.

trained crows. At the end of 1023 the German At the meeting to co-ordinate

with

In 1940, experience

the various factory

said: "It electrically driven torpedoes ex- should not be forgotten that Krupps periments which Germany had to after the world war could keep its factories going only with great abandon in 1918.

difficulty including the using up of The German Arms succeeded,

our reserves and the Kruppi 1027_in_co-operating with

family sacrificing all dividends. The construction of submarines in Swedish Navy on experiments

The

that Brussels, Deo..10.-The Belgian

representative said MADENİ CASUALTIES

cost the con- Government received a vate of con- Japan on these plona was supervised this nature with the facit support these developments

con- London, Dec. 10-The latest ndence by 152 against.

marks and votes in by engineers from the Germania and of the German Admiralty, according

300,000,000

were short by sequently Krupps known casualties resulting from the the Chamber of Deputies today after Vulkan shipyards, both belonging to to evidence. commonsense as in

In spite of the limitations placed this amount of money required to five days' anil-Jowish-rioting at the a. stormy, session during its debata Kruppe.

extensions It was stated that with the ap- upon rebuilding by the Versailles carry out further Red Sea port of Aden, which follow on Eing Leopold, now in oxile in ed the United Nations decision to Switzerland-Router.

proval of the German Admirally the Treaty, the preparations had ad- Reuters.

controls in Hongkong. plimentary results, and while it is regrettable that world-wide economlo circumstances. make continuance of restrictions neces- sary. 10 TODK Liere ad- ministered In the future with the same broad

are

the past," the community will:

have lilile to complain about.

Confidence. Vote

For Belgian Govt.

.....

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of

cern