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WORLD FEARS OVER HAINAN AIR CLASH
U.S. Protests:
Search
To Continue
Washington, July 20.
United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ha anked the British Government
on
the The
of
Goy-
through the British Am basador to Washington. Sir Roger Makins, to pro- teri
behalf United Statos to Chinese Commwrist
the incident, ernment on involving Who death of three American citizens, When a CPA drliner was shot down near Haluan last Friday, according to a well-informed source here this afternoon.
A State Department spokesman would not con- firm the report. The Navy late today
announced
of
that Admiral Robert Carney, Chief Naval Operations, trad directed
Bearolt that the
for survivors of the Brish airliner be continued off Hainan, despite the shool- Ing incident-United Press,
Comment of the Day:
Reactions From Five Capitals
Reflect Growing Alarm
"NEW TENSIONS IN FAR EAST"
Widespread fears were reported in world capitals yesterday follow- ing the announcement that two American carrier-based aircraft had shot down two Communist fighters which attacked them while they were carrying out search and rescue operations for survivors of the C.P.A. airliner.
Here is a cross-section of the reports: London: The clash generated alarm in Britain in the wake of the quick Communist apology for shooting down the British airliner. There was no official comment but the alarm was reflected in "screaming newspaper headlines" and some parliamentary re- action.
Washington:- Although members of both parties in Congress approved the way U.S. navy planes stood up to attacks by Communist fighters, some members expressed con- cern that such incidents might set off World War IIL;
A Flimsy Excuse
are
upon
Paris:-
moment and in this respect the United States Govern Manila:
to ment should be asked impress
their Nationalist friends just how! much their hit-and-run Communist tactics On territory are inflaming the already tense situation in ..the Far East. A second point
in the Chinese letter in the prétext for the attack. "An accident." say the Chinese, but this is a flimsy excuso and cannot be regarded as Tokyo: a satisfactory explanation.
could How possibly
on
1,
War-weary French officials criticised America for "playing the Communist game of shooting first and asking later.'
."
The news caused a deep concern here The U.S. only just short of alarm.
announcement was regarded by sea- soned local observers as bringing inter- national tension to "the most dangerous
London Welcomes Red Reply
London, July 26.
Two London evening metripapers, the Standard and the Evening News, to- day carried Leading articles on China's apology for the shooting down of British enly 'a, fów hours
after the pag kamalaking bad
been made
Feking.
The Evening Standard maid: "The comparativo speed with which the Chinese have apologised mitst be welcomed.
Kkowever, soma sceptic- will remain. It is dimouli to
how * Kivilan alitner could be mistaken for milliary bomber."
seo
The Evening News called the Chinese apology for the wanton and barbarie shooting down" of a British airliner "prompt and markably unequivocal."
IL
the Peking Governmorť
#f olern sympathy and compensa- tion are seemly and in current -keeping with the
Communista, 'peson offen-
London
Theories
Raspberry Called
On Air Incidents Lloyd George
Linked With Red Campaign
To Take Over Formosa
London, July 27.
The latest shooting incidents involving Chin- ese planes were attributed by Far Eastern experts here today to intensified air activity to bolster up Peking's new campaign for taking over Formosa. They pointed out that the shooting down of
de-
July 26. A large raspberry veloped in Czechoslovakia has been named "Lloyd George," nocording to the Fraguo-newspaper, Ládove Demokracle.--China
Special.
الملح
Big Three To
Reject
Red Proposal
Washington, July 26.
the British plane on Friday came only a day after the Chinese had opened up an all-out propaganda campaign demanding the surrender of Formosa.
Today the New China News world war, the Communists will
an editorial in ecntinue to press for a UN seat N.AT.O. nations for unani- Agency quoted the Chinese Communist People's as the most likely way of gaming
mces
JOURNALIST'S THEORY
The United States, Great Britain and France agreed ask the other today to
mous support in rejecting the_Soviet proposal for a conference on a new Euro- pean collective system, ac- San Francisco, July 26, The Vice-President of United cording to usually reliable Press
for the Pacific Aren, Mr sources.
Dally which said: "The liberation | Formosa, af Formosa re-
defeat of and the American imperiailst aggression and subversive activities are the
tasks
facing Important China,"
The New China News Agency Frank Bartholomew said today: They said Western Germany indicated last night that Com the Cathay Pacific DC-4 might and Austria would also be fully raunist gunners have orders to have been shot down because consulted on the proposal. shoot down non-Communist ;
Delay In Vietnam Cease-Fire
Paris, July. 27.
a French High
in the vicinity of the she was in sight of the Russian
They said the three Powers submarine base in the Samah would submit the Soviet pro- Bay area on Southern Hainan."
posal to the NATO. Council,
from
the
14 N.AT.O. members.
The sources "understood
that
quoted! with approval. the statement of a
of a young Communist Mr Bartholomew has just where will be considered by
America' Chinese pilot: "If the United returned to States Imperiallats onder die Hongkong. He has been resident Chiang Kai-shek brigands, to correspondent in the Far East pend any more planes in pro-for many, years, vocative action against us, we will shoot them down as we have done before."
the United States, supported by Britain and France, attaches great importance to consulta- tions with the small N.A.TO. "I flew over the same route nations and getting their views 10 days ago in an Air Vietnam on the Russian proposal, which plane, bound fioni Habol to a believed in Washington to be The agency attacked United | Hongkong.
The
Communista clearly designed to break up the States plans for concluding a made their submarine base at unity of the, free, nations, bilateral security pact with Samah and Yu-Ian-Kan Chlang's Nationalist Government
People's
Taiwan (Formosa).”
DETERMINED
bay
did
labelled
the Big
It is observed that in the note point" since the invasion of South An unexplained hour's de- of Fortinoin. It said this had separated by a narrow peninsula which it sent, making tus pro
on southern Hainan. These were ppeal, the Soviet to determination of World War II. Karet by the North in 1950, Observers lay in the cease-fire in the coastal defens-unite or he built during that camo told the windon arcelou said the however did not believe the incident northern Vietnam was re- Chinese
Liberation hands of the Communists witan Soviet Union
WOULD-ADD WEIGHT would spark off a new armed conflict ported in a despatch reach Army 1d maintain their vigilance the Japanese were defeated,
ing Paris from Indo-China and work for the liberation of
The case When I was flying to, Hong- in the Far East just yet.
ponyers felt that the other kong I saw the extraordinary Throops
would want to make a Japanese circles expressed fear that the early today just as the truce
dea activity in the area. Surface nationer was due to begin.
Thus it was argued here the vessels moving in and about the declaration categorically reject incident may possibly destroy whatever
contained in Soviet
againeti The trace is 8 bullets of the communist sun-two boys were visible without the imputados, o gains were made by the Indo-China local time (midnight GMT), hers were linked directly with glasses despite the fact that the the
N.A.T.O British flag measuring, five
aircraft had climbed to sufficient the Formosa campaign. armistice in relaxing Asian tension.according to
These three powers also con- Many feet by three feet six inches
imilar statements have altitude to avoid possible capric- both sides of the
These circles said the "action would Comunand spokesman, a Handl
despatch said.
been Lenied from Peking during fous anti-aircraft fire from the elder that a NATO. declaration stabilising fin of the air-
not win America any new friends in
the past few days,
ahore, and the plane was not at would add considerable weight The full session of the Franco-
At a mass rally last Friday any time directly over, the and prestige to the Identical craft be mistaken? And if
Asia".
Vietminh truce conference at
notes on which the experia, of Island. the Communiste are to
three Trung Gia erranged for this night, Vice-Chairman of China's Peace Committee, Hr, Peng suspect every civil aireraft
London, July 26. States Navy planes stood up to morning has also been postponed Chen, said the people of China flying in this area of being
It was ware determined to "liberato" The China Sea clash attacks by Chinese Communists until this afternoon. bombers, Nationalist
But some members thought in Hanol it would give Formosa. American and Oghters.
expressed concern that such final form to the Mixed Military fighters or troop transports between
can any Chinese planes generated incidents might set of World Commissions which are to super- in disguise, how occur
vise the application of the airline feel security against alarm in Britain in the wake War II.
cease-fire, of the quick Communist apology for shooting down a British airliner. chose to say nothing. However
THE letter of apology by Communist China's Vice Foreign Minister, Mr Chang Han-fu to Mr Humphrey Trevelynn on the shooting down of the Cathay Pacific will be airliner DC-4 welcomed by all-but with Before many reservations. Cominuniat China enf convince the world of her desire to make amends for this outrage she will need to give at lenat three guarantees: 1 that full is forth- compensation coming to the injured and the relatives of those killed and for the loss of the air- liner (2) that the pilots responsible
punished for their cruss blunder In mistaking plane
1
pro- minently marked with the Union Jack for a Chinese Nationalist plane, and (3) that no such incidents will
allowed to ever be again. It is understood that Mr Chang Han-fu's letter is an immediate reply to the British Government's pro. test and that a full investi- gation will have to be made before the Chinese People's Republic ean announce its plona for compensation. Obviously the Communist Government bas been embarrassed by the incident for, an we suggested yester- day, it has tended to make Mr Chou En-ial, after his recent pronouncements on casing world tension and Improved prospects of peace, sound like a hypocrite and to make many people doubt the sincerity of the Communists' In- Chinese tentions.
attack?
Communist letter also admits a rather
THE Chinese
Office
"Red China doesn't control her trigger-happy fliers, a third world war
could easily be touched off," said Mr Robers shocking trresponsibility on
Harrison, a Republican member of the House of Representatives the part of the Hainan the alarm
from Nebraska. laland authorities.
Another Ap-screaming newspaper headlines
member.
from Nebraska, Mr A. L. Miller, a parently Hainan Island did and some
Democrat, said it appeared that not inform Peking
A former Labour Minister of Communist fightera had state, Mr Kenneth Younger,
that
The British Foreign
was reflected
Parliamentary
action.
shut down a British air- told the United Press he woulddy", was "spolling for a
ly
can
to
rescue
FRENCH CRFTICAL
some quarters, speculatión
J
TWO AIRFIELDS
this afternoons, began work They, said it was too early at "Beveral 'of,' the surface
present to forecast when the and Vessels had stacks aft
notes would be ready, but in "We will not relaxor, stop appeared from our altitude of view of the determination to until we have achieved this ten miles slant-range to be consult N.AT.O. It might take alm," He said,
tankers servicing the base," about two weeks. They said
hurry *In addfilon to the submarine there was no particular. The same evening' the "New
nowly They
also said base, now revealed as
Chancellor activated, there are China News Agency put out an
air Adenauer article under the heading of
on Hainan. fields on
fully consulted... on: would be The United States is planning "It is probable, now the the Soviet proposal for his Wor an Geneva · agrees
on American carriers have been views and so would the Aur- cease-fire." It said Washington sent to the Hainan Island area irfan Chancellor, Dr. Julius, here was "redoubling its efforts to
uso Talwan as a base to extend C.F.A. airliner, that their ougle
to search for survivors of the Rasb. nypression agilmat Chine,”
The conference will meet jn: private session this morning to work out technical details.
slackening of Vietrain ressure, throughout Indo-China. was reported in the last French
received communique before the deadline arranged a Geneva,” But harassing, attacks and minor clashes were reported everywhere in Loos, south and
the north.. central Vietnam as well as in
of
WELL-BRIEFED
two
DESIGNED
FOR
of West Germany
The
Bources believed
these
would show Soviat eyed fighter aircraft are having moves
that the at the Russia
West ja long and hard look Russian naval build-up on unanimous in its views on the next thing that may
Soviet proposal-United Press. liner but instead deliberate deplore any American "provo-
It is believed that Communist shore."United Press. misled the central cation now that Red China had happen is that a submarine will
hasink
gunners on the land and in the one of our ships.
#9 SORTIES » "I don't think we sro justified
air are well briefed in the cur- government by announcing apologised. He sald, however, he that its Aghters had fought did not know the full facts and in bringing our planes, ships and
rent
line. political that the US. plants were com-
personnel to patrol the coast of a Chinese Nationalist air-pletely within their rights
The question doing Mao Tse- Chief objectives of the last
craft.
Of course Hainan they were attacked while going Chine to protect British ship- Vietminh attacks were Hung tung, Chim's Supreme leader, is tip of the Frence whether to try to "shoot his of ping and planes. Let Britain do southern Island knew the C.P.A. Sky- about their own business
It."
perimeter in the Red River delta way" into the United Nationg by master had been shot down, | searching.
Yen and Son Tay, nil held
an assault on Formera or use of Members Most Hongkong had asked por
other
by after the Vicinamese thei non-violent *diplomatic refused to com-
3 Army..
method of mission to search and if Parliament
UN cat. gaining Paris, July 20, possible
experts point out Diplomatic the ment until they could study the
French nayah aircraft went to the American
officials *War-woary. French statement by victime in the area. Ameri-
Secretary of State Mr. John criticised the United States for the aid of the Vietnamese flying that if the Comminister replace and British aircraft Foster Dulles, on the incident. playing the Communist game 69 sorties on close support the Nationalists in the UN of were flying around search: The clash is bound to create of shooting first and saking missions, or to protect fielt-the Legitimate Government of Chini Central Ching Kal-stick and BOOTS ing for aurvivors most of conden
alarm in Inter."
cope Paul V
French would lose his diplomatic the day. It would be too basy Britain at a time when Britain is trying to improve her rew
over the full text of the coast
1943 Cairo Agreement vived after having been silenced Are agreement for: Laos to the clearly, stipulated that, Formoss, occupied by 'Japan," would Vientiane, administrative be returned to the ite Hath of downright dis-thelegation is shortly to visit by the US, acceptance
of Lace, for the Arst time Coverment of
cet of China at the end In Laps of hostilities mists have revived The rede-fits in The non-Communiat. French will not be complete for and
another press has often voiced the be-week owing to the dinculty of the Porndo question after CHANGE BOUGHT
Hot that Admiral Arthur roport day!} ****
Radford, chairman of the US. Communicating with front line months of gloation for a United 120 Valtedato Britain to
scattered through He Nations wout, de, the door bo, UN jas 12 barred; they may Zorced For we may suppose that gates to moderate titratitude Joint Chiefs of Staff, La scelding jungle
Jungle covered mountaine with any Increase in tension to Communist Chins.
to gain the Trones and Loos will retain to resort to force between Formosa and the
The
moderation pica was quite
amocimed, Ceneral Ely told a lelund.. ~ Prouch oficiala
would have to mainland Chinese Com-unoficial, and made during
ald the chering of Frenchmen in This means they w munist air force planes will private talks between British res Chloess Communists had comaliane. He added: Tean get past the US Sewasthis,
Communist
serued you that the interests of patrolling the Formosa Siraits. continue to remain active In presentatives on the one hand mitted the "mial" the
Cannot some and American diplomatic officiis error of talking pesos while Trot and Lace will be safer Caraga Nationaleta kedingres area. arrangement be made with on the other in Wood and acting in a warlike manner guarded.
DEEP CONCERN the Communiste in future so that movements of all civil ordin
to say the Hainan author= | Iations with Communist Ching:bout the intentions of leading Coriknande -in-Chief, handed | mert 20% Dag en Foriniosa.
tios were guilty of 'gr08B | Trade' misalons are: bóing `ex./ US, military figures was negligence. Rather, it is a changed, a British Labour Party.
case.
of the
honesty on their part.' Is China, and a Chinese diplomma~ | Mercyer preement for
endins Government' when hè thod
the only solution to provide tic representative R.AF. fighter escorts for all hero' shortly.
airliners flying to and from
Hongkong in the future?
there arc. Bome YET
questionable points in Mr Han-fu'a Chapg
letter which deserve a closer examination. He points out in his "account of the circumstances" surrounding the attack that "the Chinese people rejoice at the easing of international tension through the recent holding of the Genova conference and the restoration of peaco in Indo-China", A fino sentiment. Yet on Saturday' the official Communist Party newspaper, the Poking People's Daily called for tho "liberation" of Formosa. The Chinese people would liberate Formosa, the newK<", paper sald, and its efforts would not cense until victory was attained... How can the two statements be reconelled? Is not the latter After all only a threat to them? Perhaps too, it would in "which create new tensions in the be advisable to inform the open-abot Far East mowing,
Communists of the approzí« Paking does, of the strong mate time" each aircraft tlos between the Nationalist will be flying near Hainan Government on Formosa and Island so that there will be the United Btatdan They now excuse for anything Chinese Nationalist ravoan-similar «happening. In the tion is not doubted for un future,
as
aircraft of every, nationality Chinese Commu flying to and from Hong to do kong will be made known so
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