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LAST BLOCKADE BASE EVACUATED Reds build defence
ANOTHER EMPIRE MEETING
Sydney, May 18. The next seven-nation Com- monwealth conference to work out an aid programme for South and South East Asio will be held in London, it was learned today.
Nationalists have 600,000 men for coming Taiwan defence battle
Taipeh, May 18.
Reports indicated today that all Chinese Nationalist military forces were being pulled
back for a do or die defence of Taiwan where 600,000 men are concentrated.
An official source in Taipei | disclosed today the evacuation of quemoy Island, off Amoy. The island was the last Na- tionalist blockade base off the coast of China.
Others, in- Chusans, were No date has been set for thecluding the conference
but it was reported Elven up carlier.
Red General Lin Plao's lowing the evacuation yesterday crack iron and Steel Corpa," of the Chusan islands. which te marched with the Meanwhile, Nationalist troops victorious Communiat armies all
Taiwan after the arriving in the way from Manchuria to the bloodless withdrawal from the South China coast, was report. Chusana are being received as ad, to
East from heroes, reports Associated Press, be moving Canton to Join the forcea President and Madame Chiang M massed on the Fukien InvaKai-shek have jointly contribut
ed seven Taiwan dollars to each slon coast.”
soldier-about HK$4.
that Colombo would ba an- More than 30,000 troops under nounced as the headquarters for General Hu Lien were being Reports from Canton said the the secrétariat to handle the pro-withdrawn from Quemor along Reds had ordered 1,000,000 army blem of Immediate help Bnanced with fall equipment, the Inform-style raincoats as well na 100,- by the seven partleipating coun- ant sald. The advance conting-000, pairs of rubber shoes and an trics.
ents were already arriving to unspecified quantity of rubber Informed sources said a per- Taiwan ports and the evacuation rafts and dinghies. manent organisation may not be was expected to be completed by established until the next confer- nightfall. ence.
An
Rousing welcome
works near NT
The Kwongtung People's Provincial Government is building military defence works in an area about 25 miles from the New Territories border, reported the Independent vernacular "Sing Tao Jih Poo" yesterday in a message from Canton.
The report said that some 300 labourers, import- ed from other provinces, are employed on the defence construction. It added that rador stations are being erected and military warehouses built-in hilly regions- near Cheungmuktau.
The area was said to be about three miles North of Choungmuktau, the railway town midway between the British frontier and the East River town of Shok- lung.
The report said that the defence works are being constructed on orders direct from the People's Cen- tral Government at Peking. They are part of an overall defence works programme for the entire South' China coast.
Bands blared gay music as they disembarked and banners with laudatory inscriptions were waved in welcome.
The troops were given, bananas, cakes and sand- watermelons. wiches and these were consumed with obvious relish.
Ав they
disembarked, thu troops shouted "Long Live Pre- sident Chiang,"
Live "Long Madame Chiang," and "Long Live the Republic of China. They also sang a song entitled "Safe- guard Taiwan." Madame Chinng. According to official figures,****** 150,000 troops ara involved: 0 "Welcome. We realise how dif- A speech to the troops, sald: The Americans on Taiwan in- contributions add up to a hand-ficult your task has been. This clude 10 government employees soma amount.
is our last bastion against the ard about 150 airline cinployees. Madame Chiang Kai-shek and
Communists and we hope you'l North West Airlines said it had the wives of many other lop offered the legation a four-en- Nationalist leaders were on hand fight bravely in its defence." zined transport for use In an this morning to welcome trans- Reports Indicated the Nationa-emergency shuttle service to ports arriving at the North Coast
Okinawa if the need arises. port of Keelung near Talpeh,
Talwan and the tiny Pescadores One transport alone-the 4,000- Islands nearby are the only ter- ton steamer Tien Hsing had grenades and other apparatus of For the first time in months the local marker show-` rllory known to remain to the 7,000 aboard, 1,000 of them war.United Press and Assecinted dwindling Nationalist China fol- omfleers.
expert committee mean- Withdrawal while will work on detalled plans for a compromise aid programme for the underdeveloped nations of Asla and they are expected test garrisons on the tiny Fezea announce their recommendations dores may be withdrawn as Gen- shartly. On receipt of the recom- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek con- mendations the delegates are ex- centrales his military strength for pected to snuke publie the out the promised Communist offen- Fines of both the long and short elve. range programmes.
The plenary sessions of the con- ference recessed yesterday in an atmosphere of Jubilation and the heads of the British, Australian. Indian and Cevloneso delegations Issued statements expressing their confidence in the aims of the con- ference.--United Press.
REQUEST TO OUTLAW UK REDS
London, May 18.
A Conservative member of Parliament asked the government today to outlaw the Communist party
Peder*** "amung "the"; powera le unattainable unless as a first step His Majesty's government, takes Immediate action lo do so, Sir Waldron Smithers said in a motion submitted for debate in the House of Commons, Associated Press.
The 'Informed source sald Chantu island, on the Yangish Estuary about 90 miles North of the Cbusan group,
where the
langsu provincial government) | had been holding out, was also evacuated after all officials and most of the civilians were with- druwt,
Meanwhile, reports from vari- ous areas said that crack Com- munist troops reported to includo 20,000 Japanese, are moving to the South East Chinese coast to join the forces already massed there for - the expected attack, an Taiwan
Observers here believe the amphibious attack will be launch- od before July escape the typhoons which lash the China coast during the late summer, ..
Exodus of generals, Govt officials starts from Taiwan
An exodus of people, including high ranking gon- crals and government officials, from Taiwan has already begun as the Chinese Commun- ist forces are making their last preparations for the launching of an all-out offensive against the last stranghold of the Chinese Nationalists, the "China Mail” learned yes. terday.
In the meantime, Nationalist withdrawal from the Ladrone Islands has been under way since a week ago when the bulk of the garrison forces there began to evacuate.
According to latest arrivals night by armed Nationalist from Keelung by way of marines of the Ladrones, arc Macao and the Ladrones, sev-| several Nationalist army generals eral ocean-going ships arrived and members of the Legislativa in the Ladrons islands three Yuan in Taipeh. days ago
to effect the last About stage of evacuation.
20 Nationalist naval vasseli
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The troops looked pretty tough. They brought their full equip. ment and the holds of their ships wero crammed with mortars,
Press.
Birdman glides 6,000 feet
Les Valentin, former Franéh paratrooper, turns over onto his back as with outspread can. vas wings he begins hie 8,000 feet glide over Mexux airport, 20 milds from Parle. The ribbon below. ls the river, Marno. He left the seroplane which carried him.aloft at 7,500 feet, and pulled open his parachute at below 1,500. Landing with shouldera wrenched and blood-covered face he was happy in the thought that ho had managed to change, direction twice during his decent. He Intends to practice until he has perfected both wings and technique. His goggles were broken' during the fight #nd they cut his cheskim(A. P. Photo).
Faith-healing of Catholic nun in Bombay reported
Bombay, May 18.
The Prosper, commended by Captain T. Ideal, left Kes. tung for Mace on May 6. She year-old was Intercepted by a Nation cripple for 12 years-is today but the flag ship, the Taialist warship in International the talk of this town...
were still around the islands,
Chong, and several others left
the lalands on May 16, the in- formants sold.
Other sources
Beatricer more than 12 years ago
The faith-healing of a 39-slipped and fell on a tennis court.
Catholic nun→ She
but. made.no complaint bul months later an anguishing pain In the region of her back con- fined her to bed. It was then dis- 9. Told
covered that she bad, covere
injured her
· proceed to Lap Gap Mal, the here by plane from Karachi can removed to St. George's
spinal cord. She was subsequently Norwegian ship was detained this month and Bombay's Catho
Hospital there 'for, five days.
lies turned out to receive it. A where she spent 10 years,
waters off the Ladrones on May
The statue of the Catholle saint, by the Nationalists to Our Lady of Fatima, was brought
about 40,000 Communist troops he was later allowed to all mammoth procession lined the best of British and Indian sur- and more than 100
Norwegian freighter
Market comes to life as
Shanghai trade may start
ed signs of returning life yesterday.. Merchants. started to re-check their stocks and make purchases to cover possible shortages, in preparation for the re-opening of trade with Shanghal;
Once again goods changed hands at rising instead of fall- ing prices, with holders show! ing reluctance to sell and ask- ing for higher prices. A week
Amendment
ago they would have jumped to Anti-Red
at the first chance to off-load. The reason that gave rise to this change is the turn in the overall China war situation, with
reports of the National Chuon Sands a devolophilewich commercial circles Mterpret de the prelude LO`s Blackoning of the blockade.
Bill quashed
Canberra, May 18.
Tel. 21422
Allied
protests expected
Washington, May 18.
The United States, Britain and France may send separate protests to Moscow soon de- move In nouncing Russia's
arming an East German pollte force.......
..
Diplomatic officials sald today the way was cleared for such protesta over the week-end by the Big Three Foreign Ministera meeting in London,
The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean learned. urged Acheson, it was unsuccessfully a joint American- British-French protest, to call world attention to what ho be- lleves is creation of an "illegal" Russian puppet army in Eastcam Germany.
The British Foreign Minister Mr Ernest Bevin, and the French Mr. Robert Foreign Minister Schuman, objected to taking joint. action, saying it might create lear: in Western Germany and arouse a demand for (0) security guar- antees which the. West is unpre- pared to give, and (b) equal armaments for the smaller West German pollte fören.
Oficials said it was decided after much discussion to refer the matter to Who Western ̈am- bassadors, in Moscow, with the, understanding" they can issue separate but parallel notes to tha Russlan Foreign Office within the next few works
Reliable information indicates the Russians are equipping about 40,000 East Germans with tanks, arinoured equipment and other weapons associated with an army (rather than police.
Stato Department experts (car this may be an effort to crenta the nucleus of a full-fledged, Rus-
[slan-hacked Army. Mr. Kuri Schumacher, West German So- cialist leader who is well inform ed on conditions in East Germany, Kuldkalavij reprochina-Berlin - omani
The Aisuallar, House of Mondays the Boyle JONES AL Representatives todas detestid, build, an army of 160,000 62,100 141 by 04 to 37 votes a Labour 1000 men in their decupation zono. opposition amendment, to its
State Department officials also have heard this report. În addi-
that Russia may institute con- scription, in an effort to get thei needed manpower for a force of this size-Associated Press.
'Another factor which has anti-Communist bill. brought about this change from But it approved a government, tion, they have picked up rumours utter pessimism 10.
lo sudden optl-modification of the disputed clause mism in the market is the action on the enus of proving allegations taken by the Royal Navy of Communism. rescuing the plockade runner ..
The Labour amendment, moved Ethel Moiler. Commercial circles belleve that with the change in by Deputy opposition leader Dr. the China situation the Navy Herbert Evall, resought to place will henceforth give protection.
the onus of proof on the Crown. British shipping in the blockade Dr. Evalt objected that as the bill stood making a defendant responsible for proving innocence
bodies accused of sedition would Shreveport, Loulalaba, May 18.
AB-28-borbber carrying 18- have no chance of satisfying the court that they were innocent persona crkalied. In the
Azores
zone.
B-29 CRASHES, KILLING 16
Gloom removed Enterprising merchants, believ ing this to be the turning point, aro starting to lay in, before the
But the House approved by with no survivors, Barksdale Air expected big rush what they con-e0 votes to 38 an amendment Force base announced today. No sider to be priority merchandise moved by the Prime Minister, high-ranking officers were aboardi for the Northern market.
Mr. Robert Menzies, to delete The bomber was en route to The movement, thaugh mo›
from the clause
routine training the word derats, sving the effect of "satisfy" which ho said had led mission: Suchen it crashed; last removing the gloom that had to criticism and some misappre-night while
at the
hitherto pervades the market. An attitude of caution was however. cleatly noticeable,
hension
Air Farsatganding 80115
The plane left here with i The clause had provided that was.no rush to
buy. The if the applicant satisfied the High Crew and five passengers, pro- body to bably military personnel. Fro- experience Immediately following Court that it was not Britain's recognition of the now which this section applied the aumably all 19 were aboard when Peking Government is still fresh Court would set aside 11s declara- the plane crashed Aeroclated in the minds of most-merchants: Hon-Heuter.
* Ample stocks
There have been nd reports of sizcablo, orders placed abroad. Local, stocks are belleved to be quite ample to take care of any foreseeable requirements from the North for the next few months, should the blockade re- aily be lifted or plackened. Ther is therefore plenty of time to order from abroad if necessary.
In any case local stocks are. still cheaper than
replacemnant costs in most cases
The new develoóment has in- jected anew atmosphere
here of. gen- lbranches. of
near end cral optimism
Tokyo, May 18.. the import trade the Colony,
general cellation of contrácia has subsid-
market, the number of contracte
of May 16: Bad About 20
boarded the Norwegian ahlp and eyes on the statue in the faith Preas pending an officiat inquiry. took away at the point of guns that she would be cured once she : The Church authorities All the wo passengers to board saw the statue. On the morning called for: DIF hospital records
massed in the Pearl Rye for Hong Kong where the agent,atrects is the statue was taken geons here being unable to effect The end of the ill-fated and then dadue for can
the Tung An Shipping Company, to Brabourne Stadium where a rem back to the convent.
remedy. Two ye "They are expected to occupy, the “is' to`‘arranzo entry permit for was un exposition throughout the taken back years ago she was Norwegian., freighter Talisman Fed. From enquiries, made in the
was drawing closer today - as Ladrone Islands zoonpotest, the ss, Prosper to enter blackó, pa night. Solemn Masses were celo- The Roman Catholic authorities Ita: smoking hull listod 40 de cancelled by mutual consent be
Meanwhile, it is learned that ⠀⠀; While en route to Hong Kong brated, and, Catholica and non- here are
adopting cautious at- Among the BB passengers on board from Lap Sap Mel, the Prosper Catholics paid homage and prayed titude regarding this faith-care and was expected to tween Import time and cus- the Norwegian ship Prosper who was amin intercepted by another fervently for favours.
The ship was reported to be bay, the Right: Reverend. were taken away on Wednesday Nationalist warship on the night Meanwhile. Sister Beatrice, the The Bishop-Auxiliary of Born-capsize any minute.
cripple waited, as she had walled Valerian Gracias, has forbidden gushing black clouds of smoke as itay half submerged in Shimizu
where I bad
towed day, by the navy tanker:
THE WEATHER
At 0800 GMT (wm HRBT) the
trough of low penetre penale align trons Uve depression? pure; the cult
armed. -marines for 12 agonising yours, to set Sister:
Beatrice from meet the latter a are aboard
have
the warship. The marines fald of Wednesday, May 3, Bister relating to the ones crippled run. the passengers that they would Beatrice was brought to the The Sister will be examined. Both East offer them better protection as grounds in a car and wheeled to a board of doctors after which
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