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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949.
GOOD RESPONSE TO HKDF RECRUITING
Estimated 500 Applicants, Mostly Chinese, Register CENTRES CROWDED
:
An estimated 500 applicants, mostly of Chinese raco, were registered at the Hong Kong Defence Force registration contres yesterday.
A number of applicants were turned away because they could not reach the registration desk at the centre at HKVDC Headquarters owing to the milling crowds.
Sheikh Hassan · Buried
39-year-old
Was AS-
Calro, February 13. Shaikh Hassan El Banna, chief of the outlawed Egyptian Mostem Brotherhood, who massinated yesterday. Wal buried here privately today.
Only membere of hie family, guarded by 20 po. lice, attended the funeral. Bheikh Hawan died in hos. pitel
into last night. H. was fatally wounded by re- volver shots fired from A black limousine as he was entering taxi outside the Young Mon's Maslam Asto. ciation building-Reuter.
Atlantic Pact And Scandinavia
Boston, February 13.
Inadequate preparations on the part of the au
nt
thorities concerned resulted in many appli- cants being diverted from Club de Rocroio to Kowloon Cricket Club.
.
When applicants turned up Cricket Club and all forms were the Portuguese Club at issued at the Kowloon Cricket
Club. King's Park, they found none there tions.
to deal with registra-A considerable number of ap- plicants at the HKVDC Head- Neither were there any quarters' registration centre were registration forms at the Club.of the coalie class. The majority Unoble to deal with the large of the applicants were of Chinese number at Kowloon Cricket Club. the officer in charge distri-
TOCC
A number of the applicants registered for the Special Con- stabulary, said Colonel Ride. He
huted the forms, to the completed and returned during the week, Some
added 400 forms were bated.
Labour Class
distri-
A considerable percentage of Cricket the crowd at Kowloon Club belonged to the labour cinas A tow came with bamboo poles (used for carrying goods) lung àcross their shoulders; some ar- rived wearing wooden clogs.
One of the applicants who turned up at Club de Fearelo WRE 64-year-old Mr. A. J. Everest. Ho sorved for 29-ybaroj In the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corpa and hold the rank
Borgeant of Company Major. He told a "China Mall":
that ha reportor
is eager to
sign up with the Hong Kong
Dafance Fores,
that there has been no algning up yet: All that is being done at present is to register who are willing to volunteers serve in a time of emergency.
Applicants are given the choice of joining the HKDF, the Special Constabulary or other voluntary services.
Asked whether there is any plan for compulsory service in the event of the required number of volunteers for the HKDF not being attained, Colonel Ride re- plied: "I absolutely don't know."
Heavy Battle In Greece
Following the rush during lunch hour, more applicants turned up ister in the evening yesterday at the Kowloon Cricket Club to obtain registration forme for joining the Hong the officer in charge Kong. Defence Force. They filed past whoTM distributed considerable number of forms by 7 p.m.- *"“China Mait” Photo.
Tories Hopeful Of Winning A Seat
London, February 13.
Conservatives are hoping to capture their first scat from the Labour Governmont in the "minia- ture general election" ponding in Britain. Bye-elections will take place in four constituencies won or held by Labour in 1945, and in one of London-the these South Hammersmith,
Price: 20 Contr.
Applicants For HKDF
Burma Jail. Escapees
Ware
Rangoon, February 18. Burmese Government forces for today searching 114 prisoners who had ex-] caped
rom Mergul Southern
Tenassorim, It officially announced.
from
Jalin'
Was
A Tuit was reported to be continuing at Insein, where, fighting between the Burmeso and Karana has entered Ite third weak-Rauter.
Conservatives
To Attack
chances of the Government are considered slim. Govt Spending
The Labour Party shows, re- They are making a strong bid
vety Title anxiety over the toptare. It now, and their
at
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Govt Troops Quit
Bridge Heads On N. Bank Of Yangtse
Shanghai, February -14.
A Nationalist withdrawal from all bridge heads
69-the-Nözth bunk
of Tsingkiang, 90 miles North Wat of sk hai, was reported here today, following abor tivo attempts by. tho Nationalists to recapturo the industrial centre of Nantung, Supported by noval units, Nationalist troops have been trying for the past 10 days to retake Nantung, 60 miles North West of Shanghai, to ensure safety to navigation on the lower Yangtse and traffic on the Nanking-Shanghai Railway, but found progress difficult, owing to strong Communist resistance. The order to abandon the attempt altogether came on the hools of the arrival of two columns of reinforcements rushed to the trop by General. Chen Yi, Communist commander,
The bridge heads evacuated, tory aftidude on questions of war today by the Nationalist forces criminala and army reorganisa-
tion. included Tienhunkang, near
2. They had been given no Nantung, which is the prin-
assurance by Yeh Chien-ying that cipal port on the North bankno attack will be made on Nan-- in Kiangsu Province, Lanshan king and Shanghal before operi- and Chuanshan, fortified hill Ing the formal peace talks. positions. to the South East of They said that in Pelping they never Raw Generals Lin Piso and Nantung, Tsinglungkang, near Haimen, 40 milca North North Nleh Yung-cheng and said the
asked that West of Shanghai, and Wu- Communista
conurete plan for bring back tlackan, near Chitung, 35 miles
future peace negotiations, North of Shanghai.
în Canton, whigh Government Nationalist
sources source said milltary
that the Cabinet today receivod no. official report of
2
had
they
here, explaining the move, wald that as the Yangise East of Tsing the result of dig recent talks bo- kang was very wide, the refen tween the Nanking People's Jon of sizeable forces at bridge
Peace deleration and the heads on the North: bank was romunists in Peiping. necessary.
the.com- that He denied a
#local report the Cabinet had" requested tha delegated to supply Information on the visit, but said if mom-" hers, of the dajagation cared to ..come to Canton and ·provide - detalls of their talice" they would be very-weldomed... Following the rieparture of the Finance Minister, Mr. Hsu Kan
dinys.
They admitted, however, that the Nationalist, forces at Kiangyin. on the South bank of the river opposite. Tangkling, had been #trengthened by the arrival of more troops and the light cruiser London's February 13ther: Chinese-reports today Mr. Winston Churchill will told of voluntary Communist three remaining seats North candidate, Mr. Anthony Fell, is St. Pantras, London; Batley in being supported by top-ranking lead a concentrated Conserva- withdrawals in South Honan and Nanking it is exposted campaign experts tive Party attack on the Labour | West Hupch, resulting in the several other Ministers, will .fy Conservativo Yorkshire; and Sawerby, York-and front bench speakers. Government in the House of suddenling of Communist The "Christian Science Moni-
Athens, Fecrury '13.
shim: These had more solid A Greek General Staff com-
Labour election experts had a Commons this week for spend sleges of Chengyang, 30 miles North to Nanking in the next few tor," in an editorial today
munique today claimed that a
Labour maiorities than South shock at North Edmonton, Lon- ing too much money to finance North East of the Peiping-Han- A lugh Government source sald "Atlantic headlined
Defence
Hammersmith
1945 dort
kow Railway city of Sinyang, and Governmont
there was no pokalbility of Dr. rebel brigade chief named Lot-
its socialising plans.
of the upper Yangtso river ports Sun Fo, Prime Minister, going Needs Clear Commitments,"
15,000 Between 60 and 60 registration teris was among the 216 rebels general election
votes in a
In effect, the debate will be of Ichang and Shaal. said:
to Nankingi at' the molnent, t Bix peace delegates who forms were issued at the Club killed in last night's heavy fight-
Sowerby
Porty critics declared that the the opening battle in Mr. Chur- The
· On : “Wednesday. Ano, Cabinet a return to
have recently returned fram will hold its third meeting since "Wa favour, no, we urge the Lusitano centre-all to members ing for Florina, in Northern
meanwhile, Isued arrival hore, Pelping, the Portuguese community. Greece, and that captured gueril-caused by the resignation of Mr. seat was not sufficiently "nur-cill's campaign for building of an Atlantic defence of
a rebel leader John Belcher, Secretary of the sed" after the general election power at the helm of the Con-
statement which contradicts system. But we question whether One hundred forms were issued las had included
Board of Trade who figured in victory. The Conservatives held servative Party in the
cartier encouraging reports of -the problem-of-including Scandi-at the Hong Kong Cricket Club named Kimon.
"Government-com- the proceedings of the Lynskey that the result was due to public general elections, An earlier Go
with in the
--their---mission to Communist navian countries
North centre.
Labour's a guerila attack Tribunal which investigated al- dissatisfaction Atlantic defence alliance is re- At a Press conference yester-munique sald a
on the town had been "smashed."legations of corruption in Gou- "austerity rule." colving requisite patient and tact- day afternoon, Colonel Ride sald
Mr. Belcher Meanwhile, the Athens news,emment quarters. ful treatment. Are the American that the response exceeded the
office and from people capable of understanding most optimistic expectations. A agency reported today that King resigned. from the enormous responsibility their number of Europeans, who turn-Paul and
and Queen Frederica of the Parlamen!, government has incurred in Nor-ed up before B a.m. were followed Hellenes, continuing their tour of Foon Northern Greece, have embarked by swarms of applicants way?
afterwards Volunteer Defence Corps Head-troyer, Navarinon, for Kavala, quarters.
F
the
"It has asked an exposed small nuson to choose sides in the Enst and West struggle and do so with- out guarantees.... Certainly, Nor- way is important, but if Atlantic pact would survive or break up on the one paint of the Norwegian adherence to it, it is n very risky pact Indeed."
Large Numbers
the
Colonel Ride spid that number which turned up during the day seemed to be too good
Eastern Macedonia,-Reuter,
'AUSTRIAN PAPER
SUSPENDED
Vienna, February 13. The American High Commis- Control General for Austria,
to be frue. Police assistance had sloner on the Allied to be obtained to help with the Council crowds, at Headquarters
$9
vacancy
was
in the 10435 three-cornered con- test.
Danger Spot
the
South Hammersmith - is
A Warning
WE
1950
The wartimo Prime Miniator served notice of his intention when he demanded a three-day debate on the Government's re-
during the
territory.
The statement made today also contradicts the information given by Wu. Yu-hou, seventh member and leader of the group."
Mir, "Wup-who was personally keh Chien-ying, had said the with the Red General
Communists were ready to open. peace talks within a month and were ready to pursue a conells-
Signed Denial.
The peace mission, headed by
· Tèn; arrived in Pels, ping this
his afternoon, a radiogram to the Sin Wat Pho reported: Take-off of the mission's" plane from Taingtao, was delayed several hours by a flat tipo, Reuter and Associated Press.
“PRIVATE VISIT”. Warsaw, February.14. Signor Eugenio - Reale, one-of-
-Associated
Edmonton served as a warning quest for an extra £220,000,000 A strong candidate may be re-
to the Government that nothing to run the country
friendly of the fiscal year quired to counter any local reac- at the Hong Kong.at Salonika on the 1,375-ton des-tion to the circumstances of his can be taken for granted in any remainder
of the London constituencies, As ending March 31. resignation, but Labour is con-
nghting "Gross a consequence, the full
mismanagement...mis. ident of holding the seat, which force of the party machine is calculation," cried Mr. Churchill. it won from the. Conservatives with a majority of nearly 7,000 being marshalled behind the La The Government accepted the 1,tory line regarding the questions the leaders,pf the Italian: Come;"
our candidate In South Hammer challenge and arranged for the of war criminals and reorganisa-munist party arrived in Warsaw smith~) Mr. Tom Williams-and
debale to begin on Thursday. tion of the army,
on Sunday for what was officially will help to fight the North St. The Government appeared con- i
described as "a" private visit.".") Pancras contest.
A dentul, signed by elx méth=" Signor Reale, who was Italy's The Hammersmith polling dent the country would back it,
It wants most of the ex-bers of the mission said: because
first post-war ambassador to on February 24. The St. Pancras tra money to buy more food
1. They had not heard any Poland, wah one of the founders date has still to be fixed.
new thing in Felping that the Reds of the Cominfort and help financeme The Government's majority socialised medicine
were willing to léke a concilia='|Press, at St. Pancras In 1945
The Health Minister, Mr. over 7,000. But the seat is un-
Aneurin Bevan, alone, asked for Labour attractive to
bandi.
£68,000,000 more for socialised dates, as it is expected to die medicine which provides Britons appear under the Impending
nding with free medical care, hospital redistribution of constituencies. Batley, Yorkshire, is the safest care, dental services, spectacles cat and about everything else that of the four seats
being contested. ur seats Bel
clemands. Sharp- ed good health. Labour had an 11,500 majority tongued Mr. Bovan will defend In a three-comered contest in his expenditures with as much 1945, and held the seat in twa
guato as Mr. Churchill will at- previous gent
Poll-tack them. general elections ing is on February 17,
Mr. Bevan will say the need Except in Mr. Belcher's con for extra funds only, proves that
all the stituency...of Sowerby, vacancies have been caused by the death of the Labour Member holding the seat-Reuter.
"Prospects grow darker than of clarifying American over ability to give Norway security
the Keyes, has suspended the pub- Government's danger spot, as the enough in military supplies and staft was insufficient and not or- lication for one month of the scat was captured in 1945 with a majority only 3,458. The clear understanding as to what canised to receive the unexpecl-Lina weekly, Frels Stimmen.
The Russian representative at Conservatives held with 0,000 happens if (Norway is attacked." ed large number of applicants.
the Council's last meeting asked and 12,000 majorities respective that the paper
be permanently ly in the two previous general
blections, banned-Reuter.
The State Department, it points out, is wavering over the word- ing of the general commitment under the military pact and who
Between 200 and 300 registra- forms were issued during the
Foreigners who day.
appiled were gives the forms which they may return later afier.completion.
ther it would be batter leave Telephone calls were received the word "military" out of the from members of the public who operational clause of the ogree-could not reach the registration ment.
deak because of the crowds, ask- ing for forms to be sent to them.
Colonel Ride added firms may apply for registea- forms for membora of
"The course of thinking in Washington at this moment strongly suggests that efforts of the Scandinavian countries to bulid a
tion neutral bloc defence system among themselves--should have received much more en- couragement than it did from the United States United Press.
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