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COMMENT OF THE DAY
A Timely
CHINA
No., 35165
Established, 1845
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1952.
Today's weather: Fresh Easterly winds, Birong in places, Cloudy with some Ught drizzle at Ürst.
TIME ON THE SIDE OF
Speech THE WEST-Attlee Trouble In
THE forthright comments
on official trading restric- tions when he addressed the General Chamber of Commerce yesterday were not inappropriate. The un happy eflects of there impositions aro all tou clear. Not only has the Colony's mercantila und industrial communities been made to bear the full brunt of the restrictions, but, as Mr Cassidy emphasises, good deal of legitimate trade with Communist Chinn has, in consequence. been diverted to the satellite bloc. Trade lost is
difcuit to regain, and
1
without a reasonably free interflow of international trade, Hongkong is auto- mutically placed in difficult poslilon, The Colony appreciates the partial modifications which have been made in the briginal total ban on American raw materials and commodities, yet it is significant that at this moment Hongkong has to congratulate itself on the fact that it possesses use ful reserves upon which to Burvive the current business recession. community-can exist too long on reserves, and it is this which makes it vitally important that our trade should be freed as soon as possible from cumbersome and unrealistic restric- tions. to
No
Reviews Prospects
Of Defeating Communism
+
Philadelphia, Mar. 31.
Mr Clement Attlee, leader of Britain's Labour Opposition, said here today that if the West could prevent a third world war, time was on her side, for "fundamentally Russian Communism is a creed that runs counter-to human nature."
The 69-year-old former British Prime Minis ter was speaking at a dinner of the Philadelphia Friendship Commission during his one-day flying visit to the United States.
"I do not think that if we can avoid war the Iron Curtain will remain impermeable," he said. "Ideas are hard to control. Like seeds dropped by birds of air, they overpass frontiers."
Mr Attlee said the next few years might well decide whether the peoples of middle Europe were “absorbed in the Russian Communist empire.”
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In Western Europe there was, the process of integration could considerable movement for not be hurried. "It may be greater unity and a greater that establishment of a number sense of solidarity, prompted of functional organisations, such perhaps by common, danger, as that of fron and steel, OEEC ! he continued.
and NATO, is a more fruitful line of approach."
But he did not think the process of integration should be hurried, and state flatly: "I do not believe that Britain with Continental
Europe,"
Mr Attlee said Europe today was the chief battleground be- tween freedom and totalitari-
It is cold comfort can federate be
that assured Washington does not consider that the reins she
applied has
In between Hongkong and the United States represents or
is intended to be an em-
· the
ples
of n
*
PECULIAR POSITION
Britain was in
peculler position, for although she be- longed to Europe she was not wholly-of it. She had her kins- falk
scattered all over the world and had close ties with non- "I wonder if any of you realise of continual com-
who are inheritors great civilisation, a civilisation that a
derives frem
trado an one ade you have peo-European nations
Gress advantish Minister has the bargo: However described, Rome and Palestine," he xdd. munication with his fellow restrictions spell "On the other side you have Ministers in the rest of the danger to the Colony's peoples who, willingly or un-Commonweath?" Mr Atties said economic life, and their willingly, are under the do-the British had the views not of a new creed, a only of Ministers of European application at a time when mination
creed held frantically by ils ad- aces but those of Astat races the rest of the world is
herents."
as well. showing signs of lightening purse strings, makes Hong- kong's position even more compromising.
our
OCAL traders will view
with special interest Mr. Cassidy's observations on the standard of Hongkong manufactured commodities. The necessity for industries to concentrate on good quality has been stressed time and again by competent judges. No little satisfaction is to be derived from the disclosure that
.
NEXT FEW YEARS Bewien Russia and Western Europe wore Poles, Germans, Czechs. Rumanians, Hungarians and Bulgarians, Mr Attlee con- tinued.
them
US Excited
By Truman Decision
Kefauver's Stock Goes Up
Washington, Mar. 31. The United States bubbled excitedly today' as the re- sult of President Truman's decision not to seek re- election with the consequent effects on
De- both the
Republican mocratic and parties increasing public in- terest and speculation.
Mr Truman's retirement from
The Americans had a task of bringing together peoples of various religions, races and cul- the race has completely trans- tural backgrounds and making ferred the significance of the
Americans.
presidential primary elections "In the Commonwealth we taking place in Nebraska End tham had a different but comple-Wisconsin tomorrow, peoples mentary task in bringing together
different peoples, living in lands The television famous crime monwealth for their mutual fauver, becomes the No. con advantage and better under tender for nomination by the standing."-Reuter.
Democratic Party.
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Indo-China Rebels Severely Mauled
police Riots
Twelve people were in- jured in new clashes in Trieste between and demonstrators manding the return the city to Italy
de-
of
(20
brought the total of in- jured up to 160 critical). Police used fire hoses from forries to break up the demonstra- tions. — London Express.
Saigon, Mar. 31.
French Union forces battering Communist rebels trapped with their backs to the sea claimed to have knocked out more than 1,000 Red troops in fighting on Sunday.
An official French communique issued today
70 said that five groups of mobile Franco-Vietnam troops swooped down on the encircled crack 320th rebel Division yesterday, It was concentrated south-east of Thai Binh, capital of Tonkin, 60 miles from Hanoi.
In Gaol
BRITAIN'S into wing of Trenton,
TRIESTE
prison today
to
-
According to the communique 566 Vietminh troops were killed and 544 were taken prisoner. The Communist .colonel commanding the 48th Regiment was killed during the fighting in the village of Bichdu, the communique announced.
The communique sald that cleaning up operations in the five rebel battalions of the 320th zone south of the Red River Division were ericircled by delta before the rainy seaSONA mobile Franco-Vietnam troops set in.
.a
new
between the Seng Glhon Rivor Meanwhile in Parts reports and the Song Trary River, but
ths. but circulated two of the Communist batta- French High Commissioner in llons managed to clip through Indo-China would be Barnet rint in heavy fog on the soon to succeed the late Marshal 29. Mobile Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
night of March 29
French troops launched a rapid General Raoul Salan has been encircling movement around. noting as Commander-in-Chief. the excaping Reds and attacked--United Press.
at dawn yesterday morning.
The French High Command
said that the French Unfon at- Korea Truce Talks tack was supported by French
naval
forces and strong fighter and bomber aircraft cover,
COUNTER-ATTACK...
The French
Dịnh,
30 miles
outpost of Cau
north-east of altacked early morning by 300 Com-
Salgon, was
Sunday
on
munist troops but the garrison
boen. 1,049 killed..
1.062
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WASHINGTON
HOPES RISE
From R. M. MacColl
Attempt To Flood
of 70 men pushed back the Red Out Convicts
and,
reinforced. assault
by artillery, launched a counter-
Washington, Mar. 31. Trenton,
There to the Reds
is a attack, forcing
sudden hope in New Jersey, Mar. 31. retreat, leaving a number of Washington tonight that the Korcan truca: talk deadlock can Firemen pumped water dead.
by the French headquarters. sata be broken
new US pro- hat the total Phat
Vietminh losses posals, and peace achieved soon. State
--America is ready to tackle the had flood out
a group of 25 during the past 16 days
major points of disagree- pri three hardened convicts who sonors including 18 officers, and inent head-on in an effort to get had barricaded themselves considerable stocks of automatic a settlement by late Spring r
arma and equipment were carly Summer, in the cell's block early
Point No. 1 is the Red Inals- captured.
It said that the Reds were tence on mass repatriation of Tho trouble
now incapable
of making
a prisoners, whether they want to London, Mar. 31. prisoners' complaints of poor large-scale attack.
go home or not. The authorities believe that America,
the The Foreign Secretary, food and medical treatment,
speaking for able to complete United Nations, offers the re- It started shortly after 10 they will be Mr
will Eden, Anthony
a.m, on Sunday with a full-scale
turn of all prisoners. favour a definite move to riot. The convlets-segregated.
Point No. 2 is the Reds give Italy more volce in in the wing because they are
demand that they be allowed the
airields bulid or repair trouble makers broke windows, . administration Zone A in the Trieste Free
during any truce, Territory in talks which
POLICY
of
yesterday.
aroso
over
ripped out flooring and tore up mattresses.
Prison oficials sald the
are to lose all that they had a widely separated, Into the Com- investigator, Senator Eates Ke- open in London on Thursday | prisoners had an arsenal of lead
Diese who
The next few years may well
these decide whether Westernism and be absorbed in the Nursian Communist emn- whether they will re- pire, cr
the freedom gain
which they have lost.""
In this contest the totalitarians had one great advantage they were actuated by a single will, local manufacturers of the will of certain lines are showing a keener awareness of the desirability of maintaining standard
specifications. articles Shoddily made can do no good to our in- dustries, more particularly as most of the oversens markets are highly com- petitive and buyers are in a position to demand the
NIGERIAN SPEAKEĽ
Philadelphia, Apr. 1. A Nigerian student sharing the platform with Mr Clement Attlee cun- and distinguished speakers from trolled them from the Kremlin. the United States and the Philip-
The Western countries were pines last night deplored divided, and naturally
50, for
"apparent connivance" of the 01 Democracy was Western world with the racial polley of Dr Maian's Govern- ment in South Africa.
the strength
The
in its diversity.
question
"Can WASA Western Europe
get sufficient cohesion to resist tarianism without sacrificing Individuality and diversity, which its nations hold pre- clous?
Mr Allto sald Americans
the
the
He seems assured of victory In the Wisconsin election where he has been opposed by local Democratic groups favouring the nomination of Mr Truman.
CLEAR-CUT
...
m
Marooned Mende
Rescued
༣
New York, Mar. 31.
The United Nations agree to specified number of airfields being built or repaired. Military
between America, Britain pipe, clubs and bnts.
Nine men stranded on an ice leaders feel that Allled air This moming Trenton firemen pack 400 miles from the North power could deal with, them if and Italy.
fighting began pumping water through Pole have been rescued and are large-scale
started The most critical aspect
broken windows of the back at Barrow, Alaska, New again, of 1 the
of wing
the York Audio said today.
Point No. 3-the Red demand the talks will, it is thought here, punishment
The men had been marooned for Russia to be included in a concern the control of the local shivering convicts inside.
them since last Saturday when their neutral truce supervision team- Police which at present com- "We shall alther Bodd
be granted. But Russia prises Italians Micered by the out or freeze them out," said a American Navy Flying Labora would be
tory"
was seriously damaged would not be called "neutral." British and subject to British prison spokesman.
One cause for optimism is The prisoners have had no rest when attempting to take off. control.
The men since yesterday. They have not
were unhurt and that reports reaching the State had sufficient supplies of food Department say the Communist The British Military Governor eaten since Saturday night. In Nebraska the struggle be-
of Trieste, General Sir John
Tear-gas bombs were fired this and fuel.
truce delegates have dropped tween Senator Kefauver and
They were brought back to their thetics of abuses and are Winterion, who is due in Lon-morning, but they did little good another rival
.business.- down to Democratic candon tomorrow, will discuss the because all the windows are out Borrow today by an American gotting didate, the multi-millionairo
and the cell block is well ven- Navy rescue plane-Reuter. London Express Service. Mr Kalu Ezura, representing teetotaller, Senator Robert Kerr, position with Mr Eden. totall-
tilated. Voice of African Youth" at of Oklahoma, becomes clear- д "Free World Dinner" here, cut. Senator Kerr had pre said the world "should be shock-viously sold that he would not seek the nomination if President ed at the barbarous trampling on
Truman desired it for himself. fundamental human rights"
The present policy of racial Senator Kerr is now a full can- segregation in South Africa, he didate
the was conducive to
Victory for Senator Kefauver in these two key primary con- that cap tests would provide considerable Itures the belated attention of
momentum to his drive for the Mr Eden is expected to tell the free world:
tomorrow it nomination by demonstrating him that the talks have But if immigrants to America may be Atrica," he added. to the politicians his vote-get-concern with the status of the do not realise specifications had settled down in solid na→ The dinner
Was sponsored ting ability,
Free Territory as a whole which¦ Inevitably must shake con- tional blocks, the United States by the Fellowship Commission But there every indication Batin wants solved by Italian-
would
have boen faced with and
Lisbon, Mar. 31. Fellowship dence in the fidelity of our
that the Democratic Party Yugoslav talks. the sime problem as Europe, private Philadelphia and
Four persons were killed and organisa leaders are turning to Governor Officials here emphasised that 40 injured today when heavy manufacturers,
ac- "At, the present time, we are tions devoted exclusively cordingly have an adverse seeking to get greater unity in promote botter understanding Stevenson of himals as their they will concerns the local ad- rainstorms sent a landslide of
favoured candidate. They are
and rock down on effect од the Colony's Europe, but, I thinit wisely, we among all racial, religious and also known to be discussing the ministration of Zone A only. A carth efforts to expand its export | realise that Europe is not nationality groups in the city, possibility of effecting a reconol British Foreign Ofice official said suburban train near here,
would Yugoslavla
be Two men and two Women trade. It is the duty of our enough," Mr Attlee declared. -Reuter.
Liberal that
giant boulder industrialists to make a
talks if Yugoslavia crashed through the flimsy wished.-Reuter.
woodwork of the fourth car of the five-car train.
best at acceptable prices. were sometimes A ittle im- Much of the value of Hong-patient with Europears, as said, kong being represented at they had managed to blend spread of Communism, the British Industries Fair peoples of many nations Today it is Asia Is lost if contract orders do together into not measure up to samples. nation. Moreover, products which
of
the American
NEW COMMUNITY
House,
determined effort to ralsd "We are secking to create an ⚫ns high as posible the Atlantic community, because
quality
their. com- you on the other side of the At Ammunition modition. To win and retain intic are inheritors of Euro- the confidence of overseas pean tradition. We have a com- purchasers in this direc-mon heritage to Hon la worth much more to our indistrica
than
participation in exhibitions, no matter how attractively and invitingly the Colony's products are displayed. DEA HELICOPTER SERVICES
defend.
two
llation between
He will not attend the talkka. Wardors persuaded about hall Mr Eden_today received the of the 50 convlets in the segrega- American Ambassador, Mr Wal- | tión block to come out one by one ter Gifford, for a talic believed yesterday after 11 hours of riot- to concern Trieste. the Yugoslav Ambassador, Josef and shouted donlanco-Reuter.
Tomorrow, ing. But the rest stayed inside
Brilej, who returned to London during the week-end, will call on the Foreign Secretary.
no
TRAIN HIT BY
LANDSLIDE
and southern Live Do./foept Informed on the progress died when
encerats by nominating for Vice of the President with Mr Slevenson a southern presidential candidate, Senator Richard Russell of This would be a very hard combination for Senator Ketauver to defect-Route.
Georgia. Depot Explodes
of
STASSEN v. TAFT
Milwaukee, Mar. 31. Mr Harold Stassen sald to-
Batman Borrows injured for more than
hours ..
•Officer's Car
Landon, Mar 31. A Scots Guardsman. batman
Tons of red mudst
streamed down,
burying the deart and three
Eleven persons were in serious condition and it is fear- ed they some of them would die. -United Press.
We are all greatly concerned
Cairo, Mar. 31. today with building up sumelent A blast rnd blazs ripped armaments to deter any would-through an Egyptian army de- be aggresser.
sert ammunition depot. No one But the essential thing was was reported killed. not mastery by force of arms The Army and Navy, Miniss day that Senator Robert Taft who took his officer's car with- but victory in the spiritual bat-try said the explosion occurred was "losing ground rapidly" in out permission when the latter tle.
in one of several caves used tomorrow's Wisconsin primary was on guard duty at St James APPEAL AGAINST "It is my faith that it wo can for storing ammunition at Wod nowamen he was "sure to win." Ing
race, but " Senator Tatt told
Palace and had a collision cous DEATH SENTENCE ovent another world war, time Hoff, bou: 30 provent
2000 et' court today. 30 miles south
appeared at is on our side, for I think that
Cairo,
London, Mar. 31. The hot Republican primary Mariborough
The Guardamon, John fundamentally Russian Com- The
Ajit Singh, 427-year-old newspaper Al Misri said fight drew to a clore with Mr London, Mar. 31,
mature, an intralesimaids of the damage Sinnsen, travelling to re- the car without suivent away Sith who on March 130 Was British European Airways
coptor to
three towns plans a network of giant helfe counter to human nature," Mr ran into millions of dollars.
Attico
22 morgan Assizes for the murder proceeded,
The ammunition depot at Wadi Merili, Wausau and Marshfield without a licence and Ez annend to dean at the Cla-
Insurance.
of a youiz widow, Mr's Joan He was also Englan, chief executive gear of our leaching their secrets underground storage caves,
Impdeed.
the campaign.... by Russia is not Egypt, comprising three large in
Bofore
leaving here. Mr driving for two years.
(South Wales); has lodged an feld announced today,
thic, sentonce One Ammy report said the ex- Stassen told the press Sonator Major Robert Redman, owner opperi againat He added that the schemo but fear lest the people of
Rose had At his trial the Jury
muniami
opter vices; to cover -all | The reason for the Iron Cur Hoff is one of the largest in which he had, missed earlier without third Painted from Marion Thomas, ̈ of Bridgend
maker cities within 300 mile
tain
nust walk inul DEA had 150 Russia should learn what life plaskan might have resulted from Taft began losing strength In of the car, said
a qbomiçal reskallons of dummes in Wisconsin after he withdrew not been his orderly, for longtrong recommendation His 13 passenger helicopters, is like in the free countries."
Tuning to problems of the stored munitieus Associate from the New Jersey presiden- but he was a good soldier while mercy when he had been found which it had recently speciiled
European unity, Mr Attico said 'ed Press
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