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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Progress Of Marshall

Plan Nations Polish Deal

Reviewed

OUTPUT BACK TO-

PRE-WAR LEVEL

Washington, May. 16. - The Foreign Economic Co-operation Administrator, Mr Paul G. Hoffman, today told Congress that the first phase of Western Europe's recovery was nearly completed by the end of 1948.

In the third quarterly report,-Mr Hoff- man said that industrial production in most of the Marshall plan countries was back at pre-war levels for the first time.

He emphasised, however, that an "exten. sive programme of expansion and adjustment of productive capacity is needed to restore econo- mic independence by the end of ERP in 1952,”

Nehru's Defence

Of C'wealth Agreement

New Delbl, May 16 The Indian Prime Minister. Pandit

In its report for the period ending last December 31, the

Industrial production In Europe exceeded its level.

pre-war

With Spain

Sale Of Bomber Engines Alleged

B

New York, May 16.-Britain charged today that Franco. Spaln made a deaf last year to pur- chase 500 bomber engines from Poland after the British govern. nient had refused to similar Spanish order.

land.

chief advocate of strong United Nations action Ogainst Spain, has frequently accused the United States and Bituin of supplying war materials to the Franco govern- ment.

The British Minister of State, Mr Hector McNell did not say the Polish engines were actually delivered, but he did say that a credit of £95,000 was cleared through a transferable account for payment to Poland. That wan how the British government learned of the deni, he said.

Mr. MeNell made his charge Polich delegate, Me Juliusz Catz- In the UN. Assembly-after the

Suchy. ECA sald that as that date over US were Britain and the')

had

secretly supporting a Latin-American move

Lo lift the 1040 ban on top level Sicel production and electric diplomatic relations with Franco. Mr McNell termed "offensive power supply were at post-war and ridiculous" Poland's charge peaks, and exports were 13 per- that the US and Britain were cent above their 1930 volume.ing arm Prices

twisting tactics to were generally stable, Influence delegates although inflationary

on the pressures Spanish question. Associated continued to be strong, requir-Press. ing governmental economic and Bnancial reforms.

Almost $5,000,000,000 had been allotted to the FCA countries by the end of the year.

The report said: "In Nehru, defending the Common- ministering the European B

wealth agreement D India covery Programme the Adminis- before the Constituent Assem-tration has kept a constant

watch

bly today. again assured the nation that the agreement la

no obstacle to India's completo overclan Indepen- dence.

volved

with

He challenged erities to show how her remaining in the Com- monwealth interfered India's independence, or how she would be benefited by withdrawing from the Common- wealth.

the

LETTERS TO

THE EDITOR

over its effect on American

Our Dofence Line economy. As far as possible it has endeavoured to channel the purchases of reln- Sir-Day after day the "HK tively scarce items into markets Telegraph"

- geta my twenty and at the same time has tried cents. It's money well-spent al- to meet requests for specific

though I am only interested in commodities with items which the leader article. The editor have been relatively abundant adopts that Oghting attitude here.

By virtue of these mea- however polite

the way it'% programme has offered all meant for the general sures, the ECA not generally increased Infla welfare of the pubile. tionary pressures,"

SIDE GLANCES

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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1949..

By Galbraith

3-/loce 1943 BY NEA BERVICE, IND, Y, SA RED, U, B, PAT, OFF","

"I've decided to enlarge my reading scope till Freddy goto over boing mad at me?!

Arm Now To Take

North" Posters Appear In Dublin

postera

London, May 16.-The Home Secretary, Mr James Chuter Ede, tonight cited shown in Dublin-"Arm Now To Take The North" in 'support of the British Government's view that Northern Ireland should not be asked to leave the United Kingdom without the con- sent of its own Parliament.

4

The House of Commons defeated by 345 to 21 a motion by a Northern Ireland Labour Member, Mr John Beattie, that would have deleted a clause affirming this view from the Ireland Bill.

Our Secretary of State for the The Opposition vated with the

Arthur Creech | Government.

this paragraph had not

big have appeared in Dublin in the

torted that there was nothing to the clause to justify the showing arm for an immediate attack on of a poster urging the people to Northern Ireland,

ROXY

Shanghai's Industry Comes To D

Standstill

Shangtial, May 17.- In Shanghai's vast commercial and political "Ufe today, a final ad Justment is being made for the change-over which booming cannons are dally proclaiming la at hand.

A survey of the local scene shows Shanghai's industry bent- Init slowly to a standstill, wille commercial activity clings to the hope of revival after the establishment of the now re- gime.

From lie

of view of un „point international world centra

| Shanghai became literally dead when International airlines an- nounced a suspension of flights and International shipping de cided to divert their vessels.

Both foreign and Chinese cor- perations, down to small, one- room export and import ofllees, are further streamlining to cope with a possibly prolonged para- lysis of activity. Warehouses

Ara disgorging their stocks of goods as perhaps the only way of defeating con- fecation. Grent oil companies, for instance, have dumped huge quantities of kerosene, diesel oil, gasoline and lubricants on to the market as a practical alternative to loss by fire or requisitioning. BIGGEST THREAT

the

By far the most serious threat to Shanghai's Immediate future is the looming prospect of the uspension of public utilities-

American-owned Power Company and the British-owned Gas and Water Works. These companies have survived up now with the aid of cheap fuel supplied by the American Economic Co-operation Ad-

ministration.

ECA, necording to repeated Washington announcements, will cease to function as soon as the Communists take control of the

cliy

a very

Unless the Communists are able to assume within short time the responsibilities assumed by ECA, these utilities may be compelled to suspend operations when their présent stocks run out. Shanghai's

of

or will

is simly this: superficialities, bem, stripped Will the Communists give clear- The report noted that in three Colonies, Mr

ance to foreign airlines and countries the first phase of re- Jones, would have felt the pinch

shipping so that the pattern of covery was for from complete. of the press to smart him up been Justined before, It would

disruption and chaos, life may be maintained without While he spoke, o crowd! Air's

It said: "In Western Germany, from that cozy scat and not to have been by the posters which Carrying Communist and Socia-Austria and Greece the existence

they awalt international recogni to those let banners gathered outside the of special political and economic give both cars

tion before doing so, ignoring Assembly

"This paragraph which it is the threat of a total breakdown bullding shouting circumstances has retaried the shots of the colony who would last 48 hours," Mr Eds said.

advance of

have him to be disillusioned production and trade.

When a Labour Member, Mr proposed to leave out says that in the life of the metropolis slogans and distributing leaflets avane declaring that India should cut bizone (Western Germany) 108¡ mountain retrests protected by sult of this Bill," Mr Ede re- consideration," Mr Ede declared. hope that the Communista will.

although recent progress in the that Hongkong apathetic. John McGovern, protested that we are determined that physical meanwhile? Commonwealth ties

In the lofty heights of their the posters were "only the re- force is not to the arbitrating To those who clung to the. the potentiality of their bayonets what the deuce do they

"I have not heard it suggested want to preserve the city da a that the North is preparing war going concern many now reply about newspaper criticisms.

The

on the South."

that capitalist prosperity would apathy of the public as the

be a refutation of the Com- editor truly said would appear

munist ideal at the very moment potent to be like wasting good CKKS

of its highest success. them against those potentates who do not care pants if there should be another rap until they get kicked in the

Invasion,

Pandit Nehru said that critica

been marked."

The report said that Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Swe- of the Commonwealth Lu agreement were lawyers, whe den were in the second phase. knew too muelt of the law and of their programmes. It added nothing of realities. extreme that the United Kingdom. the edit nationalists, and those who live mark had already progressed to Netherlands. Norway and Den- in the past.

this phase.

"The world is becoming pro-

France's chief obstacle to re- gressively a whole and no one covary had been inflation and can afford to live in isolation." Communist - inspired strikes. he told the Assembly. "Trouble Italy's primary need was econo- arison when one nation do-mle development which could nunates another. The Common absorb her unemployed.-United -wealth – ja designed to prevent | Press.

such attempts."

not

He added that the Common- wealth agreement was Capable of amendment and warned members seeking to offer amendments that the agree ment must be accepted either in full or rejected completely.

from the question of Commonwealth

Associated Press.

No

care

д

Popular Front

Mr Ede appealed to Irishmen on both sides of the border to "live for about a fortnight in

Election Win today instead of in the remote

In Hungary

past,"

They also say that the Com- munisiz have given no justifica. "I do not think any Irishman tion for any bellef that at this can ever read a history book dramatic stage of their history with great pleasure, for he finds they would pause to reflect on the We all know that the police

dislocation of merely a city, even nothing now. He has never made a sudden evacuation of Budapest, May, 16.—The Hun-Į forgotten anything.

though that city may be Shang- Kowloon during the last host-garlan Government announced

hai and even though "Why, even the Scots can people may-bo-living-in it- 0,000,000 litien-abandoning a lot of people lauleht that the weekend elec- forget," he added amid laugh-Reuter

o their fate. Trouble is loom-tions showed "a complete and ter.. Ing up again yet in writing 10 Florious victory" for the ruling: the "Post" on Sunday the 8th | Popular Front. wi Kovernment cared to make

to

which of those big shots of the Further

Meat Cut

For Britain

London, May 16.—The Nelitsh ions to ensure that the domes Government has taken precau-

Leen

more troubles added.

The opposition vote appeared

nuns

and

The Ireland Bill recognises

the secession from the Domin-

tons of the Republic of Ireland. Wife Accused

held in

It confirms eltizens of the new Republie in all the rights they while Elre was still a member the United Kingdom

of the Commonwealth.

Additional detectives among the public waiting out side to hear the debate to pre- vent the possibility of dis- orders.—Reuter,

Of Witchcraft

London, werg

May 10-Robert Adams, 47-year-old coloured actor and barrister from British Gulana, was granted a decrez |

here today against his red wife, Constance Alber- whom he accused of having

to

nis

coloured tha,

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in wrestler; alleged desertion from September, 1030, by hla wife. He asked for the court's discretion

mitted adulterying his nd-

reply why guns must not be in to have been between four and the hands of those who had five per cent of the total votes served so well before yet thou-cast-between 00 and 93 per sands of sporting rifles are In cent of the electorate. the hands of irresponsible Inds Replying to questions, the

whom might one day join some

The Government statement Premier said that India would

student agitation and presto cald the electorate voled for not be cut of from her neigh-

the system of the People's bourn in Asin by remaining in

Democracy, the five-year plan the Commonwealth, but on the

munist propaganda in the cap-no incidents had occurred dur

We all know the latest com- and world peace. It added that contrary, Commonwealth TO- lationship would make it more

tic meat ration of is. id. per lors and enpilves sleep In Ing

the the polling, emphasised enry for her to develop closer weekly is not endangered same quarters and eat the same that all Churches sent represen- associations in Asia.

in ike coming months by a food and wear the same clothes įtatives to the polls and that breakdown of the Anglo-Argen- and are addressed not as prison- the voters included Cuthoile He said he understood that the

ine meat Lalits.

ers but as cadets. This wonderful bishops, priests, Thie Government announced plece of propaganda would make monks, objections were based on op today that the rallon from May the defenders position to racial intolerance in 2 would include an extra 2d. clamour for peace, How genuine of South China some parts of the

All correspondents in Hun- Common worth of fresh meat, in substi- the Reds are is a matter that Kury received wealth. That was

tickets to visit a separate question and must be kept apart tution for the 2d. worth of time will prove. Wait til they polling stations of their own which is now have got the whole of China and choice anywhere in the coun- India's Canned meat membership part of the ration. This had have liciced their wounds and try-Reuter.

made possible by a general ready for another astray-will Improvement In supply they then be as nice as they are

the position.

Now? Corned meat is Britain's basic- meat reserve. It is usually A rat won't mind a lion such ssued when fresh supplies are a hell of a big thing but no insufficient to honour the full thing doing with the cat how- ration. The Improvement ap- ever good the promises and genuine friend- incat, but to British supplies ship. We hope the Communists from other quarters, including are really sincere and will be for in their effort to take Woo-London, (CPO) 420 p.m., (GPO) B The Portuguese Consulate in United States

Australia, New Zealand and the good friends. Russia has lifted

the blockade Hongkong on behalf

to possibly avoid the fortress nt the Whang- of the Portuguese Government

Fat cattle supplies from Ire on Imminent war. It will give po River mouth 100 miles has and have improved and a small the Communists line while weed its edge several times but erranged for the evacuation of

North of Shanghai. They reach 110 members of the Portuguese mount of pork has come from labour under the sense of false were unable to stay. Ships community

These factors have security to expect everything went in and out. Dnd slek) from Shanghai to sirengthened the Government'./ but then once when they have ['. Another-column of Reds was ror Manilla, Guam, tonaiulu & UBA, "furical Sweethearts" (Studio); 0.30,

entidrenFrance. Hongkong.

hand in its present negotiations the whole of Chlon and, aro with Argentina. On present es fresh again what then? the. Con- t'match of the reserves and, sup- sulate has chartered three CATO ples, an interruption over some shots to give a little more cars

are expected to months in the Argentine up to the majority of the population take Postung, "backdoor" In- arrive in Canton at 8 p.m. today / plies would not make a cut in the and let us have, a little say... and will arrive In Hongkong|ration necessary.-Reuter,

Portuguese

Coming Here lies not only to home-produced manifestations of

(women,

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Is it not time..for our

S'HAI ALMOST ISOLATED

(Continued from Page 17

The Reds had been 'balked so

reported circling Shanghai from the Southeast, on the opposite big side of the Whangpoo river. They evidently were trying to

dustrial and whart district, have that little wisp of voice directly East of Shanghai acroLE given a little more attention or the Whangpoo. shall we conquer Commumism and suffer ourselves to be tied San Francisco by the Associated A Communist broadcast in with more red tape......ay,

Pietended to confirm Mr Editor, lest "red tape

this encircling movement. It wald 'a'

about.

halen, on the East side of the Whangpoo 23 miles South Shanghal-Associated Press..

Ja

Ti badak. It was impossible for boat armada in on its way out future be misunderstood, make Red column-normally the evacuers to leave Shanghal of Montrest Harbour bound for it clear it is British Colonial 15.000 men had captured Feed on Monday as originally plan- Beltain with wheat.

Administrations product After the first ship solled, n ned.

dozen more wore preparing to carrying moro than

bushels of wheat.

in score, of British

The Consul, Dr Eduardo Bra

zao, states that it is very dim- cult for, him and his colleague.

in Shanghai and the Portuguese silps are to dock within the next Government in Macao to inform week as port officials strive to each and every individual of the keep the harbour's numerous Portuguese community of the in- elevators from being worked tention andyplany of his Govern beyond capacity, Associated

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Mrs Adams, a school teacher In Briish Gulana, dented deser= tion and alleged that her husband deserted her in 1930. and that he WRD guilty of cruelty and adultery.

Her evidence and cross- examination, taken before an Examiner in British Gulana, were read to the court-Reuter.

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