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VOL. III NO. 84

MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948.

ARMED SOVIET GUARDS Cyclonic Storm

STOP BRITISH TROOP-CARRYING CARS

New Russian Restrictions

Vienna, Apr. 11.-Soviet guards, armed with tommy-guns, stopped all cars carrying British troops today along the 100-mile zonal corridor from the British Zone of Austria to Vienna. The troops were stopped at the Soviet check point at the Semmering Pass in Austria's main route to the south.

Major General T. J. Winterton, the British Deputy Commissioner, was, however, allowed to pass through the corridor, after being held up for an hour. The British authorities are taking up the situation immediately with General Vladimir Kurasov, the Soviet High Commissioner.

COALITION

GOVT. FOR

COLOMBIA

Bogota. Apr. 11-A new Coall. tion Government of Colombia under the President, Dr Mariano Ospins Perez, took office here today, and delegates to the 12-nation Fan-American Con- ference met at the Honduras Em- bassy talks are to continue.

to discuss whether their

Commission The "big" powers wartime Advisory

Zones from Russian- agreed on free access to their

the encircled Vienna, and

four-power agreement, a grey reached two and a half years ago, instituted pass in four languages as the only permit necessary for such transit.

The Russians are now

The British reply to the Russinn Insisting

not, yet been made on passports or identity cards with demand has photographs for military personnel. publie, but it is believed that, since The British authorities have the circumstances are identical, the that Russian guards may British outpost will also have to agreed examine the passports or identity close down. cards of elvilion personnel but will not permit this for military mem- bers of the Commission.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

An offelal British statement said tonight: "In 1040, an agreement was made with the Soviet authorities to Art up a British aid station on the

General Winterton arrived at the Soviet check point on his way back to Vienna from the British Zone to find four cars with their, military Berlin-Helmstedt Autobahn to give occupants holled.

of

nak

might

lechnical assistance to vehicles The new Government includes six

After satisfying himself that all during the winter. members of the Leftwing Liberal

"The Soviet authorities have now docu- them were na properly Opposition Party, whose adherents mented as himself with the grey a

with that,

the conclusion of carried out the revolt which

dispass, he offered to go surety for the winter, the ald stations be closed." rupted the Conference on Friday, occupants of all the care and asked

Lack of reliable service stations when their leader Dr Jorge Eleicer the

Autobahn his on the lonely, 100-mile Soviet guard to contact Galton, was reported to have been

superior.

British, force

American, assassinated.

and other non-Russian During the past week, there have French been a number of minor incidents vehicles to travel in convoys, users over military trains from Vienna to of the road said. the Soviet Zore, but so far there has The British station desla wilth

some been no delay. Reuler.

alx breakdowns dally. officer said.

Ior Except

The new Government immediately. 'declared a state of siege until the country returns to normal; but issued a cenmanique saving that there was "complete order in the capital."

rendy 300 dead had been counted.

EDITORIAL

Fateful Elections

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Jewish Agency Accepts Cunningham's Call

For "Cease Fire"? Truce

No Arab Decision Announced

Jerusalem, Apr. 11.-The Jewish Agency Executive was tonight under- stood to have accepted the "ccase fire" call for a truce made by General Sir Alan Cunningham, the High Commissioner for Palestine eight days ago, reliable sources kere-said.

The report of the acceptance came a few hours after Inst night's shelling of thres suburbs of Jerusalem by Arab netillery, firing from a point our Kastel village, five miles. west of Jerusalem, as the Arab "Liberation Army" tightened' the blockade of the roads connecting the Holy City with the coast.

resolu-

General Sir Alan Cunningham, in a continuance of violence and asked on them to comply with the United a broadcast on April 3, called

Connell ubs to consider Nations Security both Jews and what possible good could come frontion to cease such acis.

The Jewish Agency reply is now in his hands.

Violence Marks Italian Election Campaign,

L

Jewish terrorists yesterday offer-

Ed Red Cross officials sale conduct to bring back the bodies, and the~: villclals had to wait for the Arab Higher Committee to decide whe- ther it will accept the Red Cross offer to bring the dead Arabs to the The Arab Higher Committee, se- British security Zone entrance out- cording to Arab sources, is still con-side the Jewish Agency building in

referred to the Political Commitice of the Arab League now sitting In Calry.

George Avenue, Jerusalem,

sidering the appeal, as it has been "MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS"

REDS PLAN STRIKE FOR TODAY had been

Rome, Apr. 11.-The death toll in Italy's cam- paign for the April 18 elections rose to 13 today as the Communists entered the final critical week with plans to flaunt their strength through their efforts to impress or intimidate the voters.

Restrictions Stop Moves To Hongkong

WIN

There was a new development in Palestine's growing communication problems today when it was official- ly announced that rail and passenger services between Palestine and suspended today until further notice.

No explanation was given for the suspension. Twice the

crack Cairo-Haifa express has been do- railed by mines on the track in the past six months, the first time on February 20, near Lydda junction, when 28 British soldiers were killed and 42 injured, and the second time near Benyamina, on March 31,

were killed and 00 injured.

A Federal police officer was shot to death at Pesaro on the North when 40 persons, mostly Arabs, Adriatic coast on Saturday night when he tried to halt a cart loaded

KASTEL OPERATIONS with illegal arms.

Witnesses wold

The operations in the slayer

the bitterly

Jive miles Amberbolt Boldelli, unknown Cum-contested Kastel area

west of Jerusalem continued today munist who is still at large.

Communist-dominated La-when Haganah forces raided Confederation set up nut Aral village of Calunin, near Kastel,

blowing plans for a

a nationwide token strike and withdrew after on Monday by its 0,000,000 workers some houses,

The

bour

the

up

to protest against the murders of 36A Jewish Agency spokesman said Shanghai, Apr. 12. Al-Leftist labour leaders in Sicity. there were no Haganah casualties. though several factories and The strike is to last one hour ex- and he was not aware of any Arab companies here intend to move cluding only vital publie services. to Hongkong and South China, not many of them have been permitted to do so on account of restrictions in those places, according to the China Press, quoting informed sources.

In addition to restrictive measures Saturday fr

taken by the authorities in the south wages. to limit the number of incoming

seen

is

opponents

Reynier,

The Arab Higher Committee announced tonight that the bodies would be left in the village well into which they had been dumped after being massacred.

Dr Husseini Khalidi. Secretary of the Palestine Arab Higher Com- milter, referred to the "massacre of Innocents" and accused the Jewish Agency of obstructing Dr Reynier from going back to the village yesterday because they did not want him to see the mutilated bodies and wanted time to "clean up."

Khalidi said guns and grenades of Irgun and Storn Giang terrorists attacked the sleeping village at dawn on Friday and exterminated women, children and old men.

He charged the Jews with refusing to allow an Imam to recite prayers for the dead over the mass graves All efforts to get in the vilinge. the British authorities-civil and military-to go to Delr Yossein after the massacre were turned down, Dr Khaldi asserted.

He intended to bring this attitude of the British officials to the notice. of the British Government and the United Nations, he added,

sacre.

the

RUSSIAN DEMAND

modern American Berlin, Apr. 11-The Soviet au cara sed by American officials and an-families, most passenger cars used Germany tonight The revolution

to be thorities in appears

restriction

personnel in Ger- onby occupation beaten, although there are occasional nounced another

communications between many are pre-war Germon vehicles, Altin bursts of gunire. The Army is at-j

many years of tempting to stamp out sulpers' nests Berlin and the Western Zones by de-dilapidated after

manding the closure of the two service, and few can be considered tu varlous sections of the capital,

British and American autemobile dependable enough to, make nid

zonal stations on the 100-mile Berlin-Russian

crossing Conditions are so serious, however,

wlibout Helmsted! Autobahn across the trouble. that the Government was still un-Soviet Zone to the British.

"SHREWD TWIST" willing to lift the censorship and

BITTER CONDEMNATION vermil carreoondent, to tell the The

Hussians, however, would Although the agreement under

casualties.

His denunciation of the Jowish full story of the revolt.

erect two stations in their places "to which the outposts were allowed

The spokesman alleged that 1,270| "butchers" was joined with a bit- render technical assistance and to open provided for their func- The director of the Bogota mor-

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Syrians, Irnals and Egyptians bad ter condemnation of the Palestine "tuary told newsmen today that al-service cars against a cash payment, toning during the winter months

The Communists-also-scheduled a recently enteret Palestineun-Government, the Palestine police and It was officially stated,

only, they have been in existence

national conference on Wednesday hindered" and were dispersed in the the British Army authorities' in- American sources confirmed that two years, and the Russians have A reporter stationed outside the the American statlon

of representatives of Italy's

esti Galilee area in the north and in the difference to the Deir Yasseln mas- would be never previously asked that they

mated 2,000,000 unemployed to at southern desert area. Presidential Guard barracks sald closed before April 30 and that the un discontinued during the sum-

tack the government policy and to two ollicers and six soldiers werd American

Dr Khalid sald military

call a strike of all hired formhands about three miles west of Jerusalem, arouse the attention constabularymer.

The area of Deir Yossein village,

he intended to killed and 22 soldiers wounded in chief, Lieutenant Colonel Robert C.

of the entire The Russlan demand Is

in Gorizia and Udine provinces on wiped out by Irgun Zval Leum! ter-world-Christian. Arab and where defending the Palace,

the Works, had been Instructed

Mos- to here as another shrewd twist

to protest against low President is living-Reuter.

comply with the Russian request.

rorists in a night rald on Friday, is lem-over this incident the process of strangling Berlin's

silil under fire from both Arabs and He has already informed King contacts with the Western world.

There is a spread of rumours that Jews.

Abdullah of Transjordan and which has already cut off Allied

transportation all ballots

numbered

Dr

facts

be placed before and housing are also handicapping determine how the people voted in national Red Cross representative, the Arab rulers, Fall passenger traffle and promises, the plans of local industrialists and hopes

ho added. afler next Thursday, to offer

that the fear of reprisals visited the village today and sald ቢ businessmen.

The Jewish Agency, in express- most serious threat to telephone

would keep the timid from voting there were about 200 dead Arabs Ing "horror and disgust" at the and telegraph communications.

Dozens of

of letters of application

against them, and charges that the there. Some 150 bodles had been massacre, appealed tonight to all asking for permission to establish Christian Democrats will invalidate dumped in an empty well Just out-parties in Palestine to conduct the Today's move followed Saturday's the Russian refusal to renew passes,

branches in South China,

ballots it

of known

by side the village but could not be present conflict "In accordance with expiring on Thursday, for British Nanking by local firms and factories, as they are handed out.

reported, have been filed

with marking them with a graphite ring removed because of the firing still the rules of civilised warfare.”—

going on. and American telegraph and tele- Only a few of them, however, have Industrial North Italy when several Violence broke out in Turin In phone maintenance men at rapenter been stations in the Soviet zone backer

and approved, the hundred students started to from Berlin same sources. are quoted as slating. out on a speech-by a Leftist orator walk vising cables running to the West.

CAPITAL TRANSFERRED

but were stopped at the door by The American authorities were Meanwhile, a number of mer- Communist youths. last night reported to have sent a chants and manufacturers here have Ten persons were injured before formal protest about this refusal. remitted appreciable amounts of the police intervened..

British posts and telecommunica-lus rapital to Canton and Hong- FIGHTING IN NAPLES tions officials

the the kong with

An unknown number of persons Russians to reconsider their decision establishing new but actually was injured in Naples when fght- not to allow maintenance squads Hated companies and mills in Ing broke out between the Com- |muniste) and Monarchists Hundreds traders, of

reinforcements police the British Deputy Chief of best majority of

being tired of continued called out to subdue the crowd. Staff, was expected to make a import restrictions, power shortages Fears that minor violence

will and high cost of Inbour, are worried

major erupt inte

bloodshed in the Hays, the over the securits

of Shanghat, the next few days

were quieted Deputy Military China Pressurity

Saturday by Premier Alcide. Governor, refused to

Represen comment on

of Shanghal Gasperi, who hammered home the the report that he had formally business proceeded to Nan-government's theme-peaceful elec- protested to the Russians. "When a king during the week-end to petitions and a peaceful post-election reply is received, I shall be willing tion the Central Government for a period. to discuss the matter," he said. reduction of the business turnover

In several speeches he announced EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS | Income tax.

The present position of the main cently increased the sald tax several public squares will be

that no popular demonstrations in tolerated means of communications is:

times, but locat: businessmen have during the critical period between 1-Rallways, All Allied passenger announced that they

could

not April 18 and the middle of May trains to and from Berlin huyp ́been afford to pay-Reuter, ·

when the new government is to bo suspended since April 1 as a result

formed.

WH

WHETHER -Italy remains o10 of the 10 European nations niedred to democracy and free- becomes dom, or whether sho another victim of Moscow's west- ward expansion movement holds the attention of the rest of the world this week. Next Sunday Italians will go to the polls to vote in what De Gasperi promises will be wholly free elections.

that assurance can be honoured in full it is fairly certain that the Moderates will obtain a sufficient vole' to enable them lo

lo form ent wholly free of Cont Government munist influence. On the other land. If the Reds can indulge in their familiar practice of Intiml

and bribery they

dation succeed In

to make

to form

may

In captarlar enough seats Impossible for Gasperi now Cabinet. To win Communists

obtain

by a

their objective

tive the

would

not have

outright majority.

Backed

minority vote of 45 percent they

would be well placed for

Czechoslovakia

United

stales..

the

another coup. To

проплог of

elections than she is In Italy's polling day. As a high level strategical -- manoeuvre- she in-- stigated the proposition,

by Britain and France, for the return of Trieste to the Italians, Perfectly timed, it has evoked dramatic reaction which may do more than anything else to beat the

Communists at the polla. She

ald

can-

has played a second see card by letting it be known that should the Italians allow themselves to become Moscow satellites they will A

forfelt economie, financial and millary

the under European Recovery Programme- and Italy cannot afford to put herself in

Another in such a position. American influence.

not to be discounted. Is the

Detonal vassing being carried out by United States clllzens among re- latives and friends Italy type of appeal capable of winning many votes. American Interest in the Hallan elections is vir- tually a campaign, which, at

at the bolle at leng', seems likely to succeed. The really dangerous perlad, however, Hes between the voine and the election of President and the appointment of

Premier. The real test Italian political stability come then, for, it is safe to expect that the Communists, ir defeated at the polls, will attempt a minority coup calculated to reverse the cleation, result. achieve such a coup they will re- quire defection by the Gavern- ment's armed forces, police and "key" officials, and it is impor-. alble to estimate from this dis- force the

derree

of loyalty which can be expected if and when the Lent is made. The Yalla elections, and the fortnight im mediately following, wil bo crisis, as much for the rest of th world as it will be for Italy.

Wertern European unity against Soviet encroachment, next Bun- Italian elections have a day's special meaning. A left wing victory, even if not declaive, will be regarded as a serious reverse to the implementation of the Marshall Plan, as well as a grave military threat to the Mediter Tancan

and

the Middle East. For Washington's peace of mind De Gasperi

returned to must be power with a thum

athumping majority that will eliminate the Communist threat long enough to guarantee consolidation of the West Europe union and the establishment of forward milkarý basės. Not it she were faced with"the same problem on, her own soll "could the United States take a mors. active. Interest to national

1

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of will

To

bave asked

super-

accepted

In the Russian Zone after April 15, these two places. and Major General V. F. E. West- ropp,

formal proneral F.

Major United States

reported alm

these

of

The Government re-

of the new Soviet traffle regula RECORD OUTPUT flons Goods traffic Into Berlin is running fairly Russian demands for

aro

but permits

Allied

OF STEEL

were

ON

De

At Milan, Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza, defended the European recovery programme against Com- munist attacks which began shortly after it was first broached by

hamper tal severely.. goods traffle out of the

London, Apr. 11-The steel in Secretary of State George Marshall 2.-Roads.

ads, Passenger

corn werd dustry broke its output records last last June. Sforza Fald, "The running normally today, though month, producing at the equivalent Mardall plon, is the most generous still Russian centries outside Berlin and of an annual rate of 15,117,050 tons, act a people ever made."--United on the zonal border were checking It was announced today.

Press all passengers carefully to see

The March output also helped to they had Russian translations of sot a record for production during

the first Quarter their identification documents.

́of this year, which Passengers without the Russian was running at an annual rate of language forms were turned back. 14.033.000 tons.

3. — Telecommunications. The The Government's target for this

year is 14.000.000 tons.

that

abolition of Anglo-American main- tenance of eables to the West, which will come into effect on Aptil 15,

Pig Iron production also rose· Jast month, reaching an annual rate of

1 likely to mean that telephone and | 9,303,000 tons, but, it was stated,

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