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CHIANG ON YUNNAN
One Half Of Province Over-Run By Dissidents STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, September 6. Lieutenant-General Chang I-ting, military spokesman, said today that General Lu Han, governor of Yunnan, promised to go to Chungking to see Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and would clear up all misunderstanding in connection with the reported coup. Chang admitted that nearly one half of Yunnan is over. run by dissident elements.
Mounting Tension In Kunming
Calcutta, Beptember 6, Mr. K, W. Smith, American engineer, who arrived hers by air today from Kunming, said that there was mounting tension In the city although there had been no Plots *P
disturbances.
Mr. Smith American Conaut In Kunming had warned the American population there, numbering about 400, last Saturday to remove their
and women children from Yunnan.
Mr. Bmith
sald that the
Governor 1.11
Communiste.
sxid that HAN would
probably Join the Chinese
since he had aver the
"supreme control"
political situation throughout Yunnan Reuter.
No U.S. Films For Canton
Cantun, September 8. Pra life in Canton brought Abnut by the Communist threat, breomes more cuil us the oily public entertainment
Government troops in East Kwangtung having re-
occupied Meihsion and Hsingning are now counter-attacking the guerillas in Tapu and Pingyuan near the Kiongsi border, the spokes- man said.
The Reds at Yucheng in South East Hunan ad. vanced Westward and stormed Taipingli, o small railway station 363 kilometres North of Canton, but they were afterwards repulsed.
General Chang denied the Red Drive To
Communists reached Hsining
in North West China, the pro-
vincial capital of Chinghai.
but said the Reds are still 100 Cut Railway
kilometres away from the city.
their
In his four-day stay in Canton, The Chinese Nationalists said General Pal Chung-hsi, Coinman-today they were holding der-in-Chief In Central China, own against a Communist drive mapped out a co-ordination plan to cut the Canton-Hankow rail- with the South East Command way 170 miles North of this :
south Command.
Better visional capital, reports Associat-
theed Press. co-ontination is possible in coming struggle with the Com- munists.
Lieutenant Genera! C. M. Lut, wartime intelligence officer and now adviser of the Kwang. tuno Provincial Government, told this correspondent that a counter-offensive will soon be launched against the Reds and will remove the threat to Can. He said that the central top. authorities are pledged throw in money and manpower
for the reserves
defence of South China.
to
Last night barits removed all the ipment of the
The Ministry of National De- fence said Red General Liu Po- cheng's forces had split into small groups which were probing the Government defences for weak sputs.
Princess Margaret
This Portrait of Princess Margaret. was taken by Cecil Beaton in Buckingham Palace. The Princess Weara # pale cedar coloured chiffon evening dress, trimmed with petals of the same material, and a five-stand pearl necklace, (A.P. Photo).
Ship's Visit To Tangku Described
The European officers of the Norwegian ss. Davi- ken which arrived here from Tangku yester- day told the "China Mail" that the Chinese Reds in Tangku were very suspicious of any outsider including the vessel's crews.
The Reds were attacking from in order to satisfy themselves, ormed teen-age Red
soldiers were stationed everywhere on the Yucheng, 30 miles East of the railway which links Canton with
vessel during her stay in the Red-held port. defener China the main South force under General Pai Chung-
These soldiers who were at for hai. The main
these base
constantly Nationalist troops Is Hengyang, times very nasty, 265 miles North of Canton.
barked orders at the vessel's Mysterious Submarine
they
Meanwhile. Pat moved a strong crew and due to language force to Thing, 30 miles North difeulties whenever West of Yucheng, with the up- parent intention to attacking the thought that their orders were is cut off. All local cinema station at Nam Shin on the Can-railway.
raileny flank of the Reds jabbing at the not understood they used their hands and gestured fantas- theatres have stopped exhibiton-Kowloon Hallway Just North' Reports front Kumming descritically, tion of American films, even of the East River.
Tine They broke ed that South Western China eity
meant nothing to the very old ones.
Very often they into the stating late in the night as quiet but tense after a blood-surly youthm. The reason is that distributors Without disturbing the occupants. less seizure of power by fiovernor would waste a good part of the fear the lms may be lost if Curtain service today, however, was Lu 1lan of Yunnan Province on
Saturday. ton fulls. This happened in October, 1938, when the Japanese Trains continue to run between captured this city. and distribu- Cantors and Hengyang with Gov't Banks In tors sald one lesson was enough. } interruption despite the activities of the Reds along the Southern The theatres are all showing border of Hunan. The presence Chinese pictures mostly in Man- of Kwangad troops along the rail-- darin which in "Greek" to many way has kept off the Communists Cantonesc. Chinese pictures are, ut tenst up to now. In general never popular with local cinema'
temporary luli has set in along
not interrupted.
goers, but their COXL Ix low. the South Huan Several "masterpieces" produced Khings front.
in Hong Kong turned out to be
flops.
and South
The only amusements foreign | Kunming Students
residents in Canton have are
the tennis courts and Swimming
Club in Shameen. The weather Demonstrate.
is so hot that even several diplo-
it desirable to become members
mats of the Soviet Embassy find
of any kind have been reported since last Saturday,
Kunming Open
clay Jout to argue over a Hinnll, unimportant subject. They tried hard Lo
Lo ba business-like but they Bever succeeded.
"During the vessel's stay in the Northern part." the officers went "the Chinese Communists and to bu clearly proved themselves porre uneducated farm boya fresh from the country," Earfler reports said he had *They
resembled muro a group proclaimed the Independence of over-zealous children
playing
In Harbour
A slim dark craft with the familiar conning tower of a submarine was seen entering port yesterday at about mid.
the day through Разв
Lyemun
which
Was
The craft
A fairly fast travelling at apeod, was sighted by many persons at the Kal Tak air. part, about two miles away.
However, local authorlilos declared that no naval craft entered the Colony's harbour yesterday.
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Anglo-American Views On Japan Said Closer
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London, September 6.
The British and United States governments are closer on future policy towards Japan than at any time since 1945, official British quar- ters said today. Anglo-American views on Japan, far apart for sev-
eral years, have been brought closer together through mutual determination, to protect Japan from Communism, the informant said. They said the Communist danger underlined the visit of the South East Asia Commission- er General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, to Gen- eral Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan.
Majority opinion in British the Ameriena policy of helping afficial quarters is that Japan Japan to her feet economically In the British view- as a whole is certainly anti-they said.
point Britain is niding the United Communist but experience in
In the Far East by the South East Asia has demon- States
maintenance
of Hong Kong and mbd strated that Communtat re Malaya and Anancial help to volutions were fomented by Durria. Slani, India and Pakistan. nctive minoritles.
Far Eastern experts here believe that the Communists may exploit Janan's recnomie dependence un the Astutie maluland as a means
apping pressure,
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British oficials also pointed out in Japan's revival as an ex. porter to Commonwealth coun- fries and the British colonial mart
being made at the cost of was un- Omelal British exports, which
other crubllution to the poller of retaining apan In the anti- Communist bloc.
es en'd United States polley in Jupan, including the holling of reparations, and received "sym- onthetic consideration" by the British government.
The British government is huj almost complete agreement with
Edith Moller Still Missing Owners Say
Military Rovival
volcad
Don't Shoot The Professor
Manila, September 6. Tho Philippine Con- stabulary made a stort to- day In Its campaign against gun toting. It asked heads of Manila col- leges and universities to require students to part their weapons outside class-rooms.
The Constabulary' *ug- gested that counters be built outside class-roonis where weapons could be deposited during lecture hours.
Note-There are an es- ilmated 580,000 Knall arms in the Philippines, a residue of the last war- Associated Press.
Fire Sweeps Naval Base In Ceylon
The only misgivings by the Billich authorities war that an economic recovery ir Japan could tend to a military revival. They said the greatest Colombo, September 6. danger to avolu was a posiblit-
Criminal Investigation De- that the United States may partment officers from Colom- place Japan on her feet only to bo were rushed to Trincomalee
Japan turn round and ally
ty
werk.
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heraste with the Soviet Union, on the East const of Ceylon fre it is understood that Mr. Mac-today to investigate
gutted the Donald would make a report of which last night The mystery of the missing his conversations with Genera British naval base there. freighter Edith Moller deepen- | MacArthur, which would be indian sailors from IIMIS Delhi, ed last evening when both the available to the Foreign Secretary, fagship of the Royal Indian Navy owners and charterers claim- Mr. Earnest Bevin, in his Waghen a visit to the base, helped Bri- ed ignorance of her where-ington talks with the Secretarish navy men and local Bremen. abouts despite a local report of State Mr..Doan Acheson next to Beht the blaze for two hours. British officers patel » glowing that she had been found.
In the meantime, British policy tribute to their assistance.
The wife of a naval caplain understood to favour indefinit is Valted States milliary central row it sea, Mrs. veur Japan with mbuga remomle was fee and Tour TRUVA) THIRN existance to remove the sharpest were admitted to hospital wh of Japan's difficulties and combat injuries in the fire, which de
stroyed buildings at the naval the threat of Communfum,
It is becoming abundantly clear base headquarters that politieal rather than whulls Indies station. economic arguments would dos
Mollers Limited, owners of the 800-ton British freighter, declar- ed that they have no informatida whatsoever** about thie where abouts of their ship and that it was the first time that they had when heard about their vessel told about the report that the Edith Moller had been found in the Churan Island-held by the minate the Washlugton financial Chinese Nationalist Navy.
talks over Britain's ever dwindling Laiks.
The charterers of the vessel also declared that they had not received any news from the ship.
It can be stated that in the eyes of Mr. Revin, Britain makes a major
United contribution to States defence by its support of "The information that was
the economics of India, Pakistan, reported did not come from us Ceylon and Malaya, principally by We definitely have no contact the releases of blocked sterling the master, Mr. Hall balances, and the maintenance of with they
stated when approached Hong Kong. yesterday.
Maurice,
of the East
Security Ban
The naval wuthorities clamp. ed a security ban on informa tlon about the fire and closed off the entire nran of the fire. Local paperi said at there but the WAS# tecand death,
to nuva authorities refused
Several deny or corlirm this.
more people were believed to have suffered injurios, at feat one Kuriously.
And just About 100 workers left a building when the fire broke out, and Mrs. Maurice, who w
cypher clerk at the headquar
believed to have usen ters, was
telephone room #ipped in a which was completely gutted.
Mrs. Maurice was the wife of OBE, Secreary Captain Muurice,
Vire-Adinsirot Sir Charles
Mr. Bevin will say that if the The report said that the Edith United States accepts its share of these responsibilities commensur→ Moller is being held by the Chin- newer wollen ton, train ese Navy at Tinghal, In the Chu-would be able to devote greater san Islands, off Ningpo.
attention and energy to tackling The personnel are being well the dollor shortage. treated. Negotiations according
Mr. Bevin, wax emphasised to the report, are under way he here, has no cut and dried ideas
British and Chinese tween the
on how the United States could National governments for the re-share responsibilities in the Far lease of the Edith Moller.
East, but he feels that the Western t
overs would be "asking for trou- Woodhouse. Commander-in-Chief pany in Shanghat said that it was ble" by a policy of drift, Thus he of the East Indies slation. still not known what had hap-will emphasise the need for closer Captain Maurice is now in East cruiser pened to the ship since she was molitical and economic cooperation African waters in the halted on August 23 and ordered between Britain and the United Blingban, in which Admiral to anchor outside the three-mile States to check the spread of Woodhouse is fylug his fing Umit, adds United Press.
An official of the Moller's corn-
It was reported that a British Naval vessel was sent to her sid
of Yunnan and was taking over with Bro-nema than good well-dise Chinese songs and they con- but if so, such action remained
}} Nationalist Government | eiplined troops. agencies. Today's reports said
no Nationalist officials had been molested and all
banks were open.
Government
The Norwegian cargo freigh-
stantly talked to the Chinese just as much a mystery in Shang- ter which left the Colony about crews of the vessel about how hi
happy. they were to be going hume.
a month ago. encountered no Nationalist warship or atroraft
However, when the vessel final- but just before entering Tangkly arrived at Tangku, these signs
leaving the port
and also on
she passed a destroyer flying of joy suddenly evaporated.
"The young and happy students the Union Jack.
HMS LONDON
HOME AGAIN.
London, September 6.
In Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told guests at a Ica party yesterday: "As long an of the Swimming Club.
Students in Kunming were re-breathe, I shall never give up The destroyer which was about became very quiet and tense." the Canton passes through a pro- and anti-Nationalist government a success." fle. was speaking of Bar, was believed by the officers ing. they forgot about their joys London, which last April tried to
ported posting anti-Kuomintang my task of making the revolution three miles off shore from Taku vessel's second officer said.
"They forgot about their sing-
The 10,000 ton British cruisei longed hot summer. The Tem-
Communis! the Nationalist revolution under of the 2000-ton vessel to be HMS and they just stared at the rag-fight her way through to assist perature today hovered around slogans and singing 91 degrees. Fortunately the city songs in the streets, according to the leadership of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Cossack.
an official despatch from Kwei- | which overthrew the Manchu In Tongku itself there were in-gedly clothed Chinese who were
Amethyst, then held by Is a vot Immune to epidemies, yang today. reports United Press, dynasty in 1911,
the only ones to welcome them." Chiang look', cluding the Norwegian Vessel, thanks to the spraying of DDT
Included in the welcoming pro- Chinese Communists.In the Yang- No disturbances, no bloodshed over the leadership in 1926 after three other European versais,
isc. Is home again." from the air by CAT planes.
She arrived at Sheerness, at Sun's death.
Two flew the Union Jack and the ramme was the strict red tape of the Communists. All the stu- Referring to the Communists as third had a Norweglan Bag.
dents were ordered to leave the the mouth of the Thames, this The vessel's A seral-emcial despatch from "bandits," Chlang said he would
Chinese compro-
vessel and their luggage was laid morning-Reuter. Kunming this morning said: "On Gght them to the end as only this dore said that prices of food were infront of them on the docks while the surface Kunming remains would achieve China's indepen- about the same as the Colony the Communist customs officers
and although most of Tangku's went through it inch by Inth. quiet" The Ministry of Com- dence and freedom. munications had ordered all air- "I am quite confident that in stores were open for business,
They stood on the pier tired and lines to resume services, but the not too distant future we shall there were very few manufactur-hungry from two in the afternoon had attain victory," Chiang said, "anded goods displayed in their win-to almost 10 p.m. before they AL 0400 GMT. (3 pm. HKSTi.noither CATC nor CNAC typhoon centret about but line of any plane flying to Kunming to-1 am determined to come
were permitted to leave the plar.) Chungking to celebrate it."
the old days Tokyo is moving NNE at 12 kopla. Theday.
Chartered by the Ta Cheng & Pago 2 Correspondence walking down the streets in the Company, the Norwegian: freigh- Page 3 Settlement of Fisher Northern port city one could spot ter brought here 50 passengers many people wearing either silk including two Europeans,
men's Strikes Western Europeans were
Messrs. E. H. Page 4 Barclay's Bridge clothes, at present almost 90 per James of Australia and A. Ta-Fago & Battle in Streets of cont of the civilians wore either selli of Italy.
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weck tropical depression ventred about On Saturday the United Press
109 miles N of Praise in steikanaly was informed of CAT's sudden Chiang Meeting
or moving "very slowly N Westwordi ́ Ã ¦removal from the Yunhan capital.
zbúre of high jurmwuro coneri - Japan.
"We were awakened at dawn for
Today's Purwasta-Light 22 variable || immediate evacuation,” mid. Mrs.
winder fair with a few thundery showers F. Jones, wife of Captain Jones, Difficulties
dyalog avoning and early part of highi. ~ CAT pilot. "We didn't know
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rags or old Nationalist uniforms. She also brought hera more Page 6 US. War Cames f
Chinese Students'
than 2,000 tons of bean cakes,
of the
Germany
The Davikan' when the left red beans, Chinese medicines and Page 7. Warning: of Tragedy.
in Europe the Colony about a month ago other native products brought along with her more: North......
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than 200 young Chinese stu Commanded by Mr. G. Apold, Page 8 Tits Confident Secu dents, who recently returned the Dayiken had alx Norwegian after years of advanced, study officers and there than 10 Chinese In the United · States, on board | crew?,
what was happening."
The following day Captain
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shok Jones made an evacuation mis is reported to be having difficul- sion to Kunming and on his reties in his talks with the, West turn reported the Yunan capital China leaders in Chungking, Reu- was quiet at the time of his de ter reports. His problems, which parture. In the meantime Hon are of a political rather than a Kong had already reported military nature, haver been angen- vated by the report-from-Kun- There
Nationalist Bro two group armies In Kwelchow Proming vince, and one on the Yunnan- Chinese wih government) con ese students, the ship's omcers said Kwanza border, under the com- tacts do not expect, iff Chung, that during the trip, they were ** mand of General Pai Chung-halking will be an ected by the new group foty happy boys, and guirla No indication babes shown.ituation. It wit sini be the next looking forward to a new life, in that the Nationalist government sest of the Chinees Government throughout the voyage to Blow istanda, to- tuka štapa ko muuppents
the American:: President Lines,
General Gordon.
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In describing these young Chin, SPITFIRE, MISSING! Fue 12 Teen-Are Topics
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