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VOL. IV NO. 297
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1949.
MAO TSE-TUNG ON STATE
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TO MOSCOW
Met At Station By Many High Officials
AN ELABORATE WELCOME
London, Dec. 16.-Radio Moscow said on Friday night that the Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung had arrived in Moscow. The radio said that Mao was greeted at the Yaroslav Station by Vice Premier V. M. Molotov, Marshal N. A. Bulganin, and Deputy Foreign Trade Minister M. A. Menshikov, as well as other high officials.
The Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung, on Friday destroyed any lingering doubts about the brand of Communism Moscow he supports, by arriving in Moscow for a state visit.
radio announced his arrival in a broadcast monitored here, and described in detail the elaborate welcome given him at the rail- way station by high Russian leaders including Vice Premier
· Molotov.
Ever since Molotor was relieved of his duties as Foreign Minister early this year, there have been unconfirmed reports that he is contracting upon
of the Far Eastern problems, especially the victorious sweep munists to the south of China.
Mao, who is Chairman of the The Moscow broadcast said he Central People's Government was met at the Soviet-Chinese by Soviet Deputy the Chinese People's Repub-frontier lic wasted no time in linking Foreign Minister, A. Lavrentyev, tils regime directly with the ant representatives of the Trans Kremlin, as formally oppose deputy of the Protocol Division baikal Military District, and the to the "Western warmongers.
Mao declared: "Long live the of the Suvies Foreign Ministry. friendship and mi-operation be tween China and the Soviet noat" at the end of a speech
៩ រ bis arrival at the Moscow
Mao's brand of Communism has not been in much doubt in recent months, although there
continuous have been
Chinese Tito the
reports
Tallway station. He placed that he might turn out to be a Thiring the last at the hend Russia
years of the war it was populus seekers of peace. He said: "At
in naby Western circles, even the present ume, the most im
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Chinese Com-
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Both Molotov and Menshikov
of the Bulganin are members
Deputy Foreig Politburo, Minister, Andrei Gromyko, was Soviet Foreign representing Minister, Andrej Vyshinsky, who en joute hope from the United Nations, after davr shop-over in Berlin to dis- the development of the at East German state. Mac' arrival
Moscow follows the almost complete con- 2 dodation of his victory over for Chinese Nationalists under Generalissimo. Chiang Kai shek. ha Be the mall for Fortresa.
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Four young men set oft recently from Australia House, London, to travel 28,000 miles In a Jeep-with a set of drums, a ukelele, a harmonica and a concertins. The four men ard ex-oilcers and each carried travellers' cheques for £100 for petrol, etc., and will pay their way by entertaining en route. This pleinre shows the party when they started on the trip: Alajar Dentus Wright of Taunton; centra front wlih banjo is Captain Davey of Bradford- on-Avon; centre back is Captain Peter Blake of London, and right is Captain John Cocks, formerly of the Special Air Service,
Shore-Based Radar Aid For H.K. Shipping Proposed
PORT COMMITTEE SEEKING OPINIONS
Alive to the needs of the day, the Port Committee are advocating further marine navigational aids for shipping using the port of Hongkong, including land controlled radar and Very High Frequency Radio Telephony. Shipping owners and masters have been approached through a cir- cularised letter for their reactions to the proposals, and to discover whether, if Port Radar were installed, owners and captains would be Sovint Prember, Joser willing to make use of it in thick weather, and co-operate by fitting R/T
in their vessels.
UNION OFFICIALS DISMISSED London, Dec. 16--Nine full- time ofcials of the
powerful British Transport and General Workers' Unton-the biga Portant tasks are the strength, offietal ones, to describe Mao ar
of the front of pence
ELAN agrarian Communist, trade union in the world out-ening
header Inked with the Kremlin sido Soviet Russia-have been throughout the work
strugkh
"PLUSH TREATMENT" dismissed for falling to declare by the Soviet Union'
WATTIOTIKUrs; that they were not members at against
neigh- Mao got whal Westerners call
the the "plush" preatment, when he arrived at the Yaroslav station. He was net not only by Moalete v who greels only most layonun 11 ch Commonwealth foreign
urivals bag also b N. A Bulgarin, and Forsign Trade Marston
the the Communist or Fuscist par-strengthening of gend tien.
bourly relations between
of Chinn and two great alafes The Soviet Uniour, and the sle velopment of fine fahip of the Chinese and Soviet proph
Mon apparently travelled by train all the way from Peopling
This action, announced to- night, followed In devialen by the Exective
tuto of the banning Communist and Pas-
clats from beelding Reuter.
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EDITORIAL
The Recognition Question
Deputy
MA
Bestu has been suggested that Mir
Authority desired? This does not suggest ja exercised in his mind about
that the future status of Hongkong be Communist
merificed for a gesture of goodwill. On recognition of the Chinese Government because (a) it is not at the
the contrary there must be the uimosi Reds the certain whether moment
vigilance to preserve its integrity. But include the Colony as an objective among
that is nur task and it is something which their berated areas"; (b) the delleney
be written cannot
of Inte
net of the status of Formosa in the event of
the recognition which is nothing more than Chinese Communist invasion of island after recognition has been the formalising of relations between two extended.
that nations, Unstated. is a third factor-
The second suggestion have strings Britain may hesitate to extend recogni- that recognition cannot
tion because of the internationally, legal attached to it. It is this that is probably
status of Formosa is even more complex. British to the concern causing most
While it is technically correct to argue Cabinet today. Full diplomatic relations
that Formosa remains a part of the infer mutual rights and privileges which
Japanese Empire until a' penec treaty is are not normally subject to special har-
written and signed, and that, therefore, are gaining; they are inherent and
this busin the
island brands On
the any invasion of the equally binding.
invaders as belligerents, the fact is that future attitude of any Chinese Govern ment to Hongkong may be a matter for Formosa, under a well-defined agreement, speculation, but it would be difficult to In today again a part of China. There is insist that it be condition
nothing in the Cairo agreement for A recognition. 1t can be
provides that only a Chinese Government assumed that
of a certain political persuasion shall eventually the government of China will bring up the question of Hongkong's enjoy the right of administering the
island pending the conclusion of rendition. There are two approaches; China belligerent, to the extent that
Japanese peace treaty and it would indulges in milliant action; and require repudiation of that agreement to diplomatic, through which channel the deny the ruling government of Ching of
the
the day
right to continue subject is discussed and debated,
administration of Formosa. There seems to be no genuine reason why Britain (or
other any
Western nation that has the Chinese recognised
Communists). should feel embarrassed it eventually Mao Tse-tung 'gains control of Formosa. Recognition is an net which nelther implies approval or disapproval of the reigning government; If it can be given, equally so can it be withdrawn t circumstances arise which dictate such tho an action. The circumstances of momcht favour extension of recognition In its generally accepted form.
A
with
settlement finally reached that is mutually satisfactory. No evidence exists today that the Chinese Communiste. Intend to pursue the first-mentioned. line (and for that matter there is nothing as yet to indicate that they will even make the subject one of discussion along formal diplomatic lines). In any event, *Hongkong is well prepared to deal with any offensive-militant or diplomatic. For this reason recognition must bo treated on its own merits, ie, what is the obvious government of China today, and are normal relations with that
of
which
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of the
Colombo, Ceylon dar m to study thre wnturns threat to Southwart
th
Only late in November, Peking
Fittle confirmed L enlistment of a Far Easter supert th" Cor munist parties and Com7:11]* Ird nationalist movements
Comvindarr
| Southern Asin,
THOROUGH SURVEY
[
believe Western
observers diplomats when they said that there is litle question about th meet agenda of the Kremlin ings which will take place in i
Icw
un'I- next
days. They elpal: a thorough survey Mao and Stalin of the present situation in China, how to con- solidate the Communists' victory there, and where to push next in the expansion of Communism to rule that vnet country and its 409 million people,
tha
A purpose of the visit, others than o erment Soviet-Chinese friendship, was not stated. But Westem offrirls thought Mao might seek financial and
П Ald. In
recent milltary broadenst he mentioned budge- tory problems created by The absorption of surrendered
Into armles
the Kuomintang Chinese Communist army.
There
hint in the was no
whether Moscow broadcast Mao's visit to Moscow. was his own or the Kremlin's in-
on
Power Strike Definitely Settled
London, Dec. I.-Lon- cicotricity Ben's four-day str ke, which had affected Industry Att transport
aud blacked
out pacts of the Metropollian area, was "quite definitely settled" this afternoon.
As they left the Elec- trichy Authority bullding. the
trade union leaders and the electricity chiefs expressed confidence that would be a full re- There sumpiles of work after joint statement issted.
Bie
ly
Was
The strike was apparent-
srifled 24 hours
аго,
cm-
hut men at three of the four main London power stations refused to return in work when the Elec-
irlelty Authority Issued a notice
declaring all ployees were returning to work "unconditionally."
The men held that this rould lend to a victimisa- Bon of Lie strikere. Reuter
S'hai Property
itiative. But the Russian 127 Whington, Dec. 10 The bassador to Peking, N.V. Roschin, accompanied the long trip.
him on
State Department reported that the Shanghai Municipal Land The badio gald that a guard Administration Bureau hus.
As a result of inquiries made in eleur weather over a period through the shipping companies of It is learnt that at least $400,000 was lost this year because of delays caused by had weather, Including fog,
1 the consensus of optulon shipping owners and masters ts in favour of radar for Hongkong, the equipment Port Committee would re.. cummend to Govertiment that a rader specialist be asked to come to the Colony and to ad- vise on the best system and lay-out for Hongkong's ticular requirements.
LYEMUN SITE
por-
that it would It is suggested
suitable be possible to find a
the installation of sight for shore radar on the high land north of Lyemun Pass, which apart from obylating the building ot
a luwer, would give the necessary
clear view outwards to Waglan and' as far west as Kowloon Point,
It may be found advisable to establish one or two buoys fitted with radar reflectors, in the Tathang Channel so as to indicate the accepted track and
turn- Ing points. These would also have the pled advantage of being
Identified and passed unless the fog was unusually dense.
The
phnsive
VHE
Pori Committee em-
that emelent Radio-Telephony on an indee pendent wave length is. inost and it is observed essential,
tho that
the
1 may well be that wave length* scicated will. sooner or later be decided by international agreement... It is pointed out, thut
the ultimate responsibility for safe navigation of a vessel musl of honour was lined up at the ordered owners of leases of pro-always remain with the Master, alation to welcome Mao, and
limited to bands played the national an-perly in certain areas of Shang- and the work of the "Control exclusive thems of both the Soviet Union hai to register their claims with Officer" would be
passing prompt and and Communist China.
the Bureau by December 29.
Information concerning the im The radio said that. Mao re-
The order affects all property mediate position of the vessel greetings plied to the official
movements of other north Hungjao Hoad, West of and the with a messago proclaiming
south of Hou vessels are likely to affect the Communist China's solidarity Sulynn Road,
It chlächio, and east of Hangli-navigation of the ship in touch with the Soviet Union.
with the Control Station. quoled Mac es anying: The thing.
A standard form of phrascolo visit
at this opportunity to
Persons with claims on progy would be agreed to and Inla time the capital of the Soviet,
within this perty
area were down for us between the Con Union, the first great socialist ordered to appear. personally, trol Room and the bridge of state in the world,, is a very | but the American Consulate vessels requesting information," joyous event in my life. Pro- has informed the Communist and the Control Ofcere
cern would found and firm friendship exista between the great peoples of authoriiles of possible absence have a detailed knowledge of the Port Area and Approaches nd be familiar with the move- China and the Soviet Union. Aflor the October Socialist Re- The Consulate reserved the mole of small vessels. volution, guided by the policy right to file applications after The Fort Committee suggoets (Continued on Page 24)...... the Executive, of the Union that there should be trial rime
of American owners.
Jogjakarta, Dec. 16.-Dr. Soekarno was elected today the first President of the United States of Indonesia -the independent nation for which ho fought moro than 20 years. It took only 16 minutes for the electors from all 16 states of tho - Dutch East Indies Islands to choose him unanimously! He will be Bworn in on Saturday.
He will formally tako over when the United States of Indo- nesta comes into being as an equal partner of the Netherlands unter the Dutch Crown on December 27.
Dr. Soekamo has been Presi- dent since 1943 of the Indonesian Republie, whose Jogjakarla gov ernment controls parts of Java and Sumatra. It is to have a major valos In affairs of the new nation.
Only a year ago, Dr Soekarno WAS a prisoner of the Dutch. Parachute troopers had captured Jogjakarta and whisked him off Into exile under a decree issued from the Dutch Governor General in Batavia,
TABLES TURNED
Now the tables are turned. The Republican leader is moving into the Dutch palace, It symbolises, the birth of a new nation for 70,000,000, 5 people who shout his name as their battle. of freedom. · Lilko
cry many Indonesians, Dr Soekarno has no first name.
A Moslem, he likes to quote. Lancom and Washington and to cumpare Indonesia's struggle for freedom to the Američan revolution.
look-
Handsome and younger
ing than his 40 years, Dr Soo- karno talks easily, but hedges
on controversial subjects, lie is both a Socist reformer and an opportunist. To further tho cause of Indonesian nationalism, help, where he he. will take
it-in the past from can get the Japanese.
Conservatives, who had re- ̈ar oxtreme
several months, and Cap-Enrded him lains would be invited to make radical, now must rely on him se of this service with a view to keep Indonesia from falling in into the hands of more rabid establishing confidence
Associated the ablity of the Port Radar revolutionists. to provide tion,
Lo
reliable informa-Press.
Shore-based Radar would be of value even when the vesse! is so equipped for, apart from being in a poellion to reassure the Maste
Cow On Rampage
Berlin, Dec. 16.-A cow which navigating by his broke loose from a Berlin rail- own radar, there is the advant-road yard knocked down seven age of being able to pass infor-people, including two children, mation concerning the "general in a two-hour chase through the
10- situation" especially where
pographical features
the view and reduco ship-borne radar.
Intervenc
cily
The animal was caught when i of the she settled down to graze in a
pubile park.-Beuter,
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