Bevin To Press For Austrian Treaty
London, Apr. 5.-The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, will continue his efforts to secure, at the carliest possible moment, an agreement lending to the #estoration of Austrian in- dependence, it was stated in Parliament today.
Mr Kenneth Younger, Minis- ter of State at the Foreign Omec, sald this in answer 10 a question About the progress anade towards the conclusión of uponce treaty with Austrio.
Only Ave artic'es remained unsettled, he said, but since November the conclusion of a treaty had been prevented by the Soviet retusal' to discuss Article 48. This covers the So- viot claim for services and sup piles rendered to the Austrians nt beginning of the occupation. The Minister was also asked further at he would mako protest to the Allied Commie- sion in Vienna against the kid- napping of 750 Austrian mab- Jects
by the Russian authorities there.
Mr Younger replied that since 1945 considerable
Bers of Austrians had been ar rented by the Soviet authorities in Vienna and the Soviet Zone. summarily Many had been sentenced and deported to the Soviet Union.
to-
Britain had protested against these arrests and deportations, and her representations, gether with those of the United States and France, had been rejected.
Further protests would be made as the pecusion demanded. -Reuter.
SEVEN ARAB NATIONS TO SIGN PACT
Replacing
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950,
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workmen in the Schibing plant at Heidelberg put the finishing touches to church bells turned out to replace those taken to supply metal for guns and am- munition during the war. (Al' Picture)
For Drastic Malaya As Grows
Demand Action In Bandit Danger
London, Apr. 5.-Lord Killearn, former Special Commissioner in Southeast Asia and Minister to China, told the House of Lords today that the Communist bandits have made it unsafe to walk outside the capital city of Malaya.
Lord Killearn said he had just returned from a Malaya trip which included a visit to Kuala Lumpur. He said: "It may not be within your Lordships' knowledge that it is unsafe to walk outside the compound of the About a mile from Government House there is a range of hills. They city. are unsafe and cannot be entered."
Catro, Apr. 5-A seven- nation "Collective Security Pact," modelled on the At antic Pact, may be initialled by the members of the Arab League at the end of the
Lord Killearn was in the week.
service of the Foreign Office Azzam Pasha, General of the Arni League, for almost half a century, who made the announcement to mostly in the Far East. He reporters here today, wald that left Singapore on his last the pact would be binding on
trip on March 23.. Stuteu in the the seven Arab
cague.
;
Secretary-
of
"It is generally agreed out there that the position in worse It has been for the last six inonths," he said. "Everyone arres on that and most agree
"Various matters regarding hi one to cope with this specially
*alles and
respon-blitles wit eritical state of affairs."
One Member of Parliament be decided in Malayn." sald
"few thousand terror- the iste" are extending their attacks
NO REPLY
for
The Political Committee the Arab League, In Session here, has completed a drati fer the proposed 12-article recurity pact, and economule experts uro that it is worse than it has ever Nothing could be worse than ordinate meeting tonight to draft ccènomie annexe,
been before.
Sinf oflcers of the annies are to confer tomorrow road.
to draft a military annexe.
U.S. STUDYING PLANS TO FEED FAMINE CHINA
Washington, Apr. 5.—Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a press conference today that the U.S. Government is considering proposals to send food to the famine-stricken areas of Communist China.
Mr Acheson said he had been in consultation with Republican Senator William Knowland on the latter's proposal that wheat be sent. Mr Acheson said he had nino discussed the question yesterday with the House Foreign Affairs Committec.
Mr
than
Is
Chinese Nationalist off-1 Asked if it was true that the Union Is getting wheat cials here described the cur- Soviet
from Chint during the familie, rent famine ns the worst in
Air Acheson rald that the State China's history, and they Department had confileting re- enid it affects more
Some of these reports porta,
from that food is going www.f 50,000,000 people,
Manchuria which iles north of Acheson maich various the famine aren-to Russiate Siberia, while other reports, he questions would have to be settled before the American said, indicate that food atiturte could be determined. He flowing from Manchuria to the ruit the chief difcufly is being famine areas. sure that the ald would reach Mr
Acheson acknowledged are suffering. Mr that there has been no request people who are Acheson said, however it
It is hard
ard for American aid from the to see how the United States Chinese Communtat authorities. Chinese Nationalist can do anything that would be
of he leader, Chiang
Kal-shek, had effective in the light attitude of the Chinese Com- broadcast from Formosa an ap
United peal to the world to aid the munists Sta'ca,
thre
towards
-the
The
starving Chinese on the Com munist-held mainland. Chinese He said it has yet to be deler officials here report that Chiang mined what the attitude of his smuggling rice from Formosh
Sales Governinent to the United
the muisland for would be toward private organi-round tions seeking to send ald to Press. Chinese Communist areas.
CONFLICTING REPORTS
The Secretary of State said, In: Should the the question
distribution.
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He acknowledged that there day, April 8th, from 9 p.. were two powerful considerato 2 a.m.
ons in favour of Americans ald
to Communist arcasa humani
Music will be provided by
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U.S. Attaches
To Vietnam
senior
Paris, Apr. 5.-Three officers are shortly to join the American Diplomatic Mission to Vietnern as milltary attaches. to Agence France Briggs according
Presse today in a dispatch from
quoting bandits Saigon
¡ources.
in Malaya, He said that "more Mr Gammans Does that men skilled in Jungle fighting mean that Sir Harold would help. I believe these
ho executive risponsibility for Im A taking action could be obtained
against tralia."
but no executive control over He denouneed the British the police or troops?" Government
"legalisma, Mr Grifiths replica that Sir and timidities. Harold's task would be to co procrastina-ions
the activities of the Prime Minister Clement Attlee police and fighting services.
with cm-
He did not hesitant statemen.
reply when Mr phasis on Britain's withdrawal Gammans asked what he meant
Asia from Southeast
or such by co-ordination. fatuities
He told Mr Oliver the visit of the
Stanley 24
that he would diven fuller explanation dur
drbole fomorrow, when Mr Gammens will open a two seurs d'ecussion--Reuter..
American
Mr Edmund Gullion, Ameri- can Charge d'Affaires in Salgon, and Mr Kenneth Landon, As- sistant Chief of the US Stato Asia Department's Southeast
leave tomorrow for Vietnam's summer capital. Dalat.
"Kuala Lumpur 15 Inkod with Singapore by rall and by
Division, will Arnb | With
Neither are safe, No- body, if they can possibly avoid, Lumpur. If they do so it is as
The proposal for a security will travel by road to Kuala Colonial Secretary- when he can Cons:rvative) pact was first made by Egypt 10 their peril. No one will travel/And time in the undated future." forestall the then impending from Singapore to Kuala Lum- merger between Syria and Iraq.
Earlier reports said that the by train because it is also
perilous."
BRIGGS DUTIES London, Apr. 5.-Lieutenant- Sir Harold Briggs, Lord Killearn added: "Wo General
Director of newly-appointed
proposed alllance, which would embrace Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, the Lebanon, Saudi Ara- ve taken these miscreants as Operations against the gueriling bia and the Yemen' had aroused bandits. We know these men
In Mabra, will be responsiblo the interest of the United States, are fully organised. There can
for preparing general plans for Brixious to safeguard the region be no question but that their offensive action and allocating Against Soviet expansion.-eu- intelligence service is extremely ns
aska to the security forces, the
ter.
Delhi Statues
1
To Romain
on their
Ex.
Personally, intelligence better than ours."
I suspect Colonial service 15 Grifiths,
day.
Secretary, Mr James
Parlament to tolt
Leonard Gemmans (Con- |
They will later visit IIanal, Vientiane (North Vietnam) and Phnom Penh. capital of Cam- bodia--Reuter.
Nationalists Pin Hopes On A
Cum PIVOTAL, POI Latent servative e Had naked for P
elting this
report
o
On A Few
Patched-up Planes
to what duringxact
duties and New Delhi, Apr. 5.-Statues Thursday's debute. They
con- wextent he had executive
Talpeh, Apr. 5—An outdated, patched-up air forco of the late King George V and jurge Britain, to move imnie
| trol Over military and police of about 250 combat planos is keeping aloft Nationalist British Viceroys will remain mately towards a Far Eastern forces in Malaya, New Delhi
Mr Grim his added: "In con- China's hope of survival and eventual victory. Jnion and & Pacific Paet which present
This jigsaw puzzle on the wing broke up Chinese cites.
ll make all signatories equi-cultation with the heads of the
a stepping The New Delhi Municipally responsible, for the security police and fighting services be Communist attempts to invade Hainan, as Committee has deelded by L resolution that "it is not desir. Such vital areas as Maloyn, will decide priorities between stone to Formosa, in days of chaos and defent.
will press
the Guvern these tasks and the general able to remove the statues and rent for direct action on ilming and sequence monument at prosent."-Reu-Ponts in Southeast Asia-poll- execution,
Hindu Mahasabha Leader Seized
It is the chlef reason to-pilot crawled out on the wing, observers gave the engine's innards a direcct day, American
couple of twists and tops, or patice. say, why where still is a No-climbed back and took off. to Brifub's contatton with troops and tionalist Government
icni, economie and military - and put an end
aring the burden
a'nne.
of their
"He will not be in
of troops In police and the heads of the He said whin be visited Aghting services, he will deelde Malaya six months ago, bandite, the tasks which the forces em
ployed on anti-bandit operations ure to carry out.
Jnited Press.
the
then sold to total *2,000 or 000" appeared to be on the ran He said if "Malaya is "The Commissioner of Police pivotal point for our policy and hends of the fighting ser- absolutely vital to sur pasion vices will remain responsible in the Far East and the whine for the administration and dis
our world policy-then we cipline of the forces not directly have to take up u connected with the anti-bandi! may
dra te action. campaign. stringent and You may have to appoint come
Poona, Apr. 5-Poona police today arrested Mr LP. hopa. kar, a former President of the Hindu Mahasabha, under the "Preventive. Detention Act"
followed the arrest of f This several other Hindu Ma suliba Icadera in Bombay and Poen: yesterday.-Reuter.
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The Chinese Air Force's re-
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