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CHINA MAIL
No. 36034
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1955.
Price 20 Cents
RE
DAKS Whiteaways
BK DID ON
FELT HATS DISPUTE: HK VINDICATED
I demonstrate No Re-Export Of Japanese Products Admits Official
the disturb-
ing madequacy of Colony's hospital sanatoria facilities,
the
and the
1963-64 report of the Direc- tor of Medical and Health Services, Issued this week, provides it.
In the
For consider those extracts
from the report: maternity hospitals, and the maternity wards of the general hospitals, the shortage of accommodation continued to be a problems. It was only possible to retain pationte the availabir maternity beds average of three days. And Again: No substantial im- provement was effected in general environmental
for at
No Passports For MANUFACTURERS
Relatives Of
Red-Held Americans
STATE DEPT DECISION
Washington, Jan. 28.
The State Department today notified the rela- sanitation and it was there: tives of 17 Americans imprisoned in China that it
had reached the "reluctant conclusion" that it could not permit them to visit the prisoners.
The Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, in an
"imprudent" for the time being to laaue passports for travel to Communist China to any American.
GIVEN FALSE INFORMATION
OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
London, Jan. 27
Miller Has Slight
Injury
Adelaide, Jan. 27. Keith
Aur- Miller, tralia'a allrounder, cut bis hand slightly during [not practice here today.
"It is nothing," he
able to bat and tomorrow."—Reuter.
Mr J. J. McNulty, Secretary of the |British Felt Hat Manufacturers Federation,
is now convinced that all felt hats exported said, "and shall be from Hongkong are in fact made in the Colony.
"I no longer believe these hats are identical letter to all the relatives, said that it would be made in Japan and simply re-exported from
Hongkong," he said tonight.
"I shall go back and put the true facts before the American citizens. This decl-members of my Federation.'
fore to be expected that enterie fever and the dysenteries were very pre- valent. the infectious disease hospitals were bure. ly capable of dealing with the situation. And on TH, there appears this: The number of beds it the Colony for the treatment of tuberculosis ia insufficient and the tuberculosis servic? had to resort to out-patient of by Treatment chemotherapy on as large & scale as possible. There
also a somewhat alarming reference to the wastage of graduated "The increasingly belligeren nurses, with the observation attitude and actions of the Chin- esc Communists have fereed the that unless this
Government Lo the reluctant conclusion that it would bẹ mm- can
prudent for the time being to beare passports valid for travel to Communist China to any American.
The State Department re- leased the text of the letter to the relative of 17 Imprisoned | Americans-18 airmen and two civilian employees of the Arroy.
Mr Dulles
that the Chinese Communista could best demonstrate their concern for the relatives' case of mind "only by releasing those they hold."
means
wastage 18
wrote
valid for travel to China to any
sion is made only after careful
of our nation.
Wo
"In the interest of peace do not think it prudent to afford to the Chines Communists
our
nation and patience further.
HOPE
arain
CHERISHED
Ita
"Knowing the anodety to
which you have been subjected
were so many,
A
Formosa Ceasefire
UN May
Meet On Monday
Arthur Morris Out: Australia's Good Start In Fourth Test
Adelaide, Jan. 28.
After a good start by Australia in the Fourth Test today in which openers, Arthur” Morris and Colin MacDonald took the score to 59, Frank "Typhoon" Tyson struck the first blow for England by having Morris. caught behind for 25.
narrow
Just earlier, Morris had a
escape from Statham's bowling when he attempted to hook away a ball to the leg. The ball popped up and looked as if it would fall on top of the bails.”Morris had a second swish at the ball and sent it away safely.
Burke joined MacDonald and the two took the score to 63, half an hour after the lunch interval.
Australia won the toss 'and) and clinch the rubber, although decided to bat in torrid hent Adelaldo Ovel groundİsaman, with the temperature near the Arthur Lance said he believed hundred mark,
the foss would play a declaive part in the match.
The pre-lunch play was duli and slow and Australla took 90 minutes to reach the 50. Hutton tried all five bowlers, changing generally them regularly.
8
*
deliberation and in the belief Mr McNulty made this statement after
England's long, run of losses that it ist the best Intereats meeting today with Mr E. G. A. Grimwood,
and draws at Adelaide and the goot - performaNCES Director of the Hongkong Government London
by the Australiane on this oval. Office.
He was given a report on the Colony's hat.
But the play brightened after |In the past could be a
psycho- lunch
brrcze logical factor in the home teams further opportunities to provoko industry specially prepared by the Hongkong
helped the English fast bowlers favour, commentators salch,
and
number
In of "scorts" Department of Commerce and Industry.
the long run, however,
and brought the crowd of 30,000 to stamina
especially, the "From this it appears Hongkong haa 22 hat
its feet, gasping with excitement | ability to withstand the sizzling factories," said Mr McNulty. “We had no idem there New York, Jan. 28. There was an appeal for Lb.w; heat may prove the important
Our suggestion that Hongkong could New Zealand, acting with against Burke before he had factor
THE TEAMS ARE: not possibly make all the felt hats that appear in the the consent of Britain and scored but it was disallowed by
the umpire
ENGLAND Hutton (Cap- export figures, and must therefore be re-exporting the United States, may
BLOWER BOORING tain), P.B.H. May, WJ, Edrich, Japanese products, was based on our information that make a formal move today The advent of Burke saw the M.O. Cowdrey, D.C.S. Comp there were only five or six hat factories in the Colony." (Friday) to call the United scoring slowing down consliter on .H. Wardte, F. Tysott, B
Mr McNulty maintained, how. Nations Security Council ably against accurate bowling Statham, T. Evans. R. Apple-
yard, T. Balley, we
Twelfth man! ever, that British hat manu into sesion on Monday next by Statham and Tyson,
Burke, was beaten several (Wilson. .**. facturers were meeting increas to take up the question of a times by both bowlar with ilky are Un abripetition in their consefire. In the Formosa bails which narrowly missed his dolonial 1. export markets from Strait.
more stumps before breaking his MacDonald, Kr Hongkong.
Informed quarters sold that it"duck." "The reason for this," he said,
Statham
com-B was said by c "appears to be clear. In 1952 was the intration of the New
Birimentators to be bowling = "ex- representative, Hongketg
exported 186,000 Zealand dezen fell hats to Indonesia. In Leslie Munro, who is also Pre-tremely well," with plenty of man.
of the Council for 1953 that figure dropped to only ident
English
Bolding 16,000 dozen. Last year there January, to present today a
excellent with 14 was some recovery, but exporte formal notice for the Council described
we cherish the hope that the tremitting efforts to which the United Nations has dedicated The Chinese offer to permit itself will secure the release of
It the
be prevented "it going to be very difficult to provide the leavening of trained nurses which will be essential for stating the ргоровей new Kowloon Hospital or to staff other visits by relatives was made the imprisoned United States departmental Institutions rough Mr Dag Hammerkjold, military which have been planned." Secretary-General of the United United Nations efforts should be
NAU
tions, who accently flew to wavalling we shall fenew our
own efforts. contained In release. The Chinese have im
with
admiration for the the report
nearly
fortitude which you have mond- aprisoned the men sa "spies.” year old, and between the Mr Dulles said that to permit Zested
with my Wayn tho relatives to to China time of
personal sympathy. the report's pre-
give China further
"Sincerely yourw opportunity to "provoke
"John Foster Dulles," nation and strain its patience
ADMITTEDLY the facts and China to seek the prisoners'
are
paration and its publica- might
tion, the situation, to some
go
Our
At the United Nations today, officials said they had
מד*
extent, hos conceivably further." changed. Nevertheless, the
Henry Suydam State contmont on the State Depart plcture general
remains Department officer, who pre- ment announcement. --Reuter, pretty Krim
said the one, viously had
depart. three re- and certainly cannot be re-
4
new
ment
had received
& passport
Το apply for
Lo That Resolution China, declined today to say whether
any mor had come in from relatives.
No passport has
been validated for travel to China suic
the
Communista took over in 1949.
TEXT OF LETTER
The text of Mr Dulles leider follows:
the
US SENATE
OPPOSITION
Evacuation
Of Tachen
Is. Plans Completed
to
garded with any sense of quests for information on how
Washington, Jan. 28. complacency or indifference.
Plans for the evacuation The problem of losing the
of 20,000 Chinese National- services of nurses after they have been trained will
ist troops from Communist threatened Tachen Islands probably correct itself with the Introduction of new
were reported by Defence salaries and other revisions
Department officials today in terms of employment.
to have been completed by The cause of the
the Far East naval chiefs. wastage the having been found,
Washington, Jan. 27. remedy is simple enough,
A spirited Senate debate Final orders have now been Much
*I want to express to you the took place this afternoon on pent Vice-Admiral Pride, complicated s more
deep personal the problem of providing
Commander of the United States and the resolution authorising Seventh Fleet, whose ships and sympathy emcern of your government in President Eisenhower to use carrier-based planes will protect sufficient accommodation
the cruel dilemma which for patients. The promised Chinese Communists have forged American armed forces an armada of Nationalist junka Kowloon Hospital upon you through the continued necessary to protect For- and amphibious craft carrying cannot materialise for some illegal imprisonment of
your mosa and
the Pescadores out the operation. in (husband, son, brother etc.) timo, while expansion
"Public opinion other types of medical in-
throughout against Communist invasion. stitutions must of necessity the Free World will judge the be piecemeal and slow.
words and doods of those who have it within their power to With this acknowledged noend
the tregle grief promptly startling improvement in which they have visited upon the altuation Can be * you. Only by releasing those they declare preventive war,
CONFLICTING REPORTS pected, and only a revision hold can the Chinese Com- Senator Walter George (De-
This statement threw convincingly of the priority list of pro- munists
demon-mocrat of Georgia), chairman of for the human the Foreign Relations Commit-ight on conflicting reports that posed new public works strate co
tee, said that the milk that the the operation would begin: could usefully accelerate suffering they have caused
"The increasingly belligerent US was engaging in preventive tĥs required oxpansion of attitude and Dotions of the wax served the purposes our hospital and clinical Chinese Communists In recent | "Communist propaganda". facilities. In the light of days have forced this
SECRET TESTIMONY the current DMHS report, Government might feel such a study worth while.
govern
ment to the reluctant conclusion
Are Gentlemen Dying Out?
tion tell us.
―
In this supersonic age when the popular philosophy seems to be "Live for today and yourself the old concept of a gentleman is dying out - so the older genera Tomorrow the China Mail presents, not a homily by a moral ist, but an investigation by a Fleet Street Journalist who asks four famous London hostesses this pertinent question: Are there nd Gentlemen Any More?
Read his findings in tomorrow's Mall.
A decision on the actual start Senator Wayne Morre (Re-of the evacuation probably publican of Oregon), one of the would be left to the Chinese leading opponents of the re-Nationalist authorities on solution, changed that it westly Formosa, officials said, gave the President the right to
of
order a strike against the main-
no
1. Almost immediately; or 2. After the United States Congress had finally approved resolution giving President Eisenhower authority use
to
STAS
Peter Mas coming in for opecia?
to this market were still 150,000 meutes who have been mention
this
BOWLING "GOOD"
pre-lunch period, England bowling WILS commentators as
being hostile. .to be too the mark. Statham was said to be the best of the five England bowlers this morn-
zen down from 1932. "Over the same period, how close to the negotiations on the
between
In represent of question the total production over, telt hate in Hongkong fell only atives of Britain, New Zealand the 43,000 dozen to 320,000 dozen, and the United States, said last described by
pos-"good" without so the felt hate Hongkong used night that there was a lo export to Indonesia are now sibility that the call for a Coun- Tyson was inclined being offered in other markets cl meeting might be delayed much off
into direct little further. competition with British hate." where they come
AWAITING WORD
Mr McNulty refuted the It was expected that before ing.
"That im't-and cannot be
AUSTRALIA. 1. Johnson C. Mapa Maddocks,
Porn: Begaud.
Twelfth man: L. Fevell.
SCOREBOARD
AUSTRALIA First Innings A Morris: c Evans b Tyson 25 C. McDonald'n.o. F. Burke .o. Extras
Total for 1 wkt
suggestion that Hongkong felly definite action
Balley, Wardle and Appleyard STOP PRESS was taken didn't
compete hats
the New Zealand delegation all had a spell at the crense,
MacDonald was the better of British hals because the latter
wait to bear from the the two batsmen, playing com- would much bigher grade Prime Minister, Mr Sydney fdently and was nevar at any
who arrived in London time beaten by the ball. producta
Holland,
the Prime Ministers'
BOT AND HUMID true," he said. "We are talking today for
conference. about woollen felt hate and Mr Holland passed through and hamia and the forecast is The day began extremely hot they are by definition low the United States on his way that the heat wave will con quality
product. Competition to London and had importontinue. between our products
and tak
on the Formosa siluation Hongkong'a 19 direct and
England, 2-1 up in the series, both in Washington and New are favoured to York.
intense."
AN IMPORTANT POINT
Discussion took place today In its answer to criticism of with members of the Counell the Hongkong felt hat industry, outside the small circle which the Department of Commerce has been concerned in the and Industry says: "There is
is negotiations leading up to the one point which is important present stage. It was believed Not all the Eats included in the they were briefed on the, plans export figures are the kind the Brillah felt hat
manufacturera Now, the United States, and Zealand had in mind, -But have in mind, nor do they fall spokesmen declinod to say within the three main cato-whether the Soviet Union had garles. They are made of felt, been included in these talks- but are caps made from trian-Reuter. gular scraps stitched together in the manner of an English boy's schoolcap, and are particularly
popular in West Africa.”- Prison For
Ex-MP
Labour
telling you about lie in the four corners presented for your would not interfere until we see eight destroyers and JunkTORIES WINE
reading in the big 20-page family favourite work end newspaper: rode on the shores of Formoen.
that it would be imprudent for Mr Morso told journalists, "I the time being to issue passports | tell the American people ou¬my
Boa, and Bir power to defend The Department adds: “It is word of honour that if it were Formoen and the neighbouring flattering to know that Hong- possible to make available to Pescadores against Communist kong hats can compete success-
attack. of the
fidly with those mado in Brie them the secret testimopy
Lin Secretary of State and the
particularly
! as our trade chairman of the Joint Chiefs of night were that the final vote accumtion that the hats
Indicatious in the Senate last figures show clearly that the Сото
London, Jan. 27. Staff, that testimony would
a shadow of a
prove
early from Japan is barelem” doubt might be delayed untli beyond a
Albert Raymond Blackburn, next week,
former Mr McNulty said he would! 40-year-old. that it was contemplated by the that it Administration that the resolu
place all the facts before British Member of Parliament, was-set1 = + tion would authorise in advance that the Nationalist navy would them to decide whether any today for share fraud. vict
Officials said it was expected file hać makoma, It was up to toned to two years, in prison the right of the Preddent to be able to take on the troops, farther Belton was necessary Blackburn was convicted on land before any act of war had who would then be escorted by He will sim convey to the two charges of making milead- committed against the the Seventh Fleet to the major members of the Bells Felt Hattatements to induce two bon United
Nationalist outposts. od States.".
Marksfacturers. Facations Mr. men to acquire shares in a com
[party "which" planned to “ring suggestion Senator George said the United !
that London with caravan sites. He The sea forces of Chiang Kai-Grimwood's States would by. the roughing she believed to be available for they should send a pizzonal wie fount not gulty on tour
representative to Hongkong to other charges, is It is just one of a number of the latest and best, features stock of mankind" if we said we the operation include seven OT
15 minesweep
verify the facts for himself, ** When has board the Jury's the toy actually putting its ars, small freighter
verdict, Blackburn... saidzó 2*, Rizk absolutely; innocentio2 · this He said, "We havet, to act and numerous patrol-craft.›
There
charge. I am incapable of being a crook An Ineocorte man har those standa faqat
Elost!
Edinburgh, Jan. 28. been convicted witch is mom could effectively control Senators.
Bie Whiston Churchlila Con- thing
I thought could not both the sea and air of the of (Republican William Langer (Republican of
A byelection polled at the North Blackburn mid he would"#p= North Dakota) expressed Comtat opposition.
Protecting
the Nationalist Edinburgh confiancy on Wed peak against the conviction. opposition to the resolution
polated out heading
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yesterday Beuter!
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