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VOL. III NO. 133

TUESDAY, JUNE 8,1948:

Benes Resigns Without Signing

6-Power Agreemont

Russian Hostility Expected

Berlin, June 7-The Soviet Union is expected to issue with- in 24 hours a strongly-worded refusal to recognise any of the six-power London decisions on the future of Western Germany announced today.

Marshal Vansi Sokolovsky. the Russian Military Governor in Ger many, and his advisers, after a day- long discussion of the pinn, decided

four-power today that future operation on Germany was out

German the question, according to political circles.

co-

of

Meeting at the Marshal's closely- guarded headquarters in the Russian sector of Berlin, they were reported to have agreed that the London de- cisions nullified all previous agree- ments on Germany.

The Soviet-sponsored German permanent "People's Council"-a 400-member Committed

of the "People's Congress"-has been call- ed for July 2, Leipzig Rodio said today after announcing the London communique.

PROLONGED DISCUSSIONS

Police Station

Attacked

Rangoon, June 7.-The Paungdawthee police sta- tion,

100 miles

from

Rangoon was attacked by a force of insurgents today.

Three insurgents were killed and 30 captured. No police casualties were reported, reports reaching Rangoon today said.

Two hundred insurgents supported by 500 Indians' belonging to the Communist sponsored Misan Sabha As- sociation attacked Zeyya- waddy sugar factory in the Toungoo district, 100 miles from Rangoon on Saturday. Two of the factory staff were killed and four wound- ed during a two-hour gun battle.-Associated Press, amID63512301CRANE ZABIESJNTUAN IZRENINEN KOEA

DESPERATE FIGHT WITH

FLOODS

Portland, Oregon, June 7- The question of four-power co- The Army today threw a fresh operation on Germany was the theme

Field Command of the prolonged discussions between engineering

the Russian Military Governor and against the raging Columbia bis advisors, clrcles-close to the River in a desperate attempt to Russian Military Administration sold hold a weakening 100 mile dyke tonight.

The British, American and French from Portland to the Pacific. Commanders sent coples of the

Twenty-nix officers of the En- London six-power communique от Germany to the Marshal early to- Elncer Corps were rushed to critical the heavily barricaded points J day

The Russlan commander

lower valley as the great river bullt immediately enlled a meeting of his up pressure with its second Good advisers for a discussion of the com-

wave in a week.

al Sokolovsky also discussed. The time is short and the wash with his advisers the question calling a meeting of the Allled Con- trol Council.

of hugs.

The new flood was deep into the hard hit Industrial arca already

Portland and Vancouver, around

The People's Council of the Ger- Congress in Berlin

manishi what is described as Washington, it was surging down

issued

"a solemn protest against the re- commendations of the London six- Conference for the formation

power

of a Western German state."

The London Conference ̃ ̈recom” mendations were "the first steps to- wards the 'splitting of Germany," the profest declared.

"Not

single word is mentioned of a peace treaty for the German people.

(Continued on Page 5)

EDITORIAL

river building up a current that has been banging away at the dykes since the first erest rolled down atx days ago.

The weather was teamed with the river and so was the sea.

unsea-

Thermometers soared to sonal high levels of 90 degrees, and above in the mountains the snow melted fast and streamed down,10 add new waters to the Columbla's tributaries.--United Press.

Question Of Citizenship

THE Right

Hon Alalcolm

Macdonald. Governor-General of Southeast Asia is not visling Hongkong officlafly; he is en roule to China to pay courtesy calls on Canton, Nanking and Shanghai. Nevertheless, Mr Macdonald's appearance in the Colony revives in the local mind the subject of clÜzenship, because this has become one of the big issues in the important area which Afr Macdonald today represents the King. Clilzenship, or

railer

Lack of defined citizenship, has been a small Hongkong heartache for some time. Real conscious- ness of the subject, and all its Implications, however, did.

antil after come aroused Ilberation. Since then it cropped up in several

Thee

note

bas

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around the electoral system for the

proposed municipal

coun

compelling instance roxolo

In this case the Colony is to divided into HIVI

proportion of

with a

what we

an

Javo

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tor British, Chinese, Portuguese, and dans. The electorate will vote according to their chosen Ha- tionality. The system is sympto-

tho matic of

bugbear which Hongkong still has to suffer classes and tribes, and reawakens the desirability of previously advocated--a long- kong ellikenship. Recently there attempt to has been made break down these stupid barriers of race within the Common- It is proposed that a Commonwealth citizenship be In- allinted which can bo commonly used

and Interchanged to eliminate old-time prejudices and The idea unhappy distinctions. appears to be sound and worthy of support. We need something et the same thing here in Hong- kong, on a local scale. The con- ception is a Hongkong citizen who owes equal allegiance to long- kong and the Crown, and who. because of this choice, enjoys

Czechs' New Constitution

MOVE STRICTLY POLITICAL

Prague, June 7-Dr Eduard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia resigned today and left the Com- munists to sign their own constitution. His letter of resignation mentioned only the "overall political situation" and his ill-health.

But the new regime twisted this to mean a flat endorsement of their February Government.

Unimpeachable sources meanwhile disclosed that Dr Benes insisted privately only last week that his resignation was strictly political.

With the nation's and world's reaction apparent- ly in mind, Premier Gottwald described Dr Benes' career in terms which made him sound like a member of the Party.

He made no mention of the fact that

да acting President he will have to sign the constitution because Dr Benes refused to.

Authoritative sources disclosed tonight that Dr Bones currently plans to reinain at his Sezimovo Usti home because he needs daily visits from his doctor. It is reported that ho milght move into Prague for the

winter.

stepped out of office and turned

over

Was

Dr Benes for three decades has, phasise

that, even though Dr been tho personification of all the Eduard Benes leaves the office of

for. Today he President of the Republic, he re- 1018 Republic stood

mains forever in the history of our to its Czechoslovakia

new Republic and in the history of the regime.

struggle of the Czechoslovak people The resignation interpreted for freedom and independence, for here as a public confession that his a a progressive and socially

lally just state. dream for the country had failed. "His first election was as Demo- For more than 30 years he stood cratic candidate of the Left against for the synthesis of East

and the reactionary endeavours of West.

forces, who agrarian capitalistic already at that time wanted to drag the Republic on to the way of capl- tulation befde Hitlerite, Germany. It was therefore understandable that, at the time of Munich, and after the anger of all enemies concen- trated upon President Benes

and removed that he was office.

to

As Dr Benes himself said Premier Gottwald on swearing in the new Cabinet, "You want to conduct State affairs in a new way, in a new. form of democrazy."-

from

his

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Bernadotte Issues A Virtual Ultimatum

Cairo, June 7-Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator, today delivered to the Arabs and the Jews what amounted to an ultimatum to make up their minds within 48 hours whether to accept a four-week truce in Palestine,

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Washington, June 7-The

House Armed Services. Com- mittee today approved the bill designed to help rehabili- tate the Japanese textile in- dustry establishing a revolving fund for the purchase of raw materials, including cotton, in the United States.

The bill would establish a $130,- 100,000 revolving fund to be used by the Secretary of the Army for ile purchase of raw materials "to be processed in occupied areas and Bold."

In committee hearings on the pro- posal, it was brought out that tho Japanese cotton industry, formerly one of the world's largest, operating at only a small percentage of its capacity because of the shortage of cotton fibre. Advocates of the bill said it would decrease the occupation costs-United Press. THE JOHNSTON PLAN

Tokyo, June 7. Five leading American businessmen have laid down a United States plan for the economic rehabilitation of Japan-a plan which con proceed with or without a peace treaty.

Called a "Report on the Economic Position and Prospects of Japan and Koren and Measures Required to Improve Them," the Bi-page docu- ment is the result of the two weeks

to Japan and Korea made last April by Chairman Percy H. Jahn- ston, chairman of the Chemical Bank & Trust Company; Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of the Studebaker Corp. (now Director.... tot...ihà. ERP pro- Framme), Robert F. Loree, Now York banker

Sidney and Scheuer, a prominent New York Industrialist. The mission was headed by Under-Secretary of the Army William H. Draper, who did not sign the report, however.

textile

H.

While more generalised than the half dozen previous industrial sur- veys of Japan, the Johnston report embraces the whole field of Japaneso recovery from the ticklish repara-- tions question to the desirability of foreign Investments.

Whatever opposition the recom- mendations meet Johnston and Com- have based them on three pre- pany!

1. An Industrialised Japan is an United States.

mises:

Count Bernadotte doli vered to Arab representa- tives in Cairo a written plan for the truce. He asked for a "straightforward" yes or no-answer-within-48-economic and strategic asset to the hours.

OLD ERA ENDED Three months ago Dr Benes ae- cepted the new regime under pro- test in order, as he said, to avert President Benes, however-did- "general chaos" here. It was be-

not stop in his fight for the freedom lieved he had also hoped vainly to of Czechoslovakia and in exile he

act as a buffer between the new stepped at the head of the struggle It was indicated that he cabled] and the old.

German occupants. against

Ho the plan to the Jewish capital of Today, he publicly recognised that showed an understanding for the Tel-Aviv. Cairo sources sald the the old era was ended.

of that plan was delivered to the Arabs at The text of the official announce new political character

struggle. and

our resistance noon today, so that deadline for ac- movement.

He realised that the ceptance or rejection may be 10 am.. would emerge from that war would new reborn Czecho-Slovakia that GMT Wednesday. create init

that guarantees

It was understood that the plan

ment sald:

of

The Government met at 3 p.m. today in an extraordinary meeting Premier Gottwald announced that o President Benes had resigned Munich could never occur again. calls for a ceasefire order to precedo office. The President's letter read The first such guarantee was close a formal truce. The plan is based as follows:

"Mr Premier On May this alliance with the Soviet Union and on. Count Bernadette's own inter- WD3 a popular democratic pretation of the United Nations re- year, I informed you of my defnito intention to resign from the Presi- order of the republic which would solution of May 29 which calls for dent's office.

from We discussed at that remove

power traitorous

a truce-including his reading time my decision in connection classes, agrarian capitalistic bour-two clauses on Jewish immigration with problems of the whole political geolsia and give decisions about the during the truce, situation. I also told you that my fate of the country really into the physicians, too, advised me to resign lands of the people. In view of my present state of health.

beg you

"In the spirit of these principles,

ho

return to the country when I thank the people himself started the slogan that our

memorable

0

of

on

It was Indicated that the Arabs would accept, possibly socialising probably

ofter some further attempt to bar nationalising all Jews from entering Pulestine laws, as

Ds well as all other bills which during the truce. determined the people's democratic "I wish my dear fellow citizens, character of the republic will their responsible representatives and forever bear. his signature. their government that the Republic may be spared all catastrophes; may

PLEA FOR FREEDOM

FAITHFUL TO PEOPLE

Dispatches from Tel-Aviv reflect- ed the pessimistic atmosphere and Dr Moshe Shertok, Jewish Forelan Minister, sald he would "naturally" reserve, the right to appeal to the Security Council if Count Berna- cotte's plan proved unsatisfactory", Fighting continued in Palestine. Iraqi troops shelled the town of

whatever privileges such citizen- ship normally carries with fl At the moment, so-called allená born in Hongkong enjoy (or pos- sibly suffer) two birthrights: they are British born, and Chinese,

ARAB PROMISE -- Indian, Portuguese or anything ciao by nationally. Removed

the President was present at the Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha, announced The Egyptian Premier, Mahmoud from their own country by ac-

"Referring to that conversation, signing of the Czechoslovak-Soviet that the Arab reply would be de- eldent of birth, they have no civle

the National treaty in 1943 in Moscow as well as livered to to Inform

Count Bernadotte rights within their country, and

Assembly of my decision and to ask negotiations about a new govern Wednesday morning. It that it may kindly take cogni- ment programme later called

Nokrashy only restricted opportunities with

the Pasha and other Arab leaders will In the Colony in which they are sance of my resignation from the

bad Kosice programme,

meet in Cairo tomorrow to make born. The position

responsible office with which It had of the Eurasian

honoured me by a unanimous vote "In the spirit of these principles the decision on acceptance or re- in ifongkong makes

on June 10, 1946. I thank it for he carried on also after his famous section, pertinent the subject of especially

its confidence. citizenship. Torn between claim- ing British or Chinese nationality,

for their confidence and love, which have always been an immense sup-Republic should be many who would much prefer the

port to me and which I have en-le former, claim the latter because

deavoured not to fall. they feel that otherwise they will become outcasts among the majority

the of

population. Others claim British nationality either because of family back- ground or out of sentiment; yet their status in the body poliile, and the social and economie set- up of the Colony is so

so nebulous and unsatisfactory that it calls for general condemnation. There needs to be a

Pundamental change, such as the creation kong citizen.

may

call renunciation of one type of dust nationality,

will permit another

Hongkong form Brilish Commonwealth.

11 could and Importank though, 'should pave the way for

manent

of cluzen,

en, not only local but immigrant, who declare allcglance to the Colony, take a direct Interest In Ils development, and be rewarded with whatever advantages citizenship has to offer, such as direct

от representallon

the legislative and executive counalis, and equal economic and social rights as a

member of a com- munity. The proposition may be open to criticism, but it holste a thought for those who claim to represent us. !

whit

Lype

born

but

all Ilve and work in tolerance, love "Also in the historical February and forgiveness.

Let them allow of this year he remained faithful freedom to others and honestly enjoy to the people and to the heritage of freedom themselves. I believe in our struggle when he signed the now the good genluis of our people and in composition of the government the beautiful future of our dear which was to secure further peaceful Ashdot Yaaqou, zouth of the Sea of Republic: Перив

Signed, Dr Eduard development of the state.

gentlemen, today we orrowful about his decision.'' statement in which he said, "I We honour him да n worthy certainly express the opinion of the successor of President Masaryk. whole government when I express

to his according profound regret at the fact that Dr the good genius of our people lead Jews reported that is troops

for

Premier Gottwald thereafter made are

and

Bion

a per-

Galilee.

JERUSALEM BOMBARDED The Arabs continued to bombard Jerusalem. The were

the

Eduard Benes relinquishes the office us forward towards the beautiful

to the outskirta of agula driven of President of the Republic. As in future of our dear Republic.

Jenin, the northeast corner of the evident from his letter for a

Long

"Allow me

in

conclusion to pro-Arab triangular stronghold on ume endeavoured to dissuade him. I pose that Eduard Benes, in apprecentral front. informed the government of it in its clation of his merits for the nation meeting of May and

Have

also and the State, be given a lifelong Indecisive fighting continued Inld before it a medical attent on the honorarium equal to the salary of around Talkarm, the western corner the President of the Republic and of the triangle, and in the Ramlo the President insists in be given for lifelong use the Castle area to the south.

of Lany with all accessories."

When state of health.

Intention. and medical advices

An Egyptian communique reparted

his are very urgent, we cannot but The Government decided to take the occupation of the Jewish set- take cognisance of his declaration cognisance of the report of Uhoir Uement of Nitsanim on the Mediter- to express agreement with his premler with regret and to give full rancan, midway between El Mojdol statement and to express to him our consideration to his statement,

und Isdud. most ardent thanks for the great The Government also approved It asserted that 110- Jews were services he rendered, the people and the Premier's proposal regarding an captured and many times that num- the Republic. I should like to em- (Continued on Page 5)

ber killed or wounded,.

Egyptian Planes bombed Rehovoth, 12 miles south of Tel-Aviv, causing fires and explosions, the communique added.--United Press.

2. A self-sufficient Japan will take a $400,000,000 a year burden, off the shoulders of the American taxpayers.

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