THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950.
ARGYLLS SERGEANT OBA OF BENIN IN LONDON Far Eastern Affairs A
MAJOR GOES NORTH MINUS HIS TREWS Britain's Expeditionary Force Ready To Join Korean War
By FRANK OWEN
Talk to
Brigadier B: A. Coad, DSO, leader of our latest expeditionary force, is a tall, wiry, agreeable, but extremely determined character, with iron grey hair that belies his active age. him about anything, and his commonsense view impresses you, It reminds me of Field Marshall Bill Slim.
The news of the move was broken to the largely by the Press, before com- troops manding officers could dispose of the mass of orders and information Beoding in upon tựm for the last 24 hours.
Indeed, at any rate for the Officers of the
Ping Shan
Villager
Middlesex Regiment, Saturday night was a bit Ake Kidnapped
the Duchess of Richmond's ball on the eve of Waterlon. They had played water pole with the Hongkong. Regiment, were dining, and about to dance when "the buzz" came through. early tomorrow.
Report
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OWEN DIXON'S
LAST CONFERENCE
Karachi, Aug. 21.
Sir Owen Dixon, the United Nations Mediator fractured his am, which is now in Kashmir, met the Pakistan Premier, Mr Liaquat ta plater. I claim that tur:
Says Ali Khan, tonight. Usually well-informed sources is completely f Sergeant
Bailey believed that this was the last conference of his
mission.
Medient expert). The lod is Lot Al Al
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lingering. the other routed."
way
-It Veri, sccontar
Pat Sie (30
of cerre, there are ansieties Dixon wit set out for Beben here, and real and deepesented and Ladin Sueco tre t Arievances. Of there I wall veil Vek, oven and 2 you more for they among the a disgraceful and dainable
regard by Government
faithful trosjan.
LOST HIS TREWS
ton streamed on the
1
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fuse plans soup! www at the serv
topest Ports
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J now the chief thing pondent, that he wond term that rocks the Annylly as this the press of next move,
the Who funebed
regimental jp ww under tal than 1.1 sergeant Dijorly trou, eas? Two
tatem m expreted to sum up Chinese have been esavicted the podon. wood be of robbery: the Sapd ber-
Core Very shortly--probably no geant's
pant (akper 1 Led) have been recovered. far, there is to trace
geant Boyde's Trews.
...
bal ro et Ser-
"They would never have gu away with ma kit," the ran who gut his DCM at the probant of the thing says,
ne dong that there two regiments should be jonų! in topher They were married, us it were, in France in 1974 When they were among the first
in thus ren; company,
o
There are regiments with a name and fame, one of glory, tome of it fre:bly won. The Middlesex, The D Hords," www.tre
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Albora
fearful
Battle in Wellington's war 18. Spain. They took bashing there. "Die hard, my men, die hard." their woundedl colonel Chouted. Of 370 mea they lost 438.
Marshal Soult, their great French foe, wrote best iniuntut ; them: "1nlways thought they were bad seldiers: now i know. i turned their Dank, rced : their centre, they were every- The day was broken, where mlue, and yet they did not know it, and would not run."
With especial affection "The Die-Hards" are regarded here. For 17 days, at the start of the with the the Pacille, Royal Scots and the Canadian and Indian Infantry they held overwhelm- Hongkong against
war in
Ing Jupance Army, Navy and Air Force power.
Many died in the prison camps. none more bravely than ther former Colonel, after weeks of torture, steadfastly borne,
BALACLAVA MEMORIES
As
Red Line?"
·
They
for their Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, well, of the Thin you have heard
the
Red Thin Line. That was at Balaclava, where they routed the Russlan cavalry. They have been on Colmost every British battlefeld,
were
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Str Owen has spent the
thi Dacha nad Pakistan
Cody
1976 problems of Ta relatings during the
2002
The
part threw years,
Since hy: anrival in New Deth on lay
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SIDE GLANCES
Serum be has
a Art.
to lo of the C-tution und held many talks with the aker to rester ant the In-
Minister,
Pandit Nobru.
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BASIS OF MISSION
The basis of his minion Was Security Council resolution of March 11, which called for the of malfotk.it
Kashmir betone Aura a 14, to be followed
aizaci Impartial
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pak bavile thoughout the semi- {rr e
Both postres at the outset dé- cepted the principle of the
lebi-vite tut tives Coul
Fit: penda anent
thr
slitastation proposals,
Sir Owen D, son arvet here Bay Hot Dell, where he had hur meeting with Pandi
The new peter ly-Reuter,
By Galbraith
quelmasthm
DOPR. 1919 MY HEA BERVICE, DIS. T. M, RIA, LE S. PAT, DIY.
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"You say you'll give me a dimó If I'll kiss Aunt Emma when we got there, but at precent soda and candy prices,
enn't you make it a quarter? Melkman likam
Among recent arrivals, at London Airport was His Highness Oba Akenzua HI-Oba of Benin, West Nigeria He was accompanied by his wife (one of nuny) Chan Akenzun and a daughter Princess Egbenula Ebama. The Oba is to have a six-week tour which has been or- ganised by the British Council to study local Govern
ment.
Photo shows Chan Akenzan wearing a native hair siyle and hemi-dress, with the Ola in the background on arrival at London Airport. (London Express Service),
ATLANTIC DEPUTIES
TO DISCUSS DEFENCE PROBLEMS
Major
Issue In
United States Elections
Washington, Aug. 21.
Recent events have convinced most diplomatic and politi- cal observers here that the Truman Administration's Far Eastorn policy is certain to be one of the major issues in this autumn's Congressional election campaign, despite the efforts of the Democrats to confine the debate to domestic subjects.
FIVE-DAY RAILWAY
STRIKE
An important segment of the Republican Party has served notice that it intends to make a dominant theme of its assertion that the De- mocrats have bungled miserably in their handling
of Far Eastern affairs.
R. Steelman, to get representa: ¡paigning to come was contained javcording to
piverge
The Democrats charge the tion's Far Eastern policy may Republeans are thus destroy- į depend puncipally on how the ing the United States' "blparti- war goes in Korea. They con- san" foreign policy. The Re-tend that seriva of United' Washington, Aug. 21. publicans retort that thire Nations succees in the Korean Railway guards walked out in never was any such policy as conillet will tend to soften the three key centres today as the regards the Far East, since they effect of the Republican attack first step in a threatened nallon- W.re consulted only on Eura-La
011
electorate which Ira- wide train strike.
penn affairs
ditionally has vided with on President Truman called on
Most Important Republican dininistration directing a win- his Labour
Adviser, Mr Joindication of the shape of cam-į
ning Beht. On the other hand,
this
Chool of tives of the Ingagement and
latent issued last week i
Inek of any spectncular the unions together in a bid to by the four most Influential Amerlein quecess will deepen Leach an agreement,
Republican members or the the gloom a this country over The country wide dispute con-Senate For Relations Cont butution and make the cerns wages and hours. Today: miles. Asserting that the
vistér much. etrikes were called for ave dayseeds of the Astan debacle were usceptible to Republican appeal. The guards said that the idea planted at Yalta and Potsdam Even before the outbreak of was to call attention to the fact and nurtured baya subsequent the Korean affair, some highly that the dispute had dragged on Demneratie
of regardes statisticians were pre- appeasement for almost a year and a half Russia, the Republican state dieting: Cat the Democrats
ment said the without a decision.
Soviet Union woulit retain only
bore voting In Louisville, Kentucky, 230 was given
Birht to grab majority in both Houses of Con- witchinen on the Kentucky and whatever it could. In China, gress is the autumn
railroad left Korea and Formosa, Indian terminal
If they are correct, then the "The American people will ty fact which will remain tr 1,200 employees were rendered
those respons Hepublican strat
e determinent will be whether all, a in official describit now exete
rible for these blanders."
since that the walkout
tanie can prove effective enough fective.
Republican condidates gener. (to eliminite even that matt In St. Paul, 175 employees of ally admit their intention of myurity-United Press. he Mine of Temusfer Railway backing President Truman'
but declare Company mailed to repost for the stand in Korra.
arly Milft
their jobs. All of the line's
Ач 100
percent
1te
that they feel obliged to expese what they claim are the Ad- ministration's past blunders
in
la Cleveland, Ohle, the river Itemsinal sadway owned by Re-dealing with Asinu affair. It rost likely that public Steel Corporation Cleat is considered
fowa whan 28 mich
went on the Secretary of State, Mr Dean ann | Acheson, rather than President toke. Empleyin ilut flow, the line res the Re-Truman, will be the
de St:P lg sted plants target for Republican The tel company has laid of during the campaigns.
500 of it; 7.000 workers.
Guard and ticket collectors,
to-aking fr 3 10-bour weck
London, Aug. 21. The Atlantic Pact deputies, meeting here morrow, are expected to tackle the problems lightening up the system of commands and pro- viding the finance and manpower needed for the expanded defence programme,
principal
attacks
RIFT WIDENS
The rift between the two formuon policy of without for in the present Parties over
hot pay for there in yard reached a new high last week vies, have insisted that the Pre- with the charge made by Sem-
dent thould take over the in-
When the meeting begins tomorrow, the de- puties are expected to spend some time discussing the American requests for even greater national defence programmes by European members.
Part 1 o het minden, why.cla
WO cuminted here the weekend, is likely
tun's major lines.
for
Kenneth Wherry of Ne- braska, Republican floor lender. that "he blood of our boys in The strike is due to spread to- | Korsa is on his (Mr Aches n't à l more to two short-lime rail-Shoulders and no ene che ware handling coal and steel.- Reater,
Natzir May
advane Di quartien et mil Gaol-Breakers Be
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the agenda.
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Premier
Executed In Of Indonesia
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On method of reruring this concentration
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いず would, it is thought here, be to trengthen the ploution of the Frough of British, French and American Haldary commanders
who sit in Washington,
The President ubsequently banded Senator Wherry's stat
Tu contemptible and bn wh comment.
The Democrats are in an a mittely difficult situation as far DA inpaigning un phants of Fur Eastern pulley is
obs,rvers concerned. Political
Some
clections.
Suve par Eyes
by consulting CHINESE OPTICAL CO.
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AMBULAR
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE.
KOWLOON SUB-DISTRICT
WANTED
point on, for instance, that if ine Administration changes to Ton-conte polley of not tying TO: KOWLOON RESIDENTS to cave Chiang Kai-shek's Na- tionalists from eventual defent
Books, Periodicals & Maga- at the hands of the Communists, then it can be accused of re-zines for distribution to Service Verring helf to adopt a position Camps in the New Territories,
Please communiente with -. always held by the most vocal
ས Republicans.
Djakarta, Aug. 21. The President of Indonesia, Dr I. H. Soekarno tonight called Pretoria. Aug. 31.
Dr Mohamed Nalzir, the Martin Wassel- Smith aged fender of the Manjumi (Republi- and Foix Leonard Van en Moslem) Party, to form In- Birda, aged 43, were executed įdonesia's first Parliamentary at the prizen here to lay in the Cabinet, according to informed On the other hand, if it does song hoaging of white South quarters here.
not reverse Its position-and there are some sinus it may be Aveicam in two years,
Dr Natzir is a close associate
it considering i-then They were the youngest and of President Soekarno, Dr Mo-
ain be accused of abuloning Minister of sofa, sang of ve gaol-hamed Hatta, Prime
Note. If Donors with to hand bakers who killed
an important regiment of Asiabooks in personally they can do two way and interim Foreign Minister. In des to a during erenpe from the outgoing Government, and maison at the smell farming Dr Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesia's
British thinking on the mili fary organisation of the Pact is kunven to have mavial on simi- Br lines. British experts, It is understood, have considered the presbility of fusing th thres West European regional defenen group those of Northern, Western and Southern Europe.
PRODUCTION 'DEFICIT In diplomatic quarters here, there is a tendency to forecast That the defence contributions for promiped by member Goverments will fall short of the required total, and to sug- gest that this defleit may have », to be made good by Western Germany.
But so far the gap is thought tof as a production deficit, and ot as a defelt in armed men.
British offcials tere emphasise (that the question of the reurnia- ment of Germany is definitely not within the reope of the
meeting which opens tomorrow,
-Bruter.
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
te the Reda.
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zan
R. A. EDWARDS, c/o Kowloon Hospital WE WILL ARRANGE TO COLLECT
so at the following places -
Despatch Ofice, Kowloon Railway Station.
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1 Prime Minister, March 14,
Dr Soekarno Last Tuesday,
There are some politiral ex- Four Africans, convicted of proclashed a Unitarian State of munder. were
executed Republican Indonesia to replace perts who believe that effective-
nes of the Republican campaign 3. today.
a 16-unit Federation.
Dr Halta's Federal Cabinet | eharges against the Administro- Two of the See-inan gang who
două from Quies town in resigned last week over the pro- the new Unitary March wire nieve any sen-amation of teed to te imisonment. State, but remained in a "cure- The member of the gang toker" capacity unti a Parlin- could be as shet by the police during mentary Government the mathuni. -Reuter,
Suez
formed.-Reuter,
Kowloon Tong Club. Kowloon Hospital, Gentral Office.
Restrictions Letterheads
Bring Protest
London, Aug. 21.
Britain has protested to Egypt against the in- troduction of additional restrictions on ships pass- ing through the Suez Canal, a Foreign Office spokesman said today.
The spokesman said that the British Ambas- sador in Cairo, Sir Ralph Skrine Stevenson, has handed a protest letter to the Egyptian Govern- ment.
Tho
new
that naval auxiliaries covered by the
restrictions,
new
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the Organ of West-
of meant restrictions mister Cathedral; 4.30, Cantonese by Nadle. Given by Miss Lee War which Britain complained were were Lan & K. Les (Studio): 8.50, na follown: Orchestral Selection 7.15, orth (1) A refusal of port facili- Last Friday the British ton- American Commentary (London
ties to ships on an Egyptian ker Tornus (0,054 tons) and the Relay) 7.30, "Stage & Screen
Norwegian tanker Agna (8,022) Favourites.
Woods black list. By Alteen (Studio): 0. World News and Nows
tons)
have reported Anly (London Relay: 15, "Box have to give a written guaran=been placed on the Egyptian 200."-Bert Gillelte at the Hammond
tee that the cargo would be black list
от the ground that Organ; 8.30. 'Bay's A Lough", A
would be which Kitty Blucit дли Fred Yule ing. The guarantee (CTS); 9. From the Editorial counter-signed by an Egyptian (London Relay): 10, Weather consulur official at the port of Government has maintained a
(2 A ship's master would
Variety Programme with Ted Ray, used in the country of unload they red Iernel.
Since
.10-18
carried curgoes
the Egyptian
忙
Report: 9.1. Piano
by Reclini Wang Kuk Ying (Studio): 9.30. unloading.
The spokesman said that Bri-strict embargo on all shipments Interlude. Peter Yurke & li Cuncert Ordi.: 9.40, fongkong tain had been in touch with the to Israel through the Canal, Dances To" Eddie Guzman de B1
United States And French Observers here tald that Hit room Orch. (Relay): 10.10. "On Finisterre Mystery Play Governments about the reglee-was hardly possible for ship's
master to guarantre the destin by Horton Clady (BBCTS): 10.40, tions.
said that a lion of his cargo, stice that was Light Symphony Orchestra 1 Hadio News Reel (London Relay). list of the restrictions had been the responsibility of the com- 11.18 Warther Report; 11.30, "o
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