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VOL. III NO. 55

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1948.

DE GAULLE READY TO

ASSUME POWER

GENERAL DE GAULLE

LAB. REVOLT

THREAT

Dissatisfaction. Over Palestine Bill

Speech Causes Sensation

ELECTION HINTED

Paris, Mar. 7-Ģeneral Charles de Gaulle today altered the whole political situation in France by declaring that, as far as it lay with him, all was ready for him to assume the leadership of the country. Political observers in París were forecasting that he might well be back in power within the next six weeks

or so.

For the first time since he abandoned the Premiership in 1946, General de Gaulle made a public bid that the Government of France should once again be entrusted to him and his followers.

In his speech at Compiegne, 50 miles northeast of Paris, where both the Armistice and the Franco-German Armistice of 1940 were signed, he said: "As far as I am' concerned, everything is ready to guide the country in the direction of salvation and greatness as soon as

ditions allow."

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This remark came right at the end of his 40-minule speech, which Reading, Berkshire, Mar, 7.-ranged over, French, European and The Labour Member of Parlla-world problems, and seemed to be ment, Mr Ian Mikardo, disclosed what the crowd of 60,000 men and here tonight

and other women had been waiting for. that he Labour Members intended to stage" Tremendous applause and cries of n "revolt” in the House of Com- "De Gaulle in Power" forend him mons next Wednesday when the to wait for several minutes before Palestine Bill dealing with mat-completing his sentence. ters arising from Britain's depar- Today's pronouncement followed a ture from Palestine is discussed.

General clear hint given by Gaulle when he spoke at Beauvals last night.

was "appeasing" the Arab States in

the Middle East at the expense the Jews in Palestine.

de

SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS Calling on France to stand firm

borne.

con-

Complegne, France, Mar. 7. Gen. Churies de Gnulle, called on France on Sunday to lead an organi. |sation of ""free states of Europe” In opposing Russia and Communism, and reconstructing Europe,

He said

that this organisation might be backed by 250,000,000 men. For the first time, De Gaulle said categorically the German people must have their place in this "western group."

RED RALLY IN PRAGUE

Speakers line the balcony in Prague's Old Town. Square during a huge mass meeting of Communists backing Premier Klement Gottwald's demand on President Benes for a new government, to which, after some delay, the President agreed. Large portraits of Benes (right) and Gottwald (left) are flanked by banners-AP Wirephoto.

BANK WORKERS Collision

MAY STRIKE

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IN SHANGHAI

before a rally of his French Peoples' In a speech prepared for delivery Party here, the general sald elections Shanghai, Mar. 8. Em- should be held in France to end ployees of four State-owned "n system which can only be one banks and two state bureaus crisis."

"An

"Tomorrow there will be put on the Order paper a reasoned amend- ment for the rejection of the Bill," he said. "This amendment will be carried to a division, where we shall so that the menace of war might of chronic feebleness and permanent here may start a sit-down strike vote against the Government and be broken, he then sold: "In the we shall see how much conselence face of this stern reality, I under-

Ite said he was ready to take over today if the Government refuses there is left in the Parliamentary take to serve the country as you direction of the country, as soon to adjust their salaries in ac-

all did a short time ago! Labour Party about these affairs.".

as conditions afford the necessary cordance with the cost of living General de At Complegne

today.

responsibility, Gaulle added that his return 40 Earlier, Mr Mikurdo had told

De Gaulle made clear he believed index, Chinese reports state. meeting here that the Government

to conditions the "western group" should power was subject

be a The which would enable responsibility to tightly knit organisation.

Institutions threatened with Strikes

are the Central Bank, the of be uder

udequately

economic, diplomatic and Bank of China, Bonk of Communica- Thore close

formed tiona plained that these conditions in-strategic group must be

and the National Farmers as volved the willingness of Parliament linking together production, their the Postal Savings and Remittance the free states of Europe, Bank, the Central Trust Bureau and to be dissolved so that new elections

activities Bureau. could be

exchanges, their foreign hold.

and their means of defence." he said

might This organisation, which

Meanwhile, local primary -und comprise 250,000,000 men, consider- high school teachers have issued able

and often complementary re-two separate statements asking the sources, eminent intellectual, spiri-municipal authorities to adjust their Ital.

moral and social values, com-salaries in line with the cost of pleted from dependent or associated living index. overseas territories, would restore the chances of the old world," he said.

He described the Palestine Bill "the most totalitarlun document ever remember having read."

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There is reason to believe that "If the Russians had produced the Bill, people would have been throw- contacts between General de Gaulle ing fits all over the House of Com- and leading Parliamentarians of all mons," he added. "It puts any ser- parties, except the Communists, are vant of the Crown outside the law." now preparing the ground for this -Reuter.

EDITORIAL

-Reuter.

Shipping Regulations

THE

measures for controlling HASSCHACTS- And so-called personal baggage aboard river and coastal ships, proposed by the Director, of, Mariae, are the outcome of the Kwang Tung dis- aster. They may be little be- latell. but they will be viewed with general satisfaction. Ship- ping owners have been asked to enforcing the plan co-operate in and this utd should

be readily ex- tended, if only in their own in- terests. Any refusal on the

the part

of shipping concerns to help in Implementing the Director Marine's proposals. Is bound

of

Lo

leave the impression that they prefer to connive in the perpetua-

tion of a system of passenger and cargo-carrying noted only for its The new proposala

of necessity, impose added responsibilities for ship owners and crews, but the measures are practical, and it fully enforced should eliminate many of risks and dangers to passengers and vessels which only too un- Happily-havo developed as a re- suit of inadequate control. The thren moat important measures proposed by the Director

of

Marine are (1) all passengers must posscas

Nickels before beard- ing a vessel; (2) arrangements

· must· ́be made for the exic tickets before the ship`xells, and It is suggested that a second bar- rier be constructed at the' wharves for the sale of these ticketą; (3) luggage to pe carried in passenger

指挥

serving

to

accommodation to be restricted to light hand haggage, and where I in suspected that passengers are carrying dangerous cargo the Master. and his crew must take proper action and bring this breach of regulations to the atten- tion of the. authorities. These are manifestly proper and neces- sary regulations, Auarantee as far as possibile, the safety of passengers and ships. They also deal a

blow at the which has compradoro system. developed to such a degree that the Masters and senior officers of some of the

Chinese- smaller owned ships are virically figure- heads. If the compradore control as il existe along the waterfront today is broken down by the new regulations, it will do no harm, nor should there be any rekreis among tho bort responsibly- minded slip owners and chag terers, In

In his covering letter to shipping companies the Director of Blaring expressed the opinion that the "recent occurrence of fires on local river craft Is mailer of grave

concern to the general public of Hongkong and to the

shipping community particular." He is prefectly cor- ruct. FUCK, WHIC

which is why the general pabile will not only welcome the How relations, but will expect 'shipping owners to extend fullest co-operation in their implementa- 1lon. Anything less' will be to- 'garded as a wilful brezch of good faith, and; a deliberate evasion of responsibilities.

hmong

The primary school teachers' statement pointed out that school teachers are the hardest hit by the current trend of steadily rising com=" modity prices as their salaries are fixed.

It is revealed that the average teacher in local primary schools re- celves only between two and three million Chinese dollars a month-

— MENACED-FROM-ABROAD

De Gaulle unid his "fatherland" was "menaced from abroad by the expansion of an immense empire whose masters are aiming at world domination, and undermined at home by separatists at the service of these foreigners who profit by confusion Reuter. In the country and the Irritation of all to hinder all netivity, aggravate all crises, fenvenom ali wounds, and Prepare their dictatorship."

To the cheers of thousands of his followers, General de Gaulle iden- tified the "Immense empire ns Soviet Russia with her "mány

BODY RECOVERED

FROM SEA

Valetta Malta, Mar., 7.The body vast re of a woman, whose first nanie was sources, docile, patient and proud given as Maudle, presumed to be a people of 180,000,000 inhabitants ali manipulated by an absolute dictator-penn, bas been recovered from

sea about 20 miles off Tripoli, French authorities in Tunis reported "The collapse of Hitlerite Europe, on Sunday. the "sufferings of ravaged peoples,

Also recoveted with the body was the presence of victorious Russian one. blue aircraft

the wing of Consul Aircraft, troops in a great part of our con-Pulman Airways tinent "have opened the way” to which was lost last week when flying Soviet ambitions.

from the North African Coast to Europe, they satd.-Associated Press.

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"Their delegates, liquidating op ponents and using in political, and administrative clrclea

their weapons of fear, ambition and vanity,

dictatorial exerting powers throughout most of Eastern Europe. Finland, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Iran, aro held in the grip of angulsh, Italy is in a state

of alarm.

Accra All Quiet

Accra, Mar. 7-Acera was quiet today after the riots of last week in which 21 people were killed and 228 Injured. "Everywhere else in the world, in tumours were circulating in Accra the west of Europe, in Africa, in today that Sir Gerald H. Creasy, America, Asia and Oceania, diverse the Governor and Commander-in- but coherent activities oro afoot Chief of the Gold Coast, had left preparing ways and means for this by air for London for talks on the enterprise of domination.”

altuation, but there was no con-

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GERMANY'S FUTURE firmation of these reports. Germany, De Gaulle såld, ́ ́must | (The Colonial Office in London come into Western Europe's organi tonight stated: "It is not expected sation, but not if she still seeks to that the Governor will come · to' become possible menace. Any London. So far as we know, there solution of the German problem that is nothing in these reports.")

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"The Battle

Battle Starts

When I Give The Word"

Belligerent Declaration By Arab Warrior

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In Northern Palestine, Mar. 7.-The veteran Arab warrior, Fawzi Bey al Kawkji, inspected his armed forces today and declared: "Everything is ready. The battle starts when I give the word."

He said he entered Palestine two days ago the Allenby Bridgo. He assumed active command today.

over

A headquarters company of 50 | Gaza. Beersheba, area of south men accompanied Fawzi Bey on his Palestine, it was officially reported four of Northern Palestine. They here tonight.

roared

over

winding blacktop roads

in American-minde jeeps, sleek One Arab was killed and Avo motorcars, and one armoured scout Jews wounded, the report added. car such as the British police use.

In the village of Kabatiya, where The Arab attack followed, falso Fawzi Bey made his headquarters reports that Jews had abducted 12 when he fought British and Jews in eccupants of an Arab vehicle. A the Arab revolt of the late thirties, later search of three Jewish colonies he said:

in the locality failed to find the, al- legedly missing persons and it was absequently learned that no Arabs were missing.

"I have come to Palestine to stay and fight until Palestine is a free United Arab country or until I am killed and buried here."

He declined to discuss the actual fighting strength of his "army liberation.";

HAGANAH ALLEGATION

The Haganah Radio alleged to- of night that 200 Britons, including some former members of the Pales- "Our strength is adequate and in-tine police up to the rank of deputy finite," he said. The armies have superintendent, had joined the Arab armed forces north of Ramallah, started flowing, over the borders of Palestine and the flow will con-some 10 miles from Jerusalem. tinue."--Associated Press.

ARAB TROOPS MASSED

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A Palestine Government spokes- man tonight described the report as "ridiculous"

Damascus, Mar. 7-A senior The area mentioned is the reputed official of the Ministry of Defence headquarters of *Abdul Kader Concimus | kald today tlist "several. thousand" Husseini, the Arab guerilla leader.

Arab Army troops, augmented by thousands of Palestine Arabs,

The Jewish "fighting forecs" massed at the Commander-in-Chief's Haganah, Irgun Zval Leumi and the headquarters near Nablus la Stern Gang-were reported to have Palestine,

reached "full agreement" for a united front against the Arabs in a message He also said the troops had artil-received from Tel Aviv tonight. lery, armoured cars, jeeps and heavy A revisionist proposal was accepted and light machineguns.

by the Jewish Agency and the agree- No big news is expected to come ment between Haganah, and the from this headquarters for several dissident groups" was reached short- dinys. the

official said. The jiv afterwards, the message added.- Commander-in-Chief is Fawzi el Reuter. Kawki-United Press.

Flushing, Mar. 1.—The 472- ton Dutch motor vessel Algarve,

of Rotterdam, Bank afler colliding with the Panamanian steamer San Miguel Bay in the Western Scheldt to- day

while on her way from Rotterdam to.Antwerp.

~~~The-small-son-of-the skipper-

of the Algarve was drowned but the ship's crew of nine were rescued by the Belgian tur Gollath.

to

ARMOURED CAR SHOT UP

car

ARMS CACHE FOUND'

Jerusalem, Ma 7-A

Paris, Mar. The Paris police Jewish armoured

were tonight preparing to make new. was shot up and arrests after the discovery yester crashed into a wall while trying to day of five metric tons of arms re- pass through the Arab quarter of ported to be destined for the Irgun Sheikh Jarrach in Jerusalem toddy-Zval Leumi, the Jewish legal ter- No detalls of possible damage

The

driver was killed and Arabs rorist organisation in Palestine. the Panamania

later set fire to the steamer

wrecked car. were immediately available.

The arms, which were reported to have been parachuled into the country near Chartres, werb. found in a garage in Parta.

Several of the 14 people arrested yesterday after the discovery questiond by the police today and the arms were honded, över to the military authorities-Reuter.

The Dutch authorities here to- night Impounded the Panamanian #teamer, San Miguel Bay, pend-- Inst an Investigation

her collision today with the Dutch motor vessel Algarve. Reuter,

Chinese

-Five'Arabs were killed and an- other wounded when they were fired on from a Jewish convoy in the Gezu district of southern -Palestine tonight, & was officially

announced,

Three hundred Arabs using two armoured cars yesterday attacked o Jewish road-block position in the

Communist Guerillas · Slain

were

The bodies of 12 Chinese Communist guerillas slain in the Teingpu area near Shanghai last week being unloaded by Nationalist troops after they had been cut down in- an unsuccessful rald.—AP, Wirephoto.