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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SOVIET ENVOY CHARGES U.S. TRYING TO TERRORISE RUSSIAN CITIZENS

Washington, Aug. 9.-The Soviet Ambassador, Mr Alexander Panyushkin, today accused the United States of trying to "terrorise" Russian citizens in the United States and demanded the surrender of the rebellious Russian school. teacher who fled to the Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday for "protec- tion."

To Siam

Grow More Rice

..

The Russian envoy had a cold reception from the Under- secretary of State (Mr Robert Lovett) when he called note on the at the State Department to deliver a formal affair of the missing teacher. He was told bluntly that his accusations were based on conflicting stories in the United Slates press and could not be accepted by the Government.

That version of Mr Panyushkin's 30-minute in- terview with Mr Lovett was put out hurriedly by the

Mr State Department shortly after

Panyushkin re

turned to his Embassy, where he summoned reporters to a press conference.

Bangkok, Aug.. 9.-Within

The Ambassador confirmed at the had been based solely on newspaper A - the next two or three years, press conference that must of the in-reports, some of which were Siam will be able to export formation was put out by the State flicting. He told Mr Panyushkin the American authorities were looking 1,500,000 tons of rice annual. Departinent.

The Department said that Mr into the case to establish facts and found ly, the Ministry of Commerce Panyushida had demanded that Mik- that if

were any American

nellon, proper announced today.

hall Samarin, teacher in a New York guilty of criminal school for children of Soviet diplo-steps would be taken.

As to the abduellon charge, Me that mata, be handed over at once to the

Lovelt noted that all accounts of will Soviet Consul General in New York,

Mr Samarin Panyushkin

incident Grid hkin charged that Mr the Mr prntubly remain in effect "for a long sumaris and Mrs Oksana Stepanovna walked into the FBI offices of his

Benson for this la that time."

Russian school own free will and left freely. production

kept Kosenkina, another increases have not kept step with population increases teacher, had teen forcibly abducted

COING TO FIGHT of by a group of White Ilussions with among the rice-eating peoples

Despite Inc rased production, however, the Ministry sald international control of rice

the world, the Ministry zaid. Itice the knowledge of the FBI. needs for the 10,000,000

order to

tons

today total

Gut

that in te

futal these needs, Slum must be able to export at least 2080,000 tons, Burma 5,000,000 tona

di Indo-Chinn 2.020,000 tons. In its relcase, the Ministry sald that Burma's rice exports are at present two or three times higher than Stem's. It added that produc- Uon in both countrica is only half of

prewar.

While Siam is able to export only 000,000 to 700,000 tons of rice at present, Burma is exporting twice

that amount.

able 10 will he

send Burina

to deficit 3,000,000 tons of rice countries within the next few years whereas Slam will be able to send only half that tonnage.-United Press.

sioner

IN HIDING

ол

Mrs Kosenkina was "rescued" by

Hussian Consul-General Saturday and stated futer to reporters that she had been "kidnapped" by White Russians.

Mr and Mrs Samarin and their three children went to the FBI in havu York yesterday and New

The

During ls

American officiais noted that Mr Samarin had been quoted on may- in, I am going to fight to stay in this country."

conference, press Mr Panyushkin described Represen- tative Karl Mundt, member of the House Un-American Activities Com- "political youth who mittee, as n is alck of some nightmare.

Until today, when the chairman been in hiding ever since.

Thomas) returned, Samarins already have been sub (Rep Pinell poenaed by the House Un-Ameri- Representative Mundt has been act- Chairman of the Committee and can Activities Committee, to testifying Cli

the

Soviet director of the Congressional spy Congressional investigation and the hunt. espionage Committee Is trying to get Mrs Kosenking to talk too.

Mr Panyushkin charged that the two schoolteachers had been "kid- ped" by the Tolstoi Foundation, napped" by a White Russian organisation headed by Countess Tolstoi, daughter of the late Russian novelist.

in

knew

de

He asserted that the FBI where Mr Samarin was and manded

that the Soviet Consul at General In New York should least be permitted to see him.

He went on to charge the Tolstoi Foundation with systematically ter-

Mr Panyushkin sold: "I recall a story by some Russlun author, In which the person was always drunk and would see devils and night- Now this mares following him. Mundi is followed by such night- You know English better mares. than I de, so you know what I mean."

le declined to comment on the Committee hearing itself or on Pre- sident Truman's description of the proceedings as a "red herring." United Press.

"

"RESCUED" TEACHER

SHIPMENTS HELD UP

9-Troubled Bingapore, Aug. conditions at the Burmeso port of Bassein will prevent shipment of 45,000 tons of rice from Burma this

Soviet citizens in the month, the office of the Commis-rorising

Malcolm United States to prevent them re-

New York,' Aug. The rebellious General, Mr

turning home.

Russian school teacher who was MacDonald, said today.

and Mrs Kosenkina

Mr Both crops

"rescued" from a White Russian Allocation from Burinese

for to have salled to Samarin were

haven 150.000

will be on Saturday from ere reduced

The rice Russia on July 31.-United Press.

turned to Russia "by the next bont," 103,000 tons as a result.

The Ambassador alleged that the the Soviet Consul General, Jacob Roes to India, Ceylon, Malaya, the

of the

teachers Lomakin, caid today two abductions Philippines, Borneo and China.

violated the Roosevelt-

Soviet citizen she directly

bc permitted to testify Litvinov agreement. Under that pact, will not Russin agreed to dissolve the Inter-before the House Committee on Un- national Comintern and both Govern Ainerican Activities, he added. ments agreed that they would not permit the organisation in their ter-

were

The Commissioner's office bald it is hoped the deficiency can be made up later-Associated Press.

REPORT

DENIED ritory of groups hostile to the other

Goverment.

WAR WOUND Aug. 10-The Chinese Nanking.

At the same time, Mr Panyush foreign offer issued a statement last night categorically denying reportskin moved to head off any revela- abroad that the Chinese Government tions" Mr Samarin might make to the American authorities or to the intended claiming territory on the Sino-Burmese border.

"While Chinn would like to see a boundary clear demarcation of her for the good of both nations concern- ed," the statement said, she has no intention whatever of claiming an territory from Burma.

The reports followed on the heels of the return to Nanking of the Chinese Border Demarcation Com- imission after seven months of survey tho Burma-Yunnan work

on

frontier.-Reuter.

woun

Mr

press. He said the teacher had been wounded in the head during tho war and was in a highly nervous Panyushidn state. Therefore, would not be responsible for any Mr Samarin might statements make.

The Slate Department said

brushed aside Lovelt

that charge Panyushkin's

the Roosevelt-Litvinov pact had been breached by the United States. He informed the Soviet envoy that all the Russian complaints and demands

BABY FALLS THREE FLOORS, LIVES

Nurse Phyllis Naft comforis. Anton, Dickerson, ong year old, in:n San Diego, Califg hospital where he is being treated after falling three floors from a hotel window to the pavement below. His only apparent in- juries were a bruised check and a blackened eye-AP

Picture

Mr

Mr

Because she is

re-

Mr Lomakin declined to allow

newsmen to talk to the teacher, Mrs

Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina, 52- year-old widow. He said "the next for Russia probably would buat"

in

September. APPEALS TO POLICE Meanwhile, Mr Lomakin appealed

leave carly"

of

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948.

Ida Lupino To Wed Executive

Film Actress Ida Lupino and Collier Young, Holly- wood film studio executive, obtain a licence to be married. They obtained the licence at Santa Monica, Calif., and planned to be married at La Jolla, Calif.AP Picture.

Us Population "Mystery"

Witness

Grows

Washington, Aug. 9.

of

a

The United States had an

population estimated 143,414,000 last year. rise of 8.9 per cent since the the 1940 census, Census Bureau "announced today.

The figure represents estimates at July 1 last year, excluding the armed forces dverseas.

The booming birth rate was the major cause of the nationwide Increase the excess of births over deaths. accounting for a gain of the Bureau 11,738,000, estimated. Civilian Immi- gration from abroad added another 1,016,000.--Reu- ter.

Help For Dutch Shipping Companies

Won't Talk

Washington, Aug. 9,- Alexander Koral, "mystery" witness in the Congressional investigation of the Soviet espionage, today refused say whether he is or is not a Communist.

to

Democratic Representative Edward Hebert asserted that Korni had signed a statement and admitted that he was a member of the wartime Sovlet spy ring. Koral refused to admit or deny that.

Christian Churches. Need United

United Front Says Archbishop

London, Aug. 9.-Dr Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, told a world gathering of Anglican bishops here yesterday: "Only a united Church can hope to stand firm against the united fronts of Islam, Hindu- ism or of an aggressive and atheistic Communism." The Archbishop did not develop coming of the Lord, as often ho this statement beyond saying: "We has come in history"

see more plainly than our forefalkers The Archbishop was preaching at the scandal and weakness of a Westminster. Abbey at the closing divided Christendom. How can we service of this Lambeth Conferenco Anglican Archbishops · and expect the nations to take very of serlously

which the appeal of the Church Bishops,"

had discussed for International peace and order Christian problems since it opened Before him -og he when Christians are unable to meet here on July. 5. together at the table of the Lord spoke sat more than 3,000 leaders of the Church, brilliantly robed.— whom they all serve?

Reuter,

"Though we cannot yet see the way to a visible unity, this is still very far off, most carnestly we must continue to pray and work for the day when all Christians are united into one holy, catholle and. apostolic

Church."

The Archbishop said that present day civilisation was threatened by the fate of a score of earlier civi-

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lisations which had died. But, he 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. added, Christians trud moments grea!

when they felt that some change was near-"perhaps a re- ligious revival such as those whlen, in the past, suddenly brought new life to dend bones, perhaps great deliverance from fear, haps in some undreamed

Siam

some

per-

way. o

Renamed Thailand

Bangkok, Aug.

b. The Consti-

fuent Assembly, charged with

constitution

writing Д new

for to' rename the Siam, has voted kingdom Thailand," The decision 'came after an all-day debate

the subject and was reached by an 10 to 14 vote.

On

The change will not become off- clal, however, until constitution in accepted by Parliament.

and

According to reports of the de- bate, the deciding vote was taken until after the president of tho Association of Astrologists told the Assembly that horoscope studies indicated that the name ""Thailand" would improve the status.

of the nation." power

Thailand" is translated to mean and WAS the "land of the free" Koral, appearing before the House adopted as the official name of the Un-American Activities Committee, khigdom in July, 1939. Under terms took refuge in the constitution. He of the treaty imposed by the British refused to reply to "Are you a Com in January, 1946 the name of the to Siam United munist?" on the grounds that the

Press answer "might incriminate me" He country reverted

admit refused on the Baune grounds to

knew two men or deny that he named by the Committee Counsel, Robert Stripling, one Gala Obaki- mian Identified by Stripling "Soviet agent."

..WALLACE ECONOMIST

as a

Release Promised Frankfurt, Aug. 0.-The Russians have promised to release American arrested four days

wo

ola

on the U.S. Soviet border in Ger many at Noon on Tuesday, the wife of one of them said today.

The Americans

arrested were

Before Koral teallfed, the com- mittee heard similar refusals from Victor Perlo, wartime official of the War Production Board, who First Lleut. Sherman S. Turner and" accused of leading a Com- | MF Roland Myers, an omelal of the was

the govern- munist spy. group in ment.

PRESS

Now an economist in Mr US Military Government in. Berlin. Henry Wallace's Third Party, Perlo-Associated Press. to the New York City police for Washington, Aug. 9.-The arst refused, on the constitutional assistance in locating another teacher International Bank Vice-Presi- grounds to say whether he knew his from a defunct Russian school for dent, Mr Rober Garner, an-accuser, Miss Elizabeth Bentley, or children of diplomalle families.

that the bank even gave her Information as she Although

nounced today the hiding place

Secondly he refused Buys he did.

grounds to answer Atikhall Samarin, the second teacher made the first mortgage loan of on the same

his acquaintance leading questions about to become involved In the cloak $12,000,000 to four

government wartime ond dagger tale of intra-Russian Dutch shipping companies for with other

officials also accused of supplying intrigue, was reportedly known

data for the Soviet Union. the Consul General, he apparently

Perio said the Congressional es- ignored the Federal Agency and went direct to the City pollee.

and a half percent and one to 10-pionage hearings are based on "the After talking with Mr Lomakin year serial mortgage notes guaran-inventions of irresponsible sensation teed by the Netherlands kingdom seekers", but declined several

for 45 minutes, the deputy

chief

the purchase of six ships.

The loan is in the form of two

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inspector of the detective bureau

He said that a group of 10 United chances to deny the charges against by the South China Morning States commercial and savings said, "We are starting from scratch. į banks purchased $0,100,000 of the jhim under oath.-United Press. We are now going to check every total guaranteed as to principal and perron and thing connected with interest by the International Bank

the Samarin case."-United Press.

ECONOMIC

REVIVAL OF

TRIESTE

for reconstruction and development LONG DEBATE

This is the first time, the bank used Its guarantee power and the first- ume it made a mortgage loon, Mr Garner said.

PARTICIPATING BANKS

chase

pany,

IN ASSEMBLY

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Staff Photographers are on view

in tho Morning Post Building.

ORDERS

They

Gave

the

their Lives.

pro- groups

The loan provides for the pur- Paris, Aug. B. The French

of two ships each by National

continued Assembly Rotterdam Lloyd and the Neder- throughout today its debate on n lands Line and one ship ench by bili to give the Finance Minister, Holland America Une and the Paul Reynaud, special ** powers United Netherlands Navigation Com-to avert. France's economie dangers.

A final vote, which the lobbles be Ten of the participating banks leved tonight would approve London, Aug. 9.-The British purchased

the International bill, was from

not expected before the Commander of the Anglo-Bank all notes maturing in the first

early hours of tomorrow." American zone in the free ter-six years and part of the notes

M. Reynaud's victory semed 28- ritory of Trieste said today that maturing in the seventh year. The

sured tonight following an agree

the ment with leaders of remaining $3.000.000 in notes will be economic revival of the disputed retained in the bank's portfolio for arca depends on close ties with the present at least Mr Garner said. Government Parliamentary

on a new form of words for the Italy.

The participating banks are the clause, dealing with a reform of the Mal-Gen. T. S. Airey. In his re- Bank of Anierien, the San Francisco whole French tre system.

Dime port for the three months ended Buffalo Savings Bank, Buffalo

Central Hanover The new phrasing would with- June 30, reported that the healthy Savings Bank, economie revival and

National draw his power to change the rate Trust political Bank,

Chase slability of Trieste could not be Bank, the First National Bank Gun- of taxation for any given tax, thus preroga- expected until .the territory's ranty Trust Company, J. P. Morgan maintaining Parliament's future is settled. He added:

and Co., National City Bank of New tive in this respect. Legal experts "It has become increasingly ap-York, and Brooklyn and Bankors affirmed, however, that the words parent that the free territory, Trust Co-United Press.

"to recast the whole of the fiscal

wide codes and texts" were so settlement established as a com-

their implications that the Finance promiso by the treaty of peace with Italy is neither politically

Minister would have no difficulty In economically viable.

before the end of the

car to balance the national budget.

After voting the first clause of the special powers bill dealing with

far

nor.

and

In

IT'S NOT SUCH A raising the extra revenue he needs

DUMMY

"During the nine months of the existence of the free territory, Italy has supplied the economic financial sinews upon which the life. Bangkok, Aug. 9-Hold-up vic- of the zone depended. No practical ties In Slam are finding out that thereform of the civil and milltary alternative, which would ensure the toy wooden pistol can well be a healthy recovery of the area has so lethal weapon.

presented itself or 18, In my Clever wood carvers devised the

popular oplulon, likely to do so."

with успроп The United States, · Brilala 'and Slames Curr. It consists of a

proposed -Inst

March that skillful imitation of an automatic rieste be returned to Italy but the pistol carved from hardwood the suggestion got a cool reception from colour of metal and conceals das- Russia. Some observera ́aid the Issue may be raised again if Russia

The barrel of the wooden pistol and the Western Powera ogreo to serves as a sheath which can be another four power conference on stripped from a stabbing blade

Franco

European... ¡Press.

|ker.

services, the Assembly adjourned unipun. GMT. It was not yet known whether the debate would continue after midnight or then be adjourned until tomorrow morning. --Reuter.

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