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VOL. V NO. 60

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPEL

For má on behalf of

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LEIK.

The

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Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1950.

APPALLING AIR DISASTER

Referendum Favouring Return Of Leopold

71% OF FIRST MILLION

VOTE "YES"

Brussels, Mar. 12.-The first million votes in Belgium's referendum on whether the exiled King Leopold should return to his throne gave him over 71 percent--but there were still more than 4,000,- 000 votes to be counted.

King Leopold has stated that he would regard it as a definite mandate for his return if 55 percent of the votes went in his favour, and that he would abdicate if the percentage were-smaller.

It was not clear in the first But batch of Agures available how grected, Tany came from the

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chorus

3,000-Year-Old

Record Of Trial Unearthed

Philadelphia. Mar. 12 Archaeologists have

uis-

earthed what they claim is

The oldest known record of

A successfut

Recullen

murder pro- The trial

of

the

three men and a woman for

slaying the Wolat's husband 3.000 sea was disclosed yesterday by the Univer- sily of Pennsylvania Chileage.

years

auth

The murder story was told on a clay fabici dia- covered in the anelent elly of Nippur, about 120 miles Nouth of the modern elly of Nippur, about 120 miles

80 Killed At Cardiff

TRAGIC SEQUEL TO RUGBY MATCH

Cardiff, Wales, Mar, 12.-The worst air disas- ter on record occurred near Cardiff today, killing 80 people. Only three of the passengers so far survive.

A large passenger plane, packed with rugby football supporters homeward bound from an in- ternational match, heeled over in mid-air and nose- Indived to the ground not far from the South Wales

Four Europeans Charged Court

reception rousing 22-year-old Princess predo-Josephine Charlotte, the King's minantly Catholle regions where daughter, when she appeared a same polling an over-whelming pro-Leopold the later at the

station- school in one of the vote wan to be expected.

In Brussels King Leopold's poorer districts of Brussels

chanted Justily. Socialist and la Supporters

were Four Europeans when she opponents clashed in a fierce "Leopold, Leopold"

Royal Palace, charged before Mr Scholes hand-to-hand battle after night-drove from the

trailing at Central this morning in long propaganda drives through and a light aeroplane, out the city and suburbs direct- big signs of "Oul, Ja", ed at the referendum on the overhead as she emerged from connection with a distur touching her eyes bance which occurred at question of the King's return the booth,

the King Fu Restaurant in with a handkerchief. to the throne.

the early hours of Sunday

Unofficial results of the r ferendum so far show that there are more people saying "Yes"

droned

KING PACES FLOOR Meanwhile, in Geneva, the 40-morning.

to the King's return thai "No". year-old King himself could do

A 20-year-old student run down by a lorry

demonstrators

the police arrived,

FLAMING ARROWS

The Kings men used ing arrows to set fire to a outside "Vote No"

sign

Socialist headquarters

Brussels.

In Llege

"Ant".

was no more than pace the floor at

his principal from

Becretary, Professor Jacques Pirenne, in Brussels.

fam-sto to say.

סאיי

reporters, no

huge photographers, no statement on

the the referendum results."

But he had made clear that he would consider a

a majority of

tele- more than 55 percent,

In

old

The four men appearing be-

Magistrate Kore the

were

W.

They

$30

faced four

maliciously

inbles, two

to the tea cups

nt the King

1.40 at

a.m.

coast.

Six seriously injured passengers were taken alive from the wreckage but five of them died later. Avro Tudor, The wrecked aircraft, an equipped to carry 72 passengers, lies in a field out- side the village of Bigginston, 15 miles from Car- diff.

Altogether the machine carried 78 passengers and five crew members.

Three women were among the killed. The plane broke in half as it crashed half a milo from the runway of Llandow, the airport for Cardiff..

The plane.

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*

An inquiry was unabic killed. to determine the cause of the crash.

£2M Concert

Hall

Work on the £2,000,000 concert hall on the South

Dine

At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Price 20 Cents

FRENCH STRIKE SITUATION

Tel: 27850

Some Workers

Drift Back

Bank site of the Festival No

of Britain is proceeding apace, as

News

this pleture About Shameen

its main Arrests

shows. There will be ac commodation for 3,450

and people, foyer, restuarant and some anciliary sultes will be ready in 1951-Cen- tral Press photograph.

The 1950 Marshall

Aid Plan

Paris,

Mar. 12.-Tho

strike movement in Franco seesawed over the week- end. It took a turn for the worse in the metal industry, where about 300,000 people are involve ed. But in the gas and of- electrical industries, fecting 110,000 employees, the foremen decided to go back to work to prevent gas supplies passing the danger point as the result of the four-days' strike.

This decision was announced by the Independent Foremen's Union in a communique, which ald that the foremen maintain- ed their claims for higher wages but would negotiate in- stead of striking.

Efforts to

settle the fortnight-

old metal strike broke down on Saturday after the employers told the

tee

Concillation Commit-

that they could”

beyond

their final

hot go

offer of a

five percent increase in wages,

Workers were

beginning to

drift back to work in the steel Industry

especially in

the

Renault motor works in Paris, but It was feared that the negotiations this movement,

breakdown ΟΙ might reverse

The

Independent Foremen's Union, to which a large number of the ordinary workers in the gas and electrical industries be long, is headed by a former Communist Minister, M. Marcel Paul.

Despite the "mobilisation" of the gas and electricity workers by the Government, gas pressure in Paris fell to, near danger point today.

The apparent Ineffectiveness

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The Hend Offices of three foreign firms in Hongkong have receive tittle or no news re- of the mobilisation order

of members ascribed to men willing to work garding the arrest of their staff employed at their being prevented from doing so branch offices in Shameen, Can-by strike pickets.

The police ton.

dispersed pickets nt three os pimts near Paris. in the early hours of Sunday.

Underground frains running normally today after

settlement. night's

of this strike

The departmental beads the Colony were unable to en- lighten the Hongkong Telegraph about the arrest of the Canton Friday staff on last Saturday for what The settlement

were

Two survicars staggered to as the his lovely villa on the lake,

A third, wearing made off when waiting for telephoned reports Thomas Oliver Morgun, 37, a

and bleed PWD official residing at the Ta nearby farm.

A tattered uniform Tam Bungalow, Charles

Next, the "Star Tiger" dis- head, stumbled of the wreckage, calling appeared with 31 people aboard Sargiron, 44, a tencher of 12,g from the

on another South American He has already ordered a Leighton in Road, Alexander out

Stewart, 24, n salesman residing for help, eye-witnesses said,

flight early in 1940. A year taking people later, a third Tudor airliner, at 333, The Peak, and Reginald Gordon Stovell, 35, Chief Pelly back to Cardif after yesterday's the "Star Ariel" disappeared

Wales V. Ireland Rugby Inter- mysteriously with 20 aboard. Oficer of HL.M.S. Black Swan.

Belfast, was re- national In

NO VERDICT charges of ported to have turned over in they donnied

The

Aviation British Civil caused mid-air after over-shooling the uniforms and Bulte mandate fo

to return to the havien American Army

to

Ministry Immediately ordered concerted

two runway of the airport. throne. and

would damage that he steel helmets for a

chairs, five was less.

at Tudors to be grounded and abdiente if it attack on the Sociallet offices.

of

NOSE-DIVED

appointed a court of investiga- - Leopold

Sociatiala Inslet that he value demonstrators The intercepted one of their jeeps, needs two-thirds mujority. Fu Restaurant

diet because It An eye-witness who saw the ion. The court reached no ver- lacked survivors' decision rests with on Sunday, disturbing the in- overturned it and beat up the The final

habitants of the restaurant by crash while playing football, evidence

from:

ut the the Belgian Parliament. five occupants,

the said, "The plane banked to ceashed aircraft, but the Minis knocking at the door of Western in

Both sides Courtins, AL

the right and started to climb decided that the Tudor IV and obstreting: Flanders, two men were rushed vinced today that, whatever restaurant

Olear, Sub-Inspector Then the engluca cut out and 11 type to which the three crashed Washington, Mar. 12.- of their staff has been detained, able to hospital with serious injuries the outcome of the count, Bel-Police

aircraft helonged-should no after being set upon by a party nium was on the eve of a wave Tan Tak-shu, in the execution nose-dived into the ground.

"It seemed to burst into longer be used on

passenger Congressional foreign po- and he is an office coolie whose demanded, Communist papers At Auf unrest,

of his duty. opponit,

of political

mystery licy lendera studying the name the loent offfee does not made pieces only a few metres from router. nway. Iew milles

Belgium's Socialist-controlled Aqulems, a

and accured the non- Cefrat Gur garden. A man staggered was hat General Federation of Labour

The aircraft involved in to- Marshall Plan Programme know. another demonstrator

Bolh Morgan and Stovell ad-

Communist trade union leaders billard cue and called on workers to oppose the

out of the wreckage and "nald

1950 day's disaster was a Tudor V-for

will probably Neither the Standard Vacuum/321 mitted the curge of malicious "with all their

get some help."

bigger than the Tudor IV. King's return

Sixty ambulances, rushing to One of the first to vote this might and, according to un- damage. Sargison and Stewart

the King's

23-confirmed reports here, trans-denied the allegation. morning was

mother?

Quen port workers were preparing to men pleaded not guilty to the year-old Elizabeth, who slipped into the

The case is proceeding. polling booth unrecognised,

tered with a badly hurt,

EDITORIAL

here were

con-

(Contd. on Page 5, Col. 1)

remaining two charges.

Europe And Integration

S administrator of the Marshall Plan.

As a mini for man kay become the

outstanding

exponent

economic integration toward unifiention.

more

of

European

ns the first step Nobody has stated clearly or more forcefully that Europe must integrate and unite if t is to stand on its own feet, Mr Hoffman European has urged Integration upon statesmen at every opportunity; he has chided them for their disappointing pro-

he has

nside gress;

not unly sel $600,000,000 For liberalising Inter- European trade and payments but has also warned that further Marshall Pian funds will be allocated in proportion to ench nation's contribution toward that end. Certainly no one can doubt Mr desire Hoffman's sincerity, his earnest to hasten, by any and all practicable the ultimate goal of European union. But Mr Hoffman has also learned forget- what some of our statesmen namely, that statesmanship is still the art of the possible; that in practising this art the statesman must work with the available materials. and existing forces; and that these materials and forces set limits at least to the pace of nny project which it in self-defeating to transgress. Mr Hoffman has on his side two powerful forces driving Europe toward unification-forces which have compelled most Europeans to phy least lip service to the idea. These forces are economic necessity and the

means,

at

can overcome

All four

Soviet threat. But there is much material be removed before the road that must either to integration or to unification is cleared. Some of this material in the product of Europe's history, which has worked toward differentiation and national rivalry, and only a radical break with is own spiritual and political tradition

But even. this obstacle. on a purely economic plane it is a gigantic task to 'unify a continent divided into varied national economies built up behind proteétive tariff walls and other trade restrictions which are designed to favour both industrial and strategic autarchy us well na national labour unions. An altempt to tear down these barrlers over- night could result in chaos which might well sweep away the democratic Govern. ntents that unification is supposed to sustain. In these circumstances the logical procedure is the step-by-step reduction gradual in- of trade barriers and the tegration that Mr Hofman advocates. It is wise to provide Mr Hoffman with the Dienna to exert pressure on those who would hide behind the very real obstacles. to do nothing or hamper the progress of But the United States cannot others.

other nations or Impose on Europe any system for which the majority of Europeans are not yet ready without exposing itself to the charge that it is. using some of the same methods which have turned the world against Soviet

dictate to

Russia,

mortu-

try

it could carry

plane on

Stiff Fight Likely

falta

the Canten Communist Govern- on the basis of a live percent ment alleged to be spreading increase in pay is regarded as t air victory, both for the Govern-

for the munist unions.

Communist The

tumours following: raids carried.ou; by the Nation- |ment and

el planes on March 3.

non-Com-

union was

The Banque De L'indo-Chine forcent

to tell it men to go definitely know that only one back to work unters favour-

terms than those it had

nor

confirmation about

no

their

the Texasuf "reason"

A split between the Com- Its normal load for long flights urge the approval of the Oil Company

and

non-Commualst tre spot from surround the was 44 passengers, but with less requested $2,950,000,000. Co. (China) Ltd. have received mu

the deten- munist

unions la the transport dispute tricts,

the bodies of

hops un short fuel

But Administration spokes-tions.

may have repercussions in the Victims to temporary

man expelled a stiff battle later

An official of the Standard other Industries. An Increasing aries sel up at a nent-by Royal considerably mor

The previous biggest Air Force Station and the neigh-

as Congressmen, running for re-vacuum Oil Company said that number of French workers feel disaster

was recorded

election in November, will de he did not know more than that they have a just cause to bouring town of Cowbridge.

November 1 last when Amou

people died in a collision be mand couple and their son. iween a Skymnster airliner and offset the United States $5,000,-/ what was carriel in this mor- defend in asking

married

the victims were

All three were killed.

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Dennett, wartime "path-finder"

to

for higher cut in foreign aid

nia's newspaper. One thing was wages at the present time, but ceftal, and that was that there not willing to be mode the Bolivian fighter plane over 600,000 budget deficit. Washington National Airport.. The Senate Foreign Relations Standard Vacuum Oil Company tools for politient purposes.

In the provinces, where there are numerous disputes in pro- here of the RAF and Opern-

On Christmas Day, 1946, 7 and House Foreign Affairs Com-have no foreigners on their staff

to submit their in Canton. Therefore any report gress, the situation remained tions Manager of the owners of

and confused. Tramway People perished in three crashes miltees

In Marocilles the plane, Fairlight Lid., took with a few hours at Shanghai drafts of the Marshall Ald Bill that any arrest involving their

recommendations to foreign stall there was incorrect, employees air-with their off from an airfield near Lon-

Chinese Airport. Three

The Texas Co. (China) Lul. dorsed the principle

but public rion

was also unable to confirm or unlimited strike." in his own plane to in-liners crashed while trying to Congress late this week. vestigate the crash.

land in dense fog.

Tho death-roll

dirigible

Air Vice-Marchal Bennett has been the strongest defender of American

are

bus

of

сл

an

made

on

The Economic Co-Operation deny the arrests. They had re-transport workers in Strasbourg the when

themselves satkiled Mr Paul Hon-eived no communication from deciarzd Akron Administrator,

both Committees elr Canton branch about this with an agreement 73 last week that any drastle cuts rubject.

man, warned would Imperll the whole covery programme.

The Tudor aircraft before its crashed on April 4, 1033, off the

New Jersey coast, critics.

NARROW ESCAPES

He became Chief Executive Reuter. at British South American Airways after leaving the Royal Air Force in 1945.

TUDOR CONTROVERSY

rc-

But decreases will inevitably New York, Mar. 12-Plane be demanded by Congressmen disasters were narrowly avert- who champion special interests of the such ng "protection" of certain ends at opposlto ed

American Industries and farm Then came the great Tudor United States today.

Florida, 15 Air products.-Reuter. At Tampa, The Tudor Type Force men on

a training Night controversy. IV was ordered to be grounded.

death

their excaped

when Early in 1948 the board of the Superfort bomber crashed and Airline announced Air Vice- burned after a difcalt land- Marshal Bennett's dismissal ng

differences of opinion on

"atter

One ofeer was badly injured

matters of supply Marshal's but the others aboard received i

But the faith

in the Tudor aircraft was unshaken. He formed a charter company, Fulrfight Ltd., flew Tudor II hingelf and made more than 300 Bighis on the Berlin airfl£t.

over

only cuts and brutses.

Rescue squads from a local

CYCLONE HITS QUEENSLAND

Brisbane, Mar.

12-Teren

Six-Year-Old

SaturdayReuter.

Boy Victim

Of Ritual Murder

Hatikulu, Swaziland, Mar. 12.-A European far-

said in court

mer. 43-year-old Carl C. 3. Werner, was here to have helped to eut up the body of a six-year- old African boy after a ritual murder.

not

il

Werner, who appeared with used for "medicine." threa

for a District The African accused are Chief Africans Commissioner's preliminary ex- Silwane Mxumalo, cousin of amination, is believed to be the Sophiusa II, paramount chief of and twa witch Ors: European ever accused of Swaziland, remplicity in such

crime. doctors, Matons and Dwane. Air Force base helped the crew tial rains, following the path of

charged An earlier witness, Nyanyoka, been n 100-mile an hour cyclone, They have

Werner's with any offence yet. free and put out the fire.

native nurse for his of San Francisco 15 passen-which burst along 600 miles of

The farmer was present when children, cald that Werner told fers and seven members of the the Queensland coast yesterday,

the boy was killed by un her he helped with the skinning landed safely in coastal caused widespread floods as the

African, and after helping to of the child.

adjourned The hearing was waters when their strato-crusler eyelone swept Inland,

the body, asked for the Up airliner had engine trouble on

Building materials were today · head "for

for manuro

his until tomorrow. Swaziland, on its way to Honolulu.Reuter,

being rushed to the little augar beans a witness said.

the Eastern Transvaal border, cane town of Carmila. which An African witch-doctor who is one of the territories ad- FEWER VICTIMS

crew

cut

70

Later, he ran a thriving air- line between the Yemen and One pf Israel with Tudors. them was badly damaged by Anti-aircraft Are last October when it flew off course

have committedDistrict was said to Washington, Mar. 12-Plane the hurricane. Egyptian-hold territory with a

A large area of the State's zuide later. The murder was either discharge Werner load

of displaced persons for occidents idled 824 people in

Cho United States Air Force sugar cane belt was flattened. alleged to have taken place

A cattle commit him for Israel.

Superior Court on a charge of The Tudor controversy began last year, it was announced to Thousands of sheep, valued at February, 1049,

thousands of Pounds, n'ation near Werner's farm murder or, if the evidence war- with the crash

many of the "Star (day.

flood waters at house.

rants, a lesser charge such as Dust" In August, 1947, on a This total was 60 fewer than perished in

South Western The witness cald that the being an accessory of culpable fight from London to Santiago. in 1948, the Air Force said Windorah,

Queensland-Reuter.

boy's blood and entrális were homicide-Reuter. The 11 people aboard were Reuter.

was practically wiped out by did the fellling, Babese Molulu ministered from London. may.

Commissioner

"

on

or

trial in a

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