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VOL. III NO. 138

Earth Tremor

Kills Woman

Nome, June 13—A woman WRS killed and four other

People Injured today by masonry falling from a Church during an earth tremor at San Bepolero, near Arezzo. Most of the houses in the town, which is famous for its collection of palatings by the 151b-century master,

Della Francesca, Picro were slightly damaged.

Telephone

communications

with Arezzo were cui off. Police and firemen were being rushed from Arezzo.

A heavy khack, accompanied by loud rumblings, was felt at Arezzo and peopit rushed into the sirects in panie, but no damage

reported.

loss of life WHEN

The victims were struck by masonry falling from cornicen of the Church of San Fran- cesco,truter,

QUADS, ALL

GIRLS-BORN

AT BRISTOL

Bristol, June 13.—Quadru- plets, all girls were born here after a Caesarean operation to 28-year old Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Good, today and were reported to be "progress- ing satisfactorily,"

The babies, which were due about the middle of July, were: Bridget, weighing three pounds 13 ounces, Frances four pounds and a quarter Gunces, Elizabeth four pounds 8-1/4 ounces and Jennifer three pounds 14 ounces.

Dr Percival Phillips, the medical superintendent at the Southmead Hospital here, where the operation look

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1948.

Malayan Trade Unions To Be

Dissolved

MOVE TO CHECK

COMMUNIST

AGITATION

Singapore, June 13-The Federation of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur today declared as illegal the Com- munist dominated Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions, which claims over 120,000 members and ordered it to dissolve. Nine State Federations of Trade Unions and the Trengganu General Labour Union were also outlawed,

The High Commissioner of Malaya, Sir Edward Gent, said today the Federation of Malaya will take immediate measures to "smash the wave of violence sweeping the country."

crime. munists

bill

Grave Jewish-Arab

There was "sufficient evidence" to show that most of the present violence was caused by "extremist elements challenging the authority of the Govern- ment", he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. Declaring there was no doubt of the seriousness

were of the matter, he said there

now 23 strikes backed by "intimidation and threat of murder."

Government action will be direc- the stocks of dealers in firearms by ted against all agents instigating recent purchases.

whether confessed Com- The action of the Federation of

other Malaya of supporters

in outlawing the Pan- Laws Creeds.

relating to trade Malayan Federation of Trade Unions antons and the settlement of trade and the other unions was taken un- disputes

"strengthened", will be

der a passed by the Legislative Sir Edward said.

Council on June Í declaring

that A broadcast on June 8 by Mr only trade unions whose members place, said tonight: "Jennifer

were emplo

similar MacDonald,

trades a little delicate, but

we have Malcom every hope we shall be able to save missioner General for the United might

The legislation meant that the Kingdom in South East Asia, made

Tripoli, June 13.-A state all of them."

Mrs Good, wife of a 27-year-old it clear

Federation that

of Malaya of emergency was declared in "the international polley of the

differs Singapore, where the Government has recognised the Singapore tinuing riots between Jews and Federation of Trade Unions.

Arabs. The British Military During the

the debate, the Council Administration had lors (who are not popularly elected)

troops declared that

take over security. A night the instigators of the trouble were "professional sedition curfew was imposed. mongers who demonstrated

under

Police said three Jews and fourth the Syrian capital-Associated : foreign flag, used the clenched Ast Arabs were killed and 11 Jews in-

Press, salute and incited people to violence Jured when fighting started after an and anarchy."-Reuter.

argument on Saturday between two Tunisian Arabs and a Jews.

Is

the

Com-

Riots In

Cinucestershire farm manager, was Communist polley was playing aners from that of the colony of Tripoli today because of con.

also reported making good progress. Important part in the unrest".

sukk.

he

The Bables were placed in oxygen

Two Chinese Government sup- chambers and six staff nurses, a part- time nurse and an orderly were de- porters were murdered last night tailed to look after their under the by five armed Chinese within sight supervision of a sister.

the Reagan police of

station in The only other surviving North Johore. quadruplets in England fire those The killings took place in nearby born To Mr and Mrs Walter Miles. shops

within a few minutes of each of St Neots, Huntingdonshire. Their other. three boys and a girl will be 13 on November 30 this year-Router,

LIGHTNING KILLS 3

Bandits hacked to death a Chinese contractor on a rubber estate near Layang. Police, aided by European civilians, pursued the bandits, killing A lone and wounding another--a-gun-

Paris, June 13-Three people light.

were

killed by Bightning tonight: EUROPEANS BAND TOGETHER while shellerin under a cherry tree European planters, banding to- at St. Hlemy Haute Saone-Reuter. gether for protection, have exhausted

EDITORIAL

A Mockery Of Democracy

THE uneasy relations between

Rusch, and

the Western

their

Powers have recently been made even morc difficult by new evidence as to how the Russians' have been behaving in Occupation zones in Germany and Austria and In countries under their control. This new esklence, which harmonises with much that already known about the methods of control In Boviet- dominated areas, indicates all too clearly hot freedom of speech. thought and movement have becu tampered with while an attempi is made to preserve the appear. ance of

Institution. a democratie. In the Russian xone of Germany, there are various for instance, non-Communist political parties which have been licensed by the Soviet authorities. The most Important of these Christian Democraile Union and the Liberal Democratic Party. But are these parties really inde pendent

the are

dent in the Russian zone? In

their major discussions Russian officers are present. They cannot obtain halls for

for their public meetings, Applications for new local groups are organising unaccountably held up, Requests for increased supplies of news-

ת

print for the

their newspapers Ard cold shouldered; at a time when, on the whole, the newsprint altuation is cased, and the bene-

It goes almost entirely to the

papers under Communist control.

even

that Any Individual

not such arde

ardent political

can

may, and often do hesitate to Interfere with his political acti vities. But only a very small number of outstanding German political leaders are protected by their international

nal reputation- and even they

may, any moment, suddenly and mysteriously

disappear from public life. It calls for a brave man to become a nou-Communist political leader in Eastern Germany today, and цп even braver man to make himself known 4.3 An anti-Communist without any international reputa tion to

to support him. More often than protagonists become victim of , deportation or Intern- A similar

process be seen, though in a somewhat less extreme form, in other coun- tries now under Communist con-

In tro),

one way or another opponents of Communist dictator- ship

eliminated. Mostly, this is done by

aleer terrorisa- tion, the best example of which the recent Czech elections where. for instance, It publicly proclaimed that

whlic the

of course, vote was,

secret, nobody would insist upon secrecy unless he had something dis- to conceal; in other "If you vote. Communist will

do so openly: If you don't vote openly we what to

to think." BT such mellons the Communista mockery of freedom and destroy the foundations of human Ilberty country over which they control. If they had their way they would doubtless apply the same methods to Western Europe to

say nothing of the New World Hlut Western Europe, and the United Stater, are forewarned, aud therefore, forearmed,

you

do

10

g

But Soviet pressure goes beyond

German who is known to Inclined

Loward

Christian or Liberal ways of thought is in personal danger.. If he is muff- clendly disünguished and well- known to the outside world then the Boylet authorities or their German Communist underlings

any

Kain

arc

shall

know

make

'RED" DEAN CRITICISES

THE CHURCH

purposes."

Kot

A crowd gathered and quickly out of hand. It roamed the elty. looting ship and burning.

Five fires alarted by the Arabs still were smouldering today. Forty- Elx Arabs have been arrested for murder, looting and arson-As- sociated Press.

front vers went to the

Tripoli

truce. At Lamrseus he expressed the hope that a solution of the Holy Land conflict will be found before the armistice expires,

He said there will be no round table conférences of Jews and Arabs ou Rhodes.

Arab sources

In Amman said Damascus underwent an air raid last night while Count Bernadotte

Chiang's Son Conducting S'hai Probe

Shanghal.

son

was

Residents of Vanport, the war-built town of Oregon, stand marooned and help- Icas on the roof tops while flood waters swirl around their houses. Floods fol- lowed exceptionally heavy rains which caused `river dykes to collapse. Most of the town was destroyed, with heavy loss of life. Another picture on Page 8.-AP.

Big Contraband Seizure

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A Town Is Inundated

H.K.

STILL

A BASE

Nanking, June 13-The main base of the British Pacific fleet is to remain at Hongkong, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, ~ United Kingdom Commissioner General in South East Asia, told repor- ters in Nanking.

Mr MacDonald was leaving today for Hongkong, after talking at the week end with President Chiong Kai-shek

Mr MacDonald stated that overall commander-in-chief

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tity of smuggled Japanese goods was naval urths will have headquarters yesterday reported to have been in Singapore. A British Naval seized by Shanghai Customs oficials spokesman announced previously during a search of the ss Hai Ngo, that the British Pacific fleet head- which brought 3,000 tons of repara quarters would be transferred tious cargo here from Japan Jute Singapore. Saturday afternoon, according to the China Press.

20

In a reference to Malaya's Com- The paper described this as the it appears to be under control, "but munist probe, Mr MacDonald said strst

Customs scoreli a vessel

constant vigilance is necessary

added

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TRUCE VIOLATIONS

June 14. Generul Cairo, June 13-Heavy infantry Chiang Ching-kuo, eldest und artillery clashes In Upper President Chiang Kai-shek and De- Galilee threatened today the three partment Head in the Ministry of carrying reparations since ship- keep it so." Canterbury. June 13. Dr day uld truce between Israeli and National Defence, is visiting Shang- ments of Japanese reparations Howlett Johnson, the "Red" Arab troops in Palestine. Each side hai to conduct on-the-spot investi-started.

He reported that Communists Dean of Canterbury, today at blained the other.

gations Into

the commodity price included woollen textiles, artificial small left wing political parties, and Goods seized are alleged to have are active in some trade unions and Both said they would tacked the Church of England themselves, regardless of the armis- ports this morning.

defend situation, according to Chinese re-

silk and bicycles valued at

"the government is taking view that atomic bombs may be there, unless the fighting ceased ul

"hundreds of billion The inquiry is being undertaken

dollars" very firm action to control political used in certain circumstances c

on instructions

Reuter, from President

violence."-Associated Press. and called it "a matter of shame Two United Nations truce obrne Chiang, who is also reported to that a responsible body in the eastern Palestine, where the sound of and Governor of the Central Bank, In north have instructed Mayor K. C. Wu Christian Church should urge shelling was heard all day on Satur De O. K. Yui, to tighten up its retention even for defensive dar the first time in over seven

the against profileers and black- market manipulators. The Dean, who was preaching in weeks a food convoy reached the

It is likely that after the Con the great Cathedral here, was ex-30,000 Jews in the modern sections elusion of the investigation Presl- pressing his strong dissent with the of Jerusalem. The trucks rotted into dent Chiang will

exercise special conclusions

the Holy City after travelling over emergency powers conferred on him Archbishop's Commission On Atomic

alternate roule, through the under the new Constitution if he Warfare an that it might be justifiable in cer- sudean hills, which Jewish engineers considers it necessary. tain circumstances to use atomic quickly built to bypass the Arab

With the price of rice at borab and that, therefore, the coun-

unblockade of the Jerusalem-Tel-Aviv CN$10,000,000

Economic tries that possessed them ought not highway in

por picul, in the Latrun

Bren

Police squads will be detailed today destroy them.

Jewish spokesman said the to all city markets to prevent pro-

wis fired ол "Here the Church falls morally be- convoy

by Arab ateering and speculating. hind the scientists whose gentus has Legion troops on Saturday after-

At the same time, the four Gov- enabled us to

us to unleash atomic energy 11oon, but no hits were scored.ernment banks will continue to call and who, in large numbers, have Legion military commanders 132 In cash in order to co-ordinate with utterly condemned the use of the Jerusalem objected to the arrival of the City Government's atomic bomb," Dr Johnson said. the unchecked convey, charging the checking

"Is not this another case of the cease-fire fact that the conscience of the world, the ethical insight of the scientist, threatens to be aliead in thought and action of organised reaction?"

Reuter.

of -the

ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE

Nairobi, Juno 13-Mr Patrick Craigmile Duff, A young Kenyą Civil Servant, was found not guilty yesterday on a charge of murder Ing his wife in their Nairobi home

last January.

The trial lasted 23 days. Mr Duff's mother and his dead wife's father, both from Britain, were in court, Duff's wife, was killed when a shot gun was discharged while he was cleaning it. The jury

also found him not guilty of any other charge arising from the Incident.-Router.

brenched.

Brrangement had

Torts of speculative activities.

been Reuter.

U.S. Consul General William Burdett of the Truce Commission

· APPOINTMENT went to the area Immediately weat of Jerusalem to prevent lighting.

Lake Success, June 13. Mr The Jewish Agency was asked not Trygve Lie, the U.N. Secretary to bring in unchecked convoys. General today appointed Mr Erie C.

SYRIANS ACCUSED

Olsan, former Norwegian Ambas- Israel's government accused.thesador in London to be his personal Syrians of several truce violations in representative on the U.N. Kashmir

Commission. Galilee and notlfed a UN represen- tative it would have to reserve the mission in at Geneva on Friday.- The first meeting of the com- right "lo protect itself against ag- Associated Press.

netion there. gressive

Simultaneously, the Syrian Premier, Jamil Mardam Bey sald the Jews wer

wero continuing operations in the some general region. The Syrian declared its army would government take the field again if the Jews did not halt their "aggressions."

Britain's Fastest Aircraft In Sky

After conferring with Jewish and Nuneaton, June 13.-The Navy's Arabs leaders, Count Folke Bernu latest and fastest aircraft, the jet- dote, the UN. mediator, teft for the engined Sea Vampire, was flying 10- Greek island of Rhodes, where dpy at Brancote, near Nuneaton, in rezco negotiations will be conducted in naval air display in honour of the during the four weak Palestine King's birthday, Reuter.

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