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VOL. III NO. 33

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For "the Proprietor of BONGKONG TELEGRAPH, Jur sint in Pehalf of

SOUTŢI CHINA MORNING POST, LED,

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Printer and Puðisher

hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948.

Allies Divide Up Italian

*

Armed Arabs No "Telegraph' Moving Into Palestine

15,000 Cross Border

Jermalem, Feb. -Appro ximately 15,000 uniformed and equipped troops from the Arab states have crossed into Pales-i tine, according to estimates, gathered in seraps from points, where these furves {{F* cat- centrated.

or

One

two fucklearks of the Syrian true!

Troughs

#F05 frontier daily 300 To 500 ghling

per werk.

They appear to be massing more for attack than defence, at points from which they might stash in lea the United Nations proposed Jewish state. This would wedge Jewish cle- fences into two triangular areas, our round Tel-Aviv and the other! around Haifa.

For Two Days

Because of the Chinese New Year holidays, there will be no publication of the Hongkong Telegraph to- morrow Tuesday? Wednesday

or on

Publication will FEGURO

on Thursday.

The South China Morning Post will appear as usual to morrow morning, but will publish again until

Friday morning

2

Australian Eggs For Britain

London, Feb. 8--The Minis,

Navy

End Of

A Mighty Fleet

Rome, Feb. 8-The final! allotment of warships of the ence proud Italian Navy to the Allied powers was announced tonight by the Italian Govern- of the ment on the decision "Big Four" Naval Commission. On paper. They are to bi handed over to Britain, the United States, France, Russia. Greece; Yugoslavia und Albania, ! bat Britain and the Luited States, have already announced

that

they will not take the warships allocated to them.

Instead, Horse warshops will be

In derusalem there has been talk try of Food announced today that the Acals have get Extrary 15 as 17 Day" to start their attark, that the United Kingdom food The place where the frogs nur commission at present in Australia centrated no talk is head of than othos concluded its discussions in on, and the cruiser

any other Bxed date,

Up to now the Arade opy allens Jan be rather trained troops and assembling arms equipment.

uther

MORE CASUALTIES

Five Jews and four Arabs fed by qundre in Palestine today.

Arc

Tarve Arabs were killed by

returning fish mldiers both Arabs and Jewish snipers

Haifa,

with the Commonwealth au

thorities on eggs.

Heads of agreement have Leen Tengorat covering

Ave of apertort fyears, bespinning July 1, 1848.

The agreement provides for in jcreased

production in Australia and for the shinment of increased sup iples of shell eggs to the Unite:) Brt- |Kingdom in the latter part of each troen year

Hen European production is int lowest,

Provision is also made for a sub- Twe Jews' were killed be nuntais į stantat increare in the shipment of Fe Roton. An 13 year-old Jewish | frozen and dried eytis,

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S was killed by a riperts bullet The new onremont should easy

the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa

PETERSTOCK frontio,radually

quantities. Another dene was dirt to death in urdu a peads of revon or eight The Hehoboth area and a 4th mele

per, persan so the winter ef in an attack on a food and caroline 1950 6e that, expat to about 375,-

600,000 was, the Ministry inter conyuy hear Hartur.

An Arab worked orde inai Router bus attnek in the Gara vestion ha:! died.

unofficial death tall sture, the Minted Nations voted fo - partition Palestine ret to 1008. -

Associated Press.

Prospects Of Good Crops

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New Year Aid For

S'hai Factories

Shanghatz-Pebc-9,-A — total of} CNS210,000,000,000 is expected to havé heon insured by national banks tronight }}} connection with the

These two graphic pictures, exclusive to the Telegraph, were taken after fire had completely gutted and destroyed the Hong- kong-Macao steamer, Isin Kong So last Saturday morning. The steamer

fire seappert in Italian shinyords.

caught on

off Under the alloration, Russia gets | Lanfuu while proceeding to the greatest number of ships, Hongkong with 110 passengers cluding the famous battleship Ghulin

and a crew of 66. Fortunately Enumuele Filibert Duca D'Aorta, no lives were fast. 7.283 tons. Two other battleshipss wern allocated, one each to Britain und the Imiterf States - the 35,000- fan Vittorio Veneto to Britain, and 135,000-ton States.

"Halia to the United PROBE INTO

Frantee.gets three pruners, as well destroyers? aut uther crafts. Grefer recciven a cruiser. Y

lavin three turpedia beats and seven minesweepen, and Alhatin a`man | bat her total allotment,

The pllocation of the fort follow-

ed longi detiliorations in Rome by the j Bb Four" Naval Commleston, 1203

SHANGHAI

RIOTS

which Britain, the United States. Shanghai, Feb. 9. Two Free and Rossia are represented.

Ne indication has been given as special investigators are expect. to when, and how, the ships are to ed to arrive this morning from be handed over. It has treptently

been suggested that, as of the Nanking to conduct a thorough ships new in need of repair. they probe into the recent riol

hought put in condition anil

and- Then, handed aver in Italian st staged by cabaret girls wards perement, thus avoiding the workers at the Bureau of So- Jumiliation, to Taly, if an olleil cial Affairs. rerermeny ant the hanhng down of the nabod Bayt.

THE ALLOCATIONS The allocations were! Great Britain: the 35,000-ton bat- Veneto, the - Almi (856 Coms). Aironn boats,

Government scheme of purchasitleship Vittorio findbed products of local factories

New Year settlement.

(1,050

tons), right torpedo

---The -Coutral- Governmioul-author ties are said to be taking UM TRUS i view of the disturbance and the 12

demontimators suspected

being the ringleaders who were originally stated to be handed

the

035

ever 147

auxiliary (512 tons),

procurator's office on Saturda still in police detention rella pending | the arrival of the offels.

of 226 tons, and three small

pa

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Tribesmen

Down By

Mowed

Machine-Guns

TWO-DAY KASHMIR BATTLE

Jammu, Kashmir, Feb. 8.—Inilian machine- gunners mowed down a mass formation of advanc- ing tribesmen raiders at point blank range, when they are estimated to have killed some 2,000 of them in a two-day battle around the town of Naoshera, in western Kashmir.

Indian patrols had recovered 955 bodies of the raiders and more were being brought in after what was described as the bitterest battle yet in the cam- paign in Jammu province of Kashmir.

The battle begon before dawn on Friday when 113009 Patruns and tribesinen attempted to storm Imian

"Dev" Certain To Be Re-Elected Premier

Dublin, Feb. 8.-Political observers here considered it certain today that the majority in the newly-elected Dail Eireanu would elect. Mr Eamon de Valera, who steered Eire through the difficult war years, to the Premiership once

more

Army positions in the hills around Nuoshera,

All the attacks were repulsed. Hand-to-hand fighting broke out when

some raiders penetrated into Indub Aray positions.

After the battle, the Indians set in pursuit and Indian artillery Air Force caught the raiders on the run, adding heavily to their casualties.

and

Some of Mahatma Gazalħl's asher jwere today taken from New Delhi to Jammu. scene of fighting between Me tribesmen and Indian forces in southwest Kashmir, New Delh! Rarite reported,

At Jammu, the ashes were cur- riert in a mile-long procession, led Vo by the local militia. nd will buried nor a monument to be set up to

to the The other

Mahalma's

ma's memory.

of the portiona Machatma's ashes will be immersed in oboul 136 holy rivers throughout India and three sacred places on the Isen in ntkition to the main cere- Junony next Thursday at Allaliabad, where the Jumna and Ganges rivers meel --Ruter.

MORE RSS ARRESTS

New Delhi, Feb. 8.-The biznest number of arrests so far reported of members of the Rashtriya Swayam- sevak Sangh, the militant Vindu organisation banned by the Indian Government last week, was reported today from East Punjab,

Since the

roundup began days ago, 422 members of the RSS have been arrested in the province.

Security measures have been tightened in Delhi in the past few days, guards being posted at the residences of all Ministers."

four

The area in which Pandit Nehru, The Indian Prane Minister,

and Sardar Patel, the Deputy Premier, nccupy neighbouring houses, resem bies an armed camp with police and troops guarding gates and grounds, and with tents in front of them.

At the Council House, where the Constituent Assembly meets, armed police are posted every few paces and form a ring round the lobby- Reuter.

to help them to title over the Latar three landing craft, two water var

This purchasin sebene was, one of 502 tons, the depot London, Feb. 8. --A mild winterged following the decision of the Anten (1,252 tons), the bas tempered European sery and authorities to suspend the issue of transport Gheeppe Messing (tonnage

minelayer Fasana

He can rely on securing two seats ly come about for the two would maven promise of bumper crops. repayment for last year's suffering lustrial loans until after the Lugar not known, la large tuns including Meanwhile, it is learned, the hudi-when the Carlow Kilkenny elections make a most powerful party.

Nove Your

WILL NOT CO-OPERATE Nawhere him there been the in-

rial administration of the National (postponed because of the death of a last night purchases to the P

Defence Ministry is setting

candidate) are held next week, and East winter the tense hardship of

Dublin, Eire, Feb. 8.-Generat will then have all seats. worst Europe has experienced in this amount of CNS130,000,000,000 have turs.

He must Richard Mulcahy, leader of the Fine battleship spectat court here to handle "extra-uffer the loss of one in elect Russ the 23,622-ton already been authorized.

Garl century.

Cesare, the 7,283-ton | ordinary cases,”

last The local manufacturers who took G

which emerged from Speaker for the Dail. Abundant rainfall has

erufser

Emanuele Filiberte Due:

week's general elections 115 the panied abnormally high tempera-dvantage of the purchasing plon

D'Aosta, the destroyera Artigliere This court which is expected, to be i He may secure the support of Ave | largest party opposing Mr Eamon de tores. The moisture raised pros were mostly those connected with

and Fuciliere (1.620 tons) and established at the end of this month, National Labour members and four Valera, declared in Kilkenny today Kashmir dispute in New York to

morrow, it was learned here tonight. spects for harvest that in some 10 and steet, machinery, cement

Augusto Riboly (1,583 tons), the

of 12 ulependent that his party would oppose Mr De Countries may equal those of before collon spinning and weaving, ned

The Security Counell meeting fluc torpedo boats Animos and Arth- will be run by a number of officials Independents,"

convinced op- Valera as Prime Minister in the new members, none is the war.--Associated Press,

pharmaceutical industries.--Reuter,

tomorrow has been postponed. The of the Defence Ministry from Nankment of Mr De Valera, though it Parliament. mentoso (965 fon each). and

date of the next meeting Fortunale (950 tonn), the submarines | Ing.

of the Tossible that four of the may It was prepared to co-operate with | Council will depend on the outerme Members of the Shanghai Garrison abstain from voting in the election other Opposition parties to form a

also participate

Heuter.

EDITORIAL

THE

acut-

Schools Broadcasts

THE deckion to invite Mic Lloyd-Williams, formerly of the BBC, to come" to Hongkong for a brief visit. In order to give us the benefit of his knowledge and experience on schools broad- casts, was a welcome display of .enterprise an

the part Colony's broadcasting authorities. Equally commendable · was the thoughtful and painstaking report which Mr Lloyd-Williams pre- sented to the visory Committee using Ad- and upon

of the

Can

which, it is to be hoped, Govern- ncut will take some positive action. The dispensing of educu- to schoolchikiren by means tion of the radio is no longer a novelty. It, and since The BBC plancered then

notably MADY countries, Australia and Canada, have deve- loped to a high degree this use the radio. Il fa form of general__ knowledge instruelion that be equally as beneficial to Hong- kong students it his proved itself to be in oiler parts of the world, and every encouragement should be given to the project. Mr Woyd-Williams, whose vast of schools broadcasting experience entities his opinion to the fullest

Burn of

reateel,

Is Inaistent o polnt: if Hourkong is to adopt schools broadcasts as an addi-

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tional part of our students' educa- tion, it must be done thorourly. There must be pathing slipshad,

and we must be prepared to spend money, There are other con- sliterations which also must be insisted upon. Schools broadcasts must bear no relation to the sill- fed text books used in the cluss-

Material musi ronin.

be care- fully chosen and prepared in such a way that it will excite the im-

rination

well as provide new and valuable information. It and when

Government decides

as

id

adopt Mr Lloyd-Williams' recom- mendations, it should not, us får as possible. allow' schoolteachers to run the programmes. Success- ful and effective

schools broad-

Marea (1.068 tons. and Nichelio

tugs.

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small and big kidnapping cases.

The United States: the 35,000- According to Chinese press reports, ton battleship Italia, the submarines the formation of the special court (1,317 tons) and Plating was necessitated by the inefficiency TJandolo

(865 tons), eighter motor torpedo of the local judicat organs in handling

three boats,

landing craft.

the the

important tanker Prometeo (1,000 tous), two Reuter.

water carriers, one of 2,000 tons, six large tuits, one of 26 tous, and. three small tugs.

France:

FRANCE'S SHARE

Various

Caseu,

;י'

10:

| coalition governinent.-Reuter.

ROUND TABLE TALKS New York, Feb. 8.-The India and

will Pakistan delegations

resume! private round-table talks on the

the

Indian-Pakistan

talks.-

This Week Is Crucial For

The Marshall Plan

Washington, Feb. 8.-The progress of the Marshall Plain through Congress will enter a new and possibly crucial stage this week when three developments which may affect the plan's future are expected. These developments are:

--The Senate Foreign lations Cominiittee will

1.

+

(85 tons), 10 mutor torpedo boots.

of the Premier on February 18. three vedeties (constal craft), three Headquarters will

lie could therefore be elected Landing craft, the tanker Stige (1.-in the new tribunal to help selle Premier by 70 vutes to 06 against. 343 ts), four water carriers, in- special cizes such as the recent

STATE OF PARTIES cluding one of 2.900 tons, the train- National Tang Chi University riot, With all but five Carlow Milkenny | ing Ship Cristofore Columbo (2,787 the wrecking of the Social Affairs tons), one transport (tonnage not Bureau, the Sung Sing Cotton Mill seats decided, the state of the parties Fail (De known), eight large tugs, includinut riot, gold and exchange speculations at present is: Fianna one of 380 tons, and

Valera) Party 66; Fine Gaei 20; Labour 11; Independents 12.

Clam Na Poblachta (Now Republican Farmers seven; National Labour four. Mr. De Valera has reats against a combined Opposition total of 78.

Valera

said last night: Mr De "Fianna Fail has made it clear from the first that it does not believe in n

culting the $0,800 million appropria- coalition and will not participate in BAN TO STAY

Re-tion for the first 15 months of the any coalition. But if, as the largest

tomorrow! plan if the Committee may recom- Shanghul. Feb. 9.-Reports

that party, we are given support to form start sceret sessions in which a report mend a cut of as much an $1,000 on their protracted open hearings million in the hope that this will the cruisers Attilio the Government

we will to so." authorities were

a governeral view

The

in that the will be drawn up and a decision pincate the | Regolo,

Magno

opposition who want and prepared Pampen

reconsider the bah

cut the funds for, even heavier cuts." cabarets Scipione Africano

fol-country has slipped further left and reached, whether and (of 3.762 tong)

ballrooms

That the

ink-up between the forces the plan. recent

Mr Douglas is expected to leave. the sloop Eritrea 12,172 tons), the loving

In rtuting casty demand a new approachestroyers Legionario,

Shanghai Mitragliere.

by cabaret employees. of the Right and the Leftehas been

for London either at the end of thiợ wholly divorced from the

2-Mr Lewis Douglas, the United week or the beginning of the next the were denied last night by Mr Chinn brought nearer. Velile (1.680 tons each), and the There must be room technique.

Fine Gael may be described

States Ambassador to Britain, whe 03

to lead the Alfredo Oriant (1.715 lons) and Yun-tien, chairman of the special

Anglo-American-French as much emphasis on the per-

Progressive Republican committee super- Giada (885 tons), six motor torpedo Executive Yunn Sonality of the broadcaster and his

formulation of the pinn, is preparing

economie talks opening on bouls, three vedettes, five lingvis the enforcement of the na-American sense and Finna Fail as

Democrat. The preparation of the serint as upon

to leave for London again, handing thing that is only

his absence, the leadership ilm subject itself. Provided the craft, the tankers Tarvisio (10,915 tonal austerity drive.

keeping the two parties separate is over to other Sinte Department per- of the Stale Department campaign conditions laid down by Ir tons) and Urano (10,550 tons), four Me Chlang asserted the Govern-Civil War memories, which Me De conalities, at least temporarily, the to push the plan through Congreak Lloyd-Williams are fulfilled there water carriers, one of 1,016 tons,

trsk nf steering inent would carry through its de-Valera is keen on wining out.

the plan through the 915-on transport

will be handled mainly by no doubt that schools broad-

Panigalia, etared policy regarding closing the A fusion between Fianna Fail and Congress, Leight well worth the

Robert Lovett, the Under-Secretary the largest of be

large tugs, cants woull

3. Mr George Marshall, which is 355 tons, and four small dance halts throughout the country. Fine Gael, It is said, must eventual-

the of State, and Mr Charica Boblen, #pent on them, but any money

Secretary of State and the originator Counsellor of the State Department, allemnt to conduct them in an

Thurs,

With regard to the future employ-

of the

the plan, will travel out to the Greece:

Mr the cruiser Eugenio Diment for dancing girls, Mr Chlang

Marshall's speech at Des amateurish and chean way woul

"grass roots" aren of Des Moines, Savola (7,283 tons) and one water suggested the cabaret gwners con- almost be

to render them sure

Lord Sankey Dead. carrier.

Iowa, to make a speech on Friday Moines before a farmers' convention vert their establishments into res- fureles). It can be expected, that

in which he is expected to express intement on his plan since the afort may be his most important public a caustierbe amount of publse

boots taurants serving cheap meals and Loaden, Feb. 8.-Viscount Sankey, publicly his concern about the pro- of the Congress debate. Aliseo and Indomito (950 tons each) thus interest will be manifested in the

create jobs for some of the Lord Chancellor from 1920 to 1935,gress of the aid programme through

that he feels' grave schools bronilcasts proposal, and

and the Arlete (707 tons), seven girls. Mr Chiang also revealed that died at his home there on Friday, Congress and nitemot to rally jarčne minesweepern of lust over 150 tons he

concern about the progress of the The recommendations of the

Government authorised two it whs learned today. He was 81. opinion in its suurort each, two landing craft, one water cabarets to keep open temporarily in

debute and it lu believed ha, may Prondeasting Advisory Committee

He had been a British Member of carrier, and four inrge tugs, inclurt- Taingino for the benefit of members the Permanent Court of Arbitration Committee's decision is seen in the programme and give public expres

A key to the Foreign Relations restate the busis purposes of the wold he awaited with some\{m- matlemer.

ing one of 226 tons,

of the American service nila at the Ingue since 1930-Associated belief of its chairman, Senator slon to the fears he has been dis- } stationed at that port-Renter. Press.

Arthur Vandenberg, that it is worth cussing in private.--Reuter.

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Yugoslavia: the torpedo

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In

the has played a leading part in the

It is known

Mr