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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 13, 1949.

BRITISH RECOGNITION TO BE DELAYED UNTIL COLOMBO CONFERENCE

Londan, November. 12. - Britain has decided to postpone decision on the re- cognition of the Chinese Communist Govern- ment until after the Commonwealth foreign ministers' meeting in Colombo early next year, it was believed in-usually well-informed quar- ters here today.

VIOLENCE Britain has

IN JAVA SPREADS

Batavia, November 12 During the last 48 hours, guerillas in East and West Java have blown up a goods train, killing seven and in- juring six people and am- bushed an Indonesian Red Cross ambulance, abducting four Indonesian nurses.

The locomotive of the goods

The

Vote For Salazar Dead Certainty

Lisbon, November 12, 2018 More than 1,000,000 Portuguese will be able to vote in tomorrow's general elections for a new No- tional Assembly, whose; chief task will be to: change the present constitution. With only eight opposition candidates in the field to contest the 120 seats; the maintenance of the regime of Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, the Prime Minister; is a foregone conclusion.

The

largest opposition group, which supported General Norton de Mates in the presidential election campaign earlier this year, is not presenting any candid-

These quarters said that Australian; opinion was among the reasons for the postponement. Foreign Secretary, Mr. Emest‹ Bevin, was un- derstood to have proposed recognition shortly.ates. The General withdrew after: the Communist Government was pro- claimed on October 1.

His grounds were that the then in Communists were

EMPIRE MEETING

Colombo, November 12. Ceylon's suggestion that Foreign the Commonwealth

Ministers should meet here. early next year has with

as a presidential candidate at the last moment DR ground that the Government had failed to give guarantees that the poll would be

train blew up yesterday on two control of the greater part of onkin. Awaits "absolutely free.”

mines buried under the track.

Near Modjakato, in East Java,

tom from

the

15 trucks were rail, the Java railways depart

ment

China and that realism re- Red Arrival

quired recognition.

Since then he appears to have held back because of: announced. The train 1. A wish to make this move wrecking was the fourth incident at the same time as the Com- of its kind in the past six weeks monwealth and

East Java,

in

In Western Java,

goverments:

Atlantic Past

2. Realisation that American

Dutch and opinion is not yet ripe for the Republican forces today co- ! move;

Minister for

operated in a search for Moslem 3. The wishes of Dr. Herbert

Australian Darul Islam guerillas who yes-Evatt terday ambushed the Indonesian External Affairs, for guarantees Red Cress ambulance near the from the Communist regime cvez town of Tasikmalaja.

the British right to Hong Kong.

In informed quarters, it understood that the question of Communist China recognising would be one of the main issues for- As signs of impending Dutch before the Commonwealth

The withdrawal from the Tasik eign ministers at Colombo.

Three guerilias were reported killed in a clash with a Dutch patrol last night.

mataja district became increas-other issue will be the Japanese ingly evident, fanatical

Mospeace treaty.

lem Darul Islam bands are re-

ported to be growing

and to

ward.

be infiltrating

bolder

North.

Notices saying "Inådels and unbelievers keep

re-

out" are parted to have been posted up in Garter city-Reuter.

Conscript Army In Soviet Zone

The

Recommended At Singapore

recom-

of the Govern-

Britain has told the United)

Far States that the British Eastern diplomats who met in

last week Singapore merided recognition Chinese Communist ment, it was learned authorita- tively in Washington today. Ocia! American thought that the British Cabinet would accept the recommenda itions and recognise the

munist Gavernment before end of this year. But no date had yet been fixed for it. it was believed.

circles!

Com- the

Diplomats conversant with Bri- tish policy listed

Hanoi, November ́ 12: Hanal "capital of Tenkin and seat of the French Gen- eral. Staff in North Vietnam; is

complete awaiting with calm the early arrival of the Chinese Communist Army at the Indo-Chinese · frontier:

The French military au- thorities expect that first ele ments of the Chinese advance coast guard descending the from Kwangtung will arrive at the Chinese frontier town of Tonkin in five or six days. Tonkin, at present occupied by 3.000 Chinese Nationalists. is-connected by a bridge with the town of Moncay, cupled wy French troops.

According to the Military Command, the situa tion at the frontier is that most of the border posts on been the Chinese side have abandoned by the National- ists-Reuter.

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French

Japanese Volunteers

In Taiwan

Tokyo, November 12. There were "some traces

that some Japanese volunteers

Dr. Salazar's Government Party the Uniao Nacional, includes among its 123 candidates an off-

candidate, cial opposition

Dr.

Antonio Pinto Barriga, who is described as an Independent.

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The Bureau said that since the April meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London there have been many important deve

i lopments

the international The eight unofficial opposition sphere parime Minister of Ceylan

particularly in Asia. candidates, making an appearance

for the first time since the pre-felt that it would be advisable Ministers. of sent regime took power in 1926, for the Foreign are are contesting two constituen-various Commonwealth countries to meet together to review the cies of four seats each.

world situation as a whole and among U A leading personality

views exchange

on matters them is Mr. Francisco Pinto da to

interests of the Cunha

Leal,

former Prime affecting the Minister and well-known Demo Commonwealth He has accord- cra: who was deported for his ingly issued invitations to the political activities in 1930, nestled and again expelled from the country in 1935. He was al lowed to return in the following

year:

2

am-

"the He claims to represent orderly democratic opposition of attacked the

Centre" and

the during General de Matos presidential campaign, alleging that he had Communists among his supporters.

Nationalisation

Mr. Leal calls for a constitution. which would guarantee the per- fect separation and autonomy of the three powers in the State- legislative, exccutive, and justice."

Prime Ministers of the Common- wealth suggesting a meeting of Foreign Ministers in Colombo.

taken about the dates of the No definite decisions have-yet

the proposed conference

On the questions to be placed agenda. This depended very much on the consensus of opinion of other Prime Ministers, it was added.

or of

A Government spokesman carlier today said that the talks will cover not only the Japanese treaty of peace but world and Asian affairs generally.

Discussions are taking

place about a suitable date, he stated. -Reuter

CHURCH FIRES

Last

the

W

Sunday, Holy Trinity Church was burned out and only the tower remains. The police are investigating-Reuter.

He advocates nationalization of public services and extensive)

Newport November 12: plans for economic develop The Church of St John' ment: and, in foreign affairs Evangelist at Maindee. Newport, maintenance of the traditional the second church in Newport to alliance with Britain.

be so damaged within six days The voting lists include all mentas almost destroyed by fire) Berlin, November 12.

had gene to Taiwan to parti-ever 21 who can read and write, today. American licenced

the following cipate in the Chinese civil war, iterate

men who pay at least weekly. "Sie," alleged today as factors related to the date of the Japanese Attorney-General, that all Germans between 17 recognition:

(1) Recognition might be de- Mr. Shunkichi Ueda, said in and 39 in the Soviet occupied zone are to be forced into the layed until after the United Na-reply to Mr. Karoku Nosokawa of the "People's police" for two years. tions had considered the charges à Communist member

The newspaper published what of the Chinese Nationalist Gov-Diet.

ernment against the Soviet Union. purported to be a protocol drawn up at a conference between high officers of the Soviet secret police end Dr. Kari Steinhoff. East German Minister of the Interior, on November 1.

At this conference, the paper alleged, it was decided that the

Governmen new East German should pass a compulsory service lati before the end of the year, Under the heading "The Fourth Reich is on the way", "Sic" re- ported that it had also been decided to set up a state security service at an estimated cost of 5,500,000 East marks.

Declaring that a target of 159.-1 009 new recruits by March 1, 1950 lag been set the newspaper said that the protocol listed these arms to be handed over by the Russians to the "People's police"

Onc thousand

hundred -heavy and 1,800 light machine

100 escudos tax, and women over 21 who have at least secondary schooling or are heads of house- holds and pay the minimum tax, Those barred from the polls in- clude persons with views Mr. Hosokawa-asked the Gay-trate to the existence of Portugal (2) The State Department has

erament 10 confirm newspaper as an independent nation or ideas said that the Chinese Commun- ists will not be recognised until reports of the alleged participa- contrary to social discipline." they live up to the basic stan- tion of some Japanese volunteers Reuter.

in the Chinese Nätjonalist army dards cf international law their treatment of American off-in Taiwan, cials in China.

iz

Though Britain dependently of the United States she might wish to show her dis

ill-treatment approval of American officials by the Com- munist authorities,

of

volunteers

runours

CONSUL'S FATE

Washington, November: 12/ The State Department reported

of the Consul-

In reply, the Attorney- is acting in- General said that the

concerning alleged participation: of Japanese

in the today that the American COR- Chinese Nationalist army has sulate in Mukden again has fail- been checked and it was founded to obtain a Communist report that "there are traces" that some fon the fate Japanese did go over to Taiwan, General, Angus Ward, and his However; the entry of these A message from the Mukren Japanese to Taiwan was not on Consulate said it was unable to such a large scale as is rumoured, learn anything about the health Mr. Ueda said: Severe

punish- of the men, their whereabouts or whether they might face a ment will be meted out to these. Japanese: if and when they re-Communist "people's court The turn to Japan..

only clues that American

The State Department is par- tic zarly indignant at the con- imprisonment of the tinued American Consul-General Mukden, Mr. Angus Ward.

Paris- Exchanges

at

It is assumed that the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and Mr. Bevin

four aides -

offi-

discussed the question of re- Replying to another question cials bad were the signed receipts guns, 360 T-34 type tanks and cognition at their meetings in' on the existence of underground for food parcels which had been

120 tanks of the Stalin type, nine million rounds of rifle ammuci- tion and 60,000 anti-tank shells, 560 anti-aircraft guns, six fully equipped airports, 12 torpedo boats, 12 RLT minelayers and 48 E boats.

There is no confirmation of the reports from any other source Reuter.

BAO DAI BID IN: U.S.

Paris.

the

movements in Japan,

At sent to the imprisoned, mes. M But it is not yet known what tomey-General..said he knew of Ward's signature on one of the he was receipts indicated that decisions took place or what no such activity.

reasonably well off. The message exchanges. of Information were made.

The Attorney-General's office from the Mukden Consulate was The United States is not ex-was vigilant against such activi signed by the Vice-Consul, Wil

liam Stokes-United Press. pected to recognise the Commun-ties, he said-Beuter. ist Government at the same time

as Britain. Though some regard Arnerican recognition as even- tually inevitable, Mr. Acheson

bas promised Congress that he will not take any action until he has consulted them. Con- gress does not reconvene until January

Saigon, November 12. Two Indo-Chinese officials will Officials in Washington said visit Washingten soon to sound that they knew that recognition out the State Department on re-by, Britain and non-recognition cognition of the French-sponsored by the United States would abe Government beaded by ex-Em-interpreted as a split between peror Bao Dai:

the, two Western Allies. They

The two oficials are Prince | added that the State Department Buutise and Bouyen Dackhe, both was acquainted with the reasons members of Bao, Dar's personal for the British attitude and was

showing sympathetic understand--

Stalk.

They will also discuss the pos-}ing: -. sibility, of U.. S. aid to Indo-China It is realised that Britain's under President Harry Truman's commercial stake in China is proposal plan of help for back- much greater than that of the ward areas:

United States.--Beuter.

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