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REFUTES ESPIONAGE

CHARGES

Berlin, Apr. 18-Mr Robert Magi- radio reporter dolf, the American expelled from Risala, said, when he arrived in Berlin by air today, that he was sure his secretary had not denounced him as a spy on her own initiative. "She told thing

wh probably called in and ok to look around and find some-

in my office that could

incriminating

twisted Into

charge", he said.

"She

found

ол

UC

from

the letters McGraw-Hill, the New York publi- shers for whom. I wrote magazine pieces.

ROUTINE LETTERS

"They were routine letters which 'had come in through the open mail, and which I had made no effort to conceal"

"In all the 12 years I have lived and worked in Russia, I have never communication single received, a pertaining to my work as a corres- pondent otherwise than through the open mall,

"I admit that, from the point of -view of the Russians, taking into account the state of mind there, the letters from McGraw-Hi did touch on dangerous subjects. But in any other country, they would have enquiries, which, in been routine fact, McGraw-Hill had sent to cor- respondents all over the world.

"I find never tried to hide them. They were lying open in my Ales, I am sure the Russians had read them before they reached Reuter.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948.

De Gaulle Demands General Elections

SAYS SCHUMAN GOVERNMENT HAS LOST PEOPLE'S SUPPORT

Marseilles, Apr. 18.-Heavily-guarded by 7,000. police and hundreds of detectives, General Charles de Gaulle, for the second time in less than 24 hours, today called for general elections to change the present French Government of M. Robert Schuman.

He told 90,000 people at the old port of Marseilles that M. Schuman's middle-of-the-road Government had "lost the support of the people and control of the political and economie situation," and added: "We must go to the people as soon as possible to credit obtain the authority

and

Communist Coups

In Chile & Ecuador

Reported Planned

Washington, Apr. 18.-It

was

disclosed today

ΟΥ

that the State Department has received reports, which Com- are not yet verified, that the Communists munist-backed groups may try to seize power in Chile A Department and Ecuador in the next few weeks.

reports Jack source made it clear that the verification.

Nut one of them tends to support by the the official announcements Chilean government that the Com- munists there plan an, uprising on May 1 envisaging the kidnapping of Gonzales and other President

overnment and Army leaders.

A

the report on Ecuador said

with the help of "Conservatizes" the Communists were going to try. Notice is hereby given that ano seize power about June 1.

Latin-America

Extraordinary General Meeting of Dispatches from the Members of this Company during the past week gave hints of will be held at the Office of expected Communist activities; and General Renepiendo. Costa Rican Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Security Minister, said in Mexico Ltd., Pedder Street, Hong Kong. City that the Communists planned a on Wednesday, 28th April, 1948, new uprising in Chile, Venezuela at 12.15 p.m., or at such time as and Jamaica in the near future. the Ordinary Annual Meeting of

INTELLIGENCE REPORT Members to be held at the sanic"

officials In Top government place at Noon shall terminate.)

international Bruzil have blamed for the purpose of rousidering Communist conspirators for the ex- and, if thought fit, passing the plosion that destroyed a large part el Deodoro. military base in Rio de following Special Resolution:-

Janeiro, last Thursday.

to the

official

necessary to lead them in times which are so difficult and might so easily become tragle."

The general spoke from a floating pontoon anchored 38 yards from the quayside. Specially manned fishing smacks and a fire Bost flanked the pontoon. The meeting passed without incident.'

platform. A

barrier,

off

"Dogwhipper" Keep Young and Beautiful For Church by using your own particular

London, Apr. 18.-The Reverend R. D. Meredith. Vicar of Chislet parish church, Kont, disclosed to- day that he had appointed a "dogwhipper" for a salary of 10 shillings a year.

Reverting to a custom of the 17th Century, Mr Meredith hired Bill Joli, church stoker.

Like his predecessors In the day of Charles II, Jell will wear a white coat and topper and carry a long whip to chase out dogs who stray into church during services.-United Press.

High Abbot

Visits German

Buddhists

Ducsseldorf, Apr. 18U Thu Nanda. a Buddhist High Abbot from Rangoon, arrived in Dues- seldorf from Paris today to visit German Buddhist communities In the Ruhr and other parts of Western Germany.

Every house facing the port had been searched yesterday. No boats were allowed to move in the small harbour and the only vessels nen the pontoon from which the general Were a police launch and two boats carrying Journalists.

ferried white yacht A 3 smart General de Gaulle to his ficuting manned by hundreds of Gaullists, kept all but invited guests 100 yards from the quaysido.

These precautions contrasted with the general's

yesterday walk

1 was the first time in the his- the crowds in through cheering centre of the town and his visit tolery of German Bucklbiam that a La visit had been made by n dignitary the Church of Notre Dame do

from one of the Buddhist countries quarter Communist Garde in the

of Asłu. this morning, where he was sur- rounded by hundreds of people.

CLASHES WITH REDS

Gaullists Clashes between Communists kept many people home this weekend.

After the general had

and

1U

U The Nada said he expected to slay in Germany some weeks to Address members of the growing German Buddhist movement.

are

left, an

"I feel that the German people he said, suited to Buddhism,"

THE KASHMIR oficial of the Rally announced that teaching has made in this country.

DISPUTE

6-Nation Resolution

Unacceptable

there had been an attempt to

cut

off the electric current to prevent the speech being broadcast.

An emergency plant bad been provided, he said, and the attempt failed.

The Communist

counter-demon-

I particularly since

am happy at the our

the end of the

war."

"The Germans, like the Buddhist people of the East, are really peace- When fut when they aim at peace.

the left alone, they easily follow

stration held at the same time in path of peace. Buddhist movement.

of number

The German another part of the town attracted

largely composed of intellectuals, a crowd of 10,000,

of the slated by an official

to In his speech, the general

sotd: was

community today we Duesseldorf New York, Apr. 18-Both Indla "Nearly everybody admits that

more than 1,000, nearly will and Pakistan

announce on must organise the free peoples

of them in the Ruhr and the of the Europe into an economic and strate-200 that the terms Monday

resolution of thegie whole, and that this whole will Rhineland-Reuter. six-nation Kashmir dispute are unacceptable one day include a Confederation of not a Fourth for the two German states-but to them, spokesmen

Reich-that it should be linked to delegations told the Unlied

the United States of Amerlen under . Press today.

a form of reciprocal guarantee and that the duty to lend this vast enter- Prise fulls to France.

was

was

"Nearly everybody considers that

our country must resolutely assure,

MAJESTIC

SHOWING TO-DAY

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SCHUMAN'S SPEECH

by leads him to believe that the recent both parties would lion byman: the French Premier, told a pu-

will re

The Security

Council President, Alfonso Lopez of Colombia, in- formed by the United Press of the possibility that the disputing parties would reject the resolution, sald lie rather surprised" at their attitude becase he felt the solution He said he did not "fair"

Council's "That the New Articles of: Captain Ellis Zacharias, wartime know what the Security

and declared

Paris, Apr. 18.-M. Robert Schu- Association produced

heat of the Naval Intelligence. next move would be and

illen meeting at Poitiers, south- Meeting, and for the purpose faid that information reaching him that rejection of the

"careful western France. today that France Identificat inst subscribed

was Communist- consideration by the

had received $280 million worth of David Fortune Landale, Chair Bogota uprising

In a broadcast

The Council on Monday

States man of the Company and of the inspired. He said

Gorge drawn up by six Security Council since the end of December. Meeting. be adopted as the that he believed that the Colom-sume the debate on the

goods free from the United

M. Schuman said American ald :bian Liberal Party leader, Articles of Association of the coiton whore-assassination touched nations after four months attempts had

solidarity." Company in, substitution for off the revolt, was approached by in reach an agreement satisfactory was an "unprecedented act of human

to both inelia and Pakistan

"This initiative has been criti- at to the exclusion of all the Communists but refused to

failed. Both parties anally asked

elsed," he said. "It has been refused the Council to prepare its own

certain

this theby

countries. Yet existing Articles of Association along with them.

recommendations and reserve of the Company:-

right to reject them if they do not initiative holds out a great oppor

tunity for a pacific organisation of find it satisfactory.

the world." BOTH SIDES DISSATISFIED

that Stating

while the French that the Both parties claimed

theconomic situation was improving, favours Council's resolution

M. Schuman said that progress was declaring other side, with Pakistan that it was impossible to hold an still insufficient. "New outlets must Inspartial plebiscite while any In-be obtained," he said. "Progress has dian troops remain in Kashmir, and been made on many points, but India resenting the recommendatlans is still insufficient. We import much more than we export, and it will tor partial withdrawal of its troops.

to

Capt. Zacharias said that Guitan then Was

"eliminated" and the A copy of the Proposed New: Communists used his death to start He emphasised the insurrection. Articles can be inspected by any that there are too few Communists Shareholder at the Offices of the Colombia for them to have been Company during the usual office solely responsible for all violence,

United Press.

hours.

By Order of the Board of

Directors,

C. E. TERRY, Manager and Secretary.

Hongkong, 6th April, 1948.

NOTICE

AND THE HONGKONG

WHARF AND KOWLOON GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED

Notice To Shareholders

Ordinary Annual Meeting

Television's Appeal

and

express

has developed a new type of hotel an 10 carry out its terms,

guest-the man who takes off his shoes to see the sights.

1η

A spokesman for the Indian dele- be so for several years to come until

have enough currency, ation said it is unlikely that the we Indian delegation chief, M. Gopala-particular dollars, to pay for the swami Ayyangar, will issue a flat surplus of our imports."

He said the outlook for the cereals but will New York, Apr. 18-Television rejection of the resolution,

ince that it is completely un-crop is good: The wheat crop will India's certainly allow us to increase the

bread ration."

VALUABLE UNIONS He pointed out that the Security

for international need Council members stressed that the

M. Schuman sala: Council has no power of sanctions solidarity. and that the resolution merely offers "Unlons made in wartime keep their France does which the dis- value after the war. recommendations

can accept or re- not exclude anyone from her friend- puting partics

ship, even those who yesterday were Jeet-United Press,

against her."

elections

For many people, a hotel room is usually a place to leave the luggage,

anch chance clothes

snatch minimum of sleep, but that is no longer the case with guests who stay in the Ronsevel! Hotel's 40 reoms equipped with television.

They became regular home birds:

Instead of checking in and dashing GOOD NEWS FOR

ut in immediately to visit the tom, they pull thei" shoes, sit back and tune in to a television show.

room.

THE GUARDS

war's

On the

the Italian general

today, M. Schuman said: "tope

to

the results of the elections will mean, for the peninsula, the return true democracy, 10 a cordlu! 18-The London, Apr.

reconciliation and to a confident co- the Buckingham operation

France between

and for Anally over do not even Some of them Notice is hereby given that the

Palace guards.

Italy." The King decided today that

Discussing Germany, the French Fifty-seventh Ordinary Annual down to the bar for a quick one

Premier said: "A statute must be up to the henceforth they may wear on cere- Meeting of the Members of the and then oul for dinner. They junt

monial occasions the gaudy full devised for Germany, founded on Company will be held at the have everything sent

That is an unexpected but pleas-dress which makes them one of the democratic principles, but not with-

out serious precautions. Office of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe-

been in drob

Any plan which would lead to 17 The guards have son & Co., Ltd., Podder Street, ing development for the hotel, for, sights of London.

battle dress ever since Hliler at-catablishment of a centralised power Hong-Kong, on Wednesday, 28th although primarily a hotel's business is renting rooms, room service is a

operation.tacked Poland in 1839-Associated in Germany, M. Schuman said. would mean for her "the temptation April, 1948, at Noon, to receive profitable part of its

Press.

of a permanent and progressive and consider the Report of the Reuter.

threat of revenge first and aggressivo Board of Directora and Stato-

imperialism later." nient of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1947, to elect Directors and to appoint Auditors.

clusive.

CHIANG DUE TO BE ELECTED THIS MORNING

He added that as soon as Parlis- ment convened, the Government will ask for the "rapid passing of laws for military, re-organisation, which, will cost the country only the in-

men." Reuter. dispensable minimum in mones and

Jap Reparations Tokyo, Apr. 18.-Reparations ralpments from

the

Closing of Transfer Books, Nanking, Apr. 19,--China's ballot boxes placed at strategle by the delegates is as follows: firstly, Notice is also given that the first presidential election will go points. The procedure to be followed Register of Members and Trane off as scheduled this morning to obtain ballot from the issuing centre fer Books of the Company will be he followed by the vice-presi- upon presentation of these creden

and mark with a circle closed from 15th April, 1948, to dential election four days later, tials; secondly, proceed to the de-

the name of

Japan under 28th April, 1948, both days in- before the National Assembly signated spandidate favoured on concludes its four weeks' session ballot; thirdly, from ballot into the on April 24..

-designated box; fourthly, wait in the 30 percent: advance transfer pro- Chiang Kai-shek whose election resting room until the time arrives gramme reached approximately 6,000 machines, totalling more than 10.000 as President is virtually assured by to open ballot boxes.

tons, by the middle of April, it has announced by the the support of 2,480 delegates who

Late arriving delegates will be been officially his candidacy is ex- pected to win an overwhelming conducted into the presidium's resting SCAP Reparations Section.

China

has taken the Inrgest victory over his only opponent, Dr room to wait for their turns until Chu Cheng, who become presidential all the others have cast their votes. amount so far, with shipments of totalling ps Delegates acting supervisors 3,080 pieces of machinery

This represents 42 per- Printed and published by Faesznic candidate hy nomination of.100.

which The counting of rent of the 7.311, machines PERCY FRANKLIN for and on behalf of Presidential election today will be selected by lot-drawing will be the 0,120 tons. South China Morning Post Limited conducted under an elaborate plan Inst to cast votes.

-Heutet.. at 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of ensuring the strict supervision over the votes will begin 20 minutes after China has designated as acceptable: na they are cast, with 12; the inst voto cast-Router. Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, ballots

By Order of the Board of

Directors, C. E. TERRY. Manager and Secretary,nominated Hongkong, 5th April, 1948,

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