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U.S. ON PACIFIC PACT It Points The Way For HK !
WASHINGTON VIEWS QUIRINO'S PROPOSAL WITH INTEREST
BRITAIN FAVOURABLE
Washington, March 19.
Amoricon authorities today received with interest Philippine President Elpidio Quirino's proposals for a Pacific alliance similar to the At- lantic Pact.
1
UN. To Form Guard Unit
Piana
London, March 20.
*** ¡Officials said they certainly would not discourage
thinking on
How- a separate Pacific pact. ever, they pointed out that all their present efforts were bent on getting the North At- lantic Pact into effect as quickly as possible, and, therefore, there has been no firm plan- ning on a Pacific pact.
are now complete
for organising United Nations
♥
Special
quard force
to gralect the Organisation's staff in their work abroad.
A nucleus of the force al ready exista, and Mr. Trygve Lic, the Becretary General of the United Nations. wit present detailed proposal to the General Assembly next
month.
Colonet Frank Begley, head of the United Nation, recurity forces, has
vletting been various countries to arrange for recruits.
The plans at present en. vlange a forse of 1.000 men, with
active a permanently force of 200 The remaindor would be held in reserve an a kome guard basis.
They would be equipped with "personal weapons"
such as revolvers, carbines or Fight automatic weapons No heavy equipment
in. visaged, there is no intem. tion of organising a punitive
force,
Thele main taak.. as soon by Mr. Lie, is to veprotect United Nations observare who might be subject to personal attack from undis. ciplined Individuals, or to
neutral territory quard
CO. tablished for United Nation negotiations.
The recruiting will be done by the United Nations, draw. ing on trained police person. not In various countrice. Minimum service will pro- bably be for two years... Router.
Chinese Want Asia Alliance
Nanking, March 20. The first editorial comment on the Atlantic treaty in the Chinese capital's press today called for the extension of Its security provisions to Aslu.
Both Stule and Army Dr. partinent officials declined to be quoted directly until they have had an opportunity of studying whatever plan Quirino 'Their in mind. may have immediate reaction, however, was favourable to the iden.
Observers believed Quirino's also would have a proposal favourable reception in British circles, in view of recent Lon- don reports of a British Com-
in
monwealth #lliance designed
to combat Communism Southern and South East Asia. One report from London said today that consultation this would start with Austra- Ha very soon.
An Acute Need
on
Dr.
and
security
11 translates..he ideal of collectivo security In the United Nations Charter reality. but it covers only one flank of the world's
peace
In view of the reports from certain London, it is believed
that such - Commonwealth com-| tries as Australia and New Zea land would take active part in
the prommur:
talks. Should French kines in former Annam- ese Emperor Bno Dal bem fruit in Sadone, and should come solution be found to the Dutch troubles in Indonesin, observers view the possibility of a Pacile pact as even brighter,
All agreed, however, that I a post should materialise, it would
take "considerable time."United
Press
Soviet Note To British Commander
homes going up In Single storey, unattached dwellings, such as the concrete moulded Bouthern California, might go a long way toward solving Hong Kong's housing problems, sald Hip
101 Gen Construction Company Mr. J. Frank Barratt, of the Barrett and
Francisco, during his short stay in Colony. The picture shows the type of house Mr. Barrett referred to.
Polish Govt
To Expel U.S. Official
Warsaw, March 20. The Polish Government has ordered the
of expulsion Chester H. Opal, chief of the United States Information Ser- vice in Warsaw.
Poland specifically protested a bulletin distributed here by the service which culled Poland a "Soviet satellite." Poland has long considered U.S. Information Service bulletins "hostile and un- friendly."
Minister Zygmunt Foreign Modzelewski told U.S. Ambas- sador Waldemar Gallman that Opal was persona non grata and must leave the country shortly.
A New Mayor For Shanghai
Shanghai, March 20. Lleutenant General Tru Shao-chow, former Governor of Bhanal Province, is to be named successor to Mayor K.C. Wu, Shanghat published Esports declared. Wu says he Intends to resign an moon AN A
Cabinet new Nationalist formad.
The Shanghal Mayor, who triad nine Umes to resign but never successfully, is inslet- Ing on slapping out this time because of recurrent malaria. Tau, once National Chief of Staff. is a graduate of Paoling Milltary Academy.-Associat- ed Press.
(In Washington, the U. S. State Sommerville
Aged 62, Dies
become
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Hopes Of Peace Recede In China
Shanghai, March 20,
The hopes of peace receded further in war-weary
China today as the Nationalist authorities- adopted a series of precautionary measures to meet а possible Communist offensive against the Yangtse river line.
These measures, according to Chinese reports, in- clude the alerting by General Pai Chung-
Central hsi, the
China Commander of all the forces under his overall control- believed to number about a quarter of a mil- lion men-against the massing of some 150,000 Communist troops of General Liu Po-cheng and Chen Keng in the Honan- Hupeh-Anhwei. border region, and the estab- lishment of a River Defence Command to direct the Army, Navy and Air Forces deploy- ed for the defence of the Lower Yongtse River between Anking, 140 miles South West of Nonking and Shanghat.
Nationalist military clrcles | ##
Hankow, where General Pai's headquarters are located,
in
are sald
to be expecting a
Communist general offensive
Swatow General
shortly against the Nationalist Is In Disfavour
Nanking, March 20. Nationalist
bridgeheads on the North bank planes yesterday of the Yangtse between Han- bombed the cruiser Chungking,
formerly the Aurora, presented by kow and the former treaty Britain to the Chinese Govern- port of Kluklang, 120 miles to ment, a, Chinese Navy spokesman the South East. confirmed today.
The cruiser Burnt for two hours and then sank, he said.
The cruiser deserted from its station in the lower Yangise rlver
The most important of thes are Kichow, Wusuch and Tien- chinchong.
Communist Advance
of the Central was quoted
Although revolt by Gen- eral Yu Ying-chi and his 10,- 000 troops in Swatow area has not materialised, General Yui in diafavour with the Kwangtung
414- Provincial thorities, according to verna- cular reports from Swatow and Canton last night,
According to
one report, the situation in the Swatow aron is offiolally described as "the calm before the storm" -apparently all is not well there and a crisis is impond- ing.
on February 20 and salled North to Communist territory. She war
A spokesman Inst reported in the Gulf of Chill, near the Russian-controlt China Headquarters ed port of Dairen, where she was as admitting that the Commun- said to be sheltering from Na-st advance into North East Hupeh ilonalist bombing under the pro- Province had brought the Red tection of Russian anti-aircraft roops in the immediate vicinity
Other reports said that the of the Eastern defences of Han-
Press.in Canton and Swałow.. kow and the Southern section of
have been advised not to d... the Pelping-Hankow railway, but
gravate the justion by pub»; Pal was
fahing speculative and irrex- claimed that General
thun ponalble reporte und while the extremely confident that he could
hold all the important bridge ship was anchored the heads along the North bank of
drive General Yu'into a "dan Haroun poultion munist-held-South Manchurias gusto Last Eupe Port of Huluties
guris.
a
sald Local press reports 1,000-pound bomb hit the stern of the Chungking in a Nationalist attack
on March 10
now
Berlin, March 20.
Department said it is considering The Chinese Ambassador,
The Soviel Commander in what to do about the demand. It Wellington Koo, said there is un
Marshal pect for a Pacille pact. Germany,
Vlasil is customary for nations to com- neute
London, March 20, Enday he Sokolovsky. "The North Atlantic Pact,"
demanded ply with such requests.)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James The Opal request was made on Somerville, one of Britain's most said, "Is a notable achievement that the Russian Restitution
It did of peace
Into the Thursday.
not for
Mission be allowed
famous wartime admirals, has died The cause
British Zone to search over public until yesterday. Simul at his home in Wells, Somerset.
The crow had been warned by plants and mines for Soviet and protested Yugoslar action He was 62 and had been Ill for 30
Meanwhile Acting President Li wireless that the planes Jazis. Poland
day's.
would Tsung-ion conferred inst night Economic Minister, Sun Yu-chl property lonted by the Nazis.
Admiral Somerville retired attack. Some of the saliors, who with Premier Ho Ying-chin on formerly chairman of the Nation. In a letter to the British Mili-in closing the Poilsh Information
Bureau in Belgrade. front.
from the Service na medically were trained and had served in
reported holding al Resource Commission; fary Governor. General Sir Brian
Interior Minister, Li Han-yun, "safeguard world peace Robertson.
Poland said it was a hostile unit through tuberculosis in 1939, England during World War II, now obstacles Marshal Sokolovsky act. The Government-controlled, but got specialists to give him a effectively, Asia, the other flank, charged the British had been de- Polish radio noted that Yugos-clean oll of health so that, he Others were
are said to have left the ship.p the formation of the
now chief of the President's per- Cabihot. reported to have
sonal staff. He has not yet na- must Jikewise be protected luxing the return of Russian
lavia permitted the U. S.,, Britain could return for duty when war manned the ship's anti-aircraft LI Trung-jen returned to Nanjcepted: At this very against aggression.
king yesterday after a one-day The letter was published by the and France to continue their in-broke out
Communications Minister, La moment the menace of aggression properties to the Soviet Union.
Carrying He then distinguished himself
a main battery of trip to Shanghai, where he at-To-fu. Ho declined the post and very great, and, there"Taeglicht Rundschau", ofcial formation bureaus. In Asia
(Yugoslavia rejected the Polish by spending more time at sea six-inch gune
the Chungking tempted to persuade several lead- need of a Pacifle pact of crgan of the Soviet military ad- fore, the
as "Insulting
Justice Minister, Chang Shih- protest
and dis- than any other British admiral, was donated to China at Ports-ers to join the Cabinet, Most are another is being considered. mutual ald and defence appears ministration, which smid Sir
courteous." the Yugoslav news leading the Gibraltar-based force mouth on May 10 last year and unwilling to accept a prominent chao. He also declined the port Brina received the letter yester
agency Tranjug anounced.) In the Mediterranean, from 1840-
arrived in Chinese waters after post in the Government, fearin, fallo and another man is under Dr. Kou's words were original-
day.
The burea was closed on to 1942, commanding the Eastern a three-months voyage vla Singa- both the censure of the Commun- consideration; ly a comment on the North Al-
March 13. Premier Marshal Tito's Fleet against the Japanese from pore and Hong Kong-Reuter. Ista and responsibility as the lantic Pact. When he was told
Government is feuding with Pa- 1942 to 1044, and heading the
Government heads into a new of Quirino's proposals, he
land and other members of the Admiralty's delegation in Wash-
crisis. his words still stood.
Cominform.-Associated Press. ington from 1944 to 1945-Reuter.
"The note was similar to the one Marshal Sokolovsky wrote suld carlier this month to the United States Military Governor, Gener- a Lucius D. Clay. The latter replied that the Russian charges bait no foundation and refused to allow the Soviet Restitution Mis- sion into the American Zone,
The Philippine Ambassador, General Carlos Rommute, said the concluster of Pacific as well as an Atlantic Part would "in effect complete un interlocking defence system around the world."
Romuto pointed out tbut n Paciile alliance would
Involve both political and military pro- blems not present in the more
the limited scope of
Atlantic Fart"
American officials agreed that a Pacitte poet would tase many complex problems, not the least of which would be the altitudes of Far Eastern countries toward
The "Peace Dally," Chinese Army newspaper, deplored the fathare accepting the leadership of the
of the democracles to emphasise United States,
the "global character of the Quirino. struggle in which there is no dis-
45 asked
tinction between the Atlantic and Nehru's View
the Pacific or the North Pole and
the South Pole,"
The
newspaper
by
The British spokesman said Sir Brian undoubtedly would tako the same stand- United Press,
German Faces Charge Of Cannibalism
Bremen, March 20.
it
Britons Evacuated From Burma By Air
Rangoon, March 19.
Royal Air Force planes have evacuated several hundred Britons thought to be in danger from the fighting between Burmese Government troops and the Karen rebels, the Air Minis- try in London announced today.
Indian observer has also been flown out. More than 300 people, including women and children, had to be flown out of the Maymyo area, where fierce fighting blocked the 125- mile Maymyo-Lashio road. Anisakan airstrip,
of China and the rest of Asia. ship out of the hand of Asiatic murdered two boys and ato por day.
guns,
Woman Hammered By Her Own Son
A woman was hammered several times by her son Lam Tse-sak, aged. 18, of No. 38 Western Street, second floor, Sai Ying Pun District, yester day morning. She was rush- ed to the Queen Mary Hos- Yital, and was said to be in a critical condition.
After hammering his mother, Lam went into his room which was the front cubicle, and locked himself up. He then sprinkled all over his clothings
with kerosene, lighted it, and attempt- ed to burn himself. Then he cul hig throat several times with a
knite..
A 39-year-old German who An allegedly admitted slaying two boys will be tried by a Ger- mun court here on charges of murder
and cannibalism,
On seeing this, the occupants Primo Minister Nehru, of India was disclosed today. blomod the
The German prosecutor, Jihan
neur, fluid." When Mandalay was re- is on record us opposing alliances
of the rear cublele immediately "Europe Brzi potley** as being
the defendant. Maymyo, was used to evacuate ported "fallen," it does not mean responsible for the present plight which might take Astan leuder- Albrecht, sid
Bodo Fries, confesseri
that he 47 women and children in one that the besiged town has been reported to No. 7 Poilee Station. The local Karen com- captured, he suld, but only that The police, on arriving to the spot, Immediately broke open the The editorial asked the extension peoples. Slum has pursued the
tions of his lust victim-a 12-
It has been temporarily cut off. isolationist policy of avoiding en-
door and put out the fire, of collective security to the on-
Asked if the Government could Lam was also sent to the hos- tire world as the "only way to tangling alliances. China is half year-old Bremen boy, Fries was mander. Brigadier Chllakhin, Communists charged with killing his last vie then refused to allow further
cope with the situation, beat the pital, and was sald also in crush the designs of Communist conquered by the
and the other
tim with a hammer after invit- use of the airfield unless one half is gravely
obinin of his superior commanders, insurgents and hold Rangoon, he serious condition. It was icarned BgTersion,
while Indo-Chin, ing him to the country
foods
General Smith Dun, was flown replied: "I am supremely con- that the incident occurred after his confession, In
to Myitkyina.fident 'It can do so. It must. Ita ferca quarrel, Fries from Maymyo Burma and Jonesin re torn by strife, and Malaya, alsɔ ly having
legedly said he was burying the In return, he proposed that is in the interests of the Union
had cut is troubles.
Observers here wondered whe bly, which ho
into the family of the Burmese and of South East Asia."
India and other countries de- disturbed official, Brigadier Kyaw Zaw, ther the Southward march of pieces. when he was Communism on the Asiatic main by the sound of a passerby,
the Ambassador sald. Largo The confession said he hastily should be down to Rangoon.pend on Burma, for their food, land, the increasing troubles in
The Burmese Prime Minister,
this ar- quantities of rice are waiting in South East Asian countries and put the unburled portions Into a Thakin Nu, agreed to
and returned home. His rangement on condition that the the provinces to be brought Communat disturbances in India would inducnico Nehru to view wife discovered the sack in the Indian observer should also be Rangoon, but in two or three
|kitchen, necording to the charges,] town out'
months, when the rains come, more favourably a Paciße pact.
cooked and unknowingly
the By the third day, 167 people more rice must be sown. remaining portion of the body had been flown to Rangoon with Ohn, the youngest Ambalareme centres Japan. A vigstons trough
London, described as [stretching Wastwarda from the If Dyukyun and nerved it to her husband and 13,000 pounds of luggage. The sador in
BM and TW their five-year-old son.-United evacuation began when a Coastal "utterly erroneous and mislead-connects depres over
Command Sunderland flying boating" the idea that all the Karens Chine
Today's Forecasts-Light winds freen a landed on the Irrawaddy to pick are ranged against the Burmese up a party from the Chaul area, ntion implying an unbridgeable Southerly quarter, Wather DRET Bom bringing them to Rangoon on gulf between the two leading clearance by day over the land.
Yesterday's Weather: -[inces in the country. February 23,
| Maxikumi TBA deg. Fab. He said that only a few thoumu 43.0 dec. 762. Dakotas dropped food ito Slam Holda Key to Communist tons at Maymyo, while a Catalina and Karms were involved--less New all who wished to leave from than one tenth of the total Karen Schemes.
Mandalay. Most of the evacuees population. American Warning to USSR. were down from Rangoon to What is going on in Burma te to a struggle, familiar in other coun- Penang, Malaya
trics, between the constitutional Atomio City Opened To Public Singapore.
guns torcer of law and order and bad are, at 1012 1010. k Asks For Help
elemente which wish to disrupt “VIZICKÉMUERTENPERATION
In London, Rig new Burmese the prendement system Atlantic Fant
Ambassador, U Ohm, said today |U Ohn Bald. that his country needed help and
The treaty was welcomed, how-threatened, over, as "a significant step to ward collective security."
The independent "China Times" of the said "with the signing North Atlantic pact the United States in
I now secure in her Euro pean front"
"The Communist bloc will now lum its attention to Asia, the "Chine Times" editorial said, warning that "Russia will now take advantage of American at- tention being directed on Europe to move the iron curtain from North Korea to North and South Chino, Malaya, Burma, and all South East Asia",
All newspapers in Nanking car- riod the full text of the treaty distributed here by the United Stater Information Servicos Associated Press. ...
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