1949-09-23 — Page 5

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1949,

Pakistan's Protest Over India's Devaluation

"WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

CONSULTED" CLAIM

Karachi, Sept. 22.—The Pakistan Government is sending a "strongly worded" note to the Government of India protesting against their unilateral action in devaluing the Indian rupeo, it was authoritatively stated horo tonight.

Under the Indo-Pakistan payments agreement, neither contracting party could change the currency ratio without consulting the other. Trade with India was at a standstill tonight.

Pakistan banks, which open, ed India with a view to solving tomotorw after 1 four-day the deadlock.---Heuter. hollday, will, according to an BRITISH GOODS TO

oficial announcement, not trans- act any huntress In Indian rupees, as arrangements with the Reserve Bank of India for their purchase and sale have not yet been completed.

BE CHEAPER

amounting to from 1,200 to 3,000 Switz fraurs.

Czechoslovakki

ex- be-

PRAGUE: — will gain by British devaluation Quloy a irado agreement pected soon. reports raid. cause, she will pay comnen a !ion for nationalised British made property on assessments in Sterlint.

London, Sept. 22-Mr Thru- ham Rahimtoola, Pakistan' High Commissioner to Britam.AN said here today that ble coun iry's decision not to devalue the This followed the announce-

rupec would mean that British ment that all monetary trans-conds would now be sold inore aelons through the postal sys-cheaply in Pakiston.

Mr Rahimtooin expressed the foreign countries, hope that

Britain would take Increase her opportunity exports, particularly of coplul goods, to Pakistan.

been

will term including Indin, hove suspended until further orders.

Financial circles here tonight blamed India for this "tricky" situ lion created by India's In- decision in her attitude inwards the new Indo-Pakistan currency ratio.

NOT UNDERSTOOD

Bat trade elreles id that í Czechoslovakia, would have 107 cut her prices' to fight cheaper goods in the foreign markets.

MINE REPRIEVED AUCKLAND: Devaluation He said he felt that thera reprieved a Hold mine con- price of would be a substantial increnssdemned by the low

The Martin Mine at Wai- over Britain's 1948 expurta togaid

the Pakistan, which were vatured at will stay open now that

rod price has risen. about 18,855,000.

Mr Tatumicoin did not think that there would be any fall British Imports from Pakistan. it was generally felt that These Imports were valted Indta hit not properly unleabret £11,359,000 last year.

the changed economie

Flood situation.

it was slated that Stalta's sland did not fally with econo- mle fucia, Jute and cotton being two major considerations which India could not afford to over- look.

Financial quarters maintained that to save her economy from serious repercussions, india would have to make a quick de

cision. R is understood that Pakistan had already approach-

CIGS FOR HONGKONG

(Continued from Page 1) restored to n duly recognised Chinn government.

deet

and

VIENNA:-The old rate of 40 chillings to the Pound Sterling [held good, with the black mar- ket atre steady at 55. The "black" rate to the dollár Jumped to 31 "The non-devaluation

against 22 two sion is both

weeks ago. Couras;eous wire and will give an impeters The

military cashier Kave Industrialration. 1,000 Italian bra to the Paund-i to Pakistan'

because capital goods from the the matc which har been dollar counteles will continue i foreshadowed as Italy's decision,

flow into the Dominion t Rahim- the same prices," Mr tool sold.

MUST EXPORT MORE "Naturally, we will have to increase our export drive bir case of the competition that certain of our roots will now have to face in the dollar urca,

NEW DELI:-New Delhi reported that the Indian Government would

in meet emergency sercion on October 5 to discuss the current prob. km.

BONN; Western

Germany

10 dechle on the

walied for the Allied High Com- missioners

to be coming

Yugoslav

"Pakistan's exporta to the future value of the Deutsche

mark, reported hard currency areas are cons

down prised mainly of raw materials Town 20 percent.

BELGRADE:-The and these would certainly not have benefited from devalu-Ministry of Finance announced on, because they do not at today hat new Yaroslav rate of resent admit of any appreul-exchange for the Pound Sterling will be 140 dinars to the Pound able expansion,

"Even if certain markets for instead of 200 dinars, the Yuga- Pakistan's Jute,

slav oficial news agency report- and colton. all-hides and skins are closed theed.-Reuter.

world demand for these is su great that Pakistan will flut very dificult to keep up present level of exports."

The spokesman would not ex- press any views on this sugges- Lion, which has been reported in sections of the French and British press.

Nor would he comment on the procinmation of a "Chinese People's Republic," made by Mao Tse-tung. the Communist lender.

A British diplomatic official who is in Peiping is understood to have sent in a full report of Mao Tse-tung's speech and the circumstances was made.

under

which it

Omelally, Britain's attitude toward recognising a Chinese Communist-led government is that until such a ̈Rovernment in formed, the question does arise.

Two New Mass

her

Mr Rahimtoola felt that the advantages which would accrue from non-devaluation would ont-weigh any depreciation the value of Pakistan's blocked Sterling balances of about £100,000,000 with the United Kingdom.-Reuter JORDAN 25TH COUNTRY

TO DEVALUE London, Sept. 22. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jortat today became the 25th country to devalue is currency into line with the Pound Sterling.

Gasperl.

from

Addis

Alcide de

Ababa

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OVERDUE ON FLIGHT UN Warned COMFORTABLY COOL

Italian fliers John M. Brondello (right) and his co-pilot Camillio Barioglio (centre) are overdue on a planned non-stop flight from the Azores to New York in a single-engined light plane. This picture shown them checking supplies in Lisbon before their earlier attempt. which ended in the Azores because of fuel shortage. (AP Picture).

Airlines Decide

To Raise Fares

EMERGENCY CONFERENCE

CALLED IN LONDON

London, Sent. 22.—An emergency meeting in London of the International Air Transport Asso- ciation decided today to increase the fares of air. lines operating services from soft currency areas to the American Continent,

Sir William Hildred, Director General of the IATA, announced the decision tonight.

The conference deciled that there would be no increase in sterling faren from Britain to Europe, India, the Middle East, the Far East, Australia or

S. African CID South Africa.

Takes Up

Erfdeel Case

Johannesburg, Sept. 22. South Africa's Criminal Inve tigation Department is Inquiring Inte the Un'on Government's finding that the gold simples on which the "fabulous" Erfder! bore-hole result on June 3 was based, were walled.

♪

This decision MCAR reduc- Hans In the dollar fares charged by American coni- paules with eastward services into these areas,

It is understood that these dollar cuts are likely to mean substantial losses to American operators.

this winter will not feel

Britons Blying to New York full effects on fares of the de- the

aluation of the pound as Special excursion fare had rently been Bnnounced eperate from October 1.

al- to

German City

Officials Praised

Refused To Allow

Anti-Semitism

government ofl-

Of Grave Danger To World Peace

Chinese Delegato On Communist Threat

Fuldng Meadow, Sept. 22.

A call to the General Assembly of the United Nations to "panter i lover dhe present situation in the Far East and the grave dantela fo

world peace and xecurity" was made by De T. F. Talang, the chiet Chinese delegate, ka The course of appealing to the Assemlity to take notice of the "form" brought on by Com- munism in Chin

Dr Tsiang asked whether the United Nations coul "maintan As prestige and deveton its use- fufners by guoring what has taken place in my county**

He con inued, "The steklent voice of Mao Tse-tung tells the world that Chinese Communista are a new and mighty Coll- lingen. in the armies of world revolution which is to spread to South-East Asia and finally to cover the whole world.

"In case of a bird wir Com- munist Chine, according to Mao, will light on the side of Soviet union.

"I ask the General Assembly 16 pander over le present Far East and rituation in the

to worlik the grave dangers and recurity." FALSE SECURITY

peace

Dr

General

Tsang appealed

to tho

Lo

10 Assembly brave enough to embrace the of ang fodivisiblo Vision

world and not to

retreat to

the false lusory security of

half world."

Immediate He said that the

from Communism 10 danger Western Europe had passed,

with

coming into force of the North Atlantic Pact "the grand design of the Pontalament of Communism hav been

far completed D Europe is concerned."

Hoods could not

However, he went on.

be contained by building a

on one sidu

aldr

PS

dyke

If dyked un on unc would flow and spread to other directions.

The "Such is natural floods. Such is also the

of

Dr nature

Communism," Tsiang said.

only, the destructive waters

nature of

ONLY TWO SPEAKERS Dr Tsiang and Dr Fadhel Jamali of Iraq were the only two speakers at this morning's meeting of the Assembly. No. one else could be persuaded to speak after these two had finished, and the Assembly had

in

adjourn for lunch. This hap- pened after it had been. in session for 45 minutes, and after an appcal by the President, General Carlos Romulo. for other speakers, had met with silence.

"Big Four" None of the Foreign Ministers was present to hear Mr Tsiang's appeal to the Assembly.

11.

The final result will be that Tinly bad sill reached nu This was disclosed today in the present return fare of £150

Wiesbadon, Sept. 22.-Ofen The Assembly, which has decision, although her Finance an exchange-of-letters-between 15430,80) will jump to £100 bach city-omeials who suspend-been-sliting for two and a half

Gluseppe Pella, not Minister,

The Union Free State Mining

105 But for these excursion fares deputy mayor for anti-days,

heard only plz turned from Washington carly

and Finance Corporation and there would have been a 30 Semitism were praised today by speakers. this morning and talked with the Central Mining and Invest-percent increase in the normal an Aunerican It is an open secret, never-

Andrel Vyshinsky, the £150 theless, that the Foreign Office the Prime Minister,

ment Corporation, which with-

Soviet Foreign Minister, and M. return fare. But these cer

From has been under strong and

certificate for the making a one-way

Robert Schuman, the trip will

The deputy mayor, Dr Karl Foreign Minister, are to speak frew their steadly pressure by British The Abyssinian Cabinet an assay results of the bore-hole. feel the full force of the de- Kasperkowitz, was suspended commercial and vested interestinounced from

The Union Free State Mining valuation of sterling. as the by the Offenbach City Council

tomorrow morning--Reuter, in China to lose no time in re- after three-day deliberauions and Finance Corporation had single fare jumps from £37 to for allegedly preventing the

"'FOOLISH SPEECH" cognising the Communists' au- that it had decided not to de- naked for more information 125.

selection of a Jewish doctor for thority,Associated Press.

value the Ethiopian dollar. about the withdrawal of the as-

a city hospital posion.

Associated Press adds that re- quoted a 24 to the

the United way certificate.

STATEMENT SOON

norters afterwards asked- The Council had named Dr Soviet delegate, Mr S. Taran States dollar.

The reply said: "We are un- Fares from Britain to South Herbert Lewin for the post, but Here are devaluation reports able to give you the information America and from Australia to later reversed is decision after Tsiang's speech.

kin. for D comment on Dr other world centres: for which you ask as this mat- Canada will also be affected. On opposition, led by Dr Kasper- KARACHI:— Zahld Hesaler is under invesilgation by the latter route fares will be kowitz.

"It was so foolish a speech Governor of the State. Bank of the Criminal Investigation De-raised to compensate for the de- After an investigation order will

that I don't know whether there broad- declared in n Pakistan.

be any of partment."

valuation the Australianed by the

reaction," Mr American Military cast that the Pakistan Govern- It added: "As the letter re- pound, but on the London to Government, the Council pub-Press.

said. Associated Tsarapkin ment's decision not to devalueceived from your Chaleman was

South America routes there is to licly suspended Dr Kasperko- Munich, Sept. 22.-German The rupee wis Brm and fuel". handed to the press for publica.be a special arrangement where-witz and ordered a new elec- workmen in Kas musks this GENEVA:— British car sales Įtion. we are taicing the saine by the fight as far as Dakar, tion. afternoon uncovered two new

shot up as cuts were announced course with this letter."-Reuter. | West Atrien, will be charged on i YTUVAS gives at Etzenhausen,

Dachau near

concentration camp.

Dr Philip Auerbach, an vertigating official for the Bavarian Government, estimat ed that approximately 4,000 согрэса

Graves Found

312-

SIDE GLANCES

were buried within a rudlus of 33 metres,

Yesterday workmen digging in the area found nine almost per- fectly preserved corpses on the site of a former German rifle range

The Mayor of Dachau said today that the bodies were those of soldiers from the

Wars. Napoleonic

American pathologists in the United States will test bone samples to establish the date when the bodies were buried-Reuter.

Harewood's Cake Weighs 12 ewts

Bradford, Sept. 22.-The wed- ding cake for next Thuraday's wedding of the Earl of Hure- wood, a nephew of the King, to Austrian-bom Marion Stein, WIS boing

completed here today,

It weighs one and a half hundredweights, has four tiers and la Ave feet high-Reuter.

Marshall's Now Job

Washington, Sept. 22.-Pre- sidant Truman today an- nounced that General George C. Marshall. was being appoint- ed Chairman of the Amerienn National Red Cross. Ho whil succeed Mr Boalt O'Connor. who

Is resigning,ssociated PRESI

By Galbraith

GOVIĆ FROG BY MEK’MERVICES MC, T. DE REG. IL I. VRT, DEY,

"Sometimes I think I'd like to be an actress like you, Sis, but I'll bet you find it's an awful lot of work!"

a sterling basis and beyond Dakar on a dollar basis.

Detalled rates on all routes are being worked out by experts and will be announced in a day or two.

De James A. Newman, direc- tor of the office of Military Government for Hesse, which Offenbach is located, de-

clared:

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"It is most commendable that right thinking members of the Thiryt-two compantes from City Administration have start- 25 countries were reprezenteded to clean up their own house.

at the conference, which was particularly applaud the mo- called at 36 hours' notice.

tion of the Council to disap-

The new fares will operate prove all anti-Semitic state- from October I but are regarded ments which may

na provisional. The whole sub-made."

ject is likely to be discussed again when the next full meet ing of the IATA takes place on November 6-probably in Mexico City-Reuter,

PI Reds To

have been

OUTWARD MAILS

Unregistered corregaandence only for Shanghat. Tientsin and orcupied Chinx can be accepted at senders risk, and will be far- warded as opportunity offera.

Unines otherwise stated re gistered articles and parcel posts clote 30 minutes earlier than the ordinary mal, malls close before 10 ... fugistered and parcel posts clear at 5 p.m. on the previous day. Malls are closed at Kowloon Central Post Once half an hour earlier than the O.PO, closing times.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMDER. ZJ Closing Times By Air Dr Kasberkowitz, officials sald, objected to Dr Lewin be-

Swnlow and Amoy, 3.30 p.m. Tatpth, Chungking and Chengtu, cause he felt he might show re-3.30 p sentment for a people

"Manila, Guam. Honolulu, USA Bad who Canada.

p.m. placed him in a concentration Camp and killed his own and his wife's relatives-Associated Press.

Back Laurel Radio Hongkong

Manila, Sept. 22.—In a lengthy Proen statement today the Com- munist Party of the Philippines pledged its support to the op- position Nacionalista Party headed by Dr Jose P. Laurel. President of the Japanese-spon sored Philippine Republic during the occupation.

It stated, however, Party would fall,

The

satetement

that the

that Baid- Communists in the Philippines would support Dr. Laurel's Party with grave and serious considerations,

of

At the same time, the Party the opposition Presidential candidate was charged by the Communists with Litter

regard of the interests of the [overwhelming majority of the proplo by refusing to enter Intò, n. coalition with the Cam munisis-Reuter.

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