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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1948.

Thumping Majority For Baby May's

French Premier

REVEALS HIS PROGRAMME

Paris, Sept. 14.-Premier Henri Queuille tonight scored National As a thumping

sembly majority in the first informal confidence test for his three-day-old Government.

The Assembly voted 335-220 for a demand by the Premier to postpone indefinitely debate on the formation of his condition Cabinet. There was no formal confidence significance attached to the voto, but in effect it in- dicated general approval of the Government by the Assembly.

Speaking just before the vote, the 04-year-old Radical Socialist govern- "When I presented ment chief sold, myself to you inst Friday. I asked

your confidence to apply

pro-

gramme aimed at combatting

the

mortal danger of Inflation.

were

**It the Bank of France

forced to print more paper money, I don't need

toward to tell you what catastrophe we should be pres cipitated.

HEAVY SACRIFICES "What is my programme? Exen- tially, it is to avoid aggravating the financial eltuntion and causing in- dation, which would follow and rob the working classes of their buying power. Unfortunately, heavy 'sacri. flees will have to be imposed on all men, but, with the unanimous

of my

Government, the programme will be passed and I am compelled to tell all Frenchmen they must accept necessary 650

sacrifices sa as to save their country."

Junt

weck

tonight, M. Queuille's predecessor, Premler Ro- bort Schuman, defying his Party's advice, had accepted a debate on the formation of his middle-o'-the- road coalition and had been defeated 3-300. The result bad been hi Government's fall and a new politi cal crisis.

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M. Queullie, who formod a right Saturday of centre coalition late night,

prudent chose the more course of asking a postponement of debate on two interpellations on his Government, one of them made by the Communists,

FIRST BIG TEST

Soviet Trial

Of 5 German Youths Condemned

Berlin, Sept. 14.—An investigation by an inter- national commission into the circumstances under which Soviet troops and Soviet sector German police fired on crowds of anti-Soviet demonstrators in the British sector of Berlin last Thursday night was demanded today by Mr Otto Suhr, President of the City Assembly.

Mr Suhr appealed for an impartial inquiry at a meeting of the Board of Chairmen of the city's three non- Communist political parties and leaders of the non- Communist trade union.

The meeting formally demanded a new public trial for five youths

by

Military sentenced

a Soviet

Tribunal to 25 years imprisonment

each

in

Tumble

Baby May, 21-year-old youngster at the Fleish- hacker Zoo in San Fran- cisco, became too greedy while reaching for peanuts and tumbled into the most surrounding the elephant pen. May is shown getting lots of sympathy from the older heads but very little help. Preliminary examina- tions show no injuries to May as a result of the fall. -AP Plcture.

Republican's Smashing Victory

"Uncontrolled" Birth Control Danger

Washington, Sept. 14.-Dr Warren S. Thompson, ex- pert on population, warned today that the dominant position of the Western world is threatened by "uncontrolled” birth control. He told the 100th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that munkind must accept "scientific investigation in human behaviour" to prevent a devastating famine in the Enst and a declining. birth rate in the West.

Dr Thompson, director of the manity collectively to bound to net Scripps Foundation for research In like a short-sighted man who sees population problems in Miami Uni- only his immediatle surroundings." versity at Oxford, Olifo, said that-United Press. Asia with its lack of industrial pro- ductivity is experiencing a rapidly mounting birth rate. In the Western nations, he added, the trend la for the people to move into cities and practise birth control on 'an ever greater scale.

Dr Thompson, said, "The uncon- trolled Use of contraceptives threatens to cost nations which have Lean the greatest practitioners of science their political and economie dominance."

Dr Brock Chisholm of Canada, director general of the World Health Organisation, told a news conference that in his opinion worldwide birth Estimating control is inevitable.

tha the world population is increas- ing by 2,009,000. persons each month, Dr Chisholm said, "Logically there will have to be some limitations on births in the world."

3.

He said the chief obstacles are: moral attitudes; 2. scarcity of contraceptive

and inalerials "millions of people have not begun to think that way in terms of res- ponsibility for their children."

his fellow Dr Thompson told

of the that the peoples scientists West have found to some extent "existence is comparatively easy." But in the East the population has! been growing steadily and there is no comparable easy way of life. "Until we do develop He said, selence in human behaviour, hu-

NEW BURMESE CABINET

Rangoon, Sept

35. Premler Thakin Nu announced on Tuesday the makeup of his new Burmese Cabinet.

The new Government will include Ave members of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, Ave So- cialists, three members of the Yellow Band Party and four Independents. Political sources said they e- Hleved the Premier would retain the Home and Defence Ministries, with "Mr

Kyaw Nycin as Deputy Prem'er Portland, Sept. 14.-Rep. and Foreign Minister. Margaret Chase Smith's smash- Parliament, meeting nsa constit-

"These quarters consider this plan new proof that the Soviets do not want agreement on Germany, but prefer to Sovietise the country asing majority in winning the uent assembly, accepted the make-

first full Senate term ever voted up of the Cabinet without dissent

a Russian concentration a means to seize absolute power." camp as an outgrowth of the anti---United Press. Communist demonstration violence which fallowed.

and the in

The Assembly vote meant effect that the interpellationis would be forgotten and that the first scrious test

Govern- tho of ment's strength would come when its tough economic recovery comes before the assembly on Friday er Saturday.

Leaders of the city's democratie groups met in the American sector and adopted a resolution calling for new trial and bitterly protesting

U.S.

DAKOTA

the action of the Soviet military CRASHES IN

court

ns violation of elemental

human rights.

SOVIET ZONE

a woman Republican was hailed Associated Press. today by Republican leaders ns Dewey- the forerunner of a Warren landslide in November.

Forty-nine-year-old Mrs Smith, onelime telephöhe operator, serving her fifth term In Congress, easily defeated the Democratic candidate, Dr Adrian H. Scolten, af Portland, in the nation's first state election of this presidential year.

Pacing the Republican ticket that swept the state's top offices for the Berlin, Sept. 14-An Ameri seventh straight me, she gained can Dakota airlift plane on the nearly 4 percent of the total vote of $21 pre- session called tonight put the finish- The mother of one of the con- way to Berlin crashed inside the in returns from 673

sobbed

clacts. Soviet Zone today.

A three-hour inner Cabinet meet- ing this morning approved a taxation programme, nimed at squeezing 80,-

It was announced that the Soviet 000,000 additional francs out of the action would be discussed by the French taxpayer before the end of West German-Constitutional Con- the year. Another inner Cabinetvention in Bona tomorrow.

economy pro-demned toucher to the

brokenly condemned gramme which will drasticnily cut while speakers

the expenditures France's armed Russian "Star chamber" trial of the forces, dismiss tens of thousands of five. civil servants and cut out subsidies on all products except wheat,

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The Soviet-licensed German News Agency said tonight that the plane had infringed the air regulations by the fying about 13 miles outside

Two years ago when the national Republican tide enabled the party wo recapture control of Congress, the Owen Republican Senator, main Brewster, won re-election with 53.5 percent of the vote.

Jubilant over Mrs Smith's teluraph, about The aircraft crashed

51% the Republican state chairman, Mr.

In of Weimink, the miles north-west

Alan Bird, said her "impressive percentage......portends a smash- Dewey und Governor Earl Watreo in November."-United Press.

of

The two programmos are to be Mr Suhr said the trial was con-ngreed nir corridor. submitted to the first full Cablet duc'ed behind closed doors and that morning for "D- eñoris to provide German defence session tomorrow session

rejected by proval.

They probably will be put counsel were

the Soviet Zone, according to the vote Russlans. Assembly showdown during the

He called the weekend.

for International agency, which added that ale ex-ing victory for Governor Thomas E. Although M. Queuille won the full inquiry in the Soviet charges that perts lad investigated the causes of support of his coalition Cabinet, he the youths involved had provoked the crush.

опе Although

*he plane's' faced growing thrents from dis- the rioting by stoning Soviet sector

failed. the air- labour. Mero. than 15,000

police and tearing down the Soviet two engines had gruntled

craft could have continued on s metal workers in the Paris "Red struck

uckit should first of all examine the course with the remaining engine, belt" suburb of Argenteull this morning and demonstrated in role of the Soviet sector police, who these expert said.

the pilots lost con- "Apparently and preferred to front of the Town Hall, demanding blocked the way to participants in higher wages. Some 40,000 metal the demonstration who had sought trol of workers in the Sambre basin

to return from the British sector bale out," the agency declared. Eastern France slopped work in the to their homes in the Soviet sector "Air experts point to the fact that afternoon for on indefinite period.

the crashed aircraft only carried a of Berlin," said Mr Subr.

of four," the crew of two instead agency added.

of

DE GAULLE'S HOPE After a two-day tour of Coralca, General Charles de Gaulle Row back to the mainland tonight to continuo his 800-mile barnstorming tour of Southeastern France.

of the

We wil con- now

APPOINTMENT

London, Sept. 14.-The Air Minis- try on Tuesday announced the ap

Vice Marshal pointment of Acting Francis Meltersh, 49, as Air Officer Air in charge of Administration, Command Far East,

Acting Vice Marshal Mellorsh There is no mechanic aboard any served in the Far East as Comman- of the British and American airlift der of 231 group during the war and planes flying between the Bizone at Bengal and Cegion.Associated and Berlin, so an examination of the Press.

was impos- engines during Bight sible," the report concluded.

The acting Mayor, Mr Ferdloand Friedensburg. charged the Russians with bad faith in refusing to permit the Berlin representative of magistrato or City Council to attend the trial as an observer, At Boatia, second city

"We should make it plain to the Island, he told his followers again: Sevict judges of vestering and to

The agency report made no men- "My firm hope is that I shall be merrow that this verdict cannot

tion of what happend to the two I soon to lead the nation at the alter our silitude. called nead of a Government worthy of the tinue to stand firm for our

crew members after they had baled German fatherland," said Mr Frie-but-Reuter. treat country that is France."

M. Andre Malraux, the General's densburg

Ife reminded the 50 members of propaganda chief, announced today the launching of a scheme for selling political and labour organisations and envelope stickers at 50 francs each. the 100 German and Western news- The silckers would demand the die-paper men who attended the meet- solution of the National Assembly ing that the Soviets still were hold- und general elections According to Ing 36 West sector police and 22 City de Gaulle headquarters, they would employees. These men were seized forcibly from the Western Ilaison act as a sort of "popular referendum" In favour of elections as the General offices, a week ago." hopes to be swept back to power. United Press.

JUDGES CASTIGATED BREAD TO COST MORE

Mr Hubert Schwennicke, chairman Parls, Sept. 14.-Bread will cost French housewives 45 per cent more of the Liberal Democratic Party, tomorrow than it did today. This is charged that the Soviet verdiet was in accordance with the new in- "an attempt to open a riew Com- prices munistic regime in the Soviet Zone creases in French whoot

are fixed annually by the and in Berlin". which Goverment at harvest time.

The decree published today raises the, price in Paris from 24 francs a kilograme loat to 35 franes and to 30 francs in the provinces-Reuter,

BIGGER RATIONS

The Soviet judges who announced this verdlet are themselves as guilty of offences against humanity as the Nnal leaders secused and sentenced

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STRIKERS STONE. POLICE

14.-Hun San Francisco, Sept. dreds of oil refinery strikers, threw stones in a two-hour ballle with the polloe today in 411 unsuccessful attempt to drive non-striking main- tenance men out of the plant.

The police used tear gas in.re- ply. A policeman, a State highway patrolman and four strikers were was believed seriously injured. taken to hospital but none of them

This was the first outbreak of mass violence in California's 1-day old wages afrike, which has cur tailer supplies along the West Const. Router.

the station wall

nt Nuremberg," sold Mr Schwen TRAIN JUMPS RAILS

The German central administration Rlo do Janatro, Sept. 14-A for the Soviet Zone took another lieavy freight train left the rails at near here, today and step toward Sovietisation of Ger- Sambulo, many, today with the announcement crashed through

of the Pragic, Sept. 14-A Ceech cabinet that "uniform Relch identity cards Into a street where somq meeting today approved Increased will be issued to all people of the trucks overturned.

The fire brigade were called us rations of bread, flour. margarine Soviet Zone."

American-licensed" Nouc

there was danger of oil catching and sugar, for everyone under 20

fire. years of age and for nil adult manual Zeitung said reliable

Heavy lieved the Soviets would attempt to

material damage and clerical workers.

Everyone will receivo an increased require identity cards for all Ger-caused but there were no casualties

-Router. potato ration-Reuter.

mans in Berlin,

Tho

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