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VOL III NO. 45

Eire Taxation

Relief

Dublin, Feb. 24.-The new Eireann Government has taken Its first step to redeem a promise of reduced taxation made during the general election.

A statement issued tonight an- nounced that duties on tobacco. beer and entertainment imposed In October are to be removed,

No mention is made of in- creased duties on wines, spirits, furs and cosmetles, the road-inx on motor cars, and stamp duiles on estates,

The present Government is a Coalition formed by Mr John Costello after the defeat of Mr Eamon de Valera-Reuter.

PALESTINE

COMMISSION

PI Delegate Resigns

Lake Success, Feb. 21.--Scha- tor Vicente Francisco, Philip-i

Inent names a successor. Uis resignn-

The

The

For the Proprietor of

HONOKONG TELËGKAPILT. For and on behalf of

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Printer and Pistillaher

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At the

P.G.

Thongkong Telegraph. G

UNITED

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1948.

STATES Third Degree

DECLARES ITS POLICY

ON PALESTINE

Urges

Security Council To Begin Consultations

Lake Success, Feb. 24.-The long-awaited United States policy on Palestine was laid down here today with a declaration that the Security Council should at once begin consultations with the Pales- tine Commission, with Britain, and with representatives of the Jews ~ and Arabs, at Now York, in an effort to reach agreement on the General Assembly's plan for partition.

Mr Warren Austin, the United States delegate, making this recommen- dation, also said that the Security Council must first of all determine whether there is a threat to international peace in the Palestine situation.

Of

more

Palestine.

"The Council, by these same powers, can take action to prevent threat to international peace and sveurity from inside.

"But this nelion must be directed solely to the maintenance of inter- national peace. The Counell's action, l other words, is directed not to enforcing

pine delegate, said today he has

He proposed that the Security Council establish a committee made up of five of its resigned from the United Na- permanent members to look into the question of a possible threat to international tions Palestine Commission

He urged also that the Council call upon all governments peace.

and peoples to Francisco's resignation followed the assist in the prevention and reduction of disorders in disclosure last week of growing fric-

"It is empowered to make recom- flan

within

Mr Austin declared: "The United | five-member commistion which has the task of Nations, will continue to deal with measures or to impose economic and States, as a member of the United mendations or to take provisional partitioning the Holy Land.

He said he would

The question of Palestine in conjung-other non-military sanctions or to ould continue to prve

fake military measures," the Council on the commission until his govern-ion with other members.

"The United States policy will not is required to fallow one unilateral. It will conform to of thèse lines of netion.

in support of. the United It may pursue these lines of action

in any sequence it deems proper.

"If the Security Council to the

should

precedent to be established by action arred | future of the United Nations that the decide that it is necessary to use

taken in this case be, in full accorda

maintain Inter- national peace In connection with Palestine, the. United States would with the terms of the Charter under be ready to consult under the Char- which we operate.

"In considering whether or not theter with a view to such action as situation In Palestine is a threat to may be necessary..

"Such consulation would be peace, the Council quired. in

View

the fact

tion was sent to Manila four days ago, and be Francisco sald, but bad not yet been accepted when he confirmed it here. Nations artion on Palestine, "It i of Arst importance

SLOW PROGRESS

Francisco said he resigned because the progress of the Commission has been much slower than he had ex- pected when he accepted the post, Because of pressing private business in Manila, he said, it is impossible for him to remain away from hone any longer.

International

the

force

of

res that

to keeping pence, partition.

Accusations

London, Feb. 24-An acousa→ flon that British and

Allied officers used third degroo melbods against Germans at the Bad Nonndorf Interrogation camp in Germany was made in

House of Commons today

by

the

a Labour Member, Mr Richard

oken..

Stoken

He said he himself had visited the camp, where he found men In cells 10 degrees below zero,

one

To

my certain knowledge, man had his legs frozen off," Four

British Allied officers concerned with the allegations

Htreatment

are awaliing

of

court martial.

what been

Another Labour Member, MI Thomas Driberg, asked disciplinary nction lad taken against a British ofilcer and non-commissioned officers who had "beat up" Herr Werner Kleindienst, a a 20-year-old Ger- man student.

Dir Emanuel Shlowell, the War Minister, replied that the officers' conduct was "improner and unworthy

of the British Army."

reprimanded

They had been and transferred to other duties or in ont ease released from the Army. Reuter.

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U.S. Calls For Elections In South Korea

Lake Success, Feb. 24.-The United States to- day called for an immediate election in South Korea to establish a National Government despite the United Nations Korea Commission report that it did not support such a step.

The American delegate, Mr Philip Jessup, told the Little Assembly: "We believe that this will provide the Korean people with their best chance to establish a stable government, reflecting the will of the majority.

"The United States has not wished, and does not wish, to perpetuate the arbitrary division of Korea along

the 38th Parallel.. It urges that a National Assembly, representing all Koren, be Elected on a basis of population."

Mr Jessup

urged that one-third

of the seals should be reserved for

the representatives of North Korea. the Soviet-occupied zone.

"If it should unhappily prove to be the case that the Commission could not continue with observations

.38th

of the elections north of the.

Manchuria

Is Virtually

Lost To Reds

Nanking, Feb. 25.-All reports available here indicate that the Government position in Man-

Parallel, due to the opposition of churla is becoming sharply un- the Soviet authorities, the result tenable as Communists close the would nevertheless be that two ranks for a full-dress drive on thirds of the Korean people would

have elected their proportional share of the members of a Korean National Assembly."

Mukden from all sides.

While battle is underway in what is believed to be the final phase of the Manchurian warfare, Govern- "One-third of the Korean people ment control of territory in the would have been denied the oppor- North-east, has been reduced to a Bad News For Britons unity to seat their representatives precarious foothold in

in that Assembly.

13 countics LACK OF RESTRAINT

and cities, independent despatches sold Colonial The United Kingdom

London, Feb.

"The Korean people and all the 24. The

The main threat to Mukden is now Secretary, Mr Arthur Creech Jones, Government disclosed tonight world would know who had denied gathering from the south-east, where

Council thai the told the Security

them that opportunity." military withdrawal and winding

that its efforts to reduce the

the Communists have already up of the divit administration in Pales-drain Britain's gold and Mr Jessup submitted a resolution succeeded in isolating the coolmining

"being

to the Assembly, carried out dollar tine

40 miles from failed during

declaring that it centre of Penki, are both

Ervore was encumbent on the Commission to Mukden, while

fighting in implement au election programme in also in progress along the Hung and The Government spokesman, Lord such parts of Korea as pre accessible Line rivers. Pakenham, told the House of Lords to the Cominission.

Meanwhile a spokesman of the that the drain on the reserves rose

Ministry of

of National Defenco denied from £48 million in December to £57.500,000 in January,

on.

Francisco is known to have differ- | Kingdom, which, as the mandatory | n making hot yet been reached against a background of Increasing January.

should

with consult

United

power, is responsible On some

for the pro- etion of Palestine,"

the Charter, he sald, the Council was responsible for deter- associations with all mem-mining the existence of any threat of the Commission have been to peace. harmonious," he said. "They are all sincere and competent nien."

ed sharply with several other mem- bers of the Commission issues. He denied he resigned be- cause of the internal friction in the Tinder Commission's secret meetings.

"My

bers

in the

COUNCIL MUST ACT "It makes such a determination

Francisco majority floor teader,

criminal lawyers in the Philippines.

said he has had several legal cases postponed until March and April and that it necessary for him to get home to handle them.-Associated Press.

the leilippine Senate and of withi

Steamer Missing

for

Stockholm, Feb. 24-The 550-ton Swedish steamer, Ivan, bound the Baltle port of Stolpmunde from Malmoc, Southern Swedru, was to- night mkring

her 200-mile

voyage.

on

Stolpmunde is in

of

the area Germany which was handed over to

Poland under the Potsdam Agree ment. Reuter.

EDITORIAL

Palestine, the Council is required by respect to the situation in the Charter to net.

violence.

tion in Palestine has

"Imleed, the general security pesi- degenerated very seriously since the resolution of the General Assembly was pansed November 30 last year, he said. said. QIF NO

"This deterioration, due to a lack of restraint by both communities

reserves

CHINESE SUPPORT

as "entirely untrue" the American Chinese news agency report that

have Blopped

agreement has

armed forces available to the Security Council under the terms

01 Article 43," Mr

Austin continued: "The Char- fer does not empower the Security to enforce a political set- Council

He added, however, that this was

Dr T. F. Talang, the Chinese de- Air Force planes tlement,

it is pursuant to

"characteristic figure". mat a

fegate, said: "Members of the Cot-flights to Mukden. But. writes Sydowy Gampell, Keu- mission feel that they should do Assembly or of the Council itself.

FLIGHTS CONTINUE "What this means is this: The by the activities of groups beyond ter's Financelal Editor, this result is nothing to crystallise the division:

It had between worse than was expected.

the North and the South. He said: "Not only military trans- Council, under the Charter, can take borders-the intrusion of armed

not been

the net supposed that

We should be very careful in our ports, but also civilian planes are January drain would exceed about examination of any course of action maintaining regular flights between action to prevent aggression against Arab Lands, and on the Jewish side Palestine from outside.

the continuance of illegal im-

£50,000,000.

which we may adopt with particular Mukden and other cilles, migration

The The Chancellor of the Exchequer, reference to this point of Korean Chinese Air Force Headquarters never issued any order io suspend

the rechettion of the General inside Palestine, has been aggravated

Mortar Shells Fired Into-

Police Compound

Jerusalem, Feb. 24.-Jewish mortars threw three-inch shells into the Palestine police compound just before naon on Tuesday.

One of the shells hit a post office;

nearby and another blusted the rouf

There were no casualties. The mortar blasts set off the alarm

the

by

"In endeavouring to control this

orate-and-property.

"I cannol conceive of any bette, High-Chang-Tae-hslang,- one-of-

situation, British elvil and military Sir Stafford Cripps, tonight under-unity." personnel have suffered a heavy tollined the importance of stopping this drain. He said that during the period of Marshall old, Britain would

way for the United Nations to make the veteran Manchurian leaders, on "Nevertheless, the British forces need the backing of

a gold and a contribution to the Independence arrival here yesterday said that the have, on frequent occasions, kept dollar reserve for the trade of the and unity of Korea than the course Manchurian situation though critical the contending factions apart, have sterling area to maintain the con- of action which the General A5 was not hopeless and the only suppressed much violence, have con-

fidence of the rest of the sterling sembly resolutions set forth. trolled the frontiers, and have pre-

remedy lay in successful military area and the world which was es- "Lost there be any misunder- vented open civil war.

operations. stability sential to any world

instanding on this matter, I wish to since

the resolution of Novem-

make

clear trade.

it perfectly ber 30, my Government have pro- There is a really hard struggle delegation and Government, do not tions in Manchuria with the advent vided the Palestine Commission before us," Sir Stafford

wish to see such a National Gov- ernment adopt an anti-Soviet polley to make every effort to gain control of spring. He urged the Government with a large body of information to

was A struggio enable it to take up the respon-

"On the contrary, we would like of the railway lines and areas, and world importance. the it by

to see Korea do all it could to cul-

not be content to hold a ANTI-INFLATION MOVES

few points. tivate the best triendly relations

Semi-official reports with Russia."

from Hopel state that the Communists

of a small building in the police sirens for the second time. The first sibilities assigned billets are.

Education In Hongkong

ĮPWARDS of 200,000 skildera.

US

Bic

Ing

nor

arc now being educated lo Hongkong, which gure tells the story better

than any

words of the remarkable effort made by Education Department, and Chinese private schools. In bring-

the

Colony*%

educational facilities to a level hardly sur- passed in the pre-war years. And this, despite the fact that neither King's College

Очеси College any longer exist, and in face of formidable obstacles such as difficulty of providing ac- commodation, staff shortages and lack of equipment.

Today the education of something like 6.000 children is directly under the supervision of Government another thirteen

or fourteen thousand Art belug taught in Grant-in-Aid schools, and yet a further 20,000 or more are

·niudents of schools subsldlsed by the authorities. These Ing figures, indicative e strik

*not only of manner in which education

found its

the feet *Ince Liberation, but of the important

the

has

position which

In

in

schooling

How occupies In the affairs of the Colony. The

question only doubt is whether Government appreciates this importance, Re ference to the 1947-48 esilmates reveals that only about five per- cent of the total expenditure has been allocated for education, in- cluding Dersonal emoluments. This can hardly he described as excessivo generosity. Education In Ilongkong should be regarded as one of the principal services to the community. it for to other than that the money ex- reason

needs, in developlug

41 creative

by

praded is fulfilling fuvellon not surpassed other pubile expenditure, More than ever is it desirable to offer the best possible educational op- portunities in Hongkong. Much of the future of the Colony depends upon an ever-increaslug literate youth which can. In due course Aksine responsibilities of work and citizenship befitting a com- munlly

determined

to manage,

10 inore and more, its own affairs. Го

help bring, this about is an onus necessarily thrust upon the Colony's educational authorities; wherefore is Important that the Education Department should not only be given as free a hand as possible, and all the support

educailonal facilities to the full, but should also be directly represented on- the Colony's governing councils. From the general public, point of view education

holds Importance as pubile works, health, sanitation and medical services. and it seems reasonable that a departmental spokesma should be in attendance at these meetings where polley. Is decided upon and

Educatiu!! approved. has still to expand considerably In Hongkong before it can claim to be functioning at its maximum, nihils is a matter which concerns the Unofficials us mu

much as Government, It appears to be logical as well as practicable tor them to receive as much possible first-hand Information from the Director of Education concerning future

developments, their exil- mated cost In terms of dollitra and their estimated value in terms: of public service.

ани

+

as much

alert followed the roadmining of United Nations, a Jewish

bus being used to haul bread to the beleaguered Mekor Haini settlements in the Jerusalem outskirts.

dire have

to

nald. It tremendous

In one at several moves today in | the home front buitle to stop Inflation, Wholesale Distributors agreed to co the national organisation of the perate in the voluntary reduction of profits and prices. It formed

four sub-committees to draft details of a scheme for the Chancellor Exchequer.

of the

-came

after

Mr Mo Tel-hal, State Councillor, that my predleted large-scale military opera-

may

Today's American request for 1m-shortly make another attempt to mediate elections in South Korea-break into the provincial capital of which American forces have occupied Proting, which they unsuccessfully since the end of the war with Japan tried to capture on numerous occa- Russim-occupied northern half that munist troop movements towards the the slons in the past. Fairly heavy Com- a Northern Korean "People's Army" elty are said to have been noticed, had been created and a "Democratic-Reuter-AAP. People's Republic" declared.

reports from

POSITION EXPLAINED · "It is essentially because of the dificulties of security, and the Rifle and automatic

dangers of divided responsibility in been heard throughout Jerusalem Palestine under present conditions, most of the morning. A series of that the mandatory power, Inced bursts punctuated the "All clear" with specifte threats by the Arabs, siren after the morlar attack.

could not agree to open a port to Police officially said the three- Jewish immigration, could not agree inch mortar shells came from the to the progressive transfer of areas | Jewish area of Jerusalem which was

to the Commission's administration in Government offices that the pro-in Washington to have been made shattered by a bomb at dawn on to the formation of a militia under Sunday.

the control of the provisional gov crnment of the future Jewish State,

Rescue workers are still during into the debris of the Atlantic Hotel and engineers are planning to haul down some of the walls made tren- cherous by the force of the blast.

A Jewish Agency spokesman told a news conference:

at present.

Board

The Chancellor later told 4 de pulation representing staffs employed Posals from Civil Service trade unions for the gradual introduction of equal pay for women could not be applied "Nor could my Government safely extend the period of overlap, during

The President of the

of which the United Nations Commis-

Tratte. Mr Harold Wilson, today sion would be present in Palestine, signed 14 new orders bringing more and administration still rested with while the responsibility for security than 100 articles of everyday use from umbrelins to radios under a the mandatory power.

more rigid price control. There is no doubt in our minds "Notwithstanding all

(Continued on Page 4) that the Ben Yehuda bombing was stacles, the mandatory administra- perpetrated by British personnel. It tion has made some progress In the is in the essence of such attacks to devolution of powers to local Jewish make it impossible to determine the fand Arab authorities, in the creation identity of the attackers but we are of police forces drawn from

both continuing our investigation in the communities, and in the transfer of belief that they were British,"

control over vital services."

SEEK COMPENSATION

should

.

spokesman sold

those

ob.

M. Karel Lisicky, of Czecho- slovakia. Chairman of the Palestine Commission, presenting the Com-

non-

to

This announcement was believed

24.-The

French

to embarrass the Chairman of the Vote Of Confidence United Nations Commission, who is due to report to the Little Assembly: Paris, Feb. this week on the Russian refusal National Assembly gave the Prime allow the Commission into Minister, M. Robert Schuman, his tional elections. Northern Korea to prepare for na-sixth vote of confidence today by 301 votes against 275-a majority of 20. The vote was on the Cabinet's decision to refuse a bill calling for the repayment of the withdrawn 5,000-trane notes-Reuter.

The American State Department, however, refrained from comment ing pending a clarification of the situation.-Router.

Canadians Still Want Full Report On

.

Hongkong's Fall To Be Published

The demand for a new appeal to parties agreed with Mr King, but Me Britain came from Mr C. G. Power, Power, who sits on the Government Air Minister during the war, whose side of the House though no longer son was captured at Hongkong, after in the Cabinet, asked for the Briliais Mr King had stated he was prepared decision to be reconsidered. to make public evidence which had As one who played a large part in been given

Canadian the assembling and ficspatching of the Canadian force at Iongkong, he Commission,

said, he wanted the Canadian people to get a complete pleture.

And as one associated with the forces, he wanted all information to "Canadianising" of the Canadian

before

It was, disclosed that: Jen Yehuda mittee's report on its examination of kenzie King, the

Ottawa, Feb. 24. Mr Mac- Government would agree to the 1 had to be prepared on the basis that Street merchants

Canadian publication of all documents no that they might be published." Mr. King damaged by the the problems, declared: "The only aftack have formed a committee to why of implementing the plan of Prime Minister, agreed in the the Canadian people could get a full súld. approach the government for repay-

'picture of the action. partition as it has been envisaged House of Commone here today

Leaders of the three Opposition ment of losses since we feel the by the Assembly consists in pro- to ask the British Government Koverument

for assistance by financial

Palestinian military forces, avai-. cial responsibility, the full viding

to reconsider its objection to said lable, not in some symbolic form, publication of some parts of the A government one mortar bomb landed just out- but in effective adequate strength." report of the 1942 Royal Com side the maternity

ward of the

PREDOMINANT FACTOR mission which investigated the government hospital but did little

Calling for a realistic approach to | fall of 'Hongkong in 1941. damage. The hospital is a few the problem, M. Lisicky took the yards from police headquarters, example of Jerusalem, where the Two Canadian regiments were

One Arab was killed and two security service was assured by 900 Injured in a sten gun nitack on a British and 350 Palestinian police,

The British authorities, he said, captured there. For some days, the Jewish bus

progressive Conservative Opposition had not been able to agree to the na it sped past the supported by more than a brigade of have pressed for the documents to publication of telegrams which re Jewish Montefiore quarter of Jeru- British military troops, salem. Police sald

be made public and Mr Mackenzie Inted to the international altuation five Arabs,

Even

so, he said, there were dally, King had cabled to the British Go- in the Far East "as they belong to be made public on what could hap Including one child, were killed and shootings and bombings. nine Injured when their convoy was

vernment for permission.

a class of communication framed on pen when Canadian fired on by a passing Jewish convoy lem commanded all the rest. "Even that inter-governmental

The security aspect of the prob= The authorities in London stated the basis that they would not be asked to serve under officers who near Gaza, Four deaths were

published."

were not Canadian and

and not respon¬ : correspon re with the support of strong military

sible to the Canadian people. ported previously.

dence should in future remain con- forces, we This makes the death toll since shooting, bombing and Indiscrimi-

witness daily cases of dential.

"They said the system of frank "I feel much information and full communications betweon give guidance a partition 1,379,-Associated Press.

Mr King told the House that it Governments of the Commonwealth should be in the event of another to what polley (Continued on Page 4)

was now hoped that the British would be prejudiced it. telegramawor," he said-Reutor.

bops

were

would