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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, For det on behalf of
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.-
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The
Thongkong Telegraph
VOL. IV NO. 243
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1949.
Nehru Not All Links Cut
Making Between Canton
Promises
Washington, Oct. 14- American oflicinis anid today that they had received
special implied
no
commit-
ments from the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Jawa- harlal Nehru. indicating that he intended
bringing
India to the side of the West!
In the "cold war" against Russia.
They sald Mr
Nehru has
uxhibited extreme caution in
Lalka
with President
uf
Truman, The Secre Bry State, Mr Dean Acheson, and other of-
clais in order to avoid giving any Impression that he intends to abandon India's postiloa os
a neutral "third force" allgning
itself with nelitter .hr Russian nor Anglo-American blocs.
The
only
which point on
havo bren American om ins
And Hongkong
COMMUNISTS
EXPECTED
TO TAKE OVER TODAY
All means of communication between Hongkong and Canton have boon suspended. The air services to the Kwang- tung capital were stopped yesterday morning, and ships stopped running in the afternoon. Trains also stopped after à report of The long-distanco fighting between Hongkong and Canton.
telephone has been out since 9.05 p.m. last night, while tolo- reassured is that Mr Nehru does graphic services wore cut during the night.
10 rush Into 50- not intend -cognition of Communist China without welching all post- des and consulting with other
interested nations.
Pomogne's pious would y
Among
evacuees
a
of the hundreds
handful of was
mission- and a Salvation Army
Communist troops were arriving at about 6 p.m. Passen-
Mr M. J. Aster, gearra British businessmen, expected to enter the city, Eers had their fares refunded. unlit after power failed masager et Hongkong Airways, aries following an explosion at the said this morning that none of officer. power plant, during the " -DEFINITE NOTICE Diplomatic observers here in-night. It was reported Inst to Canton until niore definite in. terpreted Mr Nehru's speeches night that the handing over to the United States Senate and of the city officially would House of Representatives be made at 11 a.m. today.
detmite
police
serving India's tympathies in the
Brat cold
An offcial
of Butterfeld and wat were nol for mnie in re um Swire said this morning that no for economic afd. Its attitude tumore of their ships wou'd visit Canton until definite Info-nation this respect appears to have won the respect of offeinls and Con-
was available from the clly. gressmen who have been ar eral gmej
companies Chinese shipping to repeated requests foreira premiers for have also suspended their ser- from American assistance.
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vices.
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الساهر
CIGS PAYS
CALL
Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Im- perial General Staff, who is due in Hongkong on a visit of inspection at the end of this month, is shown talking. to Joseog. Joseph O'Connor of the 11th Hussars at the Broughton House Disabled Solders' Homo during a visit to Manchester.
Churchill Calls
On Government To
Set Election Date
The Inst two foreign corres- pondents to Cover the Canton story-Lachie McDonald of the London Dally Mall and Graham Barrow, of Reuters-also pulled ou. on this jam-packed vessel.
Remoining in Canton wcro 112 Britons,
mis. m105 Liy sionaries.
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11 American Communists Found Guilty:
New York, Oct. 14.-Eleven American Com- munist leaders were found guilty today of "con spiring to advocate and teach the duty and necessity of overthrowing and destroying the United States Government by force."
their
A jury of eight women defence lawyers fullty of
contempt for and four men reached their criminal verdict after nine months' court-room conduct and imposed
dava to six montha,
trial one of the longest in gol sentences ranging from 80 American legal history- estimated to havo cost $1,500,000.
The jury returned its verdict after deliberating exactly reven hours.
The maximum penalty for each defendant is 10 years' im- prisonment and a $10,000 One.
The 11 men arc
44-year-old
Dennis,
So
С
mmunist
of the United
ston, a Norr Henry Win-
canising
the Party's Or.
Eugene Dennis, who acted as his own defence lawyer, like- wise was convicted of contempt. Handcuffed, the defendants in the historie nine-month trin) were hustied off to gael Await sentence in ແ Associated Press.
to weck-
POSED AS
Secretary; GERMAN TO
Jolm
Willamson, the Party's Labour Secretary: Jacob Stachel, the Party's Educational
Director: New York
Party Chairman; Gilbert
FIND WORK
Illinois Green.
S.ale Party Newcastle-on-Tyne, Oct, Chairman: Gus Hall, Ohio State 14—A 23-year-old British Party Chairman; Earl Wintersexserviceman, who said that Michigan State Party Chairman.
Mr Churchill demanded that the Labour Govern
his demand for an imme-was
NEW TRADE ment, which had rejected
Britain.
formation wh. Available.
John Gates, editor of the Daily he posed as a German to get Mr Auster said that
Worker, the Party's newspaper; work, was discharged by a wanted to resume company
Irving Potach, Vice-President of court here today and termed operations on soon as possible.
Fur and Leather Workers' "n good Englishman." tew fie had visited Canton
London, Oct. 14.—Tha wartime Prime Minis-Union, affiliated to the Congress days ago to meet the British
The police had dropped their Consul-General, Mr J. P Cog-
fer. Mr Winston Churchill, tonight promised the of Industrial Organisations; and
Benjamin J. Davis, Negro charge that he was a German hill, and had asked Mr Loghi
British neonle that if he were returned to power Communist member of the New who had landed illegally in to make contact with the Com munists as soon as by was able
he would heln them fight the economic crisis with York City Council. end to fell them that IT! Air
A Chinese report reaching us
TENSE EMOTION
Erle Harber, fair-haired and ways were willing in resume
an hour before the Fatshan the same spirit no when he led the nation in the
Twelve Communists were of German appearance, spoko sulted indicated that the
city dark days of Dunkirk.
originally Indicted, huthe English with an accent and LAST SHIP OUT
[Ead virtually, surrendered in the
Gennan, Aler the trial: of William Z. Foster, the excellent Not a shot had NO TRAINS
Faty's National Chairman, was court had dismissed him-ho The last British river steamer Communists.
postponed when the rini ue apen. two weeks in prison be- out ct. Canton before its occu-been red, writes Grahain Bar-
Han
on January 17 because ho, cause
he insisted whe Trevor, Mr 1. D.
general
pation by Communists tied up
suffering from at Hong- manager of the Kowloon Can- alongside the berth
heart German-he told reporters that The people In
sire,te The Brilish ton Railway,
he was born la London of Gem Section kong at 8.30 a.m. today.
were thowing the first signs of
The Jury 1stened to more man parents. They died short- said this morning that be trans
for The Fatshon left Canton atslarm as one resh rumoure
month
the in 1950
thuri 5,000 000 words, many jy before she last war. had so far left for Canton, and
3.30
es va placed another, but there was p.. yesterday
general election and give spoken in bitterness, Indigna- none would leave until the au-
hreat pante except nt the in-uard units of the Reds zach-
the choice ion and tense emotion. The the
In 1942, he said, he signed on people thorities here had denite
excited Chinese from Canton that cd polats three miles north of whart wher
of the trial covered for seven years' service in the formation
fought frantically to get aboard
between his Party and the transcript through. No the city.
20 000 pa get they could
and there were British Arany. He was wounded Every berth was occupied and the Falshan. They were handled Word had been received One impression of American
750 exhibits, many of them in Italy in 1943 and discharged London, Oct. 14.-Board present Labour Government. 20
Irom the Army as unfit in 1948. officials was that Mr Nehru, the city slice 4 p.m. yesterday. couches and armchairs in the toughly hy nu efficient
Bra class lounges were crawled
guard which was still function-of Trade officials said today As in the days after Dunkirk, classies of Marxist item'ure. while wishing to expres
that with passengers who were un.
that a new trade agreement Mr gratitude for the "overwhelm-
·Ing" reception br has beeno trains which left Kowloon labie to get cabins.
were held In the second class and lower accorded in the United States, yesterday afternoon
Chinese were packed will wait unti, the end of his up at Shumchun whe repo ts decks
at Fack of a skirmish
Tantight like sardines with their tour to make his
baggage littering every Inch of sessment of the United States, were received. The trains even-
tually returned to Kowloon,deck space, -United Press.
It was pointed out that hir Nehru, while laking zeyerul
out to Occasions
point sympathy -country's
American democratic prinespics, had carefully retrained from .commiting India to the "com
munity at demo.ratic nations" which the Kim frequently used by halons adhering to the Anglo-American bloc.
IS
EDITORIAL
hus
Mr
Trevor confirmed
trom
Wages And Incentives
TT is becoming increasingly obvious
dat
end of Britain's financial troubles. On every sile qualified speakers are pointing which will out the tremendous effort have to be made by British industries if more and cheaper goods are to be sold in dollar markets. This is a problem which affects
and management everyone, workers. The chief factor governing extra to be the effort by workers is certain ratio of wages to the cost of Being, and this is a problem which must be causing trade union leaders much worry. Bluntly, the question with which they are faced is whether they are prepared to accept a temporary reduction of the standard of living of the worker in the interests of natlarini economic survival. Devaluation has, already brought in its train a'reduc- tlon in how much the worker's wage can buy. Breed, for instance, the staple item of the housewife's budget, is now dearer. And trade union leaders, are under- atandably apprehensive that the cost of Hving will rise still more during the next few months. Wage-earners are the first to suffer from inflation and a rise in not but this does the cost of living,
·lessen the gravity of the country's economic problems. Most trade union. leaders love gradually come round to this renilsation, and liave for some time been trying to Impress upon the 'rank and file the Inadyisability. of new wage claims, Their atitude has, of course, been con- ditioned by the nasumption that the Government would keep prices.steady, perhaps even bring them down. This is the crux of their predicament. If devaluation is to be a success, wages
must not be allowed to keep pace with the rise in living costs. This is' a pain- ful, but nonetheless loglen), fact. If it is Ignored, the country's economic position might easily deteriorate. further, and
of
prejudic even more the standard living of the average worker. Some programine must be devised to recognise the real difficulties of the workers, and their needs, and balance them against the policy of wage stabilisation. The institution of a national minimum wage is looked upon with distrust by the unions, because of the deep-rooted fear that the minimum might be adopted in industries
afford which could
to pay higher rates. One way to prevent hard. ship would be to increase the wages of only the poorest paid workers, but this, by reducing the differences in reward, would tend to remove the, incentive to acquire more skill and work toward pro- motion. Neither of these solutions really attacks the roots of the problems. Single men, or childless couples, even in the lower wage groups, are less exposed lo hardship than the married man with a family. An increase in family allowances schms a sound way to ease the burden. The question. boils down to this: ng. general wage increase is possible without a serious threat to the national economy; but to maintain morale in industry seme- thing concrete must be done to prevent hardship and to provide opportunities for all workers to earn more by harder work, end higher productivity. Incentives, are an important aspect of the problem. A return to "the weakest to the wash" competition would obviously not be in keeping with the aspirations. of the Labour Government, but here can be no harm in an intensive campaign to con- vince workers that increased productivity benefits all concerned-and to see that It does benefit them by increasing their and energetic reward. An immediate
effort. in this direction seema o sound way of ensuring that Britain produces the goods she must sell to regain her economic stability, e
ing normally.
Dight loaded with explosives.
polico
and the former The cliy British concession istant
thronged with Shaneen were Nationalist soldiers.
PACT WITH
JAPAN
dinte election, at least set a trouble.
or
the
nation,
It was the Arst trial of its kind in the United States and was expected to go a long way towards deciding the future. status of the Communist Party In America.
SMITH ACT
TRIED FARMS
Was
But when he went to get his old job back at a garage, he found that a German had taken his place.
He
farms.
tried to
Rot work
na
promised Churchill
only blood, sweat and AA occasional plane from between Japan and the ster-people
the mamma. Con- tears, At be signed Conton's military airielding area would
serva Ive Party rally at Em- 10 days. ces Hall, he warned: roomed overhead but Whito within the next Cloud airfield, used by clvilinn They added that no details
"We offer no smooth or cusy nirlines, was closed and waiting were yet available, but it
to the British path
Three defendants, Willemson, to be blown up by retreating
was known the agreement which is now fighting for it Potash and Stache), have allen Nationalists. Ita offices and equipment were stripped last would be "considerably big-lfe almost as i did in the war. deportation proceedings perling
stood by ger" than last year's agree electorate nad, a truck
All I
"I posed na a German when I promise to the British
against them. A fourth, Den- is that
we will do nis, was sentenced to a year's I found on Engilshman could ment..
best for all, wl hout fear imprisonment last year for con-not get work," he said. "Once In the meantime, It was
without favour,
class of tempt of Congress. but is on had started, I had to keep it the of learned that
Japanese Party bias, without marcour urball pending appeal. of Indus-
The defendants were Indicted Federal Association
Once he was mistaken for an irles had applied for re-admis- spite, but with clear and fal h- sion to the International Cham-ful simplicity, us we did in the under a section of the Smith escaped German prisoners by
days af.cr Dunkirk."
Act passed in 1940 and aimed the British Army authorities, ber of Commerce.
and I took him five weeks at alleged subversive groups.. Oficials
of
BITTER ATTACK
The defence alleged that the to convince them that ho was All yesterday morning re-would not comment, but it was
section violated constitutional English. understood the Japanese appli- treating troops. with pack-
Mr Churchill, said the present gunrantees of freedom of Epeech He was married-"I do not horses carrying Ught equipment ration would be considered at a
Inow where my wife is now"- and press-ganged coolles carry-private meeting of the Interna-Parliament was "not only dead and assembly.--Reuter.
LAWYERS' CONTEMPT and later went to pea. He was Ing an assortment of bundles tional Chamber of Commerce in but decomposing." He demanded Parla next week,-United Press 'n the public interest that the
New York, Oct. 14-In a prrested as a German while ho poles, slung from bamboo
Labour Government, havirat
dramutle sequel. Federal Judge was waiting for a ship at New- waterfront passed along the
refused un autumn election, near the Foishan's berth.
at least set a month next year Harald R. Medina found five castle-Reuter when cicctions would be held.
RETREATING TROOPS
They were ragged and looked dejected and utterly weary. Many were Bl
One wounded soldier, too tired
the Chamber
Independence
For Libya
to trudge on any further with his comrades, sat on the side-walk holding his bowed head in both United
"If they do not do, so, it is Inevitable that all our affairs and trude will be hompered very week and every day by Lake Success, Oct. 14.-A the uncertainty of an impending Nations sub-com-acetion," he declared, hands. His left arm was tied mittee today approved "by Meanwhile, the Prime, Minis- with 迎 dirty, blood-clotted 12 votes to six, with three ter. Mr Attire unter bitter ntin bundage. He had little to look abstentions, the appoint by the Conservatives, drave his ment of a United Nations advisers at top speed to cam- Tho Falshan's trip
plete a plan for coping with down
problems before river was uneventiful. The ship's Commissioner to supervise devaluation
next reconvenes bridge and passenger decks were the granting of independence Parlement
Tuesday-United Press. bolstered with sandbags as pro- to Libya. tection against possible shooting
forward to.
on when
leaving. Conten troops wanting "squeeze."
BIG FIRE
The
sub-committre, which
TO
PRESS
Canton Cables Resumed
by Communist guerillas or was set up by the Political ComAREN STEP | local pirates. The previous day's mittee to consider all proposals vessel, the Wusuch, was dred for disposing of Italy's forme notre by African colonies also
that the Crmlesioner should have a council to aid on news him in the interim period unut Libya gained full ind' penden, e
Joined South Africa
the Union, Soviet
Poland and Czechoslovakia
vo'ing against the composition of the Counell, while Britain and Aus- were amung 'the four raila countries that abstained. Twelve countries voted in favour. count
Tho sub-committee rejected by nine votes to three. with eight abstentions a Polish per- posal that Russia should be in- On this Cluded on the Counell
the shlo
passed As Dur
Academy, Military Whampoa down-river from Canton, a pall of black molce diried the air. A big fire was cimmerlag near the main buildings, probably the result of explosions by Nailon- allets.
nearby vers the river In soral small Chinese warthins. The lights of Hongkong har bour looked good to us no wa anchored at the Quarantine Anchorage for the night,
Most of us had been keeping our fingers crassed the last 24 hours, hoping that the Fatshan would be able to make a final turn round, before Canton was liberated.
'Telegraph'o
communica
Bon with Canton resumed at, 10.30 am today. The ro-telephono ofreult' wILN killl not working at 11 naai Power failure in Canton fe believed to be responsible.
up."
LONDON DRY WHITE SATIN OLD TOM
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BY
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tinn joined the Arab States in abstaining.
These decisions by the sub- committee must be approved tv the full Political Commitica.- Reuter
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