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DASH TO SHANGHAI Louise Moller Sweeps Past Nationalist Warship
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The British freighter Louise Moller swept past in defiance of a Nationalist gunboat at the Yangtse Estuary in international waters to run through the Shanghai sea blockade successfully and deliver half a million gallons of diesel oil for Caltex, on October 28.
KMT Approach. To Formosan Leaders
Certain Kuomintang officials have "repeatedly approached leaders
the Formosa League for Re-Emancipation In Hong Kong for support. in establishing a
new "liberai“
regime in Formosa.
This was disclosed fester. day by Mr. Charles Young. spokesman for the Formosan League for Re-Emancipation. The statement issued by Mr. Young said that the proposal was rejected as it failed to fulfil the Formosans' aspira. tions for
complete indepch- dence.
New Managing Editor For
"
|HMS Mount's Bay, which escorted the merchant
vessel up to the three-mile territorial limit, stood by within firing range as the dash was made in broad daylight. No shot was fired by either naval craft.
the
The Louise Moller, whose Captain is Mr. T. A. -
Lupton of Royners Lone, Middlesex, - arrived here last evening from Shanghai to be the first vessel to return from running the Shanghai blockade since the implementation of the Royal Navy's decision to afford protection to British shipping operating off the China Coast. Mr. Lupton. veteran master "When we approached, of the Louise Moller and an quareship ordered us to stop by eld China hand, related the flags and then by "blinks. The eventful trip on his arrival
guns aboard were all manned.
*WC acted here when interviewed by the
on Dur initiative to ignore "China Mail" taboard his ship.
the and sweep past the craft. "We left Hong Kong with some The Louise Moller swept by half a million gallons of diesel with strong flood tide at full oil for Caltex at noon on Octo-speed ahead and passing the belli) ber 23 for Shanghai," the genial gerent Nationalist vessel as close skipper began.
as 100 yards away," Mr. Lupton The Louise "Moller kept clear said. of the coast in accordance with
The Kuiton Light vessel had instructions to avoid Kationalist been removed and aner naviga patrol boats and also to disguise tion aids were destroyed. the fact the she was bound for the C
(Continued On Page 2)
"China Mail" Communist metropolis.
Before reaching Amoy waters
met two
Mr. W. V. Pennell has becs the Louise Molier
identified vessels which were
The ber-
appointed Managing Editor running with Station lights of the "China Mail" and is British freighter identified leaving Singapore for Hong self as Fleet Aide Black Ranger Kong shortly.
On
Mr. Pennell began his long vice for HM shipa)
carcer in Far Eastern journalism Hong Kong, but spent most of his time in North China,
where he was Editor of the "Peking & Tientsin Times" for many stormy years till the Japanese sealed up the
paper on December 8, 1941, and arrested him.
After
his repatriation
August 1942. he was in charge of editorial work in the Far East-
ern Bureau of the British Minis- try of Information in Delhi,
and
off the China Coast. The answer from the craft was undecipherable.
Off Amoy, the Louise Molier encountered a Nationalist gun- heat, some three miles which had her searchlights to
caward.
Flashes Ashore
"We saw flashes ashore, later Deputy Director in im-sumable gunfire or bombs," mediate charge of all broadcasts Lupton recalled.
to
AB
India
away,
the Far East from
The island was illuminated by Radio, in all the languages of the blazing searchlights,
w23
Chow
Approaching Tai *Island on October 27. at dawn, the skipper mid he saw à But, terficid and Swire vessel (which he presumed to be the
Inside the minefield.
Foreign Office and the B.B.C. likewise.
head of news and programmes,
At dawn on the following day, warships came into sight. three months to
and for the past thre
25 acting Head of the British There Were no identifications Far Eastern Broadcasting Service visible to those aboard the Louise i
in
During his qua North China, Mr.
played leading part in nearly all the political, educational, and sport ing activities of the community and filled many responsible
ces
Moller.
The warships proceeded in z Northward direction. No replies came from them.
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949,
Comet Pilot After Record Flight
Price: 20 Cont
Group Captain John Cunningham, is seen talking to reporters after landing the four jet' 36-seat De Havilland Comet airliner at London airport.
The
aircraft is at background. Cunningham, flew the Comet the 1,490 miles from London to Castel Benito. Tripoli, in three hours 23 minutes, an average speed of about 440 mlies an hour. After, a two hour stop for refuelling and instrument check he returned in three hours 13 minutes, an average
*peed of about 463 miles an höur (AP Photo).
Red Troops Reach Singapore
Macao Border
Macao, November 2.
Communist regulars this afternoon occupied a for- fress one kilometre North of the Macao border. order. The situation in the Chungshan district suddenly be.
come serious at about 2 a.m. today when 7,000- Communist troops commenced operations South of Shekki.
Iberian Defence Agreement
"WE assumed they were Nationalist naval craft'. and
· Military Discussion
At 11.30 am. the Communists occupied Namkal, a town 151 kilometres North of Macao; where bout 600 Nationalists
surrendered.
Later the Reds entered Tchoi- mei, 12 kilometres from the bor der, and at pan occupied) Chingshan, nine kilometres North of Macao. The Nationalists Chingshan withdrew to
Nationalist
to Lappi. troopships fired on by Communist artillery{
were
Yangtse Awards Listed
A number of awards for and there were some casualties. service in the British war-
In Macao the Portuguese troops
Amethyst, London, i ships, increased their vigilance but both
the border zone and the harbour Consort. and Black Swan, remain quiet. Most of the Nation-which were involved in the alist ships left Macao harbour Yangtse Incident about eight this evening.
months ago, have been approved by the King.
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vice
Conference Opens
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Dutch Giving Up Sovereignty Over Indonesia
The Hague, November 2
The plan for the establishment before December 30 of the Republic of the United States of Indone sia, was accepted” here this afternoon at the final plenary session of all three delegations to the 10 week long round-table conference. | acceptance ceremony was held in the historic Ribbengal, where the conference began on August 23. Many diplomats, political leaders and public figures were present.
of Dutch
pur 20
The main feature of the cere-ferred" to Indonesia. The Royal mony was the passing of a long | Dutch-Indonesian army will b resolution summarising the reabsorbed into the Federal forces sults of the conference, est- of the new state and all members
must be Indonesian citizens, tained in a bulky document of
given the choice several hundred pages, oul-members will be
Indonesian service. lining the different agreements. Dutch forces waiting return to
The Dutch Premier, Mr. Willem Holland will be "guests in the. Drees, as chairman of the confer- territory of a friendly govern- ence, the leaders the Dutch,
of the
ment" but the Dutch do not ex- Republican and
and Federalist delega
pect they will be able to repatriate tions and the three members of all their troops within the six the United Nations Commission on months originally visualised. ¡Iɛdonesia then each signed- four copies of the resolution, signity–
the Indonesian ng mutual and International army is to be transferred to fne cognition of the new relationship United States of Indonesia. Detch between the Netherlands and In-air forces wils will be withdrawa donesia.
| and the new, state, will be res- The resolution declared that ponsible for his own air defence. the aim of producing “an appro-jA Dutch military mission will priate and lasting solution of stay for three years to build the Indonesian confict has now and train Jedmesin's fightin been achieved in good co-opera-forces-Reuter
Equipment
of
French Takė Precautions On Border
After enumerating the draft agreements, which included the charter of sovereignty - and the statute of the Netherlands-la- Singapore, November 2 Britain's leading military said that its acceptance by the donesian Union, the resolution and diplomatic experts on Asia Netherlands and the territories wi and the Far East today started the United Republic will be con discussing at Bukit Serene, sidered the ratification of the home of Mr. Malcolm Mac-documents attached to IL”·· |Donald. Commissioner-General Transfer Ceremony
for South East Asia, the Fart
Saigon, November. 2. The French authorities in Eastern situation."
the agreements would come into Indo-China are throwing The talks, which are being held force at the moment of transfer powerful reinforcements into in secret are expected to have of sovereignty which will take the seaport of Moncay on the place at a formal ceremony at China-Vietnam border and the Asterdam net later than surrounding Tongking territory. ber 30, 1949.
ay important bearing in British
policy in South East larly on the
cognising the Commu
thent' in China.
For new Gover
The resolution` announced: thal
added that the implementa hey
I fn 01 the agreements Extra Gurkha guards were on acnesia would be observed by the duty at Bukie" Serene today. Tutted Nations Commission "When conferencs began at $30 come other. United Nations genes
which the victorious Chinese Communist armies are expected to Trach next week.
French official
Military circles there estimates. today that 50,000 french troops a.m. (local time) Mr. David
waiting in Money 254 Fae actual bending, ever of were Rees Williams,
Under-Secre- sovereignty will take place in the more men, material and sircraft lary for the Colonies. who is Dam Palace, where Queen, Juliana were being rushed into Tongking representing the British Cabinet will present either a special char- Province. outlined Britains latest policy [ter: or another appropriate symbol
quarters sald in the Far East
of transfer, according to authori- that they thought the Chinese His statement was followed by tative sou
sources: here.
troops would probably respect account of the diplomatic mesition in
This settlement of a
a dispute the frontier. in the region by Mr. that led to fighting and. United Maberly Dening head of the Nations intervention came after Foreign Office Department.com- -72 days hard bargaining by 230 cerned with affairs. În Asia and
sometimes experts. Though the Far East.
desclocked, they settled
Details of the awards follow: Bar to the Distinguished Ser-made as to the agenda but some No oficial statement has been
Cazalet, DSO, DSC, RN (London). tion of settling Japanese nationals
Order: Caplain P.G.L. observers believe that the ques Oltinguished Service Order: in South East Asta may be dis- Commander L.G. Robertson, DSC, cussed. Reuter.
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“MUTINIES" ON CANADIAN WARSHIPS
-Ottawa: November 2
A civilian commission here set.
> points except the future of New --Guine->home-political - itatus will remain unaltered for an __other_year_.while. more...efforts are made to solve the problem.
st-ted
no
These quarters ales that they had received official note from the Chinese In Mationallet authorities Kwangal⋅ Province on raids on that Province by Vietminh (Indo-Chinese Nationalist 'and' Communist) groups, reported Chinese Nationalist by-the Central News Agency.
the Chinese Com- Vieux. a
United Na-
"VAUXHALL'
Outstanding Economy with Fine Performance in the
Madrid, November 2 Spain and Portugal have
The Australian Ambasador to agreed that any aggression against one will be considered China, Mr. F. Keith Officer, ar- rived in Macao today for a two- as aggression against the other day visit. He was accompanied by a step that closely links the Trade Commissioner, Mr. Spain with the Atlantie Pact H.W. Rigley, and Mr. O.N. Smyth pre-even though she still is not a of the Australian Embassy-Our
Mr. member of that alliance, it was Own Correspondent,
learned authoritatively today.
Reds Advance This was the major result of
Dutch Forces
Asked what France's attitude Pro-Communist scanning Generalissimo Francisco France's
vernacular RN, region as well as in English and the skies, apparently for enemy recent visit of state to Lisbon
would be ifaded newspaptrs in Hong Kong yes....
Netherlands forces will be with-munist Army European languages. At this time aircraft.
terday claimed further advances Lieutenant PEC. Berger, RN Distinguished Service Cross ALR was second only to the
where he conferred with Prime
drawn from Indonesia as soon as prominent French political figure by Communist-General Chen BBC. in London in the volume
possible. Dutch naval forces wil Minister Antonio
said that this would set a here de. Ollevera
Keng's troops driving towards (Amethyst); Mr. R. Smith. Senior
go within a year but the Nether
of and variety of its language broad-
Salazar and other high Portuguese
the Luichow Peninsula, apposite Commissioned Gunner, EN (Lon-
lands Government will help to problem beyond the limits oficials.
France's position in Vietnam." caste
He personally broadcast
Hainan Island.
don); and Flight Lieutenant ME all the orders from Lord Mount-
High sources
build said Spain and .
up the navy of the new "It would be an international Fortugal orally pledged each South West Kwangtung, has been bation to the Japanese Comman-
The reports said that Loting, in Fearnley, RAY (Amethyst).
states
added. problem," he Sourabaya will be the naval ders in
Observers here interpreted this pccupied East Asia after Tainan) leaving her anchorage ather during Franco's visit to
Distinguished Service Medal: the Japanese surrender.
assist each other in case of mili-occupied and that evacuation of Chief Petty Officer w Rosa" up to investigate academis
although as meaning that the lease would on buse of Indonesta Reaching
Kwangchowan At the end of 1945 he
in full swing Brothers Istand tary aggression against any part The independent "Wah
son, GM D/JX 133428 (Consort): board three Canadian warships Dutch naval officer will be in at once be put before the Secu transferred to a similar post in (Settle Group), the Louise Moller of the Taerian Peninsula.
Po" quoting the P. W. Division of S.E.A. Come ran without lights. The Tsinan
Acting Pelty Officer L Frank found that the incidents concern-charge. Other naval establish-rity Council of the Portugal is a member of the in Chungking said that some 4,00
an oficial spokesman D/JX 667520(Amethyst);
ed were "technically mutinies," ments will be gradually trans-Hons.Reuter, mand, and continued under the was ahead and was blacked out
Alantic Pact and if attacked Vietnam Communist troops have 315663 (London); Engine Room dian Navy,
but there Dulley
was no evidence of D/JX Seaman,
arry Able would immediately bring the pact driven into Kwangs
subversive activity in the
in the Cana- 23
Into operation.
province Atlanta from Indo-China and have occe Artificer. 2nd class LW. Williams, cluded from the Atlantic Pact pied six small county towns.
D/MX 55557 (Amethyst): T.A.D. the refusal of crews to carry out The inquiry was concerned with were attacked and Portugal
Johnson, Leading Stoker Mechan-orders on board the aircraft car- The spokesman was further went to
her help, Portugal
ic, D/KX 98914 (Consort); Band-rier Magnificent in the Carribean would probably attempt to in-d as stating that the spear-
FG. master heads of the Vietnam Communists
Harwood, RM, the destroyer Athabaskak off the voke the Atlantic Pact because had reached a point about 80 miles
RMB/X 358 (London). of a threat to her, well inform South West of Nanning
Mexican coast and the destroyer Crescent Posthumous Mention in Des Reuter.
Chinese walers ed sources said,
Throughout
hout yesterday,
the patches: Surgeon Lieutenant JM. were no farther reports either Alderton, RN (Amethyst): Chief The sources said the highlight from private or Nationalist - Petty Officer Writer PJ. Stowers, radioed to the Commodore in of Generalissimo Franco's visit toernment •sources on the alleged Hong Kong reporting that we Portugal was the military dismus-invasion by Dr. Ho Chi Minh's P/LX 59958 (London); and R.J were being Intercepted by
Communist forces. sion. **
Wright, Ordinary Seaman, D/SSX Nationalist gunboats, Mr.
Spanish as well as
Other vernacular messages said 831955 (Amethyst). qualities of the Chinese people
Lupton said,
and diplomatic quarters here that Nationalist-bombers attempt Later, it was disclosed that the denied any offer. by France to ed to sink the Nationalist gunboat, mander R.G.W. Hare, OBE RN Page and of their immense cultural heritage and in fair and foul wo erent wert Royal Navy ships help the West militarily in case Wa Feng which defected to the Staff of Flag Oficer Second it
Fifteen minutes after sighting
Remembrance Sunday weather alike, preserved his un-the two. British warships another war with Russia if America Communists few days ago, and Command, Far East
Station;
gramme derstanding of, and keen human vessel lying the White Ensign These sources said the only post-for Centon were
would promise. financial
left its post in the Pearl River Lieutenant KS. Hett, RN. (Ame- | Fage 3 Sympathy for,
the tremendouse Into view. She
thyst); Lieutenant W. Bonner, `movement for.
Siz bombs were aimed at the
Belfast Arrives With Res the change and not identified.
was also tive development of the talks was
UN (Consort); · Surgeon Com Nationailste modernisation of China.
-The Tsinan was astern all the an agreement that if an aggressor gunboay, but missed.
mander WB. Taylor, BN (Lan-Page 4 time, following the freighter.
don); Acting Surgeon Lieutenant Barclay's Bridge Whale Meat a la
Way Offer
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Ottawa: November 2 D/JX 149820-
Britain Recalls Belgrade. Envoy. The Commonwealth Secretary McKee, Nationalist guardship was patro general of the Portugese Army Mr. Philip Noel Baker, said at a 423392 (Consort): 1R. Bennett Today's Forecast-Moderate or restling the Yangtse area in
D/JX Page 7 the the highest military rankin
Cripps On
On Trade Relations charted. position of Thangsha Portugal except that
alpress conference yesterday that Bend, Ordinary, Seaman, D/JX Page of marcal Bank buoy, which was out of which is held only by President he wanted to exchange 10,000818281 (Consort); KC. Martin Washington Air Disaster position then
Antone Oscar Fragose Carmonacooks to boost Britain's tourist (Amethyst); G.L. Favier Ordin Engineering Page
British cook for 10,000 French Boy 1st Class D/JX-838150 Page 101 Spanish sources sald that meant
needs tradere France
Seaman, D/JX 857810 (Black Page 11 would probably.comniand Portu could work wonders with food graphist: BG fitovell,
French
Swan)
Chier Fetty Officer Tele Inquiry into Sereise Khama gese troops although President
in Britäle
Lovell, - D/IX] Marriage "The Navy also informed us Carmona was simultaneously
(Black Swan); RKJ Page 12: A sceptical reporter asked if 134322
Miller Acting Leading TewTurkey's Relations With Ruscia cooked by Chief Petty Officer Stoker Only 57. Inside: the
Francois
replied that anic HC Weicherter Mech- Olity Food Menace Ye British
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(London); three-mile territorial Himit five miles outside the limit said to have agreed to continue leapers. He thought that by bak Class Laff Chare: D/MDX 55237 Colossal Cost Of Peanut Scheme
"Consequently British preasing for the formation faing lessonEroach (Amethyst); Sører Petty Offers Rage 15 chips are able to escort us past Mediterranean pact to accompany the art of cooking, Britain, espid Ühe Nationalist guardship to the the Atlantic Pact and to include step up her dollar earnings from edge of the three-mile limit. :) | Spain -United Prese.
He is former Hong Kong and Tientsiz-Soccer and cricket inter- porter.
A trenchant critic, he was al-
ways a warm admirer of the basic
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