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VOL. II NO. 370

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Thongkong Telegraph.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947.

Police & RUSSIAN GRAIN 23 Killed In Labrador

Strikers Clash

Rome Disturbances

Rome, Dec. 11.-Police jeep roared down squadrons today

Rome's ancient streets to dis- perse mobs of yelling strikers while heavily armed troops guarded strategic intersections in a show of strength aimed at breaking the day-old Com- munist-led general strike,

Communkt Giuseppe di Vittorio, 'Italy's supreme tabour boss, ordered 500,000 workers in Rome and its en- virons to continue the strike Un Friday and threatened nationwide unrest to combat, the ravernment crack down on labour agitation.

Premier Allde De Gasperi's government, following the pattern called zei in neighbouring France, thousands of soldiers

sailors

armed with carbines, tear 1988. bombs and hand grenades kra

runrantee the "right to work."

The

FOR BRITAIN

Trade Agreement

COMMONS CHEERS

ANNOUNCEMENT

London, Dec. 11.-Britain will get a substantial. quantity of coarse grain from the Russian 1947 har- vest under the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement, Mr Harold Wilson, the President of the Board of Trade, announced to a cheering House of Commons today. Further cheers greeted the fact that there had been an agreement in principle on the "whole range" of the subjects covered."

There would be no payment by either side in hard or scarce currency.

The contract for the shipment of grain included an agreement on quantities, prices and detailed terms.

In addition to immediate supply The President of the Board

ht

Plane Disaster

Westover, Massachusetts, Dec. 11.-The United States Air Transport Command announced tonight that 23 occupants were killed and there were six survivors in the American Skymaster which crashed eleven kilometres north of Goose Bay, Labrador, on Tuesday night.

The reports of casualties were given by a doctor at the scene of the crash. One helicopter, carrying doctors and medical supplies, landed within half a mile of the scene. despite hard driving snow through which the land rescue parties were also sledging with dog teams over rough country on the bleak Labrador coast.

The plane had plunged flaming carth-wards in forested, billy country that could not be reached by air or ground for nearly 24 hours.-Reuter.

Nine Jews Slain In Ambush

Arabs

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FOREIGN RELIEF BILL RUSHED THROUGH CONGRESS

Dramatic Manoeuvre

Washington, Dec. 11.-The bitterly-contested US$690,000,000, emergency foreign relief bill was rammed through the House today without even the formality of a roll call vote, by a surprise manoeuvre that caught foes of the programme figuratively asleep in their chairs.

Passage climaxed a hectic day of debate in which the House shouted down a "proposal by 'the Ohio Re- publican Earl R. Lowis to confine the authorisation for China to a token US$100.

P

A approved, the House ividuals and not to the purposes for authorised money for France, Italy, which it was intended," Austria and Chlon. No speelfie sum The possibility arose that the 60

China for China was provided in the bill, millions for

would face but debate made it clear that the further trouble when the time figure intended for China was came for actual appropriation of the US$30,000,000.

relict money. The chairman of the The measure

Appropriations Committee House-Senate conference for ditter- ences to

be adjusted. The Senate the House if it felt his Committee bill authorised US$597,000,000 for should approve a grant for China

when the State the three European nations but no

had not Department funds for China.

submitted #1 plan for spending the money. Representative Judd said the Secretary of State (Mr George Mar- shall) had promised that a pro- gramme for China would be laid before Congress before the regular session began In January.

now goes to the presentative John Taber) usked

Jerusalem, Dec. 11.-Nine Jews were killed when two Haganah-Jewish National Defence Force-lorries were ambushed at Solomon's Pool, near Bethlehem, and five more were reported killed in the south Palestine desert tonight, bringing the country's casualty list in 12 days since the United Nations partition decision to 126 killed and about 500 wounded. Interior Minister. Marlo of certain goods from Britain, pro- Trade said that they and the con-

The Republican Speaker (Repre- Scelba, in charge of police, was vision was made for a Soviet. Im-tracts ready and terms and соп

sentative Joseph Martin) ended the At least ten

and two months, grave situation to enter into dillons had been agreed. It was just manhandled in the National Assem-porting organization

alx-day House debate abruptly with bly by Communist deputies shouting contracts with

appropriate British

jured in disturbances earlier in the The Colonial Secretary Insisted a rap of the gavel while members "murderer," but guards and other firms for the supply of engineering question of scilling quantities and Javes were killed and about 60 in- arise," he added.

price.

day.

that there was nothing in Britain's of the militant farm bloe who lind deputles Intervened to protect him. equipment from Britain.

Mr Wilson said that the British

Britain tonight took

another mandale which entitled her to im- fought the bill looked en in amaze- Ambassador was now working with

mont. pose by force a solution unaccept- the Sevict side drafting the terms step in turning ever responsibility order to local in-

Representative Martin called for able to either

in Pales- community

volee vote. A chorus of "ayes" of a formal agreement which both for law and

with the announced tine. The United Nations had de-a sides hoped would be ready for habitants,

police force nt clared in favour of partition and rang out, then a weak scattering of the con-hening of the elgnature, together with

"noes." the the Arab sea port, by

end of the mandate. Britain tracts for the supply of grain and special Arab constables

Representative Martin announced. the accepted this as the decision of the "The bill is passed" and jubliant and certain British goods, in the near

"ultimate creation" of a focal All-

court of international opinion. future-Reuter,

But Britain had made Arab police force under the control

it quite supporters of the Jalta municipal council.

clear at the United Nations meet- The official statement did not the withdrawal British police.from Jaffa.

to

*We

alse agreed that next May there should be a further discussion prepare long-term supply ar- rangements over a wider range of goods providing for a balanced pro- gramine of trade between the two countries.

ATTACK WITH CLUBS Club swinging police clashed with 1,000 demonstrators in front of the buildings housing the Christian De- and headquarters mocratic Party Tightist

offices. Two newspaper strikers were injured critically and

"Our aim was to secure a long- many bruised and cut, the Interior

"One hundred term balance in trade and nancial Ministry announced. Communist Tabour lieutenants wear-transactions between our two coun- Ing armbands marked "civil police" tries."

Mr Wilson added that the talks arrested on charges of in-

conducted in i friendly timidating workers, inciting alrikers were and resisting the pollee, the Ministry atmosphere. Annouared,

were

* An estimated 200 other strikers were taken into custody I dozens

tween

Nome and

MINERS KILLED

EARLY SHIPMENT

told

Seu

and

very

SIGNING SOON Moscow, Dec. 11.-The Anglo- Soviet trade agreement, news of which was splashed, in all Moscow be papers to-night, will probably Bigned in a week or 10 days, it was Icarned here.

All

a

unnounce

110

ings that she would not carry the for of the sole. or major, responsibility

the changes involving. a settlement by force of arms.

Indien ung thut British troops would leave other Arab towns and villages A4 they hac left come that the formation of local-police Jewish ones, the Government said

forces similar to that for Jala was "receiving attention."

The new Jaffa special police force would

locally be

enllated mch armed from the

police while on duty.

armoury

4-HOUR GUN BATTLE

2,000

Nationalists

Claim

Big Victory

no

"But

until he submite It, the Appropriations Committee is under obligation to approve aid for China and it should not be appro- Kald. priated," Representative Judd He suggested, however, that the Re-

Finance of the aid programme construction

Corporation carmark

US$20,000,000 of advance stampeded for the exits.

During the day's debate. Repry funds

to carry China through sentative Walter Judd of Minnesota January if Mr Marshall did submit said the Lewis amendment to limit a programme. Chinese, ald to US$100 would be re- peating the "same mistake which led uts into World War II and which would be sure to lead us into World War III if we fail to render assis- tance at the critical moment."

DANGER OF RUSSIA "If we turn China into the hands of Russia," Representative Judd said,

"It means Russia will gain control of

self-sustaining

by

coming home to plague_ts.United

Press.

NO VISAS FOR ROAD CONVOYS

Representative Taber said he was not disposed to have the Committee onything make uppropriations for At the moment, the position. Is Replying to questions, the Prost that certain heads of arrement

which did not submit a plan,

Earlier, Representative Halleck reached, including Q

had told the. House of scuffles with the police and the tent of the Board of Trade said have been

that constant that an agreement in principle had number of agreed clauses, but coa- troops Speedy police Detion kept

demands for foreign aid and United the strikers scattered however and been reached on the terms of pay-siderable work is still necessary on credit advanced the draft agreement, it was autho-

Slates high prices resulted from "terribly na rioting on the scale which mark-ment of Dritish

mismanaged

affairs ed strikes in other Italian cities was in 1941, the details of which would rilatively learned.

be announced later.

Four

of members

the British

the greatest reservoir of manpower the New Deal Demo ministration." "For years reported.

the ad- Bd- Amid Labour cheers, Mr Wilson mission have remained in Moscow to Nearly 500,000 workers failed to

in the world, will control the tre-min

ministration has coddled Com- A Jewish civil guard of about 450

mendous resources of the great Ruhr munists at home and abroad. The show up at their jobs but as the stated that the Soviet Vice-Premier clear up the details of the agree-

men without the status of police

of Asia and control the markets

deals made at Yalta and Teheran are day wore on it became increasingly and the Minister of Foreign Trade, ment which they should be able to

do in the

had ovident that

would like 10-day period unless un-

over security duties

Shanghal, Dec. 12.-Frontline dla the East. If China goes down, as transportation M. Anastas Mikoyan,

"foreseen" "obstacles arise..

These from the British police in Tel-Aviv patches today claimed that the cam she must without help, all efforts in Beup was partly responsible. Tens him that when the contracts were avall-

members aru continuing thelr Petah Tigvah and Ramat Gan Ansas, paign against 15,000 Communists Aslu to withstand Communism must of thousands, ignoring the Com-signed, the grain would be

meetings with their Soviet opposite They would be licensed to carry trapped in the Liulin area-Felping fold. strike

at Black order, walked to workable-for-shipment munist

numbers to-day.-Reuter.

arms, only in the areas from which Hankow rail town 70 miles north of Communism will spread like Thousands more took advantage of norts within two or three weeks...

anti-

ANGLO-YUGOSLAV TALKS. truck convoys

the British and Arab police have Hankow-was virtually completed wildare. If China falls, Korea and He said that the quantity manned by Communist

fixed be- drivers

Belgrade, and private price of the grain was

Dec.

been withdrawn. 11-A highly-

and up to Thursday evening 9,800 Japan will go down Immediately, I Redy were killed or wounded owners. Convoys

and is positive that Japan and Korea escorled byween 5 am, and 6 aan. yesterday. placed Yugoslav official stated here

while less than can never become troops and police guards rolled be The agreement was warmly wel- today that

the

In Jerusalem, Irgun Zvai Leumi, 3,800 captured, Anthony Eden, the obstacle

only remaining

succeeded "In breaking or secure. If

Communists control suburbs comed the

by Mr Anthony

in the Anglo-Yugoslav Jewish terrorist organisation, charg- throughout the day-United Press. deputy tender of the Opposition. trade talks was Britain's inability to ed the British Government with co- through the Nationalist cordon.

Manchuria." The dispatches said that the pri Air Wilson told another questioner guarantee delivery

He added that the United States dates.

operating with Arabs in attacks on!

threatened to continue its coners includ

Included Jews and

one high ranking that timber was discussed to a

the alternatives of losing her faced

or political

allow great extent but he was not anxious other stumbling blocks were "war" on the British forces unless) picar commissioner, Wang Hung-security in the Pacife

"more or less" removed. Fixed de-

kwan, and more thon 50 officers China to fall and "then pour end- to enter into an immediate agree-livery dates were essential for the this "policy" was stopped. ment because among other things, Yugoslav live-year

The poilue closed six of Jerusalem's above the rank of regimental com-less millions of dollars and men in- plan, he said, BY EXPLOSION

gun manders. According to the dispatches. the timber shipping ports wer and indefinite waiting for promised eight gates after a four-hour

machinery

United States indifference to the Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Dec. already frozen.

and then said: "All is quiet for the Command that Liu Po-chen himself needs of Chinn so far has "all but 11--Six Miners were killed and at When the talks were resumed next industrial phold throw the entire battle today between Arabs and Jews the prisoners told the Central China Japan indefinitely."

out of gear.

was still in the

Taplehshan aren delivered the resources of Chinn May, timber would then come up

talks began In London

In moment,' least three were hurt today when a

the Government

Despatches from Aden hoped

August.

sal to and had planned to split his main into the hands of another totalitarian in Yugoslavia ia offering gas explosion occurred underground and in the Franklin ealllery here today. negotiate a satisfactory agreement maize. fats and other foodstuffs, and night that the official figures of dead force into several groups to establish nation, namely Russia," Representa- ther

The Reds tive Judd

He said, the months, continued. Rescue gangs and ambulances for the shipment of such timber as timber in exchange for engineering were rushed to the colliery,-iteuter, might be made available.

and heavy industry plant.Reuter under-estimated, were dead 35 Arnbs one of such groups originally as to Pearl Harbour and allowed an sud other means, such as rail trang- NEGOTIATIONS FAIL and 70 Jews, wounded 84 Arabs and signed to establish a new base on fapanese to invade her until "Japan port, would have to be used in Oliowa, Dec. 11The British- 74 3 Jews with many bodies probably the upper reaches of the Han River had fattened herself оп Chinese future.--United Press, Canadian food negotiations have still hidden in wreckage.

wealth to the point where she was ended in virtual failure and the Bri-

to west Hupeh. The courts have sentenced 22 Hankow reports said that rall able to attack the United States". #sh food mission will Ball for

rioters

ioters to terms

of imprisonment, traffic between Hankow and Cheng- "If China goes down, as she will Britain from Halifax. on December ranging from onc year to 18 chow will be resumed, indicating without help, all efforts in Asia to 17, it was learned here today.

that all Reds have been cleared of resist encroachment of Communist A Canadian

Source close to the A despatch from Cairo says that the entire railway-United Press. must fold up. Chiang saw this im

Arab League has decided not to

March 1027. We discovered it in March 1047, just 20 years too late." "UTTERLY CORRUPT! United Nations Security Council. It was believed that the negotia-

The Arab League delegates

Speaking on behalf of his amend tions had failed to overcome the ferred in Caird this morning.

ment, Representative Lewis said the facts that Canada wanted higher

Ds or the deployment of

London, Dec. 11.-Mr. Winston | Government of China was "utterly tion of very little new plant: a. prices for her foodstuffs and Britain

Arab armles along the bor-

to Darlestan factory producing drop and not the dollars to continue Fay-ders of Palestine were continuing in Churchill will work on his memoirs

at China "would be pouring it into the forgings, lärming" implentens anti" | "ing even present prices-Reuter. great secrecy) behind scents, it was Marrakesh, Morocco. ***

pockets of P. V. Soone and others that present

belleved.

the greatest He left London last night for who already contral The Syrian Minister of Defence Parls and will be away for six weeks, portion of the wealth of that coun-

summoned to Cairo by the His secretary Bald the first try."

EDITORIAL

Winning The Battle

THE battle

economlo,

for Britain's

industelal

and financial recovery has now fully been Joined, with growing evidence that the apathy which had gripped many of the nation's ly fast being replaced by

AEMON to Be the job

through with the same steadfast- as displayed of purpos0 displayed One ex- years.

ness

during the war citing development has been record output of coal.by miners during last week, producing, a situation where the official target set for January 3 will not only

P!

The

be reached, but expected. minora have only to maintain thelf 4,000,000 tons per week for tho 200,000,000 target to bo parsed by a substantial margin. This ta grand news because the key to Britain's.. economic. revivification. Is coal production. Given this in sufficient

quantities

Im and

fm- mediately other industries can boost

be stepped 1133 to 32,000,000 weekly: A Coventry metal firm has achieved an output increase thla year of no less than 580 percent over 1938-with the same number of workers and the addl-

rail parts, reports production is up 50 percent on a year ago. These are encouraging Indleations that the battle for re»- covery slowly being won, and that the nation, In the face of bilier austerity living condlifons

of the

is responding, as was expected,

to

'the `urgent demands day. It

noteworthy that this best qualified foreign observers have unanimously expressed their conviction that Britain will puli through her post-war crisis, while Mr Morrison,

who

never lends himself to optimistio overstate- ment, recently claimed that the worst is over. their productions and fas

Positive signs crease the country's expart trade. that the corner has been turned Confirmation ́ef illa is provided are not likely to be seen until

Fear from now, and even then. conditions

cannot immediately

by the following_official_reports: Company The Hercules Cycle last month Increased production by: five percent and

raised tho month's quota from do to 70 percent; at Redditch, centro of the

manufacturing in- needle dustry.

firm is producing ano 27,000,000 needles a week. three Imps the prewar figute. Ninety- five percent of this output is for export. Production will shority'

The

to

return to normal. It may well. another five years before Britain can replenish her larders to overflowing and trade and in-

dustry resume without restric- lons: Such a target, however, Is worth riming for; and In reaching it the people will have the satisfaction of knowing that the achievement is wholly theirs.

Worsaw, Dec. 11The Foreign Omice announced todaý that notes have been sent to the American and British Embassies in Warsaw notifying them that visas will not be lasued for future supply convoys from Berlin to Warsaw,

Road convoys normally brought gasoline, commissary supplies

materials

every few

and wounded in Aden over the par- new bases elsewhere. tition of Palestine, admittedly trapped in the Liulin arca were United States neglected China prior The Foreign Office spokesman

months.

negotiationa sald that no firm con- the the Palestine case to

clusions had been reached but the foor had not yet been closed.

was

the

con-

MR CHURCHILL'S MEMOIRS

corrupt and sending money while spending Christmas'

the

Express And Goods Train Collide

Paris, Dec. 11.-One person was killed and ten more were injured early today when the Paris 16 Mont- luton express crashed into a goods train near Bruges, Central France. The cause of the accident is not yet known,,

The pollee declared that sabolage was not involved' but That a rail- wayman had been detained for

Big 4 Agree Again Syrian Premier Inst night and section of his memoirs will be pub "Every dollar in this bill will go questioning on an informal charge

#

into the pockets of private indl-ar negligence-Heuter.

Truman Insists On His Anti-Inflation

arrived there from Damascus alished next spring-Reuter.. London, Dec. 11-The Big Four, noon today. He is expected to take carefully avoiding

in this evening's session of the showdown part now on the German reparations, League Council's conference.

General Nuri Es Sald Pachu, to-day agreed to raise the limit on Germany's .steol production former Premier of Iraq, who is now also expected here capacity from 7,300,000

in London, la tony to

Reuter. within the next 24 hours. 11,500,000 tons per year.

EVACUATION DATE Landon. Dec. 11. The British that Congress enact his entire Government's decision to evacuata ten-point

It was the Brit major agreement reached by the Four at the Coun- of Foreign Ministers.United PLCKE.

cil

Four Earthquakes

earth 11.-Four Ankara, Dec. quakes have shaken the areas of south Anatolia during the past 24 hours, it was stated here toány,

or

No serious damago victims were reported.

Reports from east Anatolia yes lorday said, that a violent earth quake had, shaken areas there, wrecking many houses.

Earth tremors were also felt in Cyprus yesterdayouter.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Presl- dent Truman today demanded

Programme

the

tlon

an

portation facilities, provisions inten- ded to encourage voluntary alloca-

materials and of scarce increase in Federal Reserve Bank effort to anti-inflation pro- tion plan when Congress hold is gold requirements in an all troops from Palestine by August gramme, telling a news confer- regular session in January, he added, check bank credit.

Mr Truman declined to comment 1, 1948, was announced In the House ence that anything short of

four-point pro-

The President niso told the Press: directly on of Commons tonight by Mr Arthur that was inadequate to meet gramme submitted by the Repub- 1. H message to Congress on the Creech-Jones, Colonial Secretary

but long-nge Marshall Plan would be and Minister responsible for Pales- the situation in the United fleans, to Congress yesterday,

States.

on any ready soon, but not this week. Ho expressed himself bluntly attempt to relax anti-trust laws. He anid he message would be too long Mr Creech-Jones, who was open-

oral Mr Truman sharply criticised the salt these laws would be enforced to liver in person because

Da much Ing a two-day debate in the House of Commons on the future of Pales Republican proposal to combat in- to the limit as long as he was Presideliry might take

two hours. ting, appealed vehemently to Arabs flation by granting Industry exemp-dent.

the ter points of his anti- 2. He categorically denied a re- and Jews to prevent pasalons from tion from the anti-trust law to help

Inilation programme would be sub-port that the Secretary of Defence becoming inflamed, saying that re-spread supplies of scarce materials.

He said he, would offer the admitted to Congress in the form of (Mr James Forrestal) was planning prisals leading to further reprisals

produco choos with dia-ministration's price and wage control legislation very soon, the President to resign. would

to Congress within a continued. The four-point Reprib- legislation astrous effects,

tine.

3. He would submit an extensive " Illegal Immigrant traffic is few days. He would also submit an lean plan calls for extensiori of con- Government reorganisation plan to encourage during the next few extenalve Government reorganisatrols over exports and railway trans-Congress in January.United Press.