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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949.

Red Expansion "Real Problem" At ECA "Too

New Delhi

SEARCH FOR JOINT

ASIAN POLICY

(By Sylvain Mangeot, Router's Diplomatic Correspondant)

London, Mar. 6-Last Monday's meeting in New Delhi of the representa- tives of India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Britain,. Australia and New Zealand, though at first Atlantic Union, sight a far cry from the

may fairly be regarded as part of the same essential structure.

was

Its immediate object

to discuss the deteriorating economic situation of Burma and its repercussions on the neighbouring countries of South East Asia.

Jews Begin Exodus From Aden

of

to

Aden. Mar, 6.The first 860

Yemenite military-aged Jews. granted permission trave for Israel, flew from here today soon after the Aden Gov- ernment had asked Yemen to stop the trek of Jews into the Protectorate.

China

where

the

resistance

Vague"

Domand For More

ERP Details

Washington, Mar, 6-Senator Walter George, Democrat, sald that more details of the $5.580,- 000.000 Europena Recovery Programmie must be disclosed before. It could be taken to the Senate floor for approval.

George

Mr

thni

saltl he

fell Senate

personally Foreign Beintions Cuminiitec could not justify the pro- ደረት far been Kratnme as bud

explained, and added:

The Economic Co-operation Administration han

vighe

been too

about where it intends

which

1

to spend the dollars."

Committee. Tic

of the bill to approval nearing authorise Marshal plan con-

until July 1, thuation

1950. has asked ECA to report on j the

Re- proposed European very projects, and is awaiting that report.

Europe

cord ng

that

UNRUFFLED CHARWOMAN-A cleaner pursues her duties unruffled as Nina Vyroubova, star of the Ballet de Paris, limbers up for a rehearsal at Princes Theatre, London.-AP Picture.

More Bulgarian

Pastors Arrested

Sofia. Mar. 6.-More Bulgarian Pro

reported testant Pastors were unofficially under arrest here today, 48 hours before the verdicts are due to be pronounced on 15 Evangelical Church tried last week on treason charges.

Details of the reported arrests were not available, but it was said: "a number" of Pastors were involved.

But, as in the case of the Auntie Union, the real

The House is conducting hear- problem is the stabilisation ing on the sang bill. Repre- of the non-Communist areas sentative John Vorys, Republi- Jean, said he is trying hard to in- against the threat of enclude in the measure a recom- croachment by Moscow and mentation for a United States the Cominform."

An attempt is being made by The Conunundst recesses inserator J. W. Fulbright, De-

American Penal polley of containment by sup. mecrat, to put Congress on re- favouring a politicni port for

the Nationalist Cistinion of Western Europe and vernment

costly a proved failure-have

South he has introduced a resolution to faced

effect. East Asia with the real

and

Senator Tom Connally, De- immediate danger of Commt:tocrat, Chairman of the Senate hist

penetration unless

Committee, hojes to get final polley of collective

the Marshall Plan Approval enn be found.

bill tomorrow. But some senators The fact that India has doubt that ECA will be able to Jews are said to taken the lead in calling both get together all the informa-

the Astan, European and Austion over the weekend. be arriving in Aden ni the rate

the

said the Com- Mr George of 200 a month in an attempt tralasian

is interested particularly #mittee is to reach Israel, and the British Commonwealth Into consulta-

tion on the Burma situation in authorities fear that if more

proposed projects such as the belief

DECE stoel mills for come in there will be a repeli-trengthens

a one Norway. dollar programme for ton of last December's bloody ruch a policy is now emerging.illen

is a long step from the electrification of Western

The 15 Pastors awaiting judg- economic conference on u spec- European railways, and of re- Jewish sources said emelated issue to a regional associa fineries for France, Britain, nndment on Tuesday were all mem- Jews arriving here all tell the tor in South East. Asin, but

other countries.

bers of this Council. in of events 90-mile trek the same story of a

pressure

"We want to explore what

well-

informed being Usually and Sima, lu

new projects pre Malaya, Burma say nothing of Indo-China and developed," Mr George said, Evangelical Church sources here Indonesia, may well oblige the "to get a better idea of where sald that the Supreme Council

powers non-Committelal

the dollars are to be spent."- with in- tackle the scheme

Associated Press. ereasing urgency,

AUSTRIAN DEADLOCK

London, the Austrian

Yemenite

pogroms.

to nvold capture and imprison- ment in Yemen, where Rabbis and prominent members of the Jewish community are sold to be imprisoned In chains.

Over, 4,000 Jews have been flown out of Aden since the December pogroms

In

here, and trenly

meinbers of

that

to

Reports of the new arrests came as about 60 Protestant Pastors remaining in Bulgaria prepared for elections of a new Evangelical supreme Council.

electious would be held On March 20 under a decision of a 12-member committee ap- pointed by Protestant Pastors at Plovdiv, sent of one of the

Bulgaria, on February 20.

niks have once again Good Show By main Protestant communities in

it is understood that the re-reached the stalemate stage. maining 3,124 have asked the

Unicar either the Austrlan

American Joint Distribution or Yugoslav spokesmien in Lon- Committee to continue the “nir- don retreat considerably from lift until they have all reached the position

taken in thier Israel-Reuter,

NEW SETTLEMENTS

New

Mar.

York,

@-The establishment of 108 new settle

Israel for Iments is planned in 1949, according to Mr Morris Rothenberg. Prealdent of the Jcwith National Fund America.

for

Julest statements to the Alis train Deputies of the four ne cupying powers, the prospect a settlement of the frontler and reparations issue, and con- of the conclusion of sequently an Austrian peace treaty, re- mains remote.

and France are at- Britain tempting to hurry on the Ger occupation statute

talks

Territorials

was

This Plovdiv meeting London, Mar. 6-Territorials held five days before the open

trial of the is from all over the West Country Ing of the and port of Southern England Evangelical tenders, but after Bulgarian press tud returned home tonight from the the biggest operation organised by published several confessions the Territorial Army since the salt to have been made by the

lending accused. war-"Exercise Pronto.

TO ACCEPT NEW LAW

.

Some of the foreign observers wl:0 reported the trin todny attended. Protestant services. Reuter.

Four Killed

Suspected Red Spies To Be Indicted

(Continued from Page 1)

.

the

the

JUDGE'S RULING

IN PWD TRIAL

(Coullmed frums Page 1)

The next point Was that Mr May to sit beside him Johnsion had said that it was view of the, Marko 21471- by accident that certain docu- ber of documents which ment were not listed. Mr were being referred to by wi- Johnston had stated to him and ness, The application Mr Stewart specifically that the granted, documents did not exist. At

replied

and

wero

2. Senator Joseph McCarthy, ranking Republican 011

that time; sald Mr Clifford, Mr Continuing witness said ho Senate super investigating Com- Johuston knew well that he was also made up the Distribution miiltee, said he would suggest accusing him of withholding Board which was kept a preliminary staff study on the documents and he (Mr Johnston) hung up in May's Glee, The ease when his group met, nos had reason to be particularly Information was obtained from

tomorrow (Monday) chroful. Mr Johnston, he said, albly

the daily labour distribution However, he added, "Before we was asked by himself once and and job report. The latter r rush into it, we want to be by Mr Stewart twice if he was ports were sent to Wanchal Juru investigation

701 quite sure that all the docu-daily on the day they the FBI annrents seized dimupt the work

the by

Police prepared. Justice Department are doing" were on the table, and in each

instance Mr Johnston

Witness identified the signt- ture of Kwok Kwong on the. that he was quite sure.

estimate sheets for the Laichikok DOCUMENTS MISSING Hospital, the Temporary Veget- nute Market and the Tokwawan Counsel said that he and Mr Markel. Stewart then went through the documents and found that the particular ours they wanted- were missing. The documents Inefited Instructions signed by ford, witness said he learned to other members of the office make up the Distribution Board. colleagues. He did not were not arrested, fromn a who

people con- know whether the foreman de- although other nected with the case were to do their individual jobs, as he Mr tulled men through chargehands Clifford

suici he wanted the list of documents made by the was working in the offlec, and signed by Mr the foreman did this outside the

offee. Follee Johnston.

chairman 3. The Senate Judiciary Committee, Pat McCarran, said his Com- mittee already Was checking aliens entering the U.S. through the UN and other channels.

up

4. Senator McCarran vealed that his Committee was working "feverishly" on new immigration law to pre- vent "dangerous" aliens

from slipping into the country, but he said it was a big Job and would take a long time.

a. Senator Mund! sald he and Representative Nixon would in-

CROSS-EXAMINATION

Cross-examined by Mir

Clif-

(roduce tomorrow a "somewhat Mr Hooton said that the Witness agreed that he re- tighter form" of their Comst was sent under

munist control bill, which passed tiul cover to the Director the House last Congress but died Public Works.

Mr Clifford said that

in the Senate, Ile snic It would deny

the to any Communist right to holl a Government job. reason why he wanted the Senator Mundt said the Coplon correspondence after August 11

this

tinc

conilden-ceived a copy of instructions ot from May, and that they were given to him to curry out his duties, which included, the mak- Cheng up of the Distribuilon Boani, that Mr Clifford; I suggest

Board Wh case showed the need "for a con- was that the prosecution and the Distribution

wert mch Johnston

up as the siderably greater degree of od- | Mr

particular mode ministrative caution and care in were deliberately evasive and detailed by the foreman in the the selection of employees." it was not by accident that morning, and not from certain documents did not ap- dally labour distribution 6. Senator J. Howard Me-pear on the list.

job report? Grath, member of the Senate

Witness: I was doing it with Judiciary Committee, said the Itis Lordship ruled that the

Information from the morning Government "ought to lake letters between the .Com-

report. every possible precaution now missioner of Police and the

Witness

that added

bo that we have apparent DPW, whileli arose after August evidence that the UN is

not relevant to the nderstood paragraph 1 of the mean that 10 instructions 10 used for that purpose."

case.

was the foreman who would ever, he added, "Let's not get

detail. the men to work, that out on a limb and condemn the

he would see that the Board entire UN when we And

was properly entered and that one bad apple in the barrel."

the he was not to make up Board himself.

How were

זנם

But the DPW Mr Clifford: has no objection to producing the correspondence. I

Jolinsion that Mr suggesting 7. Senator Harley Kilgore, was withholding the documents Judiciary Committen for the reason of protecting his another

fact that member, said the

own witnesses. Judith Coplan first came under

that when suspicion in a routine Govern- Mr Johnston gives his evidence ment loyalty check showed that he will say why the documents the disputed loyalty programme were not listed. had "turned up some valuable things", but he added that the jury to return. had also hurt some Innocent

By "Bomb" cople"-United Press.

Saigon, Mar. 0.-Four people were killed and 48 injured here today when-what an eyewitness called a "bomb" exploded in the central market place.

The eyewitness sald the ex- plosion did not sound like the one of a hand grenade but much more like a bomb.,

The

market was ful

LEADERS ON TRIAL

Mr Hooton sald

His, Lordship then directed

CLERK'S EVIDENCE

Mr

Clifford: Wero instructed to enter Board from

instructions?

the

you up. that foreman's

Witness: The procedure was after the foreman had detalled the men to work, instructions would then be given to Ho Sung

(another clerk) who would make an entry in the daily re- part book, and another clerk Lee Po-shan, PWD clerk.. would then type out the daily formerly attached to Hunghom labour distribution and job re- trial of 11 top United States his duties to make up the Pro- New York, March The Workshop said it was amongst

port. And from particulars in the daily report book and the Communist lenders on charges greas Chart. The information he daily labour distribution and job of conspiring to advocate the obtained to compite the docu- report, I would enter particulars overthrow of the government is ment was from the daily Inbour. on the Board.

scheduled to begin in earnest on distribution and job report. The The trial is proceeding. Monday.

jobs in hand were then entered.

The

Chart, when Progress

mallonni

The trial of the

of Directors" of of "Board

the completed, was then sent in to The letter rir marked

people waiting for the arrival United States Communist Party against jobs in blue pencil by Radio Hongkong

May.

of lish when the explosion ce- started on January 17 but all May indicated "visited," wil HKT

The exercise took place on al big estate at Dawlish, Devon shire, and began yesterday. It

About 80 Pastors from all overcurred. was designed to test new signal)

the representing and communication, techniques Bulgaria, man

Major-General C.F. Coleman, Methodist, Baptist, Congrega- who directed the exercise, said:on and Pentecostle He told a conference of the with the United States.

tan. The London view is that, un- "I am most impressed with the were said to have taken part. it Fund vesterday that

for less an agreement is soon reach- enthusiasm and keenness of the imperntive to acquire land

now towns and frontiered the initiative-of-the-Wes--Territorials. Those who have the settlements, and to extenit tem powers in Germany, lined had war experience of combat agriculture because of the un-at achieving a working structure appear to have forgotten very

little."Reuter. paralleled wave of immigration, for Western Germany through a

wag

Mr Rothenberg sni Arbs would be compensated

Provisional Constitution und that Government, will be wasted.

Washington, it

would seems, 10: their "abandoned" lands. welcome a further delay until internal differences of Israel would not claim owner- the slip of these lands by right of opinion in America, on German be policy have been solved.--Reu- conquest and there would

confiscation, he uddelter.

T}< Reuter.

to

SYRIAN PLAN

Damascus, Mar. 6. The Syrlan Cabinet is expected discuss soon a three million Syrlan pound economic and con- structional ve-year plan. The from finance will be obtained outside the Government budget,

A responsible

source hare

DEATH FOLLOWS DANCE

One of the first official steps. of the new Council, it was ex- pected here today, would be to recognise a new Bulgarian law on religious cults.

Job at witness seven times

once

6. Programme Summary: 0.01, "It' Swing Time: 6.30, Portuguese Halt Hour. (Studio): 7, World News and News Analysin (London Relay); I5, The Adventures of Cholmondeley" (Studio); 7.30.

the Ume since then has been

ness explained. taken up with defence aftacks

Referred to the A dozen of the injured were on the United States jury sys-

Federal groups, said to be in a serious condi- tem.

Laichikok Judge

Hospital, Harold

said All the casualiles were Medina has ruled against de-

appeared Vietnamese.

fence attacks and proceedings during July and once in August: by Jonathan Bl On Friday_nt_Gap Sulnt Jac-- with begin on Monday,

the letter appeared 11 times in Hospital Request Halt flour present

ed by Nan Dickinson, (Studio); July hand grenade was

against job-at-the "From the Editerinis (London. Re

the ques. a

Muxlo thrown in the market place in- William Foster, national chair-Temporary Vegetable Market: lay): 8,10 Snivation Army

presented by Brigadier F.T. Walier. Juring 00 Vietnamese-ASSO- man of the Communist Party, three tirnes in July and

presented by Lila Vincent, (Studio); clated Press.

was to have been tried with 11 in August against the job af (Studio): 8.30, Like What I Like

D. "We Sing for You"-Ninon. Vallia other party leaders but the court Kowloon Hospital; and once in

(Soprano) A Robert L'Herbier, ruled that his case would be Juts and once in August against

(Baritone); 9.15. Linda Cater "Talka S tried separately after he pleaded the lob at Tokwawan Market.

on Film" (Studio): 9.30, London that he was too sick to stand

Playhouse: "Camival" by Compton Witness sald he also made a trial at this time.

to the head Mackenzie With Jean Kent and The Com-telephone report

Dermot Walah: 10, Radio News Roel munist leaders were indicted office in Caroline Hill daily. Londen Hetoy): 10.15, Weather He- Inst July by the blue ribbon riving particulars contained in port: 10.16, London Studio Concert

Westminster Orchestra conducted by grond jury which has been in the Progress Chart. session for 18 months.

Denis Wright. (BBCTS); 10.45, Mu for Dancing: 11.15,, Weather Report and Close down, li

This

churches Inw forbids with headquarters outside Bul- garia from functioning here or accepting money sources without the expressed seven permission of the Bulgarian

Foreign Ministry.

TWIN BROTHERS DIE IN. FIRE New York. Mar. 6-Four- old twin brothers were futally burned and other persons injured today in

broke out in Bre which five-storey Eastside brick apart. The dead were ment house. Ronald and Richard Farrell. Their parents were in critical: condition with burns on thed face, back,

nud, neck.

Cheat, Maz. 6--Three women. driving home from a fancy dress ball, were drowned when their car crashed through a parapet Richard died immediately and and fell into the river Scheldt, Ronald died later in the hos near here early today.Heuter pital United Press.

today dented press reports that SIDE GLANCES

the United States had offered

Syrin a $300

Router.

million Joan.-

CHANGES NAME

4.-Mostic

Tel-Aviv. Mar. Shertok, fsrachi Foreign Minis- ter, changed his name today. He is now M. Sharet, meaning in Hebrew "servant"--Associated

Press.

5,000 Involved In Plot

Shanghai, Mar 7. Over 5,000 people Including Government : officials and influential persons In both Nanking and Shanghat, were involved in last month's alleged

Nanking coup d'etal to imprison Acting President Li Tsung-Jen, overthrow the Notionalist Government and facilitate # crossing of the Yangtse by the Communists. according to unconfirmed Chi- nesa reports this morning.

The Nationalist authorities here and in the capital recently confirmed that such a plot was nipped in the bud carly February, following the arres of one Meng Shih-heng, an arged main plotter, and sale investigations were still

tinuing.

con-

They thought, however, that' they had rounded up all tho ring-londers, numbering soin 20.-Reuter

By Galbraith

COPA. 1949 AT NEA BERVICE, ING. 1. 66. REG. V. K. PAY, OFF.

E

1-7.

"Me a lawyer for a half dozen corporations and he tells me to rest up--what kind of medical advice is that?"

from foreign Ship And. Crew Presumed Lost

Hull, Mur. 6-After a vain Bulgarian Protestant Churches three-day search by air of th would thus become autonomous North Sen for the missing BOD- groups similar to the Orthodoxton Greek stemmer, Ioannt, Church, which is autonomous in Captain P. Samonas, part- those countries with Orthodox owner of

of the vessel, today says as Russia, the ship and its grew of 1p

such

Cistal aid part-

They were charged under the Smith Act of 1940

which the makes a criminal offence

or teaching of the avocation overthrow of the government. The maximum penalty, on con- viction is 10 years Imprison- mumt and a heavy fine-United

communities, Greece. Bulgaria, Rumania and must be presumed lost. Serbin.

brother is muster of the SERIOUS FINANCES owner with

The vessel. Press. which carried no radio, is nine Bulgarian Protestant Churches

on ber days overdue

voyage were said here today to be in ten Hull to Kiel. The vessel's n serious condition Anancially, last-known position was 47 but according to un oficial

niles off the river Humber, just source, the Bulgarian Govern-before an 80-mile an hour gale ment has set aside

a certain broke, sending North Sea ship- "large sum for the support of ping hurrying for shelter. the Evangelical communities."

Charges involving money, said to have received from abroad were made against some of the 13 Pastors, whose trial ended here yesterday.

Reuter.

CHINA ARMIES REGROUPING

(Continued from Pake 1)

An omclul of the United States

The prosecution demanded the severest permities-which could mean death for the four chief accused and severe Embussy said last night that Ad- sentences for the other eleven,miral Pawnail's visit from Guam Commentlag on the trial to- Island was of no special signif-

No Information was. The Folherland Front, cance,

Go-available of what was discussed the Bulgarian organ of vernment Coalition, sald that when the American ofcials met

the Acting President. "significant that the

day,

it was

questions of religion nevery clained that the United once entered' the proceedings and nit the accused agreed in court that full freedom of religion existed in Bulgaria."

The paper said that American Land British ometal and un- oficial circles had been guilty of trying to fog the issuas” by trying to condemn the trial

The Communist Radio recent-

States Navy cancellod the the North-East evacuation of Shantung port of Teingtno on Acting President Li Tsung-len's request.-BleulerAAP.

SUMMONED NORTH

Canton, Mar. 8. (Delayed)—

beforehand, but, it added, the General Yu Hon-mou, Director proceedings, and statements of of

the Canton Pacification

the accused "frustrated their Venture, Governor Hsuch aly attacks,"

and General Chen Chi-

tung, Goy

Governor-Desigente

The

to ao Hainan, are due to fly together paper professed

Intel-to Nanking on Monday, at the "the hand of British gence in the reported publica-summons of acting President Z tfen in Britain of an allegedTrung-Jen for a discussion on "aderet order" of the Bulgarian the forthcoming Legislative Yuan Communist Party for an attack session and other problems-As- against Protestant Churches. sociated Press.

LIBERTY

At this point Mr Clifford applied to the Court

tor

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