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Truman, Dewey Disagree Over Palestine
Signs Of Changing
U.S. Policy
Paris, Oct. 25.-Domestic American politics kicked up fresh clouds of confusion around the Palestine issue in the United Nations today, threatening to kill the controversial Bernadotte plan for a revised Holy Land partition.
The flareup between President Truman and the Presidential Republican candidate, Mr Thomas E. Dewey, over Palestine policy came just as the American diplomats here thought they had the issue well buried until after the presidential elections.
Many
United Nations diplomats interpreted the latest statements by the
President and
contradictory.
Mr Dewey
As
A few days before the Assembly convened, the United States Secre tary of State, Mr George Marshall announced that
the United States socalled Bernadotte plan as a "basis" for settlement.
favoured the
Representatives of Israel, busily Bernadotte proposal fighting the behind the scenes of the General Assembly, rejoiced today at the news statement of President Truman's
"the fact that the United States
official policy is against the moll- fication of Israel's territory without
Reactions
ToDominion Conference
No More "British" Commonwealth.
London, Oct. 25.-Britain
of her
* Jerael's consent, is of far reaching dropped the word "British" be-
Importance," an official Israel! state-fore "Commonwealth” .ment said.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
MR THOMAS DEWEY,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1948.
REBELS' ORGY OF MURDER
IN KOREAN TOWN
Sunchon's Two Days Of Terror
Sunchon, Korea, Oct. 25-Bloodspattered Sunchon was dark and silent tonight save for an occasional gunshot. For two days rebels, up from Yosu, ruled the city with murder and brutality,
An estimated 600 persons were killed in its capture by the Communist-led rebels, their two-day rule and its recapture by loyal Korean troops.
At lönat 22
mon have been executed by Loyalista and police for siding with the robela.
The insurgents staged a reign of terror for the two days, according to U.S. Army Lieutenanta Gordan D. Mohr and Stewart Greenbaum. They were military advisers to the Korean Army's 14th Regiment, which Greenbaum said "went crazy" at Yosu on Wednesday and started the insurrection which flashed through this South Korean area.
According to Lt. Greenbaum soirie The Insurrection started, the twoj Americans said, when soldiers of the insurrectionists offered to surrender And Regiment at Yosu rebelled against to Korean army soldiers who an order sending thera to Chot been sent here from Kwangju
Lis. Green Island, where Communist guerillas at the rebe! march
baum and Mohr said local Korean have been operating for months.
વ
Two weeks earlier Major Ohsullers declined to accept the rebel, to enter Dong-kee, an officer in the Regiment, arms and allowed them had been arrested on ruspicion of Sunchon, which has a population of Communist activities. The Ameri- 40.000,
U can officers. believe the Major hud Locni police, however, knowing "organised" 15 per cent of his Re-the fate of giment.
The rebel rute blighted this once gay city in a valley of rice fields. Murdered men shrouded in rico sacks le along the roadways, Grieving children and bewildered stumble along searching for missing fathers and relatives.
women
NO LIGHTS
Streets are guarded by machine. guns. Charred and blasted bodies still dot the streets. There are no lights after nightfall.
Sunchon was much harder hit than first reports indicated.
The rebel band of about 2,000 soldiers and 400 police and civilians arrived from Yosu on Wednesday morning. They were well armed with American Garand rißes and Ammunition seized at Yosu.
own free will at the recent The statement made plain that the stacli United Nations delegation Commonwealth Conferencé considered that the American Co-London, and the Conference did vernment is switching from the not discuss the change at all, DEFENCE ALLIANCE
Mr Louis St Laurent, the Capa- support of the Bernadotte plan to a
in EIRE'S CONDITION FOR ANGLO-IRISH
position which, in recognising dlan acting Prime Minister.
Israeli's right to veto any proposed change in the partition plan, repre- rents opposition of the Bernadotte plan.
STRONGLY OPPOSED
when he re- said in Ottawa turned there from London.
"It Just occurred as a matter of course," he said.
But Mr R.G. Menzies, leader of Australian Israel opposed the Bernadotte the Opposition in the
on House
said in of Representatives. plan primarily because it calls the Jews to give up a large part of New York that the decision "will the Negev ares to the Arabs in re-shock millions of British citizens as turn for the Western Galilee. The it has shocked me." Arabs also opposé, ft vehemently- "We are apparently in the hands because it cuts for the recognition
of the Jewish state in Palestine and
of its right to exist.
Mr Harold Beeley, top Palestine expert in the British Foreign Offee the President's said that he read
na reaffirmation of the statement ns a Democratie platform which existed when M
Mr Marshall made his state- ment on the Bernadotte plan"
Mr John Foster Dulles, who has
mentioned as the likely Secre of State tary of it Mr Dewey wins the Presidency, withheld his approval from the Bernadotte plan when the delegation of which he is a mem- ber adopted, it as a basis for its polley in the impending Palestine debate..
Arab comment on the Truman and Dewey insistence on a Jewish state was tort
El khouri of Syria said: "You can tell President Truman to go to Mis
of politicians who, with absolutely
are
it
no authority from their own people, prepared to change tha character of the British Empire overnight." Mr Menzies declared.
Mr St.
in Ottawa Laurent said wan hoped
India would stay that In the Commonwealth. If sho wanted to serve her links with the Crown, it might be difficult to work out a suitable formula to meet her requirements.
WESTERN UNION Western Union, he said, was dis- cussed at length, and all agreed
was a perfectly proper step for Britain to join it under the United
Nationa
Charter's provisions for
regional pacts.
In Australia, while the Adelaide Advertiser said that it was clear the Conference had achieved "a, useful,
Morning Herald declared
Partition Must
Abolished Be
London, Oct. 25.-Eire, soon to become an inde. pendent Republic, will not enter into, any defence arrangement with Britain until abolition of the partition of Ireland, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr Dean MacBride said today.
Mr MacBride, in an interview with the United Press, declined to be more specific, but well informed sources amplifying his views, said that no Eire Government could consider such an arrangement while the six counties of Northern Ireland are occupied by British troops.
In a discussion of Elre's position in the light of the forthcoming ro-
Relations peal of External
Act the last tenuous link with the British Commonwealth-Mr MacBride said that his nation's action would im- prove rather than hurt Its present relationship with Britain.
"Ireland's decision is in no way motivated by an hostliity to the Eritish Commonwealth of Nations or to Britain," he said. "On the con- oven constructive purpose," the trary, one of the reasons which has souri and tell the people there what Sydney Conference "ended as it take this step is its desire to remove prompted the Irish Government to
Mr
began-with fine platitudes.
to do in their state."
The Syrian delogale said that neither President Truman nor Dowey had any business "inter- fering" in the Holy Land issue,
DIPLOMATS CONFUSED
The Prime Minister of Lebanon said: "The Palestine problem will be
solved by the Palestine people alone and not by either President Truman or Mr Dewey."
flurry of the cause of friction which have
marred Anglo-Irish
hitherto
The Ceylon Minister of Labour, tianships. Mr T. B. Jayah, declared in Colombo today that the Conference
had "drawn the Dominions closer necessity together and shown the
BONE OF CONTENTION
irritant. By removing this reminder of the tragic history of our relatiori ship with Britain, the Irish Govern ment is taking a constructive step for the betterment of our relation ship with Britain.
in
many policemen Yosu, fred on the rebels. Li Mohr
every- said the pollee "fired on thing" and one bullet drilled a hole as he walked- in his bost heel toward the police station.
Battle Over Banking Legislation
APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL TROOPS JOIN REBELS
the London, Oct. 25.-The battle The police station fell to rebels in the evening and resistance over the Australian banks was within the city ceased. Lt Green-transferred to London.. today baum said that soldiers who had been sent to repel the Insurtec when the Federal Government presented to the Judicial Com- tianists Jained them instead.
The victorious. rebels... staged mittee of the Privy Council parade and were applauded by men special leave to appeal against and women who joined them, un- furling the flag of the South Korean an Australian High Court deci
That sion restraining the Communist Labour party. flag and the banner of the Comment from carrying out its munist-dominated Russian puppet bank nationalisation legislation. government North Korea was
Govern-
WAS
The Australian banking bili seen later over ometal and other buildings in Sunchon.
passed by both Houses of Represen. After the parade, the insurrectatives and State and received Royal tionists executed anti-leftists
and Assent in November 1947. Immo- policemen.
The bodies of 80 of diately, trading banks and the State Governments of Victoria, South
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in For the first time
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Elre's reports that secession might weaken the barrier to Communism in Western Europe.
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When it was reported here that one or two Dominions which were
The External Relations Act which commented on the point of severing their re- the Stale Department
provides for an assent of the British there was no conflict between Pre- Jallons with the Commonwealth Crown in the appointment of Irish sident Truman's support of the old now doubling the wisdom of such
diplomatic representatives ran coun- Marshall's
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"We bellove this is possible," he
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people became crystallised of relations."
said, providing the Commonwealth "They gave me the German point of free." desire for the establishment of a
He submitted this section of the He said that he is due to dia-
was Intended
of passage relationship."
Mr MacBride said that he realised cusa the German dismantlingt pro- Constitution
uarantee freedom' British leaders
was not goods between states and their difficulties in the path of con-gramme tinuance of exchange of rights, but London-United Press.
effective in any way whatever 10 stop the banking legislation. n course.
as a lawyer, my experience is that such legal difficulties can be solved The parücipation of India, Pakis-
if the wil is there to find a solu- tan and Ceylon along with the other and to a true republican tradition. long-established Dominions, grently "Thus it became the bone of con- tion."
of
the tention. in our relationship
Asked whether the change is like- added to the importance Conference, ite added.
Britain and commonly acted as an ly to affect the Irish populations in
the Dominions, Mr MacBride said:
San Francles, Oct. 25.-The North Government's petitions. The result lerklota, ilustrated by 24 Line drawings, "Nothing can alter physical facts. China Communist radio announced of the orders made in the Australian
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The hearing was adjourned until the greatest possible contribution to
have as in the United States, con- troops had occupied Kaifeng, capital the Banking Act altogether.
of Honan province.
tomorrow.Reuter. the Commonwealth for the sake oftributed greatly to the building up
The news, heard by the Associated world peace and humanity at large. of these nations. I cannot conceive
Poss listening.
post in San Press Political quarters pointed
that any action would be taken to
the Chinese high Francisco, follows however, that the value of the Com- deprive these countries of the con-
Command withdrawal to the South A "CONSPIRACY"
monwealth association to a country tribution of our people made there
Ideals of de- and the abandonment of Chengsien Mr Pieter Kounemann, the Com- must be based on an equitable dis- in support of the
of responsibilities by the mocracy and christianity."United and other points in Honan province. munist Party leader, described the charge
Associated Press. Press. Conference as "a conspiracy to sup-member nations.
the press
democratic peoples'
FEW DECISIONS movement in the Empire, spear-
New Delht: The British-owned Outwardly, the Bellish spokesmen headed by the Communist parties, showed little concern over, the and consolidate
the
reactionary newspaper. Statesman, sald today it Truman-Deway exchange. United coalition under British and Ameri- seemed plain that few or no decisions the Commonwealth can leadership for an ant-Soviet were taken at
talks in London, but that the Con- war,"
De N. M. Perers, leader of
ference was not, on that account, the (Trotskylsl) Jess Important. Lanka Sama Samaj
"Whether India and Pakistan stay or not their in the Commonwealth to hositato the so-called Prime Ministers now know and soon Commonwealth and become an inde- their Governments and Forliaments
Does this mean that the United States will fight for adoption of the Bernadotte plan when the Palestine debate begins next week? they naked. Or does it mean that the whose support is United States necessary to win the necessary An- sembly approval will hold back Bernadotte plan comes up when the for approval?
was of particular The answer Importance to Britain whose officials here have been 'bully working behind the scenes with American officials on the actual proposals for carrying out the Bernadotte recom- mendations.
Press.
BURMA'S . SOS
Bush
Leftwing lenders saw in the Con- ference a further indication of a line-up against the Soviet Union.
the
Party, said the if his party came to
power it would not "break away from
British pondent Republic."
out,
will know-if not quite so intimate-
For the Bolshevist Leninist Party 17"
Russia Finances Vast New
Polish Heavy Industries
has Ru Baia Oct. 25. -
nearly poured Paris, US$500,000,000 into postwar Poland to build vast new steel and other industries, the United Nations was told yesterday.
London, Oct. 25.-The. Government: wants moro help In quelling the rebels who have thrown Burma into civil war, N
(another Trotskyist Party), Mr Col- comments on the advisability' or delegate to the Assembly's 88-nation some The Burmese Foreign Minikkar, “U
vin De Silva also condemned the otherwine of India's remaining in the Nyaw Nyein, arrived in London on
as "reactionary" Conference Saturday to ask Foreign Secretary
and Commonwealth, but withheld judg- Mr Emcat, Bevin for more planes,said that his party stood for separa-ment of the issue.
In New York, the Herald Tribune arms and ammunition to use against on from the Commonwealth.
The future status of India and said the London Conference pro- posterous" the rebels.
Pakistan formed
to- tion of "the strength inherent in a only subjects of comment receive a vided the world with a demonstra-
of free with day on the Conference in London. voluntary association The views reported in despatches peoples.
A Foreign Office, spokesman said that Mr Nyein will see Mr Bevin in the latter part of the week Bevin is expected to return from aria on Wednesday.
Britain has supplied some Limited quantities of a to Burrta nder
—Associated Press..........
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REINFORCEMENTS FOR GUERILLAS
They Answered
the
Athens, Oct. 25.-The Athens Call agency, quoting presa dispatches, reported today that rein- forcements for Greek guerillos were arriving daily from Albania and Yugoslavia.
A Greek General Staff· spokes- man quoted by the agency said that Mount Government forces in the Vernon range in Western Macedonia had had to withdraw. north-cast- wards about one kilometro under strong guerilla pressure.
He added this withdrawal was of
a purely local nature.--Reuter.
M. Most indian leaders based their Tadensz Lychowski. Polish industries through credits equal to US$400,000,000 at "rather zaid that a favourable terms". Economic Committee
"Poland did not, however, receive charge that the
Aid For Strikers British delegato's money aimed at industrialising Po- any substantial help from the West,"
Edinburgh, Oct. 25.-The Scottish land for Soviet baneft, was "too pre- he added. He put the figure of
American, British and other Western Area Executive of the National nailons postwar loans to Poland at Union of Mineworkers of Great He claimed that Russia 'bad sent
decided Britain
today to sond "technical assistance" alena US$20,000,000 to US$30,000,000.
M. Lychowaki accused Britain of £1,000 to "help their French com- hugo leant for the contruction arlow
now Fojlsh steel plant capabio favouring the "status quo" regarding rades In their fight for better con- from Now Delhi and Karachl wegh: Both the Herald Tribune and the of producing about 1,500,000 tons industrial development of under-ditions."
developed countries. He said. that Karachi: Ometal dreies endorsed New York Times.. agreed, that the yearly.
It was also decided to recoth Since the war, he said, Russia has British declarations to the contract the view expressed during the Con- Conference proved the Commen
atcel, develop "helped! Poland
togs.Associated Press.
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