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U.S. EVACUEES JAPANESE LEAVE H.K. Kowloon Reports

ARRIVE 900-MILE JOURNEY FROM HANKOW

Party Of 35 Women

And Children

Indicating the seriousness of the Communist menace in Central China as well as in North China, the first batch of American evacuees arrived in Hong Kong from Honan province last night, after travelling some 900 miles by railway from Hankow to Kowloon. On the instructions of Mr. Leonard Bacon, Ameri- can Consul in Hankow, 35 American women and children, accompanied by Mr. E. D. Dahl- strom, in charge, boarded a through train from Hankow on Saturday morning and reached Kowloon at 9.10 p.m. yesterday,

that

The

Included Miss Miss Gilbertson added women Ruth Gilbertson, MONA Lian There were no signs of anti- Landah), MIS Gertrude Sovik. American sentiment In the Mrx, Selran Lindell, Max Hanna cality of the school. The main Hanson, arul Mes. Dahlstrom, danger was that of being cut off Most of the party was made up of by the Communists. school children.

She sold that they had to leave

equipment behind.

With their arrival here lasta ceneidetable amount of school night, the entire American school nt K Kung Shan ("Cock's Mountain"),

100

milles

north of Hankow on the Hupch- Honan border, has been ovucunt

od.

"On The Move"

she

"One gets accustomed to belug on the

nowadays." added, and recalled wistfully her

move

Internment In Baguio, Philippine Ex-

The children had just recently hit resort, during the war. returned there from their vacaerpt for the war years she has tion and wtre. about to resume been in China since 1920, classes.

of

Miss Gilbertson, principat the school, told the "Chino Mait"

at the Kowloon Hailway Station Inst uight that there was much military activity in Houa.

Asked about the school, Miss Gilbertson wald that arrangements neemmmodation had been made for temporary

the in School premises in Pokfulam,

posts.

Blind

The students are the "children She disclosed that as there was of Lithuran missionaries in dif ...danger of their being isolated by 'ferent parts of Central Chitta,

the Communists, they were The parents are still

at their vired by the American Consul in Hankow to evacuale the aren and to resume classes elsewhere preferably in liong Kong. **********

Kien Sing Total Loss

The

6,000-top Chinese freighter "Klen Sing," grounded at Chilang Point 11 days ago, hins now been abandoned as a total Jose,

The master, Captain Troynni, and the skoleton crew of Neven who remain- ed in the ship until dawn yesterday arrived in the Colony later in the after- noon on board a Chinese Customs launch.

The freighter was carry- ing 4,000 tons of tron ore from Haitian Inlarıd to Japan' when it

went aground in heavy for 80 mile northeast of Hong. Kong on Feb, 28.

AMERICAN WOMEN KILLED

Parks, Mar. 8.

A French communique from Balgon announced today the slaying of two American women Det employed at the U.S. Consulate- -^^ General-In. Indo-Chins. bustingThelibodies of the women-Jeanne

R. Stewes and Lydia Ruh' James- were found ist might in a dry river ibel in which they had driven a jeep.

They had heen shot to death.

The two bodies bare bullet wouhls, particularly in the head,"

ild the

French Prein

reported by the

few personal belongings.

The group arrived with Just

Thro women looked and but the child.

ren were in high spirits.

This is the first evacuation of foreigners from Central China and follows close on the heels of ofilele) British and American nd- vice to their nationals in North China

to. evacuate

cities.

to

Carrying their own belongings packed in canvas, sheets, gunny bags, bamboo baskets and pieces of ulil cloth, 70 Japanese boarded the troopship, "Dilwara" Kure yesterday.

Thirty-seven

fur

the Japanese were the crew who brought the salvage tug, "Carmen Moller" to

Hong Kong on Feb. 25 fram Japan. The tug was seized by the Japanese when the Pacific War broke out."

The other 11 Included japanesc personnel, until recently attached to the Hong Kong War Crimes Tribunalı, returning home, ton- victed war criminals who have completed their sentences at Stat

ley, and war criminal suspects again whom charges have been dropped owing to insufficient evidence.

A

in the picture above, the 70 Japanese, the majority in army uniforms, are seen boarding landing craft at Queen's Pler for the "Dilwara"-China Mall Photo.

No News From Hong Kong

Szepingkai

(By Harold K. Milks)

Nanking, Mar. 8,

The National Defence Ministry has been without news from Szepingkal for the past 24 hours, a spokesman said. He blamed poor radio.com- munications rather than Communist conquest of that city for the lack of information. The spokesman declined to confirm the loss of this strongpoint which fought off two strong Com- munist assaults since May, 1946. He insisted that the Government expected to renew its communications with the city soon.

The "Hain Min Pao" reportedFanst would. In the opinion of safer in dispatches from Peiping that the qualified observers here, at Stepingkal add "another in the long chaln that situation was calm, without explaining of Government military errors." the meaning of that report. The Promises made by Nationalist samo dispatch said the Govern="leaders to send strong rein- ment recovered Paminncheng. forcements into the North-east on the outskirts of Szopingkal, would likely be hard to fulfil as well as Machang, another these observers said, since well trained and equipped trēops, un town, east of Heinmin.

Piracy Near H.K. Waters

in

While there were few direct dor the Government command reports from Manchuria avail- were already committed to able hera, it appears the tempo other assignments. Associated | of fighting in which the Gov. Press. ernment had taken succesnive defeats from the Red armies le slowing.

Incorrect

Government Criticised

Ridiculed

Nanking, Mar. 8.

A British Embassy spokesman today ridiculed Chinese press reports that agreement has been reached In the Kowloon and Sha- meen incidents and that the terms would be made public in the next few days,

He said negotiations were still proceeding but that as yet they had only reached the stage of dis- cussing a compromise solution.

Referring to the indemnity, Chinese Foreign Office for full the spokesman said the British reports on the Government's authorities had received no investigations into the Shameen further advice on this matter | Incident but that these were since the Chinese Government stili awaited.

announced its intention "ta Shortly after the burning of pay In accordance with inter-the-British Consulate and other national law". That was woska British property in Shameen on ago, he added.

January 10, both the Ministry! The spokesman explained of the Interior and the Minis- that the British had asked the try of Foreign Affairs sent an investigation cómmission to Canton, Although a Foreign Office spokesman admitted two weeks ago that their inquiry had been concluded, he said that the reports were being studiod; by the Government.

Chinese Exports Drive

Shanghai, Mar. 8:

Informal Requests

British authorities in Nan- king said informal requcsts had been made to Dr. Wang Shih- chich, Chinesa Foreign Minis- ter, for copies of these reports and they were told they would be made available when the in- vestigations were concluded;.

The British spokesman added that the question of compensa- tion was one of outstanding difficulty.Heuter-AAP.

.

A new movement for the promotion of export of Chinese products was launched in the city at an informal meeting yesterday afternoon at a gathering sponsored by

To Be Tried Dr. Wong Wen-hao, Twenty-nine alleged instiga- Chairman of the Na- torn of the "Shameen Incident" tional Resources Com- Jan. 16, when the British Consulate was sacked and gut- mission.

ted by fire will shortly be tried The meeting decided to organize a ¦ by a Special Tribunal, not the special committee for the official, in auguration of an "export drive."

Canton District Court, accord-

Tel. 21638

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Refugee

Stanislav Anlar, young

Czech student, who was ar- rested in Prague for, an anti-Comingdist speech, but managed to escape across the border. Into', Germany. Hundreds are trying to "do the 'unmg" thing.

PAASIKIVI PENNING HIS REPLY

Helsinki, Mar. 8.

Shanghai, Mar. 8. The Shim Pao, in des......... patch from Canton today. quoted "authoritative fin- ancial circles"! as cri- ticizing the "Hong Kong Presiding over the meeting ning to Chinese press messages Governmlet for the in- . sponsers Mr. Sung Ha-chap Gm froin Canton last night.

Tho:20 persons, ware frat In cressed circulation of Hongeral Manager of the Bank of Chins, Kong notes, “one-third of

traced the grave "situation confepe terrogated by the legal section which are at prezent cir-

Parent of Generalissimo Chiang Kai- ing China's foreign trade. solating in South China."

lle said that, despite striet Gor-shek's Headquarters in Canton: The despatch claimed that

crament supervision, Chida's foreign | Later they were transferred to the Hong-Kong Govern-

trade last year suffered

the Canton District Court for President Famikivi report- ment is attempting to favourable balance of over $4,000,000 trial. secure the Chinese: Govern-

ed to be penning his reply to- milles, ment in a vice through an increase in the note issue

day to Stalin's request for dis

› Soviet-Firininta and said the Chinese -

cuasion of mutual uld and friendship thorities are "paying seri ous attention to the issue."

The consensits here is that he - United Press.

will agree to negotiate,

There is no Indication as to decision when the Promdent's will be made public. Meetings of the Government's Foreign Al- fairs Committee and of the Cab- inet are scheduled for today, Presumably the President will Lake last counsel with these bodies before putting his reply in Anal form.

Raid

This staggering Agure, he added, Instructions that a Special Indicated the deterioration of foreign Tribunal, be established to try trade a result of the shortage of tho case were received from Overicas Chinese remittiness and | Nanking on Saturday: the lack of exports caused by the fear of losses on the part of Chloete exporteraReuter,

On Hukbalahap Training Camp

Manila, Mar. 8.

#Forty-two members of the illegal Hukbalahap

Peasant Army were killed in a Constabfilary- raid on a training_camp_maintained by ouf- laws 30 miles north of Manila, Constabulary, headquarters reported today. Five barracks, a mess hall and four outposts were rased by Government forces.

Noisiest Meeting

Yet Held

pact.

Aside from the contents of the letter, the President, in his reply" to the Russian leader is in the affirmative, has to decide where! - Croydon, Mar.” 8. The noisiert meeting yet the negotiations will be held and held in North Croydon by upon the makeup of t

of the negotiat election was addressed by the ing delegation.

When Stalin suggested the War Secretary, Mr. Bhlawell, at

Poollkivi -letter, to the Civio Hall, Croydon, last talks in. night

dated February 22 and delivered Heckling, which started im-Just 14 days ago, he said -Russia mediately after his introduc- - would agree to meet elther in The operation took place be-haps aà a subversive organisation by the chairman, contin-Helsinki or Moscow... tween 230 p.m. and 6 p.m. on tion linked with the Chinese ed throughout the speech Most Finns sem, to want to Maren 6 as President Roxne Communists and intent on over. which lasted one hour.

policy outlawing the Hukbals-ernment.

pproached, with ten men en said they were puzzled by ra. United States that Americana read a formal ́declaration“ of | throwing' the Philippine. Goy-

board.

Ten pirates held up a motor- Junk at about noon fast Friday,

Meanwhile, Government

Pingtung, Mar. 8. four miles east of Castle Fork

Chinese and American Army Chinese waters and got sources said they were "most away with the 30-ton vessel encouraged" at the progress officers stationed at. the South and $3.650 worth of clothing made toward the opening of the Taiwan Chinese Army training and valuables.

Chinchou-Hsinmin corridor for base claim that almost every The motorjunk left Hong Kabs at about am on Friday the movement of supplies and recent report about the base is for

Incorrect. Yeung Kel for fish. At reinforcements into Mukden. about nuon another motor juni: Qualified military observers A statement made in the ports published both in the are training ten divisions for Chinese and foreign press in Chinese In widest off the mark. China that "trained" reinforce- Only one division is at pre- menta" were en route from Tal-['sent being-trained here, entire- wan,to the North-east. 18 ly by Chiness. ́A ́ handful ➡

No "trained" troops exist in scarcely 30 - American Army- Taiwan, where the tently es men serve only in an advisory f After a two-hour hike, tablished Chinese divisional | capacity and seldom „go: near the victims · ́arrived at Man | training centre has hardly more the training fields, or troops, Junk to Hong Kong where King-sha and boarded another than started its operations.

•

Four armed men boarded the funk and herded the 10 sailors and skipper into the hold, while they searched and ransacked the whole vesaci.

L

The victims were then landed and the pirates left with the junk valued at $30,000.

Another report that the they reported the matter to the plately green men to the North shipped off some trained troops The transfer of these com- Pingtung base has already Water Police.

U-Saw Application

Retrial Rejected

For

Rangoon, Mar. 8.

Before withdrawing, the attackers The Rangoon High Court today dismissed the ap-

et fire to the car. There has

74 been "no "explanation of the felsoni

which led these two girls to auch ni spot, unfrequented by

„Tai location : wài givit an hear, Glanvillages of Ten South Ut, some res, miled from Saigon, and outside the security, sopa, inaintained by the French la þeir strugide, with Naijon-

Vietnamese | "forces-Assoclated,

plication for a retrial by U-Saw, former Burmese Premier under sentence of death for this part in the assassination of U Aung San and other Burmese Cabinet Ministers last July,

Labour's Platform

For 1950

hold the meetings here but others prefer · Moscow.

LATER

Finland's: Cabinet ~ decided, to- day to begin negotiations with Soviet Russla, a member of the Government reports, en 20

Mr. Shinwell, speaking in sup- port of Mr. Harold Nicholson, The Constabulary sont an ad- Labour candidate, said that the only way to ensure the removal yance guard, disguised as Hukt, the present crisis was to to the training, camp near strengthen the hands of the Aklein, the mountainous area Labour Government and * make of Eastern Bulacan Province, sertai that the Conservative, In approving negotiations, the Thoy sighted about 80 peasants who were responsible for much Cableet and President followed

multering: in the past" wou

the guidance of Finland's six would having close-order drill with never return to power, Parliamentary groups. The ma Arm. The main body of the "Any weakening of the Labour jority of these favoured confer- PC infiltrated and ordered the Party will mean an end of done reason was that the pre-

ring with the Russians, kisup to surrender

mocracy and if democracy suposal originated with Stalin and

1. Instead, the dianidanta; scat-in Britain our hopes of promoting

matter of prestige, tered and engaged in a hot more civilised way of life will had become

Another was that, the Finns foll clash for ten minutes to cover de blasted," he added.

Once: when the War Secretary it is necessary, at least to meet their withdrawal. Malaga

mentioned Mr. Winston Churchill, the Russians to setra more.de- Weapons Seised

there were cries of "Good old talled idea of what they have in mind, wenge F** Thirty weapons, including Churchill mingling

With boos

|---An official statement is, expect- United Staten, Army carbines and cheers--Reuter

ed later in the </ daye-Associated Press * One division, is being trained dalling: for a sharp increase in and other weapons and Japan.

for China's battlefield, brought deniale" "from the Chinese officers, who say” the 'camp has j not been In enough for that.

":: London, 'Mar.:8:" The Labour Party has in operation longleated that it will seek re election In 1850 on a platform

hore and it includes: the first Government ownership of Britse rifled, were capturadimons HMS'Mendip

and only batch of recruits to sinh, inquries, sign company with three tacks of documenta reach Taiwan since the base nulled Public

„The Parly laessed in pamphlet and ammunitions CARME was set up.-Associated Press. Next to local party organisa

Ownership,

U.S. FOOD SHIPMENTS

The

The decision of the court was sassination of Aung San and announced after a two-hour his Cabinet colleagues, vonalon. After recapitulating the The counsel for U-Saw, then case, the judge anid that the declared that the origina Atri- - abroad, lai prosecution--had "establised a bunál set up by clear case against, U. Saw and| British Governor,

ON OTHER PAGES the other accused who played a Rances

vital part in the conspiracy, ty

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of food

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ons framing programmes far the Interior Joss Zulueta, daclared 'Bext"' general election,

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