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Two Air

Disasters Reported

LOSS OF LIFE

Sydney, Sept. 28. — At

least

wero

people seven believed killed in A Royal Australian Air Force Catalina flying boat which crashed tonight

mountain

on

peak in Lord Howe Island, South Pacific, during air de- fence exercises.

Two men were dragged from the" machine before it burst into mes after falling down a steep incline. preventing further rescue work, the Australian Air Department said.

The Catalina was said to be dying from Rathmines, New South Wales, to the Isinor, which is 400 miles east

of Sydney.

The Australian Air Depnelment Bak the Catalina hit the mountain Thank about

Australian p.m.

7

time and then fell to the bottom of a steep incline-Reuter.

CREW KILLED

Douglas, Isle of Man, Sept. 28.- Al four crew members were

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TODAY'S WEATHER: Moderato or fresh easterly windst scattered showers during the morning, becoming infrequent.

1 p.m. Observations: Barometrio pressure, 1018. mba., 29.99 in. Temperature, 82.8 deg. F. Dew point, 76 der. F. Relative humidity, 81.Wind direction, East, Wind force, 18 knots.

High water: 8 Ct. 1 in, at 9.25 p.m. Low water: ft. 0 to at 1.18 ... (Thursday),

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hongkong Telegraph. G

Condemus Russia

DR PAUL SPAAK

A Russian

Version Of

killed when a four-engined Halton Berlin Talks

civil transport plane crashed today on a lonely mountain side on the west coast of the Isle of Man. There were 110 passengers.

The was flying in the Bel-

plane fast-Liverpool "Milk Lift" service, which for rome time had been ferry ing about 30,000 gallons of badly needed milk daily from the British mainland.

Belfast to

the

found

When rescue squads wreckage, the wind was blowing at gale force, but visibility was almost Till-Reuter.

here are finding some producing beef and

Berlin, Sept. 28.-A Soviet account of the breakdown in the talks between the four Military Governors in Berlin anid today that on September 7 the Soviet Command submitted "practical proposals for lifting the traffic restrictions hotween Berlin and the Western Zones which would have fully restored communica- tions.

"The Soviet Command even pro- posed a volume of goods traffic

of

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948.

SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY CREATES FEAR DECLARES SPAAK

Stinging Accusations In UN Assembly

Paris, Sept. 28.-M. Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian_Foreign Minister, told the United Nations General Assembly here today that Europe "had enough of Hitlerism and Fascism,” and did not "need to submit itself now to any Totali- tarian regime."

"It is we who wish the free circulation of human beings," he added amid cheers.

"It is we who are ready to submit ourselves to the investigation and judgment of other nations. It is not we who wish to shut ourselves behind an iron curtain by refusing to co-operate.”

was

M. Spanks, who was speaking when the General Assembly resumed its afternoon session, said that Russia had shown ɛ complete lack of understanding of the western world. Mr. Vyshinsky's speech cloquent proof of this and deserved an answer,

If the speech was for propaganda There was not a single country in purposes then the Western countries the world, including Asia and Africa, had the right "to use counter where the Soviet Government re- propaganda.”

presentatives missed opportunity If the speech was sincere it showed to weaken that country morally,

Ignorance of great

Western politically and socially, he added. thoughts and wishes and it was therefore imperative that these mis- takes and Impressions be redressed

"In some countdies Comimis was perhaps a test which had to be It is a test to which applied, but the Western world should not have to submit," he said.

"

M. Spaak stated that the basis of Belgian polley was the fear of the Russian Government in Moscow.

BANEFUL ATTACKS

M. Spauk characterised Soviet attack on the Marshall Plan; which, he said, was "Europe's only hopo of salvation," as the most baueful that could be imagined. another reason, he added, why we

are afraid."

This was

we

Prison For Smuggler

Singapore, Sept 28.-Ed- ward Herman, a 26-year-old Swiss flight engineer, WAN sentenced hero today

to

wa

months' imprisonment for Im porting without Authority nairly £125.000 in treasurd

which the Court

Court conflicated.

Herman Was

от д KLAY Dutch Airlines-Dakota · which lamiled at Slugapore from the East Indies on Sunday, The prosecuting officer sald that Herman acted suspiciously and tried to avold the customs being After

examination. questioned, he declared B packet of gold.

When searched, Herman was found to have a body beli containing 282 diamonds, 114 Bovereigns. USS2.150, £133 in travellers' cheques and Aus- tralian £25 In £1 notes.

Herman niso produced from US$1,330,300 Dockets guilders. A £60 and a cheque- for Straits $1,000.

Counsel

for

defence sald Herman had been offered £30 for every kilogram of gold de- livered to an address in Singa- pore, Realer.

Common Defence For Western Europe

FULL AGREEMENT REACHED

Paris, Sept. 28-Defence Ministers of the five "Western Union" European Nations on Tuesday moved to establish a permanent international-com- mand to prepare the defence of their end of the

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The Case Against Russia Is Ready

Paris, Sept. 28, The Wes torn powers' case against Russia on Berlin was reported on Tuesday night to be ready for immediate Security Coun cil action.

A source close to the diplomats drawing up the detalled charges, running to more than 30 pages, salch the Council might meet on it before the weekend but no definite dato will be set until the United Nations formally receives the case.

The Assembly general debate wilt go in on Wednesday with the pro- spects

cels that it might end

In the afternoon. The big 58 nation, com- mitters are already, at work. This breaka precedent, for in previous sessions the delegates finished the big opening round of debate bo- fore going to committees.

IDENTICAL, NOTES

It was said that the three powers, France,

the United States, and Britain, would hand to Mr Lie, UN Secretary General, identical notea asking that the Council consider tho Berlin crisis.

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Backing up these notes, an in- formed source added, could be the long review of the whole case published by the three powers last Monday, This runs to more than 30 pages.

A Soviet spokesman at the AS- sembly answered speculation, that the Russians

might

tho boycott Berlin Issue in the Council..

He said those persons spreading such reports bear the responsibility, for illem

that Russin would be

Asked whether the Russians would try to

there.

bent

the Western. powers to the punch with charges of their own, he

have to

und see."

zakd "you will wait until the couneli meets

foreign France's

minister, M. Robert Schuman, appealed to the UN to do something about the Berlin black atic.

Beef And Pork

"Does my speech mean that all is The Belgian alegate then asked: Scarce In Canton between Berlin and the West which

Inst? Of course not. I believe we

Winding up a two-day meeting in the French War

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before.

are LACK OF CONFIDENCE.

too close to the war, to the

Ministry in the presence of American and Canadian renched Canton: Sept. 28-Housewives had never

suffering we have gone through, too appreciated by

observers, the British, French, Dutch, Belgian and. difficulty in This proposal was

Looking towards the Russian de- close to our dend, our orphans and dishes the Western Commanders as right pork

Luxemburg Ministers pledged one another a policy of ne-legation he added: "Owing to your widows, to be insincere when these and as a favourable basis of wing to the scarcity

common defence under the five power pact of Brussels. Hotlations.

conduct

the speak of peace and co-operation." rendercel you have

They should commodities on local markets..

bentia with # United Nations ineffective. We had Mont

are market stall-holders

"In spite of this, the negotiations placed all our

in this cotacular coup, a compromise. It The permanent command is to an extent to which confidence

the United a Sinuled quantity selling

of both

carry out this policy and to co-States and Canada *111 be able practically

France, Mr Schuman said, no mero organisation and you are obliging they failed to achieve that commodities or not selling them at were interrupted and

and us to seek our salvation not within promise they falled to speak a com-ordinate production procure- materially

back the alliance than Poland thinks of reviving a mon language. all. because they say that the Gay-roken off on the initiative of the

ment of material for their integrated short of entering into controlled

its framework, but by regional e7-

an Germany equipped for aggressive ernment's

price makes American Commander,"

military establishments, according medinte full scale military treaty. we would have

to a communique

war. But, he said, France will not for it

them to sell at o necessary

rangements which

issued by the 2. Tower rate th what they them-

repeat the mistake of the last war meeting.

whe Germany was "hunded over to selves have to pay."

neployment and Isolation," which resulled, he said, in a turn to Hitler.

Associated Press.

Slaughter houses are said to be Iess-busy than before while it is alleged that pigs are being smuggled to Hongkong where better prices prevail-Reuter.

TOO REALISTIC A PERFORMANCE

agreement

of

elivided

comprehension the UN has stil

con-

further

com-

Dr Roberto Arbelaez, the Colom bian delegate, affirmed his country's belief in freedom and deplored the tendency for great and powerful nations to interfere in the affairs of others.

to

Co-ordination of the five na- tions' milltary re-armament plans in East-West the light of mounting tension In Germany.

3. General slowdown of demobiil-

partial remobilisation in event of

relations..

further deterioration in East-West Typhoon Kills 15

The account, attributed by Berlin Radio to authoritative Soviet quar-wished to avoid." ters, said the three Western Mili-

'He referred to the lack of Jary Governors hod "completely

The Ministers, Including Britain's Adence in the UN and said: "It deviated from the

He recommended that the United A. V. Alexander and France's Paul atmosphere of Nations should not Interfere in the integration drafted by the Chiefs of sation and completion of plans for reached by the four Governments seems to me that the prevalling

on this Ramadier, studied reports in Moscow"-the same charge the feeling is that the Western

made powers

against lack

which internal affairs of Spain. Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky,

Minister. Staff of the five participating na- The Brazilian Foreign The account of the Berlin talks deepened."

Dr Paul Fernandes, told the As- tions.

permanent international, given in yesterday's American

There could be no greater sembly that it was not and should

deelded, White Paper, Soviet quarters

admit that fich not be a clearing house to settle command, the Ministers nsserted, clic not "correspond to disillusion than to

by mutual will include elements of a land, sea a society as the United Nailons could international disputes not succeed because of a lack of concessions and compensation, nor and air command under a perman- ent milliary chairman to study understanding of each other's paint a court of law nt to render desire tactient and technical problems of

It was rather a forum of view.

should on occasions defending Western Europe. every nation plead its own cause before world opinion and "should always plead that of justice, equity and liberty." United Reuter.

Wolfion, Maryland, Sept. 28the facts."--Reuter. Wesley Swopo, Jnr.. 44, can bark like a squirrel. lie learned it the hard way.

Hunting on his farm near here. ho decided to prey by Imitating its chatter. His father, 77, who henrd Wesley's was also hunting, barks and fred.

Wesley, Jur., was painfully pep- pered In the neck with shot gun pellets. United Press.

EDITORIAL

M. Spank said that Mr Vyshinsky had spoken a lot of what he called the "war-mongering" campaign that allegedly existed

In the

LIFT SLIPS CABLE Parla, Sept. 28. Two people were sightly injured when a lift in the Palais de Cholllot, where the United | States, Britain and countries of Nations Assembly is meeting, slip Western Europe. So far as Belgium ped its cable and fell about half a was concerned, he did not know of a floor, today.-Reuter.

political party or responsible wished to be who personality Derring to the details given by

Early Morning Radio

programmes, while not startingly original, appear to be somewhat better balanced. Listeners, how- ever, are sill pallently walling for the early morning setaions for whitch there is been and

RADIO Hongkong performed to "humanise ning and

service to its listeners last Sunday in the manner it gavo Information about the threaten- Ing typhoon and was an example of what commonsense can де compliati. The hourly bulleins possessed two distinct improve- ments

over previous efforts. In the first place they

were

expressed in plain language and listeners in the Colony could appreciate where and how the erolone was developing without having to search for atlases; secondly the bulletins kept listeners Informed as to signals and the movement of the Star ferry. Although, in this case, the typhoon did not reach flongkong and in consequence there could be but slight changes in thin hourly Laformation

service, the

improved that there is every

до

READOR

kong

to

In the bulleting was

long- sive

expect

nadlo

entirely Bavisfactory service in

In the future 10

more

reporting approaching typhoons. Credit too must go to the Royal Observatory whose offfelals, all too clearly, appreciated the need

the publlo for Elving comprehensive Information as to the movements of the typhoon. The outcome of th

this taim work reflroteil creditably on all con- cerned. It is to be trusted that Radia Hongkong's

10.01 BU DOCES Sunday is but symptomalla of an all-round Improvement in the stations' ' services, There has been, discerned some endeavour

still in a clamour. Our Impres slon was that several months aro It was officially agreed in prin- ciple that Radio Hongkong should introduce early morning programmes. Why then the delay in giving effect to this So fir as can be seen

decision? 80 only procrastination stands in the way of this radio service being offered to the publia. has already been made clear, that -the majority of licenes

holders are prepared to meet the extra

costs of additional transmission

hours by an increase in licence fees.. A fee of $20

a year reasonable, and would be wholly sufficient to cover studio

la.

techuical charges for the creased hours of broadcasting: would also enable Radio Hong- kong to engage much needed ad-

personnel to bring about improvements in programmes, Thero lurks a suspicion that the proposal to give Radio Hongkong

lateners

early

morning

pro- Crammes has been Digeon-holed which, if so, will cause consider- able resentmerit amongst thore desire this dally feature who 'and are prepared to help pay for It A statement from Government on to lis intentions concerning early morning radio. programmes in awalled.

single

Mr Vyshinsky of war-like articles published in America giving the distances between Russian ellies, M. Spock said:

"I would like to put a singlo

Vyshinsky: question to Mr

Docs lie wish to give me an assurance that never has the General Staff of the Soviet Union estimated the distance between, say, Moscow and London?"

POLICY OF FEAR

Shertok Off

Το

in Count.

Assembly

is believed to have the "conclusions"

People

of

It was authoritatively learned par- ticular atention is being given to the effects the five powers' limited pro- | Paris, Sept. 28-Fifteen peoplo paredness programmes will have on were killed and 20 injured when the European Recovery Programme a typhoon bit tho province (ERP). STANDARDISED EQUIPMENT

Tonkin in French Indo-China Inst Officials said because Britain's con- night, the French press agency re The communique did not use the expression "ualfled command" which tribution to the Western European ported today.

described 25 the had been suggested, but indiented re-armament will be the largest, it that arms and equipment as well is possible so will get a bigger worst for 10 years, with winds of will be thare than has already been allocated more than 60 miles an hour, as training programmes standardlard.

to her under EBP.

paralysed electrical and transport The International Command is to Officials stressed that the, current services in Hanol and function under the direction of the ricetings of the Ministers and their communications. Details five Defence Ministers acting as a Chiefs of Staff are no sudden event, damage were not available owing "Western Union" Defence Commit but have been long scheduled to the breakdown of the telegraph

systemReuter. Associated Press.

too

the

programmes.

ARMY OFFICER DISMISSED

20.-The War sentence of

Military talks

are understood Tel-Aviv, Sept. 28-Mr Moshe authoritatively to be covering these Shertok, the Israeli Foreign Minister, aspects of joint defence:

1. will leave for Paris by air tomorrow

General speeding up of to lead the Israel delegation for the five powers millary United Nations General Assembly debate on Palestine.

Mr Shertok strongly dotte's last report to the United Nations, especially the "The basis of our policy. Is fear proposal to give the Arabs the

London. Sept. of you, fear of your government, southern Negev area, when he office has confirmed fear of your policy," M. Spank sald, addressed a closed

meeting of the dismissal from the service passed on Council State

Inst "You are feared because you speak Israeli

night.

Caplain John Stuart Smith by a It is believed he will. ask for a of Imperialism so often. There is

London which court martial in Jewish corridor to Jerusalem but emerging only one great power

neglect found him guilty of

of ogree to the from the war-powerful from hav- that be may

inter- German Interces at the Bud nationalisation of the Jewish Old ing conquered other territories and

Nenndort interrogation camp. City if the Jewish quarters of the Captain Smith was found innocent that is the USSR.

New City go to Israel.

of charges of manslaughter growing Count Bernadotte's report, which out of the deaths of two internees reached Paris on

the day of his at the comp-Associated Press, assassination, proposed that the Hostilities in Palestine should be

"It is because of the war that you have annexed the Baltic coun- iries, a portion of Finland, al portion of Poland, and it is because of your

polley very audacious

that you reached Poland, Prague, Bucharest not arc you and Berlin, which ready to leave. It is because of ali this that we feel you are on the very brink of the thine,

ended, and that the frontises be- Tween Jewish and Amb terrliories should be determined by a United Nations technical commission.

After broadly defining the suggest-

Conversion Date Extension

Shanghal, Sept. 29-A posalbin

The truth is that your foreigned frontiers, the repert called for a extension of the September policy is more audacious and am declaration from the United Nallons 50 deadline. for the conversion billous than that of any other nation, that the new limits must be respect of foreign currencies, and gold bars We fear you also because of theed and meinta:red.

into gold yuan was last night indicat- It further proposed the established in informed quarters in Nanking, polley you assume in this Assembly

abuse of the ment of Huila Port and Lyddn Air and your use-and

reports from the capitol said. port as free centres; the protection yelo

"As long as any nation or country of Arab rights in Jewish terrors wishes to impose its will over the and the setting up of a Uniter majority of the nations, this organi-Nations Palestine Conciliation Com sation will not give all the resulta mission-cuter. we had hoped it would give.

The authorities were reported to have been discussing such a pos- billty in view of the short period of time In which tha people had to vert their holdings of United

dollars or

or bullion. "We fear you

Manchester, Sept. 20Mr. and Another Nanking report, however, country you are maintaliing a Fifth Mrs Emanuel Davidson were fined indicated that, under the now set of Column beskie which the Hitlerite nine, guincas today for unlawfully regulailens governing the control of Fitth Column was nothing more feeding rationed" oatmeal to 90 gold and silversmitha': 'shóps, tha' than a Boy Scout organization," Mchickens in a bedroom of thele conversion of gold and silver will, bo Spank added.

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