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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1948.

Artillery Duel Between

The Guards Nearing Coal Jews, Arabs

Brigade For Singapore

London, Aug. 17. The British War Office announced today that mon of Britain's famed Guards Brigade plus "certain ancillary troops" are to be sent to troubled Malaya as soon as possible "to restore order and confidence,"

Their transfer follows last month's decision to re-inforce the milltary forces in Britain's richest Colony with two other battle hardened formations-the Fourth Hussars from Britain and the Itoyal Innis- killing Fusilera from Hongkong.

The War Office announcement sald the Second Guards Brigade would be going to Singapore thence to Malaya "In view of prevailing conditions of unrest" in the Colony.

McDONALD'S 'APPEAL Informed Whitehall sources sald the decision to move the Guards came after the British Government received an appent for reinforcements from Mr Malcolm McDonald, Com missioner

Southeast General for Asia.

Mr McDonald reportedly was ad- vised by British civil and military leaders in the course of a Singapore conference recently that more troops

are essential if they were successfully to carry the fight into the colony's Communist-led guerillas' strongholds.

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Strengthening of the estimated eight battalions of Indian Gurkha troops, now in Malaya, is also under consideration, the sources said. gotiations for reinforcing them may soon be started between the British and Indian governments-Associated Press.

GOVERNOR'S WARNING Singapore, Aug. 17-Sir Franklin Gimson, Singapore's Governor, warned the Legislative Council today that although crime dropped off last month, there may be trouble ahead.

The acting Colonial Secretary, Mi Andrew Gilmour, cald be urged the Chambers of Commerce to increase on fodawns and take other the precherause of the danger of

"terrorists"

of

attacks.

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Target

London, Aug. 17. - Britain is more than half way to its coal export goal for 1948, the National Coal Board said tonight.

The year's target Is 9,569,000 long tons.

Up to Aug. 7, the Board reported exports totalled 4,981,540 long tons.

Of the exports. 3,730,000 tons or 54 per cent of com- mitments have fono to countries in the European Recovery Programme and. 1,251,540 tons on 47 per cent of the amount specified in trade

agreements to other nations.--Associated Press.

Rangoon Attacked By

Bandits

Rangoon, Aug. 17-Early today about 200 bandits raided a northern suburb of Rangoon, it was learned officially here, Rangoon has been the target, of an insurgent plot which the government uncovered last week.

FIGHTING SOUTH OF JERUSALEM

Plight Of Refugees

Jerusalem, Aug. 17.—Jews and Arabs fought a big artillery duel for five hours today. The battle began at dawn. The Arab fire battered Jewish positions along the entire corridor which cuts the Holy City from north and south.

The Israeli army made no report on the Jewish return fire but Jewish artillery was audible through- out the engagement. Automatic weapons fire crackled from both sides.

Jews heavily attacked Arab Legion positions at Doir. Abu Tor in Southern Jerusalem at 8 a.m. local

back time today, but were thrown

with "several hundred killed," it was officially stated.

An official Arab spokesman said offelal said that the mattert was the Jewish altack was supported being given “urgont consideration" with tanks, armoured cars

and Count Bernadotte said that the con- automatic weapons.

dition of the refugees W35 "desperate".

"The

Jews began by shelling Arab positions, but the Legion did not answer until Jews advanced into Arab Ines," said the spokes- Bandits surrounded

Kamayut, man. Ave miles from the centre of tho

"At that time the Legion fired city, and looted houses

for

threo and the battle aged, after which hours. It is estimated that they the Legion pursued the retreating obtained loot worth about £18,000. Jews and Iciled several hundred of

Their main target was the home them, of a wealthy Indian merchant T. S.

The Legion capilured several Nanjee.

The bandits are reported armoured cars, a quantity of muni- to have robbed his house of nearly tions and occupied positions from £3,250 in cash and jewellery after which the Jews had begun their overpowering an armed guard. nitack Associated Press,

RIVER CURFEW

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Today's omcial communique nounced that a dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed on the Rangoon river to prevent insurgent attempts rush into the city under cover

of darkness.

A similar curfew, the communique Mr Gilmore sald Singapore Police, said, has been imposed by the Go in 25 recent ralds to check the sprend vernment 10 miles north: The

terrorism, ind detained 103*****

communique also reported that more persons.-Associated Press.

fighting occurred between govern- inent troops and insurgents at the 50th milestone in

the Prome Road Government forces ruuted the insurgents who left one deng and abandoned several trucks and jeeps,

Boat Mistresses

Fined

area.

The

For approaching within 30 yards of the ss Heinrich Jessen, the mis-

An official announcement said that tresses of nine sampans

into were each food will be transported

the Aned $25 or five days by Mr Cairna hinterland to places at which shor- at the Marine Court this morning.

tages have occurred as a result of

The master of a sampan was fined insurgent activity and disrupted $15 or three days for being underground communications-Associated way without navigation lights.

EDITORIAL

Press

The Idealist In Politics

WE have been asked by a reader

whether we think the Idealist

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is of any use in polities. If he lan'1, Heaven help us-for une else is of any 1180 whalso- over. Idealism is what the po!!!!- cal life of the world is starving for. The party or the statesman with the highest ideals will meet an instant response from the people. "Your old men

shall dream dreanus, your young men shall sec visions," says the old prophet. The dreams of the old men need not concern us; but if there are not enough young men who see visions, then the countries of, the world will drift along rudderless. Nor need we commis the.

common mistake regarding the Idealist as a merely spcenia. tive person who Indulges in airy projects without regard to the praalleabililles; such .A.J the

famous philosopher of Laputa who had a scheme for extracting sunbeams out of cucumber-or that other member of the same mast ingenious archl.

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academy, test who had contrived a method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and work- ing downwards to The founda- tlon," No doubt Swift's satire is -deserved - Mhough the thought arises that the idea of splunk the atom, or sending acroplanes through the air without pilots, might well

incurred his have ridicule as faniario Impossibill- ties. Novertheless, bli laughter at Idealisis Is Just, if it is meant by Can idealist a man who canteen- irates on the end without QUITY regard for the mentis by which that end can be attained. The ideal who is useful and in- dispensable in. politics, is also a realist; an localist in his vision of

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the goal to be reached, a realist In his study of the means by which that goal is to be reached This is called statesmanship. The &tatesman sees what he wants to achleve; he may need to call In a body of experts to tell him how to achleve it. He is a dreamer who is not content to dream, but throws himself, body and

sou), Into the task of making his dream come true. And since the war more and more young men have been repeating the question, "Whither, the Universe?" are the young теп who vhions, who are not content that their country or the world should drift, even towards a better-fed, Inzler,

more comfortable exis- tence, and who have bad glimpses of an International sim

.beyond material well-being. The politi elan who can promise, or even provide, shorter hours, better pay, more 0240 and comfort

and security, will have kis roward and will deserve it, for these are good things; but they do not, between. them, furnish an Inspiring battle- ery. There is..110 divine fire in them.. Let

International statesman come along who cant show a noble Ideal and how can be translated into reality and the young men will fail in behind him with a unanimity that may surprise the cynics. But willa Lito idealist in polides can supremely useful to mankind, ho can also be supremely pernicious. Hillier was an ideallat, holding up before Germany an ideal, which was inspiring and which led to the abyss. Only the idealist can lead; but before he le followed, people must lock, with all their wita awake, at the nature of bla Idenis.

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PRACTICALLY NO FOOD

Thirty per cent were children un- der five and over 10 per cent were are almost without food except for pregnant or nursing, mothers. "They

of flour" small quantities

he, added. Count Bernadotte reminded Mr Marshall of "the extent

and im- portance of your commercial trade relationships" with the Middle East, including Palestine, and suggested this as a reason for urgent action. GOVT. HOUSE SEIZED

Ho added that he was also ap plying to the International Chil- armoured forces Beized the former supplementary provisions for in- Amman, Aug. 17.-Jewish dren's Emergency Fund for special governmen tros ustregivers them, and nursing mothers,

in Jerusalem,

control

of the roads south Bethlehem, it was officially here today.

They smashed

to

women

Yesterday was announced that stated the Children's Fund, the World Health Organisation and the Inter- through to the national League of Red Cross So- centre after heavily shelling the cities had promised help-Reuter. Old City and Arab positions, and were now threatening to cut of Jerusalem and the whole of south Palestine from the Transjordon capital, the Araba sold.

More fighting was reported in the Holy City later today-four weeks after the beginning of the official truce while Calro had a 15-minute air raid alert this afternoon.

An Israeli Arny communique said tonight that Government House was mortared today by the Arabs.

The mortar Are was still continuing Intermittently, the cornmunique said.

LIFE OR DEATH

Given Blood Transfusion

Mrs Kosenkina In Grave Condition

New York, Aug. 17.-Blood was today transfused into Mrs In Damascus, Syria's President Shukri El Kuntly told Parliament Oksana Kosenkina, the Russian tediny: "Syria will never

abandon school teacher lying critically I her duty of liberating Palestine in the Roosevelt Hospital here am sure our cause will win in spite after jumping from" et nil evil forces.

a third- The Palestine battle is not over floor window of the Soviet Con- set. It is a battle for life or death sulate Inst Thursday.

Endi our duty can be summarised in As a medical bulletin gave the one word-mobilisation".

first details of her serious injuries,

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Sis bodies Penke deft less, British albedor to Lelgrade and chief British delenÃm to the Danube conterenes at Belgrade,

tell the conferruce "Erilain will not be bullied and will not jump to crank of Vishinsky', whip." M. Andrel Vishinsky (left bottom), Soviet depuly foreign mialster, Istened to Slr. Charles Peake's de- clarallon. Liter U.S. Ambassador

Cayenabl Cannun blundy warned that the Danube river will remain cut in two for traffic it Eastern Europe's Communist rates deny Austria Scat on the Danube costrut 'board.

Soviet Danube Plan Approved

Belgrade, Aug. 17.-Eastern European Nations rubber stamped today approval of a Russian plan for control of the Danube River in the face of its certain rejection by the Western powers.

The ten-nation conference, meeting as a drafting committee, finished the tasks of approving a pact which -as-Russia put-it-is-designed to sign the "death war- rant" for the 1921 Danubian convention. The conference will meet in plenary session tomorrow and the Western powers-Britain, France and the United States-plan register their refusal to sign the agreement and in all probability to take their caso to the International Court of Justice at the Hogue.

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Since it began its session 10 days ago, the conference has taken close 'I to 100 votes on terms for a new pact and not once has there been a break in the unity with which the Eastern European countries have pushed through the Soviet graft.

GUARANTEES REFUSED

With systematic regularity it voted down-usually by seven to three-all Western efforts to write in hard and fast guardnices that vessels of all nations will receive equal treatment on the Danube.

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Important waterway a "Danube for the Danubians," sign excluding the Western powers from any say la control of its shipping.

So certain was the Eastern bloc of approval that the Secretary General of the conference within low seconds of Tuesday night's action agnounced that coples of the convention would be distributed immediately.

The final controversy swirled around a Russian move to outlaw all obligations of the old Danubian convention,

The French attempt to modify this was defeated seven to three and the Russian proposal accepted.

TALKS

Climax Is

Near

Moscow, Aug. 17-M. Molotov was believed to have presented an extremely im portant communication TO- garding Germany at night's Kremlin meeting with the three Western onvoys, According to some informed Western night.

quarters here

:

The nature of the communication was not disclosed and its 'pro- scotation cannot yet be confirmed by quarters closest to the envoys.

The fact that the envoys were even less communicative than ever following last night's meeting was held by some observers here to substantiate the report.

There was a fever of activity ut all three Western Embassies today, especially the British, where typlata Ruslan experts, cypher, clerks and radio men were at work on the long full report of the three and hall hour meeting.

DECISION SHORTLY

Mr Frank Roberts, the British representative, and Mr Geoffrey, Har- rison, the British Minister, were to- night "too busy to be seen." Mr Har- rison was busy dictating the report for his office while Mr Roberts con- ferred with the Russian experts.

Many observers here believe that the talks were drawing to an end and that a decision could be ex- pected shortly, but most people ex- pected at kast

one mora Kremila necting and no one would commit himalt to an exact date when the talks would end.

Some circles predicted that a do- ci: lon could be expected before, the end of the week. An agreement. would, it was belloved, imply a de- cision to hold B Council of the Foreign Ministers to discuss Gor- many,

Some diplomatic quarters hero held that the Western powers might be agreeable to postpone the crea- tion--of-a-Western-German--regime as a quid pro quo for the Russians lifting the Berlin "blockade" before any meeting of the Foreign Minis- ters.--Reuter,

PASSENGER SHOOTS PILOT

Oslo, Aug. 17. The pilot of a Norwegian charter plane was at- tacked and shot by his passenger In mid-air today. The pilot, though wounded in the neck, safely lander the aircraft, a seaplane, sea near Horten, and also rescues his attacker from drowning.

on the

The pilot lost consciousness after being shot, but recovered Just In time to control the aircraft as it was diving towards the sea.

The

The cause of the attack was not Rumania contended

In the course of the debate yet known, and police were ques-

that the old timing the passenger tonight. Commission had squandered" rights pilot was being treated in hospital of the Danubian states-Associated at Horten, 30 miles south of the Press. most

caplial-Reuter.

drafted, the convention will over the continent's

SEQUEL TO

DUMP

EXPLOSION

A pence budget would not lead to Justice Samuel Dickstein, of the New victory, he added. They needed a York Supreme Court, arrived "total change". The President asi-Washington to talk with State De- ed Parliament not to be discouraged partment officials about the diplo by seeing the Big Pawers supporting matie problems created by her enac. Zionism. The Araba hud no aggres- Mr Dickstein is the judge who sive Intentions, he added,

Issued a

writ last week directing the Saudi Arabia hos allowed a credit Soviet Consul General in New York, for reconstruction from the Export-M. Jacob Lomakin, to produce the Import Bank In Washington to run teacher in his court. Soon after- out unused "because of the attitude wards, Mrs Kosenkina

made her of the

American

Government on the jump. Palestine situation."

The Export- Import Bank announced that Saudiment

Earlier today, the State Depart-

Announced

Shanghai, Aug. 10 Following the Arabia had used $10 million of a $25 awaiting further information from Tazung yesterday, the toll of wilch Wha Ammunition dump explosion at million credit shortly after it was the. New York poilce before made available in January, 1946, but nnswering the Soviet protests now includes five soldiers killed had used no more of the loan against the "detention" of Mrs and two critically wounded, Shang- Reuter.

Kosenkina,

REFUCEE PROBLEM

Washington,

that . It

Homer

hal-Woosung Garrison forces were reported today to have arrested, a 17-year-old youth on suspicion plotting sabotage.

LOYALTY PRODE In Washington, Senator Aug. 17. Count Ferguson, Uie Republican chairman Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations of Senate committee Investigating The youth was seized when ho Palestine mediator, urgently cabled the loyalty of Government servants, was found loitering near the cor- Mr George Marshall, the American alleged today that several persons doned-off area of the Tazing nims Secretary of Blate, today warning suspected him that the fate of 330,000

of espionage had been dump shortly before the blast, oc- Arab allowed to stay in "sensitive Go-curred, according to reports today. and 7,000 Jewish refugees was įvernmental positions, either through Milliary authorities stated that threatening "a sudden human disas-Influence or neglect." ter comparable to an earthquake or a

approximately 33 tons of ammuni- He made the charge in a letter to tien exploded in the mishap which tial wave" in the Middle East. Mr Tom Clark, the Attorney General, was the second of its kind since

Appealing to the United States for whom he asked to confer with him December, 1040, emergency supplies, Count Bernadotte to try to agree on a method whereby declared that his successful media the committee could obtain the re- The officer in charge of the dump tion depended upon the solution of cords of Government

was killed Instantly as he was in- this problem.

The House of Representatives Un-spacting explosives when, the blast "The essential factor is time, as American Activities Committee, prob- occurred. the refugees are being swept by ing Communist activities in the epidemic discasts", he insisted. United States, will next autumn and

·Ammunition' in the' dump included "Winter is approaching and many winter Investigate conditions on the hand grenades, bombs, mortar and must dig

de college campus, according to a copy: field gun shells and shrapnels fert He urged that Mr Marshall reply, righted Washington, message to the by the Japanese Army at the end within 10 days. A State Department Now York Star today.— Ugular: Jot the war-Reuter

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