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BRITISH RELATIONS WITH CHINESE
CHINESE REDS London speculation on status of Hong Kong
REVIEWING OF TREATIES?
London, January 22.
The trend of Britain's relations with Communist China aroused speculation in London tonight that Mao Tse-tung may be laying plans to talk" Britain out of her Crown Colony of Hong Kong.
It was recalled that Moo has said repeatedly that he intends to review and it necmeary, to revise or annul ull existing treaties with China. His intention to review foreign treaties may well be the explanation of the Lausunt delay in accepting British recognition of the Peking regime which was granted eather this month
In its reply to the British note of recognition, the Peking Government sug- gested that the British charge d'affaires proceed to Peking to enter Diplomatic quarters into negotiations" on the basis of recognition. here can recall no precedent for such an action.
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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1950.
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The first two Malay Regiment Cadets selected for training at the Royal Military Academy. Bin Chik (left) Bandhurel, Sargean! Abdul Manan Bin Abne (right) and Bersant Shukor have loft Singapore by air for the United Kingdom.
(A. P. Photo).
U.S. interest
in pact
for Asia increasing
Washington, January 22.
High American officials are becoming increasing- ly interested in the possibility of an Asian Pact to bolster that area against Communism.
s betog Sovietised The idea was first suggested early last summer by
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Gioverwheat now wants to imagrire
n Bratich evenenitam. | planning to reform the Chinese bane could sal epnoters believe the Communist Armny into a striking anestron of Hong Kong may be genup to "Barate" the rest of
re of the veasons why the Com- As unnels are relaying then reply
The Saved foreig Minister
in Moscow
the Philippine President, Elpidio Quirino. However, Americans now look to Australia and one or two other Commonwealth nations to provide the main impetus for such a move- ment, if it develops.
military allionce which resulted in the Atlantic Pact and now in the military old programme.
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United States enthusiasm for Americans then began to be will- jeafing trendies with Britada re-, on Saturday that the U.S. Secre-
Kong Laboreftreg Hong
reviewed tary of State, Doan Acheson, lied such a pact is predicated toning to discuss the possibility of o (prior to the extuliliannent of full in "reporting that Ruqala in "de- | two conditions: Leelathens British eftirinla ΠΙΡ taching the Northern provinces:
mwailing the next move from the from China).
trusts, but are in no tomod to grant concrasions for the ap
of British recognition Barnwhile, a Soviet spokesmant
Tow Totel a colourful meet- notatiounded by China's door spalen Csemmat leaders that the daysi jeromsperradine in Asta are ended
New military
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HAINAN REPORT OF INVASION OF INDO-CHINA
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Taipeh, January 22, An official Nationalist nows dospatch said lost night that a combined force of 30,000 Chin- esc Communist and Indo-Chinose troops are attacking French Indo-China troops inside the Indo-Chinese border.
The Nationalist Central News agency despatch from the Chira Command Headquarters at Hoihow said the combined forces are attack- Ing French brigades in Northern and North Eastern Tonkin province,
The attacks of the Chinese | official said in Hong Kong yes.. Communist and Viet Minh terday. forces are being made at Cau- bang. 25 miles inside the Indo- Chinese Border, and at Lang- son, 55 miles to the South East, the despatch said.
The despatch from General Pall Chung-hsi's headquarters on Rai- nan island said General Lin Play to leading the attack in conjune- tony with Indo-Chinese rebel Tender Hu Chi-minh's fongva.
The Helhow despatch is the only source for the reparted fight- ing and it can gol be confirmed here The despatch lid not give any
detail and failed to siste whether the Indo-Chinese units involved included regular French +2:1118.
It is recalled, however, that the Commuust Peking radio recently voted the eats against the French- sponsored Indo-Chinese leader,
wasting that
He added that Weslein eж- tries should no longer entertain any doubts that the ultimnule ob- Jective of the Chinese Communist Government was a effect the overthrow of existing For Fastern
over kovernments, and replace them with Communist Governments.
Thie Chinese Government has given the initial preparatory ces- ponsibility for overthrowing these Kovernments to the Chinese Over- Commission, which wisk formed 1 in Peking early in October, 1949.
con-
Chairman of the Commission, s Haiang-ni, is the widow of Lan Chung-kal, former Adiant
advirer of and Anancial Yat-sen. Sun
Last week, o Hstang-ul, to a rndlo broadcast, Informest all overseas Chinese that they could vain favour with now Communist would br taken "to protect" Government by exchanging what- Chinese being "mistreated" lever hard currency they could Tudo-Chine
Into Min Fino dollars, and by purchasing Victory bonds.
action
The Hollow despatch did not maniion whether any of General Par's Nationalist troops who took reftige in Indi-Chiun inte involved The best in the reported fighting. estintos were that 30,000 of Pal's Central Command troops are in- Indo-China horter und the the another 20,000 t the border area.
No Paris comment
Jen
The omoist said that if the Commiraton could first attract the support of influential Chin-
in' For Sector Countrice,
and they in turn ensourage local populations to support the over. throw of their respectivo gov. benments, it would take only two or three years to oust the long-established governments of the Far East.
Asociated Press, pointing out that the roport la wholly un. confirmed, onya that on-far, as-is known, there are no good com.confronting the Communist dffort munications between Hainan is the "proletarian nationalism" and Indo-China, which is under which has thus far, prevented dis
sidonta in For strict ocnsorship.
Eastorn countries working together.
"In conunco, The official said: the problem for the Communist Government is to pot peoples such as the Lapa, Thals, Burmess, Malayans, Indonesians, and Vist- namese to work together.
Major problem However, the midjor problem"-"
Associated Press quotes Central
Maizuru, January 22. Russian prison guards des- royed all evidence of probably and 150,000 Japanese soldier civilian deaths in prison camps from
Sea the Caspian
Japanese While American officials have | Vladivostok, not seriously considered the ques-patriates from Siberia suld here News as tion of whether Japan could at
today. since There into such an arrangement, Asians themselves have still not! taken the first steps toward t observers believe the Japanese
based on
2. The pect must primarily in naturo rather be economie than a military allianco.
United States officials in rocunt 1 Prospelov, editos of the
days noted two significant deve-might well be included eventually, witness is important to
even before the peace treaty is *11 Con reaalst wspaper that Manetiucia in being com- lopments which they think make Perla Rild a crowit of notabilex
pact more signed, the do- the idea of a Pacific the Balsnog Theatre that it is pletely Sovietised under
If the pnet is kept purely econo Moscow-trained Li fonsible than it once arable to hall the march of
In nature and Commonwealth mic the Li-san, whose loyalty to Stalin decision of Domzounistu by force.
is unquestioneil," George K. Jue, nations undertake some form mutual assistance and co-opera- the head of the Chinese Cham- of co-ordinated uld to South East
tion, then it is believed it would be somewhat difficult to exclude boy, ys in speeches he is muk- Asian countries, and the Austra-
Francisco San
trade lian
Minister, Foreign
Percy Japan since that country is so Spender's, New Deihl statement closely tiniced economically with groups.
Precedent for "Maa Tea-tung is absolutely that his Government would give South East Asia.
exists in favouable consideration to the Idea Japanese participation without power in Manchuria.
of a l'acifle pact.
the fact that Western Germany i "The Russian influence la loom-
American officials are hopeful participating in ECA arrangements and bolder in China. Ing bolde
Assumption of without a treaty.-United Press. Communist Army that Austraila's The Chinese will be completely reorganised leadership in the Commonwealth and called the Eastern Forces plan for ald to South East Asia, Only the best elements will be plus Mr. Spender's willingness to retained.
consider some kind of co-opera- Eastern Forces are Prospelov repentesilv stressed "The new
tive arrangement against Com- wling of expected to become highly mo- munism, may result in the formu- huhsuld was the
arrangement Cupita bile units provided with modern tion of a cohesive Lenin that Socialism
plans
The decasion was the 28th an- Hiversary of the death of Vladi
Lenin, father of the Russian Revolution Present were Stalin. ; Peania Mau Tse-tung of Chinn and his Foreign Minister, Chou special Man received a En-bal Cavalier when Prospelov CH-
toned ham MATER
Events in China
The Cleat foo mefter of this could live in peaceful co- | tanks, and for the first time an into which United States parts, after closing its 181H Ingen
operation But, he said, Capitalism air force will be created (for the wit ft.
Reds) from Chinese railed to shuts the termat Cams leading the world into a third Chinese
States the United He condemned
in 48 trained
Chinese action
now sea monsters. Much men as British and young
inform andreasm
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Bank loans
The United States Secretary of Slate. Mr. Dean Acheson, mada
today's "Akahala" (Bed Flor). Frld Marshal Lord Montgomery. being trained in Russia, the oth party organ. The ap-
The Communist editor sald "The new divisions. 50 in all, it clear that the American ability poutmeat of a low prepaber on
by Russian of to all South East Aslo economic- at the will be staffed in inna Imperialiu the Central Committee and re-
rentication of its own organisation of the secreti lat
Internal fleers. They will be used to spear-ally is limited, and will be grant- weaknesses and Ite Inability to head the liberation of the Far cu wherever it la wanted and has
that have not a reasonable chance of success, march of "national East
Other officials have said that Soviet conception theration movemente" in the accepted the
Joan from the United States of freedom."--United Press, Asso-
Wit! atud Export-Import Bank He stressed the significance of ciated Press and Reuter.
probably be available for a few countries in that arda, i United States, officials realise
The new line-up, of the secre- tarlot comprises Kyulchi Tokuda, Japan's Nu. 1 Communist. Secretary Groural and 11 men-
halt
Orient.
the
bers bended by Sanzo Neunka. events in China. He said The
Chinese people, led by the Com
countries
The announcement was not ne-munist Party, had proved by their GURKHA SUCCESS they have no chance of getting
companied by any reference to the victory that Lenin's prophecies in
recent Cominform criticism or China were correct,
The emphasis the subsequent statement issuÇÚ
Wor
IN JOHORE
Singapore, January 22.
Qn Asia by the party on it on January 20. underlined by a speech in Tash- kent by Lazar Kagnovichi, a Polit-
Press
The Weather
wounded.
Congress to fonction any overall and comprehensive programme for Asia.much as was undertaketL
factor which has made it easier
Rating dead in harbour
on
The "China Mall" under. stands that the body of a British naval rating was pick.
the harbour ed upin Saturday evening.
The man, reported to be a rating aboard HMB Jamaica, had been missing for a wook.
Dismissals
in Taiwan
The
chol-
saying that
casualties
were heavy on both sides.
In Paris, senior French Foreign Offled officials were not available for cominent early today on the report.
"If this could be accomplished, it would bọ the end of the cur- ront governments in an amazingly short time."
wore 52 stretcher cases the
who repatriates, among
five boxes of ashes of brought deceased prisoners with them, One informant, advised of the
that
report from the Chinese Nation, The repatriates declared between 6,000 and 7,000 Japanest alist Central News Agency, said:
"This is very serious." now remain behind the Russler Asian "Iron Curtain."
They cha
The Foreign Minister, Robert
He said that there was much bellet to support the lenged the Japanese Government Schuman, is reported to be out of evidence estimate that Russia still has to Paris for the week-end.
300,000 account for more than
Peking Radio reported. tonight that Communist agents and ad-
had been visers
consistently nearly that Communist forces operating bringing directives to Ho Chih Japanese, claiming that 100.000 Japanese, believed missing in the Yunnan-Indo-China border Minh for the past two years.
area captured Mengize town and He added "herefore, Chines- In Rusalari camps, have either died or were killed by Chinese Com-airfield and Pingpien, to the South
Communist recognition of this of Mengtze, several days ago. Moscow-trained leader is pro- munists in Manchuria before Rus-
Press United Press, Associated took stan troops ton
bably the opening wedge in this over.
and Reuter. ropatrintes
expansionist přògramme. Russian lecturers told them
Though the Overseas Commis- that Britain and America would
alon to obstensibly composed of Chinese Communist recognition many liberal elements, Peking start third world war, this time with Russia. They of the guerilla leader, Ho Chih-meetings Have. so far been ar- to ex- asid that Russian military zo- lith in Victuam as head of the ranged in such a way
had been tivities
Increasing legal government of that country clude any but Communist repre- sharply since last year.
is the first step in Communist | ́santatives having a part in form- They said that they had seen
expansion throughout the Faring Important policy making many Ittssian twin-engined bom East, a highly informed foreign decision, the official said.'
The
voon
sald
that
bers and tonks, but in recent months they had seen very little military activity because the Rus- sians krpt a strict security veil un military matters.
and
Airfields were built and exist
the throughout couzitryside there is Increased training of soldiers. Some of the repatriates said that they had been employed at road-making and torpedo manufacture until 1947.
They said that glant concreto forts and gun emplacements are being constructed. ot Nahodka, d port on the Japan Sea near Vindivostok,
Russian lecturers : also told Taipeh, January 22.
Chinese Notionalletthem: "We will beat any Ameri-
can atomic bombs with our five
from Taiwanese.
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for Europe. For this reason, they cabinet today dismissed two particularly welcome the Com-Commissioners for Taiwan in ear-plans.*******
"Many Rumanian, German aRT Nor did it contain any indlea-buro member. His talk, delivered Gurkhas killed 21 Commun-monwealth plan which they be tion as to the contents of Toku-on January 18 on the 25th an-ist guerillas and wounded five lieve will provide the framework response to growing protests Polish prisoners, including 50
German giris at Karakand, da's "general report"
limited Americani. due for niversary of the Uzbek Repubile, others today when they sur within which
still held in Western camps, re- publication on Monday-United
Removed. from ofice were patriates from this prison said. was printed in full on Saturday prised a band of 40 having ald would be of most use. in "Pravda" and the Government breakfast in swampy jungle do not say so publicly, another of Civil Affairs, and Peng Teb described is not fit for pigs, but Although United States oficials Chiang Wei-chuan, Commissioner The food for the prisoners they newspaper "Izvestia." Tashkent is in the Uzbek Republic in South five miles North of Labis, mid-
for them to become enthusiastic Commissioner of Reconstruction the Russian soldiers food was no Central Asia.
Johore.
It was the Brst major success about a Pacific pact now is that They were two of Ave Commis better-Router Kaganovich called on "all op pressed peoples to fight against by the security forces against the the participation of Nationalist aloners serving under the Gov-
con-emor, K.C. Wu. Imperialism." He said Uzbekistan Ruerillas since the state of emer- China need no longer be
Their removal was demanded i *25 yours
of national Soviet geney was declared 20 months sidered."
Even President Quirino, who by the "Half Mountain Group" of first discussed his iden with Gen Taiwanese who worked AL 9600 GMT (2 pm HKBT; a muster slatehood has attained great suc- ago. One Gurkha was seriously
with nie, unti-cyclone covers Chin, and the cesson" such as could not be Although caught off guard, the crallssimo Chiang Kai-shek at the
Chinese on the mainland to adjacest sens, mad de aprending: Eastward dreamed of by neighbouring Tur- kuerilias fought fiercely for two Baguio conference last summer, to the 8. of Japan. The dapresalon key and Iran or the "Marshallised hours before escaping into the has appareilting offi Chiang
Uberate Taiwan from Japanoss joined the United rule. The group accused Feng Teh Page 2 thick jungle. A number. funt] States
of being
Squatters" New Home, a wartime collaborator their arms into the swamp and his government in Taiwan.
·Dog:: Incsulation Parmite with the Japanese. British weakness the two Sten gund, a tommy-phasise their belief that any pact on to Talwes
Chlang be- ran, leaving behind 10 While American officials em longed to the gen Group," which Page
Sports. during gun, two grenades and a large should be economie, rather than
ad Pago 4. military in nature, this would not Japanese rule. "Izvestia" today claimed that amount of ammunition.
Gurkhas aro, still pursuing the the eventuality of comG
The two posts were filled by Sports, Barclay on Bridge, the British Commonwealth Minis-annte, of the force, Identifourullary co-operation being halls indmbers of Half Mountain Page 7 preva
Churchill's Broadcast. tera! Conference in Colombo "con as a pintoon of the notorious on the original economia basta.
Group." firmed once more the full de Labis gang,, which has been an Japan's inclusion end bicketing among Taiwanione
The dismissals were ordered to Page 9 Pa
Finance and Commerce. pendence of British Imperialism live in the area for the last 18 1. 10-kumijo. 4 pm,
on the Imperialism of the dollar months, desid It is recalled that the European and to allow Wu, to go ahead with Page 10 Dato, at 70......1016. 1018,0 m/h, 12%
Waterfront Page. The Conference had not justi A British police oficer and ava rebvery programme began a reform through which he hopes Tumis 0.190.00 inch, fed the hopes of Britain's ruling Malayan police were killeil in a purely co-operative economic ar to eliminate a special privilegon Paño 1100mm -Make BurnlliRƏ
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B. circles, "Izvestia” asserted, ac terrorist ambush today, accord rangerhent with no idea of mill- and to exorciso close control of Air unde Shipping Mo
cording to Tass, the B-let, nowe sing -town report from North try, aspecte - However, as Euro- the provincial economy Asso- | Page 1274,
Sports. agency. "It merely de Sesented Mininya-Reuter,
pears: co-operation: Improves, (the) elated Press and United Pross, V
moving slowly Eastward xcrom N Japan; } countries.".
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