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REDS MASS NEAR CHANGSHA Police Raid TRUMAN ASKS CONGRESS

Climactical Battle Near Hengyang Expected Soon DRIVE ON CHUNGKING?

Canton, July 25.

* At least 250,000 front line

Rod troops under Lin Piao and Liu Po-chen today were slowly moving against the three pivot points of Changsha, Chuchow and Hengyang, with another quarter of a million in reserve waiting to be thrown into the climactical battle which Nationalist quarters predict will be in the Hengshan-Yuhsien area North and East of Hongyang.

Nationalist Successes

troops have

Nationalist awept the Communist, forces from the a number of counties In North-Eastern Kwangtun, according to vernacular re- ports from Canton yesterday.

The reports added that the Government troops also cap. tured arms and ammunition and took a considerable num bar prianners. The Captured counties Include the prosperous district of Meih- alen.

re-

Communist Irregulars oc. cupled seven big countles shortly following the aban. donment of Shanghai by the Nationalistu.

Communist

Reports from sources yesterday denied the re occupation of the countles by the Nationalfate. In fact. fact, added the Gammunist

Press messages, gueritian_are. threatening the Swatow area.

"Gloria" To Strike Shanghai

Tokyo, July 24. The typhoon "Gloria rour ed across the Chinu Sex 10- wurd Shanghai today and was expected to strike that city of 6,000,000 tonight with winds

of 100 to 125 miles per hour, according to United States Air Force weather unit reports.

The Bureau at the Air Force bane in Tokyo kuid it was dificult to get accurate weather plotting from China since the Commun- ist victory, but the typhoon left Okinawa badly balicrect with winds reaching as high as 143 miles per hour.

One American was killed and several injured and many bulld- ings were damaged severely, Na reports have yet been received regarding casualties anong native population.

the

Of the three targets, Chuchow appeared today to be the most directly threatened as the Com- munists sought to drive a wedge astride the railroad between Changsha and Hengyang. Government quarters claimed Nationalist defen- sive action has, slowed the Red advance but all reports pointed to steady march West- word and Southward from Liuyang and Li- ling, with the strongest pressure being made

against Chuchow.

The Military News Agency ly to worry the Nationalists. The said

that Lin Plao's 43rd North bank highway is a dimeult Army had reached Slangtung, one and can be easily defended. 15 miles East of Liling, fol- A Westward movement un the lowing the fall of Pingslang.Ins

fost flowing waters of the gorges still farther East on the Chui mest Impossible. chow-Ichun rall

line. The Agency Admitted the loss of Lienhwa, West of Kian, Kiangsi. It is from this area that the main Red force is be- lieved to be preparing to march toward the Yuhsler Hengyang area.

In

Military circles here set the Ogure of 500,000 as the total Red force. They estimated that half of that number are now Oghting in the front lines with the ro-..

A threat to Chungking, how over. could come from General Lin Piao's troops, who crossed to bank of the Yungise the South at points between Ichang and Shast, South of the Yangtse, there through

good blcbway winding-

the hills o Western Hupeh into Szechuen province.

*

Opinions Differ

-re-

mainder being held in reserve for pinions i Canton differ the all-out drive to oust thegarding the objective of these Nationalists from the Changshotroops. It is not known whether they intend to advance South- scan' Warri Into Hunan province to

there was

Chuanwhile fine.

information about the Red support. The offensive There ar forces who fast week were re turi Westward towards Chung- ported moving Southward on king.

both sides of the Kan

Alver

Bouth of Kian. If the advance continues, strategists here be Neve its aim will be to forcé the Nationallata Into another climactic battle at Kanchow, 100

miles South of Klan.

“Defended City" City

It was

revealed tuckaš

Another

trovement liable 2/1 affect Chungking by taking place in Shengi province, where Com

munist troops from Sion, the pra

incial capitat, have thrust West- ward and captured Paschi. There Τη good highway Southwart from Shens to Chungking.

The Hunan jig-saw puzzle is slowly

shupe...

Chuchow. nction town South of y The rall

the objective of thai A

Carten on August I will be Communist drive clared a "defended

from the East and Northy Eef,

Communists TO

Australian policemen load documents, seized from Marx House, Sydney, onto trucks outside the building. The papers were taken during a search for money with- drawn from banks by trade unions just before a bill was passed freezing unlon funds to prevent financial, wid–.. to striking coal miners. The law was dated back to June 6. Three unions withdrew a total of £40,000 in cash from banks. The Arbitration Court ordered the unlong to pay this money into court.-AP Photo

Mayar Silk Mills Workers End Sit-Down Strike

Striking workers of the Mayar Silk Mills, number-

ing more than 120 including some women, who had been camping outside the Mill's town office in Bonham Strand East day and night since Friday, refusing to leave until their demands were accepted, went back to Tsun Wan, New Territories, late yesterday afternoon.

its empation would isolate the Their departure followed an assurance from the riven command will be set u

A rource close to Acting Pre-under siege from three directions.

Human capital, which is already siden! Li Tsung-jen told the Hengyang, the gateway clty into fidence in General Pai Chung-si the serue of major United Press that he has con Kwangs! Province, is likely to bu and his Central China command the coming weeks-United Press Aghting in making a strong stand in the ex-

und Reuter. pected howdown buttle

motuslans around Hengyang.

Reutera reports drive

in the

Communist China'r possibly

of

in chung king wartime capitat, may develop in the next fortnigh In the opinion of Chinese cir cies in Canton, who are watch. ing closely the movementa the Communists in Bhonel and Hupah provinces The

Communist thrust from Icbank.

at the mouth of the

further up the gorges, is not like-i

ADMIRAL BRIND

BACK IN HK

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The

TO VOTE ARMS AID FUND

Washington, July 25.

President Truman today osked Congress to vote U.S.$1,450,000,000 fund to help North Atlantic Pact nations and other free countries bolster thoir defences,

President Truman said: "The better prepared the

free nations are to resist aggression the less likelihood there is they will have to use the forces, they have prepared. Helping the free nations to acquire means of defending them- selves is an obligation of the leadership we have assumed in world affairs."

He added: “At the present time: military power, which is the greatest deterrent to aggression, is contred in the United States 3,000 miles away from Europe.

"It must be made clear that mon eftori to obtain the maxi- the United States has no in- mum effective use of such items. tention in the event of aggres- The Department comment con- "The principle of self-

sion of allowing the peoplesnued:

Union

of Western Europe to be over-help and muts aid so clearly up- run before its own power can plled by the Western be brought to bear. The pro- nume less aeduite in the case n gramme of milltary assistance their notes requesting afd from Norway, Denmark and Italy. In now proposed, is tangible ns-

The United States these countries surance of our purpose in this

'Griendly afirmed that principle regard."

and promised to put it into prac- tice.

The nations directly affected by the President's proprsal are' Bri- tairs. France, Belgium, the Netherlands,

Canada,

the

Moreover. the North Atlantic Pact to which Norway, Denmark: Luxem- and Italy are signatories adopts boug, Norway, Denmark, Portu- - the velf-help and mutual ald gal, Italy, Iceland, Greece. Tur

urorinciple and provides for the Iron,

Philippines

establishment of whatever agen- and Korea. Latin American na-les will be required to put the tions aro are involved in tha: principle into effective operation, they would be authorised to ob In this connection the principles | tain certain arms by agreement of self-help and mutual aid will to repay with their own funds.

key

Long-Range Effect

e written into the agreements that will be entered into between the United States and the reci- Hent entries,

Balanced Plan

Plans For A. Pacific Union

Taipeh, Taiwan, July 25. The Chinese Foreign Minia- plan fon Pacific Union in {try is now drafting a detalled ·

accordance with the talks at Baguio between Generalissimo Chiang Kal-ahek and Pre- sident Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines, according to well-informed sources here today. today.

Jp

that understood the Ministry has unofficially informed the countries con corned regarding the orga nisation of the Pacific Union proposals.

Nothing is known here ra- garding

the naturo of the information which was passed on to the Pacific countries— Reuter.

Threat Of UK Miners Walk-Out

London, July 25,

"The long-range effect of our ald whit be to strengthen the free peoples of Western Europe iniltartly

economically and

A threatened strike of 1,500 "From the long-range stand- thersby protecting their

point the United States

and canto: mineworkers

renewed The physica cal stability.

continue Indefinitely, as, major trouble on Britain's nationalia- and moral vitality thus gen-

counter- supplier of arms and equipment ed railways today erated among the free nation.

piest balanced military programme ro- of the London dockers after a Europe will provide evidence in advance

quires that way

the Wester

European 25-day stoppage. aggrecaton. will encounter 12- ountries as a group to develop ufficient economic and industrial Mined and concerted resist.

aotential to provide a substantial underreport should wouts of the military

to support the free wor

world. Abalanced the return to work

----The

the State Department "As will other United States ald programnies one of the principol conditions to rilitary nid is the willingness of the requesting na firus to help themselves."

had

IL then said self-help already been started in the Brussels Pact agreement and was further extended in the North Atlantic Treaty. I sald the programnic contemplated The transfer equipment, materials and other vailable supplies among them- selves in support of their com-

Russians End Little Blockade

In

The Colliery Winders Federa-, tion of Great Britain has an nounced that it had sent a 21. lays notice of strike to the Ministry.of programme require admon National Coat Board, and th

Labour Kfor a wage Europe of certain types of equip claim and union recognition. ment be mediately increased." The Federation has 1.500.mem- The President would allocate bers in the North of England and The finds as follows: To Western Scotland. Its action

means that irles nut members of the North Europe US$ 1.003,450,000; to cau- they will strike on August 15 rth unless the Labour Minister, Mr. Aliantle Pust including Gree George Isaacs, Intervenes to sele Turkey, Iran, the Philippines and the the dispute. Torca US$300,500,000. This work enve an emergenty fund of US | AKO

45,000,000 to be used in the event of unforeseen developments, Costs administration were put at US$10,870,000, No atomic weap ms ходо нечетив ntonie mformation would be sent.--United Press.

ANCHISES TO BE TOWED OUT

TODAY

A mecial delegates' meeting of the National Union of Railway- men will consider here tod A resolution calling for a 25-inys strike notice from the Union's Liverpool and North Wales Dis- trict Council.

The NUB called off its then- tened mation-wide "slow-down" on the rallway when Mr. Iváncs appointed a Conciliation Board,to study the railwaymen's wiges and working conditions.

Last Friday, however, the NUR told Mr. Istees that it rejected

Bad weather in the Shanghai the Board's terms of reference area yesterday preverited the exempting 130,006 workshop men towing of the British steamer from its Inquiry-Reuter. Anchises, which will be brought up to Kobe for repairs,

The tug Caroline Moller, des-

Labour Office, which is interceding in the dispute, that the management had agreed to open negotiations with the men's representa- tives on two of their three demands, name- ly, on eight-hour day with a stipulated-num- ber of holidays in the year, and payment of a monetary grant of HK$100 after one com- plete year's service.

demand re-, at Tsun Wan, penting the out, that the Russians at Lurbeck told; towed out of the Whangpoo ta-|

Hamburg, July 24. The Russians have announc~ ed that they will begin call- ing off their little blockude n German lorry traffic to Ber- In on Monday, it was oft-patched recently from Hong Kong to tow the bombed vessel in cially reported tonight.

Garman officials of the British meanwhile standing by to await

border central force sal favourable weather.

The Anchises will probably be

Zone

bera

from

Admiral

Patrick Brind.

other Commander in Chief, Far East

their British Station, arrived here

of

zone opposite num- yesterday instatement

one of the some of the negotiations which

that lorry traffle to ali by HMS. Alert

who

today had from a tour of workers

absented vill start today under the aus parts of Berlin would be

per- Jupanese ports.

himself without leave-wor lees of the Labour Office. HMS Belfast saluted destroyer, nying the admiral's ment.

as the turned down by the manage- Heavy toll was feared among Yangise gorges, towards Tzukųet. og, steamed into port. The wel- :

The men were promised food if they would return to the mill

the native population whose wooden und thatch homes were

Pimsy.

Major General J. Welkert, Far Eastern force chief of staff said the first reports Indiented The heaviest damage at the capitul alty of Naga, which was 50 per cent destroyed-United Press.

The Weather

At 0500 GNT (1. p.m. IIKET) the typhoon, was centred about 60 miles N of Banghal moving N at 10 knots. Pres aure labo low over B China and in trough extending from Mindeño to the Bonina,. There is no reliable Information rewarding, the second-typhoot previousls reported W of Guum.

Today's Forest-Light or moderato winda From a Southerly quarter. Mainis Hair but a few widely scallerad showers.

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mitted

to cross there as Monday to begin negotiations zatiafled the

stopped all forrs The Russian trikers, nearly all of whom are traffic carrying goods and supplies natives of Shanghai,

to Dorlin through these points. and who

Later the Russian, etarted “go were aparently on the verge of

desperation after more than two slow" tactica at Helmstedt, where months of being out of work.

the mala Autobahn (motor hign. to Berlin crosses into the

They Mill's town office on Friday last, dreds of vehicles carrying porish- and refused to leave unless the able monogement accepted' their de- mand.

marched in a body to the zone. This tied up hun

Cargoss.

Then the Russians

Until Traffic

gradually relaxed the go slow

became Fearing trouble, the police were controle

Ver nor again. summoned, and constables were

That left Helmstedt as the only, on duty on the spot day and

Berlin from the night. There were, however, West Associated Press.

road route to

theldents. Sympathisers brough'.

tood and ten to the strikers.

Due to the intense heat, some

of the strikers had Sunstrokes ON OTHER PAGES

and several others become ill.

They had to be removed..

Reinforcements Due Today