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Hongkong Telegraph.
VOL. IV NO. 146
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1949.
"Secret Bombs Used In Second Raid
Plan"
To Halt Commandos
Reds
Washington, June 22.- Dr Kat Chich-hou, per- sonat representative of China's President today laid before President Tru
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Nationalist China's "secret plan" for halting the Communists.
Dr Kan spent half an hour with President Truman accompanied by Amba andor Wellington Koo, He later refused to tell report- ers the detalls of the plan, but said he explained
to It exactly President Truman. "The plan how we are going to defend purgelves against tlo Com- munista and what the
U. S.
can do to help us."
Rovelled to say who gave
He
him these tiructions, referring White the questioners to the House. He said the plan docs involve United not necessarily States munitions or military uld. He was asked if Chinn'n prob- lem was not largely a question of money. He replied that was not necesarlly so,
On Way Here
!
Valetta, Malta, junc 22.--An advance party of the Third Commando Brigade will leave Malta: on June 29 for Hong- kong, followed on July 21 by the main body, a usually reliable source said here today.
The Third Commando Brigado comprises about 2,200 men in all under the command of Bri gadier C. R. Hardy.- Reuter.
Didn't
Fly
White Ensign
Shanghai, June 23-The har. bour pilot who swept the Yangise Estuary has denied the charge made by the American Senator, Mr. Styles Bridges, in the Senate on Tuesday that one hauled of the mine-sweepers down the British White Ensign and hoisted the Red flag, ac- cording
to the North China Daily News.
NATIONALISTS STRONG Ho sald the Chinese National ist military force was strong enough to resist the Communists ulong three lines of defence, He said he could not disclose what these lines wer
were, but that
but generally they were along the western and southern provinces.
The pilot, Captain Columbus Dr Kanald the Nationalist
D. Smith of Atlanta, Georgia, government
had some air power said that the mine-sweepor, but that plancs in themselves
owned by the British Consulate are not essential to repulse the General, did not fly any Ensign Communists aloni the three at all because it was not a naval Jinest plan" embodied in vassoi
port, The vessel left, the swept the channel and returned coloured the same red with military pass fag required of all shipping here," he added.
the "secret
Asked what President Tru- man's reaction was to the plan, Dr Kan said, "He listened to my explanation with Intercal Dr Kan described his talk with Mr Truman as "most enjoy- able."--United Press.
EDITORIAL
On The Anchises
CG'S
OFFICIAL REPORT
London, June 22. --. A report from the British Consulate-General in Shanghai on today's attack the second on the Blue Funnel motor ship Anchises indicated that two bombs were dropped and that the vessel was machine-gunned, a Foreign Office spokes- man stated tonight.
No casualties were caused.
:
The report said that an aircraft recon- noitered the position of the Anchises yester- day after the first attack in which four of the crew were injured.
Today, two aircraft dropped two bombs, one of which fell near the ship and the other a little inland, the Consulate-General's report stated.
Mr John Coghill, British Embassy represor- tative in Canton, has been instructed to lodge a Government further protest with the Chinese
against today's now bombing attack on the "Bri-.. tish merchant ship Anchises in the Whangpoo River, a usually reliable source stated.
and
Preliminary work for the re- Commenting on the Nationa- floating of the Blue Funnel 1st blockade announcement a liner Anchises, which began foreign diplomat said that in yesterday, is expected to be re-his personal opinion more than mero notificatiry- was sumed this morning in order to just got the vessel to dry-dock for necessary.
possible.
He said that a blockade was repairs as soon
Despite attacks on the British
very A
tricky" matter lines, shipping is still thought, that, among other cargo continuing in and out of Shang" things, there must be a means hal.
of warning and intercepting Following the arrival of But shipping and not just using ar terfield & Swire's Foochow yes-503 terday with 3,000 tons of general craft to bomb vessels attempting
enter
the blockaded cargo from Hongkong, the fast, to
which would be an "act luxury passenger-cargo motor vessel Star of Suez is expected piracy." to leave this morning for New York via San
Remodelling The Legislature
two
the
.
aren
They read, talk, sleep in the Sunday sunshine, these men of the Argyll and Sutherland High- landers and other units, now en route to reinforce the Hongkong garrison aboard the Empire Trooper. On 'right, n. small school, in a little deck game," with cigarettes as stakes. The troops were allowed to buy 50 each.London Express Service.
Berlin Strikers Agree To Lift Blockade
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Berlin, June 22. West Berlin's 14,000 anti-Communist railway strikers agreed on Wednesday to lift the "little blockade" of Western Berlin,
Damage amounting to £25,000 was caused when the Asiatic Petroluem Company's kerosene depot at Gough Island was hit on Tuesday during the Nation-them alist air raid-Reuter.
TO AVOID SHANGHAI Oslo, June 22.-Ships belong ing to the Far Eastern Freight
zone
Dine
·At tho
P.G.
For
Reservations
Price 20 Cents
Tel: 27880
2,000 More Troops Leave For Hongkong
PEIPING RADIO ATTACKS H.K.
San Francisco, June 22.—A Pelping radio broadcast heard here last night said that Communist circles were closely watching the "arbitrary policies pursued by the British Hongkong Government in depriving the Chinese people of their rights in Hongkong."
nileged The broadcast
that tish nuthorities in turning Hong- during the past half year the kong into a city of terror'?" Hongkong Government had "at-Reuter.
Mountbatten Bill Opposed
But they refused to end their five-week old strike. Union leaders admitted the Rus sian controlled railway management may not accept the strikers "emergency service" plan. This plan would restore sup, management) do not co-operato Authoritative sources con- Armed that the mine-sweeper
and the rest of Germany,
are willing to impose the block- a wooden mo or
ply lines between West Berlin on this basis it means that they in question,
A union spokesman said the ade again." Unfounded Claim
fishing vessel borrowed by the
Western sector elevated trains, Bracht said the union planted London, June 22-Mr Ernest Harbour Pilots' Association from
only during. British Consulate-General,
The Liberation Daily reported which normally carry, nearly to operate trains British Foreign the Bevin, the
passengers dally, į daytime- hours. The unton Secretary, told the House of did not fly any Ensign.
Francisco and that when the Anchises pulled 1,000,000
Woosung would remain stalled. He said leader said the men would work Commons today that there was
Captain Smith was one of Panama. She will take from into Whangpoo from
without no freight consigned to the the emergency service no foundation-for-a-recent claim
the three pilots who used two here several--hundred tons of on Tuesday she was followed by that by General, Franco
Canadian-built Mosquito Soviet zone would be allowed to pay. to sweep, the general cargo. Vessels
move through the We
Western see- Allied leatlers during the war wooden
Such service would involve a on June 10 Latest reports indicated that bombers. had promised that Spain would Yangtse Estuary
As the freighter made a turn tors, which the strikers control.
Following urgings
from certain amount of co-operation acquire territory in North Africa and established that there were the Texas Óll Company's tanker
standing by at at slow speed a bomb fell into
signal at the experes of France on the no mines in the River mouth. Rum River is
water at her side, heavily American and British officials, with the Soviet the mouth of the Yangise,
flooded the union admited it was system. cessation of hostililles-Reuter. Reuter.
Jolting the ship. Water
establish einer- Union leaders notified the tacked the rights of freedom of the engine room from the port "obilgated to
city's threo Western com the Chinese people who form 99 side. The skipper then beached gency service Immediately"..
manders of their decision by
percent of Hongkong's popula- the freighter.
tion." letter. They also notified the for INTERZONAL TRAINS
police and Herr Ernest Reuthor,
The broadcast further sald "We will ofter Interzonal Mayor of West Berlin.
that the Hongkong Government's A union and accept
announcement sald two acts of "closing the Tateh trains to Potsdam
Heinz workmen would report to the College there,"
In the latter part of from Bracht, Chairman of the Union freight yards on Thursday to February and, the proclamation Brach,thes (the railway make technical preparations for of the Ordinance for the remis London, June 22.-Con- traffic. By tration of societies on May 25 servative members in the restoring normal Friday, trains, from Western have evoked widespread ·in-
Berlin
Un actually dignation to
House of Commons today Germany
Chinese the people."
opposed the private Bill yards toward
unloading, depots, It quoted the Communist cir-which aims at giving Lady ihe ani
added. announcement
cles as seeing in the alleged re Mountbatten, wife of tho The union sald It would
of India, proper dispersal cent searching of the home of a guarantee the
well-known Hongkong Chinese last Viceroy Washington, June 22-Ast of West Berlin bound traits Com
Communist as heralding fur greater control over her. fight between Representative Soviet zone railwaymen send
ther attacks on the rights of £1,400,000 inheritance under (Democrat Adolph. Sabath. cerning the air attacks on the filinois), aged 03. and Repre- them into yards in the Western freedom of Chinese Commündis the will of her grandfather,
Chinese residents.in
Sir Ernest Cassel.. sector. Anchises. It was deelded to sentative E. Cox (Democrat,
Latest and
Hongkong suspend callings at Shanghai Georgia), aged 69, broke out on decision, tho strike leaders
out that Estate Dit, has already, passod polated | and divert the ships elsewhere. the floor of the House of Repre vloted, not to, accept Soviet as cast added circles the broad- The Bill, the Mountbatten
The Conference is meeting sentatives today..
surancea that there would be no "thle cannot but make the Chin through the House of Lords.
Several Conservatives behind closed doors, but it is
put ese people ask the question reported that
According to witnesses of the reprisals if the men ended their It is discussing
What is the purpose of the 11- down a motion for its rejection the re-appearance
of Japan in incidents, Mr. Cox slapped Mr strike.Associated Press.
on the ground that its principle in the mouth and
should be embodied in gefioral Far Eastern shipping competl Sabath
Hyakkkkk. knocked of his glasses. Mr. tion.Reuter, affected by the combined vote of the noOUT OF BOUNDS
circumstances. Chinese electors, it is possible that a non-
and left to Mr Cox's face Chinese candidate receiving the maximum New York Jupe 22-Shang fore other Congressmen parted
hat was "out of bounds" for the two combatants. votes of the non-Chinese electors, could.
most American shipping still be defeated by another candidate who
Wednesday. TEME has the support of Chinese votes. This, Most Americar riniurally, is true, but does it matter very much? The principle of the vote is that It shall be free-free to be used in whatever way the elector so feels, even to the point of not using it at all. Separate electorates immediately deny this principle and regiment the voters. A... Chinese, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The American President lines,
The
SIR Man Ham Lo's motion which his
Uneiiicial colleagues yesterday un animously supported in Legislative Council, brings to a climax the recent public discussions relating to constitu fional reform In Hongkong. But motion does nothing to free. the subject of its more unfortunate controversial features, although it does possess the merit. of being explicit. The motion is featured by three contentious points: firstly, whether the Unofficial: members of Legislative Council should be elected or partly neminated; secondly, the nature of the electorate; thirdly, whether there should be separate elections. If it can bo claimed there is any solid public opinion on this Issue it undoubtedly, favours election of all Unofficiala: not because nominated Unofficiala: "are" con- sidered to be nothing but "yes men," but on the general principle that only through being elected can a person genuinely be regarded as a representative of the people. And the dividing of Legislative Council into elected and nominated Unofficials might have the effect of creating dis- tinctions in the pubile mind between the two types of representatives,. On the other hand, there, could be merit in the elected plus nominated system, inasmuch that it does not follow, that a popular election would send to the Council the best candidates, a defect which could be remedied through the method. nomination. Sir Man Kam Lo pertinently pointed out the basis from which the présent constitution has been evolved and argued that it would be better to take a step in the right direction along the road of progress and evolution rather than attempt to move too rapidly. If this be acceptable, a thesis, his proposal that some of the Unofficials be elected and some namirinted, becamesin logical enti«: prom “When the comer to the nature.
or
of the electorate, Bir Man Kam Lo le, of necessity, dealing with a delicate subject, Elected Unofficials are supposed to be returned on a popular mandate, but if the electorate be confined to British subjects, the votes can represent only a fruction of the total population who would: otherwise be entranchised. Nevertheless, there are sound arguments, particularly as this is the first step toward constitu tional reform, for restricting the franchise to British subjects. We disagree entirely, however, with the proposal that there bo. two separate electornies-Chinese and non-Chinese. Sir Man Kam Lo argues that while, under a single electorate, the cholce of a Chinese candidate cannot be
If he is entitled to a vote, should be permitted to exercise it in whatever way he wishes, and the same applies to the non-Chinese. The important point is to see that boili' Chinese and non-Chinese ars' adequately represented and that is taken
care of by the proposed com- position of the Council which provides for so many members of both sections.*; Moreover the single electorate leaves the -successful candidates, with the confident
bollef that they have been elected by mr genuinely popular vola, and-u not, as al result of racial or communal affiliations, A The single electorale - must be insisted
Conference are to stop calling FIST FIGHT IN would bo moving through the
at Shanghai because of the pre- sent Far Eastern situation, it was deelded at: meeting of the Freight Conference here today. The Conference discussed the situation in the Far East in the light of the latest reports con-
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.on
CONGRESS
Before taking
their
...
The same
of
Sabath countered with a right BLACKOUT SIDELIGHTS legislation and, apply to all in
The argument. Was OVET un whether, the octogenarian would caxy because of the threatened sivo his colleague. time to talk Nationalist blockade scheduled in the debate on the Housing to begin on June 26, ordered Bill-Reuter. their ships, to bypass Shanghai, ji Some were worried about re- ports that the Nationalists min- the barbour after the Com- of the miriais (took over the city.
IN SYDNEY
Sydney, June 1, 22, mand New South Wales as a direct Strict fuel rationing in face result of the fuel cuts
Hospitals admit only pregnant of a threatened miners, women and accident cases.
The Bill had come up for its second reading—agreement ... I principle-but, in accordance with usual procedure on private. bills, discussion towns in posí poned until later-Reuter,
the
strike.. produced these Transport has been halved COAL MINES "blackout sidelights" in and from 3 p.m. on Saturday Quick Thinking Sydney on Wednesday...
until midnight on Sunday no MAKE PROFIT! drama will run in Sydney, are now Trams aro tho, city's mala London, June 22-Britain's Saves Lives Girls in milk bars operators of the only U.S. pasē.
maiting milk shake in cocktail transport-Associated Press. nationailsed coal-mining, indus- senger service to Shanghai, orm
-MAY AVOID' STRIKEMA try made a small pront of Memphis, Tenn. June 22 shakerfaboad of with slee dered its agents to discontinue
Sydney, June 21-Industrial £1,700,000 in 1946 the second Jewellers show only thele booking passengers until further Quick thinking by the pilot irically operated whiske notice due to the "current situa-ved the lives of 43 persons cheaper lines and politely de- observers here sald tonight that year of nationalisation-com- tion.
aboard an American Airlines cling to take rings
and dia- the Australian Council of Trade pared with a loss of £23,150 - Service to Hongkong was not Convair today when it crashed monds Into the street to show Unione may press the mining 000 the previous year, affected.
shortly after taking off. At them in the lights union Council tomorrow to de- National Coal Board announced. Our people aro set to do least 30 were injured but no Women will, not buy hats in copt à face-saving formula and
added:
два business with the Reds," a com- body was reported killed. a poor light. They look of avoid a nation-wide coal striká
consistently l
In; akcoss;;' of' De been con pany-spokesman såld.
The pilot, Ed Hatch, radioed and doorways, but still will not! The
Most plan frocks in shop with Windows next montME A VENICE
on the Britain's obligations.
under The company diverted the Inor President Flame to Kobe, the Municipal Airport tower buy, kas
northern coalfelds have already Eurostan Economie
Recover Japan, on Wednesday evenin hey, became airborne that his There is an all-day scramble urged the Miners Federation to Programme
The United States Lines said right engine had quit and he in shops and stores by people postpone the strike occaiise-of By the end of last year.com/
Booking Kerosene and methylajad the distress their freighters-were ordered had feathered fierimi
caused -by) floods, lixports were" if the "rulolot 18aldpa Shanghai, pending de keep control; bf, the
spirits and mall stover to burn which have disocated cost is 20,000,000 tona ilaanually con-- Velopment KERMA
| poród with 3 6,500,000, tons the yarda, či saring in the suburbs
and today
Coal exports tailed
| plove,che nimed; it into Var 200 tsane fuole for licht, Keating and olla PNP Tarlotation rate previous years
Booking EYES
Omdats of the
|| Most factories are closed and idnight, however, hat there was Outsuka perman.
1100,000 men and women dra to Inilidation yet that mne ne kd "Ekesided, there pla Janemployed in Sydney and would, hot take place Router, the Hond