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REFUGEES LEAVE
A pity of 82 White Ruslan
comprising China,
frett
13
familles, ten by USDA plane under charter by UNRO for Manila Mis morning en-route Ju
CHINA MAIL
· TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1958.
After Visiting Hongkong, They Make A Proposal-
A World Refugee Year?
Late Angeles. The 13 families, Chinese Girl
led by 74-year-old man. will
eventually migrate o Brazil.
The youngest in the group was the Trader's one-month-old granddaughter.
Injured
A seven-year-old girl sustaiced ¦ serious injuries when she was
Handbag Snatched backed down by a private ear
A handbag was satched from Chinese wonum in Jordan Road, near Ballery Street this morning.
SIDE GLANCES
near her hoone of about 1.20 p.m. yesterday.
The girl. Hung Yuk-in of 53 Hau Wong Hood, roof top, is now receiving treatment in Kowloon Hospital
By Galbraith
1-17
( 1900 6, NEA Barvice, Ing.
"He won't believe you if you say 'common cold.' doctor ho wants miracle drugs, discovered just in time to
save him from pneumonia!"
An Attempt To Solve International Problem
By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Three prominent young Conservatives have proposed that the British Government should declare a World Refugee Year, from Christmas 1959 to Christmas 1960, in an attempt to solve the international refugee problem.
Authors of the plan are four-only after months of prodding dismal as they appear, the only minute miler and BBC TV cum-by the Press,
possible answer to the sudden mentator Christopher Chaloway, "For this Indifferent, make-urush of destllute Chinese,
two leading young British shift, approach the Conservative The border is now closed and
Colin Залес Journallis,
Despite and Party must take a large measure it must remain so, Trevor Philport. All are mem-of binme. To and in the House pole precautions, a handful of [bers of the young Conservative of Commons any consistent, refugees still succeed each week
Bow Group, and Chalaway has genuine concern for the probin
entering the Colony and visited Hongkong recently.
Jems of refugees, those involved swelling a population that now They say there are four mujor in the works have hitherto hud stunds at about 3,000,000 in a International problems with to look largely lo KA few arep where in 1945 not much which the World Refuge Year Socialist MPx,
mofe than half a million people should be concerned:
SHEAFFER'S
NEW BALLPOINT
WITH EXCI UNIVE
MORABLE AT ALL
BOSO STEMES
STERLING SILVER TIP
(BATON
DEFENCE WITHDRAWS OFFENCES
STATEMENT
IN OPIUM CASE
AGAINST GIRL
Two youths were placed on two years' probation each by Mn D.N.E. Rea at Central Court this inning when they ploaded Kulliy to committing offences A suggestion that a Police inspector and against a 14-year-obi girl,
Lam Wal-ming, 19, a watch detective had "invented" a state-repairer, admitted, indecent as
sault on the girl on April 2' in ment attributed to the second accused Pul Lung Village, Shnakwan, Tong Kwok-chu, 10, a student, was withdrawn by the defence this pleaded guilty to carnal know morning at the trial of an Indian andge of the same girl in Rennies a Chinese charged with possession and conspiracy to deal in opium.
Counsel
Hearing is proceeding.
Mill Camp on January 20,
Attempted Robbery
metal bar.
10.16
The suggestion had been minde | Mr Winter and he was grate- by Mr Richard Winler during ful to the Court for clarifying the cross-examination of Delee the matter and would withdraw tive Constable Tong Wing- the question he had put
An elderly Chinese men and a woman dustained slight in- wong, who denied it.
Continuing his cross-examine-juries in a struggle with two Mohindra Vers, 30, of 118-1 ton, Mr Winter suggested to armed Chinese тся who Macdonnell Road, and Pui Sai- witness that he had delayed the attempted to force their way of 173 writing down of the statement into the first floor of 6 Fat hung, 35, unemployed,
for four days and therefore had Cheung Street at about Boer, arc Wing Lok Street West, second alleged to have conspired to deal in oplum what had been said when he did
mude a mistake In remembering (a.m. yesterday,
One of the men was armed between October last year and eventually write it. Tong dis- with a penknife and the other February this year.
agreed.
with what appeared to be a "Nu Conservative can find Uved.
They are further alleged to મ matter The Chinese In Hong-this
for self- "The aim in Hongkong mast have been in
of possession evngralutation. A party whose be to provide reasonable 1,070 pounds of the drug en emigres indivological beetrock is a bellet in commodation, for The Russian
the refugees February 22. Hongkong and China;
Individual freedom and self- and if possible some local in the expression, has reason to show dustry, Araby on
as much idealism towards the borders of 1rnet;
Austria, plight of refugees a a party The camps in
moved by the vision oľ Germany, Italy and
equality."
The White Austraila polley. Greece.
Chalsway and his see only limited pos- nirue: "A
friends the ban on Chinese Immigration They
World Refugee Into Canada and
the small -sibilities เฟ resettlement for
Your could yield incomparable quotas allowed by the United „Clainese refinees In Hongkong dividends in human happiness. States and other countries mean
but feel much could be done A lend from Britain would do
that there is le chance of Calleviate their plight if sufficient
more than any tactical move in
resettlement. Funds were available.
the cold war to prove iter sit- The three Conservatives, curity 10 the uncommitted writing in the Spring issue of matlons, Crorsbew, the Bow Group pub- lication, lamel their proposal with a sharp criticism of the Conservative Government: "Those correrned with Interna; tional refuger work in that
Vital
"How could a World Refugee Year come about? What could
really do?
the British Government's can-
The vital thing to really is tribution £¥ any problem
that much of the problem is determined almost exclusively soluble-given the will to solve by the extent of Press and st. popular interest.
Interest
Mr John McNeill, QC, and Mr V.L.J. D'Alton, Instrueled by PL. Lam and Co., ore defending Mr Fuchard Winter, Verma. instructed by Hastings and Co., is defending Pul.
Mr D.E. Greenfield and Mr D.G, Wills, Crown Counsel, are prosecuting, assisted by Det. Sub-Inspector G.J, Hiddell, of The World Refuger Year the Narcotics Bureau. would slir up Interest in the Mr Winter questioned DPC plight of these pathette people Tong regarding an occasion on and ensure adequate funds for February 22, when he and the the mass of excellent voluntary second accused were leaving u organisations now engaged upon garage in Lyttleton Road, and rellef work in Hongkong.
when Put was alleged
have "Once schools, houses, and the made statement. basic facilities were provided the sums needed in future years would be of Q manageable order."
"We are moved to u generous, persuaded or bullied inlo The three Conservatives con-
1 short-lived, burst of goodwill toward the victims of the Hun- carian uprising, but yield grudit ing and belated help to White Russlan emigres
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"The Government must bo accepting the idea.
clude: *The whole problem could not be swept away in one year. But an enormous amount could be done. Indeed, hero surely is
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"The Commonwealth should be interested--as it is, Australia and New Zealand are the only countries outside NATO to have contributed much. It would be La great thing it India and
Pakistan could be brought in.
"Amerien and our European allies should be asked to join in, and ideally the whole preposi- tion should be put before the General Assembly of the United Nations this autumn.
talic
about at the Summit-a cimple is concerning people which could make the atthudinising melt away for a while.
Witness agreed that he con- sidered that statement et the time to be material to the case. He knew Pul had been under caution by Det-Sub-Inspector | Chu Chan-mur.
Asked whether he did nol consider it important enough for him to note down that caution and then put the statement in writing, Tong sold that ainer Mr Chu was his superior officer,
he-ecrcidered that he witness) should not do so.
Witness agreed that it was "There could be no her way his duty as a Police fee: to for Britain to show what she bring this to his superior's at mill has to give to the world | Lentiou. than by taking the lead in then, establishing the World Refugee "An organising body. mus! come into being, either Year, and chowing that love 15 governmental, inter govern- well as fear sul has its vic- mental or simply representing tories."
Those who mind. Its aim would be to set in motion a year's con- centrated drive towards solving the major International prob- icms.
"1ts
be to
function would focus work opinion upon the outstanding needs, to spur on the raising of money,
10 asist
and
co-ordinate the
voluntary bodies and
work of national
and international organisations, such as the Inter-Governmental Commitice for European Migra- tion, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Reller and States Escapee Programme, and the United
United Works
Nations Agency,
they arise."
FAR EAST FLEET COMING TO
HMS
COLONY
It Was Dark
Further questioned, witness said that if circumstances per. mitted he would have suggested this step to Mr Chu. But, he added, it was dark at the time. Mr Winer said that there was some light in the garage, and esked whether ho could not back to it for the of writing down
have gone
purpose
the statement.
Tong replied that
Bir Chu
On safari, Eleanor gives her husband a
haircut.
He Proved The Doctors Wrong
By A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
was in charge of the matter. If the doctors had had their way, William Treutle
and that it was not for him to
decide what to do,
stances
-he arrives in Hongkong tomorrow-would have been dead six and a half years ago. For after suffering a coronary occlusion this over- worked Washington dentist was told he had six months to live.
Lone Safari
provement in his health.
Д
Eleanor's number almost came up on that trip too. Two seconds alter stepping out her makt. shift jungle bath one night, sho turned to see a leopard tapping up her bath water,
Witness agreed thal since Following the arrival of the they were about eight yards or garage, circum- commander-in-Chief, Far East so from the
did permit the etale- Station, Admiral Sir Gerald (Commander Sir Peter Ansoni Gladstone KCB in HMS Alert ment to be taken down inslie
Tong said that the first time "I was afraid and I didn't
He and his new wife others.
Bt) tomorrow a large concen-
was his want to die": that
Elcanor
оп sol off statement he wrote down the In the case of the Russian tration of Her Majesty's Ships, was when he made a statement reaction. But if that was to be safari-honeymoon in Uganda, emigres in
China and Hong-will be visiting Hongkong..
his fate, Treutle was determined carrying only a few supplies, of his own four days after, kong and the Chinese in Hong
Arriving Saturday - Salling Mr Winter then suggested in the time left to him 10 relying only on his prowess as a kong, rome in resettlement
every could
that witness and Mr Chu had full a boyhood longing to be hunter for fresh meat be achieved, and DJ June 4:
statement. This an anthropologist.
day. And it was on this trip relief HMS Newfoundland (Cop invented that of permanent measure
For many years It had been that he began putting on weight established, which would for tain A. R. Heziet DSO, DSC) was denied.
flag of the Flag His Honour asked Counsel is spare-time hobby. Now he he gained 30 lbs and there the future require litle capital wearing the
Second-in-Command, he was suggesting that witness decided to sell up his dental was an almost miraculous Im- expenditure. The office of the Officer,
Far East Station, Rear-Admiral and Mr Chu had deliberately in-practice, his home and property UNHCR could largely be freed to deal with new problems as L.G. Dutlacher CB, OBE, DSC; rented it, or whether they had and chase off to Africa which Newcastle (Captain | merely made an error of had first fascinated him during his soldiering days in World In a aliori note on Russian A.H.C. Gordon-Lennox, DSO) memory.
If the suggestion was that it War II. emigres in China and Hongkong, now in harbour. HMS Bulwark
P.D. Gick, OBE. was deliberate, Judge How went (Captain the three Conservatives say there are on the World Council DSC): HMNZS Royalist (Cap-on. then it would be an attack
the character of the two A few weeks later he called records,
from New York taking a jeep 9,000 retugees inside tain G.D. Pound, DSC); HMS on
"It was lucky he was thirsty China who want to come out Cossack (Commander R.E.S. Police witnesses.
20. Mr Winter said his instructions equipped to carry him on a lone
and not hungry," she said. to find and but have no visus, The Chinese Wykes-Sneyd) salle May
Crane (Commander were that the remark altributed sufari. He hoped
Now they are un a round-the Government would almost cer- HMS
DSC) now R.K.N. Emden;
in to his client was never said. make a study of "an honest to world jaunt they were recent- tainly release them.
Mr Greenfield said he Bup-goodness primitive harbour,
posed Mr Winter would be call-natives, untouched by modern in Australia, ishing on the Barrier Reef, crocodile shooting Arriving Sunday Sallinging Put into the witness box civilisation." He also hoped to May 23:
eventually, otherwise' ho, would record the life cycle of his in the Gulf of Carpentaria and filming primitive aboriginal A relatively small
HMAS Melbourne (Captain submit that such suggestions primitive tribes on film.
tribes Three big things happened on money, a great purt of which O. B. Beecher, DSO, DSC, should not be made.
that safari:
"It probably sounds strange could be raised by public sub- RAN) wearing the flag of the Mr Winter wald what he was that the wit- scription,
with together
The film he finally made but that sentence of death gave Flag Officer Commanding Her suggesting was
a now leaso of Me and a Australian willingness on the part of just | Majesty's
Fleet,iness's evidence was not irue,
about the Karomojo, mo tow
H.M. governments to¦ Rear-Admiral more
Barrel, Judge How told Counsel that tribe In British Uganda was completely new outlook," BAYB tako Another hundred or two CBE, RAN; HMAS Voyager bo was suggesting that witness later
voted one of America's Dr Treulle, refugees would ensure an out- (Commander G. J. B. Crab, was an inventor", and an most distinguished Alms on right solution.
DSC, RAN). sails June 4. "inventor" in this senso was anthropology and won a place "lar. If Mr Winter was only in the archives of the Library The Conservatives, have this
Arriving Monday: to say about Chinese refugeca RFA Fort Sanduicy-(Cap suggesting that the wilness was of Congress in Washington. in Hongkong:
tain R. V. Boodle).
in error, that was different, be
* Arriving, Wednesday, May 21:added. EMS Cavalier (Commander Balls J. 13. Cartwright, DSC) June 4.
Arriving, Saturday, May 24: HMS St Brides Bay-(Com- mander 3.H. Groom): HMS Modeste (Commander P. A Stuart. DSC) salls June 3:
Small Sum
sam of
"This has be accepted as. an International concern at the General Assembly of the United Nations. A special fund has been upenod for it, but hòa ng yet received not a penny.
"The Hongkong Government has made a courageour effort to build the necessary houses, hospitals and schools. Tho vari resettlement blocks housing up to date 300,000 people, were,
Arriving Wednesday, May 28: HMS Cheviot-(Captain "W.D. 'O'Brien, DSC),
,
cán
tribe of
1:
To Be Happy
"Since then, things that used He met and 21 days to seem important: to" me- Inter-married in Ameri- money, ambition, social life- woman in the Belgian haven't been important at all. Congo aftar giving her a Now I just want to be happy bair doing the things I really like MORE LOCAL wedding ring of a singin
from an elephant's tail, clamped doing and every new day is together with brass (now set in wonderful. I'm so glad to be
| alive.” gold to preserve it).
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