THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 1940.
beMalayan Terrorist Strength Cut Truck Blast
By Half: MacDonald
IMPROVEMENT
DUE TO
FIRM ACTION BY GOVT.
London, May 25.-Mr Malcolm MacDonald, British Commis- sioner General in South-East Asia, told reporters here today that the Communist terrorist strength in Malaya had so declined that it was powerless than half its peak figure of last November,
Mr MacDonald said that th: improvement in Malaya was due to two main factors: (1) Firm Government action and successful action by police, troops and the Royal Air Force against armed ter- rorist bands; (2) The fact that the Communists had received no súp- port from the people of Malaya as a whole.
He described the latter as an overwhelming and decisive reason for the Communist failure.
"The people of halays have the support of the people of the overwhelmingly supported the country the situation would bo Government fram the begin-gradually and steadily cleaned did not mean that ning," Mr MacDonald declared. up. That
He said that since the violent the Communists would give up;
begon Inst June the night. campaign Recurity forces had killed or captured 1,001 terrorists up to the end of April. Of theso 955 Chinese, 24 Malays, eight wcrc Indonesians, teven Indians and two Slamet.
Over 95 percent were Chinese noi born in Malaya, having come in at any time during, the past 25 years,
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technique.
Registration
Scheme For
Hongkong
struggle When the military was over they would try to bury their arms in the jungle, creep The Telegraph learns rellably back and make an effort to rens- that the Hongkong Government
In other intends to introduce a registra sert their influence ways, in the trade union move-tion scheme us soon as ad- parties and groups, according to able. ment. in progressive political ministrative maoltinery is avail- pence-time Communisi To begin with the scheme the
be 'voluntary, and Govern will If eventa in South-East Asia ment servants will be the first be included outside Malaya cuubled the ter-affected. Next to rorists
the will to get outside help, .the
be the employees of bir became truggle would Bald
more commercial firma in the Colony. There is a strong possibility protracted, but he did not i'cipate this.
that registration will ultimately Questioned on the damage to be compulsory for the whole foreign and ed a village school-master, shop-production, properly, and for-population, both keepers, local labour and trade sign trade through the terror-Chinese. unions' leaders who were anti-its campaign Mr MacDonald, Communist and were in the way after specifying its extent, raid the scheme that the effects had been very]Government small indeed.
Colony's food requirements.
"The Communist terrorlat at- tack has been much more against the Chinese than against British or anybody else," Mr MacDonald.
Out of 307 elvillans killed, 208 were Chinese, They Includ
of the terrorist campaign.
LESS THAN 3,000
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Mr MacDonald sald it
Rubber production had been WRS confidently stimated that the higher on, the whole throughout terrorist strength was now less the emergency than at any time than 3,000 armed men. If these since the war, Tin production
Kone from 3,000 were in un open agricul- had
strength to tural country they could strength. The planting of paddy
bo In a and other economic activities rounded up in no time, but In country largely of thick jungle, had been maintained fully-an could sustain a desperate indication that the people were {errorist defensive resistance for a long not supporting the time. That was the whole movemini-Reuter. problem.
they
"We must expect that for months to come there will be individual murders and other incidents," he added.
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whatever
New Shanghai
Drama
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enable
Primarily a security measure,
will also
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Hangs By Legs From Plane
RAF Navigator's
Bravory
Kuala Lumpur. May 25-A Royal Air Force navigator des- Mr. MacDonald said,
cribed today how he hung head Communist Party in London and
downwards from his plane for their friends say that there has
15 minutes at 3,000 feet with been terrible repression of trade
his crew hanging on to his legs, unionism and that sort of thing.
He added that most of the while he cut free a supply It is absolutely untrue."
British-licensed vessels used by parachute trapped in the aircraft Icaders of the In-Malaya trade unions sat in the Legis-the Chinese Government mill- door.
tary authorities in the last few Flight-Lieutenant made speeches they wished to make days had been small but that Shrine, of Winchester, Hamp
they had been lying the Redshire, was navigator of a Dakota They had constantly given stout Ensign when under the com- of a squadron operating from sad courageous support to
the
mand of Chinese Government here to drop supplies to security Goverment.
Army chiefs. Mr MacDonald, who is In
He added that reports so far forces in North Malaya. Britain
A 150-lb pack of rations foul- of his half-
ed the rear door and was left yearly visits for consultation reaching London Indicate that property in Shanghai
the aircraft, that was relatively undamaged
swinging under In the Communist advance inte making it hard to control.
the Shrine, lowered out of Shanghai during the past 36
plane cut the pack loose with a sheath knife-Reuter.
on one
fald
with the Government, about two months ago there was a recrudescence of concern and even alarm in the United King dom because some people felt at the situation in Malaya Instead of was getting worse
position.
Beller
British
hours-Reuter.
Debila lifters the Holland Tunnel's east bound tube following explosion of drums of chemicals on a truck, Explosion was touched off when truck (centre). The caught fire near New Jersey end of the tunnel. Flames sprend to other trucks and the underwater highway was filled with carbón disulphide fumes. Fire-- .men wearing gas masks brought the fire under control, AP Picture.
New HK-PI Air Service
The Telegraph learns this morning that a Hongkong Air- ways flying-boat will probably make a proving flight to Manila
with next week in connection the new passenger service which, it is hoped, will be operating by the middle of June..
To start with the service will be weekly.
In Tunnel
Russia Accused Of Obstructing Berlin Traffic
BRITISH PROTEST
Berlin, May 25,-Britain, in an official statement issued here today, accused Russia of breaking the four-power agreement to end the blockade by adopting a."policy of obstruction.”-
The statement said: "Whereas the Western powers have scrupulously observed the agree ment for the lifting of the restrictions imposed since March 1, 1948, the Soviet Government has followed a policy of obstruction even to the im- position of new restrictions, which represent a breach of the New York agreement,”
The statement listed a number The Soviet military authori- of alleged restrictive measures. ties had also demanded the right Soon afterwards, a British to countersign goods on the so- spokesman said that 28 trains called restricted list of critical from the Wes ern Zones to Ber- raw ma'erials going to the West lin were held up as a result of from Berlin. the strike of Western Bector A Router message from Manila railway men, demanding pay- states that the: Philippines most in Western marks from Government has granted per the Soviet-controlled railway mission for flying-bents to land authority.
Monila and take off in South harbour.
It adds that the new aeriat traie is expected. to fit the present heavy demand for air
between Hongkon transport and Manila resulting from the Communist advances in China.
JAPANESE REPARATIONS
IMPEDING TRADE
Major General K. G.-McLean, the Britlah Military Governor, wrote to the Soviet Deputy Only two trains from the Wes- Mtary Governor, Major Gen- putting tern Zones, have got through to eral Mihail Dratvin West Berlin in the past 24 hours, forward these points of protest. the spokesman tald,
He, asked General Dratvin to. zonal trafic
The nine restrictions to inter-withdraw the requirement that Imposed by the interzonal trade permits should Sevict were:
be translated into Russian, Com- 1-The Soviet military aumenting: "We do not wish to thorities insisted on the need for make trade more dimcult than it
need be," EDITORIAL COMMENT
their counter-signature on ali
from Referring to a letter Shanghal, May 25.---The
goods consigned from Berlin to
General Dratvin, which was re- the West by the Aulobahn, Shanghal American-owned
50 Civil Servants
2.-The Soviet
military au-ceived yesterday, stating that the That was not the
Evening Post, in a front page
Warned: Attlee (Continued from Page 1)
of the time
German thorities limited
of "tite blockade" There had been an absolutely ditorial, wrote today: "Libera-
London, May 25-Fifty civil is the term employed by but gradual im- China's Communists for what servants have so far been given there will be some opposition to all 2.00 pm on Wednesdays existed Generall McLean Bald: steady, slow
United States officials realise presentation of such papers for freight trafle coming into Ber- in through Helmstedt no longer counter-signature to 10.00 a.m. provement right from Decem- 12"
happened to Shanghai notice that they are considered their position from some inem- ber to May. The main forces
"In view of your last paragraph, and Fridays, terrorists
good word affected by the Government's bers of the Far Eastern Com- re overnight, That is were now
I assume that your Administra no one hopes more than polley that Communists and Fas- mission. However, they ure 20. treating deeper and deeper in
Inland
tion haa Intention of restric- the hope of avoiding battle, the Shanghai Evening Post and cisis should not hold security demy convinced of the necessi
ting in any way the use of the posts
In Government depart-ty of allowing Japanese economy Their main forces were leaving Mercury that it will remain
3. The Soviet milltory au- Autobahn for the carriage of to expand to the greatest pos- tholties had made a new rule East-bound German ctyli freight. The Prime Minister Mr Cle-sible degree in order to sustain that the description of goods traffic. I shall be glad if you continue acts of terrorism, mur-politicnt. It is a great frading: ment Attlee, giving these figures itself without American der and sabotage so as to try to and industrial city. What it in a Parliamentary reply today, they have no intention of al shown in Russian.
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ald, on the bill of Lading must be will kindly confirm my under- keep something going.
hopes la that true
true liberation' MILITARY SUCCESS
that none had been dismiss-tering their position. now comes. If this proves to be ed. Three had resigned. Ten They declare so far as the 4. The Soviet military nu-, He regarded it as significant the case Shanghai can provide had been transferred to other United States is concerned there thorities had not rescinded the that 'It was
In December, Just tremendous resources in start departments. Of the rest, 16 is no possibility of further re-order issued to the German Eco- alter the peak period of terroristing the whole of China bark on had been reinstated, 12 were parations being extracted strength, that the training-of the the road
by nomic Commission for the So- QUTWARD MAILS prosperity." awaiting transfer and nine had Aliled nations. Since the United viet Zone that the to
Helmstedt not replied.--Reuter.
States holds the veto power on Autobahn would be barred to commission action, it is believed German load-carrying vehicles. here that the Japanese had suffered their last indemnity of this nature-United Press.
tho
Chas
behind them smaller forces to precisely hol is essentially non-
what it says. ****
menis.
police and army reinforcements Reuter from overseas was completed.
"At the beginning of Decem-
ber our troops were ready for
offensive
in the jungles SIDE GLANCES
action in
and in the territory neighbour- bing the jungles and the success meentes which has come to us since then
Is a military success scored by james fully trained police and fully detrained troops led by the -Air ||
Force ho sald.
He
added that there were thou-
Malayan valunteers in
sands for the Army and
the
****/police force and in lens of thou-
sands for the special constabu roof Tary and the village guards. lier at Umes they had far
Volunteers than.
•
At more
were
for these security forces, All the emergency legislation Vin Malaya had been passed
and passed unanimously-by the Legiala ora with their Unoincial thebegiruning there. had been no press censorship, only Voluntary censorship. The press had been free to go with police or troops on any operation.
£
They wrote their own stories, voluntarily leaving out milliory Information which m'ght be use ful to the enemy stage.
But if a newspaperman want ed to write that kind of thing he did. It was a purely volun- Inry arrangement. They had naver indulged in anything like on (omejal
censor
MMUNIONS FREE Trade unions had also been completely, free to continus
cipating a coriinú
sald
By Galbraith
there must be some other
NEW RULE.
5.-The Soviet military thorities had refused to open to other rallway approaches Berlin other than Helmstedt which had been open to trains
Dif
No Home Wedding up till March 1, 1948, and had
For Prince Aly
refused to givo, assurances of alternative routes in the event of the breaking down of the Helmstedt route.
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xlanding of these questions."
it 1 hereby notined that sarfses wall to Shanthai and North Chins cannot be accepted until further notice.
Unless wiherwise stated, re- barcel articles and gistered posta close 10 minutes earlier than the ordinary mati. I matis close before 15 m, registered and parcel posts close at 5 pm. Dialis ara on the previous day. closed at Kowloon Central Port Once half an hour wariler than the OPO closing times.
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1.20 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 20 Closing Times By Air . Kunming, Lluchow. Amoy, Kwel lin, Chungking, Swatow and Tainan, Rangoon. Calgulla, Karachii, (Basra, Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam. Mauritius Johannesburg, and Caire vis Karachi). Alexandria, Rome and London, (CF0) 470 p.m.; (GPO) = p.m.
Paris, May 25.-The French Ministry of Justice has refused Prince Aly Khan's' request for 0-They had introduced from his marriage to Miss Rita Hay- | May 12 onwards, contrary to worth to take place privately in previous practice, Soviet officera his home, the Chateau de la act na intermedlaries be- Cheribon, at Vallauris, Golfe tween the Western Allled rali Juan, the Agence Franco Presseway operating officers and the reported.
German railway authorities in. The wedding will take place Berlin. publicly at Vallauris, village, hall, the agency said-Router They insisted that Soviet "Japan; fp.myises
Radio Hongkong
1.K.T.
Singapore, B. p.m. 1 Bangkok, Balavia, Colombo, Syd-
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Zone Tocomotives should draw Wost Zone trains to and from "Bangkok, 3 pimë Berlin, justifying this only by quer and South Africa via Durban Manila, Mombasa, Deira, 1. Már reference to an agreement made 13 pm In September,, 1945, but never Amoy, 1 pm.ak
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