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VOL, V NO. 70

Crucial Test For Govt.

BRITISH BUDGET

DEBATE

London, Mar. 23.-Tho Labour Government, which has a majority of only five votes, today refused to Allow Parliament to debato the Seretse Khama affair.

it abe fixed Budgel Day- April 18- the next crucial test of its precariously main- 1ained authority.

Observers were murprised by the ente of its victory on the question of the native African chief who married a white

woman.

The Government White Paper,

published yesterday, giving reasons for withholding recognition of Seretre's chief- tainship of the Bamangwats tribe, left Liberals still burn- ing for a debate in

which

force censure motton,

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950.

Leaves Prison Australia To

To Die

Detroit,

Michigan, Mar,

23. A broken old woman was freed from prison to- day to Join her family and die. She is Mrs Minnie

Lambert, 61, who

spent the last 18 years behind bars for the passion slaying of her husband,

She will die, doctors sald, within 10 to 15 days of canera heart aliment and nathnia.

ller 10 children appealed to the Governor, Mr G. Meuner Williams, to let their mother die in free- dom. Today he signed a commutation, and minutes later

few

wheeled into an ambulance

11

she

hospital, "

ean hardly

a for happy believe it"-Reuler.

BIG

Outlaw Reds

SPECIAL LEGISLATION

IN NEAR FUTURE

Industrial Crisis Looms Big

Canberra, Mar. 23-Australia today invoked far-reaching emergency powers including the

Armed Robbery In Kowloon

Shortly after 0.30 thts morning. three men armed with revolvers and kalves gained entry through the back Joor into

No, 006 Canlon Road, ground floor, premises used as a shop. They threatened the in- mates and were about to start ransacking when resistance was offered.

In the struggle, a wɑ- man suffered a slight stab wound in the lower pari of her back.

The surprising resistance panicked the robbers who Immediately abandoned their plans and fled, faking with them one gold finger ring.

BOMBER right of immediate arrest, the banning of meetings 350,000

CRASHES

and the death penalty for treason-to fight labour disorders and Communism.

The Prime Minister, Mr Robert Menzies, in- Tucson, Arizona, Mar. 23-voking the Emergency Crimes Act, said that its

Threaten

Price 20 Cents

27880

Six-Hour Pitched

Battle In Streets

Children And

Policeman Killed

RIOTS

came futer renders the 15-30, powers would be used against Communists pending To Go On streets. The t

One of America's

long-

But the Deputy Prime Minis-crushed with 14 people in the the passing of special legislation to be introduced

ter. Mr Herbert

Morrison, at Arizona Desert today, kill

der of the House of Com-|ing at least mine, according to mons, was not prepared to con-first reports. erde the right of the Liberals-

vole.

The

Government's

reported

that

soon to outlaw the Communist Party in Australia. Strike

Faced with a steel and shipping strike crisis, unsupported by others to dic-sion of the B-29 Superfortress, dustrial disturbance."

The plane, a modernised ver the country also proclaimed "a state of serious in-

Brussels, Mar. 23,-Bel- trte a debate and a confidence crushed west of Gila Bend on n

gium's Privy Council of 28 routine training light. The The proclamation, issued by the Governor-Elder Statesmen, last as- SHORT RESPITE South Pacifle Rallway office at General, said that the situation was "prejudicingsembled on the eve of war

Hyder respite nearby from crucial divisions and con- nine bodies were found. Two or threatening trade and commerce with other in 1914, met today to cope with the enmity between adence James is likely to be airmen were still alive but the countries and among the States of Australia.”

fate of

others was not short. If the Budge!,

Flanders and Wallonia over dirted, contains a fresh austerity known, it added.

Mr Menzies told tense micel almest everything, from the return of King Leopold, Oficial said it was believed House of Representatives, "We treason, blizzard in the Cripps manner.

anbolage, alichopted

to the Throne. there will be flerce Conserva-an engine caught fire when the will deal with Communists here revolution down to forgery and tive challenges

trouble bomber was flying at over 10.-once and for all. We will carry offences against police officers.

000 feet-Reuter, among its own supporters.

the fight to the Communists." Penalties range from death for trenson to various terms of ROLLING STRIKES

imprisonment.

as pre-

the

Shops

Defy

Red

Order

All Quiet Again In Saigon

Saigon, Mar. 23. Tho Communist strike order fizzled badly here on Thurs-

IN SOUTH ITALY day despite rebel threats

that any open shops would be bombed.

trained

The rebels, led by Moscow- Ha Chi-minh, called the strike to back up demands zons coated after Sunday's anti- release of fifteen per-

rieting, ** In

for the

American three

which

about sixty injured.

persons were killed and

and

walk of their

Joba

In

house. Four others were charged in connection, with the demonstration on against

American

Rome, Mar. 23.-Italian troops and police put down the Communist insurrection in San Severo on Thursday after a six-hour pitched battle in the The town is in the "bloody Puglia" arca Preliminary reports said that one policeman and two children were killed, and at least fifteen

But at least four Afths of other persons were injured in the fighting with Saigon's shops remained open, the police, instead of 10- guns, grenades and clubs.

leasing the alleged riot leaders, The authorities said some ten thousand Com-Look six more men into cus- Two were seized while tody. tacked the local police headquarters, overwhelmed to munists took part in the insurrection. They at- fying to Fot native workmen the badly outnumbered security force, and seized French military supply ware→ the town of fifty thousand.

The Army announced that it gained completo con- trol of San Severo at 2 p.m., alx hours after the fighting started when a Communist band attacked and disarmed As the Councillors assembled two policemen at a butcher shop. Violence then flared in the marble hall of Brussels' SECOND DISASTER

Royal Palace, more than 350,000

up throughout the town. The Communists stormed and Sir Stafford Cripps, knows New quer,

Mar. 23An

workars threatened a 24-hour-seized the town armoury and then police headquarters, that a large section of the Gov-

American

Force Dakota The proclamation

strike tomorrow as a "warning" ernment's 8,000,000 trade union transport mane crashed and directly from a series of "rolling It covers offences of a Federal followers is hostile to the off-burst into fames in driving stalkers on the Brisbane water- level over and above laws al-gainst any attempt to bring the cial

but freeze policy wage

and snowstorm near New York to front the Government's ready applied by, individual King back from his provisional

exile in Switzerland, wants to

would be States вес 1lving costs duy killing one man and in-

bew powers, which lowered.

juring another slightly.

exercised with vigour The Conservatives who had

complete determination,' promised, if returned to power,

apply to other current strikes, to introduce immediate Income

He gave the House detalls of tax and other rellefs--will also

accumulated losses in cargo essall a hard budget,

Geese Electrocuted handling over a long period an Tlx

ched cases of 10,000 boxes of political side of Labour,

Forrest City, Kansas, Mar, 23. butter and thousands of tons of deeply anxious about the still

will-Farm families near here en- general cargo intended for costs of living.

left untoaded unremitting

Foose dinners

on the today. Britain Austerityfos ed

The Crimes Act

and

The Chancellor of the Exche

soaring regard

York.

Air

The crash occurred just after the plane had taken off from Rome, near here. Reuter.

10

In the Budget as an evil portent Lightning struck a flock of guese wharves for their Party If there is yesterday and 50 were electro, early Election.--Reuter,

EDITORIAL

TUE

cuted.-United Press,

aras

would

Mr Menzies

POLITICAL STRIKE?

over

an

Not Very Much Luck Anyway

old

Sunday the

presence of the destroyers Stickell and Anderson. The naval ves- sels sailed on Monday after a four-day "good will" visit.

A

NATIONAL HOLIDAY Because Thursday WAS A not call brought reinforce-

national holiday, it was difficult nicnts from Foggla, eighteen

Jio estimato Just how effective miles to the south, and the bat-

the strike was. But all military ile was on.

and civilian plants operated The chief strikes would be in The Security force Dent described the

normally, and only one shop the highly Industrialised Wal-armoured cars against the Com- penalties under the proclamation loon provinces, where on Murchinists who

In five was closed. French Indo- hurled grenades.

China celebrated in memory and said that it stated plainly 12 the referendum showed Sniped from rooftops, and fought

of what could happen to people

London, Mar. 23-A 51-year Chinese many years ago. Saigon three sisters who fought the who inspired this lawless policy. Percent opposed to the return hand to hand with clubs, scythes

of the King, though 57.0 per and rocks. Even after the

chef, John Taylor, who

itocif was quiet, and police took cent of the nation as a whole announcement that it had re- "spent his life seeking the per- favoured his return.

no speelal precautions ngainst and acquired Оне mained control, sporadic bursts feet wife" STATESMEN MEET

of gunfire still could be heard, lawful and four bigmous

mous wives possible bomb throwers, It was understood here that

in the las

Meanwhile, the French ili- last 25 years, today be- the Government

Count Henri Carton de Wiart, would await

and dichard bands held out in

lary gan a four-year gaol sentence. Catholic

headquarters announced en-no-your-ok! rives the week-end events before

**** homes, church steeples, and on

Taylor, who pleaded guilty to that French troops repulsed presided forcing the powers proclaimed. Premier, Federal Government powers to

the rooftops, Labour

marriages since rebel attack against an outpost Members expressed meeting of the Elder Statesmen,

The townspeople were order-two bigomous

the war, ved with his wife near Tien llao, 18 miles north the unofficial opinion that the made up of 13 Catholles who ed Into their homes for

for only three months in 1925. of Salzon, and that "several" Queensland

the shipping dispute favour

return, seven indefinite curfew. Troops scal- By his Arst bigamous marriage rebels and one French soldier was not an economic sirike in a Socialists who do not, and eighted off the town. Although the depressed industry.

Labour Liberals who are divided.

he had eight children.

was killed. situation seemed to be ynder had given the watersiders "all Count de Wiart, who yester- control torces will be coming that Toylor had received a head held by the Viet Minh rebels,

reinforcements of

defending Counsel Enid kinds of good cenditions", these observers said, but they per- a new Government, put off in from neighbouring towns. Ainjury on an airßeld that was

isted in industrini acilon,

1948 have Cabinet consultations today United Press correspondent who bombed in 1040 und in They felt that the strike was justil after the Council meeting tried to enter San Severo was he fell from a high ladder, both

In the

by pro-Leopold Flemish stopped troops. For the of which affected his memory, political ami that there would

the North, the time being, No one has been "Here is a man who achieved not be any wholehearted res provinces, of

not expected tto permitted to leave.

Ave mothers-in-law as well as GOVT WINS VOTE ponse from

union workers are the trade

ola in tomorrow's stoppages.

The battle was the worst of five wives," his Counsel -de- London, Mor. 23.The Labour movement to Communist ap-

"In each of those cases Government won a vote by a peals for assistance.

The strikes, according to union three years of widespread disclared.

will officials,

It and unrest. general orders

favour majority of 48-the highest of was it may be said In his

that he has not been very the new Parliament-in the The Brisbane shipping strike throughout Wallonia and Drus- touched off by the Communists"

new security fortunate in his choice. Perhaps House of Commons tonight. began in Sydney in January and sela. and will halt industry dchance of the

decreed incastres

by the he hoped to have better fortuine It was a vote on a minor food has since spread to other Aus-throughout the day.

last Sunday. — Kovernment

next Ume."-Reuter,

question-Reuter. tralian poris.

The big Southern coal-mining United Press. Strikes In the rich coalfields belt will remain idle until the of Northern New South Wales fra shift goes down on Satur-j during the past three weeks day and gas und electricity: have threatened a crisis in the workers have also decided to turned to near normal today Australian steel industry,

down tools, except for key after yesterday's 12-hour nation-

The Unofficials Speak Up

forceful

Unolicials in

criticism of the Wednesday's debate

on the Budget was a heartening sign that these gentlemen, are willing, and able, to present a case which at least approximates to popular sentiment.

the

year

in

More important, the criticism was Rot carping in motive, but serious and Government is confronted constructive. with an array of penetrating queries, 8 well as

challenge, which #

cannot satisfactorily be disposed of merely by insisting that the official viewpoint ናት budgeting, revenue-raising, spending, effecting public services and facilities, like the Inw of the Medes und Persiarts, is unalterable. Whatever the final vote on the Financial Secretary's motion to a "Bill intituled an Ordinance to apply 1 sum not exceeding $199,051,037 to Publle. Service of the financial ending March 31, 1951," neither the Financial Secretary nor his governmental colleagues can escape the fact that one proposal incorporated within this Ordinance is diametrically opposed to That majority opinton in Hongkong. proposal, of course, is an incrense direct taxation. It is, therefore, some- thing for Government to conjure over before it insists upon pulling through the proposed legislation from which will derived powers to apply those increases. This We have previously discussed, but because of its importance direct text of Government's democratic professed allegiance to the principle of bowing to majority opinion (especially on n vital issue) we do not hesitate to re-emphasise the point. But several other matters of rst-class Importance caught the critical attention of the Unofficials, and most of them demand definite assurances from Govern- ment of urgent consideration. and satisfying action if Government's good faith is not to be called into question. One subject is that of, denials claims,. applicable both to war-time requisitioned property and to that, sincs Liberation,

be

as a

my

which has been taken

by over

the Services, Government may not be originally responsible for any of these involvements, but Government has to act as representatives of the individuals and companies who continue to suffer hard- ship consequent upon requisitioning, As Mr Cassidy expressed it: "to mind it is utterly wrong that the Home Government should procrastinate in settling the claims," The procrastination is, all the more deplorable in view of the fact that the Imperial Government is now making an issue out of the Colony's contribution to the cast of the reinforced garrison. We have Insisted before, and do not hesitate to repeat, that the defence of this Colony is but part of an overall scheme involving the whole of the Commonwealth, and that our share of its cost can only, and must be proportionate. And against this relative charge should be placed outstanding offelal debts for war-time and post-war requisitioning. It is the only fair way of resolving the two-fold problem. Moreover, it is time that anybody, anywhere, who imagines that Hongkong, because it has enjoyed remarkable prosperity since the war, can sustain any amount of muleting, should rld themselves of the idea. This Colony, as elsewhere, ไทย national Income, which makes it capable of bearing t a certain amount of taxation and extraneous charges, but no

more. But Hongkong cannot be indiscriminately "milled" to mcek ever-increasing administrative costs and unlimited defence contribullona-simply because It has enjoyed a successful immediate post- war era. The Colony feels confident that when the Financial Secretary and the Colonial Secretary discuss this question of defence contributions in few weeks' time they will make this point very clear, and that they will not hesitate to ally the subject of paying for the reinforced garrison with that of the War Office : honouring their requisitioning obligations.

day accepted the task of form

In

be

эле

NEARLY NORMAL Rome, Mar. 23-Italy re-

Tramwaymen Exi Victoria workers to ensure power to do wide strike, called by the Com- have been on strike since mentle consumers. February 22 in support of their demand for higher Reuter.

WALES.

PROPERTY

DISPUTE

Appeal Against Eviction Fails

munist-led General Confedera tton of Labour,

Thousands of armed police-

Severu,

SKELETON SERVICES Telephone and telegraph will maintain skeleton services only. men and soldiers took over the

market

San town of Aimport officials said tonight near Foggia, in Southern Italy, that the strike may seriously exi

street battle be- today after Interfere with air services in and tween police and 4,000 strikers. out of Brusels.

The Strikers threw a hand Tramway services throughout grenade and the polico opened Wallonia and Brussels will stop fire. Five policemen were re- at midnight. Most taxi-drivers ported to have been injured. have agreed to join the strike. Another five were disarmed,

Railwaymen will stage a two-two of them at pistol point,

Police hour stoppage in the afternoon

ofcials said that the to take part in the anti-Leopold area tonight was "tengo parades In Lirge, Mona and calm.” Churleroi,

but

They said the incident hnd Council school staffs in Wal-been "provoked" by local Coni. lonia have told parents not to munista,

Giving Judgment Est the Supreme Court this morning. send their children to school Scattered lots were also re- Mr Justice Gould dismissed the tomorrow as they will be stag-ported this evening from a num- appeal brought by Far Easting a strike against the King's ber of other places in the Aviation Co., Ltd., and the Far return. East Motors Lid.. order made

Foggia region. against an At Brussels University, 4,000

At Castellana, about 3,000 students by the

and 300 Tenancy

professors men rushed the Town Hall and Tribunal for eviction from No. Have agreed to suspend studies held the Mayor a prisoner in 20, Nathan Road, Kowloon Hy for a day-Reuter.

no order was made as

POLICE STONED

his study

for about an hour. was rescued by a police baton charge.

A daylong general strike in the northern elty of Parma, a protest against yesterday's Roanne, Central France, Mar. shooting there, apparently 23.-Fifteen policemen were. In passed off quietly. Pubile trans Jured two of them seriously, port was halted and almost all and 23 arrests were made today shops, offices and factories were when about 1,800 people tried closed.

ta

The respondents were FM.L. and A.MI Soares, executors of the will of the late Adao M. L Soares and A. M. Alves and Cynthia M. Alves, exccutor and executrix of the will of the late Carmen S. Alves.

Mr Eldon Fotter, KC, the Hon Leo d'Almada,

KC, and Mr D. to prevent tanks and other war About 80 demonstrators, and A. L

policemen were injured lu Wright, instructed by Mr materiais being taken from the 20 M. A. da Sliva and Bir A. XI. arsenal to the rullway station at clashes throughout the country L. Soares appeared for

the

Roanne

Central France.

yesterday. respondents while the appellants A crowd gathered in response. In all, the police authorities word, represented by Mr H. G. to Communist leaflets and threw detained about 2,000 people, Sheldon, RC, - Instructed by Mr. stones at police and Republican most of them for a few hours DE Evar

Security Guarde-Beuter. ---- I only,Battlear patiko jaīkumpp

Unconfirmed reports sald Catholic prieste in the territory

been restricted to their villages on Ho's order.-United

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