THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1950. .
JOHNSON'S WARNING OF ATTACK ON U.S. First annual report
Washington, January 30,
The Secretary of Defence Mr. Louis Johnson, soberly cautioned tonight
that an attack on the United States, could, come from the opposite" hemisphere without warning and with unpredictable fury.
He put this warning into his first annual report, in which he noted paren
thetically that Russia now has the secret of atomic explosives.
Chiang says SE Asia push started
New York, January 30,
But at another point, Mr. Johnson expressed bollef
the prospect of war is diminishing, despite the Russian attitude.' He wrote:
"While we must recognke the bitter truth that there can be no rent peace and Recurity
aperiing in the area, studying various aspect of. tha Togistic support of the Navy's petrolem
long as our free work is blight-reserve near Point Barrow,
our.
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d by the alnister shadow of an sg- gressive totalitarian power. which has persistently refused ta operate with ita Democratic neighbours and which has Generalissimo Chiang Kai- form of government:
peatedly demostrated hostility to shek said today that the Chin-have good reason to believe that ese Communists have begun the prospects of averting another military expansion into South world confilet are steadily im- East Asia, according to a copy-proving." right interview cabled from Taposhan, Taiwan, to the Scripps-Howard. newspapers by correspondent Clyde Farnsworth.
The dispatch carried here by the "World Telegram" said the Communists, Instead of consoli- | dating their China conquest, uro | pushing into South East Asio.
The military strength of the United States, he declared hus much to do with discouraging a venture into a shooting war
ressor nation,
Alaska defences
Reports from his
secretaries as of last June, included in his report, gave some hints of how matters are going in, the north ern bastion, Alaska, and. the whole Arctic defensa perime.
ter.
The
In his report, the Air.BE- cretary, Mr. W. Stuart Symt Ington, reaffirmed, bellet of the UBAF that from military Iti atandpoint, 70 groups, or ́aquivalent (now 57 groups),, ja]] necessary for the minimum peacetime, security al the United Blatos.
Ernost dosiro - But. Symington said "It is our earnest desire to support the Administration's budget, because we realise economic disaster could disa- ient to military be equivalent Truman has. ster." ordered a 48-group Air Force, to now It- which the USAF has
However, duced its strength. the size of some, groups has been' increased.)
Air The report disclosed the Force is experimenting with acri- Firnsworth wrote, "They are
Aghter of three putting pressure on French Indo- Army Secretary Mr. Gor- ut refuelling China as the weakest link ta the strength in Alaska last June 30gle tanker plane.
don Gray, reported that trouf planes at one time from a sin- lineup against International. Com-
On the North Atlantic military munlRITE, Chiang
sald in the inter- was 6,080, (It has since grown to
about 8,000.) The combat force oralstance programme, Johnson view. But overrunning that was made up of a single but said he does "not, foreice imme- country is merely preparatory tution of an infantry regiment dinte und spectacular results.... 'on attack on ludia, he
Should Western Europe, be over- contended. "In Indo-Chin, the General
tal and one anti-aircraft baition,
hostile He disclosed that three moje run by a
power and Issimo pointed out, Moscow-train-
shouls its vast Industrial and leader -Ho Chih-Minh hus al-anti-aircraft inttalions and
manpower potentials be added 40. other increment of infantry woje ready commanded strong native earmarked for permanent station those of such an aggressor, the Communist forces In the country in Alaska, but still are in the United Stales would stond 150-
insecure The borders on Commuriist China."
Stutes because no housing is lated in a dangerously. Farnsworth, after Chiang had
position. available. discussed the Indo-China kitun- The
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närves launched by the Cominform war of failed, according to military and political Watching the struggle closely from this observa- tión post in Austria, these observers declare that the attempt to soften up Marshal Tito and his Government in order to make them the more easy to destroy has resulted only in a toughening of the Yugoslav attitude towards the Soviet Union.
Vienna, January 30, against Marshal Tito has observers In Vienna.
such as attempts to infiltrate Agents into Yugoslavia to produce a revolution which wàuld elluil- uate Marshal Tito and his sup porters have failed.
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Change of attitude Indications of this change of
the economic blockade which the Cominform na- attitude, which
Soviet Union will obviously try to tions has enforced against Yugoslavia, they
1. Navy Serretary Mr.
keep secret, are reported asked the Generalissimo Francis P. Matthews, gave brief States is involved in hostilities,
argue, hos in fact put the country into a bot- ready to have been observed. what he believed would be the glimpses of some new plans, for the armed forces of Western Eu
One of these is sald to be, the next Communist objective. He the sea service in
ter, instead of a worse,
Intensive efforts to strengthen position. Arelle rope, operating under integrated Indin." Chiang replied, "I
Russia.
the plans for its defence,
The valuable copper, bauxite, point to the fact that Murshal | and expand
Hungarian zone, beyond which les then what,
other He spoke of an
LSD (landing able to hold the lines of collec-aloc, irad and
minerals' Tito actually took troops from the Army. Chilang, he said, was silent for ship, dock) being equipped for live defence of the North Allen-while were being drained off to Banat and Croatia-the districts Reports reaching Vienna from time that the East in moment and then replied, "polar work, and said it is capable tic area during the
return for pouz represt to the Cominform lands Hungary by underground routes for quote Lenin, Lenin of Taunching substantial numbers would be
required
the quality goods at high prices are through which an attack on Yu- state that the Government has re- the shortest way to of amphibious
United States to mobilise, equip, now fetching high prices in the gostayla is likely to come-forvently ordered huge quantities of craft in Bul
own United States in dollars which manoeuvres in Serbia..
mark- was through
train and transport Asia."
our
"calling, up paperedinte". freezing, areas,
the Atlantic are convertible into good quality It was, probably the return of ed "Urgent," across Landing craft and amphibious troops
machinery, raw materials and these troops to. their stations
"Extraordinary" for delivery tanks have beca equipped for Ocean."--Associated Press,
consumer goods at much lower which later gave birth to rumours early this year. such Arctle operations, Matthews
prices.
that he had reinforced his fron- rald.
(Some strategists have
In brief, what was lost by the ther troops against Hungary the contended the short route 10
of trade denunciation
But this does not mean, agree- Russla, for surface attack as well
ments with the East has been observers say, that the USSR has as bombing planes, is through
more than compensated by the alven up its infention, of exter, the Arcue to the Siberian coust.) On the defensive side of the
Britain, the United States and Ism.. Arctic picture, the Navy report
other Western countries.
The Moscow press and orders showed attention being given to
States Even the rattling of sabres given to the satellites A similor Bill is to be intro- a matter long disturbing strate-
alarm Marshal leave no doubt that Rusəla re- did not unduly
A dangerous When the Russians, with gards Titoism as Legislative Council. The Force mote, but highly
much unusual display, moved growth threatening the very ike would be a single unit under the fields nent Point Barrow, on the
their 25th Mechanised Division of the new. Soviet Russian Em- Air Ofleer Commanding, Malaya, North coast of Alaska.
from Temesvar, in Rumania, ta pire." and would be able for service Navy report sald an leebreaker
Krezkemet, in Hungary, and for a outside the country-Reuter. land several enrgo ships have beon
The agreement was signed for time kept four of their latest type Britain by Sir Stafford Cripps four-engine bombers flying pa- Chancellor of the Exchequer, and trols up and down the Hungarian Foreign Ministers-Osten Uoden Yugoslav frontier, Marshal Tito, of Sweden, Halvard Lange of it is recalled here, showed no Norway and Gustav Rasmussen anxiety and did not move any of of Denmark.
his troops from the strategle po- Unisean's first act was to take sitions in which they had been
placed. the limit oft tourist spending Nor
did the strengthening of among the four countries, except the Bulgarian frontier guards and for Norway, which said it would of the Bulgarian Regular Army not increase tourist allowances at formations along the Yugoslav
borders unduly disturb him.
Singapore, Junuary 30. Malaya is to have an Auxiliary Air Force, under a Bill gazetted in the Federation today."
born in Paris signature of new agreements with minating Marshal Tito and Tito 10 cxtend military service
duced shortly in the Singaparogists-transportation to the re- Uniscan. a limited financial
valuable.
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Paris, January 30. union of Britain, Sweden, Nor The way and Denmark, was born in
Paris today.
Jap Diet members barred from Boston CC meet
Boston, January 30. Members of the Japanese Diet, here to see demo- cracy at work, were barred today from a meet- ing of the Boston City Council after one Coun- cillor intimated they were acting as spies, Councillor James S. Coffey, who introduced the order to bar the 14 Japanese. visitors.from.the Council chambers, declared: "They are pro- bably here taking pictures. of fortresses and trying to learn all they can about the A-Bomb.
"We are feeding them and ↑ „Lieutenant Colonel Shojną sąld clothiilg." them." "But do not that "nothing like this has hop- educate them so that they canpened before on the tour. start another war in a few years.". "As a matter of fact," be added, The vote was al to a to bar, the "the Japanese were received most Japanese visitors.
de cordially by clly and sipte_offl- Councillor Coffey described cla's in both California and South himself as a disabled World War Carolina."
I veteran and said his son served An Army spokeunan in Washi-
in Germany and caught malaria Ington said the tour of a number in World War II.
of other cities by the Japanese
The Japanese refused to com- would not be affected by the in- ment on the Council action builuident here. He added that if tha Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boston Council wanted to ban
mint:
j Vij Shalar, travelling with the them from its meeting "that fa
gooup, issued the following state- their prerogativo”;-
Colonel George P. Lynch of The Department of the Army, the Office of the Under-Secretary wishes to re-emphasise that, the of the Army and in charge of the present mission of the Japanese Japanese, delegation, said, “Wo Diet representatives in the Unover asked. that this group, be Ir based on General Douglas Invited to call on the City Coun- BacArthur's desire, that these cil. The sugestion, was made in Icalators
of: the rebuilding the often of the May
aan Japan Kahould have a chance, to ...đề sớq at first hand the inside work- * Inga of the democratic process, us The establishment of the now Japan with a government modelle] ed to, a large extent on our own Isi in'nïmopso,Ɛan idumrenen" for a Zaming peà toi la tini part of the
present,
Up to now British tourists, for instance, could only spend £50 a year outside the Sterling Area,
The agreement, to take effect on, March 1, was announced at a Press conference by Mr. Lange In the British Embassy in Paris.
followed-IE. The conference hour's meeting of the four Min- istern-Associated Press.
Tilo.
According to expert opinion hare, during the summer and autumn of 1949, Marshal Tite gid:
not move wingle ona
divllons for military reasons... although there was some tems. porary transfer of troops from Croatia and Macedonia to help, In road construction work in Serbia during the summer. On the contrary, these, experts
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New police registration measu- former military service, have Ires, which place great stress
also been introduced, while plens are sold to have been prepared Hungary to cover all males be tween the ages of 10 and 40 ani! to introduce labour service foi all males between the ages of 40 and 60 and all females between the ages of 10 and 50.
Recently, too, Hungary, has, according to the latest, reports reaching Vienna from usually re- Jable Rources, reinforced her frontler guards on the Yugoslav
frontier.
The drastic surgery with which Titoism has been and is being treated wherever it appears in the sptellite States indicates only
No less than 10, hat- too clearly that Soviet Russia talions two-thirds-of-Hungary's will certainly not allow the very total frontier guard strength, see root of this fell disease to re-stated to be stretched along this
300-mile frontier. main untouched.
Therefore, experts here belleve The object of this, manoeuvre that the war of nervor of the is said to be to prevent Marshal summer and autumn
now Tito's
agents from. penetrating perfed into Hungary — and, even more changing'gradually into a of preparation which may even urgently, to stop the flow of po
ally end, unless other mensures litical refugees which has beca succeed in the meantime, in opens running strongly into Yugoslavia. warfare against Yugoslavia. taking advantage of Marshal This, however, is likely to be Tito's promise of sanctuary.~*
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