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LARGE DEFECTION OF CHINESE CIVIL

Ten CNAC, Two CATC Planes

Leave Colony For Red China Victory For Quirino

HIGH OFFICIALS DESERT

Biggest defection of Chinese civil aircraft to the new People's Re-

public of China occurred in Hong Kong yesterday. Twelve aircraft-10 CNAC C-45 planes and two CATC aircraft includ- ing one of the company's new six luxurious Convairs-left Kai Tak shortly after dawn for Communist held Shanghai and Peking. Colonel C. Y. Liu, Managing Director of CNAC, and Mr. Chan Cheok- lam, Managing Director of CATC, were among those who left by the planes according to manifests filed with the airport authorities. This mass desertion has given the Communist-dominated People's Central Government nearly US$2,500,000 in planes, spare parts, radio equipment and other aircraft apparatus, local aviation circles estimated.

Two Ships Still Detained

Two British ships, ss. Tsinan and the ss. Wosang, have been refused permission to leave Chinese territorial waters until

A senior official of CNAC, ques- tioned by the "China Mail” last night on the desertion would not comment.

were

All the departed planes were flown by Chinese pilots, Kun-

ming, chungking, Luichow, Haikow, Nanning and Talpeh were given 28 the planes' destinations on the manifesta. Five names of passengers were also given on the Convair's

manifest.

Other passengers on the planes were senior and junior staff mem- bers of the two Chinese civil aviation companies. Kai Tak workers said the planes loaded with personal luggage of the airfield to see the party leave, According to an eye witness at the crews and passengers and a the pilots of the planes did not considerable amount of aircraft speak to anyone when they boarded spare parts, radio equipment and the planes. Both managing direc- other related apparatus.

tors were seen boarding the Con- vair with part of their faces cover- ed with hankerchiefs Personal luggage and cargo

their cargoes are either dump Flights Suspended

ed into the sea, or taken back

to Shanghai and unloaded, it

The business managers of the

into the airfield by the airlines" bases. was reliably learned last night.

Some CATC crew went to Negotiations to effect the re-te corporations announced yes- CATC's Kowloon office and dé-

Seen In Philippines

Manila, November 9.

President Elpidio Quirino seemed assured of the presidency today in the bloodiest election in the his- tory of the Philippines.

With 35 per cent of the ballots counted, Mr. Quirino had 531,642 votes and the Nacionalista can. didate, Mr. Jose Laurel, puppet president during the Japanese occupation, 502,483.

Trailing far behind was Mr. Jose Avelino with 160,179 votes.

The election death toll reached 33 today with the assassination of Mayor Roman Perez of Batangas, Mr. Laurel's home province, by two unidentified men who shot him in front of his home. Mr. Perez had sup- ported Mr. Quirino and the president visited him in hospital before he died.

Mr. Quirino's Liberal Party was still predicting he would win with a plurality of 600,000. Altogether nearly 4,000,000 votes were, cast in the election yes- terday-United Press.

Reds In Canton

Asked To Send Trains To Colony

An, official of the Kowloon-Canton Railway said yesterday that the Communist regime in Canton had been "invited to send trains through to Kowloon any time they wished."

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CHINESE WAR SITUATION DETERIORATES

Chungking, November 9. The war situation tumed from bad to` worse as the Nationalists recoiled before Red attacks toward Chungking and Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow, just 20 miles South.

The Defence Ministry admitted the Reds who had invaded Szechwan from Hunan, were now close to Lungtan,, 150 miles East of Chung- king.

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In Kweichow, the Reds also The Defence Ministry admitted scored gains. The Defence the Reds had reached the suburbs Minister conceded they had of Wuchow, riverport gateway to captured Chenyush, 115 miles on and 500 miles South East of Kwangsi, 130 miles West of Can- East of Kweiyang, and had cangking. It alleged the Com- hrust still closer to the pro-manist 10th, 11th and 12th amies vincial capital.

were regrouping North of Luí- chow Peninsula presumably for an attempt to clear it of Nation- alist troops.Associated Press,

The Reds swept to Chenyuan and beyond after occupying San- sul, 10 miles South East, where this highway meets the hranch road making South Eastward

From Chenyuan, the Reds head- ed for Chenshingkwan, an in- portant mowitam pass through which the highway to Kweiyang

runs.

Dismissal Of Engineer Demanded

Adding to this official catalogue of defeat were reports, as yet unconfrmed, of a revolt by two divisions of forces under General Sum Esi-lien who commands the Nationalists in the Szechwan-

The demand for the dis- Eupeh border area.

Official sources refused to con-missal of Mr. B. W. Simmons, firm these reports, which, never an engineer of the Hong Kong theless, were widespread and Telephone Company, for gar.

cial, however,* ventured to suggest worker, was presented to Mr. the divisions involved might not J. S. Pugh, manager of the have been regulars but simply Company, by delegates of the locally recuited militia; though he Telephone Workers Union yes- hastened to add that this WAR

lease of the ships, detained under terday, complete suspension of roanded their pay, wishing to reHe added; however, that the officials in Cantonamed.much credence. One off alleged assault on a Chinese the guns of a Nationalist wars the situation, Flights were in fact i sign from the airlines. -- However, i

operations pending clarification of

sinte Jast Saturday, are beltig carried out by the shipping com- suspended yesterday. panies.

HMS

no money was handed out by the company.

The 12 planes cleared ostensibly According to one senior CATC Alacrity, (Commander for scheduled fights to Taipeh, official, all non-Chinese pilots of A.S. Barber) is still maintaining Kunming Linchow, and Chung- the airlines

were notified that vigil over the ships from a posi-king Unconfirmed reports mid their service is no longer needed tion just outside the three mile that two CNAC planes defected by the company. The airline plans on Tuesday while on fight from to discharge non-Chinese pilots Hong Kong to Taipeh. This was with two months' pay. officially denied,

territorial limit.

The British warship is main taining surveillance" over the de- tained ships, not to assist the ships to break the blockade. but to protect the lives and welfare of the British crews, and prevent the ships from being fired on or bombed.

Both ships, before the detention, bad broken the blockade to Shang hai, unloaded their cargo, hand Vere proceeding back to Hons Kong when the Nationalist war- ship fired warning shots across their bows and ordered them to -stop.

A Royal Navy spokesman in Hong Kong last night issued his ~~ fourth “no comment" statement since the vessels were first de- tained.

Shipping companies said yester day that they had made no altera- tion in their shipping schedules to North China ports, but added that they were walling for the outcome of the ship detentions with great interest.

One shipping officials said that the outcome would probably de- termine his company's future policy on scheduling ships to Shanghai

CNAC, was questioned on the de- Mr. F.Y. He, local manager of sertion by the Special Branch of the Hong Kong police, it was learned last night.

the defection followed a series of Unconfirmed reports said that secret conferences between the

two managing directors and re- presentatives of the new Chinese

regime.

had so far given no indication that they were prepared to resume normal- railway traffic.

The official said "On the

other hand, the Canton officials have told us that if we under- take to send rolling stock into Canton, without their permis- trains our

would be

Other staffs of the airlines are sion

waiting for further developments. taken over by the Commun-

Official confirmation of theists." defection was made known to Passenger traffic between. Can- the staff of the CATC at about ton and Kowloon, with the trans- 2 p.m. yesterday when Mr. Luifer on foot between Shumchun Chung-shong, action manager of and Lo Wu, is continuing at the

subordinates CATC. told his

Fares Refunded

(Normal rate before Canton fell that CATC is closing for busi-rate of 4,000 passengers a day. ness until further notice.

was 6,000 passengers a day.)

An authoritative source said in Hong Kong yesterday that it was probable that shipment of goods across the New Territories border Instructions were given to would occur long before passen- CATC's business department to igers traffic was resumed. leaves CNAC refund passengers who had made, with 29 aircraft including five advanced bookings with the alt-

Need Goods Skymasters in Hong Kong and lines.

Colonel Liu's participation in the desertion surprised local aviation circles.

The defection

CNAC which recently

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com-

Ground receptionists of both

a few smaller planes under; re-

He added: "In view of the Com- ̈pale at Taipeh

and Kunming airlines were notified that due to munist statement that they would CATC now has 39 aircraft in

a change of schedules they are accept only de jure recognition of Hong Kong including five of the not required to be at Kai Tak their government, it is quite pos- original six Convairs recently today.

sible that their officials in Peking acquired.

All responsible officials of CNAC have decided to withold normal and CATC were absent from their resumption of ràniway trafic, în memorated its 20th anniversary is office since early yesterday morn- encourage the British Government the oldest and biggest Chinese ing Out at the airfield, ground to grant full recognition civil aviation company. The Na-rews of both airlines were idling then they otherwise would.

"However, It is the general tionalist Government has an 80 beneath the wings of the aircraft.

opinion that the Canton officials Kai Tak was almost deserted, in it. Pan.

cannot continue American World Airways has a yesterday when the Chinese air-

Idennitely to cancelled their. scheduled

to decline

restore normå traffic. "Many businesses in Canton,

per

cent interest

Fines

sooner

"Fair Deal" Scores Win

In America

New York, November 9.. President Truman's "Fair

only his own personal specula-terday: tion.-

the battle fronts uneasiness In

This action was taken to la-

With the grave news from plement a resolution passed by a mare meeting of the workers Chungking increased. Already held on Tuesday night to decide were measuring on what measure should be taken many people Its retention as the Nationalist to exact satisfaction for the al- capital in weeks.

leged assault. Nationalist leaders continued to

:

talk fight and profess their Mr. Simmons was alleged to ability to cope with the situation, have suspended a Chinese worker but no one was convinced. on Saturday for absence from The value of the Government's duty, and to have slapped him silver notes witnessed a sharp in the face when he explained Deal" scored a major triumph shump. The rate today was about that he was in the lavatory, yesterday as heavy Democra- four silver dollars-in notes-t The delegates were informed by tic majorities elected formerne United States dollar. It was Mr. Pugh that the matter would Governor: Herbert H. Lehman around three only a few days be considered and they were ask into the Segate for New York ego.

ed to come back again at Boon State and re-elected New The Defence Ministry announced today discussions for a settle- York's Irish-born Mayor, Mr. that Kweichow had been included ment. William. O'Dwyer.

in the defence command of Gen- When the workers' delegates -- Mr. Lehman's victory was re-eral Pai Chung-hst, bead of the told Mr. Fugh on Tuesday that forces in Central the workers would insist on their garded as indicative of the 1950 Nationalist Congressional elections and also China. At the same time, Gen-demand being met, Mr., Pugh as a possible deterrent to Gover-eral Kuo Ching-lun, Governor of was said, to have informed the nor Dewey's rimning for a third Kweichow, ordered the conscrip men that the matter would be tion of one regiment of men in placed beture-a-meeting of the term as Governor next year. Lehman's Republican opponent, set November 21, as the deadline.

Senator John Foster Dulles, Mr. every county of Kweichow and Board for further consideration. In the meantime the workers coramittee. in Only persons from 18 through 23 are organising a was Mr. Dewey's candidate.

Still incomplete at midnight were affected.

back up their demand. New York Time) figures gave

Mr. Lehman 2,276,207 votes (and Senator Dulles -1,838,795 votes from 7.985 of New York State's 9,585 electoral districts.

In the Mayorally campaign the counting was complete by mid- night and resulted as follows: Mr. O'Dwyer, 1.264,000 votes," "Mr. Morris (Republican-

15 per cent interest and private flights. Except for the regular air- EUROPEAN WOMAN

interests hold five per cent. KILLED IN MALAYA

Newbold Formerly the Eurasia Aviation port workers and a few passen Singapore: November 9. Corporation, with German inter-gers for other airlines, no passen- need Hong Kong goods and Liberal fusion) 956.170 votes: Malaya's Communist-led gueril-ests holding the majority shares, ger for the Chinese airlines show-they don't get them soon, it is Representative Vito Marcantonia likely to cause unrest in Canton." (American Labour Party) 356,424 las killed the European wife of CATO was reorganized at the ended up at the airport. a tin miner with a burst of Sten- of the war as a private company from the British, American and that the British-Communist rail-

On the Arrival Board, aside A Canton report said yesterday votes. Reuter. gun fire in an ambush in Perak The Nationalist Government bow- today.

ever has a considerable share in French aircraft, three CNAC air-way negotiations had reached a She

was the first European the company.

craft were marked down from deadlock because the British in- women to be killed by terrorists the 17 month-old. “state of emergency."-Reuter,

THE WEATHER

PÁ 0609 GMT (2 pm

EST) the

troplex); storms has moved inland Into Indo-China and is now gradually weakene

· ́ing. A. trough of law, pressure estén de

Kwelling, Liuchow, Kunraing and terests would not agree to give the TWO QUAKES NEAR

Piloted by Captain Gordon Poon. one of the best pilots under the Taipeh.. CATC flag, the deserted Convair left the local airport at 6.30 am. about two hours before its original time of departure.

Bribe Offered

Eastwards from it scross the Southern A total of 11 employees of both

Philippiomto

Communists all the rolling stock General

Chezmault, formerly owned by the Nation- Claire head of the Civil Air Transport, alists, and that the British in- meanwhile, has issued a state terests refused to allow the new ment, voicing regret over the de-regime to take over the Kowloon fection.

Railway Chinese Maritime Cus- Referring to his own airline, toms station, General Cheanault said ·CAT would devote its entire eqúlp! ent and personnel to the service

the Caroliner. Another airlines were reported to be on/of Free China and the rehabilita- bropical depression appears to be develop board the plans when it took off. tion of her harrassed people. ing in this trough B of Paisa. His Aside from the managing directors promure persista” over China, and in spreading slowly Fastwards across Japan. GATO and CNAC, one Cha Cheng- The depression now centred of the shut, former Assistant Manager of the CNAC Shanghai office and

1st of Bonshu continues to move atsists pilots and ground crew also § rapidly Exstwarda.

Today's Formsst¿-Moderate Ę winds, | left by the plane. cloudy, neitusional drizzle.

*Kesterday's Weatherin

Mariirum : ́242 dez. Tab.

BIG THREE MEET

Paris, November: 9. Well informed sources said that The Foreign Ministers of the Cha, who deserted to the Chinese United States, Britain and Reds when Shanghai was "liberat France met for 25 minutes to ed, was sent here about a month Rainfall: Trace. Ictal since Jan. 11go by the Chinese Communists to day reviewing a wide range

· Minimum p· TL0 deg. Fah

Sunshiner 19 hours.

1961.7 mm/77.23 [na, az agulnet an urge the defection. secange, of 20862 muin22.06-ina.

-Baro, at I.

Egarla

Bel. Hirmidity

Wind Direction Wind Fores

an American

The

PHILIPPINES

Manila, November. 9.

at seismographer

the Philippines Weather Bureau re- 'ported:two quakes in the North

and South of the archipelago. KCR Statement

Hagan. Isabela, in Northern Luzon, shook at 445 pm. yester-

Manda day,

time, for-twe The General Manager of the Kowloon-Canton railway, Mr. 1.3. seconds, On Mindanao Islands at Trevor said yesterday that the Pinatuan, Surigao, there was a Communists hadd more than seven-second shake at 9.45 am. enough Nationalist rolling stock to yesterday Associated Press. carry an with national require- ments on their side of the border. He added: "As far as the Chine

ese Maritime Customs is concern- ed, they are already operating in Shumchun under the Communists.

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