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VOL III NO. 188

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1948.

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST Prisoner Of War Treatment:

Ammo Dump Blows Up

Manila, Aug. 10.--Pos- sibly 50 persons were killed or injured today in an am munition explosion near Batangas, south of Manila, the Bulletin reported.

The Bulletin's correspon- dent said at least that many Filipinos waro watching

men trying to remove ex- plosives from a bomb when the bomb went off, touch- ing off other bombs in the dump.--Associated Press.

INVESTITURE OF JULIANA

Becomes Netherlands' Queen On Sopt. 6

The Hague, Aug. 10—At the Royal investiture of Her Royal Highness, Princess Juliano, to Queen of the, Netherlands on September 6, (Ķe Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden will re- present the chief of state.

Among other representatives chlefs of state will be.

YUGOSLAVIA POSSIBLE

Party Dispute Turning Into State Issue

TITO PUT ON THE SPOT

The

Prague, Aug. 10-The Eastern European Governments are considering economic pressure on Yugoslavia, it was reliably learned here today. Cominform's quarrel with Marshal Tito and the Yugoslav Communists, hitherto kept carefully on party level, is becoming an affair of Governments.

Czechoslovakia, it was stated here, is already tightening up controls on trade with Yugoslavia. A reliable informant said the controls will amount to sanctions.

Yugoslavia will, in future, have "great difficulty" in securing import permits from Czechoslovakia, and Czechoslovakia trading corporations all now under Stato control-will hold up exports to Yugoslavia except for the fulfilment of partly com- plated orders for goods which cannot be disposed of elsewhere.

'The reaction here is regretful. Many plans are having to be altered to meet the new circumstances, but, well informed sources say there is no alternative.

or Arab Policy

The Crown Prince and Princess of

Norway, Prince Axel and Mar. garethe of Denmark.

Her Royal Highness Princess Mar- garet Rone will represent the King of England. His Royal Highnes Prince Jean, the heir to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, wili rc- present the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg,

Prince Juliana takes over after Queen Wilhelmina's official abdicas tion on September 4.

The installation of the new Queen will be an "Investiture" and not a coronation. A coronation is a re ligious dedication which can only

be performed by the authorities of a stale church which Holland has not In contrast with Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries.--Asso- ciated Press.

Ship In Distress Mexico City, Aug. 10-The Mexican Navy Department picked up distress signals tonight from the British freighter Graystone Castle, a vessel of 8,020 tons.

She was reported to be drifting dangerously off the coast of West Mexico-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

THE

On

Palestine

Cairo, Aug, 10.—The Arab League Secretariat has decided to summon a meeting of its Political Committee near the end of August to formulate a common Arab policy on Palestine for the September session of the United Nations General Assembly in

announced Paris, tonight

It

was

Although Marshal Tito's delegates have voted with the Soviet Union in the Danube Conference in Belgrade,Į- thus preserving a semblance of inter- governmental co-operation, Marshal Tito's failure to respond to the Com- Inform's arguments are forcing the Communist governments into action over a wider field.

when the

New Convention Sought

Blockholm, Aug. 10.-A new convention for the Protection of

with Civil Population, revision of the Geneva conventions dealing the treatment of prisoners of war and an active Red Cross cam. para will be discussed by the 17th International Red Cross Con- ference in Stockholm on August 20 to 30.

Air Fred G. Sigerist, Director of the Bureau of Information of the League of Red Cross Societies, said today 300 delegates and 800 observers of roughly 69 countries will approach the ques- tion of maintaining prace as one of the major problems today.

"Red Cross Societies first of all promote peace through their work," he said. "However, we will now also think over thoroughly whether anything can be done for international peace."

Mr Ian Van der Muchel, Secretary of the Information depart. ment of the Permanent International Red Cross Commission, sald the experiences of World War II will be the basis for the con- ference deliberations, particularly as to a new convention to protect civil populations in war."United Press.

Dine

At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Not Much Headway Made In Moscow

BIG DIFFICULTIES IN SETTLING BERLIN PROBLEM

A

LAND & AIR Soviet capital, who saw M. Molotov, Four negotiations

ACTION IN MALAYA

Insurgents Pursued Into. Jungle

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10- British air and land forces have

strong razed the Communist hold of Pelaf, northeastern Malaya, and are pursuing the insurgent forces into the jungle, It was reported here tonight.

An indication of, the Cominform'a quarrel being transferred to higher levels came last week Gechslovak travel agency, confirmed Milkistry of Social Welfare that the had stopped the issue of passports and permits for Yugoslav visits and had ordered the cessation of workers" here holidays-there.

OIL SANCTIONS Yugoslavia, faced by unofficial ni Date and place of the meeting are still to be settled, but it is ex-sanctions imposed by Albania and Rumania, has concluded a purchase pected to be held on August 20 in of all believed to total 10 million elther Alexandria or Beirut,

tons from the Anglo-Iranian Company, It was authoritatively learned in London today.

Although British oil officials in Landon described this purchase as

diplo not entirely unprecedented, matic observers consider that linked with

at- the reported Yugoslav tempts

purchase oil through

and British, Gurkha Trieste. It indicated the difficulties facing Yugoslavia as a result of the patrols have to far tracked down first moves of the Cominform coun- about 1,000 insurgents, and their tries of Eastern Europe to apply wives and families. They have al- concealed sanctions.

ready reached Semur and Tuang, two villages several miles south of Pulal

The

Committee is expected to review in dotall the milliary prob- lem as well as political and inter- national aspects of the Holy Land situation, and take a final decision on the recent Jewish offer of peace negotiations.

The belief is gaining ground In Cairo that the offer will be rejected because it would imply recognition of the State of Israel-Router.

Palestine's Refugees

IE "Palestino question" entered a new plinse.

has

Europe.

But

the dimoalties now are no less „flan. they were previously. Some

of the Arab statesmen may have rosliced that the establishment

of some form of a Jewish state Is an irrevocable fact, since there

is no pomjbility of their being permitted, even

able, to overthrow But

if they we

cisims are beginning

The familiar

thnt

on

of "Israel"

were

heard the musl bo

strategic grounds frontiern changed and creased its terrine

order to provide

security against possible future

their

Zionlat

must

state.

furiber

szeression, Extremist

organisations reiterate

claim" that - all

be included in the Jewish

now

And

蒙蒙 is almost

certainly far too low a figure.

the

of

And there is

complication of Arab

refugees who have

This,

perturade

are

this

years.

or

It has been a mass exodus. που the flight of a minority. In the territory of "Israel" there were, apart from the nomad tribes of the Nezeb, well

over 300,000 rustied on the land

in towns-where they and their ancestors have lived for it by force.

thousand

Today, there are probably not more than on the other hand, Jewish

to

30,000,

of And Increase.

maca DI together with other argument

arcas outside but In Jewish military occupation.

now

entirely indigent. Thousands of them, to Bir. Raphael Cilento, of the United Nations Refugees'

branch, are living and Palestine Lleeping in the оред without even tents. There is the danger starvation. There is the danger of epidemics.

The would be to obvious solution

these unfortunates to return to their homes: for the Jewish authorities to do every- thing possible to allay their fears. and to induce them to returII, One would have expected that have them- from a people who selves experlanced the misery of lot of "displaced persons" and who have appealed to the bumanitarian emotions of the world on behalf of the homeles refugees

tho In

displaced persons' camps of Europe. Jewish leaders are obdurale. Mr Moshe

Foreign Bhertok, the

Provisional Minister of the Government of fazel, declares "bumanitarian considera- tions cannot bo

separated from Political and `milliary (fasues, And he has informed Count Folke Bernadotte, the Palestine mediator, that refurtes cannot be re-admitted.at present "because their return would gravely prejudion the security of "Israel" and would seriously hamper in war effort." That is the present slidation.

fted from Jewish controlled areas. as Britain's U.N. representative, Bir Alexander Cadoran, has polated out

the Security 'to Council, snow" "major factor in the Palestina problem" as well as a tragedy of human suffering. The fight began› in' April when tha Jews, took over control of Jeffs and Haifa. A Jewish Arenty spokesman has described the result of fight psychosla: "fair"" is a franker word, Fear-even if unreasoning fear developed into, panic.

And nothing was done by

the new In these authorities to allay . months of the spring and early summer nearly the whole Arab population of Jewish controlled territory Bled, taking with them what they could carry, leaving

homes, their

thelr their jobs, Edumaten

of. the total refugees vary, number of these and there Aro No accurate figures. The lowest assessment is sobie: 280,000; and, even this is greater than the total number of Jewish "diaplased persona" in

the

Fat

UN

to

These sanctions are clearly inten- ded eitir:

1. To warn Marshal Tito of the dangers of persisting in his refusal to admit the charges brought against lim by the Cominform or to make a public recantation.

Pulai is almost in the centre of the peninsula, in the south of Kelantan Stato, some 200-miles north of Slugapore,

Tol: 27880

Price 20 Cents

Russian Spy Paid U.S.$2,000

Handed Money Over

mittee,

To The FBI Washington, Aug. 10.-The Un- chairman of the House American Activities Com- Representative J. Parnell Thomas, said today that Elizabeth Bentley, self- confessed ex-Soviet spy, was paid US$2,000 by a "high re- presentative of the Russian Government" lato.in October, 1945.

Rep. Thomas said at a press con- ference that Miss Bentley WAS handed $2,000 in $20 bills on a street comer "in"New York "by a person she knew as L. Z Zald", but that it had been determined that this person was a high representa- tive of the Soviet Government.

Misa Bentley in turn handed this money, over to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and it was now impounded,

to

Representatives of the 11 West

tell

the

London, Aug. 10-TheWestern powers' efforts to

"During this time, Miss Bentley solve the Berlin problem as preliminary to four-

was working in complete co-opera- power talka are meeting serious difficulties and no early

tion with agents of the Government." end to the Moscow talks with Soviet leaders can be

The Soviet payment to les expected, informed quarters said in London today.

Bentley was reported carlier by Committee members who had asked The three Western envoys in the would consider inaugurating. Big that their names be withheld. These

on the German

sources also reported that she had the Soviet Foreign Minister, last problem with a raising of the Berlin received the Red Star award, voted night at the Kremlin for the third blockade.

by the Supreme Soviet time in nine days, are not likely to receive before tomorrow the German Prime Ministers werd TOTM

Thomas would not confirm Ho Western powers' reaction to their ported to be meeting on the Bavarian or deny the Red Star award. reports on the meeting, according Island of the Chiemsee to draft a sald Miss Bentley would be put on to diplomatic quarters here.

German Consultu- the stand tomorrow to provisional West Authoritative circles in Moscow, iion. This is a prejiminary to con- whole story,United Press. Reuter's correspondent reported,

Parliamentary Assembly in expect the talks to last "some time" vening a Parli

the last week of this month. The

by Mr acceptance

Frank

The purpose of the Chiemsee con- Roberts, the British special envoy.

ference was authoritatively con- of an invitation to a private partyirmed here while political quarters on Saturday night was taken as a

commented that the moves toward West German pointer to continued negotiations.

the creation of o Government were being made ahead

Plans have been of the expected timetable,

made, it was learned tonight from an authoritative source, to take further step toward authority when experts from Britain, setting up the international Ruhr

*༔

A "SUPER-SECRET" Washington, Aug. 10-Elizabeth Bentley, told the House Un-American that Activities Committee today China-born Duncan Lee, wartime official of the super-secret Office of Strategic Services (OSS), told her in October 1945 that there was some- thing "super-secret at Oak Ridge, Tennessee The alfe of the major unaware of what was going on at atomic energy plant

However, she added that Lee was

Oak Ridge.

where

France and the United States and the Benelux countries meet in Paris at

The Tennessee plant is Uranium-239, the atomic bomb ex- the end of this month.

With these developments in mind. plosive, is separated from non-ex- observera here thought that any plosive' kinds of uranium.

Earlier, on the witness stand, Dun-" chance of postponing the implementa=

London- six-power (can Leo denied that he had ever tion

an appre! given confidential Government In- decisions in response to

as a result of the very slow progress Press. from Moscow was becoming remote formation to Miss Bentley, United

now monopolies of the conversations

taking place in the Soviet capital-Reuter.

ATTITUDE UNCHANGED The Soviet Army newspaper, Red Star,, meanwhile, implied that the Germany re- Russian stand on ment of proposals for working out mained unchanged. The develop a peace treaty with Germany and the organisation of a Central Ger- "absolutely man Government were necessity for re-establishing the political and economic unity of that country," the paper said.

article In an

regarded as a significant restatement of the Soviet position, and the first in the Soviet press since the talks began, Red

"Anglo-American Star wrote of the "obstacles" caused by endeavouring to lay hands on in- dustry and raw material deposits in Western Germany."

Diplomatic quarters

in London Western EYEWITNESS' STORY · believed that the three

were tonight still con- Governments Communist stronghold

sidering whether their next move pidering

fering wing Pulal was destroyed by rocket-fring in the Moscow exchanges would be Royal Air Force Spitfires, followed fresh direct approach to Marshal

The

Malayan

of

of the

Insurgents Take Burmese Town

Shanghai Police

Arrest Suspects

2. If this fails, to create an up by an Army attack, an eye- Stalin himself or a Inst attempt by economic crisis in Yugoslavia which witness hers said today. Few houses their representatives to hammer out would force a change of government have been left standing in the river with M Molatov at an agreed for-

The sanctions will probably not valley area, through which the in-mula for solving the Berlin dead-about 30 miles from Rangoon, ne- dealt in foreign currency transaction Involve an open repudiation of the surgents had advanced to capture lock. trade treaties which Yugoslavia has Guam Musang and hoisted the Red eoncluded with practically all the Rag on July 17, Countries behind the "Iron curtain." TECHNICAL OBSTACLES They will more probably take the form already suggested of difficul-

wives

STIFF BARGAINING The length of the last meeting Minister with the Soviet Foreign

Gua Musang. the eyewitness added, was sacked after its capture and the absence of any announce- and the Insurgents'

and meat on the progress of the talks tles over export permits, delays in children joined in the feast colebra-ave made it clear that prolonged bargaining had, so far, falled ting the event. The town' was re-to bring agreement on means of re- deliveries and a multiplication of taken a few days later, technical abstacles to trading.

moving the conditions of "duress” London

four- quarters sug- It was disclosed in Singapore as a preliminary to a new Marshal Tito's Eest,

Government today that Russia was Malnyn's power conference on Germany.

In Increased biggest rubber customer in July. may well look out for

spite of the official news opportunities for trading with Wen-buying 10,000 tons more than the

blackout. diplomatic observers tora Europe and Britain on a basis United States, usually the largest belleve that there are two main of individual deals rather than on purchaser.

causes of the Moscow, impasse:

long-term

At the same time, it will on

trade agreements.

Russia bought 36,813 tons, overy occasion, stress that while United States

27,470 tons,

the the

und

trading with the West, Yugoslavia United Kingdom 20,000 tons fully maintains her political inde- Spain 13,379 tons-Reuter. pendence and so long as she is

permitted to do so her loyalty to

the Soviet Union ernment, it is be

The British

133 Gover

Hlaved, fully approved Students · Demand

Iranian Company's decision supply oil to Yugoslavia. This

to

19

some indication of the attitude liko- ly to be taken by Britain If Yugo- Blavia tries to extend her trade with Britain in other diplomatic quarters Reuter

Redress

1 The Western reluctanes to ad-

mit the Soviet mark as the solo currency for Berlin.

2---The Soviet objections to the détermination of the Western powera with the London to prem ahead plan for setting up a new political regime for West Germany in^ad-. vance of a possible four-power conference.

only

Observers believe that it. through a fresh personal approach to Marshal Blalin. that it will be

Nanking, Aug. 11-Manchurian possible to overcome these obstacles directions, and North China student groups, to a solution of the Berlin crisis and believed.-- now in Nanking secking redress of "clear the way" for a new four-

the recent Felping incident of power conference,

STRIKE THREAT: TROOPS STAND BY

Bombay, Aug. 10.Military pickets| were posted in Bombay's sprawling

| July 5, in which soven students LONDON RUMOURS

were killed a clash with police, yesterday delganded capital punish-

shots.

•

It is belleved in London that thing ment for those who fired the fatal is working, against any bid' by the Soviet Union to upset the Western powers' declared policy to create a Emerging agitated from a meet-West German Parliamentary Assem textile mill area tonight. Additional ing in which they were joined by bly by next month and to set up on police were rushed to the area in sympathetic members of the Legie International control of the Ruhr.

Rumours persistent last weekend preparation for a ́løken strike of the lative-and Control Yúpns, the stų- mil workers tomorrow. The strike dents made pubile their demands suggested that the Soviet Govern- is sponsored by the Socialist Party which included, 1-Erection of a ment had made clear during the with Communist support.

that these memorial for the dead; 2-Un- bresent Kremlin: talles The strike, originally called, to conditional release of students two principal decisions of the Lon secure a reduction in the number of arrested during the Incident; 3- don six-power conference on Gee- least looms per weaver from six to four Compensation for losses, sustained many must be revised or i In two locol mills, has ince deve-by the students; and, Lifting of action delayed. loped into a move to assert the martial law imposed immediately This,

Tumours The

burs had it, was the | right to strike."-Reuter,

after the incident--Reuter-AAP. condition on which the Soviet Union

Rangoon, Aug.

Shanghai, Aug. 11.-The Economic 10-Insurgents

Police arrested 25. Chinese yesterday Thangwa, a town afternoon on suspicion that they had have captured about five miles of Kayan and

cording to reports published by

The 'arrested who are alleged to some Rangoon newspapers today. have sent to Hongkong sums amount- HK$1,000,000 and The reports said that several ing to nearly government officials

and CN$10 billion will be charged before escaped added that the town's police chief a special criminal tribunal as soon as and the District Commissioner are proliminary investigations are com- ir Rangoon, They also said that pleted.

The roundup is reported to have the rebels. The reports were not followed police intorcoption of radio- the Premier's bodyguard has joined

confirmed

Government grams dispatched to Hongkong over by the Associated Press.

clandestine radio stations.—Reuter.

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