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Portraits of Distinction

FRANCIS WU'S STUDIO

Gloucester Arcade

CHINA MAIL

No. 34404.

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1949.

REDS ATTACK RAIL TOWNS Marquess And

Nationalists Fight To Save Hengshan And Leiyang THREAT TO HENGYANG

Canton, October 6.

Nationalist crack troops are now fighting desperately to save Hengshan and Leiyang from falling into Communist hands, it was reliably learned today.

Resignation Of French Gov't Accepted

Paris, October 7. - President Vincent Aurial today accepted the resigna. tion of the Queville Cabinet and it was believed that he would first ark • Socialist, probably former Premier Paul Ramadier or Minister of Interior Jules Moch, to try to form Cabinet.

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If, as appeared likely, they fall the choice would go to a Popular Republican, most likely former Premier Robert Schuman.'

President Auriol himself was not in the heat of health, " He is convalescing from recent.. attack of kidney trouble-United Press.

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Soviet Films Banned By Nationalists

"Canton, October 6. General Li Han-huh, Minis ter of Interior, today decrevi a ban on the exhibition Soviet films in Canton and the rest of Nationalist territory.

of

Hengyang, in the middle of these two strongholds

on the rail line, will be completely encircled if the Nationalists fail to halt the Red forces from advancing from the South and the North some 20 miles away.

A Chinese war correspondent who returned here "from Kukong by the last train last night said the 'Communists were again employing the bloody "human sea" warfare in frontal at- tacks on Hengshon.

He also confirmed the pri- vate despatches that Leiyang had virtually been besieged by the Reds.

Kukong "was in a "state of vacuum according to this corres- pondent, when he left the m- portant North Kwangung, railway hib by train last night,

The

The source revealed that the i Nationalist armies under General Lig An-ki were concentrated 75 miles North of Canton for utlence of the Yingtak line.

From today all Northbound

North Kwangtung are beginning to appear to be the real thing.

His Fiancee

Price: 20 Cents ·

David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and his fiancee, Mr. Romaine Dablgren Pierce Simpson, 26 year old American, are seen in London. They announced during November. their engagement recently, and will probably be married in Washington. here

It is a general belle? that the Communists are des perately trying to develop their current. movemente Inta the long-awaited all-out offensive against Kwangtung and Kwang- st. It becomes clearer daily that the Communists are striv ing have their steamroller in high gear on li fronts

October 10.

traires go as far North as Yinga Major Action

only. But despite the ominous ze- ports of fighting in the North Canton remains calm

The Nationalists today were

reliably reported to have start-

Expected

by:

ed a strategic break-up of the; The Fukien-East Kwangkung concentratibe of armies under front is expected to explode into

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General Pal Chung-hist

Mrs. Simpson has dark brown hair and eyes. Her first marriage was dissolved. The Marquess of Milford Haven is 30. le a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, and was best man at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. He served in the Navy during the war, since which he has taken up a commercial Career—A.P. Photo.

Atlantic Pact

Government Statement

Defence Talks On Finance

Washington, October 5.

London, October 6.

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DOUBLE TENTH FLAG DISPLAY POSES PROBLEM

perplexing problem facing Hong Kong's 1,800,- 000 Chinese nationals today is what flag to hoist on the Double Tenth Anniversary on Monday.

some

Official Nationalist organisations of course,

will fly the Kuomintang's flag, but commercial, educational, and other local associations are in a quandary.

The Chinese Chamber of Com- If they hoist the Kuomintang merce biggest Chinese commeflag they will be branded as reac- cial body in Hong Kong, is still tionaries. If they hoist the new "People's Republic's flag they undecided on the subject

The matter has been referred to are inble to be called Commu- a special sub-committee in charge ists. They trade with both sides

of making preparations for com- and have friends in both camps. memorating the foundation of the i

Kuomintang's Republic of China. !

It was loaned yesterday that the sub-committee was instructed to consider the matter carefully

view of the present situation”

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Uproar In

Bristol Church

Bristol, October 6 The Hong Kong Federation of

Police were called, blows Trade Unions (formed by some

O anti-Nationalist labour unions) were struck, a priest's robes have already decided to fly the were torn and women fainted flag of the new, "People's Re- during a fracas in a Bristol public of China.”

Anglo-Catholic Church today.

High Mass had almost ended when a man shouted a protest against the idolatrous nature of this service."

Anti-KMT This Federatien, which boasts a registered merabership of 21,500 men and 3,700 women, recently

He was carried bodily from the held a mass rally supporting the Church, screaming protests. new Chinese government set other mea who shouted at Peking

frog-marched outside

Two were

The pro-Kuomintang Heng The service continued but when Kong and Kowloon Traces it ended, M.R. Perkins, General Union Council composed of Director of the National Union or some 74 labour unions claiming Protestants, which has staged a total registered membership several protests in British

44,000 men and 5,100 women, churches.

tried to address the

has kept silent on the subject of congregation. Most of his words. Mag-hoisting on the Double were drowned by the organ

Tenth

Priests tried to persuade Per- Since the banging of the Kutkins to desist, and soon crowd, mintang as a political organisation including worden, were mixed in in

called " Hong Kong by the recently what an eye-witness Britain's overall balance of enacted Registration of Societies rugby scrum."

Ordinance, there has been a move The Defence Ministers of the North Atlantic treaty

Perkins, who lost his coat, col- with the world payments showed a deficit of £10,000,- in the Union Council to eliminate lar and tie in the mix-up, later powers set up the machinery tonight for plan-

900 in the first half of 1949, the chind the scenes Kuomintang left the Church voluntarily

leadership.

complainco to the police sing a co-ordinated defence against possible announced in an official The flag hoisting ceremony at

Women who had collapse Soviet aggression. They ordered their mili

were carried from the Church and tary chiefs to start studying strategic problems

resived with water-Reuter

tomorrow.

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Defence Ministers, agreeing swiftly on the broad principles of Western defence, set up o 12-nation Military Committee, five regional planning groups and an Anglo-French-Ameri- can policy group.

major action again within a. short yang to meet the steadily in.time. The Nationalist movement creasing pressure of Commun- men from Taiwan and Hainan ists in Central and West Hunan that situation

ne Swatow is designed to meet

and the growing threat to the

The entire defence line stretching Although there have been pre- from Kukong Eastward along vions reports from time to time the North Kwangtung borde.. that reinforcements had been sent out from Taiwan to the mainland, The city and provincial gover chapload of troops was have the steady

And for the first time, shenit is reliably reported here that Taiwan ernments are directed to

P-been held out of action on Taiwan troops into Swatow is the first force this ban.

Jare being moved to the mainland | major

tmits under transfer of

They also formed. a mili-that few, if any, details of its Swatów and Canton for action. General Chen Cheng's command.

production and supply operations would be made public. Some sources assert that the tary the in Kwangtung and along

decision to reduce Con-board that will study in de- centration

on tail the weapons the West will of Nationalists Taiwan was made after Chiang need for adequate security.

All contracts signed by theatres with distributors of Soviet pictures. are deaned null and void. Heavy over reaches of the Fukien coast.

puaishment will be meted to thea-

tres exhibiting Soviet films.

The Chinese Maritime Catoms i

is instructed to deny admission of

Threat To Kukong

Soviet Movie productions into Increased.

passage

stream

of

the

Kai-shek's return to Taipeh on

Sunday.

ordered to meet here at 2.30 p.m.

Government paper today. the Council's mass meeting on the This compared with the Gor-Double Tenth will show how far last it has succended and on which

made ernment's forconst March, of a deficit of £15.000.000. side it stands today.

A leading Chinese association, But the deficit with the dollar

recently organised, is also unde the ded area was £135,000,000 in

the flaz question. It was first half of this year.

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considerable

In the second half of 1948 there learned last night that there is was an overall surplus in world ranks to drop the Kuomintang fag agitation within its £45,000,000— but payments of

for the emblem of the "People's

factors.

this

was

In the first half of last year the overall deficit was £155,000,-

to cue abnormal Republic of China

The details of defence planning 000. were arranged within the scope

Seamen's Unions

seamen's

rightists.

COMMERCIAL ENTRANTS IN JAPAN

and

- Tokyo, October *. General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters today anounced A further relaxation of the regula tons for private commercial en- Among labour organisations traits into Japan. here there are kles two big Commercial entrants may now The descit with the dollar arez

and stay indefinitely in Japan "as long unions leftists of decisions made by the Atlantic was £115,000,000 in the second

The right wing body as their presence contributes to will hoist the Kuomintang flag the

achieves

vement of the objectives Pact Foreign Ministers on Sep-half of 1548 and £165,000,000 in

and-may travod number of Chinese trade of occupation" authoritative the first half of last year. 17. but

With the Sterling Area Britain guilds and private Chinese schools within Japan on an identification quarters' said tonight that the De fence Ministers went further, to had a surplus of £115,000,000 have decided to support the new feard issued at the time of entry.

The new regulations also per- give very substantial directives against a forecast of £130,000,000 People's Republic."

Individual Chinese firms and mit foreign companies to send fence planning.

year.

independent organisations are, more than the two commercial re- the principles governing de-during the first half of this

the Chinese Chamber of presentatives Japan hitheri During the first half of 1948 like there

allowed.--Revicz.--- was a surplus with the Commerce, in a quandary. Sterling Area of £50,000,000 and

The Military Committee, comtember These informants say this de- pesed primarily of the Chiefs of velopment is another of the re- Staff of the 12 pact nations, a suits of the intense discussions i tomorrow with General among Chiang Kai-shek, Acting President Li Tsung-jen, Premier Bradley, the chairman of the U.S.

Po Joint Chiefs of Staff, pushing Yen Hsi-shan, General

The threat to Kukong from Communist regulars

Omar

acting as

"Integrated Defence"

well as individual states.

Nationalist ports following the severance of diplomatic relations between China and Soviet Russia

The prohibition of Soviet Pr Westward from Yania and Nan-Chung-hst. General Yu Han-mou chairman. ductions was recommended by the

almost hourly. and "Governor Hsueh Yeh, in Motion Picture Censorship Burtasune creased

The military production and of the Ministry of Interior. Brisk engagements that have been which differences on the defcn.c

was ordered pro-

A communique at the end of curing the second half of that Lrecking out sporadically East of of South and South West China supply board

today's meeting of Defence at the Continental Marshall

a surplus of £160,000,000. Wait For Visas Kukong are gradually expanding were reported to have been set-visionally to meet in London in

Ministers emphasised the pric- December. The operations of this

had a in scope, according to semi-official- tled.

ciple of "integrated defence" Aid countries Britain Members of the Soviet Embassy reports from the North Kwang- The Communist by-passing at board were immediately stamped

and will require each of the smaller surplus than was fore-

cast £15,000,000

the staff in Canton were still warting tung defence anchor.

Amoy has not as yet materialised secret" and a spokesman for

Pact nations to co-ordinate its

Jgainst for their Chinese exit visas this

à definite sumpoign out the Defence Committee predicted

£35,000,000. This General Pai Chung-hsi was re-info

strategic planning for the bene forecast of morning, ados Reuter. These may ported to be sending out more and military sources here predict that

St of all the Pact nations as compared with £45,000,000 and be delayed until a safe

£40,000,000 respectively in the it sets the stage for a general

second and first halves of last assured to the Nationalist Gorore of his crack columns from

Hengyang Westward and South-vement along the coast toward ward: Privates reports said that East Kwangtung and Swatow.

The Reds will be content for for transit visas to enable them reinforcements East of Shaoyang defenders bottled up on the i5-

the fine being to keep A

Amoy's to board their ship in Hong Kong. Pai's men were rushing ahead and

In the meantime, their

believed here activities are being closely watched by the expected to join with the armies land, it is

Both military and administra Chinese police, who are stationed aiready in the field today or to-

tive quarters here express con- opposite their building on Sha

There were scant, details on ac-fidence there will be no sudden- .mcen.

over-night collapse of the Kwang- developments, but it was be tang-Kwangi defence such as at lieved that the Red attempt servants are searched on leaving had been move around freely but their break-through B. Central Bata Nanking. They assert that the either stopped tem- pit and morale of both con- or entering the Embassy,

manders and men in the field are A Chinese tailor and a boot porarily or at least slowed.

In West Huran, Red columns outnumbered, they are maker who visited the Embassy on basiness were detaines by the executing a right flank move to put up a stubborn defence. police several hours. Our Ownment were generally believed to Correspondent and Reuter.

ernment diplomats in ting cespite the arrival of Communist

The Russians are also

The Pussians are allowed to

The Weather

inorrow.

tual

have consolidated their positions

.

NEW MAYOR OF CANTON

(From Our Own Correspondeat)

Canton, October 6.

The communique said the sub- year. ordinate agencies established 10-feit was £239,000,000 in the first The total gold-and-dollar-de- day "will commence planning under a broad concept for the in-half of this year, against £169,- tegrated defence of the North At-009,000 in the second half of last |lantic area"

this, Britain accounted for of All (the Defence Miniskrs) agreed that each party mist do £153,000,000 against £136,000,- Amidst the city wide firing of ris part, as determined by its 000 in the second half of last crackers, General Li Yang-ching position and its resources, to con- year, while the rest of the Ster- werning took over from tribute to the common security ofling Area accounted for £43,-

000,000 against £8,000.000. this Auyang Chu as Mayor of Canton.all. The principle of integrated

The whole Sterling Area pald through the re defence was accepted as the commendation of

against 235,000,000 in the second Yaeh, Governor of Kwangtung,

The communique and an open-half of last year, to non-deliar who is given supervisory power bring statement, by the American countries-Reuter, the Executive Yuan over the Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis

nald

ai a high pitch, and although Li got the post,General Hsueh governing factor is the planning,/£43,000,000 of gold and dollars,

in Chubkiong from where the 10,000 Reds

Hunan provincial government ded earlier in the week.

in

It was

still too early to deler trime

whether the right flank drive was aimed at slicing in back of Pai Chung-hsl farther South, or if it is designed as a threat to Kwangsi province Co-ordination with the

with the drive centre, colume. The left or East Bank drive the Reds from Anjen was reported to be inching nearer to.

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8 of by the

'Annihilated"

expected

City Government.

was an army

Johnson, emphasised that Pact nations sought peace through strength-United Press.

Shengking And Wingsang For

of Central had no connection with Mayor Li S'hai Evacuation

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Correspondence Papë 4

A Cantonese, the new mayor and commander served as secretary general of the Kwangton Drovincial government. His friends consider Mayor Li es The Chinese military spokes- ́a man of some ability and common man, General Tang Wen-yl, sense, although he is not very Baid this evening that the well known in foreign circles. situation at Kukong has im- proved and added that in the The firing of crackers, however, Chingshuping area Hunan Province 10,000 Reda assumption of office, as the fire- had been annihilated, reports works were let loose on the oben.

Canton, October 6. the official reports claimed Pai's men,

Reuter.

sion of Mid-Autumn Festival. The

The Chinese Navy has granted lashing out in a counter-attack Earlier private reports suggest. belies and garrison commard an- permission for two British ships North East of Leiyang had stal-ed that the situation at Kukong arine crackers for fear of creat enter Shanghai to bring out the Page 7

nounced the strict prohibition of

to pass through the blockade and led the Reds knifing in that had deteriorated.

ingenisunderstanding and trouble. direction.

Fle said that General, Chen but the public went ahead with British Ambassador, Sir. Balph Although General Pal apparent Keng's troops threatening Kukong their celebrations just the same

Stevenson, and the heads of other

missions. diplomatic was reducing the mumber of had been pushed back.

Britain -defenders of Hengyang in order More than six armies of Gen- Reporters and correspondents The two vessels the Shengking Chinese Reds

to meet the threat to Shaoyang eral Chen Keng's forces estimat covering the civil war had a ble and the Wingstagare due to

ober Page 10 and Leiyang, he was said to be ed at 120,000 men were con- celebration this evening sa dinner arrive

in Shanghai about October retaining a powerful concentra centrated in the Klang-Kwang- guests of the military spokesman, 17. tiori of closely-packed defenders tung border region.

Nationalists Lieutenant-General Tene Wen-yi

Today's Forecast-Moderate N winds, Leiyang, South of Hengyang, but

rioudy at fint, becoming fair in

afternoon.

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