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VOL. V NO. 202
Peking Moves Two Armies Towards Korea
Washington, Aug. 25. A United States Army spokesman sald today that two Chinese Cumminvunkst armles had been moved Desc 110 Manchuria- Korean border,
He also said that reports had been received
from
oel sourers on movement of 120
the
bravy tanks into North Koren from the Manchurian port of Dairen during the fast
two weeks of July,
t
Report also said that Ch
Comministy Antone. Valu River on the Manchuria-Korean border, bath commandeered
part
11 shipping and were mebilising Chinese to move war supplies into North KoreRender,
Over 1,000 Dead In Assam Havoc
Bombay, Aug. 25.
HONGKONG TELEGRAFII, " For and on behalf of
SOUTY CHINA HORNING POST, L'AIR,
The
Hongkong Telegraph
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1950.
KOREA-BOUND
TROOPS ENJOY NAVY “CHOW"
(FROM WILLIAM PARROTT)
Aboard H.M.S. Unicorn, Aug. 25.
High spirited British Tommies were tonight speeding through the South China Soa as Britain's vanguard of ground forces for Korca. After a strenuous few days' preparations in Hongkong's steaming climate they were taking it easy under a tropic moon on the decks of the aircraft carrier Unicorn and the cruiser Ceylon.
WAR IN KOREA:
Major Attack On Masan Awaited
Tokyo, Aug. 26.
Battle-weary American infantry, dug in before Masan, on Korea's south coast, today await a major attack from two Communist divisions ordered to drive straight for Pusan, the United Nations anchor on the Korean peninsula.
Seventh Divisions earlier had taken
The Sea was glassy smooth, and the men of the Middlesex Regiment aboard the Unicorn agreed that all was well, particularly as they had just finished an excellent maval meal of
corned beef and peas ---- į"much better than Army
cooking."
They sat around the carrier's |
it deck smoking and listen ing quietly to gay dance music from Rain Herzkond
HISTORIC EXPEDITION
Forher, in close ranks, they istened attentively to a spirited address by Mr Materia May- The northern fronts gave Sixth and
Commissioner-General More than 1,000 people
Donald, For Southeast Asio, A have died in the earthquake no sign of an all-out offen- which
Mir MacDonut toki them Historic DIL l and floods which have de-jsive yet, though Communist aug.
the Quat they were that Prisoners insisted on main body of this force, despite ¦'
jexpedition, vastated 30,000 square miles pressure persisted, and
const had forced harassing United Nations patrols! He said: "First you with visit of Northern Assam in the the east past 10 days, according to about a one-and-a-half-mile and strafing from the air, was Suth Kren, but we all hope and expect that you will be ut of that chosing the enemy unofficial reports, All-India breach into the Allied line. Radio stated today,,
view of the other part.**
Mr
largely intact,
Unita of the American 20th
Buy according to Staff ofleers Division defending Macan have try so that you can get in at General MacArthur's head been on their own there siner
MacDonald emphasised marters, lic concentration of Redbon pozatresapegra innakes two division with heavy tanteshe Marines were pulled out to that although the soldiers op-
Loday the first
contain the threat in the
Assam-west of Musan constituted a real | Naktong River bulge a forming them were Koreans, tacir
in Northeast
group drepped in the Privat, affected oren-to Felp lonel supplies from aircraft.
still
tre
Bridger have been washerl avenge!
anul roads.
ments moving
the quakes and scarpony in flonds, the Asan Public Works and supply
said after a tour of the mea
Arsand's Chief Minister,
Bihou
affeeled
Hom, ematen
people Cager
en it A: aw. It
passible to mess
and
umpels.
Pr
North-
tall
the
road.
weapons,
Dine
At the
For
P.G.
Reservations
Price 20 Cents
Mrs Ruth Thompson, one of several ladies who helped to serve the embarking troops yesterday, puts one behind the car of an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander
(Staff Photographer). while she was handing round cigarettes.
Peking Over
Refuted
Contentions Formosa By America
Lake Success, Aug. 25.
The United States declared today that it would welcome a United Nations on-the-spot investigation of the "Formosa case” to disprove Com- munist China's charges of aggression against an “integral part of Chinese territory."
Mr Warren Austin. chief] United Nations trusteeship.
British Commonwealth the American delegate to
said today. United Nations. unid in a letter to Mr Trygve Lition for United Nations trustee- Secretary-General, that al-ship over Formosa by an over though the United
HUKS RAID
NORTH
TOWN
OF MANILA
expertį
He said that a recommenda→
the
States whelming
majority of could not initiate such a United Nations General As-
sembly would move. but "if the Security authority to the United Nations
give effective
Council wishes to study the to declare Formosa to be under
Tel: 27880
American Rail Men Call Off Strike
Washington, Aug. 25.
Two big rail unions can- celled their nation-wido strike call today after Pre- sident Truman ordered tho Army to take over the rall- ways from Sunday.
The walk-out had been set for Monday morning by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men and the Order of Railway Conductors. It was postponed "indefinitely just 30 minutes after President Truman ordered Goverment seizure and called on all rail workers to remain on duly. Union
officials balled the seizure order as a "tremendous victory for our
people." Tho Association of American Roll- roads had no immediate com- ment.
The President signed execu→ five order directing the Army to take over the carriers under the 1010 war powers law. Ho called the celzuro "essential to national defence and the securi ty of the nation, to public health and to publie welfare generally"—United Press
CANADA'S STRIKE
Ottawa, Aug. 25. The Prime Minister, Mr Loula St Laurent, today met leaders of the unions involved in Canada's four-day old wager and hours strike of 124,000 rail- way workers.
The union leaders, who were suntmoned to Ottawa
by the Prime Minister personally, are followed later today by of the strike-bound
being
the heads
railways.
Those attending this morning'a conference would
say nothing as they left Mr St Laurent's oflec. but Informed zources said that the Premier would pechably call on both sides to resume negotiations immediato-
ly.
All across Canada today in dustries were grinding to a halt for Jack of supplies, A1 estimated 38,500 workers have been temporarily laid off in addition to the 124,000 railway- meg on strike, Lorry, bus and airline companies are strained to the init to provide sub- stitute transport-Reuter.
armour, instructors nd strategy were all of Kuvaan For Guys now reconnaissance
nigin. pilots bad reported reinforce- SHORT OF MANPOWER
Air MacDonald added: "Th Intermittent tremors
eastwards from
General MacArthur's head Korean war is part of a Rusion being felt in the Alhos Chinto deepkle; continuous air quarters reported yesterday that attempt to conquer the whole HA in Northeast Asam,tacks.
pressure on the 25th was strong work and make us saved of By daylight today they were cine company had to give ground Moscow," Born everywhere by naveling in little groups of 30
"Battle around
Mountain" Ale MacDonaldi spolte similarly binger formationsfercely embattled ridge north to the Argylls who are aboard 50 whit
columns remain west of Human on the China-, the Cegica Minister, Mr Remir. Day 1 da railway and mining ist stetor of the south crist
HIGH MORALE Warca PRISONERS' TALE
toy warnetips drew
Manila. Aug. 26. question of Formosa. we its trusteeship. He mad such Alex Valentthe, Reuter's cry from Hongkong whats!
obably Prisoners taken on this pont respondent en the .h Count
A large force of Commli sapport and assist that recommendation could probably
be
if most of the that yesterday said
approved that they had front, reported that Atied lack oder md mers, by this!
luk guerillas study." The morale wat beling rela munist-le
United Nations members con- heen arts to a
The Pel the Maran of manpower there appeared to 45-mile front rule out the thy of fore. Wer and friens far Epi. raided and set fire to the led the United Nations yes enlly still a Japanes Government sidered that Formosa
Is techini- Edefences nver *
than her provincial capital of Tarlaceday demanding that Amer a
labout the cutrcime
possession. 11* from Thursday night.
Aow the Command oflens
Dr. V.K. Wellington Koo, Na- full But Anrican sholing and sive by atuck.
wore when the expedition was last night and attacked ican hoval and air units be re- tionist China's Ambassador rio nišnekta reattered their forces
L Any can colonel to tunced.
nearby military camp.
noved from the Straits of For- the United States, said tolny and disorganised supplies.
h.71 "I know That alok ki Sabi an of the Jew wives! The official military report rosa.
Nationalist intelligence reports North Korean troops charred teba tum of difere, but in Hongkong. Mm Peters, wife cald 10 Constabulary soldiers IMPARTIAL ACTION Indicated that the Chinese Autor Licutest A. E. R. Peters were killed and four wounded! The communication from Communists did not intend to hod of 20 Stratton Road, Merton in the camp affack. Fighting Chou En-lai, Communist China's attack Formosa within the Park, London, "The lads are was raging in burning Tarlac Foreign Minister, also declared mediate future. He pald very happy: It's cheerid me up jently today.
the Chinese Communists United States Government and end, I don't mind now as
General Mariano Castaneda, determined to "liberate" For General MacArthur fud both Fene as muil comes through." Chief of Staff of the Philippint
from the "lentacles of been fully informed of Nation-
Taxi No. 4400 was returning larmed
left at once for American aggression." forces.
ailst China's military needs, to garage when It was hailed Mr Austin, in his letter tourvey is now going to get
but n Vanue to take command of the
Joint
Sino-American by a Chinese. After travelling Joices fighting
the day, denied that Formosa was
for a short distance, the passen. full details on the state of super produced a gun and ordered Juendas, and twe mediuin tanks Chinese territory. fauen were ordered to the city.
He said tha! American action ply of needed lemma,”-United the driver to stop. After rob- Tarlac, about 120 miles north in Formosa was an impartial, Press.
bing the driver, he exaped, Munita, is the capital of neutralising action" and that, Tarlac province, home territory there would be peace In Fur- jot the Philippine Foreign Mimia 10sa "unless some une resorts
r. Brie-Roll. Carlos Homuln, to force.""
dain go. A Am
11-
mant engineer mid it would be At least 1 page before trame could be sunod ng th c 21.441 trunk mad through the area. Bruter,
EDITORIAL
::::*: :וין גינויין
mand of arive we are not rust en augth. hm the Fourth Division and thứ we can do in ju trự tử
grouped mnants of the hem."---Router.
Cross-Harbour Travel
Jor Fittje
L'I-
evin-
TROSE addicted to the day anual of cross-harbour travelling, barking freedom of choice, will greet disclosure of the Government's intention to embark upon 14 programme providing
facilities Improved
with enthusiasm, rather R Somewhat bittered commentary. The moed of most will relleet not considered opinion on the suggestions thrown out for public discusion, criticism or constructive al- ternatives, but an altitude of mind pro- moting the feeling that an attempt 10 grapple with the problem is long over- due. For one reason or another, ferry services have been hopelessly inadequate since the Liberation, despite mendable resource and vigorous efforts by the two principal companies to pro- vide the minxitium of service possible in the circumstances, Chief trouble has been the destruction of plers at key points on the mainland, preventlag the re-establishment of diversionary routes. The inevitable result has been the chan- nelling of all passenger traille into the centre of town on both sides of the har- bour. When it is recalled that twiec Ba many ferrics, operating to and from twice as many points, catered for a popu- Iation approximately half its present size back in 1938, the unwieldiness of today's congestions at rush-hours has to be ex- perienced to be believed. Naturally, this aspect of the ferry situation engaged the attention of the Committee appointed by Government to make an exhaustive study of the problem almost exclusively, Un- necessary crowd concentrations between Ice House Street and Jublice Street or around. Salisbury Road, Kowloon, mean, of course, over-burdening buses serving the termint and greatly increasing the į
recon-
degree of jostling in the city streets. In their report submitted to the Govern- men, the Committee visualises a careful- ly enleutated scheme of dispersion, with special attention to linking road and cross-horbour traffic, and their mendations are both comprehensive und fundamentally sound. Unfortum.e.y, one of the most attractive proposition, the provision of a new yenicuur alla þasSLARA ger service between wanchai and kuu hom has been pigeun-nued by Goven- ment for the time being on the ground that the cost cannot be mei under pre- sent nancial stresses. Its strangest op- pent is, again, the like.ihood of diminish- ing appreciably road trafic through the city's main streets, and modifying the bottleneck pressure between Garden Road and Arsenal Street, For the rest, the Committee suggests new services from points on the residential and indus- trial outskiris of town to similar points on the mainland, emphasising the impor tance of avoiding the central areas and therefore the values of plying between, say, West Point and Shamshulpo, Wan- chal and Kowloon City, as against dia- gonal roules. Nothing, of course, has been finally decided. The official scheme is to be submitted to a predominantly unofficial committee, for their comments and, if eny, counter-proposals. Members of the pubile directly interested will have an opportunity of making representations should they deem them worth white. Few variations of a revolutionary nature are Ilkely. The Burgess Committee's recom- mendations permit unofilcinis to begin study from a solid foundation. The vitat thing, they are certain to agree, is to get on with the job.
Hauter.
CHARGES BY YEH DENIED
London, Aug. 25. A British Foreign Oflice
who is Prealdent of the United
Nations General Asembly
United Press.
spokesman today denied alle EUROPE AIR
EXERCISE
gations made yesterday by ! Generad Yeh Chieu-yin. Chairman of the Kwang-
Paris, Aug 25, tung Provincial Government, !
The Western Union Air Forces that aircraft and a British today began a three-day battle" warship had intruded on Chinese sovereignty.
"There has been no flying of
he said.
Exercise Cupein--almed at testing air defences from Dutch froust to the Alps.
About 450 aircraft, including)
1
i
1
that
Mr Austin made the following
points in a letter Secretary-General:
to
LAU
1. The United States had not eneronched on the territory of
China
taken
The
Ro
United Sintes 1174
arainst China.
#Egressive action
3. American action in Formos | was due mainly to the public declaration by the Chinese Com- murists that it would "liberate" Formos,
NO FIXED STATUS According to Mr Austin, the
An
of conflict with
of the conflict have .would
zireraft over Chinese territory" jet fighters, are taking part in United States Seventh Fleet was |
The exercise, the most extensive sent "at a time when that island "The destroyer was proceed-ever stoped in Europe, Eight was the scene ing on its lawful occasion and Ardelds in France, Belgium, and the mainland The attack upon it was the sub- Holland are rerving squattrons Jeel of a protest by the British from the.Huyal Air Force and Government through the Charge the French, Belgian and Dutch d'Affaires in Peking at the Air Forces. time."
The exercise involves the No oficial protest had been |"bombing" of Paris--Reuter, received from the Chinese Gov- ernment, he added.-Reuter,
Another Youth
Rally Planned
"Turco" Seeks Assurance
Brussels, Aug 25. Berlin, Aug. 25. Captain Raymond ***Turco"
extension Foreca threatened the United Nations forces Korca.
4. President Truman'n sellen in rending the fleet to Formos was an impartial, neutralizing to the action, addressed both forces on Farmora and to those on the mainland.”
5. There at the pret t time no fixed legal status for Formosa. Its fixed legal, status The National Congress of the Westerlingt,
who arrived here Cannot be established until fa Communist-led "National Front" last night by air frora Singa-ternational action is taken. will stage a mass youth raily of pore, has sent his friend, Mr "The. Chinese Government the "Free German Youth is John Thiessen, to Amsterdam
was asked by the Allfez to take East Berlin at the end of No- to usk Queen Jullana to let the surrender of the Japancze vember, Derlin Radlo enounced him enter the today.
This decision was taken at to-
without being ames,
Vetherlands
REC
forces on the island. This is the reason the Chine
tay's meeting of the Congress, ser
his journey from there now," Mr Austin wrote.--
Westerling in session here to plan a com- newspapermen at Karachi that
told Reuter.
PLAN SOUGHT Paisgn
of "open
agitation" he expected he would be cörgen
Washington, Aug. 23. against the Brith and Amer-with certain offences on his Britain and the United States can occupation authorities in arrival in Holland, but he did are engaging to top-level dis- West Germany, the Radio said. not know what these charges cussions aimed at ring a
Reuter,
(would be.-~-~Heuter.
means of placing Formosa, under
TAXI DRIVER ROBBED
to
-
im-
be
Dewar's
A taxi driver was held up by
an armed man and was relieved
of his wrist watch and $32 near Cochrane Street shortly after
midnight,
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