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Hongkong Telegraph
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950.
POWERFUL PLEA Madame Chiang On Tour
FOR UNITY IN INDONESIA
Efforts To Win Over
Macassar
Djakarta, Apr, 10.-Dr Mohammed Hatta, the Indonesian Prime Minister, appealed in a broad- cast tonight to Indonesians in and around Macas- sar, the scene of last week's revolt under Captain Andi Abdul Azis, not to partake in his actions, "which will probably result in tearing to pieces the whole of Indonesia."
"Unity is the basis of our freedom, and if unity is broken our new-won freedom will dis- appear again," Dr Hatta said.
Rescued 17
Hours After
Plane Sunk
Captain Azis' coup Inst Wext- nesday followed weeks of ten- sion over plans to incorporate East Indonesia-joined last De- cember into the United States of Indonesia-Into Jogjakarta State, and the arrival of rein- for the Feder1 forcementa Army garrison at Macassar, the East Indonesian capital.
The Indonesia Federal Gov- erunient has stopped all chip-
Captain Azis
Kingdon, Jamaica, Apr. 18.ping and air services to Macas-
"shipwrecked" air travelsar, where Four lers were rescued near here to-nin in control. day by the United States Navy
rc-
Private cables from Macascar
after spending an anxiour night arriving here were censored. A on a tiny lift raft in heavy rens.special charter plane took back Mr and Mrs Anthony Brennan the East Indonesian Education Blandsburg, Virginia, and Mr Minister, and Mrs
Harold Banting
Doko
to Macassar. of He was the leader of the East 10 yes- London were picked up by an Indonesian delegation
of repre- after terday's conference of East
Indonesia, in sentatives 17 hours drifing early
Federal Government and which awamped the the PBY amphibian in which the Jogjakarta Hepublie on the
American
rough waves
lea royer
they made a forced latiding at
sea.
The Banings and the Bren ans were the only occupants
Macassar revolt.
The plane returned tonight, some passengers Corrying stranded
by the ni Mocassar Government's ban.
Captain Azis did not come by chance to plane-bis last when englue arrive before the expiry of the foilure forced an emergency Federal Government's ultimatum to come to account for to him to
His br
of the two-engined plans, which was its way here from Nassau the in the Bahamas
landing.
The Navy rald the raft was his actions sighted by a PBM from
Ulilica Squadron based
Cuantanamo.
the
In
broadcast appeal,
al Flatta
Dr admilled EL "Herce
Wearing a straw bonnet, Madame Chiang Kai-shek rides in a jeep during an Inspection tour of the
centre
Taichung, training armoured forces
(London Express Service).
Sudden Gale
Hits Blackpool
London,
10-A Apr. 90-mile an haur sudden
struck the Kalo
holiday town of Blackpool today, off their sweeping people feel, wrecking shop win- dows and tearing slates off
roofs. struggle between Federalism and The distressed amphibinu had unitarianisma in East Indonesia," not been heard from sinne 3, but denied that
the Azis coup
pan. EST yesterday, when it was in any way connected with Tailord Kingston, Jamaica, that
it was being forced down al sen-United Press.
BAGDAD BOMB
it,
"SPORTING"
"This political struggle must be fought in a sporting manner, and the people themselves must decide which polley must be tellowed. We must not forget we are one prople, with one 10-A and Fatherland; our Barduri, Apr.
political op- grenade
in the main thrown
arc our own com- ponents street here today slightly
patriots. wounded four passers-by,
The police immediately IT- rested three people,
of onc whom they described 45 Za "active Communist".-Reuter.
EDITORIAL
JUST
"It Is, therefore, absolutely unjust to use weapons in it," Di Hatia nk. "The situation in (Contd. on Page 5, Col 4)
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Malaya Demands Return of Earl Mountbatten Bomb Outrage Blow At
And a Division
STAGE OF CRISIS NEAR
`London, Apr. 10-Demands for the urgent reinforcement of Malaya and the appointment of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as supreme com- mander for South-East Asia were voiced in the British and Malaya Press today.
In Singapore the Malaya Tribune charged that Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Briggs, newly appointed Director of Operations in Malaya, has been given the task of running the Malaya cam- paign without powers of command.
In London, the Daily said the military chiefs
Mall
reports that
In Malaya
Ipoh, Malaya, Apr. 10- A grenade was tossed into the dining room of the Hotel Metropole here late fonight, fatally wounding a European Kucat and seriously wounding A Chinese waiter.
Two Australian Jockeys having a drink at the bar dodged the grenade in flight, and later said that they
two Chinese dressed to black running
BAW
paalde lane. Up this land the police later found another unexploded grenade-Reuter.
Waiting On Morphine "Murders"
Mr MacDonald's66)
Cripps' Austerity Policy
London, Apr. 10-Dele- gates representing 350,000 shop assistants and distri- bution workers today struck the blow that seems likely finally to destroy the wage pegging policy considered by the Labour Government to the essential to national economic recovery.
The Trades Union Congress, Britain's embracing
8,000,000 The paper said "it will be, a MacDonald, countered the blast
organised worlpars supports shameful thing if he is forced by contrrdieling
wage pegging on the basis of a to save the faces of men who Gen. Briggs has no powers of
national conference decision have falled, and to bear the command.
office said: "He is not in direct
last January. But the chop sigma of their failure."
command of military and police
assistants, at their annual con- but he has full powers unita, with
Lincoln, Apr, 10. The pollee ference in the Yorkshire sea- regard to the tasks given
side rezort of Bridlington today, Машуа are demanding that at
allotted to the here today offcially dented re- to the forces
the action of their least one additional division beauti-bandit
campaign. His ports that traces of poison had repudiated
on the bodies Executive Council in voting for dlspatched to Malayo immediate-
exhumed the pegging policy. ใบ It is understood, the Daly powers for carrying out opera- yet been found
for seeing them of two elderly men and Mail sald, that the military lon
through, are similar to those last week. nt the Lincolnshire
Without the zhop assistants' of
Drove, Executive Whaplode
support, however, held by any supremo comman-village
where they are probing local the T.U.C. leaders would have der."
MOUNTBATTEN TOUCH suspicions of murder.
get a mandato for But the Malaya Tribune echo-
Organa from the bodies are Pursuing a policy of wage re- od London opinion that the
at Stralat Gen. Briggs com- powers of
and are not sufficient to check police laboratorics the threat
of Communism in ham, Malaya, "which is more acute Nation-wide excitement over Appears than ever." "There has been reports that
mass murder by T.U.C. leaders have also to face Lord talk
London that in
Lord polson might be uncovered drew the fact that well over half the Mountbatten should be
statement from the 0,000,000 members and four of a special here.
the Mount-Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, the six biggest unions are de Certainly,
manding wage rises in deslance batten touch is what is needed. Mr It. H. Fooks, today.
of the official policy. Lord Mountbatten would
Communist bandits to a quick
"believe chiefs
at least two really
nted- more divisions are ed to bring the war with the
end."
of In Singapore, the omee
Asia Commis- the South-East
Mr Malcolin sioner-General,
"There Is No Famine In China"
Merely Hongkong Invention!
London, Apr. 10. The Communist Daily Worker today carried on its front page a despatch from Peking headed, "There Is No Famine In Ching." of holiday- makers, were promenading: on the seafront in spring Vie gale sunshine when ripped in from
over the sea. Many clung to lamp. posts
themselves, to save tramears swayed in the custs, and iron seats were flung Lcrosy the pro- menade.
Five
and women men were taken to hospi- tal with cuts from debris. -Iteuter,
A Welcome Appointment
15
and
Mr Churchill's pledge of Conservative support to Mr Bevin in his conduct of Britain's foreign polley was applauded, the appointment of Mr John Foster Dulles as adviser to Mr Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, is certain to give high satisfaction, Mr Dulles is not only lending Republican foreign affairs expert, who has already performed valuable service in international councils, but he has added his voice to those of other responsible Republican leaders who have spoken in no uncertain terms about Senator McCarthy and his like with the object of rescuing Mr Acheson from the partisanship confused noisy atmosphere created by the persistent smear campaign, Nothing Mr Acheson could have done to put American foreign polley back on the level which would gain support in the United States and respect and confidence abroad, could have been more effective than this appointment; la this Geld, of course, Mir Acheson has before revealed his capacity for breaking down party politics. Today it is more than ever necessary. In wartime, even if it is described as a cold war, which may be won or lost-in-the political arena, unity la eruential. No party can accept entire responsibility these days for developing policy affecting international relations. As Mr Dulles said, in accepting the appointment, the need for national unity is urgent "In the face of a Russian threat as grave as any faced in a shooting war." Apart from that, it is to be hoped that one ́of the Immediate results will be an end
was
Απο
to reckless attacks on the State Depart- ment and wild charges of disloyalty uguinst respected American citizens. The McCarthy campaign does him harm personally, but it also stultifies attempts Lo pursue calmly the task of effective policy-making and undermines the United States in every international negotiation. Not that thinking persons gave credence to Senator McCarthy's charges. Mistakes may have been made by the United States In China. But it is stupid to argue that these were the result of pro-Communist disloyalty, rather than of poor judgment. It is equally absurd to develop the thesis that it
which those mistakes "delivered China to Communism” without regard to pertinent and related factors- such as the moral breakdown of tho Nationalist Government, the war weari ness of the Chinese people, the destruc- tive influence of inflation and the nesis. tance given by the Soviet to the Chinese.
the Communista,
by Contradictions accused, like De Jessup and Mr Owen Lattimore, do not, however, Blop the public dissemination of rumours and suspicions which create confusion und division. The appointment of Mr John Foster Dulles as Mr Acheson's chief adviser is much more to the point. Good senso has reasserted itself. Blartisan ship in foreign policy has been restored and Mr Acheson will be grateful to those Republican elatesmen who have given leadership to progressive elements In their own porty.
Prestige abroad 'will gain Immensely.
The despatch came from the newspaper's special correspondent in Peking, Alan Winnington believed to be the only correspondent in Com- munist China from a newspaper published outside the "Iron Curtain" countries.
urea:
"AIL REPOR
sent
under now
failed to
examination
at Notting-
to
With
the today's decision majority for the official policy The have gone.
do
do
thousand than a
"It is quile untrue that any more good
have as speeches by any cabinet minis-positive results obtained ter, including the Prime Minis-been
all
kaid-Reuter.
yel
The Chancellor of the Ex- from the chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps,
preparing his budget for pre of the organs re- ter Attlee, to prove that Britain examination
to Parliament. to- two bodies, sentation from the | neans 1
to hold Malaya against moved
nor is it likely that there will marrow week, has the task of comers." The Admiralty said that Lord be any results, either positive or seeking to dam, the swiftly for some time, pos- spreading feeling that wages Mountbatten is relinquishing his negative,
for two weeks," te must now be permitted to rise. Mediterrancan command next sibly not month to take up an appoint- ment at the Admiralty as Fourth Sen Lord. "There is no question
Admiralty.
have re- that 4 co-
plan
of his being appointed to South- spokesman said.
Enst
Asta," on.
however, Reports, Ha vived speculation ordinated defence
South-East
for even-
ANKING
STILL IN
HARBOUR
Most commentators here fore- cnst that Sir Stafford will con trive to case the lot of the lower-pald-reduc.ions in beer and tobacco taxes la a popular guess without departure from the general trend of another austerity budget.-Reuler.
Accosting The Pilgrims
Asia would tually emerge from the forth- denied recent southward and more is avall Commonwealth conferences, and foreign ministers' and The despatch: repor s of widespread famine able.
now have ample that Lord Mountbatten might be his war-time in China, saying, "The Chinese Government has emple food for grain rentrally--even surplus asked to resume
The 55. Anking, the evacua- nature of command as supreme comman but the heckwards The only needing help. problem, transport to deficiency China's transport, owing to its der in South-East Asia. is flon ship that was to sail for to bring
Apr. 10. Polico Itume, foreigners is being overcome imperialist development, pro-appointment was strongly urged Shanghai last Sunday
nway about 1,000
began cracking down vides a complex task of dis-by Lord Killearn, former Special Commissioner in Sou-East Lapidly".
from that port, is still in Kowtoday
on Rome'a 0,000 licensed and said that thetribution," Winnington
Asin, in the House of Lords last toon Bay.
streetwalkers unlicensed said. week. present food problem was mild Winnington further
would
to In response present compared with those in the pas "The Inclors
Commonwealth relation ex-
our enquiry "too strenuously propositioning" this morning, an official of the of foreign Holy Year pilgrims. "Among 40,000,000 population have led to unprecedented dis- perts believe that Lord Mount- in preas where the harvest was aster if the Kuomintang were batten's appointment would do, and S. said he could not pay devastated by the war last year, s governing," 7.000 000 need some assistance, but only 1,000,000 are depen- dent mainly on the Governineni for food until the Spring har vest in two months' time," the correspondent wrote.
concluded,
despatch The "Everyone here is confkient of their ability to deal with the situation, which is less serious than forinerly, and is contemp-
inventing catastrophes."
FOT
A special "Holy Year squad" a great deal towards ensuring anything about the sailing dinto the collaboration of India and beyond the fact that the ship of detectives has been quietly
barrier Pakistan in forming a
was at in the Colony. gains. Communism.
pleking up "peripatetics" who accoct foreign pilgrims. Thirty The B, Anking has on board were seized on Easter Sunday, It is understood that in ad-
military about 70 passengers for Shang an extra dition to
some at the gates of St Peter's, and hustled off to a government- a correspon- also seeking THEY
are old people, dis-tuous of the propagandists sit-division, the Malaya command hal.
ting
With regard to the evacuation un hospital for checkups. i in Hongkong
in the
More than 5,000 women are of the U.S. Consulate Staff and abled, widows and children.
dingly large increuse
og street- citizens now close support of RAF squadrons. American
id legally registered "Manchurin has already sent non-existent
the tone of grain Reuter.
Shanghai, the NOT FROM H.K.
U.S. Consulate walkers, or prostitutes, over 1,000,000
formier Far here said that negotiation with city's 18 legal houses. Police London,
Communist Go-admit that another 1,000 out-of- Eastern commanders believe it the Chinese
Malnya unwiso to reinforce
vernment was still going on. town girls have come to Rome
the thousanids with troops from Hongkong be- There was nothing new beyond to "work" cause to deplete the Hongkong what was in the reports in this foreigners, here on pilgrimages
and vacations.-United Press. sorrison would be playing right morning's newspapers.
M.
Relentless Battle Against Leopold
Brussels, Apr. 10. —
In
into
the hands of the Chinese Communists.
The War Office had no com- ment to make on the reported Nine hundred delegates demands for Malaya reinforce
left to Parliament, MANILA
RAIL
to the Belgian National Socialist Council resolved ments, except to remark, "No belleves he has Kot enough" Informed sources today to wage "merciless and relentless battle" general ever against the return of King Leopold to the Throne. said however that the provition would cause terlous compilca- In a resolution presented by put off the trip after receiving of an extra division for Malaya
Inst night from Mons because
Army's of Be and a message Henri-Spaak, Paul
retum from already on his
burdensome commit- passed at an emergency meeting Pirenne
menti-United Press. shortly after Professor Jacques Geneva,
the King's chief Pirenae, secretary, had talked with M.
a former Socialist Prime inister, the Council voted to celterating "enter into the night at an 07- and support, portune moment with all their forro," those who are opposed to a solution to the which would Royal question split the Belgian people.
Earlier, the Socialist Party Chairman told the Council: "It to reign the King returned an unending strike wave would be unleashed"
Catholic Party circles mean- while said that the Premier designate, M. Paul Van Zeeland, who was to have visited the King at Pregny again today;
.
of
Fabulous Super Spy
Exposed
April
10,- name
WAR
intelligenas
Washington, omelats, diplomats and news-operative in the Middle East.
Wiley and his aide, according men today were chuckling over,
spokes
row
to the
The Socialist resolution said
a New York Times dispatch from to the Times dispatch, managed the King's Intest message.
on which at length and in by judicious planting of rumours that a solution
purported to relate and "oung" confidential "docu- delal should be
activities in the Middle East of monis" in public places to build wag vague and not precise,"
a fabulous and romantic United up the spicular legend con- DISASTER States
named earning "superspy
alleged acti- and had "no o her object than
vitica to dim the vigilance of the ad-
Manila, Apr. 11-Fourteen "Major Robert T. Lincoin."
The State
ato Department versaries of the King's returri to
persons were known dead and
Mr Michael McDermott, man, the throne."
30 believed to have been buried I was only in the foal two ferrel reporters today After his talk with Professor alive when eight iron. ore paragraphs of the article that
M. Spank
told the wagons derailed at the town of it was revealed that "Lincoln ünal paragraphs of the dispatch Pirenne, Council: "The resolution to be General MacArthur on Samar was an entrer fellious, che in which it was said that Wiley presented to Congress will be Island on Saturday, it was reactor created out of fertile and his aido, after hearing the of a more fighting nature than ported to seated on the ore basandor to Iran, John Wiley.
Imaginations of the US. Am Boviet broadcast, decided i war no such legendary: in shame The victima, this morning's speeches. Blace this morning the alturion has wagons from the Samar Mining and his political adviser a year Laure existed and that "incs evolved in such a manner that Company were enroute to and a half ago after the Soviet 100 Lincoln did not already
Easter celebrations/ radio had broadcast that a exist he should be created.” wo must take our responsibili-attend
United Press.
| mysistious, American of that (United Press. ties energetically," Reuter.