Revolt against Russian || domination breaks out among Albanian Reds
Europeans serve with Vietminh
Langson (North Indo-
China Frontier), April 4. Europeans were reported today to be fighting with the Communist-led Vietminh army against French forces in Indo-China. Vietminh sources/said they have been formed into a "white mand battalion" French troops are being asked by means of propaganda leaflets to join.
com-
which
The Vietminh say their "white batalion" મ composed of Fropeans and soldier' of
ices from French colonial units The Atationed in Indo-China, battalion is suld to be command- ed by a Vielininh Major.
French intelligence informa- tions confirm that a number
the white men ure serving In Vietminh army. But these sources assert that the while battalion its unit has never been identi-
led in any
combat against the French.
operation
Rome, April 4.
A revolt against Russian domination has brokon out in the ranks of Albania's Communists, informed Albanian exiles said today. They said Albania's Moscow-trained strong man, Interior Minister Mehmet Sheru is waging a ruthless purge of Trotskyites and nationalists in an effort to crush the revolt before it gets out of hand. -
The exiles, members of an Albanian liberation movement in Italy, told a reporter they had received reports of the revolt from a reliable informant who escaped recently to Greece, They said he had sent the following eye witness description of recent events in tho tiny Balkan nation.
Last January a Russian Com- headed by Fin Army mission Colonel arrived in Tiranu, copl-
tal of Albania, at the request of the Albanian Communist Party's Presidium to, give moral and political aid.
ringleaderk of the "reveit"
Then were quickly arrested. began a nationwide purge in which four public buildings in Tirana ware converted into temporary prisons.
The Central Committee then called for new national elections to tighten the ranks of Commu- nists loyal to Russia and the Cominform.
The Albanian exiles in Rome sald they had learned the purge is still in progress, especially in remote mountainous areas of the interior.
They said previous information llberation com-
After the Commission refused to financial and military ald
give other
because the United Nations Security Counell would
never allow it, a member of Albania's Parliament. Abedin
Sheru (no relation to the Interior Minister). accused Russin of
with treachery and with abandoning Albania,
The Albanian Premier, Enver Hoxha, intervened quickly and closed the meeting and the Al-reaching the banian Communist Party's Cen-mittee's headquarters here in- dicated Russla was unwilling to tral Committee met in continuous session but failed to solve what bania because of
risk outright military aid to Al- French officers think that most
the nation's was called the "Sheru crisis". the Europeans Aghting with
position "precarious"
between Finally, on March 6, Albedin the Vietminh are deserters from
Sheru, two Cabinet Ministers and
Yugoslavia and Greece, the Foreign Legion ог other
number of other public lenders regular roo
They said Russia had sent no French units. Others are believed
iroops to Albania but had to be European Communists who
were formally accused of Trot- have come to Indo-Chinu to join skyism and liaison with nation- dispatched a number of military
technicians
ans and engineers to con the Vietminh cuuse for ideologialist organisations.
veri the island fortress of Saseno cal reasons.
in the Bay of Valona Into a "504 Com- In
viet Sheru
The strategic Island
the lower hes to the Adriatic Sea approaches to may become a Sovlet submarine or V-2 rocket base.
Hes only
Life for a white man
Would
be hard and precarious irt the Vietminh territory.
Wide
prevalence of mataria
In the jungle covered Ton. kinese mountains in one of the White
man's most serious problems. Tho French blockade has effectively die. rupted the flow of supplies
such as food and anti-malarial drugs into Vietminh territory whore disease and malnutrition are reported to be taking an Increasingly heavy toll.
There is also A hilter anti- foreign current among Vietminh in reaction against French In- fluence. Independent reports say that this current is taking extreme forms in some Vielminh
areas
Central
The charges were read meeting of the mittee at which repented his accusations.
Abedin
Abodin shot
at
The Intortor Minister, Mehi met Gheru, whipped out a ple tol and shat Abadin, and other
They added Saseno
about 50 miles from the Southern tip of Italy.-Associated Press,
RAF planes strafe guerilla hide-outs
Singapore, April 4.
where foreign buildings Tempests, Brigands and Spitfires bombed and
have been burned down in 11 campaign 10 cradicate all evidence of Western culture.
This factor has given the French grave fears about a large number of French prisoners hald by the Vietminh. These include
strafed terrorist-held hill country in the Mon- takab area of Central Malaya today, striking back at widespread guerilla raids in which fivo Britons fell wounded.
not only military prisoners, but A Malay constable was killed, and a British adminis-
also some 5,000° French men.
women and children carried
off when
as hostages hostilities broke out there in De-
from Hanoi
cember, 1948.
considerable
There are also a -number-of-Japanese-soldiers-who- escaped repatriation after the war by serving with
Vict minh.
trator, Mr. A. H. Girdler, was seriously wound- ed, and two British soldiers were slightly wounded in an ambush near Yonugpeng, Johore, today.
#uitable
In the Kedah area, a European 1.-High priority for schemes assistant planter, who had volun- to settle squatters in the
teered for anti-bandit work, was
sites. Chinese bodies have boon alightly wounded in a police found among Vistminh doad | clush with a terrorist band. following attacks с French posta
the frontier zɔnt, members
In
They probably were
2.-Chinese recruits should be drawn into the uniformed Last night a British soldier branch and Aslans should be up- and three civilians were wounded pointed to gazetted rank as ca- when guerillas attacked the Sin-dete in the some way S gapore-Kuala Lumpur. mail train Europeans. in Johore State.
3. The 500 British sergeants recruited
on two-year agres- Meanwhile, the British Mission. ments in 1948 should be offered which investigated police prob-re-engagements for a further lems in Malaya earlier this year, three years with an increase today published a report which pay of at least ST$100 monthly. commends measures is
taken to 4.-A welfare officer should be
and hunt down terrorist bands
appointed to advise the police makes recommendations for Commissioner on matters affect- selected and Ing the welfare and pay of the trained police to be set up after
force. the present emergency,
at
of one of the numerous Chiness bandit groups operating along the border who Joined the Vietminh attack for the loot to be gained. Both the Chinese guerillas and the Vietminh cross the loosely held Indo-China, border numerous points where it unguarded. French posts have been attacked by Vietminh based on Chinese territory with
what appears to be the knowledge of the local Chinese Communist commanders,
Foreign troops
serving with
the Vietminh have been parti- cularly useful to the Vietminh as Instructors in military schools.-- Associated Press.
"The Nose" convicted of perjury
San Francisco, April 4. Harry Bridges, leader of 25,- '000 West Coast longshoremen, was convicted today of per jury and conspiracy for swear- ing that he was not and never had been a Communist.
The middle-class jury of eight men and four women found him guilty after a stormy trial which lasted, more than four months The jury doliberated 31 hours.
The conviction carries à maxie mum prison term of seven years
body of specially
The
of
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FIRE CHINA, MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1950,
Strikers damage trams
کی کان کا کرتا الليلة على الطاقة الام الناس
The motorman of a Brussels, tram ulands on the roof of his vehicle in an effort to repair a trolley rope slashed, by demonstrators during the day-long strike and riot in the Bel- gian capital. Spawned by anti-Leopoldist workers and students, the strike quickly developed Into a widespread attack on the crews of the city tram cars, who had defied thairike order. Motormen were beater up, and tram windows amashed.-AP Photo.
Nehru-Liaquat Ali Khan discussions continuing
Discussions held on Far East
Washington, April 4.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and, his chief advisors on the Far East met today for the second time within a week with Congres sional foreign policy leaders to review the American out- look in South East Asia.
Mr. Acheson appeared before a closed meeting of the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee.
He was accompanied by Dr. Philip Jessup, United Staics Am- bassador-at-Large, Mr. Dean Rusk, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of State for For Eastern Affairs, and Mr. Walton Butterworth, an Assistant Secre- tary of State dealing with Japanese affairs,
Last week they reviewed, the Far East position with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr, Tom Connally (Democrat, Texas) reported that they stressed the urgency of giving American ald to some Asian countries, includ- ing Burma, Indo-China and In- donesia, to help them résist Communism,
They
before the appeared House Committee today to give a similar report,
Now Delhi, April 4.
Discussions between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, which continued here today, are understood to have covered the question of instituting, machinery in East and West Bengal and Assam for the implementation of the general understanding reached between the two Governments concerning the well- being and protection of minorities in either country. Mr. Nehru and Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan met for more
than an hour and a half this afternoon. This meeting was followed by a conference be- tween Mr. Nehru and his Cabinet Ministers.
The talks between the two Dominion Premiers, as also those on the secretariat level, will be resumed tomorrow and are, CX- pected to continue on Thursday.
The constitution, scope and functions of the machinery Implement the agreement 03 these are, according to informed quarters, under consideration by the two Prime Ministers.
that their attitude threatened to promote disorders and fan com- munal passions.
These sources said it was ex- peeled that similar steps would be taken in Pakistan also against milltary communalists in that country whosa activities, they' said, had contributed to the re cent disturbances in East Bengal. and the flight of the Hindu minority. Reuter.
The present indications ara That the Governments of West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam 44 may be asked to set up commis- sions in their respective pro- vinces, consisting of representa- tives of the Hindu and Moslem communities,
these into commu-
It will be the task of
to enquire commissions complaints of minority nities in their provinces and make prompt recommendations for their redress to the respec" tive "governments.-
It will also be their took to facilitate the return of evacuees, assist in their rehabilitation and Dr. Jessup and Mr. Butter-profect evacuee property. worth recently
returned from extensive tours of the Far East, They were called today, to give the Committee a first-hand, re- port of political, and economic conditions in the region.-Reuter,
HORROR SHIP
Singapore, April 4. Three hundred out of 1,800 Moslem pilgrims from the Philip- pines died on the journey to Mecca in a Filipino shipin
the Christobal, Tomorrow the remain- 5. No more Brilish inspectors 1.500
1,500 will sail for home in the should be recruited.
ship, which has been held at three-man Mission --
6.Police vehicles Sir Alexander Maxwell, retired in
operating Singapore for seven days because. the of the Home armoured,
Jungle should be the crew went on strike, declar- Under-Secretary Office, who led it, the Chief should be given
high prioritying that they had not been paid. for wireless F. Ferguson, at
The pilgrims left Mindinzo In Constable J.
communicationa for Kent, and Mr. A, L. Jackson, Se-
Jungle the Philippines last August. Some squads.
told reporter that 50 died from cretary of the Metropolitan Police
smallpox while their leader, said that after
present emergency has passed the possi-
Sheikh Hasan Ali Samadglum. said more died from homesickness bility of further attempts creato chaos in the country must
on the road from Mecca to Jeddah be considered,
after the pilgrimage-Router.
the
Measures advocated
to
In addition to the specially selected police force, they re- commended the | following measures:
AIRMAIL SERVICE. BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA
San Francisco, April 4.. There will soon be an alr mail service between Communist China and Russia, Peking (Radio announced tonight conta
plus-fine of US$10,000 and pavor The service will be based on
the way for the governmen; to an agreement-reached, between press action to deport the ACID] the Ministry of Posts: #Talegraph Longshoremon and Warehouse and Telephone in Peking and the men Union president.
newly, established "Sine-Soviet
* The... Jury “also: found J. R. Civil Aviation Joint Stock Com- Robertson, top organiserin pany the broadcast sold. Bridgeaunion, and Henry
Schmidt, union vice-president. It added that the Peking, Min- Fuilty!!
on both the conspiracy istry had already-informed; the count and the charge of Julding Nussion (Ministry, of Ports and and abetting Bridges in cominii- Telecommunication to relax by Ung perjury, NC PE P
GPA alt all, mail carried to the Bovist SEVincent Hallinan, counsel for Union from China by the Sind- Bridges, - Immediately sanounced Soviet Civil Aviation Joint Stock that he would appeal aguhet: ke Company through domestle, alre verdict meliofied-Freak.
und
The Mission found that measures for hunting down ter- rorist bands are belig planned with care and executed with resolution-Routor.
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Committee planned
Ministers
be
The two Prime were also understood. to
the examining a proposal for "establishment of
Inter governmental high-power com
mities whose task would be to maintain Halaon between the
Eart
Bange commissions In West Bengal and Assam deal with matters requiring consideration at a higher level. Meanwhile it was learned from Government of India sources that the arrest of Hindu Mahasabha leaders in Bombay and Poona expulsion from today, and the Delhi three days ago Mahasabha's, President, Dr. N. 3, Khare, and some", of hlo col.. leagues formed part of what was stated to ba the Government's general plan to maintain com- munal peace in the country.
"Thesh sources alleged that cer- tafa-Mahasabha Icadors exploited the misery of refugees arriving
in Caloutta from East Bengal and
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it wrote in a provision that the project shall end in five years, on June 30, 1955, The Senators also in a deadline of June 30, put
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