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MINORITIES TO STATE CASE AT

THE HAGUE

The Hague, Sept. 6.—The problem of proceduro for hearing views of minoritica and "algnificant interests" | by the Indonesian round- table conference here was taken a step further towards solution today.

The competent Sub-Com- mittes

of the Bleering Com- mittee decided to consider ench application from "algnificant interests" separately.

It will decide on merita who- ther the Steering Committee is. 10 be recommended to bear them.

Elven applications have so far been received from arens or Kroups calling themselves "significant interests," understood. today,

it was

One of the duties of the Sub- Committee, appointed on Satur- day, will be to decide which of these are justified in chiming such special significance, In cluded in the 11 groups are the Mehrdonere who want their territory to become a twelfth province of the Netherlands.

was understood that the

Sub-Committee today decided that the "significant interests" had no legal rights or claims to be heard.

A STOWAWAY

It was believed that the s-

publican and Federalist delega-

In your

ions were no1

them being heard at all.

领制

they felt they were already

fully represented in tho two delegations.

The Dutch delegate was un- derstood to have said that dle-

was

nt the full

Financial and

the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1949.

Rioters Move

On Car

Crowds milling about a plenic grove at Peekskill, New York, where a concert

by Paul Robeson was scheduled, try to turn over a motor car. Fighting continued for

than two hours, forcing cancellation of the concert. (AP Picture)

more

Czechs Complain Of

"Harsh Treatment

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Prague, Sept. 6.-The Czech Government announced tonight that a protest had been sent to the United States Embassy here complaining that United States troops had forcibly taken a Czech party across the border into Bavaria.

It

the them," the statement said.

added: "Pistols-the only arms carried by the working party

The ninu- were conscated. year-old boy cried and wanted

mocratic practice demanded that they at least be given # chance to slate their use. It was learned today a

A "slow- hway"

yesterday

drove up. Com- The note complained of can soldiers,

"harsh treatment" al-offlelal announcement said. mittee. The discussions had got the

CROSSED BORDER well into their stride when a legedly meted out to the Dutch member

The statement said that two a stranger Czech party, which consisted Americans from the jeep crossed Billing with his delegation,

border and forced the Ho was found to be a journal of a pistol-armed working the ist who had drifted in with the party of 22 Czech soldiers Czechs Into German territory. numerous experts and advisers, with a nine year-old boy. Later, an American armoured car arrived, the statement con- Amici considerable laughter, he was ushered out.-Réuter.

tinued. The commander of the urmoured car said that he had orders to bring the Czech truck "buck on to Bavarian territory."

BRW 1

The note said that the men- bern of the Czech party were questioned through the night of August 27, when the Incident

ENCEPHALITIS ccurred, "in an unheard of

manner."

American interrogators wen said to have "raised their fists" during the questioning.

charged that

noto The

Bulgarian Refugee Describes Escape

From Red

Terror

Edirna, Turkey, Sept. 6-Vasil Mavrodia, a 20. year-old Bulgarian farmer with a bewildered and frightened look on his face, has just managed to cacape acrosa one.. of the moat tightly-guarded borders in the world-from Bulgaria to Turkey.

Dressed in brown woollen ! narrow-legged pensant trou- sers, a wide red and white striped sash and a black and white checked shirt, Mavrodia sut in a Turkish prison cell here and told how and why he ran away from his little native village of Arapli in Elhova province, 18 miles from the Turkish border.

"The trouble began when my uncle gave me a white ballot lo cost against the Communist government in the recent elce- tions," he said. "My uncle is a religious man and has more

education than I. I only went to school six years.

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"My uncle was always talk- น้

against the Communists and

were ruining said they country. I listened to him be- cause I was angry

too. My father owned 130 dekars of land but the Communists Buy now he must give 80 or dekars for the kolhoz (coller- Note. If Donors wish to hand tive). They are taking the best books in personally they can do

leaving to at the following places:- part of our form and the worst. And for a family of t. Despatch Omce, Kowloon six we must have at least 70

Railway Station deltars of good land even for n bare living.

BEATEN BY POLICE "So when my uncle gave me Dry

the white ballot I wan tough to put it in the box. But names of those who cast while ballots and a few days later the They police came to visit us. asked me why I gave the white

they only beat me

but they beat my uncle much more.

Communists noted all tho

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"A few days later he tried to but escape Into Turkey and

caught. They took him owny in cal

somewhere. Then I became 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m.

to go back to his parents,

kept the Americans

afroid and decided I would try not without food,"

NO COMMENT

to to escape, too. It was best The Czech party was finally go to Turkey because it was sent back 10 near and my uncle said he had released and Czechoslovakin by way of the heard on the foreigit radio that at Rozvrsov, Turkey would accept refugees, border crossing the statement concluded. The statement added: "The A spokesman of the United

OTHERS CAUGHT the of crew

The

cur States Embassy here said armoured

"The village watchman want- IN KOREA

audibly loaded a large estibre Embassy received the Ceccolo-ed to escape, too, and another machine-gun and Look up a slovak Foreign Ofee note two man, so the three of us set out Washington,

6-The

In the middle of the hours before its contents Sept.

position

wero together at sunset on June 4, The watchman had his watch- road so that the gun threatened broadcast. Korean Ambassador, Dr John

He made no comment, except man's gun. But when we were Chang, sald today he is asking nine-year-old boy was held in the Czech working party in the

retruck.'

going that the dispute was not whether

through the forest we the State Department to help a common prison but was

tho next hlm

surrounded by secure 10,000 doses of leased

Two men tried to jump off the the Incident had occurred but were suddenly

the incident, where it had occurred.

six soldiers on horses. serum to bo flown to South tours before an armed Ameri- truck "10 report Korea lo combat the epidemie can escort saw the Czechs in but they were forced to board At the Czech border near took the watchman's gun

track back

the the truck again."

Ceske Nove Donky, where the

soldiers of the of summer encephalitis which their ttas broken out in "sevarul border.

The Americans then told the note placed the incident, a Czech guard us and take us to prison.

runs across said that the Czechs to follow them into Ger- rond

a corner ellies, including Seoul"

"It was still dark and when Prague Radio

took place In the man territory "under threat of Bavarian territory.-Reuter.

we were going through a thick incident

the Czechs

part of the forest I were

escaped Tachov border district, where force" and the Czechs were collecting fre- taken

milca 12

· Inside

again. The soldier shot at me wood. The

were two Baveria, where they were

but he could not follow because I of his other yards inside their own border "forced to come off the truck

two prisoners. trained when a jeep. Ølled with Ameri-while arms were

don't know what happened to them.

Dr Chang said he has not been able to ascertain the availability of the serum as yet, but he ex- pected to have some definito in- formation within a few hour Chang

the said he believed could be sent quickest strum through the Embassy's regular diplomatic pouch, which goes to Seoul by commerclut plane- United Press.

THEY MET IN ST LOUIS

St Louis, Sept 9.-An English couple has made a sentimental' fourney here to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary,

Mr and Mrs Charles Young of Manchester were married in St Louis in 1809.

and

rc-

Czechs

day, three

ACTON

Nazism Rife In

Said Still Germany

RIL

BURMA

REINFORCING

BORDER

of

sent one

They and

"I kept going in the direction

I thought was

next morning

Turkey.

Eldi

CANTOR DAVIS

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Host

ALATH SUŠITO

STRIT BEECELL

TO-MORROW

The "THE MAN IN THE

some Turkish soldiers caught-me-and-I knew.

I

was across the boundary,"

CALL HIM LUCKY

IRON MASK".

Starring

Turkish police say Mavrodia Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett

Bul- boundary garluns patrol their so well and have set up such safeguards that

Akron, Ohio, Sept. 6.~Dr Gerhard Kreyssig, economic is to reinforce her garrison is extremely lucky. The

with

frontier

Rangoon, Sept. 6.-Burma

along the editor of the Suddeutsche Zeitung, largest newspaper in the China's Yunnan Province, elaborate American zone in Germany, believes the western sector where the Governor, Gen-almost every would-be escaper of Germany is in greater danger of being returned to the eral Lu Han, has declared is caught,

Several months ago refugees Nazis than being captured by a "weak Communist party.' his independence,

dally, were coming across

now Kreyssig, a member of thinks there is only about five

The Burmese Foreign M hardly one gets through.

sometimes in groups, but

In the German resistance or six percent of the population ter,

U Maung, disclosing this

vil- addition to patrols, every movement just before the supporting the creed, The 16 tenight, said that it was being lager and peasant in the border

lease of German escaped to Portugal war from

prisoners of Mrs Young the former Eliza- | war,

done ay precaution against region is required to report to Russian Internment possibl

into infiltration" beth Cunliff, was brought to the and then to Britain when a camps also has been a factor Burma of

and Chinese Communist the police twice daily, when he city from England by her father price was put on his head against Communist

goes to his fields to work in the 1800. Young followed her. By the Nazi party. Now he be sold.

uprisings, guerillas or bandits.

when he returns. A villager is punished for failing to re- about 200 Meanwhile, is in the United States ob-|

port any missing member of his the best guarantee for denegade Kachin troops have en-

at

night. visit here was their serving how

group democratic mocracy in Germany is the bored Namhkam, on the Burma-

The Turks say Mavrodia will first since the wedding-United newspapers are put to-labour "movement.

Chinese border about 60 miles be assigned to live with gether.

"You must count on trade north of Lashio, capital of the Turkish-Bulgarians for several He sald the Nazis have been unions to rebuild Germany and Northern Shan States,

weeks before he will be free to hamper given too much encouragement must not

them," he Government spokesman

Turkish an-live in Turkey, since sald

nounced tonight.

authorities nake every safe- against spics, United nationalisation of The

cool

guard These men, who oceupled Press. London, Sept. G-Yaskov Ben an effective antidote to Come and Iron is favoured because the Sira, a municipal engineer of munism since many people pre-government can handle these Lashio last week, withdrew to Com-industries better in the rebuild- the north on the way to their Tel-Aviv, sald today that isrnel for the Nazis to the

in the Kachin States. hopes to increase its population munists, he observed.

ing or Germany than if they They were engaged in the Cen- to 2,500,000 in the next 10 to "Denazification, unfortunately, fell Into the hands of the 15 years..

This would treble its present the small fry were

did not work properly because former Nazi officials, he argued,tral Burma fighting carly this

hit while Dr Kreyssig pointed out that year. population

evidence to increasing Ben Sira who is on a special the big, fellows were left un- there is

They were married turned to England.

Their

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to take back their old jobs,

"However, this is considered

touched."

Dr Kreyssig

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FOOD SITUATION BETTER "In a country that must be largely rebuilt," he said, "it is indeed strange to see so many people unemployed and roam- ing about with nothing to do," He added that the food sliuá- tion is much better in Western Germany since the currency but that income and reform,

He con- wages are too low.. Unued:

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percent of the people earn no more than 200 marks, about US$60, a month. In fact the wages are so low that many families cannot buy everything

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Dr. Gerhard "Kreyssig ended his interview by saying that | although the war to crush Nazlum in Europe ended more than four years ago, the spirit' sifil. survives, only not so openly-United Press.

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