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REDS LAUNCH ALL-OUT DRIVE More Troops Arrive

All Available Men In Action On Huge

Front

FURTHER GAINS REPORTED

General ChuTeh, Commander-in-Chief

Cantan, August 9.

of the Communist

Armed Forces, has put all his available men into the battle-front, a competent Chinese military observer said here today.

Taiwan Bans "China Mail''

They are said to be driving forward in eight direc- tions in an effort to end their "liberation war" and finally set up their Coalition Government at an early date.

+

"Morning Post' The Communists are now engaged along on es

Suppression

of newa and

VICWE has never helped a Gauze, stated the Hong Kong Government apgkasman yra. terday.

He banning

referring wat

to the Talwan of the oldest English-language news paper In the Far East, the "China Mall," as well as the "South China Morning Port" The spokesman added that

le no there

excuse for much arbitrary action.

"it le a urcat pity," he said, "that

the authorities in Tai. wan should ape their aworn enemies."

have

The two newspapers heen banned since June 28.

ANOTHER ATTACK BY PIRATES

timated 1,320-mile front. This is unpro- cedented in China's civil war. The front now runs from North West China to the Fu- kien coast, according to this observer,

in

eight

The wider reflects the successes i of the Communist drive in Mos-

North West China,

The Communist armies are of all its elvilian employees and new said to be advancing their dependients from 1anchow.

wiftly

directions. reports Associated Press, Thele movements are:

Lin Eastern Kansu, General Nigh Yung-chan's

190 Aamy Group, comprising three arre

along driving

the Stin- Lanchot highway, with In- chow. the provincial capital of Kansu, as their objective.

100

1. General Peng Teb-hual's troops, consisting of nearly three amies, are arrancing along the | Langhai Kailway. They are safel the West

to have gone beyond

mrk of the railway and have now timed North West towards Lan- thaw.

3. Three armies under Gener » Hsu Hsiang are driving towards Hanclying, their immediate ob- biective being to croes into North

Szechuan Province.

4-Part of General Lin Pino's forces are said to be concentrated in Western Hupch, attempting to ve directly along the highway towards Chungking.

part of

General

The civilians were lol! to move within five days to Sining, capital <f Chinghal province, 110 miles West of Lanchow-Reuter and Assuriated Press.

Reinforcements

are shown dinernbarking from the troopship Orduna at Kowloon Whart yesterday on their arrival from the United Kingdom. The arrivals, totalling 906 men of all the Services, mostly comprised the main bady of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, ("China Mall" Photo).

3rd Royal Tank Regiment Arrives

To Swell Garrison Of Further reinforcements for the Colony's Gorrison

Estimate QuakeDeaths Lowered

--996 men of all the Services arrived horo yesterday by the troopship Orduna from the United Kingdom.

Conspicuous among the arrivals were men of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, headed by Lieut- enant-Colonel, D: J. E. O'Flynn, DSO, OBE, who was accompanied by Major W. Bazley, Major L. Graham påd Regimental Sergeant Major O. A. Lester

Revolts Against Reds In Honan

Nanking, August 8. The Communist New China News Agency reported today

170 that more than

village accretion revolted

Against Communist rule in Hotan province last spring.

North Honan province, in Central Chini, adjoina An- hwal province where the Communists have claimed to put down other revolts

the

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BRITAIN, U.S. PLANNING AID SCHEME FOR FE

London, August 9.

The suggestion that Britain and America were moving towards an aid scheme for the Far East, similar to the role of the Marshall plan for

er Europe, was made by the political corres- pondent of the Confervortes Drily — Tole graph" today.

It was claimed that the Communist actories in China would give urgency to such. a scheme. "The proposals now being developed by British And Washington economic tulks the American experts for next month are assuming the character of a For Eastern edition of the Marshall plan". the "Daily Telegraph" corres- pondent writes.

"The economic case for large- scule capital investment and for commodity agreemen's to stabilise prices and markets for rubber. jute and tin are being reinforced Thy the political argument

that

such policles are gresitial to re- sist Communism in the For Enst.

"The Communist victories in China will give aimillar urgency the to the new plan as did

Carcho- Communist

coup In slovakia to the establishment of Europear American-supported

economic co-operation.

The plan is desired to re-

store the old triangular pattem of trade," the correspondent con- tinued.

"Under

trade this, European deficits with North America were covered, nt last in part, by American imports from Easter

which, in lum debtors to Western Europe.

countries,

on

To Meet Support

were

Statement On U.S. Policy Towards China

Laramie, Wyoming,

August 9.

of

major statament United States policy towards China will be made here on

Friday night by a State De- partment representative, ac- cording to Dr. Dale McGee, of Wyoming University,

Chairman Dr. McGee in Chair

Institute of Universities International Affairs which, he said, the speech The namB would be made.

the

of the apoaker had not been announasd, he added, but the WAR ar- State Department ranging for nation-wide broadcast of the statement-- Reuter,*

A

Promotion For Amethyst Captain Expected Soon

London: August 9.

An early promotion to Com- ander is being considered for Lieutenant 2

Commander John' Sinan Kerans who led the dail to Nafety down the Yangte of the British frigate Amethyst, it was learned Today,

Eastern "The case for a Far Marshall plan, which will be de- Quito, August 8.

veloped jointly by Mr. Bevin and An official spokesman today

the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps, will not fall 227,000 suid

approximately

deaf ears in the United State people in quake-stricken Con-

"Senator Vandenburgs armené iral Ecuador were found liv-

en Saturday that the United States should make relentlessly ing in the open, causing the

clear that the Far East has not It is understood that this pro- government to scale down the

Bor- of estimate

deaths.

The Band of the Buffs was 1st King's Own Scottish The

been abandoned, provides wel.mption may be gazetted ahead of to greet derers, the Ist. King's Shropshire

come support to their views. he next half-yearly list us at Light Infantry, the 1st Bn. South spokesman said the total prob- at Kowloon Wharf

"The conferences to be held by | the end of December Such a ably would be found between the new arrivals,

Staffordshire Regiment, RASC, 2,000 and 4,000.

Troops arriving yesterday com-

the State Department in Wash-promotion would give Lieutenant- Workshops Unit, Field Kitchen secretary to prised the advance parties of the Unit, the 14th Field Regiment,

ington this week are expected to Carmander Kerans, who is 35, Miguel Albornez,

consider the promotion of poll-on advance in seniority and make 24th Field Regiment, RE, And

Tokyo, August 9. cal policies among China's neigh- | him one of the youngest British personnel of the Royal Navy and

General Douglas MacArthur bours, which would improve liv-saval Commanders. Royal Air Force.

Promotion other than by the 3rd has officially notified the Unit-ing conditions and thereby, wea- The

of the rear party Royal Tank Regiment is due here ed States and British forces ken the position of Communism. half-yearly at in peace time is

"This alm

comparatively is remarkably like4 under his command that the very shortly.

The latest victim of the re- cent attacks by Pearl River pirates on river shipping be- tween Hong Kong and the 5.-- Annih Chinese river ports arrived. Floo's armies are driving into President Cato Plaza Lazo, said

They are said resenie crews here yesterday none the worse Western Hunan.

had reached all fighting their way into stricken townships and contacted She Is the my, Kwei Wah, Kwangxi Province to engage Na- the homeless whe had escaped to which ran a gauntlet of saltionalist General Pai Chung-hei's the bills and the open country, arms fire from the shore at Nam main (vices should they retreat

for her experience.

to be

P seven miles from Canton, ar into than province. dawn on Monday while en route

tell the "It is impossible to otal killed until we begin large- the ruins of the reale digging

in

to Hong Kong, without sustale- Advance On Cantons, he said, "This is difficult

ing eny casualties or damage,

The pirates shot at the 350-ton motor vessel for 15 minutes as she sped away out of range suc- cessfully. The Kwel Wah's pers sonnel did not retallate, accord. ing to an offelal of the Hop Kwan Hong, local agents,

Seized By Pirates

6. The rest of General Lin Plao's men are reported to be advancing Southward along the Canton-honkow Hallway. Theiri Immediate cbjective is said to be Hengyang and then Canton.

7. -General Liu Po-cheng's forces have reached the outskirts of Kanchow. They will probably advance Southward along the highway in to direction of Can-

on.

because

of lack of bulldozers and other machinery. The task is too monumental to be tackled with picks and shovels."

4,000."

RED CHARGE AGAINST HONG KONG

By Tanding craft, truck, train character of the occupation of the decisions on the same subject Reuter."

by the Commonwealth on foot, the reinforcements Japan has greatly changed prime Ministers in London last

and

reached

October

American

rare

event.-

KIM KOO'S ASSASSIN GETS LIFE TERM

Seoul, August 9. Former Lleutenant' Ahn Do-hi,

the assassin of Kim Koo, former President, was sentenced to life Imprisonment by a court martial. on August 9, it was revealed to- day.'

he

Ahn said before sentence was passed on him: "Kim Koo was

were taken to their respective from "stern rigidity of mill- barracks.

tury occupation" to "friendly

capital investment The 3rd RTA will be billeted guidance of protective forces," ir. the Far East is also an $73- in the New Territories.

portant part of the plan. The visit to the AAP-Reuter reliably learned. This is the first Mr. Albornoz added: "How.

British Government's

answer to Orient of Lieutenant-Colonel ever, original estimates of the

The Occupation / Forces would criticisms of last week's agres- killed may be rather high. It San Francisco, August 9. O'Flynn, who hails from London. henceforth hasten the assumption ment to make generous releases

am very much impressed by by the Japanese Government of of sterling balances to India see me now, judging by the The Communist New China large numbers that managed to News Agency in Pelping the green hills and brown rocks Japan's own affairs, General Mac-be that these releases represent

contribution?

the sscape to the country, that the broadcast tonight alleged that of the Island as we entered port," Arthur is said to have instructed Britain's

told the total will be found between the Hong Kong,

proak

his forces.

capital investment sequined Government

"The whole unit is practically 2.000 and 4,000 It may be recalled that only a

Our rear

for in Hong Kong now.

The recessity

extensival use Eastern livinandards.

"The

United States the Kwel Wah was month ago

On the other hand, he said, had "compelled" Mr. Chou Standing Com- Kang-ming, mized by 70 pirates and stripped

losses estimates of material

party consisting of about a dozen surveilance of many social, cul- of of her cargo. Ten hostages were

of the Hong men will arrive soon. Some of tural and economic developmentaged to follow a super course US$20,000,000 were "far too little mittee member

equipment is already here, no longer existed, added the Sup-"Daily Telegraph" report added. traitor. I am not sorry for the

some molive," the taken by the marauders.

-nore likely, losses will be 50 Kong Literary and Arts Asso- nur

very shortly, rene Commander. clation, to leave Hong Kong More will come Meanwhile, a report that the

B.In the Kiangsi-Fukien see-intillon or more." Chinese river vessel Wen Hsing or, General Chen Yi's troops are

He then added: "We have that within a time limit.

Lieutenant-Colonel O'Flynn said. was attacked en route to Hong advoreng Southward.-with-Foo-roblem of burying the dead now The order to leave had been to prevent epidemics, We are given on July 21, the Agency chow as their objective, It is futed by the local agents, China thought that Fukien wil then be burying those we are able to find said, adding. This persecution of

Shipping Company,

in the surface rubble. The others progressive Chinese by the Hong the springboard for a crossing to will have to be left until we get Kong Government followed evening

Taiwan Island. "The Wen Hsing was behind

the proper excavation equipment." several motor

promulgation of the Registration Junks

He said tents were urgently of when tho How long it will take General needed to shelter

Organisations Ordinance in pirates fired at the junks at Pak Chu Teh's armies to conquer the homeless wandering the hills of search of the home of Fang Fang, May and an unwarranted police shar, The Wen Hsing, which was rest of China cannot be safely the countryside. He added the well-known Chinese Communist' to share their commander's first

Kong from Kongmoon

Star

wus ro-

Last

well behind, slowed down and predicted this Chinese military when the ring died down sped! source said. away successfully without being fired at," a senior official declared.

The Weather

AL 0600 GMT 13 p.m. HKBT) prokure eontluues juw over W and BW-Ching with

some

227,000

the government was also striving |

to feed them.-United Press,

Communist forces made fur-

ther advances in the past 24 hours

in the North West China and Hu- nan fronts, it was offelally learn- ed in Cunton tonight.

General LAU Po-cheng's 1421: and 18th Armies aœvanced nearer

American

to

its

“A-Long Time"

for

*a

there

personnel

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More Responsibility

Japan's full demilitarised and To

whother he social and political reformation query knows how long he will remain had sufficiently advanced for the the officer re-apanese Government to assume In the Colony. piled; "I'm afraid we'll be here increasing responsibility, stated General MacArthur, according to very long time." Most of the RTR men seemed a reliable source.

The *Occupation khunk on June 13"

impressions of Hong Kong.

would be kindly, friendly towards in Hong

Public There were

here and The Agency also said,

the Japanese in a manner rellec- opinion in Pelping points out several veterans who have visited

tive of democratie Ideals," Evacuation Of that the British Government and the Colony before. They said

They would avoid any inter- British public opinion

should "Hong Kong has not changed Foreigners consider the reaction

ference with the Japanese Gov- the very much,. has 117"

Tho Hong

mon

of the 3rd RTR came ernment's performance in arbitrary action of the From Shanghai Kong Government in tyrannically from Rovingforthe tank train-functions, or any action indra- tive of military authority, added oppressing Chinese residen's in ing centre. Like their command- Hong Kong regardless of the ng omcer, many of them are of the Supreme Commander, accord- to Kanchow and heavy fighting is

Shanghai. August 9.

ing to reliabla' sources.---Router. raging in the outskirts of this im-

President Lines protection of law-abiding British Irish blood."

Formed in 1910, the Regiment porlant Nationalist stronghold officials said today they re- the Chinese People's

nationals in liberated China by

to the three Govern- was the successor stationary but intensifying deprmalt 230 miles North East of Canton.ceived 1,300 bookings for pas-ment"

original. Light Tank Battalions which were

octive of blæk premure, from the Pavide mull- No radiophone communication sage on a ship which is ex-

cre engaged in service in the First World War. Japan in was possible today between Kan-pected to evacuate American's

A "responsible member" of 'The RTR inherited the honours Karen and NE Chlon, Information t chew and Canton.

the All-China Writers' and Ar-guined by these battalions, which tists Federation in Paising it included the Croix de Guerre is also quoted by the Agency avec Falmes. Today the men stil Page 2 as saying, "Literary circles in bear the badge of the 3rd French China hellove that the Chov, División “on their left sleeve; a "Pagò. 3 Kang-ming incident is not privilege including in the honours Local Reaction To White Paper.

100 Page 4*, personal måtter but of their predecessors. purely marke the beginning of plan. The Regiment spent the period 1.3 • Barclay's Bridge. ned and open oppression of pro- before the Second World Wat a Page 6 gressive persons in Hong Kong. Lydd, Kent

In sharp con This stands out trast to the just and enlighten- ad polley of the People's Gov. which protects the drament

nationali law-abiding. British nat

liberated China, The Hong Kong Government should gravely consider the con

a trough extending 82 atross Luzon **

about 250 miles E of Kindstro. A ridķe

cyclone alretchin W ACIDAS

Lacking for the E China Beg, but an Unconfirmed repdel muggests

and

A military spokesman confrm=

from other foreigners |Shanghai in mid-September.

About 550 of those wishing to

depression which developed over the Fed tonight that a major battle all are Jewish refugees and the Brukus may have moved 12W Into the bad taken place at a point be- Chins count 8 of Shanghal and intensified tween Suichuan and Kanchow. Fapilly.

Tony's „Formenati-light variable main-

by BE winnie.

showers.

Cloudy with ional Heavy Fighting 、

Yesterday's Weather?- Maxistent 17.1 deg. Fab. Minimum 70.0 dew. Fah, Bunshine1 1.2. houze

Rainfall: 0 mm.=0.04 in. Total altce Jan. 1-1284.7 mm.=49,83 1. SEMINAL. An average of 1454.8 mm. 87,74 to.

Trading mi

10 t pink,

Damn, ás, mál, ..,1884)` 2005.3 m.k.

Equals

Röt Romidity wa

Dow. Point

Wind Direction.

Wind Forse than

20

At Kanchow,

rest are mostly American burl- nessmen and their families.

Shipping officinis sold "Amerl- cans wished to leave becau150 |buulness has gone to pieces since the Communist occupation of the elty.

Efforts are being made to send The 58. General Gordon, with s General Lin Piso's Communist capacity of 1,000 passengers, DN forces, according to usually re- the evacuation ship, the officials liable sourées. have occupied said. The tentative miling date Slangton, 56 mndles North West of is September 14-United Press. Changsha,

Frankfurt, August(0);

Some Contrast

Killesteringe which,žmay arise. af Teh-hual's Communist) todny, when an expressˇterin K31 Fremiilk-01) lis : aactionary

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Monty's Clash With French. motive Barvios again, and they

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Europe Defences Soft Shell- The Regiment was re-formed Anheson. in the same year and fought with Page 11 |..|

Armoured Division in the Indonesian Demands At The

Campaign from Haguo

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181:41: 18:20

In North West China, General Sixteen children were 19:47___29.61: Incher.

Pang troops occupied Tungwel, mid- their holiday motor-op chat a slow of Chinese in Hong

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