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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950.
Britain's Challenge To Bertha And Her Husband HAROLD STASSEN URGES
Russia To Disprove
Slave Labour Charge
Geneva, Aug. 15.
Britain today challenged the Kremlin to dis- prove her charge that Soviet Russia had over 10 million slave labourers.
In
Mr Corley Smith, the chief British delegate, told the United Nations Economic and Social Council, that this estimate might be too low. recent years there had been mass deportations to Siberia and Central Asia from the Soviet Union's smaller nations.
STRIKES
HIT DUTCH
Massive
Onslaught
(Continued from Page-1) strongest
concentration or force they had anywhere at any time of this war. NOT DEEP Tha vell of accrecy that Dispatches from the Eighthi Russia had thrown round its Army Headquarters At 1700 slave camps no longer provided | GMT (2 am, Wednesday long- a valid excuse for disbelief, he kong summer time) sald the
sald. "Not only is there avali- Communists had runde no new nuls the testimony of numerous erossings of the Naktong and witneeren, but we have actual | the previously reported pockets ometal Russian locuments to "are not deep enough to bei prave the case,"
considered serious.”
MAIN PORTS Mr Corley Smith produced Intelligence reports indiented
"The
The Hague, Aug. 15, Eart European decrees and Communist-led strikes to-other papers, day hit Amsterdam and; Rotterdain, Holland's mnîn sen porta,
AL
Berila Hertogh, 13-year-old Durich refugee, was married secretly recently four days after a Singapore court had return- ed her to her Malay foster-mother instead of her paresis in Holland. Bertha's husband is a Malay school leacher, aged 21. Beria said: "I love him. married him. Now my parents can't have me back." Mansoor Adabi, the bridegroom, aald It was love at first sight. I welcomed her when she left the social welfare home after the Appeal Court's decision. I vil- ted her once in her home and that was the first time I saw her." 1
Aminah, the foster-mother, said: "My child is now
Ex-Dutelt Army Sergeant Adrian Herioth has appealed to the Dutch Foreign Ministry to seek the annulment of the inarriage.
Mr and Mrs Hertogh, who ones offered Aminahı a home in Holland with Herths, have six other children.
Bertha Hived for eight years like a Malay child in Java when her mother and father were interned by the Japanese In 1818. (London Express Bervice).
facsimile reproductions, trans- that the North Koreans were Intions of oficio Soviel and
preparing to commit their crack; 105th armoured division—with possibly 120 lank-in a' do or die
nitack
ack on Taegu with twold chattel stuvery is dying out, diversionary offensive on
the routh
const So far, the 105th division has been sending out tonk detach- front, but Indlestiens were the front, but indications wert that the division might he thrown into the Naktong offensive en masse.-United Press,
He told the delegates;
whereas the modern system of foreert labour is spreading. Rotterdam, 2,300 of the has a different net of symbols, 4,000 cookers walked out in cup-such as the filthy cattle trucks port of the Communist-ted Unlly packed to suffocation with men Trade Union's demand for a 10 and women, the barbed wire
and the fence, the police car arriving at percent wage increase retention of the shift system. the dend at night and the vast Temaininit cone aftration camps Aretching AS many of the 1,500 workers were on holiday, cut across the frozen wastes of the port was almost completely Sierin."
idle.
The
non-Communist TIRIONS
stoppage
condemned thie appented to dockers work.
He recalled that Britain sub- photostat year a and mitted last
copy of a Soviet document 011
Two Early
to resume corrective labour," The docu- Morning Fires
this year!
[ments submitted
brought nut two significant napects, he rald:
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
and
exiled
In Kowloon
Kowloon Fire Brigade were
"One Is that people can be called out to two small fres In the early hours this morning,
The
first was at 2.30. A wooden partition caught fre
of a house
ta
happily and mately married."
Rubber Stopping From Reaching
Countries
Enemy
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
London, Aug. 15.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A MARSHALL PLAN FOR ASIA
Washington, Aug. 15.
Mr Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota and Republican presidential candidate, today urged the establishment of a Marshall Plan for Asia.
Mr Stassen, who is at present President of the University of Pennsylvania, made a major policy speech over the Columbia Broadcasting System.
thai
Mr Stassen urged the the world on unfriendly Tower World War III inevitable, I am
far greater milltary certain United States to serve notice with
the Communist strength than either Hiller ormlens among Moscow that further the Kaizer.
the people of Russia do not want war. I be Communiat expansion any- The only safe base for our Beve if the United States and where would bring war to future pollev is to conclude her peace-loving
ascociates Russia.
Tant the ruinless rulers in the quickly
and Kremlin have world domination armed rength, and at the game steadily build round "We must embark upon, n
as their fixed objective." ¡ major offensive in the cold
me carry out an alert, 11 Mr
Stasen added that the elligent ideological and econ war; this requires early inila- !
United States should maite it tion of a comprehensive. Asletic | Ja
offensive against Com that
the Kremlin umle to the Marshall economic programme paralel attack of the Chintimist dictatorships, we have a
Pinn yet dif-
Into Indo-better than even chance of win- Communista ferent because of different nese conditions in Asia. It would China or Burma, or of the Bul-ing n just peace without Incur involve only a small fractions Kartau Communists Into Crecceing the horror of World War
of the East of the amount of money spent or Turkey, or
Cerman of Polish Communists in the Marshall Plan."
U.S. SURPLUSES Mr Stassen, who may again into Western Germany, or of be candidate for the Repubilean the Hungarian Communists into
Mr Stassen said the Astotle presidentini nomination. Bald Austrin, it would not mean loen!ecunonic programme shoulI
in Korea, but involve uction much as the United States faced across
"only a entall fraction war would cone to Moscow, to at the amount of money spent the Urals and to the Ukrninc.
On the Marshall Plan because we do not have the resources to spend more and because the non-industrial economy of Asia Mr Stassen admitted his pro has different and lever needs
higher wouki mean sramme
in terms of dollars." services taxes, cuts in Federal
Mr Stassen
rald American and a strict system of standby surplusca in many cases could
onc assist in Asia the case of India's need
India has rought 36,000,000 buchels of surplus wheat from I definitely an not proposing
America has over
war
But I amwheat on hand, but Amerien hoit
Hatta Resigns On Indonesia's Change-Over
Djakarla, Aug, 15.
The Indonesian Prime Minia
ler.
Dr Mohamed Hatta, to- night tendered
DEATH STRUGGLE
economie controls, but argued materially that Communism
and the jetted democracles
cles were locked in a for wheat,
gle with required death struggle
1 said: drastic remedies
the resignation that the United States start bushels of surplus
of his whole Cabinet la sident Soekarno after the
Most of the 1.800 dockera on strike at Amsterdam belonged to "the reverve force. only needed at rush periods and the port was not greatly affected,
Amisunderstanding about the calling of the strike brought comienuurd
When their iri- some regalar Amsterdam doe- Siberia, even kers
Is admitted by the cut loday, but they re-nocence
Soviet Ruthoritter who condena veranda turned to work later.
them, simply on the grounds Reclamation Street. The re-
At the same time as reports are circulating The Communist-led Union that they were related to the men extinguished the blaze in a
The that both Britain and the United States are in- alleged to have com- few minutes.
About a quarter of an hour after arriving back at the are dulging in “pre-emptive" buying of rubber, the called out New York Journal of Commerce says that the Rain, this time to 10, Comarvon United States Government will impose control over On the second floor a settee the allocation of natural rubber for tyres and other had caug Are. By the time two Are engines arrived, the products on September 1.
Wils
accused
distributing person of pamphlets giving the impression (mitted the offence.
that
non-Communist uniona
backed the strike.
"The other is the ayalan
of
The Amsterdam strikers voted, forced labour. nt a meeting called today by the "The document whitch WO Unity Trade Union, to make have reproduced show that It their demands the same as those already firmly established in
Czechoslovakin,”
big
Mr
In the
Added:
Rond werkers, dematiding 0 Britain and the United States ave percent wage increase, also struck in Amsterdam today, Jointly propered a semit ad hoc bringing the port's strikers to commission to make "a balanced about 1,000-Heuter,
and objective report" on the
evidence avaliable-Reuter,
slation, they were
Rond.
Occupants hnd put out the flames with buckets of water.
Tokyo, Aug. 15.
I
seems
down
mea-
in
To fall to take these mea- sures would mean in effeel that British and Coloniat troops were the price-as fighting to ensure the supply of
will--pro-rubber to Russia. likely she One of the Superfortresses emptive buying can continue. was shot down and the other America, and, on a smaller sente. abandoned after severe damage. Britain, could attempt to cutbid ether buyers and so funnel all avaliable supplies to "friendly"
-Reuter.
the
Pre-
preventive
by aggression through Americly shipped"
could
caretaker Government against the Kremlin dus umel Fady for its surpluses,
Mr
Stassen said. Congress
claration of the new unitarian saying we should set forth with net shipped any of this surplus State of Republican Indonesin Urimistakable charity that, if the to India. This is an inexcusable start World shortenrning in American action. Communist teaders cartier to the day.
III by
urplus wheat should War Accepting
resignation their satellites, We and our be behind locked conta int
avociates in the United Nations
United The
States natner, the President asked Dr intend to finish it in
expect row materials Hatta's Cabinet to slay offer ins D
press which would be "useful to sur nut the formation of
of a new Parliamentary Cloveriiment, should adopt a resolution saying production and stockpiles," The probably within a week. that if the Communists started initiative in developing 072 to any further aggression anywhere, economic programme for Aria
Efforts lealers. pent the proclamation he
strictly responsible." Jakarta this morning to re- we shall hold the Kremlin should come from For Eastern should be made to have "Britain, cartier made at the joint ression of the Federal Parliament ere.
The Jogjakarta Government Nations members
therefore ceased at now
10 US." exist, but s leaders will be come part of the new Djakarta
when Government
It comes in the new single
President
Bew
had
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
Epence
France, India and other United
move withi
RED CHINA
SOVIET AIMS
"Such men as Pandit Nehru, Llagunt All Khan, Carlos Romuló and Elpidio Quirino should be to work out aty encouraged
Under evenomle
for Asia.
America and
One of the most difcult prob their I should move
upon
a far-reaching
of the Rotterdam dockers,
The United States have done, the supply of rubber to the free into being Amsterdam workers were also work on holding
Corley Smith out today.
up
all they can to "talk"
world, then surely Britain could "One Far A State which re-lems in this regard, Mr Stassen the United all
the price and the imposition of take measures to prevent rubber pinces the 10-unit Federation. continued, was the question of buildings, but the three- "Now that we have come to the
Asiatic day-old taxi strike collapsed point where even a country as
The United States lost twa Lew controls shows that they going to any country, but those Reuter.
Communist Chinese member-
economic
nic advance. Such action when the companies threatened progressive as Czechoslovakia is Superfortresses over Korea in have failed in their purpose and which support freedom.
ship in the United Nations
has been requested by Congress to dismiss drivers who did not being engulfed
taking sterner rising 30 days of operations ending on are now
this Clearly
application in the mutual defence assistance resume work. Taxi services title of forced labour, the danger Saturday, Air Force
granted. But act, but the State Department Bend-ures.
should not be freedom were reported to be normal to-lo
everywhere is quarters announced here today.
Britain and Indio voted for has not neted clear."
America succeeds day.
Seven thousand
It would appear that we should of tons
"America should constantly 030, ongkong Calling". bombs were dropped on North forcing down
Indla to join point out the imperialistic aims Korean targets.
Cramme
Summary: "Heres ask Britain and
United Nations for and evil objectives of the Soviet Howard". Featuring Michael Howard US in the
London Relay); 8.30, Three Bags
the
appointment of a special Union and contrast this with To revert to the question of by Josef Locke; 0.40, Pete Valdera- commission to go to Ching and new deeds of a non-imperiallo- American control over rubber ma nt the Plano (Studio): 7, "Lucky
Investigate the application. te, modern, Dip". Variety Request Programate,
enlightened op- allocations this will not lend
"In spite of my grim overall proach of the Wlern world to ['resented
Pauline by to reduced sales to America, Studio); B. World News and News - analysic, I do not consider Asia."-United Press. since the stockpile will prob- Analyzia (London Nolay); 0.15. abi ab orb what is left after Philarmonic Orchestra; 5.45, Vocal "Orchestra of the Weck". Vienna It is, of course, nothing but civilian consumers have ta sen all | Selections
from "High Bulion commonsense to take measures they are allowed to buy. This on Shoes (Cahn-Styne): '0, "From the to provert a potential enemy present estimates would release weather Report; 0.11, Variety Band- Fallerial (London Relay): 10, stocking up war materials, some 20,000 tons for the stock-box; 0.40. Relay of the din Cricket especially when these come pile. However, the mere fact Test Match England v West Indies. from an Empire source. It that control has been imposed all by Ball Commentary from the would do nothing to increase will Influence the price. The Oval, London (Recorded Relay); 933. 10, "French Cabaret" public confidence in the Gov-high level of world production Interlude:
|(Studio): 10.30, “Much Binding in ernment's measures to prepare
are civilian and military-should the Marsh". With Richard Murdoch meet okression, If at the nevertheless assure a steady de- and Kenneth Horne (London Relay); Nearly half of Bombay's textile workers mene, the Government was mand for rubber and maintain Radio Newa Reel (Landon Relay) Weather Report: igures issued today showed struck yesterday in support of demands for an in-anding by and watching only the price at a levet satisfactory 11.1 "Goodnight Musis God Save
men have applied creased bonus. Twenty-four of the city's 60 textile
Yet Unanswered
Question
Tokyo, Aug. 15.
More rank and Ble recruits
Ore volunteering for Japan's na-
tional police reserv
than are
ate
needed, bal senior ofeers
hard to get.
that after two days of recruit- ing. 106,064
Bombay Workers
to join the force though it will mills stood idle.
be restricted to only 75,000.
Keikichi Maguhara, Director-
General of the Ileserve, said
senior offers arose from
**yet
unanswered" question
the
whether to use former army of
Textile Strike
Bombay, Aug. 15.
sources.
possible aggressor lay by ato producers. huge stock of vital materials.
Eut the question is being
such
means expensive
.of
Of Bombay's 250,000 textile workers, 52,000sked: that the difficulty in getting out of about 100,000 on the first shift were on Is it necessary to induge in
When the second shift came on in the achieving this purpose? of strike.
evening, nearly 55 percent of the 60,000 workers normally on the shift joined the strikers.
SAME TECHNIQUE
Strike organisers were hope-
Oscar Hobson, City Editor of ful of a similar response from the News Chronicle, says that
feers who were purged at the end of the war-Reuter.
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith the third shift, involving about Britain used the same technique
gathth
6-21
COPA, 1900 BY DEN SERVICE, MG, Y., JL, MEG, RUB. PAT, KORE:
This old fishin' hola hasn't changed a bit since we were boys, but I'm afraid we havel"
90,000 workers, due to go on at to keep precious Portuguese midnight.
wolfram out of German bands during the war-a move which
Early yesterday reinforced police guards arrested eight not only cost tax payers tens of people sakl to have intimidated millions of pounds, but failed in
Ra primary purpose. strike-breakers outside the mills, Taree people were slightly in- Jured when strikers clashed with fural was neutral and Maloya But he points out that Por- worlters trying to enter a mill. is not, SomO other means The strike was called by the thould be found to achieve the Socialist - led, Mill Mazduán | C
Western Powers' purpose with- Sabam, ond the Communist uucers, "though not with out-
controlled Girl Kampar Union,
סמיני
aut illtreating Malayan
pro-
#geous windfalls which pre- on the free Government-recognised cnptive buying textile labour organisations per world market would give them." sunded many workers to ignore the strike call.
The strikers are demanding a bonus equivalezt 10 three months' wages.
It cannot be ruled out that MP's will take up this cry when Parliament reassembles shortly discuss defence questions. This is obviously a maltor which 18 closely linked to national de- bo FIRST INSTALMENT
fence and it should not beyond the powers of the Go- The Socialists are also de-vernment to Impore controls monstrating against the mill preventing the exporis of tin, as own:r hesllancy to pay the well as rubber from the British bonus of two months' wages colony reaching unfriendly coun- awarded by die State Industriatrics.
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court.
Indeed to neglect to do The newly constituted might be construed in Moscow Government Inbour appellate as a sign of Allied weakness of tribunal ordered the payment of purpose.
one month's wages panding lis
I decision on the mill-owners' appeal against the industrial court's award.
TROOPS TIED UP
If, na Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Chief Most of those who reported British representative at UN, for duty yesterday received Bild. In a broadcast from Lake | payment of the first instalment. SuccesI today,Brțiala ling of the bonus, is today, “India's several thoumad troops lled tip Independence Day, is a public in Maloys not only to fight holiday, Reuier.
Commutilem, but aims to wosure
the King: 11.30, Clone Down.
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