THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI," WEDNESDAY, MAY 31; · 1950,}"
Children Flee Rubber Fire
Czechs accuse British and U.S. ambassadors of planning coup d'etat
Prague, May 30.-The former American, British and French Ambassadors to Czechoslovakia and 19 Western officials and newspaper correspondents were accused tonight of plan- ning, directing and participating in an alleged conspiracy to over- throw the Czech Communist regime.
MARSHALL
The late American Ambassador, Laurence Steinhardt, the British Ambassador, Sir John Pier- son Dixon, and the French Ambassador, Maurice de Jeune, headed a long list of Westerners named
CALLS FOR in charges on which 13 Czechoslovaks will be tried
tomorrow.
A UNITY The 13, who include three | Czechs to term up to 30 years
FOR PEACE planning
former Parliamentary de-st week on charges of espion- puties, were accused of age for the United States, plot- ting armed revolt and helping: armed revelt people flee the country. against the government.
Westerners
also Washington, May 30--- General George Marshall to-necused of gathering recret in- formation for "illegal emigre"
:
day urged the United States) organisations
to
were
decilned Allied oficials comment on the radio broadcast.
-United Press.
to
Norway.
Life
by
The charges were
Praque radio, marking thre
broadcast
for
keep faith with its France, the United States and hocoured dead by support-Enghenies.
in the United Nations and by continuing to help the
DENUNCIATION
poverty-stricken people of weeping denunciation of
the world..
War
Western nations ever Esued by Carch government. The
sentences
shooting
General
Twenty-five children, from a day nursery, 20 workers from a nearby П huge to be evacuated when flames from factory and 35 families had rubber dump threatened to spread. The fire was at St Johns Road, New Malden Surrey, England. The dump was 1,000 ft. in area. Firemen from 10 fire stations had to wear oxygen masks to fight the blaze and police loud speaker vans had to be called to control the traffic.
Falsic-fied spots
on lungs
Atlanta,
May
Georgia, 30. The Clly Health Ser- vica was bath alarmed and puzzled by X-rays taken A recent survey. 11
women at number of Kreat appeared to have spots on both lungs in exactly the The ultimate was unexpected -"falsles"United Press.
In Memorial Day services at the Arlington National Cemetery plot was said to have gone on
Manila, May 31-Twoj the former Seen Mary of State during 1948 and 1913.
included named Americans
men have been sentenced to and werline Army Chief
American Embassy Staff warned that the viene inary Trent, any future
"will stand Second Secretary, Captain Jack life imprisonment for an aitant or attache, attempt to kill Maj-General amidst its own ring, with little Monk,
Filer, Flederme
United
same place. Press Mariano Castaneda, which strend left to re-caublich il-
Dana Adams
resulted in the slaying of self or to offer assistance to its respondent;
Schmidt, Nice York: Times car-
aide. Lieut- neighbours. It will only enjoy the empty triumph of inherit respondent: Milton Fried, for-Castaneda's
Tabour Attache
LouiseColonel Valentin Salgado in repo: Thilly for a shattered me
Schaffner, recretary.
Quezon City an January and impoverished world."
Also namel
FAIR SHARES
cart
Schmid
Mary 17. were Baker. United Nations oftheni,
Serapio Torres and Bernardo General Mar..ball ested the Vlahta Vaz, director of de Santos were found guilty Bra instance of murder and at- nameri only American
in connection
General who is still in Czechoslovakia, templed murder
the ambush of
und hie (wo com- panion while they were home- back riding not far from Army
United Nations as a posible the American let for Czechy the Quezon City Court of the vehicle for the Western Powers | slovákia organi: atin. to win the battle against Com the munism with words indents bullets. He said: "So tong this forum remains open, there
Son
with
Steinhardt was killed Un Castaneda
March 29 in a plate clash near own. Canada.
are cracks in the Iron Curtain through which
of our
BENES' BROTHER kdeas will penetrate."
Britans accured in the broad-headquarters. Part of
Vice-Consul 1:0 were the world cand
the
He add ko that
turmoil
in
Jong
forr
stemmed not from Communist Adrian Mclaughlin; an Embassy apitation but from the "upsurge dicial, Anthony Williams; the
who have De ples suffered in poverty
mis sdded that these rule." He
entitled to a fair peoples are
God-given rights hare of the of human beings"
"It is a challenge to more favoured nations to lend asstre tance in bettering their lot. If wisdom, We can we net with
this yearning Etride
U1141
of
General
to better through
Change Affaires. H.L. Gilbert Profesor Leslie Hill.
French oilleials named in- chated the former Anibassador. Maurier De Jrune; the former military attacha Georges Flipper and
General
Automatic rifle are felled Co. Selgato, but General Castaneda eeaped unsenthed.
Two alleged companions of the convictett men are still at large.
United Press
dlarno5ls
Reds plan overthrow
of Egypt
Cairo, May 30.--The In- terior Minister, Fund Serug Eldin Pasha, charged today that the Communists were receiving "enormous sums" From certain foreign quar- ters and planned to seize leadership in the country.
} The Minister strongly de..
at Wafclist Party rally, charging it symbolized
dictatorship buly and disorder." le
said cnor- Ottawa, May 30.-Mr Liaquat mous suins of money had been by Gome foreign All Khan, the Prime Minister armarited
organisation, an here by ctab.s of Pakistan, arrived
Communism: CALI KHAN
Other Westernizers listed were the former Belgiu military
Colonel Robert tuches Maurois; the Yugoslav Charge
Ivo d'Affair..
Murko;
CANADA
INounced
10
mocratic shall's speech Norwegian Embassy chrk iden- Inir today to begin his visit to trance Communist activities iza
"Warning that the Communists
many thenuut tied as sus Rivers and a man Cauada. An artillery salute of Egypt. was one of
mamet Anderson, 19 gans greeted him at Rocklifte the land as Americans every-in Norway where mourned their wer deast in pedido, the charpes named Airport. It was the first time hoped to replace the Wafdists as
veral undeatified Swedes,
on Canadian Egypt's leading political force, he had set foot
Elin Push entled on all mem- with prayera for lasting pesce,
Alto name was Jajta Benes, soil. SAD REMINDERS
brother of
anti-Communist
the re President 1. Mr Liaquat All Khan arrived hers of the Wald to support the Led by the Defence Secre,
Bene 1 Renes. Mr Bones in an aircraft sent to Boston Sovernment's tury, Louis Johnson, the patton
by the Canadian Government les campaign. of President resident of Milwaukee. the cail herded
days The 13 Czech defendants in-bring him for his four set aside the day as Truman to
clude the Former National So-visit as the guest of the sister proposed which all our a period people may unite prayer. eisht Parliamentary deputies Dominion. each in accordance with his own is Fran Zemintiva, 68, Dr religious faith, for divine ald: Mil
201
Hamakova, 41. an enduring peace | Antonie Kleinerovi, 49.
in bringing
to the troubled world."
NO COMMENT
The rally was held to discus legislation which would brand all Communists as He was accompanied by the suspect persons-United Press.
Mr S. M. Ikramullah, and Regum,
Foreign Serre- the Pakistan
Keynoting ceremonies In The plot was alleged to hav
every hamlet throughout the U.S.
ment:
Mr Johnson said in
ueen directed
by Peter Zenk!,
tary, and his official staff. Adenauer
On arrival he was greeted by Mehammed All, the Pakistan Commissioner to Canada, net
former vice-premiler and chair-Mohammed All's two sons gar- Overcomes
Pneumonia
spreial Memorial Day state man of the National Socials! landed hitn nn:! presented
The ceremonies today Party. who is In the_Ultr
ted flowers to the Begunt. are sad reminders this! ab-States the farmer Foreign
The Canadian Prime Minister, horrence of war alone will not trade Minister, Dr Hubert Mir Louis St. Laurent, then wel- keep us out of
war, that we Rapka, who is in England; and comed them. must plan and propere as well the former Minister to Sweden,
This was Mr St Laurent'r and os-hope and
pray for acting Ly Echard Taboraky, who is in Mr Liaquat Ali Khan's second German Chancellor, De Konrad peace.
Sweden.
meeting, the Art being In Adenauer, today left his bed Jio call the
Meanwhile, United States
the newspaper London during the Best Com
the Grat for
time since last? its tremendous eco-Plzen
Prime must use
reported that monwealth
Ministers' Thunday after overcoming nomic and military power" to Joat Rejsek was sentenced to conference in the winter
offattack of paeuraania, accord-} prevent rather than 9ght wars life imprisonment and 25 other 1919-Reuter.
ing to an official bulletin. o added: "Let unite for
peace, pray for peace, plan for
peace and act for peace."
"Unity for peace" was the Weme at all the ceremonies.-- United Pross
BELGIAN
TEXTILE
STRIKE
20.
Abou!
May Brussels, 100,000 textile workers went on strike today in the Flemish part of Belgium because mill owners refused to grant demanded eight percent increase in wages. The strike wna unleashed five elec- days before the general
the tions, which will decide fate of Leopold 111, exiled King of the Belgians. The Socialist. domina ed General Federation of Labour has threatened fur- ther strike netion if the pro- Leopold Catholic party returns the King with an absolute majority.
tex15c Industry The Belgium's third largest, ranking behind 'only' the iron and steel and coal industries. The workert are striking for:
1. A minimum hourly wags for non-killed male workers of U8$0.30.
A minimum hourly wage for non-skilled female workers of $0.21-
Insitution of a half-hour
period during
Pravda
SIDE GLANCES
Butin May
West 30. Tar
Mr John Strachey, the War Minister and hir James Griffiths, Colonial Secretary, leaving London Airport for Malaya to examine the situation there. He is to report
his Andings to the Cabinet.
400 killed paying respect to dead
Chicago, May 30, →→ Americans turned the Memorial holiday into a Memorial Day massacre today, sending the death total past the 400 mark and to an all-time record.
Reconciling Differences
National Safety Council odficials were gravely con- cerned by the "slambang driving and outstanding de-{ monstration of mass indif- Terence to the living while Paris. May 30 The French paying respect to the dead" Government, at eight o'clock to-fand issued a special appcal Dr Adenauer, who has been night, handed the British Am- to motorists for "enution uffering from influenza and bassador. Sir Oliver Harvey,
ยาง
By Galbraith bronchitis, left his bed against mentorandum addressed to the
COPE. 1948 BY MEA BEROCIĆ IG. 7. 14, REG, VE, PAT, OPP.
-“These beautiful May days don't appeal to me as much as 1, My did.once sn't play hooky from anything!"
Council of Europe.
his doctors' advice Just Thurs British Government, in which day to attend the debate in the further detalls of
the coal and Bundesrat (the Upper House) steel
meret
were set out. the entry into on Germany's
The detailed contents
of the
ed
courtesy."
The later UP tabulation show- ed 423 persons died in accidents of all types since Friday even- Ing.
Victims included 258 kill-
sna drowned, 11 died in pinne On Friday he had a relapse, memorandum were not revented in trafe accidents, 70 per- Doctors diagnosed
begin- ning symptens
the
Dr Adenauer is expected that will not immediately be able to resume his office fully.
11
therefore 15 doubtful whether the debate in the Bun destag (the Lower House) on the Council Germany Joining
will come up this of Europe week as originally expected
the
de-
tonight but 11 was learned crashes and 84 In miscellaneous tually well-informed diplomatic af pneumonia quarters that the object of the Ypes of accidents. and administered penicillin. It note was to reconcile thu ALL TIME RECORD
differences between the British and French approaches to
The Council
president problem which arose last week. plored the all-time record for The view was expressed that Memorial Day holiday accident differences wero not death toll, saying "the big home- these fundamental and it was hoped bound frame that the would help to identity of view-point that would bemorial holiday Inst year was enable Britain to enter the ne-253-United Press, gotiations together with Belgium, Holland, Maly and West.Ger. many.-Router.
Reuter
Slavs protest
to Czechs
Belgrade,
French memorandum started."
establish др
To
trafe
Britain Mourns Lord Wavell
London, May 30.-Field Mor- shal Earl Wavell, who died on
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U.S. COLONISATION
OF JAPAN
---Izvestia
Moscow, May 30.-The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia, today published an article by Professor Popov on what he called "the American colonisation of Japan."
"The American Imperialists," he said, "are encouraging the development of Japanese indus- tries which are of military importance and can be easily used for arming the Japanese army now being revived by MacArthur's headquarters.
"This policy of the American occupation authorities springs
from the line pursued by the ruling circles of the Ualted States. It is aimed at ruins Japan Into their military place d'armes in the Far East.
Professor
Popov sald
tial
Sudden Flare-Up
In India
American businessmen, by ex. Colculla, May 30.-A dusk to Ploiting the labour of the dawn curfew has been enforced Japanese workers, who received at the English Bazaar, a extremely low pay, were mak-on the India-Pakistan jing enormous profits on exports following
of
sporadic
town border, of from Japan, Hindu-Mokiem cation goods
Floting, accor- with Japanese ing to official reports received "squeezing out, texilies made
Bespal from American by the Wem ention, their British compell- ment here today. lors from the Asiatic African markets."
TRADE DALANCE
and
Govern-
Thero
canes of were stray stabbing, looting and areon on Sunday night, but no deaths
the
added, "The United were-reported in there incidents. Stater is pursuing with regard Prompt police measures restored
the town to normal. to Japan and other countries a
of Belling
A West Bengal Government policy
many American goods as possible, and presy note on the incident did
not state the reason for importing
least possible Japanese goods to the United sudden flare-up. There had been States, artificially adopting all cases of communal Incidents In West Bengal since the sign. Japanese trade to the interests
inst of the Nehru-Liaquat Al the American monopoli Khan of
Bengal agreement This results in an enormous advantage in trade balance with
PROFTHUN minorities. Reuter.
Japan. From September, 1045, to the beginning of 1950 it had already reached $1,300,000,000. This chains Japan to the chariot ol American imperialisan"-- Reuter.
Free Hand For
Trygve Lie
But Little Confidence
Washington, May 30.-The
United
States
Secretary
of
State, Mr Dean Acheson, is re-
assured ported to have
Lic. the
Mr Secretary-
STYR of the United Nullons, that
the United States would ral use the veto to keep Com- munat China out of the United Notions.
This re-statement of Ameri- can policy was believed by ob- servers today to have been the development in principal firm the mectings held by Mr Lic with President Truman and Mr Acheson.
the
Diplomats familler with substance of yesterday's conf dential chats" indicated that they produced little in the way of definite understandings pro- cold war ten- mising to ease gions. But Mr Lie 'was left with free hand to continue his efforts to ind a way out of the United Nations deadlock.--- Reuter.
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Bentley and Jimmy Edwards. (Lon- slovalda against the continued
tur Felay); 6.30, Songs of Victor detention of a trade representa-May 24, will be buried in the
Harbert-By Lois Buller (Boprano) and Charles Kuliman (Tenor): 8.45. Live who Was
Emilio arrested six
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(London madeNews Analysts.
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by
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ed six months
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7, it was
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to the nate delivered Czechoslovak
Foreign Ministry the Yugoslav Embassy in From No. 10, Downing Street, in 15. "Orchestra of the Weex"—"7", Prague alleged that Zven the home of the Prime Mints Philadelphia Orchestra: 45. Mein
dies of Paul Lincke: 9. "From the 0.10, Tomich, the Yugoslav trade re-ter, said that the burial would storila London Relay):
of Wether been arrest be private, at the request
Naport!
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canlans"A Light Opera with BW: Orch and BC stili in police custody without It added that on the same day diand leht
Chorus. (BBCTS); 18.00, rench been the body would be taken from hart": 19.30, Violin Recital by court proceedings having taken against him,
the Tower of London to West-ainette Neveu: 18.45. "Soft Light then in a and Bweet Hurio": "12, Hadio News The Embassy had not been minster by river,
Westminster Reel. (Landon Relay): 11.31. Wo allowed to establish contact procesion
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