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Hongkong Telegraph

VOL. IV NO. 203

Cabinet To Brief Cripps Today For Dollar Talks

U.S. MAY RELAX TERMS

OF LOAN AGREEMENT

London, Aug. 28.-British Treasury officials worked con- tinuously this week-end preparing memoranda for tomorrow's Cabinet meeting which will give the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, his final brief for the Economic "Big Three" dollar talks in Washington next week.

BOYCOTT OF

£130,000,000 on next

The Sunday newspapers at least here meanwhile devoted year's £3,000,000,000 budget.

Mala sources of the cost-cut-

their main space to predic- tion of the line that the

talks dollar crisis

would

PANAMANIAN take

SHIPS IS PROPOSED

Speculation continued on the possibility that a dollar-sterling merger plan might be discuss ed at Washington.

The comment of one Trea sury source on this report was: "A fine poetic idea which does

drive are expected to be 1. A productivity campaign backed by the full force of the Government and carried Into every workshop and factory here.

2. Proposals to beralise trade by removing wherever possible import restrictions on European goods.

ACTIVE STEPS

not, however, seem to come Britain will take activo steps within the range of immediate

to boost dollar export produc- Rotterdam, Aug. 28.-A practical politics."

und cales technique added that the ton proposal for a world boy- The source

through a wide range of new such n aims behind

proposal were desirable, but 110 was

cott of ships sailing under

methods.

Under the auspices of the the Panama flag is expected certain that they were long-

joint Anglo-American Counçli to be discussed here tomor-term ideas.

for example, row by the Congress of the With Sir Stafford's departure on Productivity,

Industrin miccions International Federation of only a few days distant, the thero will bo

Transport Workers,

that Delegatoo will allege Panamanian ships do noi Riva their crews conditions of safety Internationally recognised oľ standards, claiming that many are unseaworthy.

The Canadian Seamen'e Union strike is also down for discus- sion, though the IFTW does not officially recognise it.

The conference, which lasts until Tuesday, is a joint ancoting

of

und

dockworkers' the seafarers sections of the IFTW.

the

Succession of picture is now clearer of the United States to study produc

case which he and the Foreign Minister, Mr Ernest Bevin, will tion

have present of the talks.

MANY-ANGLED DRIVE Britain's role is not merely to discuss her domestic dificulties but as bankor of the Sterling Area-the world's trading unit

seek a solution of the dollar- sterling un

unbalance now affecting alt Commonwealth and other

Countries.

Informed quarters here pre-

n

and 14 missions,

any

there. Six Industries already sent such others are

suggest

to

Reinforced by figures pro-

Commonwealth

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1949.

WORLD'S

Dino

At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Price 20 Cents

PIPE

BAND

· CHAMPIONSHIPS

Red Leaders

Seek Pacific

The Clan Stewart landles seen marching during the contest for the World's Pipe Band Championship held at Meadowbank, Edinburgh, recently.

Master Plan COMMUNISTS

Singapore, Aug, 28-The Asian-owned Singa

PUSH TO

pore newspaper, Sunday Tribune, today declared EAST RIVER

BULLYING

IN THE BALKANS

Tel: 27880

POLIO IN MANY AREAS

London, Aug. 28.-Polio- myelitis, the dreaded paralysis plague, was still on the increase today over areas of the world as for apart as the United States and the Belgian Congo.

The disease has struck down more than 17,000 people in The United States Uils season,

na epidemic which is belleved to have, yet

Lay

not reached ita

In the Belgian Congo, where thu Ilirense has long been endemie among Africans, its greater virulence, this year has for the first time claimed many white victims.

A specialised hospital has been set up in Brusseld for victims flown to Belgium from Leopold. ville, Stanleyville, Costerman- ville, and Lake Kivu.

Belgium itself is reported unusually free of the scourge this year

SUMMER INCIDENCE

This disease, welch strikes at the grey matter of the spinal cord and produces is paralysis by destruction of nervo cells, recoma to profer summer weather.

Reuter despatches today gave these facts:

Borlin: Only 20 cases of ine fantile paralysia · were reported here the month against 59 in August last year and 200 tho year before, but precautionary measures remained in force. It cases throughout Germany was on the decline.

was believed that the number of

New York: The daily number of new case is still increasing. There have bean more than 100 deaths in New York City alone. Bombay: Infantile paralysis victims here today awaited the arrival of 20 Iron lungs from obtained Slates, the United

Greenock, Scotland, Aug. 28, Mr Hector McNell, Minister of State, tonight denounced the Soviet cam

the Tito paign against Government in Yugoslavia 18 "war-mongering and that Communist leaders from Asia, Australia,

bullying in the Balkans." Polynesia, and Micronesia had been summoned to

Canton, Aug. 29-One-

speech In Greenock, Peiping for a conference on November 15 to "ham eyed Communist General

Liu Po-cheng's troops out-which he represents in Parlia- mer out a Red master-plan for the Pacific."

"Unlike the notorious Cal- danked the Nationalist de meat, Mr McNell declared that

campaign displayed Soviet: Government "as a dis in Bombay hospitals alone, and Kwangtung border from

turber of the peace und a so far this year there have been ARMY LORRY,cutta conference of Febru-fence line along the Kiangai-the

both sides and drove into

menace to the independence of 10 deaths-Beuter. Kwangtung Provinca nt

In small nation." several places, according to unofficial reports today.

TRAM, CAR

IN SMASH

A military lorry, a tram-

Twenty countries, including expected. Part Belgium,

Denmark, Finland, Kingdom's contribution to France,

Germany, Britain,olution of the dollar unbalance Greece, the Netherlands, Ice-❘ will Include a many-angled land, Norway, Sweden, are re-drive to reduce export costs, presented,

informed quarters sald. The United States delegate

will be a Linked with this is John Hawk, of the Interna- trimming

traffic. of Government de tional Seafarers' Unioń.--Reu-partimental expenditure domes. tically, to produce a saving of

ter.

EDITORIAL

to

raw

when Soviet last year,

secretly delegates

gave

throughout Southerist Asia,. Communists this time have made no attempt to conceal their purpose," the paper wrote:

orders for armed revolt

"Invitations and agenda have one out under the auspices of the Communist-sponsored World Federation of Trade Unions, added.

de-

The Communists took Hoping,

40 miles northeast of Canton. and pushed couth towards Lung- chuen, on the -East-River,-white- other

Piggyuso, units look where the provinces of Kinngal, Kwanglung and Fukien meel... PRESSURE AT AMOY

At

the northern endl of General Liu An-chi's border de- fence line, the Communists at-

In a

the

the World Health Organisation at Geneva. There are 90 cases

through an urgent request to

The

In situation Balkana Kowloon Armed must cause anxiety to lovers of peace, he said,

all

¿

Robbery

SINISTER THREAT

Armed men carried out "daring" robbery at 13 "Observaz "Rumours of Russian troop

tury Road, Kowloon, shortly against concentrations

Yugo after 10 o'clock this morning and slavia, which I don't believe to got away with jewellery of con De recuratare being Per-alderablo väluo 13 well as mitied disseminallon by the money. Soviet authorities.

The gang was made up of.

"This sinister, and

as yet tour men, who secured entry to backed the flat by the back door on the unexplained, threat is up by the most violent press pretence of being workmen sont and racilo campalyns which to repair a radio set. Moscow has conducted since the war.

lined up to follow,

Britain

will alo practical ways in which Ame rica-whose

own economy must be adversely affected by Sterling Area recession-- selve the present problems and ald a return to can help

multilateral trade and generally diet that Britain's approach will balanced economies. be on much more strong and

than had beenvided by the positive Bars

of the United Finance Ministers since their car and a private car were London conference,--she will involved-in-an accident at suggest means by which the the bottom of Garden Road Commonwealth countries might

at two minutes past 8 o'clock increase collar earnings.

The Tribune said that She

10 ask this morning, resulting in expected America

increase

a considerable congestion of legater had been warned to ex- in securing difficultles pect

for their materials stockpiling from the

passports and visas Sterling Area.

was journey. The importance of the vehicle The military

Police who were called affor stressed, (Continued on Page 5)

coming

Garden Rond conference had been down

the gang had escaped found a into Queen's Road Central, and and representatives urged to at all costs, overcome difficulties it was alleged to have crossed

"The propaganda campaigns paper bag left on the premises by the robbers containing a "Among Communist parties

upon against Persin, against Greece, plastic toy pistol, a dagger, a file a tram travelling in front of

from neceptes Ainoy, The tram driver pulled which have already

Genern against Finland, against Nor- cast.

the up sharply but could not avoid invitations is

Australian Claire Chennault's CAT has nir-way, against Turkey, are almost and strands of wire. the news- line evacuated to Swatow. mild by comparison. collision. The lorry, in try- Communist Party,"

Nationalist counter-attacks In "Even more violent are the ARGONAUT · DUE Ing to get out of the way, in paper sald.

SLIP THROUGH HK | Hunan province made local pre attacks made by the Saviet turn ran into private car 3100

The B.O.AC. Speedbird Ar- north side of parked on the

"Its delegates. are expected Eress as the Government troops satellites which predict for Tito gonaut land plane, which was Moscow, retook Hsiangtan and pushed the fate of Hitler and of Mus-clayed at Bangkok, left there to go via Prague to Queen's Road. were

the only open northward towards Changsha solini at the hands of Russin," this morning at 10 o'clock and which is now route to Peiping.

"Delegates from Malaya, Slam and Indonesin will either use secret overland routes into China, dodge the Nationalist blockade in coasting junks, try to slip unnoticed through Hongkong.

The Strike Menace BRITAIN continues to be beset by a

more serious

no

#

to

rash of strikes, some and senseless than others, but all gravely disturbing. No matter how small and apparently localised a strike is, at this time it must rank na sabotage of the

effort-sabotage country's recovery less serious than the planting of a bomb in on aircraft factory during a war. Whatever plan of action Sir Stafford Cripps suggests at next month's Anglo- American financial talks in Washington, a prerequisite to its success will be great Increase In Britain's productivity, It is continually being stated that Britain must make more goods and sell them at lower prices. This will entail not only modern greater efficiency and more methods in industry, but much harder work by everyone from manager rivet-boy." The Government has been criticised in the past for not making this sufficiently plain to the country, but there have recently been, plenty of official pronouncements which should have placed beyond doubt the gravity of the situation. Britain's struggle to wipe out her staggering gold and dollar defelt Is no less vital than was her struggle after Dunkirk. In the face of this it is trogle that Britain should suffer, as she does, about 1,700 strikes a year. Most of the recent strikes have been called on flimsy pretexts, and many of them have been in such direct defiance of the Goverment and the recognised ́ ́unlons that it can only be assumed that they have been politically inspired. Probably the most crippling, and certainly tho tenst Justifiable, of these recent stoppages was called in the London dock strike,

of

sympathy with a Communist-led seamen's union in Canada. Here the men striking over a dispute which did not in the least affect them or their rights. The Lancashire and Yorkshire pit winders, whose strike caused a considerable losk of coal, were at least striking for tangible concession-higher wages. But bere ngain the strike Was called in defiance of the National Union Mineworkers by a smaller union which is regarded as a breakaway group. The renewed series of “Sunday Only" strikes on the East Const railway lines is a protest by the men at having to work to lodging turns, which require them sleep away from home on certain nights.. This strike is an example of men refusing to honour an agreement made by their unton, which recently agreed with the Railway Executive that lodging turns- were essential to the efficient running of trains on certain routes. The right of n worker to withdraw his Tabour at any time is recognised as one of the essential freedoms of democracy. But this right has been sacrificed in the past-It only temporarily to the demands of war. The demands of the present crisis aro no less compelling than the demands of war, The system of compulsory arbitration, Introduced during the war and retained since with the ngreement of the. Trades Union Congress, safeguards the rights of both sides in on Industrial dispute. As long as this safeguard exisia, and until Britain's fight for economic survival has been won, there is a good case for the willing renunciation of the strike weapon by all workers.

No one was injured but ex- tensive damage was sustained by the tramear and the lorry,

Albanian

Archbishop

Dismissed

for

man 'of

or.

the

the. Tribune declared.-Reuter.

tacked Yuching, ako a three- order place where Klangst and Kwangtung micet Hunan. Pressure increased

where

United Press.

Reuter.

Bolivian Forces

Revolt,

Is due at Kai Tak at 2.90 p.m. -

Suppress

Capture Leader

La Paz, Aug. 28.-Bolivian Air Force planes last night bombed Cocha bamba, the last stronghold of the revolt which erupted in the Southern provinces at dawn yesterday, the Ministry of Defence anounced.

.

initial

.over-

"The agenda for the conter ence includes reports on activity In Austrnila and Asia.

"L!!! Ning-yki, Western- educated strong Chinese Communist labour Tirana, Aug. 20. The head movement, elaborated the agentia In a broadcast from Peiping of the Albanian Orthodox this week and left no room to

the same A Government spokesman confirmed the air rald but gave vincial capitals in Church, Archbishop Christopher doubt its revolutionary alms,

gandral

The region,

official Kisal, has been dismissed

forces said loyal

over-no_details.

The National Director of statement said the rebel: seized actions hartnful to the Church,

powered rebels in the pro-Police said strong forces of Sucre in the first moments of it was reported here today.

The decision was taken here

vincial capitals of Sucre and troops were converging un the revolt, After, the at a special meeting of the Holy

KKK'S NEW

Santa Cruz, and two Govern-Cochabamba. The number of surprise, however, loyal forces Synod which found that the

ment columns, following up ensualties in the two-day revolt led by the General Raul Tordo

The was still unknown, although the counter-attacked, Archbishop had for some time

WIZARD last night's nir attack, con- acting President, Mamerto past neted in a way harmful to

vorged on

Cochabamba. Urriolagollia, Bald the Church and contrary to the

"countless were rebels surrendered at

6.30 pm. interests of the Albanian!

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 28-

victims had fallen. people.

Mr Samuel

The Ministry of Defence com- W Roper, 54, a

General Tardo saved In a statement issued today, During the Italian occupation, former Atlanta police Houten munique sald government planes the President charged that the Tovar, leader of the Sucre re-

tanks gasolino hera that he bombed he put the Church under the control of the Vatican, separat-ant, announced

tho new Imparial Cochabamba, setting them afire, revolution, which he said was bels, from a lynch mob, point- "covering the country withing out that he must be cap- Jng it from the Eastern Ortho-will be

Wizard of the

Association of and also hit the city's air strip,

blood," had

"International tured alive to serve as a source dox Church, the Bynod

Georgia Kians, succeeding Dr nouncement said.-Reuter.

"Military pilots sold the strip roots". He did not elaborate. of information about Samuci Groen who died zud-

**** | suffered serious damage nud He called upon the Bolivian volutionary plot Tover will the gasoline people to support the Govermbo brought here for question- Mr Roper was

head of the that fames from

ofing. tanks short-circuited the city's ment "ngainst the enemies of Georgia Bureau of Investiga-

power system, said the com- democralle liberties," and urged

The rebels who selzod Santa tion under the late Governor munique.

worker to reject attempts to Eugene Talmadge; the-noted

use them as a "springboard for Cruz yesterday began to melt totalitarian away today when they learned White Supremacy" advocate.

It did not say how inany establishing Aug. 20.-The The new Georgia Klan chief planes participated in the attack.

that most of thé Army had re- Frankfurt, birth of Germany's...greatcal Bald

The expects to make the A communique broadenst fo

mained loyal. The Government' Today's announcement was National information chief re day by the revolutionary com. poet, Johann Wolfgang

Von Klan just as active as I po mitice" in Cochabamba, where the first Indication that the reported that the tiny military. Goethe, hero 200 years ago was ribly can." commemorated in meelings. He added that he hopes to 120 dissident soldlors and an bls had attacked Bucro, 250 garrison of the city, 350 miles

throughout "carry on Dr Green's fight for unuscertained number of armed miles southeast of here, least-southeast of here. over Germany today, so many years against un civilians held the last remain though they were known to powered the rebels early today

American Influences.Reutering pocket of rebel resistance, have risen in four other pro-United Press.

Bicentenary Of Goethe's Birth

and Wester Router.

ceromontor

an-W

denly inst week.

1.

In

Paul

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