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VOL. IV NO. 102

Radar Claim By British Scientists

'London, May 2.---A short- wave radar invention, which is claimed to be "of an im- portance which transcends anything that was done. in the whole of the first World War." was discussed by the Royal Commission on nwards to inventors here today.

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farce young scientists the Invention responsible for appeared before the Conimis- slon. They were Professor John Turner Randal, of King's Col lege, London, Dr Henry Albert Howard Boot, Ital Professor James Sayers, both of Dirming- ham University,

Their counsel, Mr Lionel Henld, told the Commission that the their invention, known B3 "cavity magnetron," formed "the heart of the extension and de- velopment of the radar system. The "cavity magnetron" was in- vented by Professor Randall and Dr Boot in the first winter of the war and disclosed to the Ad- mirnity in February. 1940. Pro- fessor Sayers later devised an "Important improvement," which was disclosed to the Admiralty in August, 1941.

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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1949.

Western Powers Want

Western

Floods Cause Six Deaths

Algiern, Miny 2. Six deaths were reported to- day In severe floods which have swept away bun- dreds of houses and dex- troyed

:20 bridges Southern French Morocco. Marrakech. Moroccan holliny resort, was part- ly inundated and almost completely cut off.

The floods,

forrrutla)

rsimated to

aver

caused raina,

Fax

are

have done 100

franc millian damage in the Marrakech area.

Latest reports say that the flood waters were re- celag today In the Mar- rakech and Moutouya Val- ley area.

Six bodies were recover- eil in the Moulouys Valley today and the Valley was strewn with the garcasgEA of drowned animals.,

The Algiers-Oran rail- way line was cut and the Algiers-Constantine high- way blocked al Koubla. 28 miles cast of Algiers,-- Reuter,

At. Bomb Will

Not Be Used

Says Shaw

London, May 2.-George Ber-

The cavity magnetron reduced nurd Shaw predicts that the use the average number of am-jof the atom bomb will be ruled

Berlin Blockade Lifted, May 10

JOINT NOTE SENT TO

MR JACOB MALIK

Time

For

Reservations

Price 20 Cents

Bolivian Govt Declares A State Of Siege

La Paz, May 2.-The Bolivian government declared a nationwide stato. of siego today to cope with post election disorders which took five lives and left at least 50 wounded.

Shooting began on Sunday night, after the polls closed, in front of the government palace when members of President Enrique,Hertzog's Republican Socialist Union Party clashed with a group belong- ing to former President Gualberto Villardel's National Revolutionary Movement,

"'.

The surprise of the election was the strength shown by the National Revolutionary Movement.

There were two clashes in other parts of La Paz after the abortive attack on the Palace..!

President Hertzog's Party remain in control. as a result of the election despite the gains shown by the National Revolutionary Movement which was supplanted in July, 1946, by the Popular Movement which hanged former President Villardel from a lamp post.-Associated Press.

For New Talks Red Troops Join

Lake. Success, May 2.-The three Western powers have pro- posed to the Soviet Union to open up Berlin by May 10 and to hold a Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting by about May 23, it was reli- ably learned here today.

In the three-power talks held here today, it was understood that Dr Philip Jessup, Sir Alexander Cadogan and M. Jean Chauvel had agreed on a joint note to be sent to the Russian delegate to the United Nations, M. Jacob Malik.

The contents of the note were not revealed, but it was learned reliably to contain a tentative time-table for lifting the trade and transport restrictions in Berlin and for a meeting of the Foreign Ministers.

The note also suggested to M. Malik that the time had come to hold four-power talks between Berlin, the United States, France and Russia. All the recent discussions on Berlin have been between Dr. Jessup and M. Malik. The Western view now is that matters have around a table and work out a definite time-table for the next stage of the negotiations.

munition rounds needed to hit out in the next when World progressed far enough to enable the four powers concerned to sit

an aircraft froin 20,000 to 4,000 ans. was in the and even less, Mr Heald said,

tu

The hearing Lintel

Wednesday.

War

Poison gas "proved as dan- gerous to its users as its victims," he said in a brief letter published In the current issue of the "The Econo- weekly magazine mist."

ciated Press.

The

The dates of May 10 and May 23 are understood to be tentative and subject to further modification. M. Malik's reply to the Washington note is expected tomorrow.

Govern-

Up With Guerillas South Of Yangtse

Shanghai, May 3.--The Communist radio said on Monday night that one Red column (about 20,000 men) had reached Kimen and joined with Communist guerillas already operating in that hilly region 200 miles south. west of Nanking.

This report seemed to confirm a Shanghai Nationalist Garrison announcement of April 29 that three Communist armies were driving south and southeast in that area. The armies were identified as the 14th, 15th and 16th under General Chen Keng. Kimen, 70 miles south of the missions, covering the ground Yangtse river, is 80 miles north forces retreat along the Nan- of the railway that runs from king Shanghal Railway and the Shanghal through. Hangchow, Nanking

Anhwei-Cheklong highways. southwest to Canton, provi- sional government

The Agency claimed that over capital.

Centrai 10,000 Red troops together with The

government

Hangchow and

400

News Agency earlier on Mon- many animal carts and

river carts had been

by Bese plunes-

Tel: 27880

Shanghai May Avoid A Food Shortage

Shanghai, May 3.-There will be no food shortage in Shanghai for the next threo months if all rice and flour purchased or otherwise ob- tained for this city, CR pecially from abroad, can arrive here on schedule, Mr Yang Chao-an, Director of the Office of Emergency Food Procurement, said to- day.

Mr Yang revealed that by the end of June a total of 180,- 000 tons of staple foodstuffs, rice and flour will have arrived.

Akt here. They include ECA rice, rice purchased with ad hoc foreign exchange from the Central

Bank and ccreat storage in Shanghol's free mar- ket.

Mr Yong disclosed that since the deterlomtion of the mill- tary situation the Emergency Food Procurement Office had obtained

exchange. foreign from the Central Bank to buy

tong. from abroad over 20,000

China of rice and the ECA Mission had agreed to ship rice this for Shanghal directly to port without rn shipping through other ports.

It is reported that Mr Yang hns resigned its concurrent post AS Vice-Minister of Finance because of the pres sure of urgent work hero.

The food situation in Shong- hal is so serious that I cannot bear to think of going south," he was quoted as saying. Router.

OP PRES

MORE OFFICIALS LEAVE N.T. Police

Officer Slain. In Ambush

Professor Randall told the Commission how they had as sembled hele apparatus in the simplest way, using sealing wax of seal the joints instead modern techniques, because wo

Atomic bombing "proved so

United Statos roving tish, French and United States take place on the basis of the hal no technicians in the l-

much

thun моге dangerous

Ambassador, Dr Philip Jessup, representatives there talited for present situation, especially the boratory to apply them.".

ponion gas that it is not yet cer and M. Jacob Malik, the Rus- an hour and half today on recent Washington agreement day said rail service.southwest wooden "We tried out the experiment tales that the Hiroshima disintesian negotintor, are now draft-Berlin. Negotiations were

on Germany, Auy Russian at- of Hangchow had been sis-destroyed mration is not still proceedinging a communique on the lift-afterwards officially stated to be tempt to invoke February

1940: We

the Potsdam pended. It later altributed this Reuter 21,

the 92-year old Left

Agreement would thus passed a switch and found that wrote

be to exhaustion of coal supplies wing of the Berlin blockade and progressing "satisfactorily." playwright. "It

Shanghai, May 3-Another The Russians .wil face n doomed to failure.

on that division. we were generating waves," | Wing

Therefore be ruled-out-in-the-the holding_of__ a four-power said Professor Randall.

The Central--New-Agents batch of Central Bank officials from strongly-united-front-of-the meeting, it was learned

REFUSAL EXPECTED said Nanchang capital of left for Canton yesterday, next war."

350. miles Both the American conf-well-informed quarters here to-Western powers when they go

Kiantsi province, was adjourned

to Paris for the meeting of the

Among the evacuees was re- The Western Allies will wel-southeast of Hangchow

was ported to be Mr Chen Chun- Ministers, Tomorrow, dence, in its possession and the night.

Foreign

It was The text of the communique the members of the Commission fear it inspires in other powers

come any Russian offer to allready "almost deserted" and ming, deputy head of the Per- low Eastern Germany to be in- that mast though imagi- has yel to be submitted to the earned from Paris sources, are visiting an Admiralty radar and populacea

provincial govern-sonnel Department, CONDITIONS ACCEPTED French

batch of and

This is the third Hegrated with the rest of Oer-

erment oficials had gone. research station for a demon-natively operative are ground- British

A Reuter despatch The Soviet Government have

Central Bank employees, who sald. Asso-ments.

There were no reports of any stration of magnetron waves In less." Mr Shaw

for Jeft

Canton and Волл Constitution, from New York said the Bri-nccepted all the Western Allies ny, within the terms of the operation-Reuter,

provided preliminary condillons for n

ncarer Communist approach to have genuinely democratie conditions Shanghai from positions about Taiwan resumption

iz the four-power

prevail in the Eastern Zone.

West.--Asso- The Geurial Bank is now 35 miles to the talks

Germany on

whole

charge of the Committee ap- and Berlin in particular.

Western observers at present ciated Press.

pointed by the Finance Minister. The French Foreign Minis-expect the Ruslans to refuse LOAN TO THE KMA

Mr S. S. Lu, who flew to Can- conditions Schuman, con- these

for. Eastern ter, M. Robert

San Francisco, May 2-The ion Inst. Saturday.-Reuter. firmed toilay that an agreement Germany. Failing a merger of Communist North China Govern-

The Constable, No. 1367 Germany on a new meeting had been Eastern

with the ment is to lend the Kallan West reached. He ridiculed

German reports

system,

300 Arson, Looting Tsang Hing Lun, was one of now Mining Administration

a four-man patrol which was set up, about divergencies of view being

Western milllan People's Bank dollars to

Bad In Burma ambushed financial

on the Frontier between Britain, on the one Allies would be prepared to help it tide over its

the offer and

the and Franco hand.

Russians a bridge difficulties av well as

as to crable

Madras, May 2.--Arson and Road between Lin Ma Hang United States, on the other, between the two territories. it to improve coal production.

and and Ta Ku Ling. about handling the

would be a liaison com- Rusalan This

Reporting this today the Com-looting around tangoon offer to resume the talks.

mitice

in Berlin, consisting of munist Peiping Radio says that Bassein were not so bad even the Japanese invasion The truth, according to high Germans only, to co-ordinate in addition to the loan the tax during diplomatic

in sources

the relations, their chief task bean coal exported from the mines as they are today, according to economie would be cut by half while the South Indian refugeen arriving with French capital, is that the US. ing to Secretary of

coal from from Rangoon on Sunday. daily train-baulage of State, Mr Dean problems.

More than 2,000 have arrived the pits would be increased

The Police are continuing Acheson, discussed the

terror stricken. contrary to expectations, considerably. feelers with Mr "penice'

If,

One Indian businessman enquiries, but up to this to allow Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, the

The Kallan Coalmines,

Associated Press, "Burmese made.

EDITORIAL

Thorny

Franchise Problems

THE most obvious necessity, and also associated the greatest difficulty with the proposal to reconstitute the Legislative Council is to find a practical form of franchise. This was the toughest who had problem confronting those

the do with formulating anything to Municipal Council scheme and it is going when applying to be no less tricky popular representation to the legislature. Nevertheless, unt! this has been sensibly and satisfactorily worked out the notice of motion which Mr Landale presented last week is but

11 mooted reform divorced from realities, Several questions pose themselves. How shall the franchise be applied? What is to be the total number of Unoflein) members? To what extent can they be made representative of all local interests? What proportion of them shall be elected?. The Important thing which, as far as possible should be avolded, communal grouping, which And it is tonds to narrow Interests. essential that

one no

group, more In especially if they are commnual appearance, should be able to dominate the Council which, it is now suggested, shall carry an Unofficial majority. Yet It is difficult to see precisely how the communal Influence In establishing fully representative legislature is to be avolded. The Eurasians. Indians, Portu- naturally feel they guese and Chinese should have a direct voice on the Legis lative Council, and it could be argued that the presence of these racial spokes--`

widest men would provide for the possible representation, Then the question of what proportion. (if any) of, the Unofficials should be nominated Because and what proportion elected.

comes

the clamour today is for popular repre- sentation there is some Justification for -submitting that all of the Unofficials should be elected, Bat voling on purely communal Ines cannot strictly

be

regarded as a popular poll, and preser. vation of the conception of community representation plus popular election might be better achieved by the Governor nominating five Unofficials (a Portuguese, on Indian, a Eurasian, a European and a Chinese) while all who are enfranchised would vote for the remaining candidates (possibly an equal number of Europeans and Chinese). When the subject of enfranchisement is considered, clearly the fundamental Issue is basic qualif- cations. British nationality must be one condition, a minimum age limit another, Hteracy a third, and residence in the And because Colony possibly a fourth.

and

so much emphasis has been placed on the

without old slogan, "no taxation representation," (which could be said to imply that the right to be popularly represented applies to those who pay taxation) there is a templation to suggest taxation that the payment of direct should be an additional qualification for the electoral roll. It is of first importance that all who exercise the vote shall be wholly capable of appreciating its impor

the to the individuni konce community, and it is recognition of this which makes it imperative that voters shall be fully qualified to wield their electoral power. There are other problems which, presumably, the sponsors of this Intest constitutional reform will endeavour to solve when they produce their blueprint. One In the form of voting: shall it be. the "straight" vote, proportional repre sentation, the Australlan version of the preference

vole, or the accumulative Shall vote?

there .bd words, or constituencies, or shall the candidates go Into the one hat and voted for by entire electorate'irrespective of districts? These are points which must be dealt with before reformation of the Legis- lative Council can be anything than a notice of motion:

moro

deal

Russians

the

agree

near

A Police constable was killed soon after midnight last night in a gun battle near Chung Yuen Ha, in the New Territories,

One other constable was slightly wounded but was not detained in hospital.

and the French Foreign Minis- real democracy in their German

Ginny Tientsin, is a privately-owned fleeing from Rangoon told the morning no arrests had been

would

for Western defeat for Com-

this In Zone. ler, M. Robert Schuman,

and mean progress Washington last month they have reached fuil agree-ideas and a ment before Dr Jessup wus munism nuthorised to enter into de- talled talks with M. Malik

dis.

in which both enterprise

hold and Chinese foreigners shares,

The Radio also reports the ton "partial satisfactory settlement of If icy agree restoration of relations-chiefly pute between the management COMMON VIEWPOINT economic-thia ngain can only and workers of the mines. The The view, common to the give the Western Idea a footing dispute concerned wages claims now completely and a demand by miners for Western Governments, may be in what is summarised

greater safety measures. Ds. follows: For Soviet-dominated territory,

the In any

Western event, the

The dispute resolved. the first time since the Potsdam

to increase Agreement, the Russians are on Allies appear to hold the trump miners undertook

with the defensive

one cards for the forthcoming four-production in accordance

'what the. Indio described as French diplomat expressed it power talks-Router.

"the policy of benefits to both labour and capital".—Reuler;

SIX WARSHIPS SUNK Shanghai. May 3. Tha out of eight Nationalist warships

and,

today: the Western Alles are.

in the driving seat."

It Is common ground between

Washington, London and Paris Logation Official

that the Berlin

the

▸

the fall of

Communiets ore confused. One section is co-operating with the government and another join- ing the Karens."-Associated

Pressi

You Can Use Whichever

Term You Like

London, May 2-The Prime Minister, Mr Cle- ment Attlee, said in a Parliamentary reply, today that there was no agreement to adopt or exclude the blockade and Falls To His Death Chinese Air Force have sunk six

use of any of the terms "Commonwealth," "British Allied

counter restrictions prit upon Eastern Germany and

Commonwealth" or "Empire." Manila, May 3-The British captured on the Yangtse by the Enttern Europe are forcing the Charge d'Affaires, Mr John Communists after Russians to seek terms in the Dickinson, ded

"Terminology, If it is to be the progressive substitution in this morning Nanking, according to the official "cold war."

after accidentally failing off the Central News despatch today useful, keeps step with develop official usage of the term "Com- The Rumians are expected at

roof

of the Hongkong and The other two vessels are saidment without becoming rigid monwealth" for the term "Em- the forthcoming conference to

building, in to bo so badly damaged that, and doctrinaire," he said. Shanghai Bank produce a dramatic plan for the which the Legallon offices are they will be useless. Immediate restoration of Get located. Reuter,

men unity and withdrawal of all occupation troops from the

Western and Eastern Zorics.

To this the Allies will reply Earthquake Shakes

that a withdrawal of occupation troops can only take place after the peace treaty has been signed

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California

"AIL

piro."

How far was it the Brill

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but that they are willing to in | carthquako rattled dishes and which was controlled by Com-the

constitutional develop Government's Intention to put The report said that after the fall of Nanking only four out of ments in the Commonwealth, the an end to the official use of the Empire"?, expression "British. 12 Government warships as British Commonwealth and the uso the three to signed

ho asked. guard Nanking and the Empire and I

Mr Fletcher further asked it. lower reaches of the Yangise terms deliberately-have been

Lite made good their escape while subject of consultation

that the it was appreciated eight vessels were coptured be between His Majesty's Govern words "British Empire"

has been no heid in high respect by many cause they could not flee to the ments and there 2-An sen through the narrow River agreement to adopt or exclude throughout the Empire. Would Los Angeles. May

of any one of those the Prime Minister see that by Russians operate with the

terma nor any decision in the daily use they were "not push- speeding up that treaty.

Los muntat artillery from shook California At the same time, the Wes Angeles south to the Mexican

Quoting reliable sources the United Kingdom to do so. ed out of the picture?"

Mr Walter Fletcher, Conser Mr-Attice replied, "Opinions tern Alles will make it clear, border this morning. The quake. Central News sold that the main

bad asked what the differ in different parts of the according to these same high was especially sharp in the force of Government ..ale units vative, diplomatic Rources,.

that the towns of tiveraldo and Palm are now concentrated in Shang-Government had done to secure Commonwealth and Empire and Potsdam. Agreement.

far no reports hal and that they had during the the agreement of Goverments it is better to allow people to is."dend Springs, but so and buried. They will say tho have been received of injury or past few days been enrrying out in other parts of the F-ish use what they like best."- new four-power talks must darange.—United Press.

continued bombing and strafing Commonwealth and Empire to Reuter. ****

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