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Longkong Telegraph

VOL. III NO. 106

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1948.

Flight Of MORTARS IN ACTION AGAINST

Capital To Hongkong More Coupons

Negotiations For

Control Of CNC

Shanghai, May 7-Negotia- tions for the effective control of Chinese dollars circulating in Hongkong, with a view to stop ping the light of capital from Shanghai and other Chinese citles, are at present under-way in Nanking, according to the Chinese press, quoting Mr LÍ LI- hsin, Director of the Shanghai! Finance Bureau.

An agreement on this subject | Ja expected to be reached in two or three weeks. The step is described as a followup to the anti-smuggling pact between China and Hongkong.

Mr Li, who returned to Shanghai from a conference with Government- leaders in Nanking, said that Hong- kong has become a free market for Chian's currency and unless some- thing was done about the free cir- culation of tho Chinese dollar in Hongkong, there is no effective way to control the black market here.

He attributed market situation in Shanghai to: Firstly, the escape of capital from Shanghai; secondly, the stoppage of rewards for the discovery of black market activities. He added that the reward systern will probably bo ro-introduced.-Reuter.

For Clothes

London, May 6-Cloth- ing coupon reductions affecting shoes,' gloves, utility clothing, stockings, raincoats, were announced today by Mr Harold Wilson, the President of the Board of Trade.

Meeting recent com- plaints by British clothing retailers by admitting "there is undoubtedly over- stocking in some clothing". Mr Wilson told the House of Commons that new coupon rates for clothing- easing the burden borne by Britons since early in the war-would be introduced next Tuesday.

***The rates are intended to be as easy as we can safoly make them without inducing a danger that goods would be deliberate- ly manufactured for sale at

coupon rates." —

half the runaway black

MAN PUSHED UNDER TRAIN

London, May 6-Henry Kidwell, 25-year-old mechanical engineer was held today on a charge of killing a complete stranger by pushing him under tube train.

The victim was Ralph Usher, réẻ- tired banker of Thorpe Bay.

Polleo who arrested Kidwell told

the Bow Street Magistrate that,

doelor certilled Kidwell as drunk- Associated Press.

Keystone Of U.S.

Foreign Policy

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Washington, May 0-The Seere tary of State, Mr George Marshall, today described as the "keystone of our foreign policy" the reciprocal trade law permitting American re- duction of tariffs in agreement with

other nations.

Appealing for a three-year exien sion of the 14-year-old law, now duc

Reuter.

British

N.T. BANDITS Troops Join Police In

Big Morning Operation

LAUNCHES FRUSTRATE A

RESCUE ATTEMPT

At 6.30 this morning three mortar companies of the Royal, Inniskillings, together with a substantial Police party, went into action against the armed bandits which the Police have been trying to ferret out of their stronghold at Lau Fau Shan for the past three days.

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The Colony's security forces are determined to round up the gang, now estimated to be about 60 strong, and it is possible that, units of the Gurkhas will be brought in during the day to assist in the operation.

Shell

Gunners Suburb Of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, May 6.-British gunners tonight shelled the Jewish industrial suburb of Givat Shaul, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, in reprisal for a Stern Gang terrorist attack on a British Army convoy less than three miles from the city, according to Haganah:

sources.

This morning's operation was planned last night after the Police has succeeded in determining the area where the bandits are hiding.

It was recognised that it would be suicidal to send forces into the dim- cult terrain with its undergrowth which permits the brigands to hide with case, and its undulations which expose, the attackers to snipers.

The plan of campaign which is being put into effect today, is for the Police to move in carefully and drow the fire of the fugitive bandits. The mortar companies will follow up and blast the area with shells, for-

or to be killed.

The Stern Gang terrorists attacked { left Jerusalem for their homelandcing the bandits either to surrender the convoy shortly before dusk in six buses today. tonight and knocked out at least} Five of 32 Comet tanis ordered to two British lorries, the report added. reinforce the British garrison in No detalls' of casualties were given. Palestine have reached Jerusalem,

Arab despatches

from Damascus anid that heavy fighting was going on in Salad, northern Palestine, be tween. Arabs ind Jewish Haganah forces.

Marine Commandos were astride the Jerusalem-Nablus road at the Sheikh Jarrah quarter, less than two miles from the centre of Jerusalem. --Routor.

"In splic of enemy superiority

NEUTRAL COMMISSIONER the position remains unchanged and our forces have repulsed several

Flushing Meadows, May 6-The attacks, inflicting heavy losses," tonight's communique Issued by the United Nations today approved the Arab General Headquarters said. immediate-appointment-of-n-neutral- to end on June 12, Mr Marshall told

commissioner for Jerusalem. a House subcommittee that if Con-

added: ***The enemy hos The General Assembly voted to gress crippled the measure, the received reinforcements. The battle ask the Palestine

High Commis- world would say the United States is proceeding."

sloner. Sir Alan Cunningham, to had surrendered her

Under economic

International Red Cross lendership.-Reuter.

escort, some 150 Egyptian nationals Appoint a person acceptable in both

EDITORIAL

An III-conceived Decision HONGKONG has accepted the

For

of

decision not to meet E- dividual claims for war damage and losses with a docility which could only be born of a fatalistic resignation to the inevitable, Fow really expected to be reimbursed in full; most, perhaps, hoped for a token redemption of sacrifices mada In the cause of military necessity. It is hardly to be ex- pected, however, that there will be the same doelle acceptance tho announcement mado yester- day by

Rees-Williams, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. that

Imperial the Government

prepared to receive claims for ex-gratia pay- ments to meet war damages and losses sustained by repatriated Eastern residents who have now decided, to settle permanently In England. This has all the. rank discrimination. If it signs of is necessary for those only lost everything but who have either remained In Hong- kong er returned to help the Colony to solve a rehabilitation problems, to forfelt clalmi against war losses and damare, there is

conceivable

ble reason why others, because of repatriation and a oision to settle in England, should be favoured in this respect. I might be argued that the action is Justified because the cost is to be met by the Imperial Treasury and will be no charge against Hongkong: but any such plea raises the ADIwer that, I Imperial Government has this money to spare, it should be offered to Hongkong if only to help meet some

of the claims against requisitioned private pro- perty. Government's refusal to recognise requlaitioning claims te, perhaps, one of .the worl examples of His cynical disregard,

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The Assembly took the decision by a vote of 35 in favour, with 17 abstentions.

Earlier, ve motions joined to at tack as inadequate the Trusteeshup Councils British-proposed plant, to set up a neutral commissioner in Jerusalem on May 15,

The attack

come as the General

Assembly considered the Council's

Two hundred Police are taking part in the operation and have been so deployed as to make it impossible for the bandits to escape.

YESTERDAY'S ENGAGEMENT

Yesterday, in the course of help- ing to comb the hills, Sub-Inspector W. L. Kinloch and a party of men made contact with some of the

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Western Union Plan

London, May 6-Sixteen Left, Wing Labour Members of Parliament today demanded that Britain must at once break off all military co-operation with the United States.

The 10 MPs included seven whom › The Labour Party leaders had threatened with expulsion for sign- ing the recent telegram to Plotro Nenni of Italy. They published a A First Cover carrying a series "plan for European unity and ra of the special stamps com-covery under the title: "Stop the memorating the Silver Wedding Coming War."

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by William of the King and Queen arrived Warbey and Sydney Silverman, ac-

men, led in Hongkong this week. Repro- cepted the Western Union in prin- duced above is the £1 stamp and clple but stated that it must be- below the 21⁄2 denomination. come independent of America in a

political and military sense, Attractive both in design and

"The Western Union would have colour, the £1 stamps are in to make it clear," said the 8,000- navy blue and the 2d in royal word document,

"that under no blue.

The reproductions here circumstances, other than violation are one and a half times the would it enter an alllance against of its territory by foreign forces, size of the originals. either the USSR or the USA”

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Peace Treaty Suspended

EXCESSIVE REPARATIONS DEMANDS

UNDESIRABLE CO-OPERATION

The Western Union, sald the 10 signatories, should also announce "that It would actively resist use of its territory as a base for military operations."

In connection with the Hague Congress of Europe, which is open-. ing tomorrow, the signatories sald co-operation with anti-Socialist undesirable since the Western Union must be based on Socialist economic plan- ning and collettiviration of in- dustries across the national frontiers.

forces in Europe was

Should the "first clogs dimster of a De Gaujlist victory in France occur. sald the signatories, the Western

Union would become im- possible altogether.

The 10 MPs are confident 'that the United States will not withdraw its economic, support to the Western Union even if it declared itself neutral. They feel that the Americans would still continue to fear that Western Europe might quickly become Communist in de- fault of American economic help.

NEUTRAL SOCIALIST. UNION

They appealed to the rank and Ale of the Labour Party to suggest Since February, Deputy resolutions in meetings of local Foreign Ministers have been meeting labour and trade union branches in to almost daily here.-Associated Press. favour of a neutral Socialist Western

ALL HOPES DESTROYED

Union and termination of any staff Vienna. Chancellor, Dr. Leopold Figl sald to vance to an alliance with the USA co-operation with the United States May 6.--The Austrian which would commit Britain in ad- day that "The sudden Interruption in the event of war with Russia. of the treaty negotiations in London

London, May 6.-Four power negotiations for an Austrian peace treaty were suspended indefinitely to day by the United States. Austrian Chancellor Leopold Figl said in Vienna the action "destroys at our hopes for an early conclusion of the independence treaty." Developments Indicated negotia- been conducted in Paris, Moscow, tlons may be headed for the same Vienna and London for more than sort of deadlock that obstructed the two years. writing of a German peace treaty, Authoritative sources refused speculat On

the the possibility Western powers might seek to make a separate peace with Austria

The British have given conditional recognition-to-the-Austrian govern ment BS de facto regime and give the Austrian representative here the status of a legation. Negotiations were suspended after Deputy Foreign Ministers held 110 sessions on Austria.

YUGOSLAVIA'S DEMANDS American deputy Samuel Rober, Ministers first heard the news from been threatened with expulsion, who was to be chairman, announced an Associated Press reporter during Mr Phillips will not decide on he would not coll another session

a foelball game. Today is un ometal his own whether these letters really unless new proposals were submitted Austrian holiday and no government give the undertaking which Party on Yugoslav demands for reparations officials are in their offices.

feadership required from the rebels. and territory,

President Karl Renner contacted He will submit the matter to the Yugoslavia recently reduced her at his home, declined to make a National Executive meeting next territorial

demands from 1,000 to statement.-Associated Press..

Wednesday. United Press. 800 square miles. She asked

report on its efforts to secure peace bandits and there was a brit 25 US$150,000,000 in reparations, Bri-

of ring for about between the Arabs and Jews, of change which the chief immediate point calls minutes, without any aparent

for 0 neutral commisioner Jerusalem

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to replace Britain until The engagement, however, helped the United Nations find a settlement to determine the area in which the acceptable to both Jews and Arabs. bandits are operating.

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tish, American and French deputies are firmly opposed to these demands. Russla supports

them. Mr Reber said he saw no useful purpose in holding additional meet- ings unless there were new The New Zealand delegate,

Last night police launches in the posals. This left the way open to at-resume sessions if Russia comes for- an Berendsen, said such a com- Deep Bay area frustrated

ward with new Yugoslav concessions. missioner would be "a man of straw tempt by. the bandits to escape.

Austrian officials were without the full authority of the

so sure Sampans United Nations to back him up.

were

sighted coming discussions will be broken off in- from Po On and trying to sneak definitely that Foreign Minister Karl He called the Council's proposal inshore.

Defore they could make Gruber prepared to return to Aus- sald completely Inadequate, and

contact with the brigands they were tria. Negotiations over Austria have that United Nations action need not dispersed by the pollee launches. |walt-on Arab-Jewish agreement.--

Reuter.

PRESS

of moral obligations. It could be argued that properly and per- sonal effects lost or damared as a result of the fighting, or at the hands of looters, must be written off as the "fortunes of war.” The same cannot be applied to private property requisitioned by Govern- ment either before or during hostilliles. Government. In that case, borrowed something which R should either replace or repay. We repeat, tho Imperia Treasury

has funds to spare to ex-gratia war damage pelvileged few, payments to that money could be better used in meeting some of the genuine hardship claims against requisi- tioned properly. The impression left by Mr Rees-Williams' state- 1s that the Colonial Office

Elselt to be suaded meeling privileged claints without any evidence that the cases present any more bard- slip than those in Hongkong, Our Impression Is that the repatriated Ilongkong residents majority of who have now decided to settle In England are ex-Government servants: presumably they are enuited to put In claims for ex- gratia war losses payments. Yet of all the people who suffered as a result of the hostilities natio

And oc- cupation, they have least to com plain about, for All

had their have war-time salaries paid in full, and

Police and military forces, all are on retirement Day sufficient

aircraft today crashed in flames combing the Lau Fau Shan to live in a

armed made to the British Government when taking off on the Daly Waters area for the hiding comfort. It ta

is impossible to ap through Sir Alexander Cadogan, the aerodrome, within 200 miles of its bandits this morning, had not preciate how they

hey have

senior British, delegate to the United objective after flying 12,000 mies succeeded in making, contact claim for reimbursement, than the Hongkong

Nations, resident. 立产

with any of them up to 12.30 that the Imperial Government's

"Apart from the fact that only inst obligation

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Important than

debate. Mr Ernest Bevin, the badly burned. His four passengera to those who lost and are

Foreign Secretary, reaffirmed Bri were rescued badly burned. Hving here. Wo must confess

tain's intention to terminate the that we regard this Infest decision.

mandate on May 15, a change in the of the Colonial Office to

dato would require the statutory sanction of Parliament.

to

allow them

thoroughly ill-conceived,

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Continuous radio communications have now been established between NO MANDATE EXTENSION Central Headquarters, Ping Shan and other points in the New Ter- London, May 4.-Britain hos re- ritories, while several police omcers Jected the American proposals for a taking part in this morning's opera- 10-day extension of her Palestine on have been equipped with mandate, due to expire on May 15, walkie-talkles. it was disclosed here today.

Beirut reports said the new pro- posals provided for an all-Palestine fruce in the 10 days of grace, from May 15 to

25, during which

comprising the

Siates, France and Belgium, would open ne-

May

Police hope that before the day is out the operation will have been completely successful.

time the Palestine truet comes JOURNEY ENDS

United

goliations with the Arab States for IN CRASH

a general settlement of the

Reuter's diplomatic correslem,

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States' "The United

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Gurkhas Join

In Operation

Units of the Gurkhas have now joined in the operation and are helping to scour the

The plane is one of two machines bought from a disposal contro in hills. England Tor flying in Australia's central desert.-Reuter.

comes us

While part of the Left within the Austria because it destroys all our thus come out with new action, the great disappointment to Parliamentary Labour Party hos hopes for an early conclusion of the Party Secretary (Mr Morgan Phil- independence treaty."

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