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VOL. III NO. 53

The

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI, For and on behalf of

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.

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Thongkong Telegraph, 9

Economic Aid For China Not Enough

Wedemeyer Urges Military Assistance

Washington, Mar. 4.-Economic aid would not be enough to protect American interests in China, Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer said today. Giving evidence on the proposed assistance to China before the House of Representatives Foreign Affair Com- mittee, General Wedemeyer strongly recommended military help to the Nanking Government and said:

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Bank Meeting: Special Edition

The annual meeting of the Hongkong Banking Cor- paration is being held today. and

the Telegraph will publish a full report of the proceedings in special edition which will be on the streets at 3 o'clock this aftemoon.

LAUFANKINTAANOTTAMATTA K PROGRAM KELAKONNAN

ARGENTINA -

CHILE PACT

Mutual Defence

Buenox

Aires. Mar.

Argentina and Chile

were

4.

"We should not create an economic strength which is not protected by our armed forces until a United Nations force is prepared to ensure the peace of the world."

new

General Wedemeyer, who is, What it would require militarily can Director of Army Plans and Opera- | now only be determined by n tions, continued: "The forces oppos- | survey of the situation." inst the Chinese Government JAVI

I been growing stronger and economie

inid as not now enough.

ofwo years

ap economie ald

TRIBUTE TO CHIANG

The general. who directed thic Chinese ottles

in the war with Japan. voiced his confidence in Generalissimo

Chiang Kal-shek, to China prepared But I left admiring

i would have been enough, but, now It iston Inte. $200,000,000 would have helped China bruneasurably if ap saying: "I went plied wisely then. Now I would not not to trust him. recommend Sa30,000,000 for economie | him. aid which would not be properly protected.

"If we intend to put an end to the advance witch has been sweeping down from north, for example, over Czechoslovakia and China, we must do more than aid economienlly.”

POWER VACUUMS

sadd the war had created tangerous power vacuums through out the world and added: "The ex- perience of history is that we mual protect the areas of our national in terest where power vammuru exist,

"We should give military aid to al this countries and peoples whose political are com- afternoon signing

"paci of; and economic structures mutual defence" for their calms patible with our own or who' to sovereignty in the Antarctica, striving in that direction."

the Argentine Forelan

Minister,

Dr Bramugila stated today.

Dr Bramugila, who was speaking

at a press conference, adleri that the

are

General Wedemeyer made it plafo that he was talking about military

aid and not military

in China's, warfare.

"ile has the cuminos people ot heart. Ile does not strut. He is not unwilling to, make personal sacrifices."

fast His

General Wedemeyer made extensive survey in China summer for President Truman. lindings have never been made public.

The general said that President Truman had given him orders not to discuss that report. Frequently he asked to be excused from an swering speelfe questions for fear of disclosing secret information.

The Committee then voted to hold a private session, excluding news papermen and the public, at which General Wedemeyer cnukl speak

more freely.-Reuter.

portication Industrial

Production

Antarctic question would be in- He said military aid mans sending

troduced at the Inter-America; competent olürers-to-advise-in-the--- Conference which opens in Bogota use of weapons where a country has!

at the end of this month.

使える。

(A Reuter despatch from Santia-

Chile,

stated tonight that

an

been given economic aid.

do Bot believe military par fleipation is necessary at this time." on he declared. signeel

Argentine Chilean agreement Antarctic sovereignty

WIN

there by Senor G. Vergara, the Chilean Foreign Minister, and Senor Pascal Larosa, the special envoy of President Peron of Argent:nic),

(Continued on Page 4)

EDITORIAL

General Wedemeyer said that the Chinese Government, unaided, could not succeed against the Communists. "The situation has deteriorated a August. since I left there last

lot

Air Link With Japan

THE announcement that BOAC

will be

extending in once-

named Dragon Route flying-boat service to Japan before the end of this month gives cause for sails- Inction. It bas required 17

months for BOAC to put the com- nicle United Kingdom-Japan

route info commission, due to

你

variety of prabteins, none of which allowed any short cut solution., Even now the service must be Imited to one flying-boat each way per week, with the Japan terminal at Iwakuni. It is in- dicated, however, that the ulti- mate terminal will be Tokyo, and it can be presumed that BOAC wlil enlarge the service to twice a week aa

ноп д as possible.

Hong- kong's interest the extension of

the civil air service to something more than

con-

for it is to be assumed that ROAC and the Post Office will come to an arrangement for carrying mails between here to

to Iwaku. The demand at the moment may not be tremendous it matla

to be cx- are pressed in terms of kilo weight, but there are a number of Hong- kong business interests now being served in Japan whose communi- cations problem will be siderably lightened with the in- troduction of a regular weekly mail service. The vast

BOAC organisation which links England by air to the Continent, Far East, North and South America, South Africa and Australia has by no means achieved what was hoped for when it was transformed into a corporation under Government charter. Its loss of £6,000,000 on Jast year's working came as

it

staggering shock, and was not easily defended by the Minister for Civil Aviation in the House of Comunons. The principal explana- You advanced

that the Was Corporation had had to use con- verted types of alreraft which

co::Id not be operated econonileal- ly, but the confident prophesy has been made that when this posillon la rectified, British commercial aviation will be able to compete successfully with all other inter- national air lines, and that defleits will be converted into surpluses. Leaving aside the claim that uneconomical types of alreraft have primarily been responsible for BOAC's operating losses, hus silit to be recognised that no matter

how efficiently Jong- distance air services are maintain- ed, it is

Impossible practically to run them at a profit. Long hops, and the need for Incessant maintenance, sendt operating costs skyward, white the turn-around, compared with short distance Bights, ไ slow, And consequence not so remunerative: Indicatious that the United States overseas air services are confronted with this same

position

were given by the plaintive wall which has come from a House of Repre- sentatives sub-committen appoint- ed to report on United States civil aviation. It is not likely, there- fore, that extension of the BOAC service to Japan will make the Kingdom-Far East route

In

United Into a money-spinner, but the service to date lins been creditable enough to add prestige to British civil aviation, and there is no question that the linking of Eng- land to Japan by nie will serve general interenta.

Rises 9%

Loudon, Mar. 4.-British - dustrial production

roke about

nine percent last year above the 1940 level. Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. announced at a press conference. here today.

The outstanding rikes building--21 percent, and engineering and vehicles

cent.

נ$1

were

melals.

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1948.

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JEWISH PATROL AMBUSHED

itescue workers dig in

Atlantic the ruins of the Hotel in Jerusalem's Beá Yehuda Street in search for vic- tims of the bombing that shattered buildings in two blocks in the heart of the city's Jewish business dis- trict. At least 43 were killed and scores of others injured: -AP Wirephoto.

To Bow

Finns Likely To

To Stalin's Request

however, have

POLITICAL PARTIES RELUCTANT' Helsinki, Mar. 4.--Finland is likely to agree to start negotiations for a military assistance pact with Russia, a Finnish Foreign Office spokesman stated to- night. He added: "The Parliament, the last word."

This statement cabie

days! ofter It had become known that |Marsiūl Stalin hud written to Pres" sident Paasikivi, suggesting a met modelled on those signed by Russia with Rumania and Hungary.

SIX

Since last Friday, there have been behind the scenes consultations be- tween the Finnish political parties and Inday a second party has agreed to the negotiations with Russia,

tonight Most

political parties showed extreme reluctance to com- mit Finland to n military assistance bact with Russin despite the state-

ment.

the

Party Of Seventeen Wiped Out

BRITISH OFFICER KILLED

Jerusalem, Mar. 4. — Arabs ambushed a Haganah patrol near Ramallah and killed 17 on Thursday, according to a police.report.

Arabs said the Haganah party was trying to penetrate the hills to the highway to lay mines when it -encountered the Arab defenders, The Jews were kill

ed in a two hour gunfight and Aràb casualties are known..

un-

Arabs said the Jews were frami | The army officer was fatally shot Kalandiya Settlement, which nd-after he went to the ald of a wounded Juins the airport where the United Jew, army sources cald, adding that Nations secrétarien landed on Well-that ollicer, due to return to England nesday.

|soon, was organising a' convoy

of

The Jews advanced on the un-Jewish labourers for a dash through way in two parties, the Araba sail the Arab section. All 17 of the first party were kille! The attock come from a nearby and the second party fled through] Arab house and soldiers returned the nills,

the fire. One Jew died in an The Arabs took the Jews

Which was swept by Arab bulleis, and parts of their clothing 21 thra | officials said. The second was led the Army to the scene where the picked off by snipers near the edge bodies fell.

of the Jewish quarter-Associated Press.

Known Arab casualties were two wounded.

Hugunah sources said they believed that the Arab attackers, who nuan-) |bered about 200, Intended to start a

lurgesenle operation, ngalust the twof nearby Jewish settlements of Neeveh Yancov and Atarot,

PARTY SURROUNDED When the Arabs met the Haganah) group of 25, they surrounded them, killing 12 Jews on the spot.

When the military arrived on the scene the Arabs already had dis- persed,

European Union: New Plan

Brussels, Mar. 4.-A

new

The Haganah sources deined that) the ambushed detachment

was plan for Western European laying mines and said it had merely Union will be submitted by been on patrol.

Britain and France to the five- According to other sourcen, the Ramallah-Jerusalem rond was closely power conference here to- watched by Jewish Security forces morrow, it was understood to- during the last two days following night. reports that unidentified anti- partition fighters had attempted to

The new proposals-resulting from transport a large amount of ex-the latest Anglo-French exchanges→→→ plosives to Jerusalem along it. The will be considered by the Benelux roads lead mainly through Arab controlled territory.

powers, whose own draft has already produced "wide agreement" among

the delegates. BRITISH OFFICER KILLED

The Anglo-French draft will be Huita, Mar. 4Sniper's bullets taid before the conference by Mr "During the negotiations, we must, however, work on the basis that our w-dows-In-this-city's-tense-border Office when he arrives from London killed a British Army officer and Gladwyn debb, of the British Forelan people] wish to ̄ ̄ ̄maintain their neutrality and that their great pence- loving majority oppose our country Jaining any bloc.Reuter.

that the

SHIP NAVIGATED

The French Government was

areas on Thursday,

tomorrow. Sporadie heavy suiping took place "optimistic" over the results of the on the slopes et historic Mount Brussels WHISPERING. CAMPAIGN

conference, a French Carmel, Officials sald much of the spokesman sald in Paris today. Helsinki, Mur. 4.Whispering aniping came from the Arab sections, "We look to an economic agres- campaigns that "reactionary ele-still jittery over the Stern Gang ment which would constitute

Right aro ments of the

scerelly killing of 14 Arabs in a bomb attack Western bloc," he planning a coup d'etat "have started on Wednesday,

nilded. "This in several factories here today.

would not be a spectacular gesture, Parliamentary

but something of profound reality." circles

belleve campaigns were launched the

MINISTERS TO MEET Communists by

drew o and with similar Parallel

accusations

Sources close to the against the Rightwing

Are dele- in Czecho- LEFT-WINGERS EMPHATIC

BY RADAR gations stated that the

Western slovakia before" the action com- The political parties have the last

European Union treaty will be drawn per-word in the matter, and so far only mittees began their activitles.

The Finnish

London. Mar. 4.The 1.076-tons up rapidly and the preliminary talks People's Party's the extreme Parliamentary Communists and

Troup today

In-Antwerp vessel, Topaze, arrived in will be over by Saturday or Sunday. The main limiting factor in our Leftwing People's Democrats have formed the President that it "will the River Thames nt Tilbury early

The same source: added that iL Production drive this year is steel, given President Punaikivi an un

пот despite the fact that

object to the Finnish Govern- today after the first English Chanpet was likely that the Foreign Ministers При recorrig qualified

to his inquiry "yes"

meet whether are even now being established" Sir

they

starting negotiations with the crossing ever made entirely by radar of the five countries would

immediately before or immediately support the proposed pact. Stafford aided.

after the 10-notions -conférence un The Finnish People's Party, after Soviet Union" for a military as-navigation.

and sistance

nact friendship a three-hour session tonight, could

05 The ship left Ostend yesterday in the Marshall Plan, due to open on In answer to a question,

Stall has Marshal the President

March 15. Sir only tell

thick fog. which normally would that they Stafford salt the

thas proposel, Yesterday,

Parliamentary

They would then put the finishing difficulty about would "not object to the negotiations

have kept her lu harbour, and the getting scrap from Germany

group of the

People's Democrata visibility continued so bait that the touches to the treaty and sign it. the uncertainty about the value of

was being started","

extreme Leftwing party) re-master saw nothing of other shipping best authority, that the military It was learned tonight, on the This reply, it was understood, did the mark. There was no intention

not satisfy the President, as it did commended that the President con- until the vessel berthed at Tilbury, to confiscate scrap. Steel difficulties not answer the seven points he fund

clude

the a pact with.

minimum

aspect of the treaty, has been scrap. limited the expansion of the nation's fixed on a basis for the partics' dis- delay.

When the Topaze arrived, exactly | ped so far on the present conference engineering Industry.

cussions,

Agrarians, Liberals, Conservatives on time, the master, Captain de invas concerned These points included the role and Social Democrats were giving Rue, stated that he had had a per- "This aspect of Western Union would Finland's reduced armed forces could their reply to the President, later fect pleture on the radar screen of be discussed when Field Marshal play In any military pact, the today.

all buoys, ships and surrounding Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the sultability of the Russo-Hungarian Under the Constitution, theland, and had been able to judge his Imperial General Staff, makes a tour and Russo-Rumanian pacts as models President must obtain the approval distances to a few yards, although of Belgian military establishment at for the Finnish pact, und the effect of all parties before the Government from the bridge he had been able the end of this month, it was also on public opinion here of the pre-can begin to negotiate.—Reuter, to see nothing at all-Reuter. teurned-Router. posed pact.

ment

Students Union Demands Self-Govt

For that reason, Britain was more than ever dependent on producing more textiles to close the import- export Kap. The current textile production was encouraging, but there was still a long way to go.

He told a questioner he was "fairly

NO DECISION satisfied" that the use of dollars by

The

Finnish People's Party other members of the sterling area, agreed, however, to give a supple- ! sometimes said to be sufficient to mentary answer,

covering these embarrass Britain, could not be re-points Inter.. duced much further.

After two long sessions today, the London, Mar. 4.-The West Agrarians, Conservatives and African Students Union and} The Chancellor of the Exchequer Liberals could not reach a decision

The Social Democrats, after sitting Secretariat demanded on Thurs- He argued that this would not be the whole day and promising their day immediate self-government reply later tonight, announced; "Our for Britain's tropical Gold Const of advantage to Britain in the pre-country has no possibility of re- Colony, where 14 persons wore sent situation.

described "complete nonsense" a report from using at least to negotiate, parti- Paris that Britain has proposed

cularly as no information is avaliable simultaneous devaluation of sterling. the Dutch forin and the Belgian

firmly denied that sterling would be and adjourned until tomorrow. the Weat African National

devalued.

franc.

Ile

ng

п

on the terms of the proposed pact.

Train Accident: Nine Killed

killed in rioting last Saturday.

In a joint statement the organisa tions accused the police of firing on unarmed and defenceless men.

For The Gold Coast

The rioting, which spread from sixth of the Colony's population of the capital city, of Accra to several nearly 4,000,000. other towns, has subsided and "all A British Government statement Commons on Monday at- reported on Thursday.

tributed the rioting to Communist Incitement.

is quiet," the British Colonial office in

From an authoritative source. it. was learned that British troops, held Quartey, editor of the West African Thin charge, K. A. B. Jones- in readiness at Gibraltar, probably Students Union Magazine, said "was will not now be sent w

bo rent to the colony. entirely false and completely mis- He corrected a question who said

"In view of these circumstances

Two British sloops i

now are steam-leading." the United States loan, to Britain

the people of the Gold Coast rightlying from Simonstown, South Africa, demand immediate self-government, to Acera. The Admiralty said it did behind the disorders was a spirit of

Well

informed sources said that was "exhausted stating: "It is drawn. It is, of course,

the convening of a constituent as nat ex-

not know when they would arrive. Nationalization and the exploitation hausted. When it is exhausted,

sembly to formulate plans for effect:

II. of Sir. Osel Agyeman Prempeh Brussels, Mar. 4-Nine persona

generol economic will mean whenever we want to get were killed and four were badly ing transfer of power, and the re- dollars we will have to sell gold" wounded in a train accident carly call of the governor," the statement King of Ashanti, Cenim! Gold Coast ineluding 11 cm,

Province, on Wednesday appealed to low living standards no sald.

longer his warllko tribesmen He said no.aleps, except the pur Thursday at Jambes, In Southeastern chase of Australian gold,, were at Belgium, according to a report by

Receptable to veterans who lived The

National patient, calm, peaceful and

law under different conditions while present contemplated to increase the Belgian railway authorities- Secretariat in made up of West abiding."

serving in empire forces during the. British gold reserves-Reuter.

African. Nationals in London.

The Ashantis comprise about one. war,-Associated Press.

Associated Press.

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to

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