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VOL. III NO. 72

The

Joe Thai Tyqızléter of HONGKONG TELEGRAPII,

For ant on behalf of

SOUTU CHUNS, MORNING POST, LTD,

5 thành

hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1948.

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(BY "THE TURF")

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2nd Raco

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Some Fun

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Outsider: Shangrila

3rd Race

Mona Lisa

Sidber

Care Free

Qutalder-appy Event

4th Race

Masterpiece

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Outsider:-Domino

J 5th Raco

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Outsider:-Boom Town

· 7th Raco

Grey Lady

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8th Race

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Daisy Bell

Fifth Alarm

Outsider:-Ataman

9th Race

Estrellita

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10th Race

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EDITORIAL

Water is essential

to life & Health.

Don't Waste

so others may not want.

No Shooting

War For

Five Years

Prof. Oliphant's Prophesy

Sydney, Mar. 28.-A predic- tion that there will be no shoot- Ing war for at least five years and there will be several years in which to discuss war prob lems was made by Professor Marcus Oliphant, noted British atom bomb expert, today,

In a broadcast, Professor Oliphant zaid: "There will be no shooting war for at least five years. We still have severn years to discuss war prob-

Professor Oliphant, who is here to advise the Australian National Re-who search Council, sald he was certain that only the United States had atom bombs in "plenty."

MINIMUM TIME-TABLE Bussin might make two or three in the next five years, but it needed hundreds in wage a successful war, end years would be needed to pro- duce these.

Even if she were given the blug- prints plus the advice of American scientists, Russia would take five

years to create the necessary stock- pile, he said.

the coming

PALESTINE

British Troops

Rescue 100 Jews At Solomon's Pool

Jerusalem, Mar. 28.—In the most violent outbreaks since the announcement of the in- tention to partition Palestine, Jews and Arabs in the past 24 hours fought armed actions amounting to veritable pitched battles at two places in Palestine.

The latest official reports said 42 Jews were killed at Kabiri, in Northern Palestine, while nearly 20 Jews were slain by Arabs at King Solomon's Pool, six miles south of Jerusalem,

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The official report on the Kabiri incident said six vehicle convoy was ambushed last night by 250 Arabs. At King Solomon's Pool, an estimated 1,200 Arabs besieged a number of Jewish survivors from armed convoy, also attacked last night.

After daylong ighting, the Jews,

had taken up positions house one mile south of Bethlehem, In a with the Arabs entrenched around it, a truce was arranged this evening by the British military headquarters Almost 100 Haganah men and 10 Jewish women were rescued olive by the Army Just 24 hours after they had escaped from the big convoy, trapped and destroyed on the road.

Inside the house, when troops of way through the strong Arab road The Sungle Regiment furced, their blocks, were four dend Jews and 45 wounded, and on the roadway were the bodies of other Jews.

terms of the

an

settlement of Klar Eizion without notifying the British security forces. escorted by two Jewish aircraft but It reached its destination, safely was attacked on the return journey, when the escort planes had flown off.

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When the British troops took up positions around the house, a small Group

Japan's Ou Potential

Washington, Mar. 28.- American experts believo Japan should launch a new search for oil.

The proposal is suggested

as

in a survey of the nation's resources

possible means of helping restore its business.

"Japanese Qil drilling methods and cquipment are modern, but their explora- tion is subject to criticism." a group of US engineers re- ported to the US Army Department which is direct- ing the restoration of Japanese economy.

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"We believe that а modern geophysical survey should be made and that the future policy of Japan with respect to refineries should be based upon its findings." the engineers told the Army-Associated Pross.

Commission To Get Tough With Russia

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Sweden Speeds

Up Defence Measures

DOUBLING AIR FORCE

Stockholm, Mar. 28.-Faced with the recent deterioration in the international situation generally. and in particular with the Soviet Union's moves to bring Finland firmly within her orbit, Sweden. is taking measures to strengthen her defences with 'a sense of urgency.

After the recent demand of General Helge Jung, the Commander-in-Chief, for the call-up of more men, for more supplies of war materials and ammunition, and for the building of new fortifica- tions and new airfields, M. Allan-Vougt, the Minister of Defence, has now agreed to a five-year plan for the development of the Swedish Air Force.. Under the plan, the personnel of members who are prepared to run the Air Force is to be doubled the risk of bringing the Finnish

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It also provides for the doubling question to, the United Nation it of the day-fighter force, and for the Moscow should prove totally un addition of night-tighter Wing, an willing to yield on any points in her attack wing and a reconnaissance proposal. squadron at n total cost of 75 million kroners a year.

Such n step might have serious repercussions, not only for Finland Swedish Air Force nas alone, but also for the whole hitherto lacked night fighter planes Scandinavia,

of and pilots; but the training of such pilots has already been started-in

2-Rumours of a Russian offer to carlier this year. Mosquitoes Lought from Britain Norway of a pact similar to that proposed to Finland are persistently of unshaven battle-solled

Lake Success, Mar. 28.-The

cropping up, in spite of repeated Haganah men with rifles-and-Sterr American-led majority of thements with guided missiles have Norwegian Foreign Minister:

M. Vous confirmed that experi-denials by M. Halvard Lange, the. bullet pitted doorway. Runs appeared cautiously In the United Nations Atomic Energy time. But he refused to give any been going on In Sweden for some Firing from Commission is prepared to re-details, although he disclosed that a Norway, sooner the Arab lines stopped

A Russian approach of this kind to riflemen streamed

15 Arab down from the ect completely Russia's year- special agency has been set up co-however, seem quite likely in view or later, would, Professor Oliphant said it would

hills surrounding the house, EVACUATING WOUNDED

old proposals for internationa!ordinating the activities of all three of the strategic importance to Russia but they also be several years, before the

were kept at

distance as

the atomic control.

services in this field. Western powers could make an in-

An announcement

of Spitsbergen and Northern Nor- of the truce

Haganah men chambered

While no details are known of the way, with its port of Narvik. on the

The 11 nations of the Commission scope tensive audi successful attack against sold was hoped to evacuate 35

lorries which took them to Jerusalem.

of this agency's task. Its Russia.

have called a meeting of their Work-formation is taken to indicate an paign, the United States wounded Jews from Bethlehem to-

According to a Haganah leader,

3. Owing to the election Discussing

cam- Committee "atomic night, and added the remainder of the

tomorrow, intensification of the research into rendered more or less incapable of age," he said he believed it possible the Jews, ambushed would be and 14's started out with 35 lorries Officials reported that the majority the

may be armoured cars. "We had would end all discussion of the oft-guided missiles of all kinds.

use of and defence that atomte power stations might be|vacuated under the

against taking decisive action about 10 women among operating in competition with conl

us in the

for eight criticised Hussian proposals for a trucc.

house but none of them was hurt,

Crucial months. During this time, burning stations within 10 years, but

world atomic control agency which On the side of a hill within sight although bullets were

NEUTRALITY ISSUE.

Russia is likely to go ali that it would possibly be 25 years of

limited

out to whizzing al

would!

powers of

strengthen and extend her positions night long and causing mounting inspection to detect wrecked before the world's power was ob- armoured vehicles that made up the casualties. We had only

atomic viciators. The United States and eight other Sweden's defence problem is to be Reuter,

It is widely held here

in various directions, of which one tained from atomle sources.--Reuter. convoy,

mny right of

very well be Scandinavia- correspondent

lorries which had Commission members already have solved definitely, strategical con watched three Jewish aircraft-two formed them into a protective bar- discussion of the Moscow proposals of Sweden's, nad, for that matter. managed to reach the house, and we served nollee during the months of siderations, involving the question DORTMUND MINERS Auster type and one biplane

make bombing runs over the Arab ricade. We are now left with seven

that they BURIED ALIVE attackers.

do not consider them an the whole of Scandinavia's, foreign eight lorries and about six adequate basis for world atomic political altuation, must be taken Dortmund, Germany,--Mor.-28-

The crump

of exploding-bombs armoured cars, the rest being wreck security, They committed them into account. Five Germa miners were buried was punctuated by the crackle of ed by the Arabs".

selves alve in

Instead to the original United I coal

machinegun fire as the Arabs on the pil explosion Dortmund un Thursday, it was re-

Hillsides

States plan presented by Bernard atrned nt the awouping venled today.

planes.

Boruch. Before

The Baruch Plan, as it came to be the truce, 200

Asked if the Jews would have been known, has been elaborated during British mile and a half from troops took up positions

able to hold out much longer, he about a

two years' intense and bitter debute the banid: "We should not have been able between leaguered Jews, but did not inter- to get out".

Russia and the Western It is understood that three of the The Arabs warned the British armoured cars managed to double that

if they tried to help the Jews, back to Kafr Etzion at the begin- they would be attacked. The truce ning of the attack, which littered then followed.

several miles of the

road with The Hogonal second in command burned-out and overturned

vehicles told Reuter's correspondent tonight: and a dozen charred bodies. "When it was obvious

Following the attack at Kabiri, the must be abandoned after the leading burnt-out shells of five Jewish sara had been destroyed in an em-vehicles

were found by British bush and 12 Jews killed, we took troops and police on the Northern up positions In an empty Arab house Palestine road. with plenty of ammunition, but no food.

at

Four others were buried in the "Minister Stein" mine, but escaped with injuries.-Associated Press.

Civil Defence Problems THE deterioration in the Inter-

national situation could not more vividly be brought tomo

to the people of Britain than by last week's House of Commons business in which it was found necessary to include a discussion on the country's civil defences... this, three years after the most disastrous war the world has ever suffered. Nor could

Government's statement be regarded as com- pletely satisfying.

Mfr

к.

, Younger, Under-Secretary

far Home Affairs, who tried to ex- plain what the civil defence pre- parations amounted to, had to admit that Government

ent was in the dilemma of trying to strike a balance between preparedness for emergency and developing a targe defence system which in the end might be out of date. The prob lem, naturally, is trying to find affective defensive measures against atomic war weapons, and because it impossible, to devise any civil defence scheme which leaves atomic warfare out of con sideration, it is clear that

any, complete

Bystem

Affect practically every peacetime activi. ty. The defence plan so far has advanced to the staze where it is proposed to establish & Clyll Do- fence Committee that will include all departments concerned. Below it is the Civil De

Defence Jólnt. ning Staff centred on the Home Office and representative of alf civilian and Service departments. Military personnel are to receive civil defence training, and

must

local mobile services, while part-time and voluntary at the present will, In the event of war, become whole time. These services will be based on the existing services such as fire brigades and pollee, while local static forces, again

voluntary for the time being, will Include wardens and reguard services. Left unanswered was the question as to what measures Government intended to take to protect the population against the effects of atomle weapons. Sir. Juhn Anderson, who first con- ceived garden shelters against high explosive bombs, argued that as regards blast, there is not nucli difference between the ex- plusion of an atomle or any other of bomb, and for this reason he urged Government to include the passion of shelters in its dc- feure

programme.. Blast, how- ever.

is Possibly the Teast dangerous aspect of the atomio Weapons now being developed. Radiation is an obvious problem, and just what constitutes proper antidote to contamination, only the

at the mom, perhaps, have

ment. any idea. Bir John Anderson suggests a simple type of detectar, which would require no specialised knowledge of their use, to register radiation, and the provision of suitable foot- Rear and, gloves for occupants of shelters who could afterwards come out into the affected area in safety. If the solution to

this problem of protection

against flomlo warfare is as easy as that, the British Government should not hesitate to develop a compre~ hensive programme on such lines, but as the Government spokesmen indicated, atomic war weapons are. now developing in such variety. that any

large-scale defence system of laday may beco

become

aut- moded and fullle tomorrow. The tragedy of all this is that Britain, who should be concentrating nothing but economic and social recovery, has to spend so much ilme preparing against another.

War.

on

the 30

or

Reuter's

more

the convoy

50% CASUALTIES "We obtained water from a well at the house."

The correspondent went in with the Army, but although a truce had been reported, there was consider able rifle and machine-gun fire columns of troops in full battle kit, backed by armoured cars and Dren carriers, reached the two storey- stone house, pitted with hundreds of bullets."

many

The Jews in the house had suffered about 50 per cent casualties.. Forty- live wounded lay crowded on both floors. There were also the bodies of the four dead.

The Jews had been in constant radio contact with the Jewish Agency In Jerusalem and were told the terms of the truce were that their arms must be surrendered.

or

our

seven or

THREE CARS ESCAPE

powers in the Atomic Commission and its various Committees.

that

Russia And German Unity

"It is

This raises the question of neutra- lity or adhesion to one of the big power blocs-that is, in effect, the Western bloe, since only the Com munists favour collaboration with Russia.

Berlin, Mar. 28. The Taeg- neutral, but Influential bodies in the today that the Soviet Union is

These

hese countries are traditionally liche Rundschau said editorially three kingdoms, especially among the VETO-PROOF CONTROL Conservatives and Liberals, declare willing to support the Allied The American proposals call for a that, ideologienity, Scandinavia has control authority for Germany veto-proof world atomic control niready taken up her position the

at agency with broad powers to manage, side of the democracles. supervise and, in some cases, own

If the Western Allies quit try- Economically, Sweden belongs Wing to split the nation. the world's atomic energy facilities. the West, and militarily, her only The Commission would be em- chances of survival lies in securing powered to send inspectors into any the corner of the world to Insure against

The "rt of the Western rowera. clandestine atomic activities or con- dinnvit circles believe that 1f Scan- does not soon. decide for version of nuclear fuel from peace- herself, others will decide for her. ful uses. The Jewish column, escorted by a

The

Soviet Union, knowing that The Control agency would have her timetable has been upset, has single armoured car, was attacked by power to take steps early in the started Arabs using two-inch mortars and light machineguns, an hour before

n race against the new to correct violations and

of the Western powers a Security Council, with its veto null- deiner by President Truman, Mr

the policy of the sunset last night.,

Later,

4 British flying column was fled in atomic cases, would be re- George Marshall, the American rushed into action, but falled to reach | quired to punish offenders.

Secretary of State, and Mr Ernest the beleaguered Jews.

Russia has ruled out climination Bevin. Continued Soviet expansion of the veto and flatly opposes grant- is by no means unlikely, they say. ing the atomic control ngency powers of management, supervision or ownership.

Troops of the Royal Artillery regiment then opened up with 12 and 25-pound high explosive shells, and the Arabs withdrew.

While the siege of the Haganah convoy survivors was going on near rifle are in Jerusalem which led to Jerusalem,

there were bursts of

two fatal British casualties, one a on commissioned officer and the other woman. Miss Mildred F Easter service at St George's Angli Marston, who was on her way, 10,

an Cathedral.

SHOT BY SNIPER

The atomic debate opens o busy week at United Nations Headquarters. tangied Palestine debate and on On Tuesday, the Council resumes the Wednesday it reopens the Czech case.

United Press.

POTENTIAL DANGERS

They point to three potential sources of danger:

is in Moscow to discuss the proposed

The Finnish delegation, wh friendship and mutual assistance par with Russia,' is known to include

ridiculous to assume the German problem can be solved by the American or Benelux states,” tho paper said. "The German problem applies to all German states and can not be solved without the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Eastern countries."

The editorial reviewed the wholo of the Control Council's stalemata resulting from the Russian walkout from the Control Council meeting eight days ago.. It repeated again and again the Soviet and Communist charges that "American imperialists and capitalists" were behind the merger of the western zones..

to the Western powers whether the. Concluding It said: "Thus it is up Allied Control authority will continua to exist or not."-United Press.

Seven Months' Study Of Australia's

Unknown Territory

of tho

Sydney, Mar 28. An expedi-, At first they refused, tearing at Miisa hirsion was reported to be National Geographic Society, tlon, sponsored by the American tacks by the hundreds of watching a British clergyman's daughter. She Arnus.

was shot dead by a sniper, it was

the Smithsonian Institute of Americans, The Jewish Agency, however, belleved.

the Old World and the New World Washington and the Australian The expedition An officer and six other ranks Department of Information, is set out in Australia. The Ameri- obtained they would certainly be

Is described accepted the surrender terms to savé

is so marked that he could not help one of the best equipped over to feeling that whatever results were the lives of the besieged Jews, who were wounded in the Okl Walled to spend the next six or seven eans brought nearly seven tons of contribution to the scientific world were hopelessly trapped and out-City, of Jerusalem today,

bringing numbered, Ammunition was

the total British casualties to nine in months in Arnhem Land, in equipment with them. run- ning out..

the fighting which fated up today. Australia's Northern Territory,

in America, One phoso The Jewish plones, which hnd According to official sources, the studying the aborigines and Mountford cald, would be the re- possibility for prehistorie research

work, Mr

want to try to determine theo, dropped anti-personnel bombs, also Arabs, in their twin blows against animal, bird, insect, plant and

cording of dropped supplies of food and

of Aboriginal music on am- Jewish

communications in

in the Arnhem Land aroa," he added, recorder, wire munition to enable the beleaguered Palestine over the weekend, killed marine. life there.

sholl "My Intention is to record the tracts

search for traces of con defenders to hold out, but they never

nearly 60 Jews, wounded nearly', 70 The expedition, which includes songs of these primitive people be-perhaps the Chinese in the 18th and

mado

by the Malays and reached the trapped Jews as they

und lost nine killed and 21 wounded. one woman, is led by Mr C. P. fore they die out," he said. "Just 10th fell on the Arab Ines.

Meanwhile, Reuter's correspondent Mountford, ethnologist and director enough of the aborigines' ceremonial existed in Arnhem Land."

of Aims of the Australian Department recorded in the past to indicate that claimed in the 1930s, covers 31,200 centuries, which wo know. and' personal songs have been

The

Arnhem Land Resorve, pro- - April; it will stay until driven out this direction."

Arriving in Arnhem Land early in a wide and Interesting neid exists in square miles. Much of the inland by the "wet" season, about Novem-

country is rugged and stony, broken Dr Frank

etzler, deputy landor by deep ravines and river gorges,

rond

of Information:

a

at Tel-Aviv reported that a Jewish ESCORTED TO JERUSALEM After assurances of protection from Jews, was intercepted by the Royal legal Immigrant ship, carrying .800 the Army, the Jews turned over Navy off the Palestino coast today. their arms, and were then loaded The ship, named the "Yechlam" after into five Army three-ton lorries and a dead member of the Haganah, prober. It is the outcome of a series of of the party, who is head curator and dry Inhospitable plains. Most to Jerusalem which they ceeded to Halfa, Reuter's correspon- relentina lectures given by Mr of the Department of Anthropology, of the native population is found in had left at dawn yesterday when dent added.Reuter. the convoy set out for the Jewish

Mountford in the United States, and the Smithsonian Institute, said that the fertile strip along the coast. is composed of Australiana and the contrast between the fauna of Reuter.

escorted

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