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TOMMIES MOVE TO FRONTIER Shumchun Waiting Speculation On

Patrolling Of Sheung Shui, Taku Ling Areas SITUATION IN SHUMCHUN

More than 1,000 British troops moved up to the frontier yesterday, as another border hamlet fell to the Chinese Communists. Troops of the 26th Brigade of the 40th Division started patrols on the Sheung Shui area, and men of the 27th Brigade took over the Toku Ling area:

Red Entry Of Swatow Expected

Two miles from the Shumchun railway crossing,

field artillery started practice firing yester- day morning and continued through the afternoon.

At & am yesterday more than and Canten were destroyed ware 20 Chinese Communist guerilas not true. fentered the city and hoisted the Communist flag on main business buildings

Shumchun market, and

They set up headquarters in the plaerd the main business

Awards !irects.

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Strong forces of Communists: who swarmed across the Fu- kien border into Kwangtung Province. today were report- .ed standing,by until final Representatives of more than

evacuation of Swatow by the 300 Nationalist railway guards! Nationalists before making a and Customs men negotiated by peaceful entry into the porttelephone with Communist au-

thorities in Canton early yuster- day morning for the

He added that the Communist were sending a "rest" train (o Shumchun yesterday afternoon, and the regular Communist off, cials would arrive on the train,

The exodus from China into. British territory still continued yesterday: but at a diminished rale.

Requisitions

peaceful Feared

city, the United Press reports.

A Swatow resident who arrived į in Hong Kong late on Monday Surrender of their arms and men from Swatow said that the Cun- munists who filed into Kwangtung without resistance had by-passed Swatow, reaching Chichyang, 20 Falles West of the roast city.

when the main force of regula Communist troups enter the cit this morning.

Chinese

Scores of oxen and cattle lined New Territories road.

Main refugees were who owned Two Nationalist armed troops

property or calle. were reported to have been shot and feared that the Communists He said the Nationalist evacua-by the Communists in Shunchun would requisition them. tion was still underway and that! yesterday morning for looting. General His Liens troops were during the night. being loaded onto transports for to the Shumchun market head- shiument to Taiwan.

quarters, six Communists, dressed in light green jackets, and wom khaki pants, ordered Communist dign, and slogans to be displayed in the city. Cook's Bridge, and the Sumchun railway crossing wore cpened to regular trafic about arca. noon yesterday.

It was apparens, he said. that an agreement had been reached for a peaceful handing over of Swatow to the Commatists.

Early Surrender

be

This informant said the city's reziderta are predicting that the Communiet flan will flying over Swatow by Tues day night or Wednesday morn ing.

The situation at Amoy has not bera resolved. on the basis of noon reports reaching how. These patchy said Und the Natuna- ists still have a teendid on bot hy and Quemy but that the Communist were increasing their į efforts to make new landings by junk-borne

Itoops.

These reports indicated thal

the battle for Amoy was one of

Though no Nationalist soldiers have evacuated from China int the New Territories as defected of the soldiers on both rides Shumchun river Nationalist, hals. boot guards, helmets, parts, and shirts were scattered over a wide

Some of the Nationalist soldier

40 Have discarded their uniforms In Shumchum, more lan armed Nationalist troops walked BOSS the 20-foot Shumchun about the city freely, and chatted river, and then entered British with their Communist captors. territory.

A. Communist said at the

Formul Take-Over querilla headquarters in Shum.

One of the Communist officers explained to the "China Mall”i that the

Be troops would formally interned this morning,į when the main force of Com munist regulars arrived, and took over.

chun that he had orders to en- courage "merchants and shop keepers to keep their businesses open, discourage mass evacua. tion of Chinese across the ber- der, and immediately give the death penalty to any footer.

Nationalist, troops, waiting to surrender to the Communist re-

infernta ty

the most savage engagements DA Scures of railway employees, gular forces, said that they a the civil

Hand in hand sitting disconsolately in the Chin-no fears about being -fighting was desa: 10'6 BIR KUAN EST" ""Shurichun ratiway station | the Communists."

of the

of the Communist artillery from yesterday afternoon, all agreed Police are still patrolling the the mainland and Nationalist fortress on the site wat they were willing to work Border zone roads, and guards are stationed at about. 100-yard in-

and from naval qurbeats

under

the Chinese

wele Government.

slugging out with big shells

Communist

They added that they hadn't

The Communists were said to been paid for two weeks.

have

emsolidated their positions

One raßway official said in the

headquarters

on several of the smaller islands, Communist

Further to

tervals stopping and checking re-

fugees and motor transports.

British army patrol cars, radio cars, and "dingoes" were cruising

of around the Border zone roads late and troops were on

the West. privale Shumchun yesterday's reports that yesterday. reports indicated that the Com- the tracks between Hong Kong patrols in the hills munists have driven to North Kwangsi, reaching Couanhsien, 40 miles frum

the South Hunan Lorder.

In Hong Kong. Fukien oro- vincia! authorities and other members of Fukien residents organisations"drafted ar Ippeal to General Ten En-pe, to give up the battle for Amey in the interest of the civilian popola-

Lion of the talande They!

argued

that

there Waz #

Informal Talks

With Reds Denied

strategic value in holding Amoy Reports in certain quarters yesterday that the re-

after the fall of Canton, General Pai Chung-hai was re- ported to be still fighting a re- arguard action at Lugling, but the position of his troops there was said to be growing serious

Weather

AL 699 GYT (8 pm HĺST; pressure

presentatives of China's new People's Re public have had informal talks with the Government of Hong Kong were officially described as substantially untrue.

According to the reports, Communist General Yeh Chien-ying or his representative arrived in Hong Kong before the fall of Canton and discussed four points with the Colony's Gov-

ernor.

The four points were said

remaira high prer China and to the of to be:

Japan. The depression contínua, in more alowly NE into the Pacific to the

Tokya Anuther opens to be developing

For The Communists

In top picture, 2 Border zone police officer is ordering the Shumchun railway barbed wire, and, cement blocks to-be- PO - moved at noun yesterday, Chinese in the distance-are waiting to enter British territory. Bottom picture shows Railway guards and Nationalist Customs men in Shumchun yesterday. The men are waiting to surrender to the main force of Com. munist regular troops when they arrive in Shumchun, this

morning. ("China Mall” Photo).

Nehru Urges U.S. To Recognise Red Regime In China

Airline Official Optimistic Over Shanghai

Future Of HK Industries

Will the Communist occupation of the entire coastline of China affect the future of Hong Kong's vast industries, is the question asked by many people.today.

* Kongs-industrial growth has been steadily increasing, ever since the end of the Pacific War. This growth received a particularly strong impetus from the deteriorating condi- tions in China, as a result of which many of the factories in North China `moved down to

tong Kong.

In the opinion of competent observers the change of Te gime in China will not affect Hong Kong industrially, be cause the Colony's factories draw the bulk of their raw materials from abroad and the outlets for their finished pro- ducts are also in Overseas markels.

dustrialists have put their hand. The Oriental Corporation, with their new factory at Castle Peak Road, are experimenting with their latest machinery and training local workers. The Hong Kong Wool Manufactory at Tron Wan, New Territories, is also trying to make

of this new venture. * - This industry is still in its la fancy, and so far only 400 work- men are being employed.

At least one is result of the bas re-

Hong Kong's industrial develop ment has been one of the greatest phenomena of the post-war period. Despite the vast destruc-ceived a setback as a tion wrought by the Japanese oc- war in China. It is the egg pre- supation, her industrialists in less serving and packing industry than two years had her industries another of the industries grafted restored to the pre-war level of into the Colony from Shangha

Good demand from ciency.

Two modern factories with cold abroad for Hong Kong manufac-storage and curing equipments tured goods also helped very have had to suspend operations much in the Colony's industrial due to the cutting off of fresh rehabilitation.

supplies from Hankow.

"If it weren't for this, we plan

CES

of the factors oficials hold the "China Mail

Tokyo, October 17. An American airline execu- Not only was industry restored tive, who arrived in Tokyo to the pre-war level, but due to 19 turn out four to five : tons of from Shanghai via Manila to the steady influx of factories from CER yolk and albumen a day day, painted an optimistic pic-Shanghai and North China, many ture of conditions in the Com-new enterprises were set up, and munist held city and said the new manufactures anti-foreign feeling there had attempted in the Colony

started. dissipated considerably.

Mr. Don King. Northwest Air- lines Vice-President who depart- ed from Shanghai on October 10 aboard the French liner Mare- chul Joffre, said the main senti- ment

among foreign business elements in

was a hope that would be lifted soon,"

thed pieckade

that the

aever before TWEET

Depressed conditions in over- seas markets since the beginning [of the year have -slowed, down the setting up of further, new Cotton Industry factorics. Many of the existing The largest of the new Indus-factories have had to work on tries introduced by the Northern part time to, but despite the industrialist is perhaps the lull there is no sign of Hong cotton mills, of which eight Kong industy, going backwarris, having between them 70.000 Industrialists, ecnfident in the spindles, are operating at full future of Hong Kong, tre col- expacity and four are operating tably, pinning for improves "at" partial capacity, while Elx ments and expansion to meet

are still under construction,

orders wick they feel must come weeks. Mir.

These mills are already afford to Hong Kong Mr. King said. foreign businessmen in Shanghai ing employment to 4,500 workers, want to take a crack at doing of which half are women. business with the new regime." If industrial development goes Mr. King who has been in the forward according to plan, by the Chinese metropolis since before zad of 1930. when all the mills are the Reds captured the city said expected to be working at ful conditions there now are rauch capacity, there will be a total of better.

240,000 spindles working affording There

blackmarket

to no less than 6,000 Employment prices

and money was strictly workers. ntrolled, he said, and the city! Most of the cotton milis ar

The feeling

blockade would

were

was end in a few

no

Most

Foto Be by 30 to 40 per cent into local labour, and workers are

King

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