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VOL. III NO. 11

"This Is No Time For Tears"

GANDHI JUSTIFIES

HIS FAST

New Delhi, Jan 13-In his fifteenth fast "unto death" in protest against Hindu-Moslem samity, Mahatma Gandhi said today: "I will end the fast if Delhi rises to the heights and Moslems in India are assured they can live in peace. What over many happen in Pakis tan--even if not a single Hindu

The

To kad va birhulf of

I Mraulil

Thongkong Telegraph.

MAHATMA GANDHI

or Sikh remains alive there SOMALILAND

no Moslem must be touched or feel unsafe.”

When he was begged not to fast, Mr Gandhi replied: "This time la no time for tears. It is time for work. If I am start- ing my fast at God's call, you will see its fruit.”

EXPRESSIONS OF RESPECT London, Jan. 13.-Immediately the news of Mahatma Gandhi's fost in adherence of Hindu-Moslem unity was received in London, two Indlan', restaurant owners in the East End, one a Sikh and

other Muslim, decided to close down for the day in zympally.

RIOTING

on

Fifty-Three Slain In Disturbances Catro, Jan. 13. Forty-two Ilallans and 11 Somalis were kill- ed in rioting in Mogadischu, Italian Somaliland, Sunday, British announced bere tonight. Thirty-nine Italians, 44 Somalis and wa police were wounded. Many Indians

Order in London, of all

WOB completely restored

A curfew social classes, cancelled their private the same evening. and public engagements as a mark inposed and the military patrolleil of respect to the Mahatmn.

the streets.

The Indian Workers Association

עמרם

headquarters

Was

the

A commission, appolated by of London and the Gandhi Society Big Four Powers, to Investigate the have rent messages to Mr Gandhi Problem health

of the former Italian

expressing deep concern for his Colonies, la at present visiting

but wishing him every Somaliland.

Success in his desire to establish communal harmony.-Router.

DAVID NIVEN TO

MARRY AGAIN ·

་

Last Sunday the Somali Youth League organised a processton, the object of which was to impress their aspirations on the commission,

The cominlision had previously expressed the desire that such muni- festations of opinion should not be forbidden or discouraged by the British military administration, and said It hoped to attend the demonstration

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1948.

DRASTIC ACTION HINTED TO

TO RESCUE IMPRISONED JEWS

"Big Bang" Possible

Jerusalem, Jan. 14-One unidentified body was found in Tel-Aviv and a second in Haifa in new Arab- Jewish disturbances.

A Jewish Agency spokesman forecast that a "big bang would be the logical outcome" if the Arabs persisted in keeping virtual prisoners 1,500 Jews in the old walled city.

"I am not saying that the Haganah, Irgun Eval Leumi, the Stern Gang, the Jewish Communist

Errol Flynn "Very Sick”

Hollywood, Jan. 13. Errol Flynn, the film star, has been ordered to hospital for treatment of an "in- fluenza-like" malady, Last night he had a temperature of 104..

The doctors today dos- cribed Flynn as a "very sick

man.

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Flynn's entire household are also in bed as victims of the "virus.".

Hundreds of thousands of persons in Los Angeles' arca including many film per- sonalities have been taken ill with the "virus" in recent wooks, Reuter,

Party or anybody else will Farm Commodities Seen

causo

the bang" he said. "But if you talk 1o anyone in the streets you will find a strong feeling that something should be done to help these peò-

Hency has suggested to the Army that either a now gate be blasted into the historic walls or one of several closed gates be reopened.

"If any of these days you a big: bang with plenty of innocent people killed," he said. "Do not be sur- prised."

QUARTER ISOLATED

made TNT

As Main Marshall Plan

Contribution To China

Washington, Jan. 13.-The Secretary of Agricul- ture, Mr Clinton Anderson, was asked today by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge whether the United States could support a Marshall Plan for China. Mr Anderson replied that this would be possible, as far as farm commodities were concerned, only if the country changed from feeding grain to cattle to a policy of more grains for humans.

were

were

purely Two New Air

Arab road blocks near the old city gates and Arab guards at the gates control traffic in and out, he said. The Jewish

quarter has been isolated for about three weeks.

One three storey house in the Sheikh Jarrah area was set ablaze, officials said by Jews who threw

The Secretary tried to reassure ¤ | grenades and Molotov cocktails

alls sceptical Republican Congress that ed during the war and specialised in The Koreans are Japanese train- after warning-the occupants to den

Marshall Plan exports would have artillery and machine-gun warfare. Private sources sald that 16 small no major effect on domestic prices-Unlied Press. houses suffered some damage.

A police bomb disposal sound and supplies. He told the Sconte

Relations Committee that found and dismantled in the areaning and price celungs two grenades, two bombs from

restored, it would be gallon tins and two

for domestic resonя and not because bombs wrapped in sacking and London, Jan. 13. David Niven,

fused, officials said, adding that it of the food gifts to Europe. He said the British film actor, is to be mar-

he thought food rationing, especially was believed they were abandoned ried In London tomorrow to Mrs

of meat, may become an by the attackers.

urgent Hyordia Tersmeden of Stockholm,

BRITISH STATEMENT

One of the British soldiers wound-necessity by spring. the former wife of a wealthy busi-

The statement from British heated at Belt Safrea Munday, died in The administration intends to con-

a hospital Tuesday.

centrate Marshall Plon exports on Niven is at present in England quarters added: "In the

gangs of Somalis, sympathetic

One Jew was killed and another more abundant types of food and making

Q Alm "Bonale Prince Charlie."

Italian claims, had entered the town injured when a number of Jewish hold back those relatively scarce, Mr Anderson continued. Wheat would attacked by a large bo the biggest armed with spears, clubs, bows and labourers were attac

commodity exported Forty-two year old Niven and Mrs arrows with the intention of break-party of Araba

near Shaframr Tersmeden, whose

under the four-year aid programme, was ing marriage

the Haifa area Tuesday, an official he up the Somali Youth procession, dissolved

added, saying he thought the "They attacked the league's lorries, source said, adding that the police United States could safely the studio where Niven is making individual supporters and the league arrived on the scene and engaged 000,000-bushols-in-that-period.-

1,100,- ship his new picture. She was visiting headquarters at which they threw the allackers who are believed to

Mr Anderson said the programme the studio.

stones.

have suffered casuallles. "Itallan inhabitants of Mogadiscnu

A British constable, wounded in also contemplated big shipments of are believed to have encouraged and

vegetables. taken part in the organisation of the attack.

nesaman.

last year, met casually at

Niven's first wife died in May 1940 after falling during a game of charades at porty given by Tyrone Power at his Hollywood home. She was only 27.

There are two children of the marriage.--Reuter,

EDITORIAL

morning,

to

"Some hand grenades were thrown and shots were bred by the Italians. (Continued on Page 4)

Customs Agreement

WHILE #gitators incite Chinese

Win old Kowloon City to throw

smuggling--

ilon

stones at the police in deflance of the law. Hongkong signs Agreement with Nanking in combating credited with being one of the principal agencies in the disrup-. tion of China's economy.

The contrast is too obvious: llongkong. with its Customs agreement, ita financial agreement, and its local rehabilitation, extends in prac tical form the handclasp

of friendship to the Chinese, which they seem anly too willing to Ding back in disdain, preferring the gesture of a tawdry and an unrealistio dispute about an un- definable part of Kowloon The extraordinary thing is that Nan- king should lend itself to such chimera.

complish, Iz more especially at a time

when events in China de- mand all the statesmanship and Political sagacity available. That Hongkong has concluded an anti-

mursling

Dreement is now

matter of fact, and it is to be hoped that it will work out as fully in or

practice

In design. On

the face of the agreement, published, the Colony is taking the mitting Chudenied step of per- Chinese Customs officials

io operate in Briish torrfiory. One clause provides that Chinese Customs shall have the liberty to establish within the territory of Hongkong. Inspection centres, and maintain there a Customs staff for the purpose of collecting or assessing in advance

Chinese

Customs duty, on doitabin com

modiules

to be exported about to be from Hongkong..

Accepting the nécessity for this concession, it is also'- to... be... expected - that the streenient · · provides that these vialling wfficials; abali: opernic.

on

40-

$110

under the laws of procedure at- ready enforced in Hongkong. I is imperative, for example, that the Chinese Customu established within our frontiers shall not be allowed 10 make arbitrary seizures, but that

any such seizure shall be brought before a magistrate's court for confirma- or disallowance. Further- more, It will be necessary to pro- teet the rights of citizens travel- log within the confines of British territory; that while they are in- side the borders of the Colony they shall not be subject to con- fiscations and forfeitures unless it can be satisfactorily proved in court that they

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nefarious business. A second clause in the agreement, which Is color to be anything but easy to

Hongkong's under- taking to

to restrict the export of Foods to China across northern land frontlers "at de- signated points and at any other points

which

bo agreed may upon,"

If this means what it implies, the Hongkong authorities are likely to find themselves maddled with a problem child that will

defy correction. Experience has shown that it is almost im Dossible

to

off the land frontiers unless one is prepared to do what the Japanese did fo 1940-place a

division of stretching from one extremity to the other. Therefore, short of eniarelor the Colony's Customs persanuel beyond prá

practical limits, It will be extremely difficult le full this provision, unless elasticity is attached to ́the operative word

The "restrict." best thing that can be said about this anti-amuerling agreement la that it offers but another example of Hongkong's willingness to help. China in a practical way.sive

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Halfa several days ago, has since certain

colton, tobacco, Jard, rice,

fruits and

died,. It was announced-Associated United Press Press.

PARATROOPS STAND BY Jerusalem, Jan. 13,--British troops and paratroopers were standing by

Lahnvoil, tonight near

a Jewish settlement on the Palestine-Syrian border, after warding off an Arab attack on the village.

A troop of armoured cars went out in response to an SOS by settlers who sold they were being attacked by 30 armed Arabs.

and

the Chinese Government

Disasters

35 PEOPLE KILLED

Dino At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Herriot Again President

FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTE

Paris, Jan 13-M. Edouard. Herriot, the Radical leader, was today re-elected President of the French National Asscm- bly...Three hundred and se- venteen deputies voted for him while 174 votes - went to the only other candidate, a Com- munist, M. Raoul Calas.

M. Calas, who was sentenced to death during the German occupation and escaped, was expelled from the Assembly for 30 days on December

M. Herriot. 1 last by c

The Incident took

place during the stormy debate on the Prime Minis- ter, M. Robert Schuman's, anti- sabotage bill. When M. Herriot an- nounced the expulsion of M. Calas, he refused to leave the tribune, when he stayed all night with o bodyguard of Communist members supplying him with sandwiches and white wine until he left on a sum- from the Republican guard at mons

dawn

showed that The official figures 30 votes were cast for other candi- dates while 15 ballots were declared Invalid.

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GREEK M. P. ABDUCTED

Audacious Action By Guerillas

Athens, Jan. 14.-The Greek Liberal member of Parliament, Lukas Koutsopetalos, of Attica, has been abducted by guerillas. The Ministry of Publse Örder sald that Koutsopetales was seized when a guerilla force attacked, the vilinge of Pavlon, in the Chlomo Mountains, AL.P.

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The plane carried six passengers and three crewmen and had been prevented for any reason from fut written a letter saying it was nons en route from Houston, Texas, to Boston.

(captain).

Was

of

of AMAG's business.

The purchase of the rides was dition that no foreign exchange was later approved by AMAG on con-

granted and that the arms go direct-

to private fadividuals. ly to the Ministry of War and not

AMAG was told that the purchase. valued at £750,000 was Ananced by "private" donors abroad-Associated Press

ANOTHER RED DEFEATED A Socialist candidate, probably 00 air miles from Athens, The

a former Prewas on a shooting trip. T M. Paul Ramadier, mier, was expected to be chosen

wo hundred persons were rounded for the Importónt office of first up during the night in the Athens Vice-President, a post held in 1947 suburb of Assyrmates and 120 othora ues Duclos, the Parlu- have been exiled to Nicaria, it-war by M. Jacques

Communist leader. mentary

tourned. In the Council of the Republic, It also was authoritatively learned Gaston Monnerville, Radical that the American Mission on aid Member for French Gulano, was to Greece submitted a memorandum re-elected President. He polled 104 several days ago censoring Uie war votes against

75 for his nearest minister George Stratos for lack of rival, M. Georges Marranc, a Com-co-operation, with AMAG and sug

gesting that if co-operation The Parliamentary group leaders not given Stratos should be removed. in the

the Assembly decided, by eight This part of the memorandum votes to two, on the following list of was later withdrawn but an Vice-Presidents to be voted on later thoritative source, said that AMAG's tonight by the

"thinking in this matter has not First Vicent M. Max been changed." Lejeune, Socialist Second-M. Ger-

"PRIVATE GOVERNMENT". main Peyrolles, the Popular Hepub-

Stratos, the source oxserted, has Third-M. Jacques lean.

Duclos, been conducting the War Ministry Communist, Fourth-Mme Madeleine

Uke- private "government without Braun. Fifth-M. Washington,

Fernand Boxom, Jan. 13. Five

or efvilian section of AMAG and keeping casen- people were killed and four in the Popular Republican. Sixth-M. Consulting the military jured when an Eastern Airlines servative.

Marcel Roclore, Independent Con-

tial information from the military DC-3 passenger plane. groping through heavy rain and pre-dawn made a year ago, the largest party,

Under an Inter-party agreement section.

Stratos,il-was-held--refused-to darkocss, crashed in a wooded the Communists, were to provide the cut expenditures and took actions arca five miles southeast of here First Vice-President of the National contrary to AMAG policy, as it approached Washington for

When AMAG requested informa- Assembly, a landing.

who

constitutionally tion on reported negotiations for the would become acting Prime Minister the President should Parliament be dissolved and purchase of 40,000 rifles from a Bel-

Lish of the Assembly

Stratos is said to have source, MISSION LEAVING

Shanghal, Jan. 13-The Chinese

Alling this function. technical mission leaves on Wednes

Today's list of candidates, as was Eastern Airlines identified Deal Lanticipated, breaks this agreement day for Washington under the chair Brandt of the manship of Mr Tsu Yee-pel, former Altanto, S.M. Warner

Biltmore Hotel, and proposes a Socialist as Fire! Governor of the Central Bank of South Carolina, W.A. Moorehead of

Clinton, Vice-President. China, on the first lap of its journey Clinton, R. Sannborn, Jr, of dilanta account by giving the Communists But it takes party strength into which hopes will lead to the crystallation (pilot), and P. Saltands of Atlanta and the Popular Republicans two of tentative American nid plans into

representatives each. concrete programme

COMMUNIST BOYCOTT details backed The survivors were unable to give with cash.

u reason for the crash except poor mentary

M. Jacques Duclos, the Parila- Officially Mr Tsu will prescat, on ¦ visibility. Thero his own, initiative, two proposals United Press.

leader of the Communist fire. Party, then stated in the lobbies that drafted by Generalissimo Chiang

his party would refuse to hold office Believed to have been "executed"

in the Assembly in protest againat BASEBALLERS VICTIMS Kai-shek dealing with a Jewish firing squad, a

monciary 30-year by a

the relegation of the Communists old man was found in the Hadarsat reform, but at the same time the

mission,

Cluded Trujillo, Dominican Re- from frst to third place among the If asked by the inquisitive Gardens in Tel Aviv early today. Congress, will be in a position to publis, Jan.

Shanghai, Jan. 14-Some 3,000 13-Thirty

Vice-Presidents. persons,

taxi-dancers will hold a mass meet- man, believed by the polles

This statement would, It was ing here this morning to consider was found answer many questions regarding including many Dominican Republic a Christian Fole,

baseball stars, were killed the Communist revolt. bound and gagged

today thought, raise a constitutional issue, the City Government's notification aged in similar

similar fashion to two Poles killed by Haganah, the United Press that the mission can

A highly authoritative source told when a Dominican Airlines passen- since Article II of France's new Con- yesterday that the Central uncation

ger plane crashed. Press

stitution stipulates that the As-Iment has approved a plan to close reports Jewish defence organisation, In

sald the crush occurred between sembly Bureau must be representa-half the local cabarets before the supply names, places and figures in Jerusalem recently as "enemy

the Palestineregard to questions concerning out- Barahona Lifeguards and

and Santiago, about 10 tive of ench party on a proportional end of March epies

and the rostin bass, police today brought three Jewish side help the Chinese Communisis miles from Ciudad Trujillo.

September, are receiving. North Korea looms

The list of Vice-Presidenis, as lorries to Jerusalem under protec-

Victims included almost all local selected, fulfilled this requirement the

The meeting is expected to discuss large that connection on the baseball stars, who

in Live escort, after a Jewish convoy

were to have but it the Communists were to carry clothing funds. in response to the methods of raising winter basis of information supplied by the with supplies for

for Isolated settle-

competed in a national series game out their intention source-some of which was confirm-

not to be ro winter relief campaign and problema on Sunday at Barahona-United presented, lobby observers feared a of finding jobs for themselves after ed by neutral military sources.

Press.

deadlock.Reuter.

the enforcement of the ban-Reuter COMMUNISTS IN KOREA

Among the aource information which it insists the mission can supply, the following are the out- attack by Haganah on houses standing:

Washington, Jan. 18.-In- fringing the Arab, Sheikh Jarrah

There are at present 100,000 North formed sources reported today. quarter, north of the old city of Korean Communists with the Chin- that a United States official is Jerusalem, in the early hours of this eso Reds waluing for a new blow at present attempting to find a morning, was completely "abortive.", 10

Haganah claimed that It had this may be made against Mukden damaged 20 buildings used as snipers or the north-east China's key eles new formula, for dividing up the

of Tientsin and Felping, or across Japanese reparations, which when it became apparent in the The United States had asked 28 portsHeuter.

the Shantung Peninsula to Cheloo. will win sufficient agreement FEC Reparations Committee that it The North Koreans have not arrived from Russia, Britain, China and would not paan. Thus it has never would throw. 10, percent of that back percent for harsölf but said that sho in a single major military move but enough other members of the reached the Steering Committee, into the general pool, without reser No Court Martial

have been alfting in since January Far Eastern Commission to consideration by the full Eleven-mem-distributed. Now that this plast

which is

the final step before con- ving any right to my how it should be Last year. By March there were stitute a two-thirds majority.

and 00,000 by January this year

bor Commission. Washington, Jan. 13.-Any pos- there were 100,000.

failed oficial These sources said that officials of

Wold

they had siblilty of court martial for Army

been distributed widely the State and Army Departments The Russians datly rejected the no Idea 'furt what form and Navy Commanders at Hewall and at present liers are. 10,000 in conferring on just how toments are United States plan to give them four approach would take the nex

Omcial sources said that t when the Japanese attacked Pearl Kirin and Hellungklong district, the problem afresh following the re-percent of the Japanese internal

the_prob- Harbour has been removed. The 40,000 in the castern Liaoning dis-jection of their most recent proposal eight percent was far too low for various angles and it was hoped that

assets. The United Kingdom thought

lem

was being ** discussed, from deadline

set by CongreKS

by Rusala, Britain, the Netherlands her China had objected to the some plan with reasonable chance expired last June 30 ng trict and 30,000 in the Jehol and Franco. charges

soning areas. These represent the question Gesponse to a'

put to A Army First, Third, Fifth and Seventh

proposal for 32 percent for herself success might be preparodi They The rejection of any programme contending that she should have 40 sald, however, that the problem did brought this out. Lieutenant columns plus two unnumbarod units by Russia or Britals alone dooms percent because of the length of not appear easy of a solution and General Walter C. Short and Rear and one training corps. Admiral Husband Z. Kimmel, Fear The Koreans Yang Chin-yu and states these two plus the United her war against Japan and the de- there was considerable gloom over Harbour Commandanta at the time,

and Slates, and China held the veto vastation so suffered However, prospects of sero

bower under are both retired-Associated Press,

the Commission the Chinese agreed to the procedure.

American figuro after what was re-future

The Arabs withdrew when the troops appeared and there were no Jewish or Arab casualties, an official report said.

to be

had

ments in southern Palestine been ambushed by Arab hiilmen on the Jerusalem-Hedron Road, about six miles beyond Bethlehem.

Two Jews wero seriously wounded and two missing after the attack.

Arab sources today claimed

"that

an

that

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La Hoong-kwanit are among the leading commanders..

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S'hai Taxi Dancers To Hold Meeting

U.S. Seeking New Formula For Japanese

4.

Reparations Share-Out

The Americans dropped their ported to bo" latest porcentage division proposals sure."

"considerable pres

United

presa.

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