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VOL. III NO. 131

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948.

Four-Week Cease-Fire In Holy Land May Become Operative On Friday

AMERICAN MISSION FOR PALESTINE

London, June 8.--Count Folke Bernadotto, the United Nations Mediator, proposed to- day that the four-week cease-fire in the Holy Land begin at 6 a.m. GMT next Friday. From that hour, the mediator proposed that all acts of armed force in Palestino should cease. for the four-week period and that all commandors in the field should be notified accordingly. He asked for a reply from both Arabs and Jews not later than 12 noon GMT tomorrow.

The State Department in Washington, meanwhile, announced that seven United States naval officers who will act as observers of the Jewish-Arab truce, will leave Washington for Palestine today. The officers, members of a 21-man group of United States observers from the three services, are going in response to a request made in the last few days by Count Bernadotte, who also asked for military observers from France and Belgium to assist him.

With the Count's announcement of the start of the four-week cease-fire; the Arab League reply to the Security Council's truce proposal was drafted at a 90-minute meeting of Arab lenders at Cairo today and is ex- The mediator informed the Security Council on Monday pected to be delivered to Count Bernadotte tomorrow.

that this answer from the Arabs would be transmitted to Lake Success without delay.

The next meeting for the Securi- ; today but declared that his mission

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ty Council is set for Thursday-a was "secret." few hours before the Count's cease- fire appeal is due to take effect in the Holy Land,

Earlier in the day, a Jewish em cial at Tel-Aviv sald that the Israeli time Government would take its

comprombe the Count's studying arrangements in preparation for the truce.

Mr Share, is expected to return

to Calro on Wednesday-Associated The special representative, Mr C.Press. Shore, of Toronto, Canada, declared "I am under striet Instructions from Official the Count not to comment."

also declined com- Jewish sources ment.

A rellable Jewish source cald,

that he understood Mr however, Shore Was making preliminary for special military observers who would be called in it there is a truce and cease-fire in the Holy Land.

It was indicated that Jewish mill-arrangements tary leaders are not anxious for a cease-fire, believing that they would Ioso milliary advantages now held if there were a truco.

the deadline.

Count

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It was believed that the Israeli Government's

to the responso Count's appeal would not be forth- short time, before coming until

Bernadotte, meanwhile, sald in Cairo today that if the con- ditions laid before the Arabs and In time, Anal Jews are accepted confirmation will be despatched to both sides not later than 6 p.m. GMT

Wednesday der to reach the commanders both

timo sides in ordinated cease-fire.

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ONE BIG OBSTACLÉ Lake Success, June 8-United Nations ofcials said tonight the Immigration issue was the one big obstacle in the Palestine cease-fire terms

Count Folke disclosed by Bernadotte.

While no one would attempt to anticipate whether the Jews and Arabs would accept the terms laid down by the United Nations media-

The Fighting Front

Jerusalem, Juno 8-Heavy guns of the Arab Logion today shelled a new Jewish lifeline road to Jerusalem as reports told of the massing of Arab armics for a fresh drive on Israel if the truce negotia- tions for the Holy Land prove fruitless.

road.

by bullt The

secrelly fluganah in an attempt to succour the 90,000 besieged Jews in Jeru- are rejected proposals accepted only conditionally, no fursalem, is little more than a stude will be under-track through the Judean Hills to- ther consultations

It is designed to taken by the Count and he will replace the main Tel-Aviv-Jerusa- then report to the Security Coun-lem-rond-now .blocked by the Le- ell for such action as that body gion. might wish to take-Reuter.

for

SECRET MISSION

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Haifa, June 8-A special repre-

Berna- dotte, the United Nations Palestine mediator, flew to Halfa from Cairo

sentative of Count Folke

EDITORIAL

wards the coast.

Deir Yassin. A Legion officer said the Jews apparently hoped to use it as a landing ground for large transport planes their present strips inside Jerusalem being suitable only for small aircraft. He said he be

liever the airstrip was heavily cratered by today's shelling.

for in Cairo, Il was generally agreed warring here that neither of the

parties would be entirely happy with the terms.

the

There was no official comment here from either Jewish or Arab

ere iru: representatives, pending receipt of

their people as to word from final decision,

UN officials conferred this after- noon on arrangements for putting the fruce into force in Die beth sides accept the deadline. 12 noon GMT on Wednesday.

event at

CLUBHOUSE BLOWN UP

Los Angeles, June 8.--A shattering explosion today blow the roof off the · fashionable Hilcrest Country Club, a favourite gathering place of film nätables.

Fire' enveloped the club- house and police said they were unable to estimato the casualties.

Workmen had been in- stalling a new gas lino to the clubhouse,

Five members of the club's staff were Injured. An earlier report that an ambulanco driver picked up two bodies had proved to be false, police said:

Tho club's mariager estimated the damage at $175,000. Associated

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25,000 Aliens To Be Drafted Into American Army

EVENTUAL CITIZENSHIP

Washington, June 8.-The United States Senate draft bill was amended today to allow 25,000 aliens to serve in American armed forces here and abroad. The proposal was introduced by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jnr., Massachusetts Republican, and approved 49-93. The vote cut across Party lines.

Opponents of the plan said it the criticism that our own people would subject the US, to foreign are not willing to bear arms in the criticism. Senator Lodge agreed defence of the nation." Russia may not like his plan and added in effect: so what?

Chairman Chan Gurney, South Dakota Republican, of the Senate Armed Services Committee which worked up the draft bill being studied by the Senate, said:

"Many people feel that sucha move would subject our nation to

Vietnam Government No "Puppet"

Saigon, June 8.-General Nguyen Van Xuan, head of the new provisional Central Government of Vietnam, stated today that he wanted to prove that the new Government was not a puppet but able to govern the country.

Outlining the policy of the Government in an inter- view with Reuter, General. Xuan said: "I want my Government to be mainly a technical one, which means that I do not intend to do much political but more administrative_work.”

"The Arst step would be to set up Vietnamese schools to train law-

IMMIGRATION ISSUE Informed quarters said the Gov ernment of Israel probably would protest against Count Bernadotte's proposal that the mediator use his Yers and Army and Navy officers as

discretion regarding admis-

quickly as possible, to organise sion of Jewish immigrants of mill-justice for Vietnamese affairs and to tary age to Israel during the four-reform the fiscal code," he added. week truce period.

own

Britain's

General Xuan signed the agree New Merchant

Vietnam's independence'

he said

PROSPECTS OF NAVY

Fleet

Senator S. L. Holland, Florida Democrat, said the U.S. would be accused by "propagandista" of using "mercenaries.

NOT FOREIGN LEGION The amendment, briefly, would allow 25,000 aliens, to enlist in the American serving five years, they would be armed forces. Alter eligible for American citizenship. Senator Lodge said they would not form a "foreign legion" but would be spread through the Army.

He said the allens would cut down the number of Americans that would have to be drafted. Each allen so enlisted would men one less American Inducted,

Fure

Senator Lodge said he felt there were thousands of anti-Com- munist Poles, Czechs and others who would jump at the chance of serving in the American Army.

Ship Sinking Near Foochow

San Francisco, June 8- The Globe Wireless re- ported today that it had Intercepted an SOS from a river steamship named Tal Kong, saying that the vessel had struck

a rock

and was sinking in the Min River near Foochow.

to

"Need immediate help," the vessel said, according, the distress message heard by Globe Wireless' Manila station. United Press.

ment on Israeli representatives previously had argued here that they would

with

M. Emile Bollaert, the French ugree to no immigration restrictions. High Commissioner, on Saturday, In On the other hand, Arab represmia- which it was stated that a further tives have argued that all Jewish agreement with France on diploma- immigration should be stopped tic, military, financial and economle during the armistice period.

affairs would be signed later.

London, June 8.-The Minis- Some quarters expressed fears

"Agreements on all these questionster of Transport, Mr that either one or the other party

may take a long time,"

Alfred might accept with reservations. In today.

"However, the this event, Count Bernadotte sald, question is the easiest ant to almost tonight that Britain had come military Barnes, told a press conference he would drop

rop his consultations with Jewish and Arab leaders. Ons settled,

within nearly 1,000,000-tons of He told them that they re jected. the

"I have already asked the French restoring her merchant fleet to would serve cease-fire or accepted it able to get In the holy city itself Arab artil-with conditions, he would refer the to send a military mission Vial pre-war strength. through on the new route before itlery struck at targets in the Rehavin entire matter back to the Securi-nam to carry out what was agreed quarter around the Jowish Agency ty Council. "It is my earnest hope."

Mr Barnes said wartime loss of on between us. came under shell fire today.

With France's help. 11,000,000 gross tons had been almost Legion guns today also shelled a building and in Ben Yehuda Street. he said, "that the decision will be we may soon have a Navy,"

rebuilt Arab Legion, Egyptian and Iroq!

accepted unconditionally.”—Asso». new Jewish airstrip located

and total fonriage now forces

feverishly consolidating ciated Press.

amounted to 15,700,000. Tonnage in the are of strength they have es-

1930 was 10,900,000. tablished 20 miles from Tel-Aviv. In the event of a breakdown in the truce negotiations they will be in a position to crack down on Israeli capital from the surround- ing hil

There is no evidence that any been supplies have

Rehabilitation Of Japan

TH

MIE

Johnston

suggesia

Repori which hasis requirements Japan's rehabilitaion will for probably send an angry rush of blood to the heads of university students convinced

who

Chinese have tho themselves that

Intends to build United States Japan into a great nation again, at the expense and to the disad- vantage of China. But emotional students are not the only people who may see cause for alarm concerning some of the features of the report. American textile manufacturers, for example, are resist. certain to resent, and to the proposition that Japanese col- lon textiles, manufactured. from -American raw cotton, be sold in The the

American

Johnston

market. Committee Argues that any such arrangement could do no harm to the United States production market, long AA methods are fair merchandising pursued, because Japan could supply only an Insignificant per- centage of American demands for manufactured texilies. The doubt that clings, however, whether what the committee calls "fair merchandising methods" cal continue with the Japanese in a market. Given competitive modern machinery, which appears to be part of the American ro- habilitation programme for Japan,

production costs Japanese bound to be Icss than those in the United States, and if profits are are to be controlled, (a declared BOAP polley) it is lent to visualize how Japanese products can do other than undercut Ameri can manufactures. The point is of considerable importance the key to Japan's recovery as a Belf-supporting nation is said to be the resuscitation of her tex- tile industry. Like Britain,

because

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Earlier Paper TomorrowW

Tomorrow, the King's Birthday, being a general holiday. four-week

the Hongkong Telegraph will be published earlier than usual. Tho paper will be on sale in the streets at 11.30 a.m. There will be no 3 o'clock edition.

The Minister said that, despite

RUNORNADA! 000 aliens. They would have served Originally his plan called for 50,-

leave it up to the Army where they only abroad. Today,, he decided to

The Senate, meeting tonight in an attempt to complete measure, voted to limit the proposed the draft peacetime draft to two years, The original measure would have speel- fled five years. A draft bill awaiting House action would specify two years.-Associated Press.

Britain's expanding shipping space. BIG CREDIT FOR

she still chartered 2,000,000 dead- weight tons of foreign cargo vessels to haul British goods, and the pro- blem was to reduce this figure.

Recently, Mr Barnes named a ten- man Commission to investigate the possibility of reducing foreign ton- nage by stepping up the "turn around time" in British ports.

·JAPAN

Tokyo, June B-A group of Ame- $00,000,000 to buy 300,000 bates of rlean banks will advance Japan

row

cotton, General Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters an- nounced today.

This is the first credit to be ne- rottated under the occupied Japan Ho said if Britain could save export-import revolving fund, and day on the turn-around time of each foreign ship, it would reduce foreign tonnage by 30,000 tons.

Port its approval clears agreements

the.

way for ements for shipment of other raw materials financed by the fund

nother from

than dollars.

PREPARING REPLIES Cairo, June 8-Arab officials In Calro the

and Zionist authorities in Tel-Aviv worked today on replies clue tomorrow

Folke to Count Bernadotte's proposals for the start- Trans-Jordan Sho Japan must export or die,

Arab legionnatres, ing time and terms of a has got to get herself out of the maintaining their Iron grip on the truce in the Holy land.

Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem rond, bushed free American poorhouse and

The only clue to the Arab at- new units over the Judean Hills to titude herself of Hability to the

Fawzi Mulki bolster the Egyptians at Bethlehem. Fasha, Trans-Jordan Foreign Minis- American taxpayer amounting at

Reinforcements of men and material ter Leaving the Cairo meeting of $400,000,000 & present to

your.

were reported to be joining the diplomats and military advisers This is one consideration about

Egyptian forces spearheaded at representing seven Arab countries, the rehabilitation of Japan which-

Majdal. Oficial Arab source placed he told reporters:

"We believe the offers a degree of justification to

Egyptian strength as "equal to that truce should not give any party any

Speaking of the defence of Viet- the Johnston Report. But there

of all the

other

whatsoever Arab armies in advantage

during

nom, General

Xuan Baid: "The are many other angles and con-

Palestine combined."

period."

French and Vietnamese must know tingencies which create

(Count Bernadotte,

International Swadish that today Unconfirmed reports reaching Am-

interests concerning flie wisdom of

are often man indicated that Syrian and Le- United Nations' mediator, promised Japan to restoring quickly

had completed its investigation and cles other countries and in curren- banese forces on Palestina's northern in his proposals to abide by this importance in the

tional Interests," Primary than ne-

had recommended increased alloca- Postion of

frontier may

principle.) bo strengthened

In by commercial world. It is hard to

reply to a

question about ation of labour and naterials for port must be used to produco sumelent Having learned the tendency of Union of South-East Asin, he rald:works and accelerated reconstruction battle seasoned irregulars of feeling Avolil

the

Yarmouk Arab Liberation Army,

the meeting, Mulki Pashn sald he "This union must be foreseen and of war-damaged warehouses. It also

export goods to balance the cost of Johnston recommendations,

which recently withdrew from the would leave for Amman by plane at la neer

the raw materials in the currencies that Japan

to put our resources suggested double shifts to unload of the countries where they were 18 necessary Elven effect, mean

Holy Land for regrouping in Syria. 11 n.m:

to report to his into a common pool." am. (GMT) pass practically nothing for wax-

grain ships-United Press. In Amman today, Trans-Jordan Government,

North and South Vietnam received

purchased. Reuter. ing and losing a ruthless and

of Arab shelling

Saadel Dine Sabour Bey, Egyptian without enthusiasm destructive

fact,

the Franco- but, in war,

to King Vietnamn agreement on Vietman's in- becomes beneficiary.

of Palestine potash workers south of Chlef Military Adviser A

The

the Dond Sen. It

Abdullah. of Trans-Jordan, that ir-

the dependence, signed on Saturday on added Johnston Report only

regular Arab forces pursued the re- Afteen minutes with the Arab con- China. Arab

Commander-in-Chief, fleeting glance at the subject of

spent board a French warship oft Indo- treating Jows through the potash a peace treaty with Japan, and

ferces. section and claimed heavy Jewish airily dismisses the question

The newspaper

Populaire At Lake Success Israel casualties.

was re-clared reparations as though it had Uitlo

ported to have informed the United Vietnamese people received the news In a headline today: "The or no meaning to the devastated

Nations yesterday that it was pre- with indifference." countries of

of the

pared to segregate immigrants of

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ultimate ecomilled necessity as

Japan is an

part of the economic equilibrium of the Far East, but doubt arises whether this should be

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The newspaper Union Francaise

TEL-AVIV RAIDS Israel's capital, Tel-Aviv, was hit in successive air raids throughout military ano entering Palestine wrote: "The Bay of Along agreement the day and roven Jews were re- during the armistice.-Associated ported killed.

Jewish authorities announced that Egyptian planes dropped two bombs on a central once building where the offices of the

One

Press

of suicide while

the

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of

thle connection,

The Minister said the Cominission

It was allpulated that the imports

Cabinet Backs Bidault

Paris, June 8.-The French Cabinet today officially endorsed the six-power policy on Western Germany set out in the recommendations of the London Conference disclosed yesterday. These recommendations have aroused bitter criticism from the Gaullists and Communists, who fear a German military revival

the

was

was received rather coolly... The agreement has value If it is capable of

bringing about an immediate accomm-

peace. plished wholly at the expense of

- What is expected to be a dimetilt the same: an In the Bay The signatures:

ant-Government volo the Allied powers and in

change Bich

the and stormy debate in the French would cause a Cabinet crisis. nothing in U.N. mediator SOVIET SUICIDE muuta situ haste as to make Japan

situation

Parliament will take place on Friday, In the country." once

In Berlin, the first of the Soviet- Count Bernadotte are situated. The again a serious competitor in the

when the Foreign Some

Vietnamese said that while Georges Bidault,

Minister, AL licensed newspapers to comment un United Nations' fog, it was world of trade while. countries

had Salzufen, Germany, June 8 for the first time in

the world "Independence" was used Chamber to back the Government.

will ask the the London agreement

the could be clearly seen at the like Britain are silll struggling

Nacht Express, which said the re-. bomb exploded on the roof 4 verdict 10 find

markets. The

Government commendations were designed "to world

the limits of Vietnamese indepen- M. Abella, of the six-storey building and the balance of his mind was disturbed, dence was not fixed since the main spokesman, made it clear that the tear up Germany for all time." Johnston Report is essentially an

not formally American conceptica of

second on the fourth floor. The Was returned here today the

offices of Bernadotte ure situated on ahot himself.

Inquest

Der Abend, which is American- on a Russian major who questions-diplomaile and nancial agreement did

constitulo a trenly, which must bc Japanese problem, in

-were-left to be settled Inter.

licensed, described the decisions as the first floor.. respect reasonable -

well-

The Russians refused to let any The entourage of Bau Daf, the ex-submitted to the Assembly before Intentioned; but it ignores third

The planes, apparently fighter Soviet witnesses attend the British Emperor of Annam, said he attended ratifiention by the President of the

45,"adding: "We must regard it as bombers, came in singly from

over conducted inquest.

¡Republic. party interests and is fúnt a telfie

Saturday's cy

evil becouse it creates a 'rump Ger- the sea and scattered their bombs too facile a solution of a problem

The Russian,

Major Ivart "observer."

The Assembly, he said, would be matiy and a 'rump Germany' can which affects militons more than

over the central section of the city. Bogdanov, aged 46, was attached to an agreement, but only a joint de-asked to voto on 1 resolution only be transitory." the 80 millions Ilving in the

hii. There the Soviet milliary mission here. claration by General Xuan and M. expressing confidence.

Berliners today queued to pay in Japanese Islands,

He was found shot dead with a Bollaert, and the ex-Emperor's Lobby sources sald this was not money and open new accounts in and in the market place. Associated pistol beside him in his quarters on signature did not commit him be- voto of confidence in the usual anticipation of a currency reform.

June 1-Associated Presi.

yond that-Router,

sense, but is practical result was Reuter.

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