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VOL. III NO. 183.

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TODAY'S WEATHER:... KÄght variable, winds from a southerly direction predomlasting; partly cloudy.

1 p.m. Observations: Barometrio pressure, 1010,1 mbs., 29.83 in. Temperature, 36 deg. F. Dew point, 70 deg. F. Relative humidity, 80. Wind direction, WSW. Wind force, (9 knais.

Low water: 2 in. nt 5.14 p.m. High water; 4 ft. 4 in. at 11.51

hongkong Telegraph.

SOS Signals Heard From

Missing⠀⠀⠀ Airliner

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948.

Stalin & Western

MEYEN Envoys Expected

Paris, Aur, The French weather skip, Loverrier, reported tonight that she had received a second 808 signal today, coupled with the call sign of the missing flylug beat Latecoere-631, down somewhere in the mid-Atlantic off the west coast of Africa since Sunday.

An American Flying Fortress over the Atlantis reported tonight that she had also received an 808 nienal from the dying host. The weather slip reported that the second signal was heard at 6 a.m. GAIT today, prefaced with the call sign "Der Marcoul," the Identification of the clant 40-ton missing Ale France craft.

Planes and ships from three continents have been searching day and night in an area off the French West African coast for the seaplane which had 52 passengers on board. Eight American bomber aircraft, two from the Unlled Stales, three from the Bermudas and three from Germany today took part in the search.

The garbled, faintly-beard radio message today offered what a French Admiralty spokesman desoribed as a "tiny glimmer of hope" that trace had been found of the aircraft. The Admiralty spokes- man sald calculations appeared to show

the position of tho Inessage-sender as within 200 miles of the French West African coast,

An Air France official told Reuter that the latest signal was picked up by one of the American Superfortresses engaged in the widespread international search-Reuter,

To Meet Again

HINT OF SOVIET ATTITUDE

London, Aug. 4.-A second meeting between Marshal Stalin and the three Western envoys in Moscow is likely within the next few days, observers in the Russian capital forecast tonight.

The Soviet Foreign Office and the British, French and United States Embassies are maintaining strict secrecy on the next move in the four-power discussions, Reuter reported from Moscow.

Ex-Palestine Police Chief To Take Over Malayan Force?

BRITISH ESTATE MANAGER MURDERED

London, Aug. 4.-An informed source said today that the Colonial Office has invited Colonel W. N. Gray to take charge of troubled Malaya's police force to help the Colonial government crush a Communist led resistance movement. Colonel Gray, one-time Inspector General of the Palestine police, is understood to have accepted the job conditionally,

con-

The Colonial Secretary, Mr Arthur Certain personal matters. Creech Jones in June ordered Col. nected with the terms of his new Gray to the British Colony to reorga- posting are understood to be bold- niso its police force so that it coulding, up a final "yes" by Col. Gray combat the guerlila movement' more to the Colonial Office offer. offeeüvely,

REINFORCEMENTS PROBLEM'

The came source said that the British government has not so far turned down any ofcial Maluyus request for troop reinforcements:

But it has been made clear to the Colonial authorities that serious nature of, the international situation will make it dimeult for Britain at this stage to meet any for demands on her forces. Brush defence chiefs are apparently giving top manpower priority to meeting whatever commitinents may arise in Europe and the Middle East. If was stated.

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On his rotum last month, Colonial Offee chiefs pondered for some time over whether to send Col. Gray on a new mlag on this time to the West African colony, the Gold

Const, where widesprend opposition to the local government culminated 'major rlois early this year.

The informant said the worsening altuailen

presumably Malaya caused the Colonial Offee highups to cha

change their minds about this new niission. Instead, they have asked Col. Gray to go back to Malaya to become Commissioner of the Federa- tlon's police force.

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Between 300 and 400 ex-Palestine police officers and men will be flown out to Malaya to help him in his new job-If he necepts it during the next month

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the light of the final outcome of the Berlin situation. Presence of

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FREE NAVIGATION ON DANUBE, DEMAND

Belgrade, Aug. 4.-The United States will demand on Thursday that Russia release the Danube for free navigation by all nations with no qualifica- tions. states

The American position will boʻlaid down by the U.S. Ambassador, Mr Cavendish Cannon, in his first major speech of the eleven nation conference on con- trol of the Danube's shipping.

be known after it had taken place i I said that there is great difficul- through a short Jointly agreed com- ty of letting Russia have anywhere muníque.

near the volume of raw and finished The three Western Governments materials she wants from Western were tudny still studying the reports Germany due firstly, to the fact of Monday's meeting, sent off by that the area must help to reduce their envoys a$ 60011 as they had the present hugo dollar defelt in- icft the Kreilla.. .M. Robert curred by United States

expenses Schuman, the French Foreign there. Secondly, Western Ger- Minister, addressed the Council of many's vital role in the Marabat! Ministers in Paris on the negotio Plan.

but what he said was sept could be reached about the proposed

It said that

compromise General Sir Brian Robertson, the Westem government which might British Military Governor in Ger- be reduced to the atatus of u many, arrived in London from Ber-courell of western federate lin today and went straight to the If the four Powers are unable to Foreign office

for talks with the reach an agreemnt on a German Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin. government for all of Germany.→ General Robertson was believed 10 United Press. bo

to the Foreign Office reporting to

CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL on the Berlin currency question lieved some solution to the present reaching an understanding with the will tell Russia and Eastern Euro- proposal.

London diplomatic

Paris, Aug. 4-—Cautious hope- quarters be-

Responsible American diplomatiesy Russia's, neighbours promptly be-- about

the prospects of reported tonight that Mr

Cannon gan to fall in line in support of his alluation in which two rival cur- Soviet Union was noticeable, in pean Communist-dominated states reacios e circulating in Berlin will French oficial have to be found before discussions

quarters today.

that they must outline free legotion No information or even an ex- terms in detall before the United between the Big Four can proceed on wider German problems.

pression of

of opinion was given by States will agree to a Danubian pact, representatives ok the French The three-man Singapore, Aug. 4.----Ármy

Standing police tonight began a new comb-London today for the fest time since anything and to refrain from giving tral Europe's 1,000 mile trade artery

Com- Foreign Office as every oflcini has mittee on the Berlin, crisis met in strict instructions

Russia has advanced a proposed not to disclose convenilen which would place con- Kednh-the northwesterly State of on Monday. The Committee is bo- out of the Kullm Drea in South Marshal Stalin received the envoys

even the slightest indication of the under exclusive.control of the Com- the Federation-after a murder lleved to have gone to work on the circles.-Reuter.

prevailing "feeling" In diplomatic munist bloc, yot leave the Danubian an estate manager in his home this task of co-ordinating the policy of

countries with immediate supervision'

movements in their own over ship the Western

waters. step to be taken in the diplomatie powers on the next exchanges with Moscow.

InBeriln,the three-Western Commandants were meeling in closed session to discuss the lates! developments in the capital-Reu- ter.

nearly 400 ex-Palestine police in Malaya is expected to relieve many regular troops from the routine of training local constabulary-Asto ciated Press.

NEW COMB-OUT

afternoon.

and

Gurkha veterans of the Burma Jungle campaigns, meanwhile, thrust forward in Kalatan, 100 miles to the southeast, reaching Pulai, the the efforts in Moscow to end the East-surgents hoped to proclaim their

Outcome of the present Big Four Communist stronghold, where West cold war will enable the Bri- first Republican State.

The

an

advance

enter tree miles north of Pula

tish to decide whether or not to Insurgents, armed with machine- continue ita demobilisation pro- guna, had ambushed Kramme at its present rate. The first batch of approximately government is expected to review to send more military formations to manshort Malaya in

100 will leave this week, a Coloni its ability Once spokesman sold.

EDITORIAL

Hospital Service

E publie cannot be expected

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to feel particularly about

revelation inquest on Tuesday that at two hospitals (one of which, ad- mittedly, is a private Institution) a woman. suffering from lysul pokoning, could not receive any

treatment. emergency

Che Coroner condemned the situation as being "deplorable," and not even the plausible defence offered yesterday by the Director of 17edical Services remOTES that stigkta.

Dr Thomas argues that hepause the Tun Wah is chariable institution · IL col be expected to Go equipped deal with polonlar cases,

the Brat function of

to be able

to

fall to see the point. The Tun Wah Eastern in hospital, and hospital fa render ali aszistaitro and endeavour to save life. The DMS contends that if the Tung Wah admitted pallents suffering from polson, the hospital would Dare to reorientate its policy. Perhaps that wouldn't be a bid jack. Jack It would be quite humanitarian move to my leart,***

ts

the

The Tunk Wali Entor

endowed

not unsubstantially Inancially and A slightly new policy which would, contribute

lifo-whether the pallent be

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until the police have dealt with the clrcumstances of the accident. all indicating that red tape and proceduro

placed ไป

before humanitarian

needs.

is aut unnatural that the police should desire to oblatn all evidence of accidents or of

of crime Involving injury to a a person at earllest

the Dosalble moment. - but 24 live witness is better than an affidavit from one who has died because she could not 110 or

receive

medical attention In Ume. No matter what the elreumstances, wherever a pervon urgently requiring medical

ical aid it should

be made available as quickly an rossible. If necessary at the ex- peuse of the policeman's valu- able Pic and his zeri for duty. so far as poisoning cases are concerned

doctor who any

administer naminister М should not find

competent to

stomach pump,

it excessively difficul to rive

evidence of the operation In Court If called upon to do and Just why doctors ·in. resi dential hospitals should neces- sarily have

conduct post to mortems 01 poisoning victims it is difficult to appreciate; this work can still be carried out by the exiting qualified surgeons without jeopardising in any way

something, towards the saving of the collecting of evidence for the "police case" or a "polson"

ap-

case—would be generally plauded by the public. More. over there is a slightly eminous Lone

about the referenco to re- sidential hospitala nol being equipped to attend to Police and poisoning cases." It would bo Interesting to

know to what degree the Police Influence the so-called pulley of residential hospitals. Tiere teveral disquieting Instances of | ^late where victims of -aeeldenla hayo had to forego medical nid

have

been

Coroner's Court. The DMS ap- pears to think that all the blame rests with the pubile for not an- preciating that there are only two hospitals in the

Colony capoble of immediately treating Polsoning cases; but when a man suddenly and his wife has taken

dose of polson it is fairly Autuml for him to seck the neartes Leapfial; and if that happens to ko the Tung Wal Eastern, an Institution maintained.

pabile funds by

and private donailons, we think he la entitled: to some service.

yesterday and killed one Gurkha.

The British manager of the estate killed yesterday, Mr K. A, Burnham, was lying down reading a newspaper after lunch in his house on the Bukit Sidim Estate when a Chinese walked In and shot him through the back of the head.

assistant

manager The British heard the shot and fired at the es- caping gunman, but did not know whether he had hit him.

British forces, following Spitare in lower Perak, have seized attackable quantity of arms and a cons ammunition and captured 38 pri- soners, later releasing 16 of these, it was announced today.

In a battle in Pahang yesterday, troops killed one guerilla and cap tured four others.

GUNS ORDERED

by

ENVOYS' MEETING

Moscow, Aug. 4-Replies received from their Home Governments un the sought for East-West talks over Germany, it was understood hero tonight, brought the envoys of the three Western powers together for a hastily arranged 90-minute meeting at the British Embassy.

The meeting was attended by Mr Frank Roberts, the personal Secret- ary to Mr Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, General Walter Bedeli

the United States Ambas Smith, sador, M. Yves Chataigneau, the French Ambassador, Mr Fox Kohler, Counsellor to the American Embassy, and Mr Geoffrey Harrison, the Bri Ush Charte D'Affaires.

As they left the Embassy, the envoys said they would meet again tonight at the French Embassy for dinner, but told correspodents there. was "no news" "There is nothing

to tell you,"

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Hotel Rates

Committee

It was officially announced this morning that the compost- tion of the committee appointed by Government to enquire into And advise concerning the

rates to be charged for ac- commodation, food and ser vices by hotels ihroughout the Colony is as follows:

Hon T. N. Chau, CBE (Chair- man), Messrs

P. 8, Cassidy, F. G. Maunder, FCA, J, M. Wong, Chung King-pul and Mira R. U. Morris

Comfort, with Mr P. F. Eardley, Quar- tering Authority, serving Secretary.

The services of a professional accountant are being retained. to assist the oɑmmittee which is expected to hold its first zuéet- ing shortly.

Unruly Soldiers

SOVIET ACTION The United States, upon the basis of a detailed analysis of the Soviet locument, bas decided that the Russian proposal would serve only

First Yugoslavia, then Czecho- slovakin took the flose to endorse the Russian recommendation -Asso. clated Press.

Disturbances

In Burma

BRITONS EVACUATE

BASSEIN

in freeze the status quo of the river. Rangoon, Aug. 4.~~The 1,460-

ton Burmese frigatė, Mayu, has Since shortly after The end of the war Russia has closed the river been sent to Bassein, in the below Linz, Austria, to all non-Irrawaddy Delta, to quell Com Soviet shipping This has tied up❘munist disturbances, local press approximately 700 river craft, reports sald today. Official mostly barges, In the American

Austria, Bources would not comment on zones of Germany and which the US would like to use in the report. the European Recovery Programme.

According to a reliable telegram- Mr Cannon was expected to insist from a forign source reaching here also that Austria should be given tonight, British wives and children an immediate place on the Com- have boarded a steamer in the port: mission, which will govern Danu- jof Basseln, which is situated 10 miles bian shipping. Under the Russian west of Rangoon, proposal, Austria's admission would be delayed until it received a peace ji pact.

statos.

SATELLITES' SUPPORT

The Communist disturbances are. zald to be in the northern part of the elty. The steamer is standing by to evacuate the British from the city, where the disturbances are reported to be crippling trade.

It is understood that the Burmese Commissioner is finding it dimeult to with the situation port, which is the second largest In

cope

Burma.

in the

Mr Cannon will probably demand also a seat for at least one represen- tative from the Western powers to serve as a watchdog on the Com- Mr Francois Seydoux, adviser to

Shangbal, Aug. 5-Chinese col-mission's activities. General Pierre Koenig, the French dlers have created 01 major dis-

turbances in Military Governor in Germany, or

Shanghat between The 1st Battalion of the Innis-rived in Moscow this afternoon, Mr October, 1046, and last month, ne- killing Fusiliers arrived hero

The Russian draft plan was intro: Some reports, however, state that sea today from Hongkong to rein-Roberts was lunching at the Indian cording to City Council statisiles

duced formally today by the Soviet the Communists, who entered the force the anti-guerilla army. Malaya basay with Mrs. Lakshmi Pandi, quoted by the China Press today.

the Indian Ambassador, today when The city authorities are said to be deputy Foreign Miniator Andrel city last weekend, may withdraw, in has ordered 1,500 Sten guns from he was suddenly called back to the stational Defence, together with a vileged position of the Western board the steamer will remain in

of Vishinaky. He sending records to the Ministry

attacked the pri- which case most of the familles on Britain

and is enquiring whether British Embassy, it was learned. she many have about 2,000 Austra-

Tonight's conference lasted from petition calling for an improvement onvention, and

under the 1021 Danube

Barscin. According to these reports, Han Owen guns, Mr C. W. D. Hall, 4.30 BIL. GMT.

sold the to 0

army discipline.

Sovlot more 0 p.m.

than 100 members of the All the Police

of Commissioner the

The 81 cases include damage done proposal would fully specify the re-

People's Volunteer envoys received their

Organisation Federation, said today.

theatres

from Barscin to

following fights over free quirements of justice and safeguard have disappeared simultaneously munications One hundred Sten guns flown from their respective Governments admission, and clasher with civi- the sovereign rights of the Danubian carrying arms with them during the

past few days-Reuter, Australia are being distributed, Mr While their nature was not disclosed, lians and military police-Reuter. Hall added.

It was believed that they did not The Owen gun is an Australian imply any immediate further ap designed automatic weapon deproach to the Soviet Foreign Office veloped during the

On the scanty, information so far similar to the Sien gun.

avaliable, it would therefore appear Night traina between Penang,

London. Aug. 4-Jews today | Security Council today asking it to poms stood guard on roof tops as that

re- their leader lashed out at the Brillata the envoys conferred on the threatened to detain the British 10-affirm the right of Arab to be fitted with radio for reporting Governments-Reuter.

home at the in a 90-minuto specch

Belgen, the most wanted man' in carliest possible moment." terrorist attacks.

Two Chinese women wounded, by

craft assigned to the Palestine mediator will discuss this problem Palestine during the last months of a rocket fired accidentally from a Washington, Aug. 4-A reliable Mediator. Count Bernadotts, if with the Israel! Government when the British mandate,. declared amid Spitfire as it took off from an air-source today said that one of the they landed on Israel territory, he vialla Tel-Aviv tomorrow,

loud applause:^. / feld here have died in hospital, chief impressions gained from, the Tel-Aviv spokesman said that Between 300,000

and 400,000"The fighting underground kicked bringing the death roll in two such three envoys who saw Stalin, In two days ago his Government warn- Palestine Arabe are now being the British out of this land and accidents in the past four days to that Russia does not want a war ed the Chief of Staff of the United cared for. In neighbouring Arab the fighting underground will fight four, all women.

at present and there is some Intima- Nations. Truce Observers, Colonel states. NENDE

any international, regime which may. The Royal Air Force authorities tion that the Russian industrial Lundstrom, that it objected to Bri

United Nations Observers went fre Investigating the Incidents, situation is not geared to war. tons Landing in Jewish Palestine. lastnight to a bridge over the river attempt to wrest Jerusalem from which are believed to do caused by It said that the latter impresion

In spite of this, a British-Canned Jordan, 15 miles south of the Sea Jewish control." a short circult in the rocket-firing was derived from Stalin's insistence plane buched down at Haifa yester of Gaulee, to investigate a Trans-The Cyprus police today charged, equipment Reuler.

on certain raw materials and finished day, he added. materials from Western Germany.

war.

PALESTINE JEWS ISSUE NEW THREAT

northern Malaya, and Singapore are communications received from their crews of United Kingdoin air. /fugees to "return

BOMB KILLS FIVE

Palermo, Autode--Flvo workers were. Hidd - when tried to move an rial born field near here today.-Reuter.

the.

DOESN'T WANT WAR

The

"undergroutacular first grants, are detained.

jordan complaint that Jews had three Jewe with escaping from law Count Bernadotte met the Egyptian attacked one of their police outposts, ul custody after the discovery t source said that apparently Premier Nokrashy Poshe,

and the In Jerusalem, Menahem Belgen, shres tunnels leading from the Stalin

gave no straight answer on Arab League Secretary,

General 37-year-old Polish-born leaders of camps where illegal Jewish Sunnicl question of lifting the Berlin Azzam Pasha, in Alexandria today the

val Irgun: blockade, but the envoys had an-im-to discuss Palestine, Arab refugees Leumi, made a

More than 60 internees hav farm pression that Russia would consider and the de-militarisation of Jeru-pearance before 3,000 Jews in Zion been caught after escaping thre

they this as soon as the Western Allios salem.

Square, the Holy City's main contro, the tunnels last week, but sevd After the meeting the Count Irgun tommy-gunners wearing more are balleved to be still on thi some way to mosting Russia's view disclosed that he had cabled

with poin" Island.---Reuter

in a showed willingness at least to" : "go

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