THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1950.
Democrats Rally In
With
Disagrees
Eisenhower
Key West, Florida, Mar. 27The Hecretary of De- fence, Mr Louis Jalinson, · wald today that the
de-
fraces of the United States were
for adequate
time being.
He was replying
press
the
nt a
conference to quen-
tlona on the slatements by General
Dwight Eisen- feared the defences
hower that be
United State
had fallen below the safe-
ty level,
"I think the nation's de-.
fences, as worked
the Budget, are unio the needs moment."
out in Mufficient
of
Mr Johnson said. Mr Johnson had a two and a half hours' con-
ference with President Truman-Reuter.
Death Of Old
The
Resident
at his drath occurred residence curly this morning of Palonjer Talati, Mr Merwani J.P., A prominent member of the Indian community in Hong- kong.
A native of Bombay. Mir Talati, who was about 85 years of age. esme to Hongkong During his nearly 50 years ago. Jong residence in this Colony he founded the import and ex- port company bearing his name. At one time he was elected President of the Parsee Zorons und Chanties trian Itelligious Trust Fund and was an lion orary patron of the Indian As sociation in Houtkom. He also served as member of the Hong- kong University Court and was unofficial Justice of 1nade 21
the Prace many yearN PRO.
The late Mr Totall vived by his widow.
is ur-
Funeral will take place at the Parse. Cemetery at 4.30 pam. Rodiny.
Seretse Case Debate
London, Mar. 27.-The Houze will delate the at Conumon case of Skreise Khama, claimant tu Barangwato chieftain- shit tomorrow,
That there will be no vote on the British Government's con- with duct of the negotiations Seretse.
51 had been expected that the debate would take place after normal business (on a motion for the adjournment) on Thurs- day night.
Liberal Members will raise critles Die matter and Labour of the Government are likely to speak.
For the second day in cuc- resion Sercise Ratna, exiled young chief of the Danangwatu | tribe, was helt up by engine trouble in Khartoum today in f:vin London. his air journey, back to his English wife. Buth. in Bechuanaland.
He is expected to be able to leave Khartoum tumorrow...---- Reuter.
Suicide Pact Of
Young Couple
Manila, Mar. 28-A yo snan and his 15-year-old sweet- heart attempted suicide yester day by swallowing an overdose of sleeping tablets because parental opposition
inarriage.
of
to
their
Ester
Adolfo Dizon, 20, and Manalar, childhood sweethearts and high school students, re- Kistered as man and wife in a hotel, downtown suicide note and swallowed the pills.
the girl
wrote
A
The hotel owner later found them unconscious. In hospital, recovered -conscious- but doctors were still working on the young United Press.
ness,
man.
Ship Afire With Explosive Cargo
Panama City, Mar. 27-A tre tug today sped to the ald at a ship whose crew was battling to keep a Are from spreading
to
a dangerous cargo of explosives. The Grace Lines steamer, Santa Rita, radioed from 200 miles out of Balbon that there a fire in her No. 1 tower WAS hold, smouldering near 211 tons of explosives-4.250 cases dynamite
and 3,450 ultramon.
of
cases f
The 8,207-ton ship has a crew The but no passengers.
ATF-02 Jeti
53 of naval
Are lux Balboa to go to her aid.-United Press.
Roschin Back In Peking
27.-
Mar. San Francisco, Peking Radio reported tonight the return to Peking of the Soviet Ambassador, Mr N, V. Roschin, and Mrs Roschin- Reuter.
Aid Battle
BRITAIN'S STRUGGLE
A MAIN ISSUE
Washington, Mar. 27. --
Marshall
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives to- day renewed their fight against Republican demands for cuts in Marshall Plan and other foreign aid funds.
They were hacked by a strong appeal from President Truman for Congressional passing of the full amount requested by the Administration.
The House was-deinting) the Foreign Economic A-1 sistance Act of 1950.
In the version already passed!
Affairs by the House Foreign Committee, Marshall Plan coun- fries would receive $2,800,000,- 000 in cash and $1,000,000,000 worth of surplus United States farm products,
The House was today told that if Britain lost hee Inter- national position through the ending
of Marshall Alat would cost the United States about $1,000,000,000 a year to
the vacuum.
Strachey Lays Pacifist
Bogey
27.-The London, Mar.
Mr War Minister,
John Strachey, ridiculed the iden tonight that Britnin hael any thoughts of an attack en Soviet Russia.
The warning was made by Representative
Jacob Javits "I should have thought that (Republican Liberal, New the size at the forces which we York) during a heated debato 'can raise at this time made any on the foreign aid bil
such suggestion extremely un Defending the Marshall Plan realistic", be told the House of debate on the against threatened
Mi Commons in a ents, Javits sold that the programme | Army. must be continued us the most effective weapon against Cum-
minişin,
He sak that the amount pro- Britain in Marshall posed for Add in the coning year was about $600,000,000 more.
Mir
A POSSIBILITY
Javits said # had been estimated that "if the United Kingdom should, because of in ternal breakdown. Es compelled to relinquish its international
on
role, particularly jn Germany, in the Far East and other parts of the world, the vacuum ercat- ed would increase our buddet on this item alone by not less than $4,000,000,000 a year,"
He and that there won a possibility of an internal break-
was
*
to
Mr
He
replying Emrys Hughes (Pacifist Labour had aske! Left-winger) who
future role of the what the Army wit
Members, he said, had talked jabat sending
an army to the Continent against the potentia
"which WITC oneany Russians with their 120 divi- sions".
the
Ar Strachey said that Britain was Lending all her efforts to in her contribution to the defence of Western Europe as she could, taking pidly as into account other calls mate im her-Reuter,
down in fritain if we pulled Year's Gaol
the plug on E.C.A."
Me Javits proposed an amenti- ment on the lines of cuestion made by Senator Arthur Van- denberg, Republican foreign polley spokesman, that a Com- inition should be appointed to study pronomie problems which
Television PEKING REGIME MAY GET TO
For Vatican
The Pope has been presented with a television station, a gift from French Catholics Television receiving sets have been installed by French engineers in the Pope's apartraent at the Vatican, the Papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, the Quirinal palace, for the use of President Einaudi, and in the office of Signor de Gasperi, the Prime Minister, Photo shows the Holy Father blessing a delegation of French
Catholics headed by M. Paul Claude). (London Express Service).
Film Annoys Sharp Exchanges
Britain
London, Mar. 27.-The Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr Ernest Davies, foli Farliament today that the Foreign Office was aware resentment caused of the
In Britain by the showing of thie anti-British Alm "Titanie", in the American Zone of Germany.
The matter was being considered," and actively he hoped a decision would Mr he reached very soon. Kenth Rabingon, Labour, had referred to the resent- ment caused by the film in what asked Britain ant
Government was do the ing about it.-Reuler.
Reduced
Prices In
Soviet Zone
Berlin. Mar. 27. The value of the East German mark rose today as reduced into effect in prices went
"free State-owned
the
For Contempt shops in the Soviet Zone.
Upheld
Court
Both East and West Berliners lined up to tulce advantage of a 32 percent reduction in the price!
to
In U.N. Meetings With Russians
Lake Success, Mar. 27.-Russia walked out of vet two more United Nations bodies today-the Human Rights Commission and the Transport and Communications Commission.
TOKYO COUNCILS
Recognition
Angle
Washington, Mar. 27.-Diplomats said 'today that if one more member of the Far Eastern Com- mission should recognise Communist China, it would pave the way for that government to replace Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Commission member- ship.
Already six of the 13 members have recognised Mao Tse-tung's administration. The sixth to do, this was the Netherlands, whose decision was made. known today..
Previously, Britain. the Soviet Union, India, Pakistan and Burma had done so. One more would make seven anil form the majority of the Com mission.
Diplomato sald that, practi- cally speaking, they expected n
Chaotic
Conditions In
majority of votes favourable to Soviet Camp
Red China probably would be suficient to eat the representa- tive of that regime in the Coin-
Motr Hanover,
27.-Harr
nission The United States, tieinrich Albertz, Minister for
Britain, Russia and Nationalist Refugees in Lower Saxony, sald that conditions in the China had the right to veto, today
although in the past on purely Soviet zone camp for German banned procedural matters Commission refugees from Poland decisions have been made on a trom entering West Germany
veto. majority vote without a
were "chaotic"
He hnd received his Informa- The United States has already tion from a priest in the camp, declared al the United Nations which is at Heiligenstadt on the
that the question. of electing Communist Chilnu to the Seeuussian side of the ronal bor
der, rity Council would be considered
Herr Albertz claimed that procedural matter from the United States view and para-several old and sick people in
that
Lack
doxically the Soviet Union, which the camp hatt already died bo has boycotted recent commission cause of the conditions. meetings because He China was of food and medicines were the not admitted, had maintained worst problems,
He alleged that the Western questions were membership
could be invoked. The Soviet ble for
situation ta Russia now boycotts 16 specialised organs of not procedural and the veto Alles were indirectly respons the United Nations in protest against the attend-unlon would probably defer 10 Heiligenstadt.
the United Stater view in the "There was no obvious need ance of Chinese Nationalist delegates.
слов of Chinese Communist to ban these people from the
he said
the
Countries which so far have not recognised Mao Tse-tung, besides the United States and
Observers had hoped to hear and Czechoslovakia joined Rus-membership. a reply from the Soviet delegate, sia in walking out.
M. Tsarapkin told the Human M. Trapkin, to the recent plea
Commission that Unitad Rights Trygve of Mr
Lle. Nations Secretary-General, for a special Security Council meeting with the heads of Government or their foreign Secretaries sit ting on the Council to compose East-West differences.
In each of today's cases the walk-outs, came after resolutions moved Soviet delegates call- or the ing for the exclusion
delegates Chinese Nationalist had been ruled out of order, and the Chair's ruling had after been sustained.
"
elther
the
Nationalist
China,
ΠΤ the New
Thilippines, Australia, Zealand, Canada und. France.
were
Faid Diplomats
there reports in official circles here last week that Canada was con- sidering recognition but nothing has come from Ottawa to con- arm that.
Australia ond Countries ke New Zealand and perhaps others who have not recognized Red China probably would
whether doing
now
50
right of China as a member at the United Nations has bee usurped here by a few represen tatives of the Kuomintang group do not represent who China or the Chinese people.
of the interesia United Nations thin tense situn- tion must be liquidated with out delay. In order to achieve this it is necessary that the Kuomintang representatives he the excluded from all organs of the United Nations and that real representatives of the consider Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt (Units Chinese Republle be given the right be constructed as an u
thei
Friendly act
United by the of taking ed States) presided aver meeting of ine
States. The U.S. State Depart- Human Rights opportunity
that Places," Commission and declared
After Mrs Roosevelt's ruling ment had not put any pressure
to withhold un them
recogni- the Soviet motion could not be
tion, but diplomats do not con- She was supported by that the Soviet motion was out voti. 12 votes to two--Yugoslavia and of order, M. Trapkin obser- rider that would necessarily be ved, "Our problem is to clarify done in view of the obvious the Soviet Union.
Later, in the Transport Com-the atmosphere and to set up complications of the matter.-
The United Press, mission the vole in favour was a working climate here.
represented by Mrs Soviet Union, country 11 to four-the
might perhaps not advantageous to yunoslavia, Poland and Czecho- Roosevelt
clarify the atmosphere and to dispel doubt."
of industrial goods and 28 per face Marshall Plan
Washington. Mar 27. The restuction in the prices of nations after the ald programme Supreme
today iphvid | femistuffs. ended in 1952, and to consider the contempt of Congress con- what it measures the United viction against Eurene Dennis, The police were called States could then take.--Reuter, ecretary general of the United maintain order before many of
the shops where goods were old slovakin, off ration at higher than con- trolled prices. The price cuts the to increase were ordered
Building For The Future?
States Communist Party.
of the depreciated East-
In this case Poland consider it
Prefer New Kind Of Liberation
In live to two split, the tribunal hell that a Federal employee could be a fair jurm
u the trint of a Communist. value
Dennis was convicted in 1947 mark- hy Federal Court Jury which
When the cuts were announced contained Tokyo, Mar. 27-Tho Gov-
seven government
one Westmark Saturday, Je entitends that or ernment
Today party today pushed workers. through
Federal Dict
employees, subject as bought 8.2 Eastmarks. committe
Cur- approval of a bill authorising they were
checks, the rate was eight to one.
West rency exchange offices in 1Berlin
are accepting only timies quantity of Westmarks from a customer because of drop in the number of persons Eastmarks. United
the
to loyalty
the construction of 2.000 more could not give a Communist a housing units for the Ameriens fair trial.
occupation forces.
of
The court sakt the fact that Construction houses for a government worker had to be rental to occupation personnel cleared under President Tru-selling
month was ordered last
by man's loyalty programine did Press. General MineArthur.
ut of itself make him biased To insure speedy enactment, in the trint of a Communist.
Denals The bill bad to be handled as a
sentcneeil to n separate revision of the 1930-51 year in gaol and fined US$1,000 for con- his conviction budget bill, which still has not after been passed. The opposition tempt, for defying a sub-poena parties protester the "imprece- to appear before the House Un- denter procedure." United American Activities Committee.
-United Press. Iress,
SIDE GLANCES
was
VENIZELOS CABINET
swore
11
their
ATTACK ON U.S. After the vote, M. Tsarapkin Iatched an attack on alleged
Slates
10 ald Government
finited
Nationalist
referred to "the
ot
the und bombing of women
and thousands children" from Formos by "the Kuomintang clique in American ufanes".
Later.
tola M. Tsarapkin
that the Sovict
in the
to
Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 27.— trade Malayan Leading unionists today strongly Government was ready to cu
United Nations operate in the
WAS legal situation condemned the British Com- when a
Com- which the to created in munist Party's call
of China dockers to ban the handling munist Government of war materials for Malnya, could take part.
Asked when he expected the Mr P. Narayanan, newly Communist representatives elected President of the Ma
"Ask the United States Goven- Jayan Trade Union Council, said be at Lake Success, he replied, Athens, Mar. 27-King Paul that as trade unionist he com-
mrut". in three other
pletely disagreed with the Bri- today
Transport Speaking statement des- members of the Liberal Govern-fish Communists'
Soviet dele- present ment formed by M. Sophocles cribing the esent terrorism Commission, the
They
liberation rate, M. Nicola! Klimov, id in Malaya
the "Kuomintang clique" were M. Evanchelos
themselves "cold- unionists in hnd revealed the
of murderers a former Minister of Supplies, ultry and trade
Minister becomes
of Malaya looked on Communist blooded who
Chinese population" by National Economics, M, Loukas terrorists skulking in the jun
bombing raids from Formosa in Koutropetales, also former gles as enemics of freedoni.
who now becomes "But for their campaign of American planes and should be Minister,
M. murder, arson,
and terrorism, "In the dock" rather than sitting
table of the Minister of Labour, and
country
have at a could becomes this who John Politis,
achieved real progress both Cons-Router. Permanent Under-Secretary for
after the economic and social Foreign Affairs,
war," Mr Narayanan said.
Another leading trade unionist
ת"
By Galbraith Venizelos on March 23.
"Averoff, movement". It was plain ban that
as
"George says pretty soon wo'll be able to afford a television set and we won't have to be visiting you.
so often!"
с
the thetr
United No-
tersely commented, "If British Radio Hongkong
M. Politis, who was Foreign Voulgaris tho Minister in Government in 1845, succeeds Communists consider
M. Panayolls Pipinellis in the ore being liberated
that we by their
1.K.T.
post the latter filled before he friends in the jungle, we have gramme Summary: 6.02. New Con was appolated Foreign Minister had enough of
in the caretaker Government led liberation."-Reuter.
by M. John Theotokia-Reuter.
Partnership
The Key
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the
at
the
0.00, Hong Kong Calling-Tro-
Novelty this kind of test
Ensemble Lino Organ 0.20. D'Acosta (Vocal):
Hadio. Solo: 0,30, Cantonese by Given by Silas Lee Wat Lan & B. K. Lee; 6.50, Mario Mein and 11ls 7.00. (Studio); World News and News Analys iLondon Relny): 7.15, "Letter from Cooke, lo- Amerien- Antair
Alleen j Munich, Mar. 27. Fifty-eight lay flee.; 7.30. Stage and Screen
Favourites Treschted by of the 85 air passengers who woods. Istudio): 0.00 "From arrived at the American air base Editorials," London Relay); D.10. near here three "unscheduled" "ox 200" nert Gillette
6.30, Forces Education Centre); Toronto, Mar. 27-Canada's planes from Czechoslovakin lust Hammond Organ, (Relay from the
two GermanThe Dius Danube" The Tr
and German-Czech Story of the Strauss Family French Canadian Prime Minis- Friday, left in
Their Contemporaries. (Ep; 45); B. ter, Mr Louis St Laurent, said buses for the
"Forum at the Air"-Members: P. Dekker, Tho lodny that the. free world might border tonight.
9.J. Among those who decided to 5. Cassidy, Alleen find in Cannda's dual English-
N.D. on this side of the "Iron Rev. Father T. F. Ryan.
wan French nationality the key for
six-months' Guest: Christopher Rand.
Question Master: Norman Tucker. The Now Concert In the cold | tata) ultimate victory
pregnant woman and two com- (studio): 9.30. war.
Radio mercial pilots of the Czech Air Orchestra: 0.37, Pland Recitat by
(Studio): 10, Yuca Lines, both of whom fought un- treno yue (London) Relay): 10.15. Nepoct; 10.10. Lendon Weather der the Royal Air Force Com-
Studio Melodies The Melactrina mand during the war,
Orchestra. (DUCTS): 10.45. Dancing The two plots, one of whom with Glenn Miller & His Or
the Distinguished
Weather Report, was wearing
chestra 1.10,
Recorded): Flying Cross, described earlier World News and Home News from today hor they and another British (London Relay
(od Have the King: 11.30, Close Down pilot organised the escape from
New Czechoslovakia with 85 people
• Correspondent for the York Herald Tribune. In thrae DC-3 planes-leuter.
"Lasting peace and harmony between nations can only come about through the development among the nations of the world of partnership of the kind which we have developed be tween the two great races here in Canada," Mr St Laurent said An address to the Canadian Club Reuter.
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