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VOL. V NO. 65
For the Promískar að
HONGKONG TECHAPEL," For and on behalf of
BOUTH CHINA LIORNING POST, LTE/
The
Hongkong Telegraph
SATURDAY, MARCH' ́18, · 1950.
Signs Of Resistance To
Narrow Escape For Sailors
Gronado Thrown At Saigon Restaurant
Saigon, Indo-China, Mar. 17.-An exploding grenade narrowly missed sailors of the United States Seventh Fleet today while they were spending liberty with French sailors in a cafe in Saigon, No enaualties were reported among the Americans, One French sailor and an Indo- Chinese youth were slightly wounded.
It was the second time within a week at a bomb was thrown into the enfe on Place
de la Theatre in the heart of the Trudo-Chinese caphal.
The
Seventh Fleet
here on Thursday
arrived
and pinney flew the carrier, Doxer.
from the
ever the city.
Two destroyers, USS Stickwell and USS Ander Bon, came into the river port nitng
to the 21-gun salutes French Union.
on
Fleet Commander Russell Berkey arrived by nir Thursday and went aboard the Stickwell, which will fly his flag while ships are anchored
RATIONING TO GO ON
London, Mar. 17-Mr Maurice Webb, Britalu's new Food Minister, fold lls Arst press conference
today
alm that his chief would be greater variety In Britain's much rationed illet,
warned, however, that there was no prospect to an early end of tallon- Ing.
To a question about tea, Frank Lee, the Ministry's permanent Secretary, re- piled that the Government was still negotiating in the Far East for more supplies of Tritons' favourlie be verage. But it WAS certain whether
It would get the sort of supply it wanted. Coffee was star- cer and therefore more tea was belar diverted to the United States.
not
Bealdes the Netherlands East Indies were not yet producing ог expecting their prewar quantiles_of_ tea, he added-Reater.
WHOLESALE
EXPULSION
PREDICTED
Vatican City, Mar. 17,-High
New Peking Regime
BUT NO LARGE-SCALE
OPPOSITION LIKELY
Washington, Mar. 17.-The Chinese Com- munists are already meeting resistance from the Chinese people, but there is no prospect of large- scale opposition to the Red regime in the "foresee- able future," the Foreign Policy Association re- ported on Friday.
The report was written by Mr Doak Barnett, associate of the Institute of Current World Affairs, New York, who recently returned from a two-year stay-in-China. The Foreign Policy Association published Mr Burnett's report in co-operation with the American Institute of Pacific Affairs.
aro "having Mr Barnett said the Communists difficulty selling their strongly pro-Russian line to the Chinese public, and Chinese nationalism in time may well boomerang and direct its force against the Communists and the Soviet Union,"
OF TIN London, Mar. 17-An
Ho mid the Communista are meeting with Increased oppoai-
WORLD SUPPLY tion from the peasants to the heavy grain levies needed to here. He received Bao Dai, Vatican sources tonight forecast
support
the expanding army head of the Vietnam stale, and
and isolated at- and bureaucracy,
have "token members of
the imminent wholesale expul- the Vietnam
to regulate the world Peasant uprisings Government,
sion by the Communists of all terit
year." foreign pricate, monks and nuns supply of tin, which earns dol-place in "many scattered placen
Cars for the sterling area and during the last The bomb-throwing incident
Dutch the Belgian and
will be made He said, "In the cilles, too, was linked by some quarters to from Eastern Europe,
currency areas, when the International
a recently
nallor:ailsis
rumoured terrorist
for
This, they said, would prob-
.
ts lo make a
iln
EFFICIENT PARTY
the
Dine
At the
For
P.G.
Reservations
Price 20 Cents
World Territory Named
ROUTE N:1
225
CODENES
KOENIGSWINTER 590
BERLIN 1150 POSTALINGRAD, 3920 NEW DELHI 12600
In the movement” for world Federation two- thirds of the towns and villages of Lot Depart- "ment ̄in ̄SW-France, have declared themselves world territory. Other towns
to do so are Revel and Marignana in France and Koeningswinter in Ger-
225
CAHORS 579 REVEL
BARCELONE IS
LISBONNE
73
2500
Nehru Reports On The Bengals
many. Here, in front ofNo Major Incidents Over
Notre Dame in Paris, re- presentatives of "world territories" set up their signpost. London Ex- press Service.
Last Fortnight
Pandit Nehru, the
Tel: 27880
24-Hour Strikes In South Belgium
Brussels, Mar. 17. Thousands of workers
.
joined lightning 24-hour. "stop Leopold" strikes which spread swiftly through French-speaking Southern Belgium today.
The Government crisis over tho possible return of the exiled King also threatened the country with a possible Liberal break-way
the present Catholic-Liberal Coalition.
from
Today's unofilctol protest strikes mainly hit the industrial prena of Liege, Mong and Charlerol in the Walloon Breas percent in return national plebi.
which voted 63
against
last
scite.
Leopold's
Sunday's
About 45,000 walked out at Llege, shutting all cont mincs and five factories.
big In the Mons area miners struck in 40 pits and in the Dorinago industrial belt the sto
stoppage was general.
Tramwaymen also and at technical collego
came
out lu Mons Charleroi oven students took_pari.
to
Bi-lingual Brussels has not so far been affected by the strikes.
Not
aro the strikes expected
to spread the Northern Flemish-speaking region of the country where 72 percent. of the population voted in favour, of the King's return.
King Leopold, at Fregny, near Geneva, last night promised to bow to the decision of Parlia- return to the throne and said that he would
New Delhi, Mar. 17: Prime Minister of India, told the Indian Parliament about his ment today that the latest position in the two abdicate to avert violence should
Neo-Fascist Bengals (East and West) was that there had been Parliament decide against him.
HQ Destroyed
no major incidents during the last two and a halfculisi-dominated General
weeks.
There were a great many difficulties in the way of peoples coming away from East Bengal to West Ben- gal but most of these had been removed.
India could not give protection Since February 13, the Prime Minister bald, about 150,000 to minorities in Pakistan.
had come from East Turiu, Mar. 17. Two Hindus
A country could give pro- Bengal to Calcutta. During the teeflan only within Hiself. thousand Communists armsame period about 100,000 Mius-
that "It is quite clear
no
50- Bellum's
Fc-
deration of Labour, the coun- try's largest trade union, were unable to give an estimate of the number of workers Involved in the strikes,
"The striites are unofficial", an official said. "We know absolute- ly nothing about them.”—Reuter,
Tithe slow process of dislilusion- campaign by the Indo-Chinese bly be the next step by the Study Group, after preparation ment and passive resistance has
led by Moscow-Communists of the Papai Nun-
Tho airendy begun ....
Keneral In London, Kels
to down irained Ho Chi-minh
on Monday slump in business and trade is business Nationalist
si cinture in Prague.
in Parks officinis
The Communista' Last The Vatican earlier that there would be no
year the production of one reason.
in constant Interference about 160,000 Was
lons. people's ordinary lives in an attacks on United States per-strong protest to the Czecho-tin
About a third more other." sonnel but the police were slovak Government against Mon. This wa
then come
commerce could consume. rounding up Nationalist suspects signor de Liva's expulsion, de-
excess may be Vatican circles This year the today-United Press.
scribed by the today as an unheard-of nffrent even greater. For years
ed with bricks today at ims had left for East Bengal position can be tolerated In the without precedent in the annals has been the subject of applied
tacked and destroyed the and dally this process was future where minoritles have Govt's Decision world economies, of diplomacy."
Mr Barnell predicted that, Turin headquarters of The International Tin Study
the foreseeable future "the The expulsion of Monsignor Group, which represents both
wil Communists are the only ones Italian Social Movement; Toledo, USS
an American de Liva leaves tha Church in producers and consumers,
who can rule China" He said neo-Fascist organisation, without any have before I # draft cruiser, arrived in harbour at Czechoslovakia about this moralug.
The pollee used tear gas and 1 tired direct contact with Rume,
today plans the the regulation of the lion, and "the Communist Party fired into the air to disperse |
thement and possibly alternative there is no organised Radio said a salute when it lowly passed Valican
is the one cfelent, effective
Twenty policemen were through the Lyenvat Gap/
political machine with a positive them.
injured by stones and 10 deinon programme in China."
strators were hurt by police batons.
US Cruiser Arrives
EDITORIAL
Ileuter
market.-Reuter.
-The Rule Of Law Must Hold
A
I Commodore A. W. Harvey, MI, may have been well-meaning when he put his proposition this week in the House that the British Government should send a commission to Hongkong to probe into the decision handed down by the Court regarding the 71 Chinese planes at Rai Tak, but, well-meaning or not, he was Commodore. Air seriously misguided. Harvey may have been the unsuspecting victim of high-pressure lobbying, for, it' fa no secret that strenuous efforts have been made to bring influence to bear on Whitehall to interfere with what the British constitution holds most sacred- the rule of law. Those who advocate, the upsetting of a British court's judgment through executive action are so completely dominated by political considerations that they lose sight of the necessity of respect. Ing the long-established autonomy of the Whether the judgment, British courts. against which certain interests and MP's such na Commodore Harvey are now protesting was good or bad is Immaterial. There are established means of obbaining satisfaction on this point-appeals to higher courts. This is the one and only procedure which British law and tradition recognises, and it is difficult to understand how any Member of Parliament could lend himself seriously to suggest that the British government, for
reasons
of
we, in
politics, should interfere with the re- More- cognised processes of judiciary. over, Air Commodoro Harvey's proposal contains an implication which Hongkong, resent: it is a suggestion that our judges are incapable of reaching fair decisions on questions of law. There is implication that our judges, also the when deciding
an the on a cuse such dlapute over the 71 planes, should study Neither the issue on a political level. proposition is acceptable. The courts of
a rec-
Hongkong function according to the highest traditions of the British judiciary and any attempt to interfere with them, especially on political grounds, must be resisted. Hnd the British government agreed 10 Air Commodore Harvey's request it would have crented a dangerous precedent and an intolerable situation. Executive powers under the British constitution are well enough defined; morcover, it has from time immemorial been the practice of keeping the judiciary separate from executive government. It would be n sorry day if this system were changed. For British judiclary is above politics, ns it should be, and it deals absolutely impartially with the law, both in its letter and interpretation, Air Commodore Harvey's motives introducing his proposition arc по questioned, but it is impossible to avold the conclusion that he has been ill-advised in bringing forward his subject, more especially as he seemя determined pursue it at a later date. The dispute in question has gone through the courts in the proper manner. Never, at any time,
in
to
was executive action required. It is a subject which can still be aired in higher courts which makes entirely unnecessary any interference in the form of Royal This is not a case to be Commissions. Bottled either by the Hongkong Govern- ment or by nominated investigators from Britain. It is an issue of law, and if there Is to be any amending of the original Judgment it must come from a higher court. Otherwise our judiciary system. carefully built up on impartiality and Independence, will be held in contempt ond will, thereafter, become an ́easy target for those who would prefer to see the historic Inviolability of the law overridden by executive power.
to the
oppost-
·
Approved
London, Mar, 17-The Dri- decision to
the continuing.
not got nd:qunte protection and At present 5,000 to 10,000 į security. Mr Nehru .caid, and Illudus were coming over tally added, "While we have to make East Bengal and 5,000 to it clear to Pakeiston we have to 7,000 Muslims were going away mak: it clear to ourselves too" til Government's from Calcutta.
"Minorities In East Bengal,"
cal" | send to Malayn a Brigado at In one day 14,000 Hindus had Mr Nehru continued, "are cer- Gurkhas from Hongkong and a had gone away, come over and 10,000 Muslims tainly our concern to the ex- squadron of heavy bombers tent that they have security and from Britain was described as It is, therefore, not exactly
if they don't have security,
review, to be demely by the weekly one-sided trame but it is two- measures will have
the Economist, today. visert to give them sided," Mr Nerhu said.
security. We don't wish a mass exodus The weekly said that the tasic lle added that the process there was entirely voluntary
butur an exchange of populations in Malaya was to make it clear any <loubt that the was pressure of circum- but we are going to keep the beyond
door open for those who wish British would stay there just os stances.
to come, or to travel the other long as it was necessary to en- way, and give them facilities sure that its people "liave the and help.
strength, unity and administra- "This is the basic position tive competence to maintain and for the rest we have to be stability and prosperity by their
(Could, on Page 14, Col. 3) own efforts."-Reuter.
The Communist-led Turin Trades Coundi is expected to
He said: "The only alternative Communists today in China is breakup, disunity, and chaos and these are not inspit-call a cenenil strike in the city. ing prospects for the tired Chinese people. An opposition Today's battle was the second
As the in may develop in time,
Turin in 24 hours and
ASSAM UPHEAVAL disillusionment of followed similar clashes throug??- of strowth present indicates."
ou Italy, where the neo-Faselst Mr Nehru deplored the re- Italian Social movement tas cent
communal inridents In Mr Barnett recommended a
been growing.
seine towns in the United Pro- revaluation of American Far!
vinces and Boily anil the Eastern polley, "based on anj The demonstrators today ad-heaval of tribal folk in Astam adequate understanding of what vanced from each end of the about 10 days ago when they has occurred and what is cur, street where the neo-Fascists had committed
rson and drove China. taking place in
barricaded their headquarters away daily rontly
A large number "United 11e suid:
States sup-at a pre-arranged signal, they
of port and ald have delayed the uroke down the main door and Muslims either into Pakistan Kuomintang's decline,
or the near-by Indian state of and poured
A few minutes Coochiebehar. Soviet inspiration and assist later furniture began hurting Mr Nehru sald that figures
the helped ance have
Com through the windows while the of Muslims thus driven nway munists. But neither the United neo-Fascists fled.
varled between 30,000 and Stales nor the Soviet Union
number. has determined the course of events in China."--United Press.
Bengal problem raised very Important questions, Mr
Activity On Frontier
Paris, Mar. 17-French
Police riot squads arrived and double that threw tear gan bombs,
The demonstrators then be-Nehru sald. gan stoning the police, who Some people talked exelteilly red in the ale and charged with about war and vaguely about batons. The police arrested 30 the exchange of populations.
India had
all along opposed an exchange of population
men,
Shortly after workers streamed major factories re-great industrial connaissance alrcraft have dis- Junofficial strike. covered intense night activily
This strike was on the Sino-Vietnam frontier near Caobang, where Vietminhdeclared officially armsday by the city's uerillas are receiving from Chinese gun runners, the led Trades France Presse Agency reported Reuter. tonight from Salgon.
The agency said that a route for the traffic had been marked out in the Jungle hills by white posts.
Union
the fight, It was not only undesirablo out from the but unfeasible. Such
Council,
an ex-
111-
in Turin, the change between East and West, centre, in an Bengal, even If arranged with the complete co-operation of the two
Governments and sup- expected to be posing that no untoward
Inter in the eldents took place, would take Communist- about five and a half years. At the same time, the remained that generally speak- ing the entire Indu
population of East Bengal was full of fear and apprehension about the future and, given the oppor tunity, would like to come away from East Bengal,
THE MINORITIES
EIRE GOES DRY FOR ONE DAY I quoted official quarters a
Dublin, Mór, 17-Throughout maying that 30,000 rifles bought Eire today, on the occasion of from the Peking Government St Patrick's Day, all sales of had been snuggled to Vietminh intoxicating liquor were banned Pakistan
querillas in Chinese Communist and all public houses closed. junks.
Bar-
Luct
A joint no-war declaration proposed by Indla was being discussed between India and
when
the present Bengal problem arose,
A feature of the Dublin cele- "It seems fantastic for us to Independent Chinese Com-brations
was a football match talk about no war when some munist guerilias have
between Southern Ireland and thing that seems to me worse rounded the Franco-Vlotminha visiting team from Northern | thon war is occurring." Mr cutpost of Mon Mel, Huang Sutre'and. Two policemen weroNehru said, and added, "If there Phi, and presented it with a injured by stones and bottles in in a grave danger to minorities surrender-or-perish" ultima- ja clash with anti-partitionists in Pakistan it is quite impossible
calm Aughnaclor, in Northem for us to remain Ireland-Reuter,
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