COMMUNISTS' THREAT TO ASIA RICE BOWL
aahno nal4.2 10: Delhi, February-273m, a Wastorn observars horo fear that Indo-Chino, may be the spoorhood of a
Communist thrust into South. East Asia from China in an effort toʻ goin control of all the tooming millions in the non-Communist countries of the Far East through. their rice bowls.
The Peking regime has extended diplomatic recognition to the Govern- ment of Dr. Ho Chi-minh, Communist leader of a nationalist' 'move- ment that holds one-third of the population and about half of the land area of Indo-China,
too
An eventual victory,by_Ho|cause the fighting in Indo-China † and-run fight in the hills and over the rival Nationalist Gov- has reduced that country's rice jungles and clever sabotage in, ernment of former Emperor exports from about 1,500,000 tors the ellies including Bolgon, the Bao Dai of Annan and his annually before the war to less capital--they have proved French alles would give world of ute now
than 200,000 tons.. Asla's staff much for 100,000 or more French comes principally and Colonial tepops, including the Communism, a toehold Inside from Burma and Thailand, two hardbilten Foreign Legion. the rice-producing area of countries on Indo-China's borders South East Asia and Imme-which are already disturbed by diately menace Burma and Communist activity. Thailand, then eventually Indio, Malaya and the United States of Indonesia.
Privato sources in Indo-China profess to have knowledge that the Chinese Communist party is to be the instrument of world communiam for the domination
Burma la in a chaotle state of civil war, with the Communists forming one of the armed_groups opposing the Thakin Nu Govern- ment. Thailand Communist fifth column within its large Chinese minority.
fearful of n
of Asin. Existing barder contact An Incursion of Communist between Ha and the Chinese | Indo-China
against Thailand
Communist forces at his back is would be quite within the his- considered an obvious
for a rush Southward.
opening
The rice enters of Asia linve
* been hungry for a long tinig be-
Textile industry squeezed
New York, February 25. Soaring Australian wool prices are squeezing the Amer- Jenn textile industry threatening hopes for cheaper clothing.
and
The raw wool that goes late suit is only a small part of the garment's cost-US$5,45 on il US$50 suit--but it is an Impor tast part
Prices are moving higher at the auctions in Australia, where most of the world's apparel wool is grown, and American mills must
cente to
the end of
of row
nk
Morris
torle pattern of conflict between these two countries, which have been invading one another over the last 1,300 years. And what reason is there to think that the Communists, backed from out- alde, could not capture Burma In her presently weakened state?
Eventual threat to India
would
be
on
Burma's
Dr. Ho, who was very ill when Just interviewed a few days be- fore the Hanol outbreak, abo | lished the Indo-Chinese Com- munist party, but some of the same group returned to promi- nence on the Ton" Bo, or Central Committee, of his Viet Minh party, It has been said that Ho, whose sincerity as a Nationalist in undoubted, is a virtual prisoner of this Communist group.
in the areas they control, they som to be running a going government, ablato, abtain planty of armi Presumably, they will now get more from Communist China. This will be a serious development for Baof Dal and the Franch if the ship- ments include artillery, which the Viet Minh non take
Having deelded that Ho_could the French not be dealt with, chose to negotiate with Bao Dai, who had abdicated as
Emperor of Annam when Dr.
Ho pro- claimed his republic. He first worked with Ho, but afterward he went into exile In Hong Kong.
Return of Bao Dai
From there, of course, India threatened. There have been rumours for sam time of Communist infiltration through Azam Eastern border.
Meanwhile, avenues for sup- armed Communists port of the already In revolt against the British Government of Malaya Bao Dal was brought back to the Indonesian Saigon with the support of mon- not for aid to
archists and his fellow-Catholics. Communists would be open.
Perhaps to the surprise of Even before this extension of French, he turned out to be fairly power, however, the Communists Independent minded and he would have the hungry countries finally accepted the position of hend. of state" of Viet Nam on of Asta starving for rice it they wished to put on this prescure. pretty much his own terms. Hiy
feeding the territory, which is all Possibly rice now
Cochin non-Communist China, Annam and Tonkin, with deficit orens of Asia would be diverted to
to the the exception of Ho's holdings, needs of Communist China. The includes Indo-China's principal diversion of South East Asia's rice rice-growing area, to China would have two results: (1) It would feed China's hungry
and
their
the
The former emperor has an army of about 40,000 men, who
recently have been placed in the front lines by the French. They found that the villagers were in clined to accept Bao Dol's regime when it was proffered to them by their own countrymen.
wouls they bought at lower costs. Wool prices will tend to stay
high levels, Pendleton, President of American
thereby strengthen Woollen Company, because the Communist Government, and (2) stocks of line wools held by the It would Increase fiscontent British Government and the Com-
among poorly fed peoples
cise. modity Credit Corporation are where who provide the mnost dwindling fast.
fertile ground for the spread of The
mills of the work are
Communism. These are people coming to the last of wool sup-who cannot endure much more plies they bought at lower prices. misery, without turning to come-
The French, in a remarkable political turnabout, have In addition, the demand for fine thing new.
granted Bao Daf's Viet Nam full wool is increasing and production is slipping.
These disturbing considerations self-government, though they re- of delegates tain supervisory capacities, com- Despite the loss of 25,000,000 were in the minds
Foreign mand the army and conduct for- hand of apparel wool-producing to the Commonwealth
eign, affairs with Bao Dal's con- sheep by drought, Australia still Ministers' Conference in Colombo, remains the largest source for This Was the reason for sent,
"CHANGE OF SEX CASE IN JAPAN Tokyo, February 27, The Japanese conservative newspaper "Asahi," today des- cribed the case of a girl who turned into a boy and was turned back to a girl by a medical opera ilon,
now
09 A
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 38, 1950.4
His favourite
Hera is a photograph of Generallesimo, Joseph Stalin—a favourite election picture, The photograph shows the Gon- eralissimo at his desk in the Kremlin. He la wearing a plain tunic and matching trousers which are tucked into a pair of soft leather boots. The caption lesund with the photograph reads "J. V. Stalin- the first all people's candidates for De- puty to the Supreme Boviet of the USSR." Stalin has been nominated by scores of electorisi districts all over the Boviet Union.
(Associated Press Photo).
Squeeze tactics by satellite nations
London, February 26. Britain will resist as long as possible manoeuvres by the Eastern European satellites to squeeze Western representatives from behind the Iron Curtain.
the
However, a reduction in the 3. The Kranlin wants size of diplomatic units in least possible independent moves Eastern and Central European on the part of some of the satel
lites through their representatives countries is believed to be
In the capitals of Western demó- unavoidable and a marked re-
cracies, duction in trade contacts with the Eastern European states is of also expected as a result their increasing self-imposed Isolation.
The latest moves on the part of Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland ogainst Western" representatives are part of an overall plan to get rld of foreign observers inside the Iron Curtain and reduce tacts of their representatives abroad to a minimum.
To experts on Eastern-Euro- penn affairs it is apparent that the moves .were initiated by Moscow because!
4. Russia fears that super- vision of foreign diplomats in the capitals of the satellites * lacks thoroughness and that
foreign observers may
report too freely their impressions and collect information on internal developments, above all on Bo- vist penetration.
Russia is believed to have ins- tructed her satellites to squeeze out Western Lepresentatives under
Bomb throwing continues in Asmara
Asmara, February 26.
Looting, fires and bomb 'throwing continue in the ha tive sectors of Asmara 'during the curfew-free hours.
A hand grenade thrown at the Fire Brigade did not ex ploda...last night. The Brigade has been threatened by hooligans.
The police have found 00 unexploded Hand grenades alace the beginning of the Incidents last Tursday.
"The United Nations Come mission is continuing hearings of the evidence of different Eritrean political parties-- Associated Pre
HALF A MILLION MEN OUT
Pittsburg, February 20. More than 500,000 American workers will be idle tomorrow when the coal miners' strike. enters its third week.
The 372,000 striking miners show no sign of ending their de Anance of the Government and their Union President, Mr. John L. Lowie, by returning to the plts.
About 180,000 other workers will be out of work in industrias which depend on coal for con- tinued production, as the nation's fuel stock-pile nears vanishing point.
Mr. John D. Battle, Executive Secretary of the National Coal Association, declared, "One more week of this and it will be sim- ply chaos."
Since the beginning of the year thousands of miners each week have been idle in periodic walk- outs that finally became a major strike over the question of new contracts.
In Washington, Government mediators today .met representa- tives of the United Mine- worker's Union and the soft coal mise
owners
a desperate effort to reach an agreement to end the strike before the Federal Court sits tomorrow.
The Union is due to be tried on contempt of court charge 10- morrow because the mlhers ignored a back-to-work order Issued on February 11.
After twa and a half hours of the talks today
negotiators would not indicate whether progress
been made.-- Reuter.
had
any
recently complained that contacts with nationals of countries they visited -und-
cvent with their numbers had .cooled
and
had
the fine wools the world wants. adoption of the Common- The new Staté is described as That brings European, British, wealth aid plan for South East a free partner in the French Russian and Japanese buyers to Aslu which the United States is Union, and the French are push- the Australia auctions to com- expected to finance. The Com-ing for full recognition by other pete with American purchasers monwealth countries do not have Associated Press,
the money, and the delegates powers of Viet Nam
the cloak of charges of caplonage opposite sovereign nation. believed that the stemming of
or by linking foreign diplomats noticeably since last year communism-in-Asia-was-Amori-Neutral--observers -judge that
with espionage trials. This coin-private and social contacta ca's problem, too.
Bao Dal has a fifty-fifty chance
cides with reports this week that practically been reduced to nul- 1. Recent resignations from Poland had curtailed the freedom United Press. of pulling most of the country the staffs of Eastern European Some of the Foreign Ministers with him. The British, in par- Legations in the West have be. of movement of foreign military felt that the siuation would be ticular, are pressing for foreign helped by recognition of the Bao support of his anti-Communist embarrassing to the Communist
come too frequent and therefore attaches. Da Government as that of free
regime in the form of diplomatic regimes of the satellites. Practi- longer restrictel to
The elimination campaign is no Indo-China, But the Eastern
diplomats recognition. dominions, following the lead of
cally every one of the satellites India's Prime Minister Nehru, are holding off because they are
But it does not look as though has in the past 12 months lost and journalists, but has been ex- the British are going to get any diplomats, serving abroad, who The satellites, which bad not convinced that Bao Dal has
support from India in backing preferred to go into exile rather hitherto been anxious to maintain either freedom or government.
Bao Del until the situation in than return to their homes. and even expand trade relations Indo-China is clarified. Frima 2. Moscow
that the fears
the with the West, are increasingly Minister Nehru of India is Toath Legations of satellite countries reluctant to grant, entry permits to recognize any government of abroad may serve as channels of even, to business representatives Indo-China until it is plainly in unprotected contacts with the of firms with which they are in full control of the country and West and turn into centres of contact. has the genuine sup, urt of the possible Titoism In the countries Businessmen people.
they represent.* post AM.
At 10 years of age the girl sud- denly started to develop manly characteristics.
-1
The doctor said he would soon announce the results of the ex- periment to the world in a medi- cal paper. Reuter.
She decided to commit suicide,
Ho Chi-minh trained in revol- but was persuaded to visit auilonary technique by Russian Nagoya University doctor.
Communists and leader of the After an operation her feminine former Communist party of Indo- characteristics returned.
China, has fought the French for three years. He acquired a tre- mendous following when the nationalist movement was the
Other non-Communist coun only one. It is estimated that
tries of Asia seem inclined to his supporters are still 80 per follow Nehry's lead in this cent nationalist, but that the matter. The key to their atti Communist core of his Viet Minh tude is a suspicion that Bao Dal party holds complete control. is tool of the French and that his regime is colonialism in an- other guise. There is no dit- position to recognise. Ho and thereby bring Communism closer to their own borders, but sen- timent and local political consi. derations weigh against accep- tance of
nationalism of which
NORWAY'S DEFENCE
Too much for Fronch
Oslo, February 26. Norway must base her defenco calculations on a defensive fores strong enough to hold off an aggressor, until ald arrives from some great outalde power, accorde ing to Trygve Brattell, chaliman to have about 100,000 men un of the Norwegian Defence Coin-
der arme. Carrying on a hit"""" they are not sure,
* mission.
He told the Association of Nor. weglan Students last night tant Norway could not raise a military force which would be able to ward off any attack from outside.
Ho went on say that U.S. ald under the arms ald agreement would provide a great hdp In solving Norway's military, prob- Jems.-Associated Press
ALLOCATED. FOR
REPARATIONS VE
Frankfurt, February 26. About1,000,000 tons of plant and equipment in the Briton Zone of „Gerinady worth 300 milia: pro-wus Deutsche ? marks
have
boen allocated or
for įrepara-
Only 103,000 tons remain to be allocated and, the Inter- Allled Reperations" "Aguricy, ex- pects to clear this by the middle of meat" month, according to British Control Commission, Of 477 walls of allocation
In the
immen
Zone
the
77 have been
dismantled. The aver
„reparations to
diit nations, up to six months 16,000-tona“ month but
spoed
Fandin
#the amount despatched
80,000
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