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VOL. III NO. 198

Lama Killed By Raiders

KASHMIR INCIDENT

Srinagar, Aug. 22.--Raidera killed the Lama of Ganskar Padam Monastery, one of the biggest in the Ladarkh Valley in Kashmir, after carrying him off to their headquarters at Kargil, according to the latest reports from Leh, the chief city of the Ladarkh Valley.

The Lama was pubilely shot after the raiders had failed to win hiens over, the reports said.

The Lacarich district ]les southeastern Kashmir. Lob. The chief city of the Valley, stands near the upper waters of the Indus, some 75 miles west of the Tibetan border.

Kargil is roughly 90 miles north- west of Leh and the me distance northwenst of Srinagar.

According to Kashmir Gavern- ment estimates, based on first hand Information, the raiders have

to the sword about 100 Buddhists |

in the Ladarkh Valley,

desecrated!

and sacked Ringbom Gomphs, the second biggest monastery in the slin-

tiket.

and

looted

several other monasteries,

destroyect

fut the Proprietor of HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL For and on behalf of

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moderate south to southeast .winde; partir, cloudy; nealtered lalof showers.

I p.m. Observations: Barometric pressure. 1001.7 mb., 20.68 f. Temperature, 87.4 deg. F. Dew point, 81 deg. F. Relative humidity, 82. Wind direction, East-South-East, Wind force, 10 knots.

Low water: 1 ft. 7 in. at 6.53 p.m. High water: 5 1 2 1-

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At the

hongkong Telegraph..

Protest By Workers

Bhmingham, Aug. 22.-Forty Geleguirs. representing over 100,000 workers in the aircraft tistry, today parked a resolti- tion ericialng the Govern ment's purchase of non-British aircraft for use on Government- controlled airlines.

The delerates demanded the retting up of a committee of workers, trade union officials. employers and Government officials to examine "the present chaotle state of the industry."

Another resolution called for a long term poller culminating in nationalisation,

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When the Government XS- nounced in July that the British Overseas Airways Corporation was to be allowed to buy 22 Chuadalry built in Montreal, it was stated that there would be

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1963, when new Brilish typen will come into service.—Renter.

GASOLINE

EXPLOSION

Three People Killed

They were said to have removed San Francisco, Aug. 22. statues of the Buddha studded with Navy reports here said today

and stones,

priceless that three persons were killed precious tapestries from these monasteries.

missing in an The ralders were now concentrating nut one was un monasteries in the Nubra Valley, explosion and fire which ripped northwest of Leh,-Reuter.

through a gasoline storage area on Guam.

en

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1948.

Sea Voyagers

Soviets Abduct U.S. Civilian

In Berlin

ZONE BORDER INCIDENT:

SNATCHED FROM WIFE

Berlin, Aug. 22-Soviet soldiers renewing their kidnapping forays today seized and abducted Mr Thomas Headen of New York City, Denuty Director of the American Information Control Office.

The abduction occurred at the mouth of the Pots- damer Strasse where British and Soviet sertorn meet at Potsdamer Platz-the front line of the tems Part-Wert struggle for this disputed city.

Witnesses said that Mr Headen was standing on the square with his wife and two children inside the British sector when the Russian Military Police drove up to the white line designating the sector border.

One of the Russians Jumped out ¡**

of the Jeep, dashed into the British area und grabberi Me Headen, pushed him into the Jeep drove away leaving his wife aut children weeping on the carb.

Tito's

Ten-Day

Purge

The Russians in the past few days kidnapped several Western Sector Germans, but this was the firal in- stance of their seizing an American. Witnesses reported that the ab- duetlen took place at 4.05 p.m. Derlin Time.

"THAT'S MY HUSBAND" As Mr Henden

was dragged into the Russlan jeep, his wife who had been standing further back in a smail crowd in Potsdamer street ran forward shouting: "That's my hus band. That is my husband they're

in that taking away

Jeep,"

reliably reported today that who saw British Military Police

the state hundreds of Yugoslava, in- the kidnapping disputed

witnesses that Mr

cluding 50 members of ment of other Headen

was in the British Sector at the time he was seized. They said secret polico have been arrest“ į he possibly unwittingly stepped aed in a ten-day purge of per

Lieutenant Don Stanb of Pittsfield,

Hundreds Arrested

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Belgrade, Aug. 22.-It was | SINGAPORE

the Chinese Concentrate On

Siam Border

sons suspected of supporting

Singapore, Aug. 22.-The

and New Hampshire and Richmond 11, the Cominform against Mar British government has moved

The Navy said That two chief CLASHES WITH petty officers and one enlisted man were dead and another calisted

Another man was missing. INSURGENTS

listed man was burned critically,

Kangoon. AUR. 22. Butmose

Omcial reports said that a de-few paces across the line." troops today repulsed

Insurgent fective gauge on the storage tank forces in a small village near the allowed gasoline to overflow Syriam oli depot, on the Rangoon collect in ravine. A spark from river, opposite Rangoon, n Govern- a passing jeep touched off the ex- ment communique said.

plosion, The resultant Troops occupied Moulmein Gyun, caused two more blasts. In the Delta 63 miles southwest of

The Navy sald Rangoon, capturing 100 insurgents,

pelty oficer was burned to death and Allenmyo, a small town 190

when he was trapped while at- miles north of the capital.

tempting to rescue an enlisted man. Other clashes were also reported. He had saved one man and returned the

that one

fre

chief

across The line runs

In the Delta area. Government rein- to get the second when a wall of ¦ Henden, the children on myself-the-Josef Stalin and to Rusalan.Com-on operations unless they pro pre.

were

forcements

being sept Ramree Island, la the Arakan, the communique added.-Reuter.

521

Pro-

Major Benjamin F. Car- lin, 35, of Perth, Australian, and his wife, the former Elinore Arone, 29, of Bos- ton. (above) are reported well out in the Atlantic in their 17-foot "dock." The small, amphibian 'craft," converted by Carlin at a cost of $9,000, is headed for the Azores on the first lap of an attempted globe- circling journey by both land and sen.-AP Picture.

Costly Blockade.

been

Running

Berlin

OLD DAYS

S'hai Has 10c. Sale

Shanghai, Aug... 23. Memories of the good old days

when were recalled

Shang- hailanders woke up this morn ing to find their newspapers casting only 25 cents-instead of $800,000-and one foreign store advertising a “10 cents Sale."

Chanzhat will from today nitempt to autont Brett to the new economy of dollars and cents after handling millions

dollurs daily with

beckless shazuton.

al lanks will reopen today fter bag closed since Thursday for the conversion of necounts from tional dollars Into gold yuan, and rushing they are expected to do business taking, in hales

of old money and doling out flsifuls of the new currency.

RUSH FOR COINS There will no doubt be a rush for subsidiary colns which Art In this making their appearance country for the first time in a de- code, but it is believed that most of the small money issued today will be in notes.

The old dollar will still remain in circulation for some time yet, and a large number of establishments

to not get around

quoting prices in the new money until they hear from their various guilds.

The man in the street will have the satisfaction of tucking his aŭlary into his wallet again at the end of the month instead of carrying it home in a sulicase.

CENTRAL BANK ORDER In a circular order, meanwhile, the Centrol Bank notified appointed banks to handle all tranUS – actions in exchange surrender certi- ficates and foreign exchange as from Loday_ns follows:

Berlin. Aug. 23.-The British an- 1-Exporters or others who sur nounced tonight. that 12,300,000 render foreign exchange to the Deutsche marks worth of goods had Central Bank through appointed

from exported

by banks out of export proceeds and/or British planes since

be the Soviet otherwise, shell

full bald in blockade on the clly began.

in gold yuan at the oficial rate of

recourse to ex- exchange without It was the first announcement by change surrender certificates.

elther Americans or British that

change

Lung Island, who was standing nearshal Tito.

a step closer to wartime censor- The nine-nation Communist In- Mr Headen when the kidnappl

has repeatedly ship in Malaya as a result of occurred, sald: "I guess we all had formation Bureau stepped across the boundary without assailed Marshal Tito as an "enemy the drive to quell Communist-

International res of

Communisms." led insurgents, knowing it.

Same-Yugoslav Communists have declared the street at a sharp angle.

A government announcement sold one said something about Russions their loyally to Tito, walleir faith, news reporters will not normally be

back and I stepped

a few paces. same time emphasising

The forces Russians giving Mrs ful support to the Soviet's Marshal permitted to accompany

|pared to have their copy approved emember the lesson munism.

by police or the service authority once over. I More than 10 fames engulfed him.

The current purse began after the Serp number." 1,000 vivil service workers were

Americans who were arconany arrest on August 4 of four members concerned before pubilention. made homeless by the fire which

pro-Russian the traditionally

STORIES CHECKED he was of sent up n column of smoke visible in Mr Headen raid that

line government of Montenegro British boundary

Six weeks ago. when two ror- for miles.

Inside the

Montenegrin vespondents when

armed

accompanied Russian solder vince, including the

troops Warsaw, Aug. 22. A Military

nl police for the first time during they had tried to keep Berlin trade Reports said the first explosion leaped from a jeep, grabbed him and Vice-Premier, Bozon Yumovitch. ARRESTED ON HOLIDAY

operlitions tribunal sentenced to death today was followed by a raging fire which dragged him into the vehicle.

Kuala going by alr. arrested were Lampur area, their stories

change from the appointed banks six members of

TAKING PICTURE

Also reportedly an underground set off other explosions. Two or band. Two were giyen life impri-three 10.000-gallon tanks went up in

Label Kussovic, former Yugoslav checked by a government public The announcement said Dritish and who already have obtained, ex-

Nations relations officer, but no changes planes had carried 50,000 tons of change surrender certificates, sonment.-Associated Press.

the nines-United Press.

press officer at the United

Fold The public relations, foods into the city in the "biggest change these certificates for and foreign editor of the official were made. Tanjur news agency, and Binzo oficer said the check was made only sustained airlift that has ever been yuan at the rate of GY 0.158, or its

ctor of to determine whether it was wise to accomplished by Great Britain."

equivalent of CN$474,000. Mrs Headen and her 10-year-old tajchevitch, Moulcoegrin doctor of

Importers and others who are daughter Judith and Ave-year-old law and pre-war Communist leader. permit correspondents to accompany

the forces.

The British said stocks of food qualified to purchase foreign on Peter, were taken from the Kussovne, who, in addition to his

for Western Berliners were higher ( change from the appointed banks scene by the British Military Police other duties, was bureau chief in The new press regulations, which than they had been when the Soviel may also pay in gold yuan notes

American Military Police the Yugoslav to the

Forign Office, IC- the government announcement said blockade started and coal supplies without exchange surrender cerii- ifedquarters to give their account portedly was arrested while on holi-had been decided upon by the "local were adequate for intials-Asso- fcates at the rate of US$1 to GY4.

defence committee in the Federa-ciated Press. of the incident.

duy in Northern Yugoslavia.

(Continued on Pago 5). British Military . America

Kajchevitch was picked up | Police reserves were rushed to the Belgrade and hundreds of others of the abduction were reported scized in all parts of word

by the country,

EDITORIAL

Another Soviet Insult

NOMMUNIST altempis to but went to far as to maintain

of

the affairs Interfere in Asian countries were carried a step further lact week when, at a meeting of the Security Counell of the United Nations,

formation

the

to

that Ceylon's Independence was only a cuise to cover the former Colony's actual dependence on The con- Russia's latest

the United Kingdom.

15

Own

which

must has

The British Military police sald that Mr Headen was taking pictures of the troubleri central square of Berlin when he was abducted.

as

and

current

that o

area spread.

Rumours. were inrge scale Russin raid was planned for sometime between 5 and 6 pm Berlin time.

in

Arrested secret policemen repre- sented only a small part of a force believed to number 3.000 in all

PREMIER SAFE

Irt

In the

were

tion of Malaya," said photographs taken during operations in which pelice participate "must be vetted police authorities before publien- tion"

It is understood this being done to prevent publication of police in- formers and plain clothes detectives.

The announcement sald the army The raid, like those predicted for

The purge has apparently nol falted last

night.

to materialise affected the Montenegrin Preinier, is putting its public relations on a of the because

large number of Blazo Yovanovitch, brother of the

wartime busin-Associated Press. Western power Pls who arrived on former Yugoslav Chief of Staff, who FRONTIER THREAT the scene ready for trouble.

was shot on Wednesday while trying Singapore, Aug. 22-Reports of THREE AMERICANS HELD to fice

Premier armed concentrations of Chinese In into Romania. With

Mr Headen's seizure, the Yovanovitch has the reputation of Slam near the Malayan border have

being a strong supporter of Maishal (been the subject American Soviets now hold three

long conference nationals.

Tilo.

between Sir Alexander Newboult, The Montenegrin Premier's bra-acting High Commissioner for the ther, General Arsa Yovanovitch, Federation of Malaya, and General

The first was Lieutenant Sherman

F. Turner, Jr. and then an army department civilian, Grollason was reportedly seeking to get out Sir Neil Ritchie, the Commander-

of

for

clusion: setion forces the world to reach Soviet Union used tie velo block admission of Ceylon to the I that the Soviets will use the weapon of velo to intervene in United Nations after every other

had the internat affairs at distant country, except the Ukraine.

Ceylon's

countries where there application. supported

Ara 110 Immense Russku arintes The Russian proposed that de,

as in Hungary, Kumania elslon should be postponed until

and Czech- slovakla to ensure "loyally:" that Ceylon had submitted full in-

**** It structure

will-bar from world about the

council any country whose people with and constitution of the state and genuinely

free

choice of policies evidence that it was

elects a government which chnases. Lovereign and Independent, with what has now

become charac

friends. Ceylon's applica Hon for membership, which teristio rudeness, the Sovicia (% nemal supported by the Ukraine) was put forward by China, -Bab been blocked because the Ceylon

the country to foln the strong In-Chief, South East Asia Land expressed doubl whether Ceylon

Meyer, who have been held since Government with Independence

anti-Tito organisation abṛond. Forces, it was reported, here tonight. enjoyed the full covereignty an

August 4 which they were seized ty In both internal

Reliable sources said two other Residents of Kelantan, the north- Independence whileh a member

and external

the Russian Zonal border patrols at of the United Nations

generals left here in separate planes eastern Malay State bordering the affairs which Tito and the Millrichstant. Yugoslav

undisclosed destinations Efforts, to Communists

release Wednesday.

Jast Siamese Isthmus territory, are cald PORSCUE.

obtain their

the same day observe, with envious дже,

the to have complained of the Inade- falled August 10

on

tha when

Yugoslavs announced the shooting quate frontier defences. decided to continue that COFF Soviets promised to release them

From the main nection with the British Com- only on condition that they sign a of Col-Gen. Arso Yovanovitch as he

Malayan border tried to

cross the border Into monwealth which to suggested by

accepting receipt

the Russian

post of Rantau Pansang, a column of, historien associations, economale charges that the two were guilty of Rumania.

green uniformed Chinese was ro stability and mutual benefit. The being inside the Soviet Zone Dlegal- These sources said one was Maj-ported in Sungei Golok, a Siamese Communist minority

Ceylon ly and of taking pictures inside the Gen Krata Popivodd, who often has frontier post a mile

been scen In Marshal Tito's not

Soviet Zone. power, no (according to the Soviets) Ceylan's Government The Soviet-leensed News bureau company. The other general's name

not representative of tho meanwhile

Franz charged that people that is the only possible Erdmann, director of the Soviet interpretation of this melancholy turn In International events. AR Ceylon's friends will regret that her admission to the United by Nations has been prevented such gratultous tyranny, and the only gloomy satisfaction that can be extracted from the given situation is that it has farther warning

to all countries how much freedom and Indepen➡. dence they can expect i tho Communists are in a position to dictate to them.

ought to Mr Malik suturally. chose to ignore the fact that the present Government of Ceylon, was freely elected by the people BIB he based of Ceylon, and attack solely on the fact that an invitation to the Ukraine to at tend Ceylon's independence cele- brations was transmitted through tho British Governor-General. Rightly

British representa- so the Live the Security

to

Coubell poluted out that if opponents

the

of the application cared to study the Information already pretented by the Government

of Ceylon, they would find that not only was the authority of the Ceylons parliament supreme, with full control over its external affairs, but that the Ceylon parliment the to change had

the power constitution if it saw ft. With studied

dovlet insolence, the

only refused "delegate not study the. Information available

ta

In

In

wha

not known 10 them.

ANTI-TITO PLOT

a and

halt

away.

frontier Within 10 miles of the

Chinese-owned are innumerabla rubber catates and gold mines,

The Straits Times reported today that Kelantan

open to

WILS

Д

OF

Sector criminal police division was The death of Yovanovitch at the arrested by the British Sector Ger- hands of frontier guarda revealed a nian police while he was attending widor plot to found an anti-Tito serious threat from armed Chinese a boxing match this afternoon in the movement outside Yugoslavia than forces concentrated within five Pritish Sector,

was first suspected. The seriousness 10 miles on the Siamese side of the RELEASE REQUESTED with which the Tito regime regards frontier.

There was talk in the frontier British sources confirmed Erd- General Yovanovitch's attempt to mann's arrest and identuled him as escape was proven today in a weak- villages of at least five groups of The Soviet Sector officer in charge end editorial In the Communist armed

the Slamero Chinese in of the gaol in which the kidnapped newspaper Borba.

of 300 to 400 men. Jungle, West Sector German police are The editorial compared the alleged Highthorities in Kota Bharu, a Government ometals and anti-Tito plot to similor conspiracies poll Government In the Soviet which had resulted in northeastern Malayan port some 10 Russian tho 1937 purges there. It demanded miles from the Blames frontier, do- Kommandatura, requesting Mr "unmerciful purgo of enemy. els clined to comment on these reports.

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