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Street Eleven Terrorists Killed In Radio Operator Reported

Battle In Shanghai

Two People Killed

Shanghai, July 16.--At least two people were killed and 17 seriously injured in a street battle here this evening between police and rioting soldiers..

Many more were feared to have been trampled to death in the con- fusion as stress sounded and traffle was diverted from the downlown

streets.

of

..

trouble began when a group soldiers forcibly de- manded free admission to the King's Theatre in the Rue de Consulate.

Refused admission on the grounds that the house

was full, the mer marched to the Great World Theatre от Edward VII Avenue, repenting their demand. The management re plied by barricading the doors but one of the group forced his way in and threw in a hand grenade Into the auditorium.

GRENADES THROWN

Only two people were injured as the theatro had been practically vacated when the trouble began.

free admission carlier in the day.

Gromyko's

Had Enough Of U.S.

New York. July 16., M. The group of soldiers, now, num, Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet bering 40, marched in battle forma-Deputy Foreign Minister and tion to a third theatre to "revenge" former delegate to the United the management's refusal to runt Nations, salled for home today Before an alarm was raised, they in the liner Gripsholm, express. had thrown two grenades on to a ing a hope that he would not crowdect

killing Iwo,

return. el 18 seriously

and de- molishing the theatre's foyer.

One thousand gendarmerie police were called out and with street barricades cornered the soldiers and arrested 23 men. Firing in the air. the gendarmen then dispersed the crowd.

Tonight's rioting was the inest

con-

serious in a week of similar in cidents.

The local soldiers tinued to demand a large ritimber of free sents despite free shows given to them on Sunday mornings, The police authorities will begin full investigation tomorrow nurnbig-Router.

11

Murder On Ship

He attempted to Ignore reporters' questions, saying several times: "11 will not give an interview," Finnl- ly, visibly irritated, he said: "Yes, I am glad to be going home.”.

Asked if he expected to return, he snapped: "I hope not."""

His wife and two children, Anatole and Ludmila, accompanied him. He has been replaced here by M. Jakab Malik, another Deputy Foreign Minister. M. Malik sat regularly for the first time yesterday for Palestine debate.

the

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Trygve Lie, sald he experts M. Gromyke to be one of the Soviet delegates to the Sop- tember meeting of the General As- Singapore, July 16-Kwang Sik-sembly in Paris-Reuter. kwang, a 60-year-old Chinese bosun of the tanker Empire Tescombe, was found murdered in his bunk with his throat slashed during a voyage from Bangkok to Singapore. The police today detai

detained for questioning 19 members of the Chinese crew when the tanker arrived here. It is believed that

PRINCESS HAS FIBROSITIS

London,

July 16. Princess Margare! has neute Abrositis-an The murder was the equation of inflammation of connecting tissues

arrel over the Importation oplum into Singapore-Reuter.

SON FOR THE HON R. R. TODD

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in her neck, instead of just a plain ricks, the King's physician, Sir John Weir, sald today in a bulletin issued from Buckingham Palace,

The Palace bulletin said: "Her Mrs Madge Todd, wife of the Hontoyal Highness, Princess Margaret, R. R. Todd, Secretary for Chinese is suffering from an neute attack of Affairs, gave birth to a son yesterday Abrosits in the

neck which will

at St Paul's Hospital. Both are re-keep her indoors for a few days."— poried to be doing well.

EDITORIAL

Associated Presa.

The Nationality Bill

Tis week's House of Commons

the

debate on the Government's Nationality Bill throws the spot. Ught yet again on the relationship between the nations of Commonwealth and the Mother country. The old conception of the British Empire as ■ con- glomeration of countries whoso chief duty was to pay tribute to England in the form of commer- cial and Industrial privileges ham- been scrapped for ever; USH Imperialism and ita Inferred of racen is dead and Jas been replaced with the

freedom democratio

of well- government and self-determina-

And

England by tion. developing this polley has made material sacrifices, these are more than replaced by the rain spiritual kinship which animates the members of the Brilish been It has Commonwealth.

if

that

argued, and with good logic, the proposal to offer Common- wealth clilzenship In addition to

national status a

progressive step towards

natural Consoll

dation of the Commonwealth. There will be no objection to the

local-

Bill here in Hongkong; in fact it will probably delight the born Chinese who will find they are entitial to the priviicz of being a Chinese subject by British subject by birth race, and Commonwealth citizen adoption. Nevertheless, the House. of Lords

debating in Nationality Bill Trised interesting objection. It claimed that M Commonwealth

by

the

an WAS

clilzenship involved common civic rights and common elvis responsl- bilities neither of which could be invoked in practice. This point drawn attention to` local problem

which we have previously discussed—the common rights and responsibilities of the Hongkong resident. The first be is prepared to be vociferous abaut; the seconit draws

from him little or response. As It has been ob- served more than once, it la not entirely his fault that he Tacks the community spirit; the pride of citizenship. His is

NO

geneous community of many

ty

to

heteros

social and economic distinctions, whose interests are more inclined to be at variance than in com- mon. And the persistency, boili ofcially and unoindially, of insisting upon two communities ́one' Chinese and the other foreign: -serves only to invalidate all the efforts of bringing a com- sense to the Colony's population. In some small way the Introduction of the Common wealth citizenship may help awaken

Mora active appreciation of the common tights and responsibilities of the the Hongkong resident and offer. capertally to the local born, degree of equality and fraterally of which he has been deprived for so long. I can do tils, and can at the same time Arouse within those who adopi

Commonwealth citizenship In Hongkong a sense of the dimity ́af elvis responsibility it will have achleved an historia development

the social and spiritual. growth of the Colony.

the

Malaya Gun Fight

DAWN BATTLE FOR REDS'

HEADQUARTERS

Former

Leader Slain

Anti-Japanese Among Those

Singapore, July 16-Troops and police today killed 13 terrorists-11 of them in a dawn gun battle for a Communist headquarters—in the drive to end the country's wave of violence. Among them was one of Malaya's wartime Anti-Japanese “generals.”

Mr Malcolm MacDonald, the Commissioner General in South East Asia, was returning to Singapore from the Federation of Malaya tonight or early tomorrow for a brief conference with the Australian Prime Minister, Mr Joseph B. Chiffey, who was passing through on his way back to the Dominion from Britain.

Mr MacDonald today toured Perak, conferring on the situation with Govern ment officials and leaders of the rubber and mining industries.

wor

At Talping, the police today art of the gang fled, chased by Gurkha rested the president of the Malay reinforcements. Nationalist Party, Ishak Bin Haji Mohammed. He is the first im portant Malay to be arrested since the introduction of the emergency

powers.

Unrolled British

maps of Selangor State, Kajang and other areas were found in one room of the buliding, believed to be the main headquarters for either Selangor or the whole of Malaya of the Com- munist guerilla forces,

SURPRISE RAID

One member of the gang who was captured said he was an Indonesian Malay who formerly belonged to the loyal Malay Renkheut.

Mackintosh's Win Case

Tonancy Tribunal.

Decision

Victim Of Ship's Mutiny

Savannah, July 16. The operators of the American steamship William Carson heard indirectly today that the ship's radio operator. "fell overboard" after he flashed the signal "crow mutinous" last Monday.

No direct radio signal had been received from the Carson since the first distress call.

Thursday's torse report hinted the radio operator was a casualty of the mutiny.

The Dutch steamship Woenseracht advised. the South Atlantic Steamship Lines, which operate the Carson for the Maritime Commission, that it had contacted the vessel by blinker and was told the operator had fallen overboard. There was no word whether the operator was drowned or picked up..

The only other word from the Carson between the first signal and Thursday's report of the blinker message was another blinker signal' saying the mutiny had been quelled.-United Press..

Nazareth Falls To Jews

Haifa, July 16-The Arab town of Nazareth was cap- tured by the Israeli Army this evening, an official Israeli, report claimed tonight.

Israel tonight offered in Tel Aviv to resume the truce throughout Palestine and said she would order an imme- diate cease fire in Jerusalem if all the Arabs would do the

sume.

No oficial word come from Nazareth, headquarters of Fawzi lendiers that their countries had Kauki, Commander of the Arıb decidiet what to do about the Secu- Army in this sector, was encircled rity Council's resolution of Thurs-

sald that both by Israeli Army forces according to ctay night which sides should halt the war by Sun- the Jews.

an uncon- day night, and ordered dillonal cease are in Jerusalem to take effect within 24 hours,

The only hint of the Arab attitude came from an Arab legion 'spokes- man in Transjordan who said "the legion is ready to destroy Jerusalem I necessary in the war against the Jews."

Israeli intelligence in Halfa claim- ed that Nazareth's population was in a state of panie and that many were leaving the town.

East

་

of Nazareth, the Jewish Barrison at Segcora was reported At Lake Success, Count Berna- by the Jews to be holding out attacks by Arab for agair at henvy dotte was preparing to leave

armour and artifery. his headquarters on the island of Rhodes under Security Council in- PENG

struction to supervise the cease fre The only Arab word on the Can- A finding in favour of Mac-and continue his efforts of media-tal Gallle fighting came from the kintosh's Limited was delivered tion.

:

Lebanese communique which claim- ed that "several hundred“. Jews were killed in an abortive attack on Nazareth and that large quan- the titles of Jewish material

captured.-Associated Press,

HQ SURROUNDED Fighting continues today with the

battles reported in

fiercest

The Malay Nationalist Party is a leftwing group which advocates in mediate self-government and even- tual union of the Malayan Federa- tion with the Republic of Indonesia. Police today shot Lau Yew, one of Malaya's three top wartime Com- munist guerillas, when they trapped and wiped out li terrorists in a dawn gun battle for a major rebel tives, led by a British officer,,

The battle began when an dete planning headquarters.

Lau Yew is 30-year-old a surprise ruid on the house. Thirty by Mr D. L. Strellett, sitting as

the

Tenancy Tribunal, Chinese president of the Malayan Communists, armed with Sten guns a one-man.

in the action and hand grenades, resisted and the this morning People's Anti-Japanese- *Army

brought by Mackintosh's Ltd, North. which now calls itself the "Anti-police were forced to withdraw. British Arany."

Six of the detectives disengaged of 'Alexandra Building, against WOMEN KILLED

themselves and went to fetch Mayo's Shoppe, dressmakers, of Five Chinese women and the transport. Although they were out the same building. Johore State insurgent chief were numbered, the remaining 14 detec- also found among the dead after tives charged twice. On the second the police altack on.

the guerilla charge, which was successful, they headquarters, a house on rubber shouted: "Police reinforcements are estate. 14 miles south of Kuala here. The Gurkhas_have arrived," Lumpur.

The terrorists then withdrew, The police surprised and killed two men in the house before being leaving two killed in the crass fro thrown back by 30 Communist and four, others. The police gather- guerillas with Sten guns and handed photographic evidence while the Gurkhas combed the area for the grenades.

of Extra police were called out and terrorists, who took away nine occupied the house after a hard 30- the bodles, including those of the minutes gun battle in which nine women, before the troops arrived. more rebels were killed. The rest --Reuter.

26 Still Missing In HK-

Macao Air

Air Crash

ONE SURVIVOR RESCUED: ALL NIGHT SEARCH BY MACAO Water PoliĊE

Macaocceipt of the accident, the Mr and

Mr Strellett suld he found that the applicants had proved their case and he must make an order for the eviction of the opponents and for the applicants to recover possession. of the premises as from August 18, 1048.

TENANT'S HARDSHIP. Mr Strellelt added that he was conscious of the hardship this would

the upon

opponents inflict

in particularly upon Mrs Kovach,

whom there Was no regard to evidence (as in the ease of Mercado) that she had sub-let or was sharing her premises with any other party. but he could not allow such

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