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No. 37157
Established. 1845
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 18, 1958.
Comment IKE REBUFF TO
Of The
Day
Precautions
THE prevalling outlook in
TH
Hongkong in these times
of tension is one of anxiety and most would wish the month of October a quiet and speedy passage. Two Dig Chinese
celebrations occur, however, and both require a close watch, care ful preparation and a show of determination by the authorities that any attempt to disturb the peace will be firmly aquelched.
This incidentally applies as
much to those who attempti
foment trouble and
to
create alarm beforehand, and it is pleasing to see. that among precautions taken by Government is the detention of large numbers of Triad Society suspects who
were responsible
for the serious rioting in 1966. In addition, trade unions and societies intend- Ing to
celebrato
the
U.S. Restrain Bombing
Of Mainland Targets
IKE
S.E.A.T.O.
Not Open
respective becasions with To Chiang
meetings and rallies, have been reminded of the provisions of the law, and finally the extremities of the Chinese Press have been warned of the Jangors of careless exuberance in reporting and inflammatory comment. In the interests of редсе and harmony wet- these moves will be
comed by the vast majority of the Colony's Inhabitants.-
Dual Purpose
TONGKONG has
Washington, Sept. 17. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been informed by United States authorities that the supply line to beleaguered Quemoy can be kept open without aerial attacks on artiflory and air and naval bases on the Chinese ' mainland,
Authoritative sources,
porting this today, sald there was disagreement in Washing- ton with the Generalissmo's
statement yesterday that the only real solution wan to at tack the Fukien coast and silence the
simed Kiing
at Quiemoy.
The rucecko with which No- tionalist chips have run the Communist blockade in the last 48. hours has strengthened the beller that Quemoy can be sup- plied without inviting retalla- tion against Formosa itself and bringing about widespread hostilities in the Formosa Stralt.
It was authoritatively reported thut the question of permitting the Chinese Nallonailst Air Force to bomb the mainland to knock
shore out
batteries harassing Quemoy, had been considered but ruled out,
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was confidently believed here that with improved tactics, Ute Quemoy garrison could be supplied without resort to action # serious which might have effect on the peace laiks now
Bangkok, Sept. 17. Delegates to the ninth con- ference of Scata military turned advisors today: down a Philippine request being held by Chinese and to include Formoso within United States Ambassadors in the treaty area, informad | Warsaw.
sources said today.
3 Mile Limit
Navy sources here said
to-
CHIANG
U.N. AGREES ON
FULL AGENDA
United Nations, Sept. 17. The General Assembly's steering committed approved today ali major questions proposed for its agenda excepting China's representation in the U.N. on which it deferred action until tomorrow,
The committee was scheduled to meet after the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, addressed an Assembly Plenary Session on Thursday,
The China Seat
f
The question of whether Communist China is entitled to the U,N, seat now held by Nationalist China has been proposed by India as a subject for Assembly debate for the third successive year. The proposal has been voted down on both previous occasions:**
The steering committee was expected to reject the Indian request and to decide not to debate the China representation issue at all during the session. India probably would ask, as it did last year, that the Assembly overrule its committee in plenary session. But observers predicted that move, too, would be doomed to fallure.
Today the 21-nation stooring committee:"
Voted 15 to 3 Russia, Rumania, Czechoslova kial, with 2 abstentions (Indonesia, Ceylon), to put Hungary on its agerida for the third time in two
Objections from other delegn tions caused pigeon-holing of de- talled examination of the pro- | day that a "forced draft" was posol as the military advisors now
progress to train the centred their attention at the Nationalists to make share
years. made opening meeting on the Fermoso | landings under Communist shell
Straits lension and its effect on fire.
H clear often in their defe of the Far East area,
past that it cannot allow the sources said. Extension of the Chinese
civil war to this territory,
to
Destroyers of tbe United States Seventh Fleet escorting Chlef Philippine Delegate. Nationals1 convoys
from Arellano Formosa would continue to re- Alfonso and the authorities must Genes of ensure that those likely to described Communist designs in moin in international waters Gisturb order whatever the Formosa area as a definite and would not approach closer
his country. The than three mlies to Quemoy. bement their motive will
Formosa question, was studied Omelals here did not contest wiliz frustrated
equal at his request, the sources in the Generalissimo's contention severity. The authorities dicated.
that running the difficult block- have been and will un-
General Arellano said his ade was hardly a permanent doubtedly continue to be government feared that war in solution to the problem of sup- entirely
in the Straits might spread to the plying Quemoy. impartial pursuing this aim the Philippines. Jaw La no respecter of persona.
the
The sources added that maximum the military advisers would euntemplate would be the possibility of strengihening Welcome in the announce-Philippine defenses to Соре ment by the Commla-with the situation.France. stoner of Police, Mr A. C. Presse. Maxwell, that the Police are "now stronger, better
nud better prepared equipped to deal with any threat to peace than ever! before" and the Colony may be assured that following the
1956
rlots
authorities are
the
not, going to be caught unprepared and hesitant second time. There is indeed a two-fold purpose in this assurance for not only is it intended to allay nnxiety but it serves as a timely warn- ing to any who seek to "provoke disorder that no
mercy will be given.
A Request
TH
THE coflict now occurring OIT the China coast ... provides an. added reason for vigilance in prepara- tions and planning for this year'a celebrations. Tradi-
tionally however, ⚫these hove been holidays occasions when the liberties of law-abiding citizens have not been restricted and the Colony would wish it so again this year. Despite the tension of the times and the desire perhaps by some to make assurance double nure, it de hoped that the
Hongkong's
Communist
Press “Obligations To
But the overriding considera- tion appeared to be that the Warsaw talks must be given an opportunity to succeed.
Renounce Force
I was believed by Washington umeluis that attacks against the mainland, even under severe Pro- vocation, would damage 10 United States' position, which is to persuade the Communists to renounce the use of force to attain political ends.
For this reason, officials said, the Nationalists have been ad- vised to use all the devices and
at resources
their command. short of bombing mainland for- gets, do supply Quemos-Beuter.
Decided to debate the Algerian question again this year after hearing the French Foreign Minis- ter, Maurice Couve de Mürville, declare that France would boycott the debate,
★ Approved Greece's request again to discuss the Cyprus question after both Britain and Turkey said they did not object to such a debate.
Lumped together unrelated American and Soviet proposals for taking up the problem of pace in outer space.
★Put on the agenda without discussion the prob- lam of general disarmament, but resisted a Soviet bloc attempt to include with it the appointment of disarmament commission members.
Decided without a vote to include the old ques- tion of South Africa's racial' policies on the agenda after the South African delegate, G. P. Jooste, formally stated his govemment's objection to such a debate,
★ Removed from the agenda an Indian-proposed
item on the question of Antarctica after the Indian Defence Minister, V. K, Krishna Menon, said his delegation would withdraw it until next year. He noted the already heavy Assembly agenda and the fact that the United States had called a 12-nation con- ference to discuss the Antarctica.-U.PI; -
Authority Typhoon Helen
Singapore, Sept. 18.
The Birafts Times, in att editorial on the repent police warning given to Itongkong newspapers, sald (oday: "No one would ex- Dert Communist news- papers in a British Colony to be as servile 'as they always are In thele own country.
.have
"But they still oblications to | authority, and ang of them 'le the duty of killing rumours, Instead of spreading them." --Reuter.
Cloisters Fire At Windsor
Blasts Tokyo,
But Weakening
Tokyo, Sept. 18.
Typhoon Helen slammed into Tokyo today with powerful winds and torrential downpours which inundated waterfront areas and para- lysed train and plane services. "
Windsor, Sept. 17. A small fire broke out yes "presence" of the Police terday afternoon in the clois-Wednesday)
alerted und preters of Windsor Castle, '
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The Japaniono government's Gusta of 65 miles per hour central meteorological observa«. were measured. As the wind Hary sild the centre of the fast- | begm shifting to the North, tho ⚫ moving storm passed over the meteorological observatory pre- Tokyo international⠀⠀⠀⠀Airport | dieted that Helon would weaken shortly after 8 am. (2300 GMT | sull further.
Extensive food damage The bustling capital self on-reported over the length of for any eventuality Fire engines from Windsor borod the calm "eye of the Japan's southern coast as heavy to and Slough ware sent to the typhoon during the morning rush waves battered sen walls and deter would-be trouble-recño..
hover ank commisions fought to drenching raias raised river to makers without the need to Fire, which started in a cup, get to tibein offices on crowded good levels. Impped restrictions of a
board, was quickly brought | trudem und desmos before the wind;
Trains on the main Osaka- under control.
Estarted again. A kind not found necessary in
Damego war alight. No one The huge storm, which hushed Tokyo Ins were cancollect o previous years. They can was injured, e
|| ships on the count with 113 delayed bocasion" od fooded bo Irritating and among
The cloistere were built in mife-an-hour winds, landed on tracks, Hom
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HONGKONG-B WON LOO.N.
CHIANG? Massive
American Plan To Neutralise
Quemoy
May Come To U.N.
United Nations, New York, Sept. 17. The United States probably would bring the situa
tion in the Formosa Strait before the United Nations if the current ambassadorial talks in Warsaw failed, authoritative sources today.
The sources felt it would be
US Force Gathers
Washington, Sept. 17. The United States is now
concentrating in the For mosa region the most powerful military defen- Bive force that it has as- sembled since the second world war.
The 7th U.S. Flect, ready. for any emergency, has sucently been strengthened by a maxi it is now composed of 126 war- said ships, marned by 40,000 men, which constitutes à firing poten- tial definitely superior to that of the 6th Fleet in the Medi- ferranean at the worst time of the Lebanese crisis.
mum reinforcement quola und
"moze logteal" to go first to the Warsaw Talks:
Security Council.
The United States might be 2nd Meeting
Will Tell
willing to discuss a change in
the use
of the offshore Islands of Quemoy and Midzu, the sources said. They indicated that this could involve de- militarisation.
They said that the United States was not, however, pre- pared to consider any move to place Formosa under United Nation's truelesskáp.
They stressed that while the United States had commitments to the Nationalists, the Chieng Kal-shek regime had no “vete" over American policies in the aren.-Rouler,
Tho
More Coming
The U.S. Air Force Is In- creasing us strength in Formosa from day to day. Three more groups of aircraft arrived there recently and the most modern
aireraft QTO types of
thq Qty
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now
Formos
U.S. dottn
stationed on August 23, the
Cole when the Chinese opened. up their artillery borrago from the mainland,
Warsaw. Sept. 17. scoond meeting between i converging United States and Chinese sector.
Les than panbassadors tomorrow ahquld make it plain whether their fighter aircraft were Warsaw talks can make any Formosa “PROKETEE оп - the- Formosa problem, in the opinion et western observers here. The two envoys, 'Mr Jacob D.
The battalion of U.S. Marines Beam, and Mr Wang Ping-which took part in last week's manoeuvres. in back to their combined nan, reported governments after their initial Formoca are preparing to stay session on Monday.
there as long as necessary, It is It is believed that cart de. more likely that they will be legallon at this session, which reinforced than, withdrawn, lasted almost three hours, put Rocket Defence forward "substantive posals,"
WARSAW OR U.N. At the ecccus meeting to
morning In the here. The ambassadors are expected · 10 ax.tamine closely the Matot govrenment-nuthorised proposala for any chances of compromito. Diplomatic sources here con- sider it highly improbable that
morrow
The Days Of yakwski Palace
Cheap Meat
pro
Formosa L. ΠΟΥ equipped with as suny nnu-aircraft "Nike-Hercules" rocket batteries the most advanced of their kind), as are the major "nerve- centres" in the United States.
The island is also equipped with "Matador" ground-to- missile tele-guided ground unita These missiles, invo both Л conventional and A the Warsaw talles will resolve nuclear capacity and have a range of several hundred miles.. the problem of FormicĆ and France-Presic bring peace to the Far East, but there are hopes that they might London, Sept. 17.
at least lead to a lessening of Prices of beefsteak in Lon-tonalen.-Reuter don soared to an all-time high of 13 shillings a pound today,
Are Passing
Experts at Smithfield mor
2,000 Guests
Cairo, Sept. 17.°
of
50 Die In Flood Tragedy
Mexico City, Sept. 17. kot, London's main distributing Two thousaric guests will At least 50 people were esti- centre, were pessimistic about sit at a 1,000-yard long bane mated to have been killed inst the future. The days of cheap quet table (omegrow at a wed-night when the river Santiago meat are finished," one of them | ding of Arabian Nights' || bure. Its banks in the Mexican cald.
between splendour
Emir states of Jalisco and Nayarit, Mohammed,
Saudi and Is waters flooded many Mca. traders blamed the Arabia's Crown Prince Faisal, villager and small towns. rocketing prices.on unusually low imports of beef from the Argentine, coupled with "practi- cally nothing from New Zen- land and a shortage from "home farms.Reuter.
and Muna, daughter of Azzam Pasha of Egypt."
Survivors of catastrophe said the water completely submerged some small house, and carried away parked cors and hurled the them agoinst walls-France-
Presac.
A thousand roast lambs and tons of fruits and sweets are to be specially flown to wedding feast.--Reuter.
TVs Ahead Of WCs
This was revealed by Mr
"Yel although waler
clusots
seeing we have got to wait for
Blackpool, Sept. 17. A survey of 200 hou at Frank Sudden, Morley's chlof were first Invented In 1724, it Morley, Yorkshire, showed 125 public health inspector, at had television' acts--but only health Inspectors conference three had baths,
here.
over 200 years before we can get one for each family."
Conference delegates passed Four hours had separate He said: "We have reecatly unanimously a resolution urging water closets (sorte Yorkshire heard obout rocketa going up legislation to empower local housco share back Yard | hundreds of miles and air trips authorities to enforce mderniza- lavatories) and six had run from Hongkong to London tion of houses, China Mail ning water.
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