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PLANES SABOTAGED TO PREVENT REMOVAL
Reds were preparing to fly them out
CNAC, CATC MEN HELD IN CANTON
Frustrated Nationalist intrigues to have the grounded CNAC and CATC planes flown to Taiwan instead of to Chinese Communist- hold airfields on the China Mainland prompted Sunday's sabot- age of seven CNAC aircraft,' the "China 'Mail" learned yester- day.
Unable to buy bonds, merchant hangs himself
Unable to obilps the Ch nose Communists at Canton by buying HK$70,000 worth of Victory Bonds, a silk mer. chant bought a coffin hanged himself.
and
The vernacular "Wah Klu Yat Po" in a report from Can ton yesterday said that one Mr. Chen, owner of the Shanghai Blik Store an Ninth Flouts (Lower Bestion), was refused
additional time to raise the necessary money for buying the Bondr.
The "Bing Tas Jih Pac" re- ppried that more than 1,000 shops hat been sealed by the
A source close to Nationalist secret agents operat- ing in Hong Kong said that although sabot- age was among the plans prepared to prevent the aircraft from falling into the hands of the Chinese Communists, the decision was not made until the last moment.
He added that inducements offered by the No-
tionalists coupled with disillusionmont as result. of conditions experienced in Commun- ist-hold territory, have encouraged a number of those who had defected to return to tho Nationalist fold.
He said that the Chinese |
Communist authorities at Can- CMSN precautions
Since early yesterday morning a security measure WIS special enforced by the China Merchants Company on Steam Navigation Its 13 vesela that are
luid int local waters.
ton made a move about a week ago indicating that they were aware of the wavering loyalty of certain personnel in Hong Kong. They decided to send seeded air crews to Hong Kong to await an opportunity to fly the aircraft into the interior.
As a counter-move, the Nation-
Any persons bourding the laid alist Secret Service chiefs at up: vessels must produce for
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1950.
CUB MAKES MAIDEN VOYAGE
Ivy, London Zoo's Polar bar. holste out her dripping cub, Brumas, after the cub's first swim In her mother's pool.
Born In captivity, Brumas has never known the icy bite of Polar sens and at first was reluctant to go lp, though the pool had been- warmed by the bright spring sunshine (AP Photo).
authorities in Canton. They..Taiwan ordered the sabotage-pro-watchmen Aluspection a staran's The
had failed to pay for the Vio- tory Bonda allocated.
Government statement on Courts
It is not the practice of Bri-
Jeet ta, be delay...
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CNAG and
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HUK RAIDS CONTINUE
Manila, April 3.
Authoritativo quarters are beginning to take a grava view of the current Communist-lud Hukbalahap ralds now in the sixth continu- ous day in Central Luzon.
Some observers believe the Communist leadership of the peasant movement is directing the pre- sent drive in an effort to disrupt the economy of the country, already in poor shape.
The elusive dissident bands, striking at widely separated points from the Lingayen Gulf area in the North to Batangas in the South, apparently are following a preconceived pat tern which best employs their lightly armed groups in hit- and-run tactics designed to cause diversion of the numer ically superior Army and Con- stabulary forces.
The raids, aside from deaths imlicted and damage caused by Some looting and burning of towns, have practically paralysed highway trafic in Central Luzon, buses still ply the highways in the daytime, but practically no passengers ride them. In a coun- try where trucks carry most cargoes, virtually no inter city shipments are being made.
The Huks launched their recent
series of ralds on March 20 at Montalban and San Mateo, killing six, wounding seven and kidnap ping 13, including the Mayor of San Mateo. No word of the tale of the Mayor and the others kid- napped has been received.
100,000 ovacuate
The Bocial Welfare Commis sioner Mrs. Asuncion Perez, said today that more than 100,000
Hainan
invasion. a failure.
Taipeh, April 3. The Nationalists wrote.off, un a total failure the Communist invasion of Hainan on April 1.
They claimed that all remnants of a force of more than 7,000 hád been accounted for.
Some of these tried to escape by sea yesterda" but the junks In which they we travelling were spotted by N..onalist warships and sunk.
Five hundred other Communists chose to surrender, the Nation-
lists claimed..
persone mostly in Southern Luzan have evacuated their
Despatches said a considerable village homes to lawns proper amount of equipment was taken * result of fighting between as booty, including field pieces, Huk outlaws and Government tommy-guna and rifles.
forces.
Parado held
་
Mrs. Perez said in Batangas Province alone more than 50,000 people have moved to Lipa city A big anti-Soviet and anti- and to the towns of Santo Tomas Chinese Rted parade
was held and Tanauan from outlying vil- yesterday at Holhow, capital of The capital city of Manila is lages while more than 40,000 peo-| Hainan, 20 in a virtual state of slege Aple have moved into towns proper wories of guard posts manned in Laguna Province from outlying part and tons of firecrackers wore
by large groupe of, Constabul- villages. wry and soldiers are located on
all highways some distance out side the city. Closer In, ma tropolitan and suburban polles maintain check points where travellers are subject to rigid scrutiny and all loads on trucks or in Jeeps are carefully ex amined.
Within the city, all, police leaves have been cancelled and plans have been made to call up mure thau 1,000 retired palice- nien who are on reserve: rolls.
Persoun entering the City Hall and some other key pubite build- inge are being searched guards.
Threat to Manila
Manila
by
of
Many thousands of persons took
Mia Perez will confer with set off to celebrate the "great President Quirino tomorrow on victory" the day before. the problem of extending relief to the evacuees-United Press.
Smallpox outbreak in Scotland
Glasgow, April 2 Doctors working in relays vaccinated tens of thousands. of persons, today in a desper- ato bid to halt the spread t
The authorities announced to- day the arrest of two men charged with trying to smuggle explosives Into Tainan, South Western-Tai- wan, presumably for subversive purposes.,
Three men in charge of the warehouses to which the ex- plosives were consigned,' were also arrested, but it was not yet established whether they were in the plot, too-Associated Press.
U.S. planes unloaded at Bizerte
Bizerte, Tunisia, April 3, French troops early today the began unloading, from
Dix- mude the first shipment of American military aid for France.
Diana and Bob Bixby landed at large Huk forces come in of outbreak did not show, signs of French aircraft carrier
and
moving across
An unidentified oficial from the deadly Fastern smallpox nemby provincawarned the in Western Scotland...Ton Army said today that Bob and Diana Bixby raturned to Calcutta at 0931 GMT after their
police department
thousand were inoculated in rumours of a plan to set the The Communiata distrust of card. Visitors boarding these ves- British Mosquito bomber, developed engino
Glasgow alone. capital afire soon.
Dr. Stuart Laidlaw, Medical CATC personnet sels must tell the watchmen the
trouble on their round-the-world speed flight. "Outlying farmis and villages In
many areas North, East and officer, said he would order vac- was evidenced in a report from name of the person they are visit-
entire Bixbys, trying to break the record of the late Canton yesterday of news that,lug.
South of Manlia have been ab-cinations for the city's the vernacular According
population andoned by inhabitants.
of 1,108,000 If the Bill Odom, had taken off at 0724 GMT. shortly following receipt of the sabotage In
Reports continue Kong, the "Sing To" evening paper yester- Hong
aboting by Tuesday. Canton authorities rounded up day, CNAC and CATC ground
The California husband and
Long lines stretched through night all CNAC and CATC employesal mechanics had on March 31, dis-
at revulver and 10 wife tram were riding neck Karachi airport at 0045 GMT to, the country.
The counter-ofTcrisive of the out the day in front of the city's undergoing indoctrination there covered onc
neck with their own day from Calro. They took off for The report said that armed rounds of ammunition aboard one ed
Army, ordered soon after Prest-public health officers where doc- The 2,237-mile secret service men raided the of the company's grounded air-schedule before the mishap. Calcutta at 326 GMT today.
The Dixmudes movements night from dent Elpidio Quirino turned in- tora gave vaccinations at the rate
of 600 an hour, Kwang Suen building.
The engine trouble puts them Calro took six hours arrested craft.
12 ternal
security over to the arm- this report was not However,
In nearby Hamilton, where 26-shrouded in secrecy since it left at least four hours and prab-
The couple snid they ed forces four days ago, is still year-old Dr. Janet Fleming died the United States with a cargo of all the CNAC and CATC personnel confirmed yesterday. found there, and carried out a
to fly from Calcutta over shrouded in secrecy except for of the disease, yesterday, another 48 Hellcat and Corsair fighter The vernacular evening paper ably more behind that, and vir...
China direct to Tokyo, an es-
one report that a drive was un- 10,000 persons were treated by and bomber planes, arrived here tinated 3,200 milles.
der way to clear Huks from ona 28 doctors, working in relays. late on Sunday night. mises in disputes before then hullding.
The Bisbys began their light at area near the function of Laguis. The total number of known enses Although no public statement star flat in the Hong Kong and Aviation Em- the two contending
The aircraft, turned though
tonight. All 1463 GMT on Saturday at San Camite and Batangas, provinces. still stood at: 21 was made by the Canton authori-
sloten about
trying to parties may reach a compro-dies regarding the rald and arrests, ployee's Union was
Some difficulty ta being en-were isolated at Glasgow's Rob France under the North Atlantic a week ago. A new dag was The Bixbys had planned to fly Francisco. They are
record countered in twin-engined converted beat the globe-girdiing
differentlating be- Royston Hospital, where, food Fact, were loaded aboard the Virginia, mise by private treaty, said at is generally believed that the
purchased by the union, however, their
established in 1947 by the late tween disturbances caused by the and other supplies were provided carrier at Norfolk, and on Sunday morning when the Mosquito bomber directly to Sil Udom-13, hours, five min-Huke and ordinary viclence as in special germ-proof containers. several weeks ago. with the kabotage of the seven
seven planes were sabotaged, Red Chinn, and had hoped
11 seconds.
excited rural correspondents of More than 200 other hospitals Unloading began within the aircraft in Hong Kong.
Kuomintang flag won seen halsted land in the Japanese capital about the basis of two comparable Manila newspapers pour reporta in West Scotland harred visitors naval bure which is surrounded on the roof of the union's build-1700 GMT.
except in rases where the patient ing at Kowloon City opposite Kai They had arrived in Calcutta at laps, the Bixbys were slightly into their offices,
atiead of Odom's time. The
Ometal reports issued at the was seriously ill, Dr. G. B. Land-by deserted country almost inac- Tak airport.
Franco over Bixbys flew from Paris to Cairo Constabulary and Army head-sman, bellilant young woman cessible from Bizerte. The planes in six hours, 25 minutes. Odom
quarters are sketchy and days speclulist In Infectious disease, will be flown to made it in six Hours, five min-
bas offered to attend smallpox Mediterranean ports utes. The Bixbys took six hours behind newspaper, reports.
victims at Rob Royston Hospital. which were Communist strike-
bound, United Press. -United Press. and 12 minutes from Cairo to needed Karucht (while Odom seven hours and 34 minutes.- Associated Press.
Hong Kong Government state-retion was taken in connection
ment yesterday.
Issued Meetings held
The statement Was following a news agency reports from Washington suggesting that the Hong Kong Courts would probably compromise on conflct- ing United States and Chinese. Communist claims to the 70 dis- puted Nationalist aircraft.
High, ranking officials of all Peking controlled business ait. terprises here "hold numerous emergency conferences yastër.
day to discuss memures for safeguarding their propertise in the Colony,
poyen
The offcial statement said that]
As a sequel to the sabotaging of China National Aviation this Washington report presum-
Corporation
aircraft at Kal Tak ably referred to the rival claims on Sunday morning, the con-
nese
Kowloon
Civil
Across China
2010 GMT.
Lattimore sees
Sinkiang
as focal point in Asia
ner
On
Britain seeks release of ss. Caduceus
Talpeh, April 3.. Great Britain has moved in
an effort to obtain, the release
Raid near
ar Manila
Communisk-Jed Hukbalshap calders returned to Montalban, 16 miles from Manils, last right and engaged a detachment of 60 Constabulary Infighting for aeveral hours, an
Telephone tacs to Montalban and San Mateo, five miles closer to the city, were cut and only meagre reports had been, received this morning
Quezon
r
ezon City pollde said from their outposts on the highway few miles from San Mateo they of the British freighter, Cadu- could see tracer bulists arching sound of automatic weapons are. ccus of 4,445 gross tons, which through, the sky and hear the
New York, April 3. wers that were once great in Slukiang, China's South Inner Asia." Western province, is a new
"With British power withdrawn
neither India from India, to the aircraft made by the Chi-Terences were secretly held in focal point of Asian politics, Pakistan has the power that can
Government and private different places. Peking Govern says a book published her
project its influence as deeply into United States citizens. It added:ment officials who, rushed here | this week which gains topical Inner Asla as that of Great Bil-
dom Canton on Sunday, took part interest both by its author and tain once did." whe Government is quite in the conferences.
Saying that the Sloklang of thel One conference was held at the subject. Unaware of the grounds for the
VIP" TOOK
room, Kal Tak airport. It The book, entitled "Pivot of future was "likely to follow th statements contained in the re- was called by the local Depart- Asia", Is by Mr. Owen Lattimore, Soviet models to a considerable port and it le regarded as high- ment of Civil Aviation. Repre- State Department adviser and one extent," Mr. Lattimore added: ly Improbable and much. In linsenting the Department of Civil of the world's foremost authori
"Sinklang, in its plyotal/posi- with the
tion in the heart of Ads, will most Various confilating Aviation in the conference were tee on Inner Asia.
J. I. Moss, Director Recently he has come under rapidly transmit to India, Pakis has been under arrest at Kao- They said Aghting started about
of from time to time on the same DCA, and Mr. O. Hamilton, and to
Tak. Manager and
Assis Carthy in his charge of Com that passes from mouth to Taiwan since February 10. die down after four hours.
munist influence in the State
Constabulary Headquarters bad where few people read or Information received here sald stant
Department. Others Dresent
The United States Secretary of the radio-news of the meaning included Mr. Percy Chen, Legal State Only Pesterday recused their dives, of the great political representative of the British no reports from the area up to
to stet "Adviser to CNACˇand CATC, My Russia of "apparently resuming I changes in China, Sinklang hox Ministry of Transport was due la) 9.30. am localfilma.2
to see what Taipeh tomorrow from Hong Kong freed be done the ship
Meanwhile, the three British officers still aboard the Caducer were still confined, there. Thes were Chief Officer John William Luyfold
of Tyench, Swansea, Eng- lans: the
engineer Norman Page.2
Preston, North
subject."
The Weather
of DCA Director of
at the conference
Acting CATC
relocal 80 of Sinklang Province from China," which revolve
here, Mr.
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