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Kwaja Nazimuddin (above), former premier of Bengal, has been ap pointed acting governor. general of Pakistan. - -AP Picture..
Marshall & Bevin Meet
Paris, Sept. 21.-U.S. Secre- tary of State George Marshall, British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and their envoys to Soviet Russin conferred for an hour today, official British
sources sald.
The presence of the envoys Indl cated the Berlin crisis was discussed. The informants offered no explana- tion why the French Foreign Minis ter, M. Robert Schuman
would meet France's Minister of Na-
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948.
Heavy Fighting In Chinese Communists Cloim
Latrun Area
ARAB ASSAULT ON JEWISH
STRONGHOLD
Tel-Aviv, Sept. 24.—Fighting which threatened to blow up into a major warfare occurred near Midya, a point southeast of Ben Shemen in the Latrun area today..
The Legionnaires early today stormed one of the The Jewish heights occupied by Israeli forces troops withdrew quickly and reformed at noon for a counter-attack which succeeded in recapturing the height.
Both sides reported losses in the brief and bitter akirmish. The Israeli military authorities said that there were "some" casualties.
At the same time, the Arab Legion sheliqd part of the "Burma Road"-alternative country rond leading from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv, Israeli troops returned the artillery fire.
The movement along the rond hospital under United Nations' su- continued unchecked, bul the pervision. Israeli authorities fear that the He added that Jewish firing in Arab attacks presaged a new effort Jerusalem lasted for eight hours last to choke off Jerusalem's Jewish night. There were no casualties. population from its food and sup- plies which normally move along these ronds to the coast-United Press.
MAJOR OFFENSIVE
Tel-Aviv, Sept. 24.—Arab troops,
violating the 10-weeks old Palestine trico, had launched a "major often sive against the Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem feline, won by the Jews in the week of ferre fighting between the truces," Israeli sources claimed to day.
The Arab forces, these sources said, were based on the Latrun area was not dominating
the highway
along present However, an aide to Mr which the Jews rua feod convoys to Bevin maid the British Minister the Holy City.
Israeli
military spokesman Hlonal Defence, M. Paul Ramadler, announced today that a "full" in within a few days.
vestigation was being made. Into British
sald the Bevin- sources
charges that the plane in Arab Ramadier meeting would be direct- which two British correspondents ly connected with the Four Power were killed yesterday was shot down differences. They said Mr Bevin
by a Jewish fighter,
Ramader France to undertake sillar meas- ures.--Associated Press.
there Was need
tery.
WORK MUST GO ON Dr Ralphe Bunche, acting United Nations Palestine Mediator, has in- formed the governments involved in the Holy Land conflict that he is continuing for the time being the Assassinated Count Bernadotte's insic
of bringing peace to Palestine.
"Count Bernadotte cannot be replaced. Its work, however, inust go on, his messa
sald.
Dr Bunche said that he had never asked and did matendo for bettyguard. He denied today that he had received any threaten- ing letters.
An Israeli military spokesman zaid tonight that Arab Legion forces at- tacked and captured the Jewish-held heights east of Lydda this morning, but Israeli forces later counter- attacked and recaptured them.
At the same time, Arab guns--of the 25-pounder type-began shelling the Jewish "Burma Road" in the Latrun area, the spokesanan added. Jewis artillery counter-shilled and intended to inform Rumadler of He declared that Arab planes halted Arab frame on the road be- Britain's renrinament programme. had been observed almost daily, tween Latrun and Ramallah. The Inference here was-at-Mr "obviously on reconnaisance" over Sporadic shelling continued-in-thus Bevin would seek to convince M. Calilee during the past week and area, he said.
for that Egyptian planes had several The Israeli police tonight recap- times recently tried to shoot down lured 25 of the 20 members of the Israeli airemft over Israel terri- Stern Gang who escaped from a Tel- Aviv prison carlier in the evening.
announcement John Nixon An official Jewish The correspondents Woodford of said the escaped, men had been le of the BBC, and
were killed tained in connection with Count London, Sept. 24-Miss Elizabeth the Daily Telegraph, Diaper arrived
food-short when na Arab airliner crashed near Bernadotte's assassination. The one England from Nairobi with a pre- the Transjordan frontier yesterday, man still at large was not identi- clous package.
Arab reports sald the airliner had fed by the police-Reuter. She had flown nearly 5,000 miles | been chased and fired on By u bolding it carefully on her Imp. In Jewish plane. Buckingham Palace Road she An- official Transjordan spokes- dropped it-and a double-decker man said in Amman that in Jerusa- bus squelched over a pound of bat-lem two Arabs were wounded-one ter, a pound of tea, a pineapple and of them in the Sopulchre of the a dozen eggs-Associated Press. Rock Square-by, fre
HEARTBREAK STORY
EDITORIAL
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Inconsiderate Conductors
the island, has
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THE public transpori problem, T. stance a lame girl. had only THE
notably on become something more than shortage of buses. Temporarily "there_is_a_dearth of public con. veyances because the taxi com- panies have withdrawn their cars from the roads in retaliation of a parital atriko by Bome of the drivers: and now comes com- plaints of boorish behaviour by China Motor Bus Company con- daclors The pabllo can appro- clate that in these days of short supply in goods and services It is bas not an easy matter to bring fleet up to required strength to meet the demand by travellers. It can also understand that dise putes between taxi companies atid their employees are to be: ex- pected from time to time, and with reasonable cheerfulness it can put up with the inconvenience of non-existent taxia until what time the disputes are mottled. But It cannot. neither should it be expected to tolerate Incivility and denial of consideration for passen- rers on the part of bus conductors and drivers. Bus companies, with their monopolistic franchise, owe to the public a courteous as well
an efficient service, Dangerou praalices on the part of conduc tor of signalling buses to pro- ceel before travellers have had a chance of mounting the vehicles must cease. Running to schedule is important, but not as much that the lives and limbs of passengers be placed
in Jeopardy, Two glaring examples have been cited by: a córrespondent. In one jud
mounted the steps of a bus when the driver signalled the vehicle to praeced-and if a serious accident had resulted i could have occasioned no surprise: in the other Instance two children were boarding a bus when the driver was signalled to continue, They might easily have been thrown off balance by the unexpected movement of the bus and have fallen under its wheels. Although not all bus conductors display such thoughtlessness and intoler ance, the cases quoted are not- Isolated and it is apparent that a strongly worded injunction is call. ed for from Company officials to conductors. In Kowloon it is noticeable that the dual-conductor system operates effectively In controlling the movements of buses in relation to passengers alighflag and boarding, and while this method is adopted on some of the buses in Hongkong. it could be employed on a wider scale and to greater advanture. Bat primarily the question re- volves around the individual con- doctor and his appreciation of the
hi responsibilities attached to work. Trud his job is по sinecare, and is not made easier by the boorishness of certain types of travellers. Nevertheless safely of his passengers is equally as important as collecting his fares and trying to keep to Ume- table, and he must make proteo- tion of his customers; from ̧nn=" necessary "socidents, one of his first duties. :
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Big Recruiting Campaign
Capture Of Tsinan
San Francisco, Sept. 24.-The Chinese Communists announced on. Friday the capture of Tsinan, one of the Government's last remaining footholds in the important Shantung province, of which it was the capital;
-There was no confirmation from, the Government; but latest Nanking dispatches had, indicated the fall of Tsinan was expected. They quoted Shantung's governor and commanding general, Wang Yao-wu, as radioing for imme- diate help, which was not forthcoming..
The Communist, radio in North Shensi province, heard by The Associated Press in San Francisco, said Tsinan was
'completely liberated" on Friday afternoon.
It said powerful Communist forces 'stormed into the walled Inner city and "wiped out" all remaining Govern-
ment troops.-Associated Press.
Six Million Go On
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French Workers Snap Strike
Paris, Sept. 24-France's industry, communications and transport were completely paralysed this afternoon when five to six million organised workers downed tools at 4 o'clock in answer to the two-hour general strike call of the major trade union federations.
serves the western All outward trains from the Gare St. Lazare, which' suburbs and the Normandy area were cancelled until 6 p.m. The only passengers trains allowed on the platforms were those who wanted to take their places on standing at platforms waiting for the 6 p.m. departure. "The Golden Arrow," famous Continental link with Britain, was affected. It stopped "somewhere on the line" and would be over an hour late, officials said.
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At Le Bourget airfield all, Alc France planes were grounded.
"everybody is on strike," a Control HK Admiralty
Tower told Reuter.
the
The Paris automatic telephone exchanges were working normally, but the city was cut off from rest of the country on telephone and urgent lelegraph lines except for
When life saving communtentions. Heater's Parla: &ffed fried to book long-distance call to Marseiller, through the inter-urban exchange, a duty operator said: "I am sorry but I cannot put an ordinary call through-only calls th thay sayo cannot tell you human Ilves. when the services will be. normal again."
Observers said that the general stake would be the most widespread ond thorough that France has ever known. It was called in protest against new taxes imposed by the Pilme Minister, M. Henri Queuille's Government and against the sharp rise-in-the-cost of living in the blu
citles.
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Soviets Fire Into
Air Corridor
Berlin, Sept. 24. The Russians threw anti-aircraft fire into
crowded airlift corridor on Friday-without hitting anything.
They told the Americans and British about it officially.one and a half hours after the shooting started.
The target practice lasted tige and a half hours at Dolle Airport. 23 miles west of Berlin in the
•Buckeburg nirland used by - British and American planes on their return flight from this city.
Then the Russians posted notice that they, Intended to shiri from air to ground firing, which could include practice shooting at ground targets and possibly somet bomb dropping
The Soviet shooting failed to slow down the supplying of Berlin by ajr but led British and American authorities to make a new protest,
The complaint was their second ablicy in two days against Soviet in the corridor.
ANGRY OFFICERS.....
A Yak fighter played dangerously close to an ürüner with 30 passen- gers in the corridor on Thursday- a wing to wing performance, that. appeared to have no purpose,
Airforce officers were especially 'fre. over the anti-aircraft angry One officer said the stuff was being thrown "dangerously high”-up to 10,000 feet, "which is as high as we fly."
London, Sept. 24.—Mr W. J. Edwards, the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, aid today that a carted another to offe
|-- Despite all this, bielift” piline petition had just been received and coal to Berlin in 444 nights, from the European section of the Admiralty police in Hong- kong regarding their pay and conditions of service.
These representations were bring carefully examined and a decision
be given us would practicable.
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This statement was made in a written Parliamentary reply to the Labour Member, Lieutenant Colonel plon, who has asked what action. the Admiralty proposed-to-lake-on the petition.-Router.
Trade Unions, with two "AXIS SALLY”.
and a half millllon members, it was
Joined by the Communist-led DENIES GUILT
General Labour Federation, which has about three million members.
The strike was maintained despite night's announcement by M.
last
Washington, Elizabeth
Sept. 24.-Mildred Gillars, 47-year-old United States citizen, alleged to have
been the Axis Sally" of Germon
Queuille's Government of a general broadcasts during, the war, pleaded
Almost as explosivo as the air incidents was the outbreak of a nows- paper war in which the American: ordered all Soviet sponsored nows- papers and publications banned from the United States zono of Germany. The ban did not apply to i the American sector of Berlin.
The Russions already had effec- publica- tively banned all western tions from their zone and the Berlin
pelyta Americans had repeatedly
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munist-controlled distribution mono- sector by setting up a tight Com-
to handle all printed matter. Tho
without effect. protested American action nullified the agree- ment of the Moscow foreign. ministers' .conference in 1947 for free exchange of information, throughout all four zones of Germany-Associ ated Press.
Hongkong HCL
wage increase of 15 percent. not guilty today to a treason charne Questionnaire
While the nationwide strike, was in Washington. called for two hours only, Paris was experiencing
The weekend Is your last The charge related to broadensts
opport- a 24-hour strike of public transport. No underground she was said to have made on the unity for filling in the Telegraph's HCL Questionnaire which is railway trains ran today: Public German radio.
published today on the back page, bus lines were also halted, though suburban railway lines were running as usual up to 4 pm:
Her lawyer, objected to Novem- ber 16 as the date set for her trial. He said: "We will noed President The transport strike meant that
He goes out five million people had to use bi-Truman as a witness
before,' (The cycles, taxis, private cars or hastily of office the day improvised services of trucks to get Presidential Elections are to be held
in November). to and from work,
The two-hour general strike sharp- ened the effect of the transport strike by suddenly bringing thousands of factory hands, office workers and shop assistants on to the streets, all at the same hour, instead of at the of stoppage usuni staggered hours between $ and 6 p.m.
London, Sept. 24.-Britain's cam- paign for rapid volunteer recruit- ment into the Armed Forces and the Riserves was carried a stage further
when forward tonight
the
Ale Ministry announced plans to open eight new recruiting centres in towns throughout England on October
the Tind already announced opening of eight other. Reserve centres in Britain on the same day. The Air Ministry also launched a drive today to get 10,000 men and 10,000 young women into Air De- of the fence units the "Eyes of
Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 21. Ten Fighter Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft persons were injured on Thurs- Guns"-lo man Britain's defeneta day night when special police Immediately in an emergency.
Officials of the Ministry of Labour broke up a mass meeting in Rio were tonight considering whether to de Janeiro with revolvers and
At the Gare du Nord station announce which occupations were tear gas. likely to be placed on the reserved"
porters stood Idle while passengers list in the event of
Tuggage any future The crowd gathered in one of the carried their mobilisation for war. Such a list city's parks after attending a civic trains, which stood Idio till the would. leave the Service, chiefs free meeting to organise against foreign strike ended. greatly to expand their Reserve exploitation of Bizika's oil deposits, lists. Reuter.
CREECH JONES'S ASSURANCE
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IDLE PORTERS
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Miss Gillars, who is also known as Mildred E. Sisk, will be held in custody until the trial-Reuter.
The intention of the questionnaire is to obtain data that will prove a useful guide for the Introduction of an accurate cost of living index in Hongkong.
When you have filled it in, cut it from the paper and return it to The Editor, Hongkong Telegraph, Wyndham Street, marking the en- velope. "HCL, Questionnaire." -
RUSSIA WANTS JAPANESE
INDUSTRY
EXPANDED
Washington, Sept. 24.-Russia today urged” that Japan should be allowed to expand her, industry to above the pre-war level with a control system”indling several years by "the powers most interested in proventă ing a new Japanese aggression."..
Big cafes round this station doing good trade as were The army's military-police - were. Paris restaurants where people
The Soviet Ambassador to the established, for a series of several summoned. by telephone:
crowded, footsore and weary, from United States, M. Alexander Panty-years a control, over the fuldtmont The campaign against foreign walking long distances. exploitation of oil is a Nationalist In line with
union instructions ukkkih, told the 11-Nation Far of this decision, to be exercised by drive heavily supported by the Com- all essential services
were main-Eastern Commission, that the Soviet those powers most interested in Government did not consider it rob- preventing a Japanese aggression, munist against the United States outained.
that any companies-Associated Press.
the
of Russia regarded as those "most in- It was terested"
now in preventing
con-
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No
to did not specify which powere
Among other groups who London, Sept. 24-Britain is do-
Paner tinued working. were: owner drivers termined to meet the "Communist
of some taxis; two large department Japanese industry, menace" in her colonial territories
stores and most of the city's cafes.not that industry but the "crimina, Japanese D and make it an ineffective political
Parliament Adjourns Cinemas displayed notices saying milliarists" force, the Colonal Secretary, Mr
for aggression in trol be included in the Japanese Arthur Creech
suld today.
peace treaty. Id added "the pre- the last war", - London, Sept 24-Parliament did desire At the same time, it
not
M. Funguskhin urged that: First, pamtion and conclusion of this A visitor to Paris for the first time to confuse political and economic agreed to adjourn today until Octo, at 6 pr.
limitations should be
treaty is long overdue." agitation. The Government's policy or 25 with a government pledge it said: "Tile is an amusing welcome. no limita
restoration
Hitherto, Rust has opposed the would be instantly recalled earlier Do they do this sort of thing all the on the was not designed in any way to If the troubled laternational situas imloy
Japanese Industry, which socks onling of a fall peace conference which nations ** When the train reached St Denis, satisfy the needs of the Japanese representingan trade unionism or workers legititian required it.
north of Paris, the Aleman, driver population, not upon the development played significant part in the mate organisations. All the evidence
and guard held a conference with of exports in accordance with the Pacific war. She has urged instead the station, authorities decided to needs of Japan's peaceful economy that the matter be worked out pro- Becond: The revival and creation Aminarily try the Big Four, na-
that the first performance would were responat explotted it who he urged that the proposed con..
suppress nationalist movements.
or
m in the onposite directions, Atorrin Q, FElina - Miniatomé
Wan
Mr Creach Jones was replying to opposition that its opinion on such
a short debate on conditions in a rucall would, be given full con- strike and then made themselves Malaya and the Gold Coast of West aideration at all times, during the editoristle for an hour, Sa.we of the Japanese war industry should for Russin the United States,
bo prohibited and there should be Deltabi and Chiris ---Hauter. Africa--Reuter.
month's recess Associated Press. Just, Had to wait."Routera
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