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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949.
CHIANG'S VISIT TO CANTON Last Grain
Conference On Whether Or
Not To Defend
Defend City
YEN
FLIES TO TAIPEH
Canton, October 11.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Whampoa today an board a Navy cruiser, and was immediately joined by Acting President Li Tsung-jen and other high officials, for a con- ference to determine whether or not to defend Canton after the government leaves.
Reds To Make October Ist National Day
*********** {{°* is not yet known what the final decision was, but immediately after the conference took place Premier Yen Hsi-shan flew to Taipeh, presumably with despatches and instructions for Governor Chen Cheng. General Chen is concurrently South West China Commander. After the conference Chiang left on the cruiser for
an undisclosed destination.
Moscow. October 11.
The official Soviet news agency, Tass, today reported from Peiping that the National Committee 0% the Peoples' Consultative Council has re commended to the Gavern-
ment the adoption of Defober ist as the National Day of the
Chinese new
Republic.
The eva-
Li originally planned to fire. Early this morning it in- leave Canton for Chungking formed foreign news agencies i on October 12, but this move was leaving, probably today, and any correspondents desiring to has been postponed.
accompany its personnel
to cuation of the
government Chungking were asked to prepare which started on Monday, to leave immedistely. Peoples'
expected to be completed by Friday instead of Sunday 3, originally planned. Forcian legations had been notified that the transfer would De completed on Sunday.
The new republic was pro- claimed by the Chinese Gam- munists on October 1-R=-
ter.
Clark Is Released
front
The Executive Yuan is A officially leaving tomorrow. Heet of 24 Central Air Trans-
Corporation planes port
has been ordered to be ready to carry cut the cabinet's removal.
Latest reports from the
Dr. C. W. Chiu, secretary- placed the Communis spearheads general of the presidential offices, o 40 miles North of Cantor said that Acting President Li The Communist column was said Thung-jen had not yet fixed a ho have hypassed Chingyuen, 50
for his departure, but said date miles North of the capital and that it will not be was pushing South, along the rail-The exodus of civilians con- way with all possible speed timed at a heavy pace today, but
there was no hysteria among the travellers. The commercial air- lines have increased their daily schedules, between Canton and Hong Kong. Both train and ship travel also is heavy.
From Gaol Internal Threats.
Canton, October 11. Leonard Clark, 42, San Francisco. explorer, accused of killing
friends in drunken brawl, was released from prison today.
The U.S. Charge d'Affairs. Mr. Robert Strong, promised the For eign Office that Clark wil make himself available to Chines! authorities. if requested.
Appeal To Yen Just before Mr. Strong had negotiated his release, the explorer wrote an appeal to Premier Yes Hai-shan. In the letter, be recalled that he served
served with Yen's 34th Arary during World War II, radioing target intelligence to the ́US. 14th Air Force.
As the government formally notified foreign diplomatic mis-
Nearly 800 Government officials
sions that it was leaving Can- have already evacuated to Taiwan
f
ree
the Foreign Minister. Dr.
Geor
Following the official notification
transfer the Government
to Chungking, a number of foreign Embassy and consular officials will leave for Hone Kone tonight
board the British
Fatshan.
These include Australian, French, Italian and Portuguese,
to
Race
Pacer
master of the fourmast Finnish Captain Verner Bjorfelt, Barque Pamir (2796) tons), brought his ship into Falmouth to and the last of the traditional grain
from Australla, Pamir tock 127 days to complete the tripCaptain Bjorfelt termed it "the longest and worst". voyage he had ever had. Photo shows Pamie arriving off Falmouth.-(AP Photo).
Embassy Dissidents
In Paris Taken Off Diplomatic List
Paris, October 10.
France today backed up the Chiang Kai-shek gov- ernment and struck dissident members of the Chinese Embassy în Paris from the diploma- tic list,
spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry said that since France does not recognise the Pei- ping Communist regime, members of the Chinese Embassy who joined the Moo Tse- · tung government would lose their diplomatic status and immunities. This announcement
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Until the battlefront is within the city limits of Canton, the Hong Kong Canton passenger river service will continue to maintain its re- gular schedules, local shipping circles with interests in the run declared last evening. Although plans are in the making for the time when the Kwangtung capital becomes a be leaguered city, no definite course has been determined yetireme
"We will gowanunsvusunl On the whole local shipping until the Canton office advises circles expressed optimism-for the
us to suspend operation,” 2 future.
renior official of a Chinese "The Communists need as much After all, firm, which has a few ships trade as we do here.
we're the same kind,” he re- on this route, asserted when marked. approached yesterday.
The official pointed out that At the rate the Communists are suspension of the passenger ser progressing towards Canton and vice would be to avoid being in-
at their reported position-60volved in "incidents." He declined miles away-the official said that to elaborate.
t may take the Communists al
week to reach within 20 miles of Two Mak Organisations
the border
"Then that perhaps will be our que to suspend service...but only
temporarily," he added.
Truman Welcomes Nehru
Washington. October 11. President Truman, welcome ing the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, to America to- day, hoped that his four-week visit would be "a discovery of America.”
At present there are two main organisations with a number of The ships plying on this route. largest feet belongs to the Ming Sung Industrial Company which
the operates
Canadian-built aluminium river motor vessels.
C
HK Security Exercise To
Be Held Today
The biggest internal securi- ty exercise to be held in Hong Kong, will take place today.
Units involved will be the 1st Battalion The Buffa. (Royal East Kent Regiment), the 2/6 Gurkha Rifles, the Hong Kong and Kowloon Police and the Hong Kong Defence Force.
Mock Hots and attacks on key installations will be made on both sides of the harbooṛ.
The Ruling
Body In Red China
San Francisco, October 10. "Since the past three or four
The Chinese Communists to- days, there has been a great-in- day broadcast the text of their disclosing their crease in the number of people constitution coming over here. We have new "People's Republic" as a about 500 passengers on the re-highly centralised dictatorship. turn trip from Canton, which is | The broadcast was heard in 200 more persons than the pre- San Francisco by the Associated vious average of 300 a trip," a Press. senior official said yesterday.
This organic law calls for the
The Ming Sung feet totals 130, creation of an "all China People's of which 20 operate from the Congress through universal suf- Colony. They the Chinese frage" at sume unspecified future National flag.
Sirne.
Meanwhile, it provided that the In the meantime, it is leamed that an executive has been study-peutical Consulative Conference, ing the business between Hong which set up the government on
October 1, shall The President said: “Mr. Prim, King and Indo-China ports. He
act in lieu of Congress. the Minister, I am very happy to wel is now in Haiphong.
This Conference chooses the come you to this country on behalf Should the Canton service be Central People's Governme of the government and people, of suspended, the vesels
will pro Commeil, consisting of a chairman, the United States. I greet you bably be diverted to the Macao not only as the chief minister of and "Nationalist-controlled China general and 56 members-
sheimen, a secretary FIX vice your government, bat Liso the Coast ports." loved and respected
of B
great nation of free poopin
"Destiny willed it that our coup try should have been discovered.
The . Sing Hing, which should have left for Canton last night on her normal call, suspended her
in the search for a new route inarture until further notice
was learned that she would pro-1 yours. I hope that your visit, too. will be in a sense a discovery of bably be chartered for another America.
run. This, however, was denied by the owners, Ta Hing Company.
1 extend to you the Hospitality and good will of the none of the United States with the hope that your visit among us will leave you with the firm conviction that we are indeed your warm friends.”. -Renter
CAF Drops Leaflets On Shanghai
Japanese Trade Agreement With Sterling Area
the
No doubt, whatever is. feft that the Council, of which Mao Tse-tung Is Chairmap, is
· It' real power in Red China is empowered to:
and Interpret all laws; and "decrees, dee
enact:
that they are ¦ ́executed, handle all international affairs, decide on wär or peace, can. trof state finances, and appoint - all subordinate: national govern. ing bodies.
Appoints Cabinet
25
ton, the first rumbles of in.
or Liuchow, in Kwangsi Province. ternal threats from the Red adds Reater. underground in Canton were,
The Chinese Foreign Office is heard.
evacuating Canton topkirrow,
3lost Several leading merchants and within other business nien revealed that cluding of its staff, probably in-
Teh, will fly to Chungking. A E reasonable time.
they had received threats from
The Central Council appoints a Clark was gaoled on charges. Communist underground cells in
Cabinet, (called the State Ad. denied, that he shot Canton, not to destroy or remove which he
ministration Council), a Supreme Tokyo, October 10. Willard Freeman and Harold Har- any of their food supplies, incas
Court and prosecutors, an Aca- A trade agreement between demy of Science, granager an ris at the Freeman home on Seo- trial or business equipment,
Japan and the sterling ares for assistant manager of a Central tember 8. He said Freeman was ether merchandise.
1949-50, under which Japan is Bank, and "jealous withom reason" of his The military spokesman said
Revolutionary Mil!- wife, Maya.
expected to take greatly i increased that General Liu An-chi would
puntities of wool, rubber, crudery Council. These serve at the attempt to stem the Rei march
was announced that the whole staft
pleasure of the vil and possibly food from sterling
Central Council Every berth on the, Fatahan made shortly after the Chin- had deserted the Canton gov-Tinghai Island, Hangchow Bay, erra sources, is to be announcedell, headed by Chou En-lai
The State Administration Coun- Southward on a line from Ting
has been taken.. The agenti jese
October 11. yun Eastward to Pakiang. Other
Charge d'Affaires, Tuan ernment to support the Pel-
within a few days, a usually Te Premier, is empowered to run the qualitied military sources insisted.
fear the vessel may be rushed Mao-lan, who recently arrived ping regime.
A quarter of a million copies liable source stated here today. however, that a direct threat to
country in the minutest detall, by Chinese wishing to leave at from London to take over the The various sources differed on of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
appointment of An announcement was expected even down to Canton could not develop in any-
the last
on Cen- the number of Chinese diplomats shek's Double Tenth message AR encend, but aster "administrative personnes of the moment
Embassy in Paris taing under 10 days or the ma
Other diplomats intending
The French Ministry to the Chinese people were ling area spokesman said that the Chiang's eralissima
behalf, inspired
and municipal level and Communist forces ruler Rec
leave will have two Government-
said Tuan had informed it that General Chen Keng have not yet chartered planes provided for them called on the Ministry to give six officials Ead switched to the dropped over Shanghai by the negatiators were still awaiting
Going back to the top, the Cen- He said his life would be in arrived in Yingtak.
tomorrow-one to Hong Kong and his version of the staff revolt Peking regime. Mong said eight Chinese Air Force yesterday. final instructions from their Gov. danger it not freed
tral Government Council has the before the
The last "bomba" to be dropped ernments. Abandonment of Yingtak was another to Chungking-United Earlier in the day, George diplomats plus three Consulate
power to amend Communists take Canton, because oficially confirmed, and unofficial Press and Router.
or alter the Embassy
over Communist-occupied Shane- Counsellor, employees were in
the mo
move. of wartime work behind the Japan-
large pictures of Later, in a communique issued hai were two
The new arrangement is expect-organic law at any ne the Po advance coluran reports told of csc lines.
the
French through
News Generalissimo Chiang and a num-ed to provide for a greativ in-Jitical Consulative Conference is of not more than 2,000 Com- Indications
that wert
Maya
Agency, Mr. Tuan said two ber of Nationalist fags. These creased volume of balanced trade not in session to do so. The Cen- Freeman will be given back her munists, probably irregulars, en
officials had been dia cre dropped from the planes by and a substantial increase in the tral Goverment Council is made passport
volume of sterling exports to the sole interpreter of the law and allowed to leave gaging the Nationalists at Fokang.
missed for insubordination. The parachutes miles South of Yingwk but Canton. She has been confined to
Tag all timeAssociated Press. Two C46s left Taipeh yester-Japan Rester. communiqué did not identify
morning, with three new". thees officials and Mc Ivan permen aboard tidding Re himself could not be reached to ter's Correspondent, for the Chin- explain this
ese Air Force's advance base at The Ministry announcement Tinghai, where the "leaflet raid- said that Mr. Tuan informed.ers" took off in bombers French officals that no disturb- ance had occurred in the Embassy and that he continued to occupy his offices without being bother- ed by the six oficials who had oined the Peking movement
bed due to heart trouble. Asso-East of the railway. It is thi ciated Press.
SOVIET ENVOY IN PEIPING
force WHICH is believed to havi
by passed Tsingyun
Wist and Central Hunar terval Pai Chung-hsi, according to efficial sources, was continuing ito light a stubborn rearguardi aç- Lion to protect the general with. San Francisco, October 11. drawal of his armies into Kwang- Mr. N. V. Roschin first Soviet si. Ambassador to Communist China. The military spokesman sald arrived in Peiping yesterday, ac that, the Communists are throw-i cording to Peiping Radio tonight.ing the full power of their armies Greated at the railway station in that area into an attempt to
Hong,
World War III Only For Shanghai
Hope
(EDITORS NOTE: The following story, among the last to be rpreted from American news sources in Shanghai, was mailed to Tokyo just prior to the Communist imposition of an absolute news blackout for correspondents whose nations do not recognise the new regime).
(By BLAKE GEARHART)
Shanghai, October 10.
by the Communist Foreign Minis-knock General Pai loose from the A vague expectation of World War Three" pro
ter, Chou En-lai, Mr. Roschin positions his rearguard troops are pledged that as representative of still holding. He said that fighting
the Soviet Government he would is particularly heavy along the
vides the only hope for those Chinese who still are not reconciled to Communist rule.
de his utmost to consolidate the Shaoyang-Hengyang highway. Neither Chinese nor foreign residents of Shanghai
close friendship between Russia
and Communist China for defend-
ing world peace and internation-
al security.Reuter.
THE WEATHER
A1 0600 GMT (5 Dim. HKET, ́i trombi of low preintre cxtende from new Guinea to the Gulf Str. Japan and the Eastern Bon are under the influence of a moderate anti-volume centred near-de Balkai whilst E trades dominate Latun and the parts of the Caius Sen
Z winda. Fair,
Yesterday's Weather-
Maritum: 21.6 dez. Puh.
Chinese
River Deserted 2-0 The Wangpoo was a deserted river. Sunken vessels littered the river near Lunghwa.
The bombers circled over Shang- Mr. Tuars unique denied hai three times before dropping That all Embassy employees had conies of the Generalissimo's. rone over to the Peiping rugine panghai was befagged, celebra- Apart from the two who were Gismissed, it said, the stuff was ting the Double Tenth. remaining st its posts with Loyal Beater Correspondent
collaboration
Rome Embassy
smoke rising from the Kanzan docks, which Chinese Air Force bombers had earlier in the day set The Chute Embassy to Rome are. Peuter. have any confidence in the Nationalists'
and the Legation to the Vatican. obility to rise again except in the wake of today sale that all Chinese repre victory of Western arms over the forces of world Communism.. indicated Qualified neutral military
sources here
The Fukien front at Amay remained unchanged, but indi- cations mounted that the Na tionalists have decided to write defence point. there have been
out by sezi
off Swatow as Troops who
are being moved Unofficial
sources
see no chance
forces plan
many of them had already Chiang Kai-shek's
reached Cantón,
1
As long as as time permits, they [ning or executing a
out the overall
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want.
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said: "The Embassy
officials One veteran observer said the very fact that all Embassy and
Legation personnel be aware of
noel gathered to Page 2 counter-Communists, would
celebrate the 38th anniversary of will continue moving Westward offensive in South West China. the temporary benefit to them of the birth of the
Chinese anti- Page 3 in carrying
In the light the Reds leaving Hong Kong in the status Communist Republic shows that
of strategy of joining with South successful field strategy during of a foreign colony beyond the we all are unwaveringly loyal to Page 4 Today's Forecast:-Moderate or frah Kwanglung and, Kwanzsi forces and since the crossing of the jurisdiction and interference of the Kuomintangan
for a last defence of Confinental Yangtse River, these sources told the Kuomintang The Nationalists *We knew
ew all along that the Page 5 China, according to these in the view that the Communists could not, blockade it and after Chinese Embassy in Paris had Indonesia Not Extending" Con. formants.
will slice up the remaining Na- the occupation of Canton the several Communists in high posi- • ference tionalists into segments in their Communists could be expected tions. We believe that they over- Page 7 drives South and
the remainder of the West. These to benent by the movement of powered drives would separate Szechuen goods through Hong Kong - personnel to join them in break and Kweichow to isolate the
should ing from our Envenument How Occupation of Canton Western capital province" which serve to case the blockade of the ever, we regard it as an excep
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for final China coast around Shanghai astion. We belleve that all other Southern goods could be moved over the Chinese Embassies and Legations throughout the world will remain der regions were cleaned up. Canton-Hankow railroad
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Stockholm, A
Chinese Rm- As to Hong Kong, the Com- operation by aerial bombing, this bassy spokesman said today that Page 12 munists are not likely to make neutral observer said it was very the "Embassy is still represent-
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Heavy-laden planes began roaring away from White Cloud airfields before
and Tien Ho dawn.
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