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No 226.
HISTORIC COLOMBO MEETINGS AT END Continuing community of outlook in Empire
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
Colombo, January 14.
The secret meeting of the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' Con- ference ended today in a blaze of eloquent speeches by the leaders of the eight Commonwealth delegations, testifying to the great usefulness of such a meeting and the goodwill and understanding that prevailed throughout.
After a short secret session, at which the Ministers finally approved the communique issued at the end of the meeting, they assembled at the Senate Hall with Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake, the Prime Minister of Ceylon, in the choir.
Over 50 Pross correspondents and a score of distinguished visitors watch- ed as more than one Commonwealth Ministar today described the con- ference as an historic meeting.
Mr
The text of the Minsters' Onni
Senaraicke expressed | business had been transuoted er hen set up should be held his deep gratitude to the Com-at the conference
Australia. nunwendthavaresentatives for
"In de cotase of their discus- Minis- the friendly me and thor- communique rendis na follows: sions the Commonwealthi
satisfaction the ought way which Impotent
"At the meeting of the Comers noted with
settlement recently monwealth Prime Ministers in political
They also gave October, 1948, it was contemplat-in kulonesia.
Chinese gold flown to Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska,
January 14
Forty-eight tons of gold valued at US$58,000,000 has been flown through here from Taiwan to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Communists.
Some souteve spreulate that the treasure was chung Kai-shek's Nationalist guld reserve, shipped from Thewan an VIEW of the threat of luvaston of the island.
thought The Rom 45 Tokyo abant Transocean Line's
DC cargo ships.
from
Each plane
ed that, apart from the moetingsparticular attention to the stiua.
HONG KONG, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1950.
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Price: 20 Cents.
Communists Seize American Consulate
Washington, January 15.
The Chinese Communists have seized the American consulate in Peking, the State Department announced today. The State Department said the Communist action was "in defiance of protests by the United States Government.” The State Depart- ment said it is preparing instructions for the recall of all American official personnel from Communist China. These orders will affect 135 American officials in Peking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Nanking and Tsingtao.
The State Department said the Peking consular offices were in- vaded by police and four civilian officials at 9,50 a.m, on Janu- ary 14 Peking time (0150 GMT). It added: "This seizure is in violation of long-standing treaty rights granted to the United States by the Chinese Government and re-affirmed in the Sino- American treaty of 1943 by which the U.S. voluntarily relin- quished its extraterritorial rights in China."
The Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Walton Butterworth, said that the Communist action is "completely unprecedented, and more an application of tribal law than international law. No one can keep representatives in a foreign country if that coun- try makes their position intolerable.”—United Press.
"ELSIE MOLLER" STILL
OUTSIDE THE WHANGPOO
tlons in Indo-China, Burna and A British merchant ship, the ss. Elsic Moller, was
Prinze the
Ministers, other Commonwealth meetings
would Maluyu.
The conference also reviewed be held at Ministerial level
cension required on Auch sub- the current conditions hi the, Fur joets as foreign polley and econo-East. inte affairs.
"A meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers was held London in July
tr
The conference at Colombo is į
Ele 14
On
the meetings foreign affairs It has proved
that the espreturily
appropriate meeting at this time, for a dis- Gaston of foreign ataus, should be held in Ceylon. For although wold probes Asla at the moment the main
indivisible.
fous of interest and an area of sperial urgency
communique
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HAINAN GUERILLA SUCCESS
reported yesterday still to be waiting on the high seas, opposito the mouth of the Yang- tsa and Whangpoo rivers, hoping to broak the blockade to Shanghai.
The ship left Hong Kong last Saturday, and has been riding at anchor on the high seas for four days.
Taipeh, January 14. Communist guerillas driving trom South Tainan island have captured the greater part of continued: Tingan, 25 miles South of Hoi "The discussions which the Com-how, private reports from Hai-all monwealth Mintalers have held nan said today. during the past week have once Offteint Nationalist sources "As things now sland, we can- again demonstrates that among
ships an continue to deny all reports of not afford to risk our all members of the Common Commitulst
Kaina on Holman, the Shanghai run, without some from the wealth there is a continuing and Previous report substantial community of outlook in their approach to current prad lems of foreign affairs.
carried me than 115$6,000.00 Asian problems
worth
on the hazardous mid- the North
the ship
is
The ship, which was to leave i A shipping official denied { previous reports that the Elsie for Shanghai on January 11, is now not expected to go to Shung- Moller had entered Shanghai.
Mal, but father to the North He added: "It was very evident
once again me, and I think to other ship-China port of Tsingtao. However, ping men in Hong Kong, that the yesterday, Nationalist warships determined cleared for Shanghat.
Another Isbrandtsen ship, the attack on the American ship,
$3. Flying Independent, Flying Arrow, was a warning leave for Shanghai on Febuary 3.
companies desiring to trade
An Informed source said yes- with Shanghai,
he terday that
Mr. expected Hans Isbrandtsen of New York, owner and operator of the line, to rescind the ship'e Shanghai trip.
order He added that such an would depend a great deal on both United States Congressional and State Department reaction of In- ottempla to the recent
the ships to break brandtsen
now warships
escort American
snid scattered assurance of
Communist forces in Junks had"Royal Navy/fr" been landing regularly on Hal- A Royal Navy spokesman said nan's West coast in the urea of yesterday that no change in po
directed has been
from Kanem with the help of guerillas llcy
London as yet. He added that to control the coastline.
The terse private report sald: British warships are at present permitted to escort British "Chinese Communist Irregulars not have
Linkao and merchant ships into Chinese tor- penetrated "Eleven plenary meetings have the "Anchorage Bally News" reported.
Military and been held since the conference Pakli on the West coast and also ritorial waters.
However, British ships tili civit aid Cleials refused to dis- eeened
January 9. on
The control a great part of Tingan."
not state 124 source. maintain their right to go to the greater part of this time has been did cuss the shipments.
Tingan is on the main highway netistance of any merchant ship from Holhow, that is in distress and in need of
the humanitarian assistance:
winter crossings of
Pacific.
here
South runnby
Island,
As each heavily laden trans- spent in a comprehensive review port plane landed at Elmendorf of the current problems of South Nationalist headquarters on Field here, troops armed with Eant Asin, both political and sub-machine guns surrounded It. economic conditions.
Each DC-4 that landed
"It was recognised that in the carried 13,500 lbs. of gold.
The changing conditions brought about planes flew here from Tokyo with by recent developments in this brier stops t Shemya in the area progress depends mainly on Aleutian Islands,
the improvement of economie
The crews said they could not conditions. leave the planes while at the Island since they were under
orders not to take their eyes off the cargo between Takyo and Anchorage.
The crow said they were bound for Oakland, California, but ro- luble sources cold the gold was be unloaded at Oakland and
shipped
to the Now York Federal Reserve Bank by railroad.
Transocean Airlines is reported reliably to have a Government contract calling for eight trips across the Packle with gold. The
"The confererice was Im- pressed by the magnitude of the contribution which the success of progressive policist In this area could make to the peace and prosperity of the world.
"Executive decisions are not taken at Commonwealth meetings of this kind, but as a result of the valuable exchange of vlows which has taken place recommen- dations for the furtherance of economic development in South
Brooklyn Heights
out that
Reports from Holbow sold the Com- feeling there is that the munist forces from the mainland will take advantage of the guerli- las' control of 100 miles of the West coast as a bridge to attack Holhow from the rear. The Com- munists probably will avold a direct frontal attack on Hoihow where the Nationalists have erected strong defences facing en-owned Flying Arrow, the 8s. Luichow Peninsula across the Brooklyn Heights, was in Hong
18-mile strait.-United Press.
blockade.
American authorised to
merchant ships on the high seas, but not to go into Chinese terri
torial waters.
Taipeh statement
In Talpeh yesterday (according
to Associated Press) a high Ns- tionalist Navy offelai said that
Chinese ships refuse to go
to Taiwan
The local office of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company have turned down A request from their Hond Office in Taipen to have tho floor of merchant ships taid up in Hong Kong sant to Tal. wan.
The
reason given for its the refusal to comply with request, it was reported in the
* local vernacular Press, is that the local office has insufflant funda with which to tay in necessary fuel and provisions, and for it to pay the crew.
It was further reported that nosely the entire prew of the fleet, said to confpriad 13 ship
from of various tonnages, ara Shanghai, and they have re fused to all the ships to Talwan unless they are paid several months wages In ad- VERCO.
Omolala of the focal office, according to these reports,
that derled
their refuzni followed #pacifio · Instructions from Poking not to move the flect,
TRAMWAY CO. STANDS PAT
મન
pointed
the Britain's recognition of Red China HMB frigato,
Black Swan, will not affect the Chinese Na- gave humanitarian assistance to, tionalist polley of closing Com- a distressed American ship, the munist ports.
The Hong Kong Tramway Admiral Kwel Yung-ching. Flying Arrow, but would not
Co., Ltd., in a letter to the amist that ship to break the leading spirit behind the bloc
kade, was emphatic about this, tramway workers union yes. blockade. The sister ship to the Isbrandt-His statement was made in reply terday, reiterated their 'deci- to a qucation on the Nationallatsion that they were only pre- attitude towards the Elslo Moller,pared to submit their dispute which was said to be attempting with their employees to un- to run the blockade into Shang conditional arbitration.
Kong harbour lato yesterday.
Additional arms
1
for HK banks
last shipment is to be landed In and South East Asia will be sul The Hong Kong Folice have agreed to distribute Okkland. on January 17-United mitted to the Commonwealth.
Press.
The Weather
emiplen
AL 0600 GMT (I p. 11KBT) low promstru, ayatoms pyor Japan jy moving slowly-NEL. A farge (anti-eyeland cavem
Central and North Ohlòa and the adfcent Today's Purrent tolerate 5 winds
Governments for their considera-
ilona.
"These recommendations; in- clude a proposal for the establish- ment of a Consultative Commit- tee representing the Common- wealth Governments. The Aus-
trailon delegation proposed that the first meeting of this Commit-
JAPANESE. AMONG MALAYA BANDITS
arms among foreign and Chinese banking or ganisations here for use in the ovent of arm- od robbery, the "Sunday Herald" learned ou- thoritativaly yesterday.
Mr. E. C. Lucombe, DirectorHong Kong polico, Mr. H.W. of Criminal Investigation, shid Heath, will decide the specific this decision was rouched by the allocations of fire-arms for the Commissioner of Police,Mr. D. individual banks. W. MacIntosh, after an Investiga- tion of the mattor, precipitated by last week's daring hold-up of the
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Additional arms
There was a change of mind on
uul.
The Elslo, Mollor and any the part of the Dairy Farm other ship is just as liable to in-workers whose threat of a strike terception it she sails into qurultimatum falled to chango....the territorial waters," the Admiral decision of the management who sald, and added: "I do not think insisted on settlement by arbitra- the British Navy will interfere
tion. with the execution of this policy."
Explaining their change of mind, Mr. Leung Wing, Chairman of the Dairy Farm Workers
BANGKOK ATTACK Union; sald the workers had des
ARRESTS
the
sinted from Implementing their strike threat' because of the wide repercussions which a walk-out Bangkok, January 14.
would bring about, especially Three men have been arrested by Bangkok police, in connection among children and the sick' In
hospital. with the shooting on January 10
He explained that he and his of a British Embassy woman clerk
colleagues might accept and a Eritish consulting engineer management's proposal as a test who went to her rescue during a case. If the result is satisfactory, hold-up
Salud It might be followed by other One suspect was selred in an inbour unions In soitling their Chase Bank.T
Chinese reports yesterday sald opium den and the others were disputes. The Commissioner has given the Hong Kong and Shanghai taken in their homes and booked permission for cortain reputable Banking, Corporation has been on suspicion of being involved in Singapore, January 14,
members of some foreign and granted seven additional fire- the shooting of Miss Elizabeth Two terrorists who have just Chinese banks in the Colony to arms for distribution among staff Parker and Mr. J. 5. Shipley, 04 surrendered, have told the police carry tire-arma on their person membats in the banking hall. The years old, of 28 Taylor Avenue, of six Japanese who have been while on duty in the bank pre- Hong Kong Bank has in the past Kew Gardens, Surrey. Both vic operating with a guerilla gang in fees, sald Mr. Luscombe. Before had licence for maintaining thres Ums are recovering from wounds Lawer. Perak. v.
leaving the bank at the conclu armed guards and three revolvers: In the shoulder, estates Three of the Japanese, they sion of the day's work they must Distribution of these fire-arins, Pollon said one of the suspects Pace 'enid, deserted last year, complain- deposit the fire-armnx Equ80.12 2432.0 inchesing of bad treatment by the keeping Top
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BRITISH SHIP'S NARROW ESCAPE IN BOMBING
(By Our Harbour Reporter)
The British blockade runner Wing Hing was the target of three four-engined American-typo bombers, which made the longost and heavi- est raid on Swatow on Thursday.
was
TRUCULENT
Two 250-pound bombs dropped a few yards off the port quarter of the 254-ton freighter, on- chored about half a mile offshore. Damage sustained from splinters which tore numerous small holes on the port side. No one was wounded. This was the Arst time, accord- ing to the foreign personnal o the Wing Hing who have bee running the Nationalist blockad regularly. that such bomber" were used to raid South Chin: Coast Communist ports.
Hing arrived The Wing
here yesterday all bearing evidenc of the attack, which the British officers of the ship asserted, wn delibate attempt to whisk the vessel,
"The bumbs were
close There could not be uny doubt a to the Intention of the rafters," they declared,
The air raid On Swatow Whs the second one during the week Involving British vessels. The Leong Bee way strafed on the
by two preceding day Damage was negligible. No on was wounded.
Cought unawares
DISASTER INQUIRY
Chatham, January 14.
The Royal Navy begon an inquiry today into the loss of the submarine Truculent and 65 of her crew as strong winds
and stinging rain swept the P-518. Thames Estuary and hamper- ed the relays of divers and frogmen working against the tides. 50 feet below the surfact
Bwatow population who have in renewed diving rescue at- formerly been used to the sight tempts of four onginod airdraft which,
The secret investigation, which were then on their gommercia
will hear stories, from, the 15 sur- missions for theế, various sivil vivors of Truculent and the orew
operating
from Hone of the Swedish steamer -Divina,
airlines,
Kong, were caught unawares by which rammed her on Thursday the rald.
tial rooms of Chatham Barracks.
The three bombers circled low night, was held in the court mar- Over ely for some time. The thudding of bombs and the rattic
the
the harbour.
ex-
Rear-Admiral J +Hughes
a
of machinegun Are sent thou-Hallet who presided over the sands scurrying to shelter-under closed hearing, was the first to ditches and into enter the chamber. He was fol- buildings, into
lowed by a four-man" examining board consisting of a Rear- Admiral engineer specialist, submarino captain, a lieutenant- commander expert on navigation, and a naval surgeon specialising in submarine medicine and escape apparatus.
Casualty Agures and the tent of damage could not be as- certained by the ship's personnel However, there was no dign of
In the big conflagrations
city. that the They belleved
planer concentrated ON troop emplace ments in the suburbs of the
city.
In the Thanics Estuary, salvage
Eyewitness accounts of the attactivities began as the frat dawn light appeared through the fog. rald were told to the "Sunday
Divers who went down yester- Herald" yesterday by Chief Om. cer W. F. Johnsten and Chief day morning hoping to find some survivors went down again today Engineer L. T. P. Raggoti.
to make a survey on how Trucu- "We Anished discharging on
lent can best be raised. Trucit- January 11, arriving at Svatov
lent is resting in, 50 feet of water with another Brlilh freighter
on the muddy bottom of the the Ebonol," Chief Officer John-Estuary, pulled and hauled by 10-
who hails from ston
run in and out Scotland, related,
Buckle
"The Wing Hing was riding ni
anchor about half a mile offshor
on the following morning.
foot
twice a
The course of the inquiry was Aindicated
by
Da
Admiralty
been
night a precaution we shut off steam spokesman who said Last
crew that many lives might have been and sent all the Chines
done on
th shore. Th's was
saved if rescite thips had
Press. earlor. United alerted idvice of the events thngus,
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I was learned, forms one of the bad confessed to being part of Death of Mr. Ho now series of measures the police the hold-up group. Another sus- Correspondence.
once was found against him. Two Bubmarine; Diasator Stortas other three are affli.in/camps, at certain banks will also be robbery in the Colony, living under assumed Chinese Increased, Mr. Luscombe revented. Further measures are being mora are wanted-Asacolated Page 22
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