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Thongkong Telegraph.

VOL. III NO. 82,

US Proposes Creation

Chiang Promises

An Offensive

Nanking. Apr. 8.-President Chiang Kai-shek announced to- dey that the Government forces

In Central China will assume an all-out offensive to crusts the Communists south of the Yellow River within months.

the next three

WOR

The Generalissimo's announce- ment coincided with a military spokesman's revelations yester- Bay at operations in Central China will be given top priority.

The Generalissimo, who *praking to a group of National Assembly delegations from Ionan who interviewed him regarding the rritical military Altuation created in that pro- vince by the Nationalist evacua- I ilon of Loyang, sald the Govern- ment ligh Command-is HOW preparing a full-scale offensive against the Communiais tu Central China which will be launched before July, and it is expected that the Government forces by that time will be able to fight back towards Loyanır Reuter-AAP.

EgyptReady To Assume Trusteeship

mandate

Of Western

Germany Govt.

FIVE-POINT PROGRAMME

FORMULATED

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948.

Urgent Demand For Italians

Consolidation

London, Apr. 8.---The United States has proposed a five-point programme setting up a West German Government within just over a year, it was learned hore tonight.

The five stages`in the plan are believed to bo:

1. The formation of a provisional Government em- bracing the present Anglo-American Bizone and the French Zone.

2., A. territorial reorganisation of the Laender (Pro- vincial Governments), whose present borders are determin- ed by the zonal division of Germany.

3. The election of a Constituent Assembly.

4. The drafting by this Assembly of a constitution.

5. The formal establishment of a new West German Government.

Dutch and Luxembourg representa- tian, according to a reliable source tives considering the German sltun- here.

Cairo, Apr. 8.—Egypt. Is ready to accept a temporary and condl. Honed United Nations trusteeship over the Holy Land, the evening The United States plan is belleved -ziewspaper Al Zabanı suid today. - to be the main subject of tonight's The conditions which the meeting in Berlin of the United Egyptian Government laid, added! States, British, French, Belgian, the newspaper, are:

1-Trusteeship should cover the transition period between the British

and the coming phase of complete independence for In the light of recent events in It is believed to have been framed Palestine.

Berlin and to represent the latest 2-Trusteeship should aim for the official nititude in Washington and unification of Palesine under at the

United States occupation Government in which the headquarters In Frankfurt and

Jewish Berlin.

The British representatives at the should shelve the complete partition plan meeting of experts in Berlin are in order that Arab governments will rellably

to have given be sure that the Trusteeship .com- broad support to the United States mittee over the Holy Land will not initiative to revise the timetabln of prepare for Implementation of the the-zonal fusion. plan-Associated Press.

the

United Arab majority and minority would take part.

3--The United Nations

BRITISH EVACUATION Jerusalem, Apr. 7.-8.208 Britons will be evacuated from Palestine on May 15, it was officially revealed in Jerusalem today.

They will domprise Government officials and police personnel, and their familles.—Associated Press,

EDITORIAL

reported

Observers here believe the Ameri- cans are in a mood to press ahead with their programme, because, in their view, the recent - crisis Berlin has Increased the urgency of consolidating Western Germany. politically and economically as port of the wider design for the recovery of non-Communist 'Europe.

The New University

VIE address delivered by His THE

Excellency the Governor to the Court of the Hongkong Uni- verally enables the pubile to possess a much clearer apprecia tion of the type of University which is envisaged for the future, Hiherto the objective` has been described in Buch generalised

of higher. phrases ar learning of which Wo can be proud," and "the University must be an inkiltation measuring up to Bir modern requirements."

Alexander Grantham cut clear of sentimental generalisations and in consequence the public knows, for the first time, the sort of pro- Frame which has been mapped out to make Hongkong's Univer sly worthy of a prominent rating among the world's academlo` and More- technological institutions. over, the future University which His Excellency confured up rota a long way towards meeting the criticisma expressed recently as to Its relative importance in the Colony's educational activities. When it has

ft. Full

aliained

state of development. It' promiica to offer training facilities of such diversity in technical and re- scarch fields as to fully Justify Its existence and the funds both needed to su ziiractive surres. Without it. doubt the most tion is the expansion of Faculties to include technical and vocational training and research work covering subjects such as

Architecture Marias Zoology,

and Health

Town Planning. Public

of which

The

and dentistry,

mre because -possem - Importance. their local applicablilty. Hongkong Univerally of the past has been rather inclined to, place -emphasis on sondemio' and profer- sional - tuition and has provided.

A second reason is that they have clear indications "that, "untess steps are taken to give the Western Zones a provisional government, they will be faced with an East German State and Government, for which Soviet plans are belleved to be already for advanced.

Meanwhile, the

ToGovern Trieste

AS FROM APRIL 12

Rome, Apr. 8.The Allied Military Government in the Free Territory of Trieste has announced that as from April 12, the civil administration of the Anglo-American Zone will be transferred to the local Italian authorities, according to an Allied communique quoted by Rome newspapers.

The office of the Zone Com- missioner and all communal. In- stitutions of the Allied · Military Government) with b*nbplished with the exception, of those at Muggia, aduth of the city, which is close to the Yugoslav border.

-The transfer of the civil ad- ministration is due to take place at 0a.m. local time on April 12, Western powers when the British and American in Berlin today agreed to Russia's flags will be lowered, the reports demand for the abolition of six said. committees of the Kommandatura- the four-power body which rules Berlin-thus ending one of the East-West conflicts in Germany.

The original Russian demand was to abolish eight committees and merge their functions with those of other committees.

The Western powers' concession, regarded by Kommandatura omelais ns at least a partial success for Russia, came as General Sir Brian Robertson, in

the British Military Governor, who today flow back to Berlin from the British Zone, was charges that the British authorities preparing his reply to Soviet

were to blame for. Monday's Viking- Yak air collision over the capital, costing 15 Ilves.

Itle or no scope for the technl- clan, or for the specialist. The majority of the Arts graduates have become absorbed into the teaching profession, and the doctors into small private prac- tices, with little or no opportunities of further distinguishing them selves, There 1 room for much valuable expansion of training facilities through a University properly equipped and staffed, expecially in the promotion of Marine Zoology which, The Governos pointed out, is a subject which has important practical consequences for a major

major industry of the consta in and around Hàng- kong. It is an obvious adventaro, also, to possess

central institut

into

tion for higher technical training rather than a group of technical inalliutes. All in all, His Excel- leney made out an appealing cand for vigorous public support of

expanded. University. now and The blue-print is there and it is likely to receive general approval. Unfortunately it cannot be put effect Immediately;

wili piotably take another 10 years to reach lis, fulfilment. “But Ii I an objeclivs worth striving and now that it has been ful

been fully there will be fewer four million dollar allocation to repair damaged bulidings and its decision to raise the annual

after

For

smallista about Government's

Yunance-grant to one and

millions

The Governor's revelation of the future deal

dealan for the Hongkong University i certain to arouse now publio in- terest in Hongkong: It is equally Important that a similar degree of. enthusiasm and financial support be forthcoming from the neighbouring territories which

to gain so much from

atand

first class University in Hong- konr.

SOVIETS' BOYCOTT

The agreement on the committees Issue was reached at a meeting of the Kommandatura after the Rus- sians, on grounds of shortage

of personnel and the need to stream- line the organisation, had kept up a week-long boycott of the com- mittees.

the

MILITARY LIAISON

A new office would be catablished under the control of the Director of Internal Affairs on which the Ameri can Brigadier General R. Galther will serve as liaison between the civil and military authorities in the Zone.

It was authoritatively learned in London tonight that all the functions

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of municipal government, except those concerned with public "safety local representatives. and order, will be handed over to

The sub-committees, which Russians originally proposed to dis solve, were; building and housing. transport, economics, social welfare, fuel, property control, and de on nazificallon and cultural affairs.

It was agreed to allow the econo- mies sub-committee- to remain func- tioning, to refer the question of the property control sub-committee 10 the Allied Commandants, and abolish the rest.—Router.

FRENCH MISGIVINGS

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to

There will be appointed by the Allied Military Government as elee- tions cannot be held during the present provisional regime.

The choice, it was added, will foll

responsible persons carrying、 weight their districts. Commu- nists will be excluded, but non- Communist Slovenes as well as | Italianę will be eligible-Reuter.

CAUSE OF DECISION

London, Apr. B.-The big powers'

London deadlock on the appointment of a Governor of the Adriatic port of Triasto, a principal battleground In reported the "cold war between East and West, was the direct cause of the Allled Military Government's des cision, announced tonight; to trans for almost ali “local administration to the Italians, it was authoritative- ly stated hero.

Paris, Apr. 8 The American plan for setting up a Western German Government by the end of this, year of which the French Foreign Ministry denies official knowledge created

any misgivings

among French meat A# Unofficially reported,

the American plans seems to provide for

The new arrangement does not already an- vide directly, affect the

the election of a Constituent nounced wishes of the British, Assembly for the whole of Western American and French Governments Germany, and this, the French fear, will lead to the formation

to hand back the Free Territory `as strongly

of a a whole to the Italian Government. Instead of

centralised Government Mr John Beasley, the Australian' a Federal Government, High Commissioner in London, has based од strongly organised Indi- told the Foreign Secretary, Mr vidital Laenders (ie, France's Government, believed

Ernest Bovin, that the Australian the 21

peace

M Couvo de. representative at the talks in Ber- signatories of the Itallan

French,

in between the British, American, treaty should be consulted on the Belgian, Dutch and Luxem three-power plan to return Trieste

considering to Italy.

bourg Willinka: 18 expected.

the German to oppose the setting up of a

A Wea tern Central Corraan Government.

The Franch view is that a go- vernment set up at Frankfurt could never hope to influence the Ger- mans away from the centre of at- traction, Berlin, where any govern ment, even one controlled by the Russians, would have more appeal.

Reuter.

Mr Beasley's talk with Mr Bevin on the matter · Just week swee

followed today by a statement in Canberra by Dr Herbert Evait, the Affairs, in which he declared that Australian Minister for External the proposals of the United States, Britain and France might "prove a final settlement of the Trieste prob- tem, but this is not the way to reach

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Piled high on the Chatham Road-sidings of the Kowloon- Canton Railway are hugo crates containing the first Japanese reparations for Hongkong. Originally con- signed to the United King- dom, they have been re- addressed to the Supplies, Trade and Industry Depart- ment, Hongkong, pictures clearly show. The Colony has so far received 160 cases, containing ma- chinery and machine parts. The consignment was brought to Hongkong by the Lokenng.

Escort Protection For British & U.S. Planes

LIKELY MOVE BY BERLIN AUTHORITIES

Berlin, Apr. 8.-Britain and the United States to- night considered-plans-again to protect their wir traffic ̈ ̈ ̈ into Berlin with fighter escorts.

our

The question was taken up after swer that. There are ladies present". Britain received a curt Russian re- The spokesman fusal to grant written assurances of Robertson had

said that General non intervention

not decided in the Western whether to reply to Marshal Soko- powers' alr corridors

the Jovsky's note or simplyse o Soviet zone to and from this disstatement." cord-ridden capital. Night and day

over

Es brought six top American,

"Into

FUTURE BRITISH ACTION

and French administrators He explained that General Robert- close consultation for the re- son might think there was no need ported purpose of taking deter- for further correspondence, and the mined poilical action in the imissuing of a statement would merely purse. The three powers were be outline British action in the future. lieved to be speeding the economic

He said it would be safely Integration of their three zones.

presumed" that Gen. Robertson had.

The British spearheaded the con- discussed the Soviet reply with the test with the Russians over the American Commander den, Clay at alt traffic issue. The British had a luncheon today, asked Marshal Varsity: Sokolovsky, the Soviet Military Governor, to reply is that the Russians are not "The assumption from the Soviet put into writing ordl guarantees prepared to guarantee safeguards that Allied air access to Berlin over the air corridor the spokes- would be safe and unhindered.

man said, in explaining the recan- sideration of fighter plane SOVIET TURNABOUT

escort for British transport

Port planes. When he was asked whether the Today, however, the Russians contrast between Marshal Sokolov- balked and performed abrupt sky's verbal assurances and the hote turnabout. In a sharply worded represented the difference between reply--which was splashed in all the Marshal's personal opinions and Soviet controlled press-the orders, he received later from hight Russian Marshal characterised: as a "slander" the British charge that the Soviet fighter was to blame for the crush.

the

A British spokesman said that the tone of Soviet Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky's reply to the British protest over Monday's collision in dicated that "the Russians were not giving any assurances of safety, for Allied planes entering Berlin.

sources, the spokesman said "your guess is as good as mine":

PLANE ON ITS COURSE The spokesman reiterated that the British transport plane was "on its course" at the time of the coll- lon. Me Russians claimed that Was bi il course and the plane w over a Russian airfeld at the time

the crash. The British still declined to re-

of

He said it seemed that Sokolov- cky's written reply appeared to tease the two notes from Robertson weaken or cruise verbal assurances to Sokolovsky. which had previously been given by Asked about the British fighter Sokolovsky to General Sir Belan plane seen over Berlin today, the Robertson when the latter visited him on Monday

It was, ho paid, one of personal protest on the crash ingl the planes based at Gatow airport. dent.

Official American sources said When asked in, what, light the that if the British establised fighter, British Government considered the escorts for their transport planes, reply to General Hobertson's note the U.S. would fully support t the spokesman said, "I cannot, ai Associated Press.

night to makonicaman said it bad. "no signi

·

Close Escape For King Paul

Tripolis, Greece, Apr. 8.-A Greek train ahead of one carry- ing King Paul and Anglo-Ameri- can officials was deralled near here today and plunged down an embankment.

The train carrying the King and his party stopped 100 yards behind the wrockage,

Clenoral James van Fleat, head of the-American Military Mission in Greece. i was on the train with, the King

Your soldiers, were injured. Off- clals said there were no definite in- dications of sabotage:-

The group was on an Army In- spection tour.

Kastel

ARAB COMMANDER DIES FIGHTING

Jerusalem, Apr. 8.- The Arab's Judean Army drove the Haganah garrison out of tho hilltop stronghold of Kastel to day.

Arab officials said Abdul Khadder Husseini, a cousin of the Mufti, was killed while personally "Icading the Arab at- tack.

of tho

Husseini was cammander Judean Army which operates in the hills around Jerusalem.

millitla,

Anrungh. Une Jewish

lought a six-day battle to · hold

Kastel after seizing the Arab vil- Joge before dawn on Saturday in a drive to blast open Jerusalem's sup- ply roule to Tel-Aviv. Arabs promptly counter attacked the vill lage dve miles west of Jerusalem, but' Hnganah rubbed in reinforce ments until a force of 1,500 man was, estimated to be holding the hill and village dominating the road to Tel-Aviv,

Arting command of the Judean forces has been taken over by a

professional soldier and one-time police Inspector,

Araka,

new commander.

Kemal Effendi designation of n

JEWS WITHDRAW Cross checked casualty reports sald nine Jews were killed and 80 wounded in the final fighting at Kastel and five Arabs killed and a. dozen wounded.

Jewish sources

suid withdrew

their men to nearby settlements after giving up the village.

Before they were driven out two food convoys 6f about 50 trucks each had reached Jerusalem's 100,- 000 Jews, who have been rationed on bread.

Haganah units cleared the way of Foadblocks and snipers--for-a- 50 convoy which reached the city today. Jerusalem was threatened by a. water shortage even as the second convoy arrived. Rellable informants said Arabs had cut the pipeline from Ras el Ein, 15 miles northeast of Tel Aviv, one of Jerusalem's two sources of water supply. The second source, Ain Farah spring, Is of limited value because of restricted supplies of fuel all for pumping..

BITTEREST FIGHT YET

The six day fight for Kastel was the bitterest yet fought in Pales- tine's four and half months battie that began with the Partition vote at the United Nations.

ON

Jews rushed the hilltop site of un ancient Roman fortress before dawn Saturday and managed to re- pulse almost all attacks since that time.

Abdul Husseini's

forces, how

ever, strengthened by units *from dozens of nearby villages, today brought a barrage of mortar and automatic weapon fire into play to retake the position.

From its initial disorganised state six weeks ago the Yarmuk head- quarters have now been given an orderly appearance. Radio, field telephone and lighting systems have been installed by British volunteers and German army trained engineers, and a medical

corps established,

In the medical corps, as chlet nurse is the pretty young daughter of Fawzi Bey-Associated Press.

Calcutta Strike Collapses

Calcutta, Apr. 8.The strike of the Central Government employees In Calcutta virtually collapsed today when 700, men from three of the largest offices offered to return to work unconditionally.

If is estimated that only about 1,500 men, out of 20,000, remain on strike, Over 400 of these are Iin police custody.Router.

Escort Train

The guard train was a steam en-" gine plus joven cara, heavily loaded with soldiers except for one which contained an armoured car mount- ing a 37 mm gun. The Royal train was a two-car Diesel,

and

The guard train, testing the calls, rolled slowly through the Parthenion the locomotive and fast cara passed the switch 100 yards beyond the station sabely. However, the last five care were derailed ́ ́at exactly the *sario awitch.They rocked ripped out 200 feet of rails and plummeted down the embank- ,mont,

After the Diesel streamliner

Of Greece:

Derailed

stopped, tall, stalwart King Paul climbed out, walked up the track and looked over the wreckage. Ho watched the wounded soldiers dragged out and remarked; "It was lucky no one was killed.

He then chatted "with General tan Fleet and other American and British officers for half an hour, mending the arrival of a convoy. The King was dressed in naval un!- form..

....

When he arrived here, he insisted on telephoning Athens of once to talk to the Queen, who la con- valescing from an appendec United, Press,