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CHINA MAIL
No. 34651.
ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950.
NORTH KOREANS START NEW DRIVE
Wild scramble for DOWN VITAL CORRIDOR
U.S. dollars, gold
Thore was a wild scramble for U.S. dollars and Industrial gold yesterday, sending prices up in one of the most spectacular climbs since the end of the war.
Both had been on the up-grade for the past few days, reflecting the tension in local financial circles as a result of the war situation.
U.S. dollars, after a quiet opening at HK$6.241⁄4, jumped immediately alter the lunch interval to HK$6.37. It gained another point before the market closed.
Sales for TT, which opened at HK$6.311⁄41⁄2, closed at $6.42 111⁄2-point spurt.
Industrial gold opened at HK$314 a taol, and in an almost one-way, пrovement reached $325.50 in the afternoon. It closed at $324,
Inefficiency and sabotage wreck China's recovery
Inefficient management, stupidity and corruption
have joined forces with enemy sabotage in wrecking many of the now industrial develop- ment programmos launched by China's Com- munist regime, according to newspaper re- ports reaching hero, says United Press. Reports from Soviet Russia of builders putting
windows in the wrong places and installing showers without drains are being paralleled in Communist China, though in different forms.
thousands of
01.
MacArthur visits front,
confers with commanders SUCCESSES IN THE AIR
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Tokyo, July 27.
Korean Communists started a new drive down the vital Allied supply corridor East of Yongdong today and ran into a curtain of fire from United States artillery and aircraft.
General Douglas MacArthur was at the front as the Korean war's big-
gest battle appeared to be developing.
Three North Korean columns, backed by a Red manpower reservoir of two divisions, pushed toward the now defence positions taken by the United States First Cavalry Division. The First Cavalry was forced to pull out two days ago from Yongdong, a key point on the main highway and rail lines running to the front from the main United Nations supply port of Pusan, 95 air miles South East.
hurled American artillery murderous fire at the advane- ing Reds, and United States Shooting Star jets and Mus-- tang fighters raked the columns with rockets ard machine-guns.
was the deepsal Eastward pene. tration of the Red scythe awson, down the Yellow Bea coast and Across Bouth Western Korea,
At the other acute Red pres- sure point-near Hamchang, 35
He gave
no estimate of what he thought the North Koreans had originally in the way of aircraft, and did not give the total number of American" plones lost for ob- vious reasons.
miles North and East of Yonge Enemy losses
the
case of
saved.
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BRITAIN WILL SEND BRIGADE
TO S.
S. KOREA
Melbourne, July 27.
A British Commonwealth division, compris- ing one brigade ca ch from Britain, Aus- tralia and, New Zealand, ∙ is expected to be the outcome of this week's decisions by the three count ries to send token help- to Korea, it was a uthoritatively learned here today.
(The average size of a three-battalion British in- fantry brigade in the last war was about 3,000 men).
Recruiting for the Australian force starts today,
the Army Minister, Mr. Josiah Francis, an-, nounced here. A rush of application is ox- pected.
Since the start of the Korean Parliament
would have to be
war there has been a sharp recalled it such an action were rise In enlistments for the Re- | taken.
Three Canadian destroyers and gular Army, more than 40 per six transport planes are now on
their way to Koren.
London, July 20, The Prime Minister, Mr. Cle-cent of them from men cager ment Attlee, declared tonight to go there.
Mr. Trygve Lie, the Secretary- that the best way to preserve
Six pificera and 250 other ranks General, told Reuter at Lake the peace of the world was to custed for New Zealand's force Success that he was very satia- take definite action against ag- within a few hours of the aned with the response of Britain,
nouncement. One man said that Australia and New Zealand. gression and by showing that he would rather night the Com-
This proves that meinbers of aggression has not succeeded. munists in Korea than battle with the United Nations who are in a
them
In Auckland.
It was said that the Australian position to give effective assist- force would be recruited mainly once in Korca are doing so. from trained velerans of the expect more replies In the same 1939-1945 war plus a percentage direction she
shortly of troops already in the perman- though the United Nations stood Mr. Lle also declared that al- ent Arriv
for the preservation of peace by
Australian
troops would
Addressing a meeting jof the Defence Supply Planning Com mittes in Melbourne today, the Supply Minister, Me., Howard
Beate, said that Australia mizut- -prepare quickly for total ‚ward)
No time for delay
He was speaking at the end of the first day of a two-day House of Commons debate on defence.
"Where we have had the chai- lenge of aggression the challenge has been taken up," the Prime Minister declared,
Explaining why Britain, could' not be fully equipped for an mainly infantry. It was believed. conciliation if possible, it will do However, he said that in air emergency. Mr. Attlee sold that Members of the British Com-to by force if necessary.
"If the United Nations succeeds maintain a monwealth Occupation Force in to air combats, UN pliets had Britain has had to
which comprises only in these efforts there will be no knocked down 42 North Korean carciul balance between hier de-Japan,
and her economic planes while only one Ameri-fences
re- Australian troops, would be al-third world war," he said.
lowed to volunteer for the Korean can plane was downed, in the covers.
Told in advance the single American
After declaring that Britain's force.
Mr. Rosa Acheson, the 'U 8. downed plane, the pilot Was plans were based on building up
of State, said In Becretary collective security forces Mr.
Washington today that he was. Attice sald: "I think the Western
told in advance of Britain's ‚de. On the ground and in the air Union is moving better now."
élefon: to sand, ground troops to -"But, 1. sliould be the last-to a total of 80 North Korean planes
Keres had been destroyed. The Amer-think that we have not been- dli-
Although at his Press confer- ente he said he would withhold cans lost the B-29 in the air. appointed at the slow progress
comméht until the bmelal London The spokesman said it was down made. Everyone must realise that ed by....... anti-aircraft fire, The Britain could not stand alone in
announcement is made, he show- Americans also lost one -26, this matter," he added,
was forced which
down in Mr. Attier, who was replying: "Events around as indicate there ed obvious pleasure.
In Paris, French Forelim to points raised in the debate, saldis no time for delay," he declar- friendly territory.
Ofcc spokesinan sold that' that rather more than half tho ca
"The Committee's job was to France's attitude remained The spokesman pointed out extra £100,000,000 to be spent
tion of key industries, he added.
changed.
The Melbourne "Herald" wrote today: "Australia is acting I harmony with Britain und New Zealand, and in recognition of the great possibility that the Korean Indo-China, he stated, war may only be the prelude to Lieutenant-General SF. Rowell,
the Chief of the Australian Gen a wider confilet."
Canado, meanwhile, has con-eral Staff, sold in Melbourne to- ferred with Washington on the night that no difficulty was ex- question
Caria-llan Bending
pested in equipping; the Austro-u, troops to Korea, Tround
It fan force to fight in Korea. understood in Ottawa.?
Reuter. Following the announcements that Britain, Australia and New. Zealand will send land....... forces, Canada was considering revergla
General MacArthur, fn a sur-dong-South Korean forces were prise visit from Tokyo to the reported to be pushing the Com- United States Eighth Army Head-munists back North of the town. quarters, warned that the war They olso got close air support, would be a long struggle, but reclared. "I was never more con-
The Yongdong, Hndong and vic- Hamchang actions were first re- fident of victory-ultimate tury -in my life than I am right ported in fleld dispatches, Mas- now,"
Arthur's Headquartors summary apparently The United Nations command-early this afternoon Communist newspaper re- returned to the factory for re-er said he was "completely con- was behind the front reporta ports complained that tons of processing because it did not frmed" in his last week's pro-
This communique said there valuable raw materials were conform to the required standard.
nouncement that the North Ko-
on the lost because they were negli-
reans had lost their chances of had been little change 5. Steel plates. produced by the
from around 100-mile front victory. gently left in the open to rot. Anshan, Steel Works in Man- Hundreds
That we will, have new heart-Yongdong to the East coast near of churla. were found to be neither aches and new setbacks I Inner Yongdok in the past 24 hours. It dollars worth of machinery at nor of equal thickness, en- ent in the situation," he said, reported; production were Junked betaling event losses for the Works. but I nvas never more confident
withdrawals by Slight cause careless workers had in-
victory-ultimate victory-In serted some serows or bolts in
The North West. China my Me than I
First Cavalry to effect a better I am right now." Highway Bureau devoted four!
of Yongdong, the wrong places.
With the battle setting the cen- alignment East months and expended JMP$30,- trai front aflame again, General frontal and flanking pressure' by Entire production programmet 600,000 in building railless troms, MacArthur made his necond by the Reds in the Hamchang sector, these small American losses do on defence would go to the Al plan for the immediate mobilien- were abandoned due to the mis- | hut later found they had no uso ing visit of the war to Koren. As 115rward movements by small Red not include a number of Amari- Force. calculations of Inexperienced man- for the vehicles. "This is what on the first-June 20-he was agements, Machinery in some we mean by blind production and accompanied by key Staff officers. factories was so ruined by wor- the substitution of technical plan- He conferred with General Wal- kera racing to win production ning by day-dreaming,” the ton H. Walker, commander of the competitions or to meet produc- "People's" Daily" commented.
U.S. Eighth Army, and other top Lion norms. Dat the factories had
men
action directing the
ta to suspend operations (for weeks
Korea. 11e returned to Tokyo in in effect repairs.
Some factories failed to utilise Expicions, accidente-and
the evening.
pt for the fresit eruption. Except their production capacity to the destruction of machinery through on the central front, North Ko full. Others are producing blind-negligence and carelessnese hap-reati pushes were slą od or ly, with no relation between In-nen frequently in mines and the-blunted along the 200-mile front. take and outprt.
United More than 6.800 such This area protects the The People's Dally" in Peking cases were registered during the Nations beachhead that has been -China's "Pravda" - attributed course of fine year in Manchuria. whittled down to a perimeter of the "many grave and wasteful North Chinn.
and 70 to 95 miles outward from Pu- Fast China phenomena" in industrial materi- Central South China. The most san on the peninsuld's South al. mannower and production colous acclient took place in Eastern tip.
Inefficient and Inexperl- the Yi Lah Coal Mine in Hono enced management and the "cur-
February
7, resulting in runtion. degeneration and ex- loss of properly and machinery travagance of certain civil seruivalent in value to 700 tons of vants and economic workers, who wheat and taking a toll of 174 klit have falled to cultivate "a love ed and 26 Injured. for State property."
hours to
The "Dail" listed some of the
tories.
On
Mine disaster
8. Most of the machine-tooly
more serious "wasteful pheno-produced by the Kwang Ho Mo- 'mena" as follows.
Power shortage
1. Power plants in North China are utilising only 28.4 per cent of their generating capacity, result.
hine Works in Port Arthur and Uniren in November and Decem- ber. 1049, were either junked or returned to the factorier for re- tooling because of faulty manu- facture.
fun in a shortage of power supply 4. Programmes for production to the factories.
of rix-inch tin cans by a factory
Hadong re-taken
American troops,
alded
the close support hammaring
units in the South West with one reaching 10 miles South East of Sunchon and another 15 miles West of Hamyang.
Strategic flight
can losses on the ground or operational lossen.
Pointing to a slight example of what the air force is doing, he noted
fuel supply of the
the North Koreans is being destroy. ed. He pointed out the air strike on Kwanglu, in the South West
· General--MacArthur's - spokes- | corner-of-Korea-where-the Reds. man, meanwhile, sald UN land had been driving almost unop- based
based posed, and said the advance con- and carrier
and fighters today Riderably lessened when 10,000 bombers were
carrying out the Aith gallons of fuck were blasted, strategio flight
of "Inter day programme" designed
diction
battle Communit
cates the Reds
Of the rest the Army would get a rather larger share than the Navy. Anti-aircraft units were being built up-Reuter.
Reds try to invade Taitan I.
Taipeh, July 27.
of
at this stage.
The spokesman said F-80's are to Isolate the North Korean alding the ground troops which
-A Chinese Red attempt to us-her stant, against sending troops have been attacking the Reds' flold from the main
sault a small Nationalist held
Key Cabinet Ministers were of up. spearhead at Hadong. He said he sources plies, according to United Press had little additional information on island outpost between Kinmen expected to confer today.
Informed quarters expected night air attacks against the Com and Amoy was beaten olf by The spokesman announced for munists but pointed out they were combined naval and ground Canada to see the situation in a new light now that three Com- the first time B-29's were operat-initiated because less and less Red force action early today. bying from Japanese airfields.
movement in the daytime Ind!- The office of the government monwealth countries, plus Tur He said good weather follow-move at night to escape punish- nese
were trying to apokesman revealed that a Chi-key and Thailand, have declded
Communist force, under to send troops.. covery of heavy artillery fire, sought to get n toehold. on Taitan Island, two miles off the South Eastern tip of Amoy about three miles from Kiamen the neares
at The spokesman revealed that point.
announcement zald the yesterday
The three groups of Far Communists opened up artillery seven marshalling yards. He list-East Air Force bombers carried
fire at 11.p.m..yesterday and con-
of fighter planee, were reported
to have recaptured Hadong, 70ing a typhoon, which cleared thement from the air. miles West of Pusan. Hadeng ukios enabled American and
Typhoon not to affect HK
lowerca
Australian planes to hit 60 in dividual targets during the firs four days of the big alr drive, Hr fuld these include. 22, railroad bridges, 31 highway bridges
Bridges hit
ed inany bridges as unusable, out successful attacks in a ptinued nearly three and a half saying this means one or more gramme to halt the moveinon hours, breaking off at 2.40 a.m. spans were destroyed."
of eupplies by the Communists to Red batterlos af Falshill, South- their front line troops. One group
tura
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2. A check at the end of last Mukden for the Brut quarter year showed a loss of $27,400.-of the year went completely on
on, Woo The all-out ak effort to choke it bridges, in the Seoul area, one, in tip of Amøy, and 000.000 (Manchurian currency) of the rocks, because of irrespon
off supplies from tho North raw materials, labour and pro-sible management and lax labour
Korean forces at the front. finds hit bridges. farther, North white Island off Amoy Bay sent over heavy barrages at intervals of 30 com-mliutes. ductior. In the 21 State-owned discipline." factories in Täitsibor, Manchuria,
munications targets. Hong Kong relaxed a little planes hitting three main rail-another concentrated on. 10. A loss of 12 days produe-
During the shelling, the spokes- due to mismanagement.
tion and 1.500 tons of steel rail when No. 1 Typhoon Siguit was roads running into Seoul,
man sald, a fleet of Red Junks Just
"American before noon, major railroads running out and
and Australian plangs 3. Many bicycles, produced by { was recorded in the Talyuan faetorics throughout Cliina, were | Steel Works in Shansi because yesterday after reports reached four major highways leading Into destroyed 13 Communist tanks tried to put troops ashore...
The Nationalist simbools Helen- and damaged * 14 others, thening and Yungteng moved in. Junked because of faulty manu- the workers had ruined the mathe Colony that the tropical do- the battle area.
The spokesman said 800 tona spokesman aald. He sold carrier carried out intense shelling, and chinery and bad discarded quality pression, centred about 100 miles 4. Six thousand tons of cement, for quantity in their race to win South South West of Hong Kong of bomb were dropped during planes actually blew up a town Taltan's ground forces, Alghting
was stationary and filling up." produced by a State-owned faca production competition.
Except for the expected showers the first four days by B-29's and what an annunition dump at the water's edge, drove off the
ut Hwachon-ni, which is Just tory in Tainan, Shantung, were
B-20's, which are continuing the above the 88th Parallel and 50 morning and fresh Easteri interdiction programme, The winds, the Colony has säili
miles due West Inland from Yang to feel the first whipping of a
yang. Navy planes Include Cor
· thin ·
sairs and Hellcats. A Royal Observatory stalement Raid that there is little further
facture...
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The weather
Stenullying,
| Today's - Forecast!--Fresh = aqually | E winde, Continalne sloudy and until
-with- Intormilient - rain. - father, sool
^^Yesterday's, Weather ado, H. Maxļmum: 88.6 deg. Pahuljahr k Minimum 70.0 den. Take the Sup Aurishindi.0.2/hour,”.
RAF RAID ON
JUNGLE AREAS
wach
today,
Singapore, July - 27.
storm
year.***
No opposition
were
!
invaders...
So far, there has been no at- tempt to hit Kinmen itself with an attacking force, - United Prets.
United Press adds that Gon. oral MacArthur obviously came: to Korea for à fent hand took. at the Allied "position" in Koron and a personal appraisal of new!! Ways to stop the advancing Reds and mount a counter Page 2 offensiva deligned, to throw the Invaders "out of the Southern Page 3 maande Prépúbila. His trip probably will;
result in another personal-re- Pageidauja, da port to. President: Truman and | "Barclay on
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