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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1949%

United Nations Economic Survey Of Far East

Lake Success, July 14.-A call for more sus- tained and organised efforts on the parts of Governments to redeem from “a poverty, which tends to be self-perpetrating," the people of the Far Eastern region, is made in the United Nations Commission's second Economic Survey of the Far East.

The report, which covers the year 1948, has broad- ly the same scope as the Arat Survey, which was made In 1947, and records an "all round Improvement" during the period, but says: "Such progress as has been achieved was tardy and uneven."

Indo-Chino, mission, puta the 200-page re- Japoti, Koren, Malaya, the Philippines, Slam, port in a nutshell when he says India, Burma, Ceylon and Pakis in a preface: "Nearly four years ton are among the countries have elapsed since the end of included in the region.

the war, but the process of re- Lokanathon, the construction and rehablillation Dr P. S. Indian economist, who was the of the Asian economy has been executive secrelary of the Com- very slow,"

REDS SILENT

OVER POPE'S

NEW DECREE

from the

The region had been in condition little short of collapse nt the end of the wor, he said. but today. In no branch their industry have the region's countries attained their prowar Ievels.

the

Britain Sends Tito Note Of Protest

London, July 14.-Britain has formally accused Marshal Tito's government of infringing the Italian peace treaty by introdcing Yugoslav currency into the Yugoslav zone of Trieste.

Diplomatic officiuls 1947, was still less than prewar.

re- testing against the incor- "Zone A four percent decline in the ported today that a British poration of Trieste production of cereals, the staple note has been sent to the B" into the economy of food of the Asians, below the Belgrade Government pro- Yugoslavia. by a 10 percent fucrease in the region's population.

Dr Lokanathan Bays: "With exception of rubber, which has exceeded prewar levels of production, the position of other industrial and agricultural pro- Vatican City, July 14.ducts remains unsatisfactory

LESS THAN PREWAR Vatican informants said to-

"Agricultural production, day that the Pope's historic decree excommunicating rough slightly higher than in Communists Roman Catholic Church would finally force millions of persons around the world

between choose

the to Kremlin and the Church.

The Informants would not estimate os manys, perseus might be affected by Wednes- day's sweeping proclamation that A man cannot be both

olle. But Communist and Catholic. the globe-wide

1934-30 level, was accompanied

"Instead of being a net ex- porker of rice, the region bay become a net Importer of rice mal other cervals Food con tinues to be the most urgent need of the people.

BEIRUT EDITOR GAOLED

The Yugoslav Government announced on July 3 that it was incorporating its zone of Trieste into the economy of Yugoslavia.

The Italian peace treaty took Trieste away from Italy, turned i, bilo a so-called Free Ter- ritory, and divided it into two

At the American Inde pendence Day ball at the U.S. Embassy in London, Lord Wakehurst (left) meets film actor. Douglas Fairbanks Jr and his wife. Fairbanks, a staunch lover of Britain, has been made a KBE by His Majesty the King.

DEPUTIES STILL DEADLOCKED

POCKET CARTOON KADET WERE RE

Australian Communists'

By CUMMINGS

Finances Revealed

Sydney, July 14.-Some! of the Australian Commun- ist Party's financini secrets were revealed in the Arbi- tration Court în Sydney to-} day.

The court was told that the Communist Party controls large sums of money in Australia in a number of banking accounts, some of them in the name of private individuals so that there la no indication of the real ownership.

The Party is usually most enreful about the manner

in

which payments are made. Nor- mally even payments of tho #mallest amounts are made by cheque and, detalls of the trans- action carefully recorded.

The Communists havo A credit of £15,000 with the Com-

mercial Bank of Australin, the

court was told.

"There's a gentleman out- side who says he's got a formula for transmuting base metals into gold."

VOODOO

MURDERS INQUIRY

London, July 14-The Government has ordered a Cambridge University, pro involved in a fessor

to fly to Africa to court case connected with the solve a series of murders in now 10-day-old conl miners*

The Prry lo

strike. The government asserts one of the weirdest detec- that the shiko was engineered tive assignments since the by the Communist Party.

JOBLESS WORKERS

the

days of Sherlock Holmes.

own

to wanis The Government

of Central know why natives

their The strike is bringing fresh Africa have stepped up difficulties daily. In Sydney "programme" of voodoo mur- alone, elght out of every 10 ders in Basutoland and Dechua- breadwinners are jobless as a naland to the point where men result of the fuel. shortage, were even selling their causing

shutdown of brothers as victims for as little industry,'

as £100 sterling.

The Commonwealth Relu- Twenty-six chips are tied up

tlons

which Ministry

Have in Sydney for want of coal or Professor G. I. Jones the as- signment,, was not so much in- London, July 14.The de cargo.

Ministers

terested in tracking down the puty Forelan

All police leave has boon culprits as in Anding the rea writing the Austrian treaty cancelled in New South Wales sons behind the murders which today again failed to make State and 200 policemen have occurred during the past five

Western been sent from Sydney to the years. any progress.

coalfields. 120 miles north of the Professor Jones is an expert on diplomatic quarters attri-city to stand by while trans- tribal customs and ritual mur- buted the stalemate to the port workers start the expected ders. A professor of anthropo- Fending formation Beirut, July 14.----A Beirut special regime for the territory, uncompromising attitude of removal of 20,000 tons of coal logy, he will report on the

zone was placedi under Georgi Zarubin of Soviet from the pitheads.

nature and significance military court today sen- one

administration Yugoslav.

and Russia.

mlaers are protesting murders. Ghassan Tueni, a tenced

against the removal of the coal, occupation, and the other un- Beirut newspaper editor, to der Angio-American adminis-

which they mined before the rins three months' imprisonment tration.

strike began on June 27, Yugoslavia asserted on July 3 for an editorial criticising

"gross violations" Denn was to constant breakdowns and in- the recent military trial of that its ection had been forced of the Antoun Sardeh.

peace treaty by both Italy and still under discussionicle aro the Anglo-American nuthorities, Sardeh, lender of the National who were charged with running Syrian Party, was shot dead on their zone no though it July B within 24 hours of cap-still a part of Italy. ture and after a five-hour secret trini.

"The production of fisheries was about one-half of prewar. Communist nod the number of Ilvestock Party membership is estimated and working animals is still al 20,000,000. Fellow travellera | barely 85 percent of that before are almost uncounted. To the 1939, decrce excommunicating priy "In the industrial field, coas

slightly production, poor level of 1947, is cut 70 percent of prewar, and iron ore only about one-third.

over

tho

Transport has been subject

terruptions hindering not mere- 1 agricultural and industrial production, but also the move- ment of food supplies

to the food defcient countries." IMPROVEMENT

Sardch was charged with in- elting revolt and disorder.

zoncs,

by

LEGAL TENDER

of 4

Was

Mr Zarubin was unwilling to consider anything but his own draft of Article 35 dealing assets. Detalled with German stipulations of the

port wo

The

SENT TO PRISON

Michael

.arc

BULL RUNS AMUCK

con-

of tho

card carriers and fellow travel-

Commonwealth Relflons om-} lers and denying them the

sald voodoo murders seven sacraments of the Church,

usually were instigated by tribal the Communists replied with a

Members with a lust for power, "gesture of hate.

but other reports told of love Communist

and medicines potions conspicuously silent, although a

TWD more Union officials cocted by voodoo witch-doctors tow

remains-United newspapers spoke up.

were sent to prison for a year from human When a new suggestion was most places the attitude was

by the

today. Western

They te

William Frees. wait and sec. High Vatican

made puties, Mr

usually Parkinson, acting President of Zarubin sources said the ioly See would

the Miners' Federation, 'and said it was at variance with continue diplomatic relations

•Morris

FitzGibbon, the decisions of the Council of treasurer of the Southern Dis- with the Communist govern-

In the sphere of international ments despite the mass excom-

Foreign Ministers in Paris.

trict of the Federation. munications.

trade, says Dr Lokanathan, 1940

"The Parts

communique," The Yugoslav move included

to They refused to disclose marked a distinct Improvement Vatican

fald

Arbitration Courts the the replacement of the so-called sald Me Zarubin angrily once. the over 1947. The values of both

14.-People "is

Rending, July Tuenl's editorial criticised the Yugolire (the

not a newspaper article, but the world is marching "toward a exports and

occupation cur-

drawn taking a stroll along the Thames imports incrcused

a most authoritative document." whereabout of £4.200 spiritual alliance of belivers in while there was a decline in the trial, saying even Sardeh's bit- slavia's currency).

speed and secrecy of the Sardeh rency) by the Dinar (Yugo-

Thus he rebuked the Western from the Union's bank account Bank ran for cover as a bull God necinst the world's adverse balance of trade.

galloped along the promenade, materialisis and atheista."

terest opponents were unable

Four other Union lenders are The

The British note is understood deputies for allegedly not pay on June 20. Exports in the ECAFE region to understand whether he was

sufficient attention to their ing

But one girl did not see the sources emphasised that mobili-

to point out that the peace

Faol for similar bull. Jack Williams, 35, cattle own chiefs, the Foreign Minis already in sation against Communism was

rose by 34 percent, but Imports | "executed or murdered." The

Western

be: offences-Associated Press. observers

examiner, drow trial treaty provides that Italian lira ters.

it off and not a shift toward Catholicism.

by 20 percent, with the result editorial added that the

leved Mr Zarubin had not ob-

pushed the girl to one side. tlant the adverse balance of made Sardeh a martyr and said only shall be legal tender intained any detailed, elastic in-

The bull's horns hit him in the NEAR EAST SUPPORT

trade declined by 31 percent. the prosecution did not mention Tileste pending establishment

log. Despite the welcome trends of the fact that he was a man of of a separate currency for the structions from his superier. Mit Andrei Vyshinsky. Unlied India, Lebanon and Egypt 1946, he continues, there can be ideals and a leader of a political Free Territory. have established relations with no ground for complacency. {party."

A Foreign Office spokesman, Press. the Vatican, they pointed out, Instead of the prewar favour-

meanwhile, reaffirmed that the and they said the envoy of each Fable balance of trade balances

The

court nequitted Walid big three Western powers want country has expressed to Pope vis-a-vis both the United States Tuen, brother of Ghassan and the whole of the Free Territory Pius the determination of their and the rest of the world, thore manager_of_the paper, and restored to Italy.

sources

countries to aid him in the fight for religious freedom.

"If the A spokesman said: people of those Near East coun- tries, which never have had any tics with the Roman Catholic Church, can come forth today and pledge their support to this spiritual alliance, it la an over-!- whelming proof that

a. great! moral force is at work.”

Sources predicted that other Near East countries soun would

relations with Vatican. United Press.

establish

INDO-CHINA TENSION

Salgon, July

the

14-French army forces are concentrating amid mounting tension, alor the frontler between Burma

Indo-China. and

the semi-

official Agency France announced today

Presse

Tho agency reported an off- cial source as saying that Chinese band had crossed the frontier and besieged the Indo-

external

WOE

Search Goes On For Air

Crash Victims

The bull escaped on the way to the town's abattote and i raced down streets across a re-

creation ground, swam the Thames and then ran along the promenade.

Peiping Train

Police were called. They Nahor, who

He was commenting at a press "In Shanghai ̈ slmilarly

were ordered to "shoot to kiE.” charged with insulting the army conference on references to the

Skiffs were commandeered and und attempting to disrupt army future of Trieste made by Mar-

Brst London, July 14-The

boatmen rowed, armed polles shal Tito in his speech at Pola passenger express from Pelping

Bombay, July 14.-The along the river to get the ball on Monday.

to Shanghal since the Com- The spokesman, replying to munisis took over the two cities search for three bodies still broadside on. Two police con-

Aired together, questioners, sald Britain's atti- has arrived at Shanghai. missing from, the KLM air- stables

"remains un-

hunt was over—Beuter; lude on Trleste

Reporting this a Communistliner crash on Tuesday con- New China News Agency brand- cast picked up in London to- night added that the train car ried 550 passengers-Router.

are still serious deficits.

"This drastle turn in the trade balance, not compensated by the

reductions which have taken morale. place in the debit balance on

his the non-trade items, presents a

Ghassan Tueni declared grave threat to the

Innocence, saying the editorial

criticism financial position of the region, was a legitimato

ADVERSE FACTORS "Moreover, certain factors adversely affecting the region's trading position, notably relatively low price of rubber STRIKE HALTS

the

and increased competition from synthetic rubber, the declining demand for natural silk and the

decline in motal exports, seem

to be of a lasting character.

army court

clated Press.

procedure-Asso-modified."

N.Y. BUSES

New York, July 14—A sud-

"Expenditure on defence has den strike during the noon rush

continued to be

heavy burden to

in the region."

Dr Lockonathan "Some

the New Yoru an extremely hour against

Corporation to- the countries City Omnibus

day halted buses on 22 routes that carry 1,200,000 passengers dully.

the

"The whole of the Freo Ter- ritory should go back to Italy," he declared.--Associated Press.

Pilot Ducks To Avoid

Burma Rebels'- Bullets

Rangoon, July 14.-A British pilot had to dive for cover when rebel bullets tore into his De Havilland Dove aeroplane parked on Lanywa airstrip during a two-hour battle on Wednesday, it was learned today.

*

tinued today in the ravine at the foot of Ghatkopar Hil despite incessant rain.

One more body was identified by American Ambassador Hen- derson at the mortuary. It was

STAR

Phone 58335.

The

of M. V. Mahoney, who wax 17 Hankow Road, Kowloon. Identified from the papers carried,

he

·TO-DAY ——

The number of bodies brought 2.30, 5.10, 7.20.& 9.30 p.m.

to the mortuary so far is 42,

not 43 as reported on Wednes

|day. Of the nino bodies recover- ed on Wednesday, two wero women's. Tho Dutch Consul took charge of tle body of

1. Richard

the Canadian employee of

H.

A Joint commemorative ser- vice in Bombay but immpressive

Chinese post of Thone Peuple investment has remained at low pute over the dismissal of four from the BOC's station atlled during the battle against Consuls,

about 150 miles West of Luang Prabang, during June.

"Liaison with been re-established

also says: derived from the fact that, in satisfaction may be spite of political difficulties, and

The strike of the CIO Trans- port Workers' Union jammed

Lanywa, a Burma Oil yuang were "not interfered with civil strife, thore has been on all.

the the city's transport aystem at a round improvement over

in any way.". the statement said. Company town north of immediate postwar years; on

stranded as the dozen places

The Burmese Army's state-

was a simple Yenangyuang, stands on the ment on Wednesday'a battle at bus rushers crowded Into the other hand, the food position

ceremony at- subway and remains unsatisfactory.

onto other bus bank of the Irrawaddy Lanywa sald 200 rebels attended by the American "Am-

town from directly or clothing has also

"The par capita consumption lines,

opposite Chauk, tacked the

two bossador and-by Morarji `Desai, falled to The strike, which started where the British nationals directions.

Bombay Home Minister, and the rench prewar

It said that 10 rebels were Duich, Chinese and American levels. Capital early in the morning in a dis- levels

and the production of mechanics, was

are making two povernment wounded.—As- extended. by Yenangyuang

Large numbers of Indians labour appears to be less than Unlon leaders until it halled their new headquarters. sociated Press.

bowed their heads with Ameri- prower.

traffic on 10 other lines.

The Britons have been forced i KAREN CHIEF KILLED can, British and Chineso resl- "When more than half tho

Jerome Daly, Secretary of the to withdraw from YensTIS" world's population lives in con- Board of Transportation.

dents and V. I. Locbimy, on Rangoon, July 14-Burmese Indonesian from New Delhi, who said yuang as a result of the acuto | if the sleditions of such abject poverty, he would increase rush hour military situation in that area.

press reports today said that lified. Associated there cannot exist a sound basis service, on city-owned lines 11

flow specially to U Gyi, 35-year-old olt company's head- Saw Ba

of the for. enduring pence."-Reuter.

ceremony, revolting the strike was rat soitled-1 quarters articunood that the prealdent United Press. -

plane was on a chartered fight Karens, had been killed in a The service was conducted by thu Rov. Valerian Gractas the ollfields where surface clash between the Karens and

Auxiliary Catholle Bishop of the Communists. communications with: Rangoon Sixteen armed escorts of the Bombay, the Rev. W. Bell,] have been cut off by the night-president were alco

Wesleyan Methodist Minister, ing.

None of the plane's crew was the clash, which took place near the Rev, J, Patterson, Church of and the Rov. I, injured in the post-dawn battle, Nyaunglobin, the Karen strong-England, the company · maid, and the hold 09 north of here, the Baruch of the Jewish Syna- damaged aircraft is expected repart

|gogue.--Associated Press. -

this post has recently,"

tho Agency added..

It did not say

had been

PICBE

SKÝ PAKUN Oukvica, bet —NUEVA YORK

Ted

1:1357

nowensyalmost there...courage.”

Thunderstorms

In England

over

The

the

killed in

Birmingham, July 14-A 45- bock in Rangoon on Friday A Government epokesman sald year-old Yugoslav form worker after repairs.

that no official confirmation of was killed by lightning. Dear The withdrawal of British report was available. Birmingham Inst evening while nationals from Burma's largest Bearded Saw Ba U Gyl lends using a scythe.

oll centre of Yenangyuang, 300 2,000,000 Karen tribesmen who Thunderstorms broke

north of Rangoon, has Jumped into the troubled picture miles many parts of England

and been

completed without In-of

Butma Last September. Wales

and during a six-hour client. Government storm in Liverpool nearly three safely conducted road convoys

troops seizing Moulmein, southeast of

Rangoon. Inches of rain fell,"

to Chauk.

He is president of the Karen

tomorrow, the Karena nouteed

the formation

Lightning hit the Weaverham

Parish Church, Cheshire, and

.

'2,000 JOBLESS

attend the

Sweden's View

Of Blockade

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