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CHINA MAIL

Portraits of Distinction

FRANCIS WU'S STUDIO

Gloucester Arcade

CHINA MAIL

No. 34278.

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1949.

REDS POUR THROUGH BREACH Faux-Pas

Sungkiang In Shanghai's Inner Defence Menaced HANKOW HEARS GUNFIRE

Shanghai, May 12.

The first major clash on the Shanghai front appeared imminent today as crack Nationalist reinforcements streamed South West to engage Communist General Chen Yi's forces, which, pour- ing through the Kashing-Kashan breach, are threatening to out- flank the central and Northern sectors of the 90-mile arc pro- tecting the outer approaches to China's greatest city.

******** | Making unusual fast progress up the Shanghai-

Canton Will Be Defended

Canton, May 12,

A decision 10 defend Canton "as Shanghal is being defended" W&# reached at a Nationalist military conference last night.

Acting President LI Tsung-Jon. Premier Ho Ping-chin,

Yu General Han-mow, Commander of Canton's Pacification Head- quarters, Gdvernor Hsuch Yuch and General Chang Fu-kuel were present at the conference.

Both Goneral Yu Han- mow and Governor Hsuch Yuch recommended recall of crack Nationalist forces from North West China to strongthen the defences of Kwangtung. It was not known, however, if their recommendation was adopt- ed-Associated Press.

CONSERVATIVES

CLAIM GAINS IN ELECTIONS

ficant

London, May 12.

new

Hangchow railway, Red units were officially reported this afternoon to be within striking distance of the key inner defence point of Sungkiang, only 20 miles South West of Shanghai,

With_highways branching out North West, North East and East, Sungkiang is of considerable strategic value and is regarded by military observers as the fast important defonce prop along the Hangchow railway before Shang- hai.

Its loss, these observers said, would practically mean the end of the battle for Shanghai's approaches, as Red armies by fanning out from the city along several modern motor roads could within a short time lay siege to China's economic nerve centre and cut the. retreat route of the Nationalist forces still

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battling desperately to hold the Shanghai HK's New Airport

Nanking railway city of Kunshan and the North Western defence pillar, Taichang. Today's communique said | Hunan has been started for Army that bitter fighting was raging use, North of Taichung, in which

the Communists, although sup- Victory At

ported

by heavy artillery

cover, were suffering heavy Tsingtao

ensualtion.

Air Force Busy

To Be At Deep Bay

Áp forecast in the "Chino Mail" more than

month ago, Hong Kong's new airport will be constructed of Deep Bay, near the village of Nam She Wat.

TROOPSHIP

E. HALLADALE

ON THE WAY

Liverpool, May 12. The troopship Empire ITalladalo sailed from Liverpool for Hong Kong last night with the First Battalion, Royal Leicester, shire Regiment, Inforcements for the Brl- tish Crown Colony.

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The vessel also carried small batches of troops from various corps and re- giments, who will be leav- Ing it at different points on the way-Reuter

One Spitfire Crash-Lands At Kuching

Singapore, May 12,

An RAF Spitfire sent to bol- ster the defences of Hong Kong, crash landed and over- turned at Kuching, Sarawak. Command Headquarters ап nounced today,

A daring group of about 50 armed mon seized' control of the Hong Kong-Canton river motor-i ship Kong Fat last Tuesday morning near Lin Fa Shan, about 16 miles-from Canton, and absconded with about · HK$700,000 worth of valuable cargo and personal affects and six. --hostagàs.

This was the third attäck by pirates, of the Pearl , River Delta within six weeks-the first was

the mining of the mv. Miss Orient (March. 24) and the abortive piracy of the mv. Kwong Fook Cheung (April. 16),

The only man wounded motor barges and a landing craf aboard the 230-ton-reconvert-containing about 10 armed pirate ed LST was Mr. Cheng Lum, Jay in waiting The robbers im

mediately boarded the Kong Fa one of the hostages and an official of the Tai On Shipping Company, which chartered the

personal Kong Fat.

and began looting the cargo an socks to jewellery.

effects, ranging fro

The ship's personnel, totallin 40, were ordered to help unloa the cargo into the borges.

During the boarding. Mr. Lu- disguised himself as a stoker, a according to the reports apparer ly escaped being kidnapped.

Vernacular Press reports stated that the owner received demands of $20,000 each from the "Flying Dragon" and the "Pearl River Deltr" gangs early this year. Both were disregarded. This report however, could not be confirmed by the local agent, Kwong Sun Hong Shipping Company, yester- Helpless in the face of arre superiority, the personnel toeise The other hostages are Mr.on while the pirates made the Chan Sat chol, Identified by the getaway, Low water preve-le local sgert yesterday as part the Kong Fat from getting under owner of the cargo and an off-way when the elbere left at cial of the Tal On Shipping Com-num.--23 hours after the hold u

Mr. pany, Mr.

The Kong Fat eventually reneť Chong Kwong Chen Tai-huig, Mr. Fong Chuen, cd Canton on Wednesday, wher and Mr. Lam Sal-wa.

mailed: the the report was

Car Jon buthorities.

She is expected to return · Hong Kong carly next week.. The Kong Fat, for which Kwong Bun Hong

Com Shipping Kong

the loe

All Cargo Owners

They are all said to be owners of the cargo which consisted c several hundred drums of wood pany of Bong oil, vegetable oll and tea oll, agent, la belleved to be own

medicines, by a retired Nationalist rehers The plane was one of 10 Spit-packages of Chinese

orange peels, straw hats and cot Last year, the converted LST w fires of the 20th Squadron which ton wicks, coses of chinaware and sunk by Lnnen the local har bour and was salynged and re left here yesterday moming. The

Easkets of green plane was damaged but the pilot

bened for Hong paired at a cost of about $70,000 was not hurt.

tur

the ranathink the aghter The Hong Fut, which has been

betwee afri plying planes and accompanying

the Colony and craft later left Labuan in Eritish Catton for the past two months North Borneo and reached Pala- after being reconverted, left here wan Island in the Philippines. on May 8 and began her return They will take off for Clark voyage tit jim, cii May 10

with Field, Manila, tomorrow, Head- six male cargo owners and three quarters sald-Associated Press. women. -

Two Royal Air Force Dakota planes, bringing 40 members of the ground personnel of the No. 28 Spitfire Squadron from arrived at the Singapore, RAF's Kai Tak station yester- peacetime day afternoon.

The official Central News Agency today claimed major In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Arthur victory for the Nationalists. Creech Jones, Secretary of State for the Nationalist air force planes the fighung around Tsingtao.

Colonies, said that it has been decided in ranged for and wide

that a over the The agency reported in the Shanghai area

pust 24 Communist üttempt to penetrato

principle to proceed with the proposed con- Conservatives claimed slent-hours in support of the ground the area 40 miles North of Tsing-

struction on the shores of Deep Bay. 'victories over forces and among other things tao, funner base of the United Labour yesterday in Britain's sank about 200 Communist ves- States Western Pacific Fleet in

The area is about 18 miles Week of Local Government sels out of 500 plying between North China, was "totally frus

claimed that "800 (as the crow flies) North East. the North and South banks of the trated. It Elections.

The elections are for governing Yangtee river, in the Klangying Red officers were killed and some of Kal Tak airfield and less than three miles across the Concils in rural and urban areas. sector, 90 miles North West of 3,700 Red corpses were left on

Shanghai," destroyed 21 Com- the battleground." Bent volang for County Coun-

trucke on the The dispatch claimed Nation- bay from the Chinese frontier. Mr. A. J. R. Moss, Director of elis and for Burgh Councils in manist military

around Nanking and alist soldiers recaptured 10 towns Scotland gave the Conservatives a!

"I took a toll at over

1,000 Red in outlying districts after a one- Civil Aviation, said yesterday that the proposed airport will provide distinct lead over the ruling La troops deployed along the Boos week battle. bour I'arty.

chow-Kushing highway, the bul- letin added.

The Conservative Party report ed at noon that its candidates had gained 121 seats, 60 of them from

Labour candidates, and lost only

11. The Party sald that the Labour

highway

Gunfire Heard

Party had won 50 seats, but had In Hankow

lost 15. Five

Communist

candidates

were defeated and no new ones

were

To Defend Shanghai

a safe landing place for aircraft

any size.

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Indicating the the construc- tlon will take considerable time, Mr. Moss emphasised that as

war.

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She ached the Lin Fa Shan

at about um. on the fol

visibility lowing day and was travelling at normal speed in huzy

motor launches flanked when two her on both sides, the vernacular Press reported.

Gun 9re and threatening shouts forced the innster, Mr Chao Kut

to stop. chin, to

Ten armed men,

Swedish Oil Tanker On Fire

New York, May, 12., The Coast Guard today dla patched the cutter Pandor from San Juan, Puerto Rico

to the assistance of the Swe the project le operation, there will be

dressed in black, boarded the ves- dish tanker, Atalanta, whic of the speed which character- An advance party, mumbering 19 sel, and called for the compra- was reported earlier to hav Ised the construction

of military men, came by a RAF Dakota plane dore. In the confusion, Mr. Cheng caught fire 330 miles Nort East of 'Barbados in the At Luni was hit in the chest late on Wednesday afternoon. airfields during the As reported previously, the]

Bir. Lum Sam-to identified him-lantic Ocean, and the Italia The planes of the No. 28 Spitfire Home Government has granted Squadron are expected here around self as the compradore and was steamship Foscolo also was re £3,000,000 for Hong Kong's new noon today. They left Singapore on ordered at pistal point to take the ported to be procceding to th

The cost, however, is Wednesday, making a 2,300-mile pirates to the engine room while scene.

The Coast Guard reported radi expected to considerably exceed tour by way of Sarawak, Borneo the passengers and ship's person-

and the Philippine Islands.

nel were herded into the lower interference was making receptio Additional costs will be raised The planes are under the com-hold.

of reports from the Atalants dr ficult. It said an carlier mestág received from the Atalanta - ssid "Fire on board.. Requires Im The engine room personnel diate assistanco. All people: :4 were ordered to take the vessel lifeboats, Master and radio opera to Wong Nel Lik, where severaltor still aboard."——United Press.

Fair compensation will be paid dent Board of Arbitration for the on the assessment of an indepen-airport. land to be ultimately taken ove for the airport.

the grant.

learned.

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PARENTS HERE TO SEE TWO RN WOUNDED

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father and a mother arrived here yesterday from the United Kingdom to visit their sons of the Royal Naval Hospital.

New and better villages wat by floating a public loan, it was mand of Squadron Leader R. D Official Government spokesmen have to be built to house at most in Canton said today that the 1000 people who would be dis- The Central News said artil- Government had no intention of placed from the villages of Ngau elected the Conservatives tery Are could be heard in Han- abandoning Shanghal. They said from, Sha Kong and san Eing. sald.

kow, where Red General Lin that strategic consideration might Details will not be known un- The Labour Party organ, the Plao appears to have started a force a withdrawal from Hankow ti Gurvey has been taken, added "Daily Iferald," said that Labou TLOVC against the big Central but every effort would be made to Mr. Moss. He said that the pee- won 83 seats and lost 77. It nc-China industrial city. Fighting, hold the Kiangul city of Nanchang, ple who will have to move will knowledged that Labour lost con- however, still was in the outer which has greater strategle value. be left where they are for as long trol of six Councils while winning defences.

General Teng Wen-yl, the mill-

possible and will be given new one.-Assocated Press.

chosen by villages

themselves Dispatches to the "Sin Wan Fas" tary spokesman, said that Shang-

hal's defence position was strong, wherever possible. said Red forces in Kiangst Pro- and that reinforcements wete

to displaced The people vidce for to the South of Shang- continuing to arrive. Sea and wit

wil Be fully consulted this hal were heading for Linchwon, routes to the city still remained

will be the first stage of the about 50 miles South East of

арет от Nanchang, which appears to in-

project, the* first prinalute, of The general sald the Communist

will be to provide dicate an attempt

which Nanchang and probably an effort reached 20,000.

to encircle tosses in the Shanghal region had

livelihood at feast as grod as Another Com- to cut the railroad between Nan-munist, column of about 50,000|

If not better, than that which the people enjoy at present troops had suffered heavy losses

seid Mr.. Moss. ot Kashing.

General Teng raid the current Most important of all, he add- bye, the construction of the new advance towards Hankow Communist General Lin Plao's airport will open up new avenuet. well-equipped Manchurian forces of employment for these of the was at present interpreted as a local people and their families feint to engage Nationalist troops who wish to offer their services.

While it is being constructed which might otherwise be used

DURBAN FEARS RACIAL RIOTS

Durban, May 12.

. Police stood by in Durban to- day to provent racial disturbances Indlan. buses had been stoned by: Africans last night and early today.

after

Bus wind-screens and windows

· were smashed along a half-mile stretch of road at Cato Manor, an outlying non-European suburb, No one was injured. One, man was arrested.--Neuter..

THE WEATHER

AL.0000 GMT (8 pm, IKIT) an exten ulre and deepening depraefus la eronside, the Northern park of the art of Japan. From i trough" sätends' Booth and Wint

Chiang On A Destroyer?

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Canton. May 12.

A Chinese paper here sald Gonoratissimo Chlang Kai-shek presently aboard A Chinese destroyer off Woosung, bad written former Premier · Sun Fo, giving "suggestions for national pro-. blems."--Associated Press.

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In the defence of Nanchang.

He added that forces would be moved from Hankow to Nan Nanchang sa 'required;

Nanchang Important

in operation there and after it is will be splendid opportunities for now and botter livelihood for which, naturally, suitable candl

among the people of dales from amen the district, especially those dis- laced; will received preference.

Mrs. Ivy Miles' and Mr. W. The Red Crash in understood to Prescott came from Southamp-have made the arrangements for ton by a BOAÇ flying-boat to cheer up their boys recuperat- ing from injuries sustained during the Communist shell- ing of British warships on the

Yangise River.!

Mrs, Miles', son, Able Beaman Anthony Fottor, aged 24, was aboard HMB Black Swan. Able Seamen. William Prescott, aged 23, was in HMS Londoni.

In-

Both niên, suffered" Borious Juries. However, they are said to be doing well now.

the visits of Mrs. Mice and Mr. Prescott, A St. John's Ambulance nure attached to the Red Cross met them upon their arrival at Kal Tak and took them up to the Hospital.

more too tired from Both parents wore the long air trip and too anxious to reach the hospital to say much. May. Milen told the China Mail" that it had been over a year since she had seen Anthony. This is the second time that r latives have been flown out to visić men injured in the shelling, On Today Eimer,Williams arrived to see his brother, Leading Seam

cuperating at the Royal Naval

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The new airport will become,

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Canton, May 12 The Nationalist Government

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