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VOL. III NO. 2

The

HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL Tak and on behalf of

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Printer and ZEQUENT

Thongkong Telegraph.

Interim U.S. Aid Kashmir For France

Dispute For U.N.

Lake Success, Jan. 2.—The Kashmir issue has been brought before the United Nations.

The United Nationa Security Council has been called to meet next Tuesday to consider India's appeal for "immediate action by the Council" in connection with the Kashmir dispute between the In- dian Union and Pakistan, it was an- nounced here tonight

The Indian

Government's con- plaint against Pakistan regarding the fighting in Kashmir was re- colved for submission to the

Security Council by India's ver-

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manent representative to the Unit- ed Nations, Dr P. S. Pillai, who forwarded the communication the United Nations Secretariat.

The President of the Security Council. M. Fernand Von Langen- hove, of Belgium, called the meeting following receipt of the com- ---- munication from the Government

of India late last night.

In its communication, the Govern- ment of India drow the attention of the Council to the situation in the provinces of Jammu and Kashmir. and asked for immediate action to "atop the intruders from Pakistan territory from penetrating into these

two provinces.Reuter.

NEHRU'S ASSURANCE

AGREEMENT. SIGNED

Food, Fuel, Medical Supplies And Seeds

Paris, Jan. 2.-A US$300,000,000 Franco- American interim aid agreement which makes pro- vision for the immediate shipment to France of food; fuel, medical supplies, fertilisers and seeds was signed here tonight by the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, and the American Ambassador to France, Mr Jefferson Caffery.

Signing the agreement, which implements the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 approved by Congress on December 17, Mr Caffery said that, while France had made encouraging progress towards economic recovery, it was evident some months ago, that, unless something was done quickly by the United States. French wheat imports would be cut and coal and petrol imports substantially decreased, and possibly even entirely eliminated.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1948.

his

12 Hours On SIX

A Ledge

London. Jan. 2. Two girl climbers аге recovering In Banger hospital after being rescued at 2 a.m. in a rain and wind storm from A * narrow Snowdonia mountain ledge, where they ny for 12 hours. Both are aged about 21.

One afternoon. on

New Year's Eve; they decided to tackle the Idwal Stabs on the 3.262-feet Glyder Fach, near Ogwen Lake. The girls missed their footing when on the summit of Tryfan and alid down until their fall was arrested by 4 ledge.

Leaving them huddled on the Tedge, a man companion climbed down in the darkness and torrential

rain and organised a rescue party at Ogwen Hostel, where

climbers had assembled for the New Year.

Faint erles led them to the two girls and, with the aid of ropes, they got them down.

One of the girls, An DX- WREN, was married only a few months ago. Her officer husband Is In Kenya-Reuter. ENCONTRESTNENIENT LISTE DAT MENENIE UNSTANCIA

Dine At the

-For

Reservations

Tel: 27880

Price 20 Cents

MORE KILLED IN PALESTINE STRIFE British Soldier Among Slain

Jerusalem, Jan. 2.-The latest reports brought today's death roll in Palestine to six, including three British servicemen. Two Arabs were killed in Lydda. An earlier report that a Jewish nurse was killed when Arabs fired on a Jewish bus on the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, road was confirmed tonight. A British Army corporal was shot and killed by unknown gunmen when he was manning a roadblock at the border of Jaffa and Tel-Aviv today. He was the third British soldier killed today in the Palestine clashes.

Armed Arabs held up a goods train 20 kilometres south of Gaza today and looted five railway wagon loads of tinned milk for Palestine's biggest mili- tary garrison at Sarafand, it was officially reported tonight.

ut

Earlier In the day. armed preventing Jewish Haganah men escorted 23 Jewish passing. dend for burial on the Mount Olives, outside Jerusalem.

Arab snipers had commanded the road from Jerusalem to the Jewish burial place for nearly Д week,

NEW PLAN TO SAVE

THE FRANC

Paris, Jan. 2.-The five-weeks old French Government today decided to "stake its existence"

on a new plan to save the frane, Matti Family

an

He added: "A crials was Impend- months of 1947, imports of this corn- Ing which unless resolved, would modity from the United States were have resulted in a further reduction equal to 24 per cent of French pro-after French Members of Parlia in the already inadequate diet af duction."

ment had whittled down the French people, in the closing of

carlier plan below the minimum. factories with resulting unemploy-

NATION GRATEFUL the Government would accept. New Delhi, Jan. 2.-A declarationment and impairment of transporta

The French Foreign Minister, M. that Indian

Anny and Air Force tion through the lack of fuel.

Georges Bidault, expressing

The Premier, M. Robert Schuman, units have been instructed to avoid "The agreement which We

announced have country's gratitude for United States

the Government's de- infringement of Pakistan territory signed today is in the nature of a interim aid, said: "Without this pre- cision to the National Assembly WOS made today by Pandit response by the American people to liminary ald, further ultimate st-

after a Cabinet meeting this morning. Prima this emergency situation.

"In the

sistance would have run the risk same spirit in

in which they of coming too late, to maintain the

The meeting gave him authority recently dispatched their "Friend-standard of life necesmry, not only

to seek a vote of confidence from ship Train," the American people to France, but to all countries.

the National Assembly. have allocated a part of the taxes they are paying to assist France: to alleviate conditions of hunger and

-Jawaharlal Nehru. Minister of India.

interests of

the

"Though we think we would be completely justified in doing it in the self-defence." Mr Nehru fold press correspondents, "we pru- pond to avoid doing it until we feel that, in the interests of our State cold, and to prevent serious econ by herself, to maintain the pro-

temic retrogression.

and to protect the people who have called on us for protection, we are forced to do

in

WHAT AID MEANS "The meaning

"Without this interim aid, France

would not have been in a position,

duction necessary for her existence.

All funds necruing to the French Government from the goods sent under the

aid programme

the interim

would be reserved for reconstruction,

the United Nations Security Coun- the receipts in France of the scarce duy's agreement,

urgently needed

it

dens

Nehru said, wha strictly commodities

nationals

access

of the United The Government of India's action( States foreig ald programme to

referring the Kashmir issue to France is best defined in terms of While warmingly welcoming to French Govern cil, Mr limited to requesting that the Coun-support French economie recovery.

toment circles said that the amount cil should call on Pakistan to stop "Without awaiting the signing of the French Government to under- would not be sumclent to enable Kashmir and today's agreement, critically needed take immediately large-scale im- attacking to ask Pakistan to call back the

items, attually. being unloaded in -ralders-«lready-kn- Kashmir-and-to French-ports, became "subject ports of food.

Such imports, however, form part United States the military supplies and payment from

aid

anti-inflation- Pakistan territory. Me described as "alightly of the allocation

funds. Among these items are part the Government's

of United States Programme so far as they are de- over 101 percent false" the report supplies to France of 3,435,000 tons the prices of farm products, it was gigned to bring pressure to bear on from London that Lord Mountbatten, of bread

grains for December- nor General of India, had January, 1947-1948, and Governor

inter-Ministerial 1,000,000 sime threatened to resign and had pro- tons of coal for December, 1947." conference tonight, presided

a partition of Kashmir.

The Ambassador concluded: "In by the Frenter, M. Mr Nehru said that the Indian December, the allocation to France Army had not attacked the invaders by the United States bases in Pakistan territory and that it was auxious to avoid enlarging the area of

operations

as well as having further complications."

"It is equally obvious," he said. "The Importance of coal imports "that no State can tolerate this sort to French economy is indicated by of thing very long."-Reuler.

the fact that, during the first 10

the

poser

EDITORIAL

stated,

man.

after

Lin

x-

over Robert Schu-

The Ministers, therefore, of 1,835,000 amined various means of mobilising emergency dollur resources to finance the most urgent of the food imports, The details of these plans were not available tonight.

of

tons of wheat would, if deveted en- tirely to that purpose, cover 70 per cent of the bread ration in France. during this month.

Some Second Thoughts

SECOND-even third and fourth

Are

-thoughts

necessary about the approved recommenda- tions of the Salaries Commission. But while these may lemper first reactions they do not alter the opinion that the Commission fulfilled a most intricate task in a manner that reflecta nothing but credit. The Commission's work was made all the

more formidable by the wide terms of reference, while they were

also confronted with the problem having to deal, not with company or business, but with a complex organisation- hotch-

of

singlo

polch of semi self-contained do- partments, loosely interrelated by old fashioned

General Ordeni. structural reformation

Thus

the Hongkong civil servi

came

an

པ་

ot bo- indispensable con:~ comitant to salaries revision. It In this direction that individual' oriticism of the Commission's re- ent Itself somewhat port may vent vociferously, for over the various departments have bullt up for themselves a a Jealously auarded Independence. loss of this position may well be resented. Ti in necessATY,

to Lake. over, to

years

and any

How the broadest aspec! of the reform, relating its effects Not to the few Individuals, bat to the Service as a whole. When this is done there can bo no question that the Commliston's proposals

must bring about a

nt ofe

1

en-

have not been so generously

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flexible administrative machinery in which brains and technical sk!!! take precedence. Keypulnt to the recommendations which will bring about an tirely new professional, technical and administrative Establishment is the design to throw open the Service to as much local labour as can supply the qualifications. This theme is repeated time and again in the Commission's report and appreciation of helps to simplify

Interpretation of the many complex recommendations. Not a tow of the

so-called

ox- patriate officers

will feel they they

treated

they expected or deserved. The abolition of the rent allowance

means that quite a big hole is going to be dug lato increased salaries, for in few cases will one-sixth of the now basle Incomes begin to cover the a hotel or board- cost of living in ing

And all the HOL allowan will be absorbed to meet charges for accommodation and food. The complete abolition of rent allowances at this time is inopportune, and it is a pity that the Commission could not have seen its way clear to a

to a modifica- tion

of this decision at least over a stated temporary

period until what time either

Govern- ment is able to house the ma- Jorlly of its servants,

or rents and accommodation charges come down..

M. Pierre Abelin, Secretary State at the Premier's Office, sald after the meeting that Franco would try to reach

with an agreement Britain for Importing frozen beet.......... Reuter.

THIEVES' BIG HAUL

น

The new text, M. Schuman told the Assembly, embodied the "essen- tial points" of the earlier one, but was "a text of concillation beyond which the Government cannot make any concessions."

"The Government will stake ex- istence on this text," he declared.

This new political crisis in France has come at a time when the so- of-the-road) parties were counting called "Third Force" (the middle- consolidating their position against both the Communists- und the supporters of General de Guulle's Rally of the French Peo- plc.

Parliamentary 'opposition to Ure Government's financial plan, which cut the amount to be raised by the proposed special levy by one-third, frum 185,000 million francs to leas than 100.000 million francs, indicate the weakness of this "Third Force," Parliamentary observers said.

ATTITUDE TO DE GAULLE

"The Third Force," they said, does not correspond to political realities and, although the country is anti- Communist by a large majority, it is not anti-Gaullist to the same ex- tent or in the same spirit.

Due Here

Information has been re- ceived by the East Asiatic Company that the Matti and Pederson families, sur- vivors from the MV Kina which was wrecked by a typhoon during Christmas, left Manila for Hongkong by plane this morning.

They are travelling by PAA aircraft due to arrive about 11.30 a.m.

funerals from alx weeks as has been suggested by

recent reports from Jerusalem.

Jews in the Old City have al ready been without broad for three days and other food supplies were today running low.

Armed Arabs camped all night at the historic

gates of the Old City, halting

and checking all traffic, in- cluding British. The mayor of the Jewish quarters appealed for volun- teer convoys to run the Arab blockade.

SNIPERS ATTACKED

A British armoured tank sped through the Armenian colony in north Jerusalem today machine- gunning snipers on rooftops and be- hind windows.

A heavy street battle between Jews.

Arabs and police raged for more than two hours. Granader were reported to have been thrown. All trafile was stopped in the area. The trouble started after a Jewish altempt to blow up the Moslem Supreme Council buliding fast night. Jewish taxis, banned from the streets of Jerusalem, after 13 Arabs had

been

killed by a barrel bomb thrown from. Jewish taxi on December 30 in the Damascus Gate orange market, will be allowed to run again tomorrow, British mii- tary headquarters announced. night.

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The precise date of Britain's hand- ing over will obviously clapend on how soon the United Nations Com- mission could arrive in Palestine and take over the administration,

The withdrawal of British troops, which depends on such physical considerations the removal of warlike. stores and making provi- sions for gathering the citrus crop, might not be completed before August 1, It was. thought.

persists, the final evacuation data If Jowish-Arab guerilla warfare may be delayed still longer-Router. -

Chinese Reds'

Party Purge

Disclosure By Chief

San Francisco, Jan. 2- Chinese Communist leader Mao Tae-tung disclosed today that a It VWOR reported from Famagusta purge of the party fs, în pro- loday that the disembarkation of gress, aimed at eliminating un- 1.750 passengers of the Pan York, desirables who have crept into

of the two 4,500-ton ships which positions of power. one arrived there yesterday with an

estimated 15,000 Jewish Hlegal

in a

Com.

These elements, he said Immigrants diverted from Palestine, statement broadenst by the was expected to be completed to-munist radio and heard in San Fran- cisco by the Associated Press, came

ALL ITEMS || LYTE_JONEN EINDANE Star HEEE Sight.

SEINE RISES

The Pan York has, so far, Janded is as the Party expanded from se- 6.200

people, Alling the Carnolos veral tens of thousands to a mem-. detention camp to capacity. A re-berghin of 2,700,000 between' 1937 maining 1,550 are bring sent to and 1947.

DANGEROUSLY Xylotymbou camp.

Heavy Floods In Eastern France

Paris, Jan. 2.-The Seine River reached its danger level today as French river police Alled sand- bags and prepared rescue parties: In case of floods in the Paris area. The Inspector of the Seine River Poller Brigade said that the dan- cer mark would certainly be pass- ed.

The river

and is now nearly above its nomal level

I continuing

three

the

It is believed that no charge. wit Naming "landlords and rich.

peazants" be brought by the Cyprus authori-

nmong

unwanted ties against the ship, which did not joiners of the Party, Mao declared, enter Palestine waters but changed ernment and mass organisations in "They dominate many Party, gov- course for Cyprus on being Inter-

the

cepted by the Royal Navy on the the rural areas, lord over it, bully high seas.

and oppress the people and distort The Pan York's papers, however,

Parly's policies, causing these organisations to become are not in order, and, as soon as the from the masses of the people, pré- allenated weather moderates, she will be anventing agrarian reform from being chored off Famagusta with her thorough. Such serious conditions original captain and crew until a place before legal decision is taken.-Reuter.

us the task of IL- organising and puritying the ranks of the Party. If this task is not solved we can not make progress in possible the rural areas.

MANDATE DEADLINE London, Jan. 2-1 is that Britain may end the Palestine mandate a week or 10 days before

"The Party's national agrarian to rise the present deadline of May 15, it conference metres

thoroughly discussed was authoritatively learned In Lor this question and stipulated appro- don today.

priate steps and methods. These These quarters, however, tributaries there is no likelihood that the date resolutely carried out."Associated

that steps and methods could do advanced by as much as Press.

now are being

Many of the Seine have been flooded and further rain- fall in Eastern France has worsened

the flood situation there.

Popular Republican (MRP) leaders, including the Premier and the Foreign Minister are reported to wish to keep contact with General Charles de Gaulle and not treat him as the "enemy on the Right" as the at the equivalent of about! Communists are being treated as "the enemy on the Left."

Damage in Metz and Nancy alone was today provisionally estimated

£42,000,000.

It was reported from Metz today that 45,000 workers in the Moselle Department had been rendered un- employed and 30,000 had suffered heavy damage to their homes.

RHINE SWOLLEN The Swiss Radio reported today

Jersey, Jan. 2-Thieves who stole £8,000 worth of jewellery from the viila

In some quarters. It is being said of the 85-year-old Dowager Lady Trent, in Jersey, falled to that, unless the Government suc- notice in the same room a box con- ceeds in restoring order in the tnining other gems worth £23,000,

economic and industrial spheres and including a

in the food supply to the larger £1,000 diamond ring. Among the stolen property is towns, General de Gaulle may be in diamond

emerald necklace worth power before April.

An extraordinary session of the that the Rhine

rose about four be called metres in as many hours at Friberg, National Assembly may for tomorrow to consider the Gov- Switzerland, where ernment's new plan, political quar- trunks were

whole tree being swirled down ters in France predicted today.

The river level at Rheingelsen was

M. None

the river.

COMMUNISTS' "PLAN”

FOR BRITAIN

London, Jan. 2-A drastic were immediately granted equal pay slashing of Britain's armed with men. forces would permit, a large- tion that the total labour force can Their plan is based on the assump- scale housing and capital de- thus be increased this summer by velopment programmes achieve 750,000 over last year's figure and ment of the export targets and by another 400,000 by 1050,

On an increase in consumption, the have set optimistic production tar- this basis, the Communists British Communist Party gets for housing, engineering, coal, "Three-Year Plan", published steel, agriculture, export and home today, declared.

consumption of industrial goods, but they do not mention food consump- tion,

Britain has

been told by

the

coun-

about and a sapphire brooch,

One theory is

that the thieves from the mainland carried out the raid on Monday and got away from the island by plane the following morning.

Lady Trent is the widow of the The Finance Commission of the first- Lord Trent, founder of Boots National Assembly, tonight adopted | twicą as high as on Christmas Eve Labour Government that the dollar Chemists, who was reputed to have the Finance Minister,

A tornado, which swept the Biel

Advocating extensive trade agree- left about £2,000,000 when he died Mayer's, new "Save the Frane" bill, district of North Switzerland, inter crisis compels it to limit housing ments with the Soviet Union and in 1031--Reuter,

providing for a special levy, by 22 rupted the electric power supply to plans and reduce Industrial devolop- Eastern Europe, Including British votes to 18, with two abstentions. the Jura mountain district.

ment so na to free manpower and development credits to these atcel for the export drive which is tries, the plan suggests, that among The Commission introduced only In the Bremen area, six months to pay for food.

Briilsh Importa raw materials such minor amendments Into the bill. restoration work had been ruined

88 scrap and timber should be given The arguments of the Cripps Plan priority over food. through the floods sweeping away a The levy will amount to roughly sector of the Weser Weir, just be-in their detalled counter plan in exports must not be thrown in.

are challenged by the Communists It also urged that British London, Jan. 1-Lord

125,000 million francs, Listowel,

fore the undertaking was completed. preparation for their new campaign discriminately into a general Euro- Secretary of State for India and for

Bremen of intense opposition to the Labour pean pool either under the Marshall Engineering experts Burma, is to become Minister of and war victims as provided under said that it would hardly be possible

Government. State for Colonial Affairs as from some of the amendments Inserted by to rebuild

Plan or under any other arrange- Sunday, 11 was announced today.

the sector boford next The Communist solution of National Assembly

mont" the autumn. Lord Listowel will relinquish the original proposals

Britain's

the crisis la to reduce

The Communists ́ ́concludo Financo

armed forces which, under the such

can Secretaryship of State

a programme for Burma Minister.

Reuter despatches from Budapest present Governmental plans, will be carried out by "changes under the provisions of the Burma. Tho Cabinet had this morning reported today that the sudden rise down to 037,000 by the end of March Labour Independence BUL

decided to withdraw

Government, the original of the River Tissa had Gooded vast to 600,000 in the course of this year those mainly responsible for the In his

now appointment. Lord proposals and authorised the Pre-arens of the Hungarion plain. One and eventually to 400,000, Listowel will be the chief lieutenant mier to seek a vote of confidence village

present Rightwing Labour im- was entirely under water | Furthermore, the Communists say perialist policy and based upon the to the Colonial Secretary, Mr Arthur in the new plan as soon as possible, and several others had been cut off that another 300,000 women could progressive forces in the Labour Creech Jones-Reuter.

--Retler..

and partly submerged-Reuter. bo attracted into industry if they Movement."--Reuter,

LORD LISTOWEL'S APPOINTMENT

It embodies concessions to farmeta

tho

In

of the

coal

that only be in the

climinating