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VOL. IV NO. 29.

32,000

Have 'Flu In

Vienna

Vienna, Feb. 4—Tiere are now 32,000 influenza cases in Vienna-a record-and the epidemie is sweeping through Austria's province of Styria, Stating this, the Wiener Kurler says there are over-filled hos- pitals at Graz, s Styrlan captial, where provincini emergency beds have had to be put up in corridors and have more than 2,000 cases

been reported in the province

In the past three days.

In the Tyrol, enses are being reported at the rate of 156 a day.

The Influenza which swept the Continent claimed about one person in every five in France, the World Health Organisation reported

fortnight 070. It да generally of a mild type. Reuter.

Attempt To Kill Shah Of Iran

Tehran, Feb. 4-The Shah of Iran was shot by a newspaper reporter on Friday and slightly injured. Martial law was de- clared immediately.

The shooting occurred at Tehran University where 20-year-old Shah Mohamined Reza Pahlevi was taking

celebration of part in a

institution's anniversary.

the

he

White entering the building was shot five times by a newspaper Ilateo. correspondent called Fakhr

the Shah's

hin

upper Three bullets hit his hat.

One bullet went into

check and another into

lip.

The crowd immediately attacked Ralee and beat him up seriously.- Associated Press.

44 ESCAPE IN

AIR CRASH

The

HONGKONG SA

For and on baby SOUTH CHINA, MORNING 200

Dine

At the

8.9.

Thongkong Telegraph. 9

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1949.

Allies Take Strong Line

Over Berlin

Currency

COUNTER

ΤΟ

MOVE

BLOCKADE

Washington, Feb. 4.--The United States was reported on Friday to have laid down new and strieter terms for settlement of the dispute with Soviet Russia over Berlin currency.

Diplomatic informants said the terms are con- tained in an American proposal submitted to a United Nations group of experts.

They provide for continued circulation of Western marks in the Western sector of the city pending outcome of efforts to restore four Power rule. Soviet marks would continue to circulate as now in the Russian sector under the projected stand- still agreement.

Before the Moscow negotiations for a Berlin settle ment broke down five months ago, the United States, Britain and France had stated they permit the temporary circulation throughout the city.

The arrangement then under dis- cussion, as outlined in a subsequent white paper. ofcinl American called for four power control the currency and of credit,

Oficials indicated

of

new

of

willing to were

Soviet currency

OPEN RETALIATION

Berlini. Feb. 4.-The Western Allies hit buck

Sovicl at the blockade on Friday with a new counter move at stopping all trucks travelling from the West Into the Kusslan zone of Germany.

This is the home in Feng- hwa to which General Chiang Kai-shek has re- tired, after more than 20 years as leader of China. Fenghwa Is located in Chekiang Province, south- west of Shanghai, and is the scene of Chiang's youth. He was not born in this house, but acquired it after he attained prominence in 'China's national affairs.——

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CARDINAL

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Reservations.

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Where Chiang

Is Living

Hopes For Palestine Settlement Rise

Tel: 27880

700,000 Men Ready To Defend Yangtse

Shanghai, Feb. 5.-General Tang. En-po, Commander-in- Chief of the Nanking-Shanghai aren, has assembled 20 crack, well-equipped armies numbering some 700,000 men for the de-. fence of the "heart" of China, it was claimed by a competent military authority today.

Simultaneously, a strong fleet of some 50 Nationalist warships patrolling day and night slong the lower reaches of the Yangiso to supplement the land forces to meet any possible attempt by the Com- "múnista to cross the river.

The authority claimed that troops of various kinds, including pară- troops, armoured units, engineering and signal corps are continuing to concentrato In the Nanking and Stanghal sector from different parta of Nationalist China.

About 10 wings of the Chinese Air Force are also ready for operation at bases scattered around Shanghai and Nanking.

Asked about the defence of the city, the authority Buld that more than 70 per cent of the work had been completed and the remaining part will be finished on schedule.

The difficully over defence work in this city, the authority said, is a materials shortage of construction such as sand and brick chips, which are not easily obtainable here.

He said, troops at present billetted in various schools and universities would be removed when the spring stressed that peace

JEWS WELCOME NEW PROPOSAL tem open, He the cat wou be too

ten

Rhodes, Feb. 4.-New hope for a Palestine settlement rose on Friday following Israel's welcome to the proposal that six Arab nations join the Israeli- The invitation Egyptian negotiations at Rhodes. was issued by the United Nations' Mediator, Dr Ralph Bunche.

"This is a further step on the road to peace," Mr Eytan, chief Jewish delegate said. "That is why the Israeli Government has accepted the proposal immediately. There will be complicated problems to discuss but we hope that in a spirit of mutual understanding it will be possible to surmount any obstacles."

maintained at all costa-Reuter.

MISSION, LEAVING

Nanking, Feb. 5.-Mr Shoo Li-tze, leader of the Nationalist Govern- ment's peace delegation, and Dr W. W. Yen,, head of the Ave-man den- partisan delegation from Shanghai, will fly to Peiping tomorrow to en- deavour to expedite the Communist. reply to the Nationalist peace appeal, it is reliably understood here.

They are expected to confer with General Yeh Chien-ylng, the Com- manist Mayor of Peiping and other Red leaders

The whole effort broke down in September because of the condi-

The action. 1

преп retaliation tions put forward by the Russian Military Commander in Berlin.

for the Soviet ring around Western Diplomatic authorities said the Berlin, may affect even the Russian new American terms were submitted satellite nations of Eastern Europe.

UN Committee

U.S. and British authorities last month to the Landon, Fed. 4-All 41 passengers,

at Geneva. This group announced that effective next Sun- meeting British Service personnel and their composed of representatives of six

with cuts and familles, escaped

UN Security Council members not, the bizonal area will be closed to all highway freight shipments the Berlin in slight injuries the Skymaster

destined for the Soviet zone, crash at Castel Benito, near Tripoll, directly concerned in

dispute, earlier had proposed

Most railway freight traffic was today, it was learned here.

negotiations along the lines of those

halted last autumn. Captain Killey, was of last autumn. The pilot,

Mr Kan Chla-hou, adviser and The American British order affects Britain that killed. Five other members of the

of President Li personal envoy truck shipments by such neighbour- Latest Turn In The crew were injuresi.

Tsung-jen, flew to Shanghai today and France were in general agree- The necident occurred at 5.00 n.m.

Mindszenty Trial

to tell the non-partisan delegation The new talks should begin រង។

JERUSALEM'S FATE local time in the dark, with heavy ment with the United States as to ing countries us France, Belgium.

to prepare for the journey. The rain falling. The plane crashed 400 willingness to try to find a solu- Deninark, Holland, Switzerland and the U.S. attitude Luxembourg. Particularly affected

Coiro, Feb. 4-The fate of Jeru- delegation was appointed when the Budapest, Feb. 4-Cardinal The Mediator's proposal followed salem, which has been occupying President made a flying visit to

days, Dr Bunche suggested. yards from-the-aireld's - _control_lion, but that

after tower shortly

jointag the was firmer than that of the other in the Holland-Czechoslovakia

Western powers-Associated Press, trucking line which operated be Mindszenty recanted in open a reported Israeli threat to with the attention of the Egyptian press Shanghai,

tween major cities in the Nether-court on Friday on a letter he draw from the talks

The Egypt during the past few days, was igala

Nanklag people's elreuit before landing-Reuter.

peaco lands and Prague. It cuts across

ot in unless the Egyptians acceptert the the subject of comment in the in- delegation,

present wrote in November 1948,

back In Western Germany.

on Israel's tuential Al Ahram today.

Tsingtao, is reported to have ob- The only exceptions to the ban. which he said that if he ever Jew's finai proposals

Saying it believed that King tained Communist permission to fly will said, the amouncement

These Jewish proposals were

Abxluilal of Transjordan and the to Peiping on the same day to con- admitted guilt in connection frontiers.

sug- with the Government charges bnsell on the "Bunche Lines"

of Iraq, at their meeting on tact General. Yeh.-Reuter-AAP. Regent against him, it would be "be-gested by the Mediator.

Wednesday, "dealt with a falt ne fore the announcement was made.

Colonel Walter In Jerusalem,

NANTUNG RETAKEN discussed the cause of weakness of the flesh."

compl

Policy British Conservative

future position of EFFECT OF BAN

present Cardinal Mindszenty, on trial on Elliott, the

Shanghai, Feb, 3-The important Jerusalen," the newspaper added charges of treason and black mar- Member of Parliament for Scottish the ban,

Western no Under

that in fact Jerusalem is at present industrial centro of Nantung, on tho ket money dealings. rose from his Universities, said that he found both for a

north bank of the Yangtse, about the

facing a complex confict. blockade material can pierce

sent in the dock on Friday afternoon Jews and Arabs anxious the Alfed and said:

"Members of the United Nations 50 miles northwest of Shanghai, has final settlement.-Associated unless it goes through

by Nationalist Conciliation Commission must have been recaptured alrift. Supplies totalling; 0,040 tons

"I wrote this leiter some time in Friday-fourth November 1948 flown in on

with Instructions

seen the havoc and destruction the forees, according to Chinese reports highest tonnage since the airlift be that it be forwarded to the bishops

Zenists wrought on the holy places this morning. revered by the Moslems

tallowed a and

a voluntary gal June 28.

the and archbishops of Hungary on the

withdrawal, Christians alike." As for rail shipments from

presumably West, an American official explained day I was arrested." they had, to a large extent, been stopped last nutumn. Evaders then resorted to trucks as a substitute. The new Allied action is designed to plug up that leak.

EDITORIAL

IT

Safeguarding Hongkong

of Parliament are acutely sen-

Can

sitive to the military ant pallileal developments in China at the present time: how 'otherwise one explain the almost embarrass- ing concern over the future safety is being Hongkong whicht of

thelr MP's and expressed by lordships? Something approaching t110 a debate

was conducted in House of Lords on this subject on Thursday, with Lord Strabolgl going so far as to discuss, even if somewhat tentatively, military strategy Involved in die defence

Colony, of the

while Lord Douglas, basing his remarks on Impressions gained during a recent visit to

Hongkong, was doleful about the adequacy of our military forces. All these сом meuta, naturally, were based on tho the premise that eventually Chinese Communists will control Kwangiang and may then Indulge in hosille activities along Hongkong border. But there no evidence. yet thai Communists intend to try and extend a dominating influence na for south as Kwangtung. and there is no reason, at this moment, to assume that even if they obtain some political power in

that South China,

they will Indulge in military acts Inimical Colony. to the Interesin of this The danger of Communistic expansion to the south, so far as Hongkong is concerned, resia not milltary so much in threats of Invasion, hut in this

encourage- mont this expansion may give to tho Communist underground within our frontlers to stir up Iocal internal disorders. Com- munist

13:0 troops massed on frontler could

сливо บร embarrassment, but far mora nerious than any parade of strength beyondi the borders

is obvious Uut both Houses 1 ganising of the Volunteer Defence Force concentration should be on the development of a substantial efficient Internal security and force, rather than the rebuliding of a front-lue unit, costly

tral and maintain. It reulp, worst fears should be fulfilled and the Communists move south, the along Troops deploying frontier,

simultaneously and encouraging their agents within Hongkong to provoke strife, our existing security forces milltary and clyli police-would be hard pul to deal thoroughly with the

A faltly

large situation. percentage of the regular troops maintain would be required to vigilance along the border, while at present below the police,

be have to would strengur, dragged from their normal, and deal dulles, to very necessary with disruptive internal elements. For this they may, or may not prove adequate; it would depend very largely on the extent of the Communist activities within the Colony. But it would be reassur- ing to them, and undoubtedly

to deterring

the would-be agkators and saboteurs, to know that both

milliary police and

local could be reinforced by

special, eltizons trained for the purpose of helping to maintain law and order. Government may not feet, It desirable to abandon the completely its biseprint for

would within

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the

is

the

be nolive Insurrcoilon the Colony. And it in this contingency

which Government must devole its main attention. It La

this ponsiblllly that gives'substance to the argument that In the reor-

معلة

auch an

on-

now Volunteer Defence Force, but it could very easily, and probably, resulta, with highly satisfactory vary it to the extent of making first objecüve die formation of a Volunteer Internal Security Fores, It is conceivable that there would. be a more ready enilsiment for the organisation than Defence Force at present visaged, and one great advantage fa that it could be quickly trained of small and light In the use automatio arms, and could rapidly learn the technique of street patrol work, house searching and other aspects of maintaining internal security. The suggestion -Is commended to Government for consideration.

be

passenger vehicles and those trucks returning from trips undertaken be

were

This ameini said a considerable amount of goods travel by truck into Czechoslovakia and wind up in the Russian zone of Germany,

SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY

"Now I want to state that I see

from when things differently drafted the latter and I want to re- peat what I raid on Thursday--that I regret my error."

flatly:

said The Cardinal want it to be considered that that letter is null and void."

will

Press.

NIGHT CONFERENCE Rhades, Feb. 4-Armed guards conference room stood outside the

and tonight when the Egyptian Israeli delegations met to discuss the acting Pulestine, Mediator, Dr Ralph IBunche's, "armistice lines" plan for

the Negev desert.

The plan is designed to break the six-weeks old deadlock in the armis- "1uce talks. The Egyptian delegation, headed by Colonel Mohamed Ibrahim Seif Eddin, was the first to enter the Ife said that the court had not conference room, closely followed by sometimes even in the Soviet sec- tor of Berlin. Any estimate of the bindered him in his defence, that he the Israeli delegation led by Dr Wal- Director-General of the amount, however, would be a wild had access to his barrister at all ter Eytan,

times.

Israeli Foreign Ministry, guess, he salt.

he had There was no offeial news pt the Ho emphasised that Meanwhile, commenting on the

written the letter before his arrest Mediator's Rhodes headquarters of projected West German Federal and that it had nothing to do with an answer from any of the six Arab State, a high American military

States-Syria, Transjordan, Saudl the present court, It cannot Judge government offelal sald

Vilmos Olthys had re- Arabla, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen- before July 1 at the

inviting message be set up

of the le Dr Bunche's that the contents marked months earliest two

after the letter had "hurt this couri."

to join in the armistice talks. original target date.

The "blanket" invitation, which In the letter, Cardinal Mindszenty

Issue with the

of the The delay in creating the Western said among other things that there coincided states does not represent any con- was no porsonal freedoth in Hun-Buncho Plan to the Egyptians and cession to Prime Minister Stalin's gary and warned the other clerles the Jews, was regarded here as a demand that the Western Allies that he would probably be arrested. move to "sollen" the Egyptian

for postpone

or scrap plans Western Government in separate order to get the. Berlin blockade lifted. It

siems from disagreements nong Briinin, France and the US. which have stalled completion of an the three Occupation statute. for Western zones-ssociated Press.

#

ter.

Hungary.

them

In tho

attitude. CHANGED HIS MIND.

It was thought that if Trans. Judge Olthys. asked whether the

jordan, which is interested Cardinal admitted writing the let Negev desert area, agreed to attend the talks, the Egyptians might seek The Cardinal arasa, walked to the

the Transjordan problem before' amplller hanging in front of the temporary solution to the Negev Judge's bench and said that he had delegation arrived.. changed tus mind about things In Dr Eytan said he was ready to He spoke firmly and clearly. Ho negotiate with these countries "at

any me." did not resemble the prelate who was

At the end of the meeting, which shaken on Thursday night by the lasted two and a half hours, neither disclosure that he had written from the Egyptians nor the Israelis com- prison a letter which revealed that hemented, but it was, learned that the was trying to escape and hoped the meeting would be resumed tomor-

row morning.

United Nations sources expressed American minister would help him.

When Judgo Oithys said that the

after the meeting court was "hurt" by the implications come optimin

всед The Russian-manned ship, was in the letter, the Cardinal debated which was reported to have

reflection cordial but marked by hard bar- the after nearly 12 hours ahead of the time the point that it had no

Immediately It had been writion gaining. she was expected on yesterday's in- on the court.

at formation

the Admiralty before his arrest, he said,Asso-meeting both delegations returned

to private conferences-Neuter. Reuter.

ciated Press.

ROYAL SOVEREIGN ARRIVES

Edinburgh, Feb. 4. The battleship Reyni Sovereign, which was on loan to Russia, arrived in the Firth of Forth at 0.00 a.m. today.

and

And

I

The reoccupation

Communist to join the

These things justify the sug- general replenishment and regroup. the city in in which the Communist armies geation to incorporate

to are now reported to be undergoing a special international system ensure its protection against Zionist preparatory to a major onslaught

against the Yangtse, Router. uggression."Reuter,

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