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CHINESE CABINET RESIGNS Display Of Macao's Red Government
Chu Cheng Named To Succeed Ho Ying-chin MOVE TO RIGHT SEEN
Canton, May 30.
The Acting President, General Li Tsung-jen, this morning accept- ed the resignation of General Ho Ying-chin's Cabinet and nominated Mr. Cha Cheng, former President of the Judicial Yuan, to form a new Cabinet.
General Ho's Cabinet decided to resign en bloc at a meeting held here
at midnight last night.
Emergency Canton Curfew
Canton, May 30.
An emergency curfew was imposed throughout the pity fast night following reports that subveralye elements In tended create disturbances.
Civil
police patrolled the
10
and min streets
with rifles and pistols, rendy for action. All vehicles were the passengers stopped and thoroughly searched,
No pedestrians were allow lowed
.on the streets--aven thone with curfew pzatos.
All residences of high- ranking Kuomintang” officials were closely guarded armed troops-Reutor-AAP.
by
Resumption Of Air, Sea Service Asked
He announced that the Cabinet's resignation at a meeting of the Central Political Council this morning, and the Acting President told the Council that General Ho's decision had boon accepted by the Kuomintang policy- mokors,
Associated Press reports that the Central Political Council, highest policy-making board of the Kuomintang, this morn- ing nominated Chu Cheng as Premier or President of the Executive Yuan, in place of Premier Ho Ying-chin who insisted on resignation.
of appointment formal The Chu Cheng us Premier will hel submitted to the final session of Yuan tomorrow the Legislative morning.
Swift approval by the Legisla-
tive Yuan is likely. Acting Pre- sident Li Trung-jon gave a party this afternoon for the some 900 Legislatore at the Canton Pacification Headquarters and in- formed them
Chu Cheng's nomination,
at the oldest members of the
lo Kuomintang, he generally regarded with Frofessor Yuj Yul-jan, Chou Lu and Li Wen- fan at one of the party elder stateamen, and was one of the candidates for president when the National Assembly mat last year in Nanking. He has alwaye been strong Chlang supporter in party tussler.
It is also pointed out that if Chiang Kai-shek returns to lead the party his influence in govern- ment affairs would be felt more strongly with Mr. Chu Cheng in
the premiership.
Chu Chia-hua
a member of the five-man delegation which went to Mn Kung Island, reported to the C.P.C. meeting on his with Generalissimo
interview of
Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Returning
Assures "Foreigners In Shanghai
An
was
Armed Might
Some of the troops who took part in the parade in Macao on Bunday in celebration of the National Revolution. About 1,500 men took part under Commander Cabreira Henriques. Among them were men of the Porto vese warships Pedro Nunes and
de Lisbos,"
African the anti-aircraft section,
troops, JORO a tillery, anti-tank section, Eur .pean-African Infantry, police, ne brigade and the Mocidade (Portuguese Youth). Commander Albano Oliveiro, Governor of Macao,itcok tho salute. ("China Mail" Photo.)
Pearl River Pirates Seize Motor Junk, Shoot Engineer
Shanghai, May 30. assurance that foreign lives and property in Shang- hai would be accorded ade- quate protection
given by Mr. Chang Han - fu. chief of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Shanghai Military Control Commission in a statement today as the metropolis took further strides Pearl River Delta pirates wearing Chinese military towards normalcy.
Bir. Chang pointed ous that al- though the Chinese People's Gov- ernment has not yet established relations
with foreign courtries they have adopted a policy to
as enunciated by warvis foreigners as In the Cabinet reshuffle In-
Mao Tse-tung and Chu Teh, in formed sources predicted Premier
thele recent eight point deciara The Ho will remain as Minister of
tion which pledged, Inter alla, alla, action National Defence.
for the lives and pro- Political Council The Central
who Yu Yu-Jen, who was also a perty of foreign nationals. also approved the currency re-
told were form plan
out by member of the delegation, as mapped
on their urged to carry Finance Minister 5. Y. Liu, who Reuter today that the Generalia- business as usual and faithfully Shanghai, May 30. Foreign and Chinese ship-new to Talwan to consult Gen- simo will come to Canton within to observe the laws and deerees Kai-shek on the next few days to resume bis issued by the People's Governs cralissimo Chiang ping and airline companies Bnance questions,
post as head of the Kuomintangment. Bought Communist permission Chu Cheng is a vet
Kuo- Party. to resume service to and from mintang leader. Shanghal today
as the city's
new administrators instructed Party Approval
the post office to accept mail
for delivery abroad.
Chu has not indicated whether
In re-establishing mall service he is willing to take up the post and was not available to reporters fno Communists gave no trien-
tion how it is to be conveyed all today, report United Press.
source pointed abroad, and transport companies A Kuomintang immediately, asked permission to out that the recommendation was reopen their services.
not an appointment but a form The Communists were reported of party approval which must be granted to any candidate for the
It
uniforms seized a motor junk, shot the on- gineer because they suspected him of sabot- aging the enginos and ouỷmanoeuvred d trail- ing Chinose 'Navy gunboat, near Bocca Tigris on: May 20,3
.' . .
On Lee Ping was bound for Shan Mei, near Swatow, from Canton with a full load of lumber when the incident occured, She ar- rived here last Saturday night and the master reported the piracy to the local authorities yesterday.
men
Expected To Be Formed In Fall
Nanking, May 30. Diplomatic observers say the question
full international recognition of the Com munist regime in China will be poste upon the formation of a new nation-wid government. The formation of this government is expected ne Autumn. Diplomatic quarters said indic tions are the Reds will convoke a political co sultative conference some time in August. This conference should set up a nation-wide goi ernment by Novembar, It would include Reć as the dominant faction in a coalition wit various splinter 'parties.
Among the minor parties ex- that' of an overgrown count pected to participate are those town. associated with the Democratic Changes Awaited
League and the Kuomintan Revolutionary Committee.
A million
Chinese and to cigners await the changes
are bringing abo (The league once was consider-Communists ed the third most Influential slowly.
The main political stream h political party in China. The
by-passed his on Kuomintang Revolutionary Com-long since mittee is headed by Marshal T. time Nationalist capital. The cl industry # Chal-sum. Li was a former con- never had rauch fidant of Generalissimo Chinne only limited commerce. Kai-shek but broke with him and Red troops are quartered in o iled te
Kong.)
buildings government
and Foreigners zome time ago from Hong Kong
Head for both, moved homes of Kuomintang ofcials.
Li Chal-sum.
have the freedo to Pelping. They are heated re- of Nanking but cannot leave spectively by Shun Chun-ju and officials say. They will be pe mitted to go to Shanghai in a fe Most other
non-Communist | days. anti-Government leaders also ure in Pelping pres
presumably awaiting the convention.
have an- The Communists nounced nothing on the date or place of the conference. Observers say Peiping, where they predict the capital of Red China will be Is the most likely establlated, place
Only Legal Ono
Until 'a
Apparently there has baon wider contact here between 18 Rada and foreigners than at'ag other point held by the Can munista. The Foreign Affal Section
receives
diploma businessmon and corresponden on various matters.
ATE
treated courteously, › Foreign oll firms have be encouraged to remain for busing here. Nowenen have been to now government formed, dipamats point out that there is no ban on the collectio Conton's refugee government re-of news.
The famed sing-song gifts mains the caly one with any legal thefu Tre Miao quartor hay cluim to diplomate recognition.
douby, however, that diplomats accredited to the government will follow to another; site, which would ilkely be temporary. Semi-official sources said that
Thay
elsewhere:
They said Clark and his stan probably will go to Hong Kong, where they would be technically in transit.
Test their old job. But, coma a In the diance balls, which t Reds permit, but the Nationalis banned.
Food is cheap and plentifu Manufactured products have be high but they are coming in price now,,
Coal is catering Nanking fro the North In abundance. The ic
SEQUEL RAPE
1
TO GUAN MURDER.
if Canton is occupied, Mr. Lewis Clark, Minister Counsellor of the But the to a faulty engine. Kwok Sai, compradore of the
United States Embassy who heads pirates suspecting that the en- The Generalissimo, according
ill-fated junk, stated that a CMC Taken Over
ginger, Leung Tim, was trying the branch at Canton. probably has enough electricity for the Ar white motor junk came along- to Yu, will support General Li
the anginos shot will not follow tid refugeo gov time in many months.—Associati to sabotage
ernment to Chungking the old Taung-en to implement the Pre-
Control of the Chinese Mari- side the On Lee Ping when she
him down in cold blood. They wartime capital in Westem China Press. sidential powers, but will not hold time Customs was formally trans- was South of Bocca Tigris at covered the corpss with a dirty any post in the Government.
ferred this morning and with it 9 a.m, on May 20. There were
piece of canvass. dressed in Chinese
The On Lee Ping churned a Apart from approving Yu as the river police and harbour in- 10"
military uniform, who inform-blackened speed. Wild excitement the next Premier, the Legisia-stallations.
Meanwhile,
learned that
ed the coxswain that they in- among the pirates on the upper tive Yuan tomorrow will take
deck betrayed the fact that the are planning to: up foreign affairs, particularly the authorities relations with Soviet Russia and Lasue new postage stamps to com- tended to search his craft.
the liberation of the
Thinking that they were teglti-Junk, was being trailed by the question of alleged Soviet memorate
mate Foldiers, the junk's master Chinese runboat.
The chase went on till dusk. violations of the Chinese-Soviot Narking-Shanghai area.
stopped as requested. Immediate-
entered a low water treaty of friendship and alliance
The new parrison commander, ly, another 10 men, armed with The funk to be considering the applications. position in the prevailing system of August, 1945,
General Bung Ze-land, appested light machine guns. pistols and prea and ran aground just before Some American shipping of-- of Chinese politics,
to Shanghai's six million popu- revolvers, and dressed in 'black dusk. The pirates took positions cials believed foreign vessels may General Ho Ying-ching has in-
lace to co-operate in pressing slik, emerged from a lower deck as if to fight it out. be allowed to navigate the Yang-dicated his desire to resign from
the teak
of reconstructing a of the launch and boardled the Rivera tse and Whangpoo
to the premiership which he has
the soldiers. peaceful and proscerous metro- Junk Wastes ordered all the crew Shanghal soon in view of the fact held for only two months. But
polls, when he assumed office
The pirates President Lines the sources
While a yet the Communists the American
said this does not
while they to go below deck, President Fillmore was permitted i recessurily mean
show no vigorous push to Bouth a complete
today.
lok positions apparently to keep China, the President's office, the to Tientsin shortly after the change in the cabinet personnel. city occupation
He Australian Consul-General, a look out for unwelcome craft. three months
Executive Yuan and the Minis-
Scon another motor junk with Prender Ho has not offered to
tor of Defence are reported to Mr. Loveday, told Reuter today resign as Defence Minister, which
that Shanchal's 60 Australians armed men approuched and hoth The company spokesman Bald post he held concurrently with be ready at short notice to move
Chungking for
ruffered no casualties and no craft escorted the On Lee Ping to Kweiyang the firm will try to bring in that of the premiership.
demore in the Shanghai towards Mankinsha. the soon as possible if ship as
for removal are Preparations
fighting. Considering the size of completed, Communista give their approval.)
по although
do.
the city. he thought Shanghai's Ho said the first American ves-
finito date is fixed. This is
destruction sels likely to return here dre the
1-owever, subject to des mon of escape from heavy President Wilson and President
the Cabinet. Polk, round June 9.
10
ago.
As far as it is known no Chin- ese, freight or passenger vessels have yet resumed operation on the Whangpoo where a survey is underway to determine the effecla of the military operationa and the number of vessels scut- tled by the Nationalists before they evacuated.
Omelala of international air- lines are meeting this afternoon to discuss contact with the au- thorities United Press.
At
The Weather
660) GHT, (8 JM; UXST) a deprem low pred both 166 ustion 8.of Krumu
meyin ENE From 14 temugh elende to N' Formoss thenga wornes &
Chins to Tonkin. A wosk rides parasta from the Paciko anti-prolone to the Thilippines.
Today's Forecasti-Modal wind
Cloudy with scattered Helig 'shawaja.
Yesterday's Weather im Maxioma: 28.3 deg. Fish?c Minimum: 30.3 dog. Jah,
Nunshine1 4.4 hours
Rainfall 1.2 24, 16, Totalt afnee
'Jan. 1--390.4mm.mk
agning) an anvendtí · në 260,0 (118.17 12.09 102.
Reading
Barn, at m
Dew Pola Whất -Direct
appointment
of
The
Mr. Chu Cheng as premlar would Indicate a definito shift to the right in government policy. One
No Support From Govt On HK Plan
After the meeting tomorrow the Legislative Yuan will go into re- cess until September.
or
律
WAS isclosed that hel
Mr.
by
"poke
The new financial and currency
radio-phone to the Au*. issues may be announced on June an Ambassador. Mr. Kalth 1. The people here are no longer meer in Nanking, who said that excited over the new currency as all members of the Embassy staff
silver were well. they get along well with
dullae and the Hong ng 'dol- It is understood that fgreieners lor. The public alities necert have complete liberty of move. payment in Hong Kong dollars ment within the elty-Reuter and officials are paid their salaries
In the same currency,
Observers agreed that the fat London, May 30. of Conten depends: on unity and which may be A suggestion by the London co-ordination Liberal evening newspaper, brought about by the next Pre- "Star." tonight that Mr. Mal-mier and the possible colm MacDonald, British Com- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. missioner-General for South
visit of
East Asia, might be given No Policy Change
charge of supervising Hong, Kong's defence, found no sup- port in Government circles,
Those quarters said that Mr. MacDonald was expected to con- unue his overall dutice as Com- missioner-General for Southeast
Akio.
The Star stated that during his present visit to London, Mr. Mac- Donald had talked with Mr. Att lee and leading Cabinet military advisors.
LAPHAM IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Hong Kong in a
Ordered Bolow
Tokyo, May 30. La Nanling, many diplomats are
Staff expected to leave gradually when
Sergeant Robert travel opens.
Burns, negro airman, received £ As things are now, they can death sentence at Guam as d only perform consular, functions. two other Negroes before him
Among those who will leave is the rapemurder of Ruth Farn the U.S.. Ambassador, Dr. J. worth, & San Francisco girl, w Leighton Stuart, He has been or was employed in a jade shop dered to Washington for consul- the_faland. tation, but has been given an optional date for departure trials of three men who we Dr. Stuart is expected to return charged with the brutal crin But apparently the gunbont
The case is now completed e rould not go any further with hers Ambasador to Chinn, when
rent for a review of the thr deeper draught and was compell- and if circumstances permis.
by the high Nanking Eas relaxed since its death sentences, ed to anchor some distance from fall last month. The pace now is authorities-Reuter, shore.
Gunboat Anchors
During the night-half of the timber in the On Lee Ping was shifted to another vessel and by |3 a.m. ali was quict on the upper
deck.
At dawn'one of the crew on
On nearing the destination the On Les Ping lost speed due the pretext of asking for some water went on deck and found that all the pirates had absconded, tho When the tide went up. gunboat came alongside and ex- corted the On Lee Ping to Yungki, where they buried the dead en gineer.
Dutch Official,
Collapses, Dies On Plane
#
was
After all the necessary reports were made: to the Chinese au- thorities, the motor junk pro- ceoded on her trip to Shan Mel
May On
24.
It was estimated that about HK$1,000 cash was taken away. Many of the seamen lost their 20 per- belongings. There were sonnel aboard and ono passenger, who was the owner of the cargo.
On Other Pages
A transit passenger on plane from Bangkok en route San Francisco, May 30. to Tokyo collapsed and died Mr. Roger Lapham, Chief of the United States Economic Co- before the plane touched down operation Administration Mission at Kai Tak yesterday. to China, has arrived here from. He was Mr: Eduard Nigh, aged
Pan-American 40, a Dutch official who Clipper to report to Mr. Paul travelling to Japan to join the Military Mission Hoffman, his chief in Washing Netherlands
there, The Acting Foreign Minister, ton.
ευστούλα- A mantle of mystery surroun Mr. Lapham said that Ameri Mr. George Yeh, today admitte
that the United can and British businessmen were ed Kal Tak after the plane touch- the possibility
Tientsin od down. An ambulance arrived States and Britain might recognise doing business in the
do business in at the airport shortly after. the Communist government of area and will
Dr. David Tien, Medical Omeer Page 2 China, but added that no change other communiat-hold territory. in Nationalist foreign policy "Pi
their money, not Gov-at Kai Tak, said he know nothing Correspondence. contemplated.
arnment's money," he said. The of the occurrence. It was an alr Government would continue its port routine, he said,
that ail Page 3 |_Spraking to“ government em-polley of not spending money In medical cases should be reported ployees at the wookly memorial Communist-held territory-Reu- to the Medical Oficer at the air-
น service, Yeh sald foreign em- basses were remaining in Com- munist territories to serve : Use.
Interests of their Astiongly these
"Detailed plans for defending Hong Kong, I whatever, happens but that so far to foreign rela- elsewhere in China, are complete tions on the part of the Commun» 2211,151,10 Friches, and security measures are plats can be said to exist, gan
being introduced." the Star
He said the polleg of the
FOUR DIE IN BUS ACCIDENT
Ordinance Criticised, "Reminders:"
port. "But no such report
It came
Page 5 to me," he added.
The Immigration authorities African Mob Stone Pelles. also stated that no report of the page 7. incident was made to them and they first came to know; of the tase by hearsay,
U.8. Polley In China.
Paga B
Another Russian "No"
"Sydney," May : 80. Pour passengers, all woman, was killed today, when bus In
It was leamed, that someone contacted the Kowloon It added that in Whitehall, it United States and Britain is which they were travelling to was believed that the Chiitese against Communism in other parts fydney plunged off the road and Hospital direct as soon as the Page 9. Corentinist authorities would not of the world. Ite believed, how somersaulted into a 40-feet gully, plane touched down, risk a clash with the strong Belver, that they are. confused | Polion oneers mid that, in addi-14 The body, has been sent to the Mortuary itish forces asserabling there, but to the exact nature of Cornmunism on to the four dead, 22 passe Kowloon Hospital that no apander ware being taken. In Chink. * Terrier Amsociated were had been admitted to how, where pour mortem will be held.
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