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Thongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949.

Jews Open Offensive In

Woman To Be

Executed

London, Jao, 4-The Brai woman to be exceuled

Britain for Will

12 over

10 the

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January 12. The decision of the Home Secretary, Mr James Chuter Edc.

Intervene

that he cannol

to secure a reprieve

was announced here today.

The woman is a 41-year-old Lane slire spinster, Margaret Alles, sentenced to death four

murdering weeks ago for

B

68-year-old woman neighbour. The 20th child of family of 22. Ailen had dressed as a for the last 13 years, 'man

her lur short and at Wore timen worked as a labourer.

Only five women have gone

to the scaffold in Britain in the

last quarter Renter.

of a century.

TORNADO KILLS 50

Warren, Arkansas, Jan. 4.- Tornadoes which ravaged this! small town of 7,500 people yes- terday and bore down on El Dorado, 40 miles away, and parts of Northern Louisiana, killed 50 people, injured about 360 and left a trail of devasta- tion.

The tornado, which struck War: ren. late yesterday afternoon, lasted only 15 minutes, but killed 46 and Many bodies injured nearly 300. were cut to ribbons by falling or flying, timber and debris. Sp far only 27 have been identified.

Mayor Jim Hurley said the

S'thn Palestine

TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM

EGYPTIAN SOIL

Against Britain

Accusation Against

Cairo, Jan. 4.-The Jews have opened up attacks all along the front in Southern Palestine at midnight yesterday and fighting continues, an Egyptian War Ministry spokesman said tonight. He said the Jewish offensive was directed against Egyptian advanced positions in the direction of Rafah, close to the Egyptian frontier.

The spokesman added that the Egyptian land forces had halted the Jewish push and that Egyptian aircraft destroyed most of 45 Jewish armoured cars moving forward to attack positions.

heavy

According to a Defence Ministry communique issued in Baghdad tonight, Iraqi units in Palestine have forced Israeli troops to retreat after inflicting "heavy casualties" in a battle still raging about three miles northwest of Galgilya.

the communique "The fighting is now developing in favour of our forces," said. The Iraqi troops drove back "hevay Israeli attacks, supported by artillery bombardment and machinegun fire," it added.— Reuter.

British

East Middle

experts ritory purely in the cause of military

Egypt will be careful toi operations and not with the intention belleve of occupying Egyptian territory.avold implied recognition of a treaty

whose

public validityEgyptian opinion has repeatedly challenged in Reuter.

the past three years. If Egypt. invokes the treaty, she will greatly jeopardise her position in any future

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ALARMING INCREASE IN

VIOLENT CRIMES

London, Jan. 4--The sudden and alarming ́increase in crimes. of violence in London promoted senior officers of the Criminal In- vestigation Department of Scotland Yard to discuss today frech steps to catch the thugs who are making streels and hanies un- safe.

Fifteen people have been attacked in London since Chirkimas Eve. Three were murdered. Others have been no seriously injured that they have had to be taken to hospital,

Three people were attacked with kulves in their homes.

A young mother of twins was found battered to death on a A former sailor was found London bombed site three weeks ago, strangled with his own tle at St Albans, a country town 24 milles 3 children's north of London, after attending with his daughter party.

A cartoonist, Harry Michaelson, was battered to death in hin flat in London's fashionable West End..

In his hut on an arterial A watchman, aged 69, was illed road leading northward out of London. Iis watch was missing.

Hooliganizm among young people in London suburbs seriously concerns police chiefs whose problems are increased by an acute

of recruits to the force, aliorlage

London alone need 5,000 more pulleemen,-Reuter,

GROWING THREAT TO TIENTSIN

Reds Concentrate More Troops Near City

Tientsin, Jan. 5.-The threat to Tientsin increased today with the concentration of larger Communist forces in the vicinity of the city. According to Chinese press reports, Hsiaotsan, 35 kilometres to the southeast of Tientsin, has become a "provision centre" for the Reds moving round this area, with an elaborate telephone system erected between Hsiaotsan and other southern suburbs.

The Communists are reported to be already minating some 40 towns and villages around Tientsin.

Military

the i There was no possibility experts quoted by Chinese press declared that Com- Nationalist and Communists munist forces from the Tangku area..operating, they claimed adding that

the concentrating they insisted

Generalissimo apparently

should remain as he is "the only man gradually around Tientsin.

Mr Yang Yi-chow, the Chairman who could lead China in peace or of the Tientsin City Council, told war." the Chinese press that a cessation of the fight was unnnimously demandca by all Chinese.

Whitehall quarters do not exclude the possibility of Egypt asking for British ald, particularly in the form of armament supplies, without re- ferring to the treaty, whose Article G clearly stipulates that Britain mustare come to Egypt's help if the latter is attacked by a third power.

ASSURANCE GIVEN Washington, Jan. 4.-The Israell Government has assured the United States that all Israeli forces have from Egyptian soll, been recalled

ISRAELI COMPLAINT Tel-Aviv. Jan. 4-An Israeli the State Department said today.

tonight declared The State Department added that oficial spokesman

the that Britain was "preparing the assurance was given after

for United States representative in Tel-more armed aggression in Israel." Aviv over the weekend "drew al- Ile aid British troops were on tention" to the fact that Britain and

Transjordan port their way to Egypt are linked by

Palestine- mutual of Aqaba and

to the defence pact.

Eyptian frontler.

Usually reliable sources here to

that the United "confirmed diny States hat approached Israeli on of Isrnell in- British complaints

Into cursion

Egyptian territory. No details were given of the

, A Foreign Office spokesinan move, reported in come quarters fused to say whether an Egyptian

the warning that have been a warn

nefar.

The news blackout on all im- United States recognition of israel appeal for help had been made so might be "endangered."

a visit by plications of the Palestine situation The reports followed

is still continuing and will be moin- Minister, Professor the United States

tained for at least the next 24 hours.

• Mr McDermott sold the United James MacDonald, on Sunday

the Israeli

CONFIDENCE IN LONDON States Embassy in Cairo had

tale fruited to warn the Egyptian. Mr David, Ben Gurion Moshe Covernment that such incidents as Shertok, the Foreign Minister. the recent naval ani aerial attacks In Palestine "can only result in ther extending the hostilities."

Bir Michael McDermott, the State Department spokesman. sald the American action was "laken after damage was at least $1,000,000. the British Ambassador. Sir Oliver All through the night dazed sur- Franks, told the acting Secretary of vivors stumbled through the rulna State, Mr Robert Lovett, on Thurs- of a 20-block industrial and resi-y that if the Israeli forces did not dential aren, some in search of re- withdraw from Egyptian territory latives. Déctors and nurses from

the British Government would have nearby communities helped - Joral to consider its position under its medien!

ollieers, working through 1036 treaty of alliance with Egypt. the darkness, rain and half by lanip and candle-light to treat the stream af injured.

In today, troops and police began searchingg for bodies while convicts from the local gaul cleared the debris,

The Red Cross aud the Armed Forces sent mobile kitchens and Arst-ald plations.

for-

ite added that the United States representation in Tel-Aviv, "made is the most friendly interest, had resulted in assurances by the Pro- visional Irnell Government that Kareli forces entered Egyptian ter

A worker at the Bradley Jumber mill said that the storm hurted huge log through

tooth- the air like pleks-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

Year Of Achievement

THE personal sacrifices which

Lite people of Britain

make continued to

last year reward, not without their

Intangible.

fast. Que

were however

largely

.to the people

cheerfully accepting short food rations and other Hving restric

was a year of solid tions, 1948 achievement in which substantial economic progress was made and

galus

of previous

**

opencu

to

If some were at the expense of

the With

main needs, home

of

doll r objective

reducing expenditure through imports of fond, British agriculture got down

to a five-year year last

pro- gramme which alms, by 1952 to raise output to 50 percent above pre-war. This marks an essential reform, and there were signs In 1948 that it 105

fruit. bearing

above Wis

the Total output

yours

# previous year effort

percent

mafated.. background 01 strong which, in the litter months 1947, had been rapidly taking good heavy losses caused by the fuel, crisis earlier fortunate

Yo'z The

year proved, nalurally, that production

80

become

at least 6 anch

pre-war. greater than of Walle Britala can never

self-supporting in food produc- tlun, the nation has ample on- portunity at raising enough crops to save a large proportion of its up to expensive imports which.

substantial 1338, represented o

of the country's element teas expenditure. Noticeabile also last year was expansion of pro- duction In engineering, ship- building and the electrical goods tokens, Industries, and by 1348 was

the key to solving

Industry:

NA-

over-

remains fritain's cconomie problems, and If the resulto in this field did not wholly realise expectations, they were good enough to show useful progress. The steel pro- duction target was surpasted by

a period of austalnicu more than 2.000.000 Jom, but

in the field of produc- even Sent

activity zo i was found this was to meet the urgent

lion. Marshall Ald. of course,

a big assistance,

but-as needs of the day and Govern- тень.

Britain also surrendered part of

· well.au

In

continentat assisting evolve and must this

Fear

counirlen under the European develop, extensive plans to raise

Marshall Recovery Programme, even further.

the of the coal

Ald mincs

does

represent principal did not realise production output

∙reason for the nation's gradual economie recovery. which the fervent supporters of

Credit must first to

TQ this legisl^tive act had forecast,

1510 THU workers and leaders in Industry, Actually the miners" Just falled

who, despite lekcome controls, to achieve the target fald dowIL

shortages of raw materials, and for the year, and in this partl

physical weariness caused by the cular Industrial activity i-wili ha

sirsin of the war years. arin necessary in 1940 not only to miners have more

Answered the call for national

and worked

the duty

from the dancer of country

if the same economie extinction.

efforts are Bust Ined year, the day when Belions carr again look forward to some of the best living standards' in the world may not be far awAY.

in the pits, but to work the mines on more modern lines. Without these two factors no grori opilmism can be Increased expressed

regardle

Nevertheless COK production. last year was made notable for exporta of theresumption of

markets, even coal to prersonu

Lo

thin

to

lo

to

Te-

Tel-Aviv more The

11:

Following

Dutch Premier On Way

To Batavia

London, Jan. 4.-The Dutch Premier Dr Willem Drees, left Holland today for Batavia by

a secret route to seek a settle- ment of the Indonesian dia- puto.

His Royal Dutch Airline's Constellation landed at Malta this afternoon, when the pilot opened the scaled orders for the rest of the flight.

Drees

Before he left Holland, Dr mid he did not expect to be away long beenuse important decisions would have to be taken at The Ke belleved the most Hague.

Ron

important objectives to be the forma“ of n truly representative Indonesian Government and pre- parations for the soonest possible formation of a United States Indonesia, to which Holland transfer sovereignty,

For this, free elections would have to be held.

ROUTE DISCLOSED.

of could

The first Dutch airliner from Batavia since December 23 arrived it Amsterdam today and inter another left with mall for the Java capital ay an undisclosed route.

Dr Drees will resume his journey GMT to- to Batavia at 1.30 mm. morrow. The secret route, now dis- closed.

allows only two more slops before Batavia-one at Sharjah, on the Persian Gull and the other at Colombo.

Amsterdam

The first lap from was covered in a litle over ave houre

do-

their

of the

UNALTERABLE. POLICY

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- Liberal members led by General Chang. Chi-chung said the peace frankly announced by Chiang Kai-shek, was

war the resistance against the Japanese and the sub-polley, sequent civil war, the time is ripe for both sides to shake hands and participate in the urgently needed work of reconstruction.

#

re-

The Indonesian Republican Office In London tonight said units of back Army were "Oghting hard" in Java and Sumatra.

Quoting Republican Radio parts, the Office paid guerilla Aghi- ing continued through the whole of Eastern Java, and that attacks had been carried out on Dutch commu- nication lines.

DELHI CONFERENCE' :

Reuter reported from Canberra today that Australia was Bill examining the Indian Premier, Pan- dit Nehru's, invitation attend a President

conference on unalterable.

Indonesia, Since the President's message.

The Austrellan Defence Minister, they claimed, the peace group had Mr John Dedmann, sald Australia changed from a

minority to was considering whether the con- majority. All the world clearly ference would "cut across the work

Nationalists of the United Nations."

that

understood.

the wanted peace and if the Red refused the Nationalists would win

The Secretary General of the Arab

inter- League, Azzam Pasha, said, if Cairo

British official sources have not "The Itraci lenders were reported yet committed themselves to staing have assured Professor Muc-whether Jewish violation of Egyp- Donald that there was no intention than territory actually had taken of invading Egypt or seizing any place. There was considerable con-

dence in London that the American Council has telegraphed to a national sympathy and final victory. that the Arab States would "hasten Egyptian territory.

to representations VERBAL NOTE

government would

developments According to American sources dramatic close to the United States Minister Jewish-Eyptian border area here, the American State Depart that the present incident could be ment has delivered a "verbal note" closed. to the Taracit Government saying that "if Israel continues her policy An important after-effect of what of aggression the United States will omcial circles describe as the "very no longer be able to support Israel. confused siluation" in the barder In Halfa, the British Consul. zone may be, however, that Britain's General, there, Mr Cyril Marriot, de facto recognition of Israel may be Diplomatic declared today: "Britain has no indefinitely postponed.

was Intention of waging war with Israel. quarters believed recognition

last at some stage He was commenting on a statement within reach by the Israeli Foreign Ministry month.-United Press. spokesman who said, according to

POLICY UNCHANGED "I do Jewish press reports: know whether the British military and diplomatie activities such

Washington, Jan. 4.The over House today said there had been no the flying of British planes Israel positions and the battle change in President Truman's polley

on the "recognition" of Israel, areas of the Negev and the Invoca- lon of the British-Egyptian treaty suggest the imminence of an Anglo- Israeli war."

not

ផ

to

EXAGGERATED REPORTS "In doing this Britain has avoided turning the matter into a cause of her and direct, dispute between Israel and causing further complie. ations.

"DRAINED RESOURCES Simultaneously from Pelping is learned that the Chairman of the North China Provincial and City

General Chang Chi-chung claimed to accept" the invitation. Chairman of the

he consistenly advocated peace fu The Batavia Chinese newspaper, Tse-tung, the the

Chinese Communist Party Exécu prevent

the President for more than two Sin Po, reported today that four in- tive, saying that China's resources

years. Anybody who rejected, o

donesian Republican Ministers had were being drained exhaustively, by opposed it now and

would fall, he set up a "guerilla" Government in pence-Reuter-AAP.

the East Java mountains, to which the civil war and that consequently If peace is not realised neither the

COMMUNIST REACTION area almost the entire 'Republican Kuomintang nor the Communists salvaging China

Shanghal, Jan. 4--The first Com- Army had escaped by evading battle will succeed from a subsequent disastrous situa-munist reaction to Presdient Chiang and using guerilla tactics-Reuter. Kal-shek's New Year's peace offer tion.

to come, over the Communist Radio Peping's cukural bodies, the was monitored here tonight, when Chamber of Commerco and many brondeust comment by the New other public Institutions have orga- China news agency

calling the nised a joint Commission for the Generatissline's offer "nothing but a protection of the city as a cultural blunder." ren're and have issued an appeal to

that Generalissimo make Peiping an open city.

Chiang said the Nationalist foXCES Eight fires were reported in Tien-were 10 or even 20 times stronger trim within he past 48 hours nt than the Reds, the news agency cald sens and vate homes, while in the Communists had 3,000,000 men and asked how the Peiping, the leading Shuangshengho under arms

the Kwanganmen Nationalists could have an army of brewery, outside

Kate, or soil-western

was com-00,000,000.--Reuter, There have been published repletely gutted when Nationalisis ports that American recognition of took the inilirive In a skirmish Israel would be withdrown if the tasting half an hour.-Reuter Jewish attacks on the Arabs con- Unued.

was

White

The answer

"no". The United States has already extended de facto recognition to the Govern- ment of Israel.-United Press.

PRISON FOR

Mr Marriot said: "In the case of

MORE PEACE DEMANDS the latest military development with have applied to the Egypt, we

Nanking, Jan. 4-The majority them United States asking

The Press Secretary, Mr Charles of the members of the Kuomintang exercise their influence with Israel Ross, was asked: "Ins the Pre-Central Executive Committee today because we have a responsibility sidcht changed his policy on the swung in, favour of peace with the under the Anglo-Egyptian treaty recognition of Israci?"

Communists when they debated in- and we think the. United States is u

formally the future party policy. whose word is most up- power

Tho opinion of groups within preciated in Israel.

about 100 Nanking Resident Com mittee members were recorded and Bon to President Chiang Kol-shek.

Most expressed the vlaw that petce depended on the Communists since President Chiang Kal-shek's New Year Offer. They said If the Redis refused now la accept Llic offer, they would be branded as warmonger

the eyes of the world-an expression the Reds ke to use freely themselves,) Ame- Singapore, Jan. 4-Three He continued: "I do not pretend

Addressing the Kuomintang that the situation between the two ricans arrested for gun running near

of Sin Central Political Council earlier to- but whillo Airabu Island, northeast countries is normal, waiting for normalisation both gepare, on Sep'ember 14. were con- dny the Premier, Dr Sun Fo,

plained the Government's peace sides can help to soften the atmo-victed today by a Dutch court

Tondjong Pihang and sentenced to policy did not mean the Govern- sphere."

ment would give up fighting. Marriot cald he had a long prison terms. Mr

could Peace, he declared,

only talk "on very friendly terma" with representatives of the Israeli autho- riucs. He added that the opening of a British consulate at Tel-Aviv is not expected before recognition of the Israeil Government by Britain. -Reuter.

Mr Marriot added: "I think press

reports on both sides exaggerated GUN-RUNNERS

a tente 'and regrettable alinosphere."

matters, creating

WHITEHALL REACTIONS London, Jan. 4--Whitehall quar ters are convinced Egypt will not Invoke the Anglo-Egyptian treaty In cape of D Jewish invasion into Egyptian territory.

to

at

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The principal accused, Albert On-be won through the utmost effort. solt of California, was sentenced to He revealed that in three weeks ba- Connio Scigriat of fore he formed his new war Cabi- four years.

three net, he consulted Liberal and Con- Oklahoma was sentenced years and Wilma Hallam of Port-servative political elements and then his peaco prepared land, Oregon, got one ant half tentatively.

policy. yeurs.

The Catalina flying boat used to The opposition today to the peace transport 40 cases of arms and polley was expressed in the Central ammunition was confiscated. A Executive Committee meeting by Mr Briton was arrested in the same case Chang Tao-fan and Mr Ku Chen- and is scheduled for trial on Janu-kang, representing the Kuomintang

rightwing CC clique.

ary: @nited Press.

Claiming

SAFE CONDUCT PLEA Lake Success, Jan, 4-Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary General of the United Nations, had cabled the Indian delegation suggesting "safe conduct be granted" to the special Dutch aircraft carrying Dr Willem Drees, the Dutch Prime Minister, to Indonesia.

Pandit Nehru, the Indan, Frimo Minister, has said that facilities and safe conduct would be given by India to the Dutch party provided the Security Counell agrees that wo should do so."-Reuter.

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