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Red "Wasp's Nest" No Valet For Chinese Reds On
In Malaya
To Be Burned Out
Singapore, Feb. 18.
The British authorities will put the torch to an entire village in Southern Selangor State in Malaya in order to wipe out what they say is a "wasp's nest" of Communist terrorists. The move is part of Britain's determined campaign to wipe 'out Red terrorism in Malaya by the end of this year.
Already all the. 1,500 in- but an RAF statement said that have neither the Army nor the RAF'
habitants of
Jenderam
been moved out of the village , and placed in a detention camp ni Klunng, in Johore State,
just north of Singapore,
and
A force of 1,000 troops three companies of police made n lightning rald on the village lust Thursday. It was the of its kind biggest operation since a state of emergency was proclaimed in Malaya on June 1948, to combat Red ter- rorism.
The
authorities moved, out all cattle and personal proper- ties of Malaya, Indonesians and Chinese in the village. These were sold at public auction and the money turned over to the
owners.
It was not disclosed just how the village would be burned. At first the Royal Air Force was reported assigned the task,
Transport
Plane Crashes
nd been advised of a role in the village's eventual destruc- tion.
had
Most of the village's, in- habitants were rubber tappers and rice planters. They large quantities of rubber and rice on hand when they were surprised in a dawn raid. All with the complied docitely order to pack a' single bag and get on board trucks for trans- portation to the railway station and depart for Kluang.
Authorities said the village was "an important supply link and shelter for bandits, and a centre for distribution, of Malaya Red propagande. The Federal government of Malaya charged Malaya's Red terrorists operating on the bor- torrowast
that
ders
and Negrl of Selangor Scmbllon states Came from Jenderum. More than 50 acts of terrorism have occurred in the Jenderam are in recent weeks, including the murder of a Malayn schoolmaster.
RELUCTANT TO TALK The move against Jenderam Was soon as part of Britain's increased offorts to wipe out breeding places, for the Red terrorism that has plagued the Federation of Malaya since it came into being with its own constitution
February 1.
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Stockholm, Feb. 15, A Royal Air Force transport carrying 22 persons crashed outside Stockholm today, kill ing one man and Injuring others,
The crashed plane, u Vickers Valetta transport, was one two which left the Uppsala Air Force base' early today to turn to England with six officers 28 cadets who spent six days in Sweden.
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Fusilier Hoskins from Weymouth, Dorset, radioman with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers now fighting with the UN forces in Koren, is loaded down with personal gear and equipment as he advances with his patrol up a ridge during recent fighting. AP Picture.
Rearming Japan Not On The
Was Agenda
Canberra, Feb. 18.
The Run
UN TROOPS
SEVEN-MILE ADVANCE
IN
Eighth Army HQ., Feb. 19.
American and British troops advancing as much as seven miles behind the withdrawing Com- munist Chinese forces reached the hills overlook- ing the Han River and virtually wiped out the Red pocket southeast of Seoul on Sunday.
At the same time, Turkish patrols swept the entire Kimpo peninsula ranging as far north as 15 miles below the 38th parallel on the west coast without locating any Red troops.
South Korean forces on the cast coast pulled back to the Kangnung area, 20 miles south of the 38th parallel which they reached last week. They were not forced to withdraw, but pulled back As part of a line-straightening action forced by the Communist central front drive.
American and South Korean Field dispatches sald Chinese troops broke up a weak North abandonment of their most for- Korcan attack seven to nine ward posts east of Seoul indi- miles north of Chechen and cated deep withdrawal Di have stopped the Chinese troops from the West-
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Vietnamese Cabinet
The First Names
Paris, Feb. 18. Agence France Presse re- ported from Saigon that the new Vietnamese Cabinet will include the following:
Premier, Foreign Dilaister
knowing
and Glencoe
Van Hov.
heavily tonight In
All over Northern Scot- fand the blizzard cut off towns
vutages and
broko telephone comunti-
and
nications. More snow WIS forecast for tomorrow.
Roads were flooded
several parts of the country, places pureo, feet
En
some
deep.
The River Avon 'War- wickshire overflowed ita banks for the fourth time this winter-Router.
British Ex-POW's Agitate
Home Minister: Tran
Civil Service; Duong Tan Tul. National Defence: Nauyan
Hau Tal
Public Security: Nguyen Va
Tam.
Finance: Nguyen Trung Vịnh. National Economy: Tran Van Kha,
Soclat Acon: Hoang Cung. Education: Dr Pham Hay Quat,
The Vietnam
Premier, Tran Van Hutt, announced today that he had resolved
the country's 90 days' old Cabinet crisis, in talks with the former Emperor, Bao Dal, head of the Vietnam State, and
that ho
would publish his programme In about a week.
Vietnamese sources here re- garded this as a signiscant step towards the transformation of Vietnam Into 11 democratie Lutate.
Manchester, Feb. 18.
FEDERAL ASSEMBLY Lieutenant General A. E.
Although the Prime Minister Percival, former General Officer Commanding in said that he would not give the narnes of his ministers-to num- Malaya, said here today that ber about 20-unill next Tues: belligerent nations must be day and gave no hint of wh made to pay compensation his programme would be, Viet- for the mis-treatment of nam sources believed that its political side would involve the prisoners of war, or the creation of a Federal Assembly. Geneva and The Hague
This, they said, would of treaties would be made "as much nonsense.”
and nominated because it was General Percival was speaking Impossible to hold free
elec at a meeting in support of ations while guerillas of the claim made against Japan by Vietnam Government Britain's Far Eastern prisoners within Vietnam State territory.
were:
of war.
He said that if Japan were not compelled to make repara tion, such outrages as the Burma.
horrors of the Far Eastern con- pulled niet might become a common- regroup, place of future warfare.
ROW
All
necessity be only provisional
#iso
a wooded slope on the outskirts Communist terrorists. In the while there were no decisions, j'phasis, the three representatives | north bank of the big bend of southeast of Wing planned with Japan until the case for Union forces against the Vieta:
ne
Chip Other.
the
American divisional
The surgeon in charge at the date have been placed at about not only to their general under. wine, they agreed that of Chipyong also entered Yang the North Korean Fifth Corps
or
St Goeran Hospital identified 200 killed and 300 wounded. the man as D. H. Davey, 20. He against 3,000 Communists killed, The of the wounded said the commander
captured. endet group, Squadron Leader authorities say from 3,000 to Thomas Nishith, 34, received 5.000 terrorists are still opera- slight Injuries. Associated |ting from their jungle hideouts.
-Associated Press,
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200,000
Communist bid for major ern end of the central front. break-through in the central
One drive.
week mountain
the DIO Chinese at the All
across the front, the Eighth teemed with Army spokesman reported that start of their unsuccessful The Reds either were withdraw drive to crash through Unlied ing or offering only light opposi Nations defences and split the tion. Sunday was the quietest Eighth Army. The Red offen- in more than a week with sive stalled after the Reds in only 806 enemy troops claimed ground action' alone lost 31,400 killed wounded. or wou
men dead, wounded or captured British
reached the in six bloody patrols
days of intense Han 11 miles east of Seoul and fighting..
There would be a Franco- a hill overlooking the Han,: 13
Vietnamese economic council, *10, ¡ 1048,
The Red casualty count from miles east of the capital, while Monday, through Saturday was The tusk has
made been
nominated, both probably dimcult
larger forces swept forward' the old given the
to be set up before the end of by
within four miles of the river an official estimate by the US Hallway death march and other this year.
1 by 3,000,000 or more Heds
Eighth Army. In a joint communique today, Mr John Foster against no opposition. people living on the fringe of
their right, American While the Chinese
The long Cabinet crisis badi Jungle areas, Despite big re- Dulles of the United States, Mr Percy Spender, troops drove to the ridges five back, apparently to
upset plans for speeding up the Members of Parliament
formation of Vietnamese fight- Red activities, the villagers have Australian External Affairs Minister, and Mr F. miles south of the river over their North Korean alles rushed
looking the Han valley without up reinforcements for a been reluctant to talk,
over Britain had received lettering units so that the main cu An oil leakage forced
W. Doidge, New Zealand External Affairs Minis opposition and sent patrols closer push agatart American and The British have a pilot
Korwas. Zorces on signed by electors, ex-prisoners whasis would still lie on the South of the plane to try to land
stabulary force of 100,000 and ter, said that no proposals of any character foto, the them
and depellents of those who military vide of the programme East central front. despite foul weather over about 40,000 Gurkhas and Malay
ENTER YANGFFONG
had died in captivity, General Beaten back in their first at Percival said.
This would include the rak Stockholm. He came in for
force and naval units rearm Japan were discussed or considered.” troops, alr
American tank-Infantry tempt to take Chechon in the landing too low and crashed on engaged in the war against the
The communique' said that and some differences of enforce entered Yangpyong on the central mountains
They demanded that Britain of three Vietnamese divi 31 miles
alous within the year to Gusty should not sign a peace treaty on the fight alongside French of Bromma,
Stockholm last two years more than 3,200
the North suburb.
civilians and police have been "the viewpoint of each govern- found themselves in agreement the Han River, 30 miles east of Koreans are
Was essential not to Seoul and eight miles west of buildup of forces on our front, ment
including · in the One of the men on board the balled by
has been expressed with that, it
reparations minh, these sources said. these terrorists. In
frank-leave a power vacuum in Japan
units an American
for. Ill-treater plane was severely injured and addition, the Reds have carried utmost cordiality and
to the
com-compensation south bank of ness, As a result the repre- which could be easily filled by
mander the out widespread sabotage.
told Associated
The French authorities in was dead upon arrival at
Preas prisoners had been thoroughly in this area, Han have been able to unfriendly forces. At the same
Indo-China investigated by a Parliamentary
ure reported. to hospital.
British military casualties to sentatives
make substantial contribution
American patrols operating out correspondent Stan Swinton,
An estimated 20,000 Reds of Committee.
have left the appointment of of old surgence
Japanese | Of
The letters
the contained more
new Cabinet entirely to continued pressure
the Vietnamese East of than
signatures, standing of complicated prob- militarium would be a disaster. Yung and pushed as much as lems involved but also to their Ways-and-means-of-avoiding two miles north of Chipyong
Wonju... such ponsible developments without locating the retreating
Reds.
About 8,000 to 10,000 of these solution.
"Although there
were considered.
Boutheast of Chipyong, British were on the front line, striking "It was a common agreement turally some differences in the
along that Japan should be encouraged Commonwealth forces, patrolled south toward Chechon
Ashes As Cure For approach of problems involved
into the Roda' central front road and rail lines leading to to join with free democracies."
The communique sald the bulge without contacting the southeast Korea.
Stomach-Ache. Air' observers four-day
reported 20 conference
enemy.**** occupied
Singapore, Feb. 18. "dual problems" (which are in- The Rok troops, southeast of sightings of Korean Reds slip-
the British fought a three-hour ping South in groups numbering Singapore magistrate he collected Marlyappan," an Indian, told a terrelated), the terms
of any
anup to 800 men. Japanese peace treaty and the advancing action against
human ashes from a cemetery to Swinton said front line officera the Pacific. The estimated two enemy companies security in
cure a stomach-ache. He was which were attempting to break found no evidence of the necessity of such security ar-
the contact and flee
charged with trespassing in Chinese shunting any of their Hindu Cemetery. north rangements was stressed by the. Australian
Americans west, north-west battered legions southeast. of and New Zealand
He said a priest told him to representatives
ints and north of Wonju patrolled the Wonju front to help the collect the ashes, keep them for These points
without fading the Korean Reds. of view received
etic forward sympathetic
ten days and then smear them nia Communists except for a 120- American artillery raked the over als stomach. Associated consideration of the representa
The man road block force encoun Communist Korean reinforce-Press, tive of the United States.
three miles
south discussions represent consulta-tered
ofment and plastered a.800-man seven milles
the open and group caught in tion at its best. They have Been Hoengrong and most fruitful, developing close north of Wonju. The American the nations patrol, withdrew and called in contacts between.
artillery on this enemy group. represented."
An American officer com Observers pointed out- that while the communique said no menting on the Reds disap rearmament proposals were dis pearance on that stretch of the cussed, it did not allege that the front from Wonju west to Seoul, subject was not dis said there was no evidence yet general
that these troops have shifted cussed-United Press
into the Chechon drive, ROBERTSON LEAVES
Tho
reported largest action Tokyo, Feb. 19.
the enemy salient south-Highlanders called from Tripoll Lieutenant-General Sir Horace around Wonju was an attack by last night in the converted cor-
administrative Com-east of
vette Empire Peacemaker Com-150 North Koreans seven to Fort Said, where they will join the British ander of
eight miles north and north- monwealth Force Sghting in
west
a troopship bound for Korea as; for
of Chechon Korea, left this morning
6.30 pm. reinforcements for the
Argyll tolkes with the Australian At 0.45, the Americans blocklog and
Sutherland Highlanders. the Reds attack broke front-
from the Camarons outnumbered requirements heavy mortar and artillery for the reinforcement draft,
Press.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Mr Stalin's "Interview" THE timing as well as the tone of Mr
Stalin's "Interview" with Pravda is hardly calculated to produce any thaw in the cold war which Soviet Russia has so assiduously promoted during the last four years.. It cannot, for example, engender any goodwill for the suggest- ed conference of Foreign Ministers; on the contrary it will probably com- promise the prospects of any such a Stalin's Mr conference maturing. diatribe followed a pattern made familiar by his spokesmen at Lake Success, namely that everybody but the Soviet and her friends are war-monger- ing and indulging in "imperialistic of The accusations, aggression." course, are baseless and purely on face value can be dismissed as so much Of more moment is the nonsense. hidden meaning of the "interview." Mr Stalin seldom makes personal attacks in public, yet on this occasion, for renson not easy to distinguish, he on abusing Mr Attlee, concentrated making the most sweeping allegations against his policles. The nature of the attack showed the Russian dictator in a new light; that he can be petty as well as a prevaricator. The revelation is as surprising as it is illuminating. Apart from this, however, the "interview" shed very little light on how the Kremlin is actually viewing the existing International situation. To the question, did he consider war to be inevitable, Mr Stalin vaguely answered "not yet", which could mean that Russla is not at present prepared to take any action which could precipitate a general war. Significantly he made no attempt to put forward a constructive suggestion which would help to make an inter- national conflict unnecessary as well as Impossible. He offered no hint that Russia was genuinely ready to modify. her intransigence and meet the Western
were pa-
nations at least half way in an effort to ease the current tension. His reference to the Korea war was practically meaningless and the whole tenor of the "interview" was petulant. The British Government's reply provides a striking comparison. It contains no vague generalities but sets forth itemised examples of the manner in which Russia has violated both the spirit and letter of the various treaties she has made with the Western Powers during the past ten years. These are facts which cannot be discounted by vapourings from the Kremlin. The Western defence pacts have been forced into being by Russia's actions in central Europe, and the Kremlin has only itself to blame that they exist and are today being rapidly implemented. Russia has, quite deliberately, declared an unofficial war on the free countries of the world, taking the form of propaganda and polemics at United Nations meetings, fifth column activities wherever they are possible, open domination of coun- tries such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, and surreptitious intervention in the internal affairs of weak and distracted rieighbouring nations. For the sick and. apprehensive condition in which the world finds itself today Russia Is primarily to blame. Her polley to sow dissession and fear wherever the
stands: opportunity presents itself completely exposed and nothing Mr Stalin or his comrades say can alter the fact. And it is the knowledgó the Western Powers are no longer deludedí by Soviet propaganda, even from the highest level, that Infuriates and possibly alarms the Kremlin. Mr Stalin would be doing, the world a service if. he refrained from further public "Interviews" until he has something constructive and helpful to saylor |
chiefs of staff, in Melbourne.
In addition to discussing the King contact and called down Korean war, it is expected that
sent survivors running for their Ilves to the hills skirting the Chuchon River, six miles north of Chochon.-Associated Press.
DEEP WITHDRAWAL ·
Tripoll, Feb. 18. Two officers and Во
non- commissioned, officers and men' from the Queen's Own Cameron
for
Д
The new expanded ministry will be the first to take respon-
the albility for additional self- governing powers givera' to Vietnam by France last. Docens ber as an associate state within. the French Union-Reuter,
Martyr Beatified-
Vatican City. Feb. 18: The Venerable Father Al- berico Crescitelli, Italian mia- sionary martyred during China's Boxer Rebellion, was beatified today.—Associated Press,
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the general who had consider barrage on the Reds No later Those chosen marched the two
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the area.
Earlier on Sunday, 'an forces, also will give his views on the estimated enemy battalion at
tacked ROK linea nine mlles peace treaty with Japan.
Reliable quarters mald the north and north-west of Cho- Australian general undoubtedly chon, but the action subsided by would report to his superiors mid-afternoon without change
A Little Child on reports about the proposed in the positions. Japanese rearmament and An enemy attack in unde
six miles Did Lead Them on the termined strength would got his views military aspects of the forth-north and north-west of Chechon coming treaty-United Press.
at 0.40 a.m., on Sunday war
Bangkok, Feb. 18 reported to have been contained
: bours - Twenty-four
after by the HOA defenders by B ́am. 1,000,000 · Ricals":"(US$50,000).
Americans nine miles north worth of gold in bars dis- and north-west of Chechon appeared from a goldsmith's called in Allied night bombers shop, Bangkok police sighted a against an callmated 8,000 snemy child stooping in the street with troops at 8.45 pm, on Sunday. a gold bar in its hand. The results were not knowl
house followed it into They and Immediately recovered 80 y the death "thil was expected i
BKINFORCEMENTS
of the stolen bars. A. further to, Feb. 19. 20 wero
"found in 'à Tokyo,
"drain and. to be much higher,
as of Allled troops advanced on 10 more in a coffee The foods loosened tons
shop. rock and earth that cascaded the central.f
ntral front. Ja Kores The house was that of the down on to: highways and while an armoured column cut former manager › of the ở gold villages just ovlačile, the city, one of the Chinese Red supply shop. The child had urwitting- The main highway: from Caracas routes to Bboul and occupied an ly: led the police to recover 60 to the wa was blocked by the abandoned Communist "head" of the '90 missing bars====ÁRIO= avalanches. Eletskerk
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