THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949.
Police Stop Attempt ESCAPE FROM INFERNO Political HO
To Burn Malan Effigy
DEMONSTRATION
IN LONDON
London, Apr. 20.-Police tonight stopped
An attempt by Africans, Indian
and
colonial
demonstrators to burn a life-size effigy of Dr Daniel Malan, the South African Prime Minis- ter, in Trafalgar Square.
the
against The demonstration, directed racial policy of the South African Government, began with the shouting of slogans outside the Park Lane hotel where Dr Malan is staying with his delegation during their visit to the Common- wealth Prime Ministers" Conference.
A
"We want to draw world at- to the fact that the of South present Government Africa is leading the Dominions
of Inferna
racial kata conflict." Dr Dadoo said."
Joudspeaker van ran up and down Park Lane, shunting tention slogans suelt as "Down with Malan Malan Is a Faselst," "Down with the Colour tar," and "Freedom for the Colonial Ptopics."
A truck bearing a represen- fation of Dr, Malan and painted swastika
drive past the fashionutile Dorchester Hotel several times.
Was
an
LST Missing
With 1,600
Troops
Thought To Have
Defected
Slangbak Apr. 20-The LST Cloung
102, property of the China Merchants Steam Navi- Ration Company, has been missing since April 13 and It is feared that the 1,800 Chinese troops alle was carrying to Foo- chow
tray have commandered her and defected to the Com munists.
Marine sources disclosed that the LST was not reported al- though Foochow is only 450 nautical miles from Shanghai and it takes only two days for
the
trip.
The Chinn Merchants' Steam | Navigation Company said I had not received any arrival report from Foochow and expressed anxiety for the ship and crew members.
Families of the crew are press- Jing the company and other au-
thorities for some action.
One waterfront
said there had been a report from Tsingtao that the Chung 102
Was
source
as sighted off Lianyunkang, terminal part of the Lunghal railway in North Kiangsu, wüten is in Communist territory.
"There is 31 possibility at pogroms being organised by one Thee against another. Dr Malan has come to London and offered the other Dominions his support of the Western Union defence This report, coupled with a plan and the fight against the lack of evidence of any arci
the assumption in exchange dent, caused Communist bogey for a free handl
to pursue his that the troops on board the LST cial policy within and with-had seized the vessel and gone out the burgers of South Africa," over to the Reds.Associated
Sperial police reinforcement converged on the hotel as the students assembler for their de- monstration.
Guests at the hotel lined the balconies of the building as about 50 demonstrators spread A "Orators' Corner in Hyde themselves along the opposite Park, nbaut 200 people heard' pavement chanting: "Malan, the De Bndoo make a long attack Fascist, is in London. Malan Inon Dr Malan and his Govern
Fascist.
Main is a race- ment,
the police hater.
Malan is a danger to made it clear that they would world peace. Stop British sup-not allow the effigy to be burn- port to Malan. Appease Malan?ed publlely, some of the demon- Similar strators threw it on the ground. Remember Munich," slogans were paraded on large pulled it to pieces and tossed it placardin.
over a palisade, where it sub- sided
the on
ground crumpled heap of rags papler mache,Reuter.
A
NAMES TAKEN The police took the names of 5нne of the demonstrators and enquired if any
organisation
After
was behind the demonstration. They were Organisation
fold no particular CHINA
Was
The demonstration
responsible.
passed on
pencefully und afterwards the demonstrators maule their way
to Trafalgar Square, close to Whitehall, with
Maloo.
men
and
AID
TOTAL
Press.
Russia May
Claim Part
Of Antarctic
are
Washington, Apr. 20.-There
that Indications growing Russla may soon lay formal claim to a section of Antarctica close to the South American continent.
Mrs Arnold Aderman (right), 24, snuggles her son as her husband looks on. She was in St An- thony's hospital at Efingham, Ill., when fire swept through the building. She was helped from her second floor room to nearby home where she was
delivered of a son—AP Picture.
Mock Trials
Held
To Make Nazi
SS Men Confess
US PROSECUTOR'S
ADMISSION
war
Washington, Apr. 20. - An Army crimes
today admitted that Nazi prosecutor storm troopers charged with the Malmedy mas- sacre were subjected to mock trials in order to make them confess.
the Malmedy
Armed
Robbery Recalled
For Third War Set Up
Spoochos At Paris
Peace Congress
Paris, Apr. 20---The Italian Left-wing Socialist leader, Plotro Nenul, told the 1,500 delegates at the 59-nation World Congress for Peace here today: "To now war we will respond by an uprising of all peoples."
He added that the Congress WGS "determined to achieve peace by all means".
Professor John British physleist
D. Bernat, and Vice-
nt the
the Preparatory
President of
afternoon session,
Committee, presided
Negro singer Paul Robeson to become one of
was invited thic chairmen,
"This Congress," Signor Nenni said, "gives to the people of the world the choice between peace and collective security or war and falso security in the arma- ments race, which is the policy of the men and governments of the Atlantle Pact.
"Italian workers are deter- mined to fight against Italy be coming a forward basz, a battle- Heid or an aircraft carrier for the capitalist imperialists.
"It war is a political matter before it becomes n military fact, we are forced to note in the last two weeks that pofl- tical headquarters for a third world war have been set up," he added.
Paul Robeson told the Con- fress that American Negroes wanted pance, for another war would Lake them back 10 slavery.
He announced that he why going back by air to New York to give evidence for the 12 American Communiat leaders now on trial there.
REBEL SONGS
Then he sang four revolu- fionary songs: "The Four Insur- gent Generals (In Spanish),
Jo
"From
Xill" (an American ballad), a Russian song Border To Border" and a new River" Man version of "Old
The voice was the Robeson voice and the tune was that the millions but had been changed to give a political message.
known words
to
Licut-Colonel Burton Ellis. chlef prosecutor of the German storm troopers accused of kill- ing American prisoners, testifled | before the Senate Armed Ser- vices Sub-Commitice which is A recent Moscow Radio broad-Investigating cast sald the Moscow branch of Irials. the USSR Geographie, Society hind recommended that the name
charges At first he denied. given to that the Nazi defendants were "Russian sector" be
the Antoretic main mistreated or tricked, but, and which were discovered by under questioning by Senator
ftusskin expedition in 1810-21. Joseph McCurthy, he admitted. Satyingpun district on the night
mock trials were held in pre- Diplomatic observers here beparation for the actual trials,
was attempt of the French Govern- Chung- ment lieve that the move was inspired
and the United States by the Soviet government.
told the sub-committee hal, altus Sat Kai, appeared be- authorities in He
Occupied Japan fore Mr Justice
Williams
An armed robbery In the
of December 2 laal year recalled when Kwan
The Congress earlier passed testing against the "unjustinable unanimously a resolution pro-
darkened rooms, hooded Agureazulsne Judge) at the Criminat "to prevent 370 delegates from
and a crucifix
were
radio van Washington, Apr. 20.--The bearing a life-size cffigy of Dri United States, over a period of areas i
years has provided $2,500,000.- Trafalgar Square, the de- 300 worth of military and econ- demonstrators were reinforced omle aid to China, Mr Dean by more yourk
and Acheson, the US Secretary of women. But the police officers State, announced today, waiting there told them that they could not hold a political on a week-day meeting there' anti that they could not bring the effigy of Dr Malan, which was on the vun, into the square
about an hour the de- For monstrators moved among the
there were no defence counsel. crowd of London sightseers. Taking a prominent part in the Inte on
He said it was thought proper action was Dr Yusef Mohammed States Government would be conflicting claims by Britain,
A Com- Argentina and Chile. It lies to hold mock trials so long Drdoo, President of the Trans-prepared to recognise
south of the the trial court was and a munist Guvernment if the Com-almost directly vaal Indian Congress South African citizen without munists overrusi China passport. It was confiscated by
the South Africa Government the when he come to Europe lust September in the hope of repre- senting the Indians of South Africa at the United Nations Assembly in Paris..
WORLD MENACE
Dr Dadoo did not make a anl after am
public speech,
hour he went with his portern to Hyde Park.
He told his weekly press con- ference that military ald de- The Russian explorer, Belling counted for about half of that, Shausen, who first discovered
Inside total. He said he had not yet lund
the Antarctic received ofllel confirmation of Circle, covered an area roughly the Chinese civil war.
between longitude 71 West and longtitude 91 West.
Mr Acheson refused to specu→
whether the United This area is the
Reuter.
China Coast Skipper Dead
William
yup- Captain Before who for nearly
Forester, has 50 years leaving, be told reporters that been a prominent @gure on the the demonstration was being China coast, died last night in held because they felt that Dr the Queen Mary Hospital." He was 75 years of age. Mulan's policy of rucial discri-
Forrster
subject of
candles used in the mack trials.
However, he added that the defendants should have known they were false trials because
10 countries coming to the Con- Sessions Lis morning charged
Kress." with the offence.
The indictment alleged that Professor Frederic Joliot- accused, with others not in Curie, leading French atomic custody, robbed Lt Shou-man, scientist and Communist, opened Wong Ol-chun and Lau Ying of the Congress with an attack, on a number of articles of jewellery the French Government for re- and money at 23 Po Tak Street,
300 fusing
visas "evidently second floor on
in through reaction and fear." question,
the night informed
wa South American countries-about--the-method used to ob- bytoin confessions, United Press. and is roughly bordered Peter Island and Alexander i Island-both discovered and named by Shausen. The sea between is
Shausen Sea.
called
Belling
The Moscow broadcast was the most recent of a series stressing Soviet interest in the warning that Antarctic and Russia would recognise no An- foretic settlement made without her participation.
mination constituted a mentree For many years the late Cup-brosdienst
nat
only
to
the
to the coloured peoples through- į out the world.
SIDE GLANCES
ONE
WAS
been He had about three weeks.
By Galbraith
with
US Divorce Bombshell
to as necessary
aru
Mr A. Hooton, Crown Coun- i sel, assisted by
Mr A. Shaw, ASP, is prosecuting, Accused is not legally represented.
The Jury empanelled com prises three men and four
women.
Professor Curle, in his open- ng address, gave a special wai- come to "delegates from China, Republican Spain, democratic Grecce, Vietnam and Indo- China."-Reuter.
Urges Quota Immigration For Australia
Sydney, Apr. 20.-Professor of Melbourne MacTahon Ball University tonight urged the Australian government to admit Asiaties into the country on a quota system.
Mr Hooton said the victims of the robbery were three of 10 occupants of 23 Po Tak Street. At about 7
out 7 pm on December 2, Washington, Apr. 20- four men entered the premlpis. a hand grenade, Thousands of people throughout One carried the United States today won- another a gun, the third a dag- dered whether they are married gar, and the fourth, whom Coun- Diplomatic observers said the and, if so, to whom, following a sel submitted was the accused, a
was significant be Supreme Court decision. yester- I coil et wire.
The occupants were. berded of cause it stressed the claim that day on "quick divorce" cases. non-white tain peoples of both Africa and, in Butterfield and Swires' ship's Belling Shausen discovered the
Antarctic mainland. Previous- In effect, the Supreme Court into a cubicle, and bound with the wire and gagged while the deed, Africa as a continent, but others
AD hospitally. Moscow had contented self declared that two people
place was ransacked. make a generally recomised just claim and he discovered the divorce as they are to make a
BUSES SEARCHED Arst and found within the An- marriage. laretie Circle-Peter I Intact
The next day a Police search By a malority decision, the
of buses going out to the New and Alexander 1 Island.
Court decided that Nevada
Territories resulted in a mon United States State Depart- divorce was invalid beenuse a
Professor Ball, former British being identified as the robber I was not a
Commonwealth representative ment officials said they knew of man obtaining no records to prove the Soviet bona fide resident of that State, who carried the dagger. As a
result of what he said the busjon the Aliled Control Council The Court also said that the contention that a Russian ex-
was again stopped and necused, Japan, was addressing the con- divorced Arst wife of a minn
vocation of the Standing Com- pedition discovered the mal-
who had died Intestate atter was picked up. land.-United Press.
It was fair to say, Counsel mittee of Melbourne University. remarrying was witlow's share of the dead said, that nothing incriminating
He said that the Immigration was found on the accused when man's estate.
of a small number of Azlatics, searched,
could do no The
Mr Hooton pay 500 yearly, Crown's. It further ruled that a divorce
.case,
harm to the White Australia could be challenged if a notice sald, was that accused was one
Neither would they faction was not served on the of the four men who perpetrated polley.
"threaten to "overrun and over- ho RC- divorce partner within the this robbery. Whether divorce State or if a partner tually was the man who look flood" the country. was not represented in the way the articles did not matter,
Professor Ball strongly criti- divorce proceedings. Reuter.
In the submission of the Crown, eised the present Australian im- provided the Jury were satisfied migration policy, which he that he was acting in consort blamed for its "inconsistency, with the other men and assisting obvious blundering and lack of
yadbume 2:14
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"I think ought to toll President Truman the Berlin airlift
Isn't doing a thing for me?",!
New US Envoy
To Moscow
Washington, Apr. 20.-Pre sident Truman today nominated Admiral Alan Kirk, at present Ambassador to Belgium, to he the new US Ambassador Soviet Russia.
to
The 80-year-old retired nd- mirel was named to succeed Lieut-General Walier Bedoll Smith, who la now commanding the First Army.
entitled to a
Beggar Stoned
To Death
Calcutta, Apr. 20-An angry mob today stoned an unidentified beggar to death in the native quarter here as a climax to baby-kidnapping scare.
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them. In that event they must imagination."-Associated Press,
find him guilty, he submitted.
The telat is proceeding.
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Flame Throwers Rout Bandits
JIKT. Admiral Kirk received his
8.00, Programme Bumunary: 0.01, Children's Story: "Maulida touse" flest diplomatle appointment in
Singapore, Apr. 20-Flag- band "grenades and later at- Karachi, Apr, 20-One hun-by Dots Brootso (UBCTS) "Manida 1940 ns Ambassador to Belglum
Foes to the South Sens" Read by throwers wero Used for the tempted unsuccessfully to cot red followers of the Fakir of and Minister
Wired Pickles: 6.16, A Light Con- first time in Malaya's emergen-¡the grass ofire with petrol to Luxembourg.
Ipe raided the village of cert with Lawrence Tibbett as He was born in Philadelphia on For the past few weeks the
Beatcy early
action today in an Mohammad Khod, a Peshawar Guest Artist: 300, "Down
Paul
A radio 609 was then sent October 30, 1858, and graduated elty has been
Beat near Ipoh, in which five bundits olive with ru-
(Studio); 1.30, "La Demi-Heure
killed, two of them cut for flame-throwers. Those from the United States Naval mours that a band of kidnappers cable to the Karachi newspaper Discs" presented by
Dawn said yesterday. The Francale" (Studio): 4.00, World were Academy In
in the was operating
native 1900,
fought back killing News and News Analysis (London women. A sixth was belleved flushed the bandits into a por
don of police and Hussam. One General Smith, who had serv quarter, stealing children, selling
tin Boston Stump" by Canos A. The operation began when woman bandit had her hand ed in Moscow for four years, girls to brothels and maiming three of the raiders, the report Relay 0.15, "Landsmarks of Dri ito have died..
M. Cook (DUCTS); 8.50. "ITMA" resigned from his post recently young boys and selling them for
The rencon for the raid was CTB): 200, "From the Edito police, on information, surround-blown off by the premature ex- to return to active Army duty. professional beggars.
hill four plosion of a grenade, Two chey- stated to be that the villagers rials (London Relay) 9.10, Zuleika ed a grass-covered In the meantime, the White
on to her clothing. Dobson" An Oxtoni Lave Story 2 miles cor.h of Ipoh and only tons sOWI Houss was non-committal on a Before the mob fury was had
Max Beerbohm (DI) Adele 200 yards from a main road. were taken, to indicate she was suspected was a spy, Tho
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Hussars
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Weather Report and Close Down. drive the bandits ed-Associated Press.
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campment-United Press,
| rumour that General Mark Clark spent, the crowd had beaten captured an Ipe man who
would
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