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Moluccas revolt may spread to the Celebes
Jakarta, April 26.
The revolt in the Moluccas, where rebels today formally announced the secession of Ambon Island from the United States of Indonesia, is expected to spread to the Colebes, according to a high official source here.
This source said that many thousands of Dutch Indonesian Army men, active as well as re- tired, and including Commandos 'trained by Captain Raymond "Turco" Westerling, would be mustered to defend the newly-proclaimed. "Republic of the South Moluccas."
The high official added that steaming for Ambon and are ex- the Moluccas islanders have pected to land shortly. been the backbone of the Dutch Indonesian forces for several years, and put their probable strength on Ambon at 5,000 tough, fighting men.
it would be impracticable to blockade Ambon in an effort to break the_revolt because, though short of rice, the people could get along on enge and fish as they did
during the Japanese occupation.
The Minalinssa aren, o the Northern prong of the Celebes, 1s believed to be the next likely re- bellion area. The source said Dutch Indonesian Army (KNIL) troops are there in force.
It was reported tonight Fodern) troup transports
MOTOR POWERED BY WATER
The Dutch Military Chief of staff, Major-General Van Lang- len, flew in here in a Mitchell bomber from Ambon, the facal spot of the revolt, to confirm rumours of this third military re- bellion within the four-month old Republic of the United States of Indonesia.
Disagreement on policy
TUC council still backing wäge freeze
London, April 26.
The General Council of Britain's Trades Union Can- press today stood firm In Ita support of the Government's wage freeze polloy despite pressure from over 5,000,000 trade unionista actively re- sisting it.
At a meeting in London to eview Bir Stafford Cripps Budget, the Council
So that wage restraint
in still necessary to Inflation. H
combat
I agreed to seek a meeting with the Chancel- lor of the Exchequer.
to
stabilisatiom
FAMINE IN CHINA SETTING BACK REDS' TIME TABLE
The current famine in China is setting the clock back in the Communist time-
table for consolidating domination of the country.
The Communist Premler, Chou En-lai, hos admitted publicly that whether or not the new Government would be able to firmly establish its "New Democracy" order In China might depend on its solution. Its adverse effects are becoming more and more apparent. It is hampering the rovival of economic prosperity and restoration of public order and security, which Chino's now rulers need badly as the first prorequisite to ultimate political success.
covers a
1931-32 1943. The worst-affected
Members of the Economia Committee want Sir Blafford
bla
Budget -
These relief measures are con- entarge on
The current famine It provides more fertility forf
but much larger area than similar apeech reference to a better
the growth of popular disconsidered totally inadequate, policy to repisce
wage
tent and the guerilia move-they are all that the Communists calamities in 1920-21, ment. Its aggravation against have taken up to the present and and They think the Chancellor
a background of crippling taxes presumably niso all that they arcas, according to Premier Chou, might relee no objection to
and levies is 'costing the Chi-are capable of to cope with the are Hopeh and the East China
situation, the solution
said of which provinces. Choy wage advances of up to par.
nese Communists much popular:
■ year if
In the opinion experienced Hopeh alone the refugees num hapa £60,000,000
an hered 10,000,000 this figure is not
foreign support.
observers requires
International East China provinces they num- and the increases are only for
Jalter Back in December, 1049, Pre-all-out organised lower paid workers-Reuter.
that effort under the sponsorship of a bered 10,000,000. In the mier Chou told the nation
the Red area it was estimated about 0,- the famine was the worst during large agency, such as. the last few decades and that it Cress, blessed with the genuine 600,000 acres about one-fifth of affected about 40,000,000 people co-operation of the Communist, the total with 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 actual Government. ly starving or -starving.
exceeded
FREAK WEATHER CONTINUES
Ing or half-
The Premier's Agures did not Include those affected by
this
spring famine and in the.
Hunan 13
and
of
tal cultivated
was damaged The
000,000 acres were
that
in
acréage-
crops on 3,- totally des-
Observers' fears
"
troyed, he added.
The Communists have, how-
The famine has since spread
year's areas "liberated" since last De-ever, so far not made any appeal to the South and Central China for international aid and have provinces of Kwangtung, Kwang- comber, such Kwangtung. The present total of not even shown nuy, enthusiasm si, Hunan, Klangal, Hupeh and towards offers of ald now being Honan. One recent announcement affected persons, it is estimated, low
mado or suggested In the United issued by the South and Central must be somewhere near the 60,- Slates and Hong Kong. The No-China Regional Government 000,000 mark.
estimated that 10,000,000 people situa-Monalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, The worsening tamine
a similar effer. were hit by starvation. It was in has also made, a Bow
in recent months had com-Comm rejection of his offer Kwangtung
Communist
where cannibalism high-ranking Com-u
nonchalance general Communist
the
were
which
food
ani
rice
Vital troops behind the uprising are put of between 1,000 and 1,500 men of the Dutch East Indies Army, a force not much stronger **Turco" Captain than that of
"Army Westerling's
the of
'London, April 26. Host" in January's Heavenly
The sun got up on the that Dandong coup, or that of Cap-
In some areas, the famine is are tain Andi Abdul Azis at Macassar wrong side of the carth today munist officials, General Lin Pine, is easily understandable. But the broke out during the 1943 famine,
whose position three weeks ago. Both previous and Moscow sweltered in an Governor-General
is equivalent
to towards, other proposals of in reported to be man-made. It was of the
ternational relief remoins revolts have collapsed.
created by heavy Communist re 84-degred heat wave while a South and Central provinces, and shocking surprise to many people.
and levies, quisitioning bomber foot of snow fell in Central Mr. Tung Pl-wu, Deputy Premier, of, the
The Communist attitude gives said to have created A member
to make urgent appeals for more
to 1:15e
fear that they would crew today sald the coup had England.
In the Central shortage reller followed tocal disagreement In Finland, where the Inkes positive
measures,
rather let the situation ride out North Eastern parts of until polley of both with the
the usually stay frozen
the
own natural way than to surplus Szechuan province. The two officials said that bun-In its
thousands of famina 11
The lack of draft animals, the Federal Government and that of middle of May, early season dreds of
Such
ald, which can only como flight
go-easy-cultivation East indoneals, a member State swimmers were sticking a tenia refugees are fleeing their lands, appeal for or accept outside ald,
are & Live loc into the water, while creating vast dislocations in 50 from the Western democracles, strike of farmers in some areas in Holland's vast tulip neids were cial life, and that many people would take the teeth out of their retaliation for heavy taxes and threatened by the heaviest snow are cating tree leaves, bark and anti-West propaganda, keynoted levies and the loss of enthusiasm of the year.
grass and selling children Even the French and Italian wives in a desperate attempt to on the precept that the West is in land production on the part Rivieras had cool showers dur- Aght off death from hunger.
morning, although * ing the
by noon, bright sun came out Fart of France had its worst April cold spell in years and rain turned to hail in some sections, including Paris.
Paris, April 26. of which the Moluccas The French Navy is carrying
part. out experiments on a submarine would be powered
"The Indonesian troops in Am- motor which by water, д Novy Ministry bon were heavily armed with au- spokesman said today.
tomatic weapons," he said. "They "This is similar to experiments had taken off the emblem of the being carried out at present in a Dutch East Indies Army.
ecuntries in the world," ne lot of said, explaining that the problem H get the power from sep
to
Beparat- ing oxygen and hydrogen.
No Frenchman has actually in. vented such a motor, he said, adding that he could not say how much progress, if any, had been made in developing the motor.
The experiments are being car- ried out at the naval base Toulon. Associated Press,
TRIBUTE TO HK UNIVERSITY
at
"Thousands of the inhabitants of Ambon town (the island has a population of 400,000) have fled, into the hills because they expect fighting when Federal troops ar rive to garrison the island."
and
No positive policy
1
Private eye-witness reporte sald some people in the worst- affected areas are down to eat-
what
Chinuse ing
the
clay.
hoperialistic" to the core
and
and
of farmers, are other factors res- capable of genuine friend- ponsible for the reduction of agri- ship.
cultural output. This apparently is the explana-
The Com
New China Lion why Western offers and sur Agency
reported that the Sestions of relief were not only loss of interest in land production old most evident in the by Peking, but were also was
of official liberated areas of North Ching. catt/th a crop
that the famine had been The huge extent of the roughly Kuanyin (Buddhlat Goddess) checked and unofficial denials
strong Communist 9,90-man” that a famine of any seriousness military, party, political and ad-
existed.
One unofficial ministrative personnel, who were had que
over of the Despite the urgency
people coup is said to be Dr. J. Sou- poles and trees were uprooted situation and the publicised off-, contalbed in a spusch | drawn largely from the
relief from the Peking correspondent of who would normally be engaged Communist paper in land cultivation, is listed as
In Britain the snow was
some
and paris foot deep in suburban commuters were held up for as long as four hours by transportation 1le-ups. Telephone
andi fell across railway
The leading figure behind the mokil, until a few days ago the Attorney-General in the Cabinet roads kept buses crawling and cial anxiety, na positive
ed State of East Indonesia.
Singapore, April 27. The Universities of Hong Kong and Malaya are the Oxford and
Major-General Van Langlea re Cambridge of the East Mr. fused to comment on the situation Walter
is reporting imme- of the today. He Adam secretary
Council far diately to Dr. Max Hirschfeld, the Inter- University Higher Education in the Colonies, Dutch High Commissioner. said in a talk over Radio Mulaya. Mr. Adam arrived from Hong
The South Moluccas include the Kong with Professor Mowat islands. of Serang, Buru, Arv.,
Anda. They are Jones to study the University of Kei and Malaya. Peuter.
self-supporting for food.-Reuter.
PURE
nol
dents involving cars.
tracks.
PERON INVITES -TRUMAN-
announced in to organise the re-
nn to
an
the
British
from
Informa-
relief
SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE
of the four-year-old Dutch-creat- there were several minor acci- policy has thus for come out of pally Worker, went even to the another factor in cutting down The Air Ministry said it was!ng. The only relief measure extent of saying that the famine China's rural production-United The Eust Indonesian Govern- the heaviest snowfall in Britain fugees for productive agricultural is merely a fabricatim of Hong Preas.
The latest Inform ment, itself opposing complete in- in 31 years. The root of a garage work for their own relief. Smail Kong "propagandists." Federal Re in Sevenoaks collapsed under the quantities of Government grain corporation in the
of the snow. Total are reported by the Peking Radio Peking contained an encouraging pubile and garrisoning by Federal weight
£20, to have been granted to seriously-sign that the Chinese Communists damage was estimated at troops, resigned yesterday.
000. Nearly 4,000 telephones needy areas as a sort of "first- may ultimately be prevalled to change their attitute towards in- were cut. Trains South and aid" reller on several occasions. East of London were held Up The
Government ternational relief. The Communist
tion said that the Peking Gov- from two to three hours. -
recently launched a programme Many businessmen remained in for the redistribution or food beernment have invited representa-
Suya, Fiji, 20. town'
being un rather than risk
tween areas of surplus or sum-tives of Protestant churches in
Conference д famine
The South Pacific Shanghat to home, and caught on the way
meeting on April 24 in Peking. today began serious discussion of has brought, according hotel rooms were at a premium.ciency and areas of want. -United Press.
official Communist report, about The proceedings at the meeting, its first great problem-mosquito
which foreign missionaries control, 1,000,000 tons of food from Man- presumably would be excluded Many of the 60 delegates, re- churia into China Proper. Man will be watched with interest by presenting 3,000,000 island people churia was also hit by floods and
in the South Pacific, had the outside world. droughts, but due to its relative causes of the famine-are astonished to find Fiji completely ly s Smi Washington, April 20.
population
Fiji delegates are to explain The Argentine President, Juan situation there was much better floods, drought, pests, storms and free from malaria.
heavy snow, which hit practically to them the control mothods Peron, today invited President than in China Proper.
parts of the country during The Communists also ordered! Hurry Truman to visit Argentina whenever it le convenient, a general 25 per cent cut in land the course of last year. Premier Used.
Chou said in
Language difficulties his public state- casc the The invitation was extended to taxes and levies to
discussion. Whispered trans- Mr. Truman by the Argentina farmers' plight. In South China, ment on December 19, 1949, that Ironed out as they arose in the Treasury Minister, Mr. Ramon A. the authorities have even ordered the total area of cultivated land lations nero given by interpre-
affected was more the
than 10,000,000
the Dutch and ters behind call at the that taxes and levies Cereijo,
during t
to scres, reducing production famine districts be refunded
French delegations as speeches - White House.
than 7,000,000 were made, Mr. Cereijo told reporters Mr. the farmers. These orders, ac food by more
tons-representing between one- When French or Malay-speak- that he would cording to private Information 'Truman replied
total of one-fourth third and
ing delegates were on their feet are rarely annual production-for a like to visit Argentina but could reaching Hong Kong,
coun their statements were translated make no cummilments at present. carried out by the lower adminis-
try, which normally has to import sentence by sentence into Associated Press.
trative levels.
1,000,000 tons of food annually English-Reuter, to feed its over-flowing popula- lion.
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BRITISH NEWSMAN EXPELLED
London, April 26.
Vincent Bulst, Reuter's corres-
Yangtao River in 1981, as the pandent expelled from Warmw, chler cause of the famine. Un-arrived in London by air today. Usunfly heavy snowfall
followed
spring
which..
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Your'
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The Poles alleged that his re-
last porting was nog objective.
He was the last representative seriously aggravated the famine of the British Press In Poland.
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