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No. 34444.

REDS FREE WARD, ORDER EXPULSION

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1949.

Gaol Sentences Commuted To Deportation

AIDES ALSO FREED

Washington, November 23.

Mr. Angus Word, American Consul-Goneral imprisoned by the Communists in Manchuria, and his four aides, have been re- leased by the Chinese and ordered expelled, the State Depart- ment announced today. -

Reds Capture Kweilin

Chungking, November 22. Reporte Laid tonight that Kwellin, evacuated capital of Kwanys province, wa одр tured

Today

the by Thea raporte

early Communits. aid that General Pat Chung- hal. Nationatiet Commander In Southern China, had hur rled buck yesterday fram Chungkinh 10 Kwangal to take stock of the menacing altuation.

Kwangs provir.ce. оп

China's

lies

Bouth conat, the last routes linking Morúss

dwindling the

Nationalist China with the son.

Earlier. the Nationallat Government drew itu 047.

posts

180 miles noarer 10 Chungking from the North to shorten Its lines in prepara. tton for

expected Cont munist siege of the National- Ist "refugee capital."

The Central News Agency sald that officials abandoned Nanchang in Shenal province. 250 miles North of Chung. king and set up their tempor. Ary headquarters at Mien.

yang, 180 miles to the South and only 80 mites from Changtu.--United Press,

Ferry Boat Was Held By Nationalists

Mr. Wong Yuk-kit,

The State Department said a Chinese Communist People's Court at Mukden convicted Mr. Ward and his associates of beating a Chin- ese and gave them prison sentences, but the court immediately commuted the sentences to deportation and allowed the arrested men to return to their homes in the American Con- sulate compound.

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Mr. Ward telephoned this information to the American Consuļ in Poking, Mr. Edmund Clubb and reported that all five men wore "up and about."

Released

with

Mr.

Ward with obligations to pay damages were his four assistants, Mr for injuries, severance pay and Ralph Rehberg of New York: extra salary payrŸents.

Mr. Shiro Tatsumi of Seattle: Mr. Franco Cicogna and Mr. Alfred Kristan. bolh Euro- PETITIS.

For a full your the Chinese Communjats have held the Ameri- can staff at Mukden under house arrest, preventing their leaving China. So the conviction of Mr. Ward and his alden has the net offett 7 tereleusing them from Comununist/control although the Chinese Reds apparently intend-| ed to use the case to villfy Wen- terner in the eyes of prestige conselous Oriettals.

The sentences

and

Mr. Ward's telephoned messige

to Mr. Clubb was the first direct message the State Department has received from Mr. Ward since the arrests on October (24.

never

London's Captain At Palace

Commodore Gazalet, commander of HMS London, which took part in the motion on the Yangter photographed with his wife outside the Palace after the Investiture at which he reovived a bar to his D80 (AP Photo),

Huge Seizure Of Counterfeit U.S. Currency

The Department noted that the In a series of lightning roids, the Criminal Inves-` tigation Department of the Hong Kong Police have uncovered more than U.S.$500,000 in counterfeit US$100 morgy get munist broodcasts have said Mr.Hong Kong is believed to be the main production

American Cungulate had been allowed to report its version of the alleged beating. Incident which is supposed to have „ses curred on October H. Come

Wari and his alder beat a Chi- nese, who demanded back pay.

Chinese press reports yesterday sald thero

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BROADCASTS

APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Governor broadcast an appeal over Radio Hong Kong last night asking for/voluntoors for the Essential Servicos Corps, the Special Constabulary and the Hong Kong Defence Forca. H

Li Makes Attempt To

In his talk, relayed over the Rediffusion network, Meet Snyder

he explained the 'rature of the newly prapos- ed Essential Services Corps. The whole or- ganisation, he said, is being made as simple as possible.

There will not be any ranks. Pay-whon called.

out for duty will be assessed ‘on a simple scale according to the duties and respon-. sibilities of the work being done. Pansión and impairment banofits will be as for the Hong Kong Doefence Force.

The full broadcast follows:

Nationalist - Acting President General Laly Tsung-Jen" mode vain attempts to contact Mr. John W. Snyder, United States Secretary of the Treality, the "China

Mail learned "Tast

night from reliable sources.

Throughout the five-and-half- hour visit of Mr. Snyder yeater- day General L'e aides attempted to contact tori on Intervie

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th the president who

is still at the private hospital.

Wo Yuun

Mr. Snyder was not disclosed but Tho obfect of wanting to see

i

wanted to give him a complate presumed that General Isl picture of recent developments. In Cising, including hi break with

Chiang Ka

Kolsheks.

"I want to talk to you this even-services are manned in an

for ensuring that the essential ing about the Essential Servicegency should be able to detail in Corps. No doubt mann of you will advance to the particular job ray: What is the Essential Berthose beat fitted for that job. vices Compa?" I am qulity to tell Sarely you realise that when you what it is, but”dest of all

an emergency hits us we shall all i want to impress upon you that be frantically busy, and it would Generalissimo it is a matter of great importance to the Colony where we live and from which we get our broad and Sotter, and to orch and everyone of un.

be deplorable if time were then 10 take to President Truman. wasted In people crowding round General L's aides were, how- the office of the Commissioner of aver, not able to contact Mr. the Essential Services

Civilian Corps

Not Going To U.Ś.

A spokesman for General LI told Chinese Press representa. tives yesterday that the Generat would not be returning to Chungking immediately. Neither te ho, proceeding to the slator

Corps, Snyder, who returned to Manlle And now to explain the Essen- articulars as to what they after seeing the Governor.

could or could not do. Far better ial Service Corps and where you to get all that done now. It isn't and other citizens of Hon Kong as if it involves you in drills or fit into it. We all know that in arduous training which you may every

and community genuinely not have time to undor- country there are times af elvil'commotion.

120; } go, Hony Kong has had them, and unless she is different from any where else in the world she will get them again. But --don't run

United away with the idea that I think quite a lot of people who shied that we are going to have

ave trouble away from the Extential Services

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheie's 'mission this week or next week. I don't: Wing of the Defence Force be

comforting but there is always the possibility, cause

that headed by Dr Chu chia hua. cause they were afraid And we would be fools--and when though this Wing was a civilian Deputy Premier, had further I say 'we' I mean the whole civil brganisation, it was included in talks with General El

yesterday community, both Government and military one, and so would render at the hospital. The resulta: of. non-Government-f

and the talks are yet unknowieneral, wa

dldn't them Hable to all the par

penalties of milliary

from sources close to the

make plans for such an eventual Ity. It is a sort of iquurance"

"I know that there are also

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But this objection; even it was however

valld-which it wasn't---will 'now"

More Help Nooded be met

believe that he would

by the removal of the turn down the Generalissimos ntalios of a second South West "Having" "listened so far you Essential Services Wing from the offer, and proceed with the for- may be saying to yourselves Defence Force, and its establish- Political Council and establishe Haven't heard all this befordr ment as an entirely separatement of a new liberal party, opt Waar's mach the same sort of):

Gorps

La te digamizi sunmagazineyti mažinanti?{0 g sild SwhefTethal/Hand/ sivil Coses "KÁSABOINES Generalisalmo

centre of the notes, but none were for local distribution.

Police found U.S.$10,500 in

Копа

Defence Force which

faunched at the Planing

this

Flobt. The

"not

though you may have heard: It notes in a secret compartment Five Saved

From Burning| Building

Chiang And; hia, followers, and Chinese Communists,

Dispute In

In Canberra

placed the old UKVDC was units corresponding more or less

the

Bervices: to be or with quita, manned; for example food distele your

only thing is that bution, transport, etc. There won't

be any ranks, but pay with Chinese Embassy It be have called out will be assessed or a before,

amany

to the heeded the call as should have simple scule according

duties and responsibilities of the In other words more men

and women are needed for the Essen- work which members are doing. The whole organisation, in fact, is Cal Services, And what are the being made as simple as possible endoid tallay that the Ente The Chinose Nationalist Ambag. Essential Services:

sador Australia, Dr. Kan Nai the Exsch-

with formalities reduced to tial Services Corps? 'The Essen-

minimum.

bassy First Secretary, Mr. Chang Bervices are those services such as food distribution, transfits will be os for, the Defence with the Embassy

"Pension and impairment bene- Teh-chúng, “là no longer working water- works and the like, that are essen

and

Canberra, November 23.

their that the raids notted one of the C. C. Caynes, station officer ofportation, vawar: housch, WA Foree. The necessary legislation to rehirn to China:

at No. 4 them, may well require, and in her Bw be passed

had

staff,

..and

would

commuted word: Mr. Ward, were no detalls of the condition suitcase, and later found U.S.$490,000 in an additional six months Imprisonment and of the arrested

and ong-year parole; Mr. Rehberg except for Mr. Ward's brief re sliding panels of, desks

false bottom of a and Mr.

manthe port that all were "up and about."under a Kristan, four imprisonment

The fact that Mr. Ward was baby's crib. parole ench: Mr. Tatsumi

to and allowed

telephone Peking Police also confiscated 200 tocls Cloogne, three

apparently with reasonable free in gold bars.

In a spectacular rescue, ortionment and one-year parole, don indicated the Communista A CID official said yesterday

definitely

were reloxing erip up the consulaté staff and largest

of amounts counterfeit} the Kowloon Fire Brigade bout ready to call the incidentnotes ever found in the Colony, saved five persons including tial to the life of the community. effect this change, and to set up He refused to say whether Mr. closed. Some American officials

In the event of internal trouble the Essential Service Corps, la

Chang al- In addition to the notes, two two women and a child from

dismissed or; had” ́ bcon that mounting world printing presses and belleved

with the drst realgne a pair of possible serious injuries when the various Government depart ready under way, of the ferry boat, ss. Tai Pang, Mr. Ward reported the group) indignation in the Word case hand-engraved plates were con- they were trapped by firements, and companies that operate reading of the Bill in Legislative Mr. Chang Telf-chang said today

this afternoon.

that he would not be returning hum reported to the Marine De- was charged not only with asenul- had some oflect on the Com-dscnted,

which broke out Chinese worker but munists decision.-United Press.

to China. Observers here thought partment thai

An E his November ting the

High Quality Argyle Street yesterday after-the case of serious trouble certain-

iv will require additional basis fortnight's time. But there is no Mt. Chang's detachment from the The CID official said that the noon. hand engraved plates, were of 'a' Forced to flee from flames and tone. That assistance will be need to wait until then before you Embassy was the first overt sign

given by members of the Esson-feend in

among very high quality..

the Boor, where the fire, broke out insuflelent numbara in the Esson= | crufung aus allons, to the

the smoke the occupants of the top al Services Corps 14. there "aro and Particulars about 'yourself, of political discrimination Не addpd; "Perhaps

Forms are Mr. Chang, who in a a professional printing quality of the notes at 3.20 p.m.

ve mental Services Corps than we simply being sent to clubs, chambers of diplomat, would normally remaln would not have been sumolently through the verandah. Two men

women one of whom won be able to keep all the e-commerce, or may be obtained in service irrespective of govern the United and two clear to pass in States, but there is no question curried a child were seen hanging sential services going, at any rate from Mr. Ashdowne's office on the ment changes,

Diplomatics, sources ? lero inid at all that the notes would pass by the falling of the verandah (not adequately. And should that ground floor of King's Building that Embassy's funds were dwind-

happen it,

do 'any, good" "Mr. Ashdownols the Commla» Government and stoner, Mr. Caynes went up one of the writing to the papers, for the plmost idenilent to that used intre truck ladders and singles fault will lle fairly and square-] handed Brought the men and wos men and child down to the thirdly on the people of Hong Kong floor verandah, where they were for not having Joined the Essen

tial Services Corps, M

"I know that there are a ton escorted to safety

One of the rescued women; Leung Fung, aged 57, with her people who say 'Of course I'll hair singed by flames, sustained help, but I'm much too busy to superficial burns on the wrist join up now. The enough when and forehend and was sent to the the emergency actually arizes". Kowloon Hospital for treatment It is not time enough when the In an ambulance from the Tsim- emergency actually, arises. It in shateul Fire Station.

imperative that those responsible

Mr. Wong,

who operates his

[' forry butween Shl Hau is Deer!

Bay and Hong Kong, reported that the Tal Pang returned to Britishi Watera on November 18, nfler, thu Nationalists had seized it for thired] .days.

He explained that when he fitard the report from Shi Hou, he' assumed that the Communists had control of the arms, and thint they had seized his bout

Actually.. Nationalist officers boarded the Tat Pangon November 14, hoping to use tho ven to escape to Nationalisti territory.

Three days after they seized-the

ship, they gave the, idem up," and

Form

Nationalists

Mobile Cabinet

Chungking, November 23,

Nationalist China is to have a small mobile Cabinet which will follow the fighting forces. The capital will be wherever this Cabinet func- tions:

This

was announced at a Cabinet meeting today by the Premier and Minister of Defence, Gen- eral Yen Hsi-shan, as Reds from the East át- tacked a point only 70 miles from Chung-. king.

Yen Hsi-ahan also announc-king. Where and when de allowed the Tat Pang to rutum,to ed that, there would be estab- ponds on the Reds. Hong Kong waters. **The ferry is once agali operat-roarjust where he did not,

·lished ́at a safer place in the 70 Miles Away

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sought

when the fire trucks arrived..

"Roof Collapses

The fire completely gutted the top floor of the four storey buliding, causing the roof to collapse. It spread to the top flour, of the adjacent bullding.

heavy damage by No:6: Argyle Street, where

Tamo

and l'amoke-was" done. - -fi

blaming

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freely in the Far East,

used "In addition, the paper. American currency for US$100 notes,

Hong Kong police are. co operating with police in several different countries to nid them in their investigations of the counter telt currency.

Five Suspects Five man charged with the possession of 105 U6$100 forged-banknotes purporting to 'be 'those of the Federal Reserva Bank of New York-ware.ro manded three idays in

gaol custody by Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon, yesterday Kai Tak Airport on Tuesday with The men who were arrested at ing between Bhi Hau in Deep Bay, disclose offices to keep ar the Reds, striking along the high the banknotes are: Tam Kuen, and Hong Kong,

chives and handle other rour, way learling here from the East alias Tem Shaung, gold and silver tiradi. Government 'business, were only 70 miles distant. This place, most people expect It also admitted Communist broker of 122, Nathan Road, Tam will bu Taipeh, capital of Tal penetration to the vicinity of Chol-wo, haberdashery broker, buildings were fooded by water.

Chungsten, Yangtse town -140 Ta

Tam Chi-plug, 223

It was estimated that at least Jatree Road unemployed, and 13 fomilies were rendered home Tho sinsh in personnel will be Meanwhile, according to pri

Monit tremendous. Under: Yen'e plan, vate reports, the leds pushing a of four from

North along Witho otaningle ministry will have a.

Kweiyang Garage, 160 Lockhart, Rond, Mongkok and one from Tab total strength both in the mobile Chungking highway had token In making the application for chataul, were dispatched to the Cabinet nad the rear exceeding Taunyi: 130 miles South. From the remend, Inspector T I. Cash scene. The are was put out with

ih 20 minutes under the direction 100 persons. More than 10,000 | Taungi to Chungking the highway man said that the case is n com- of Mr. V. C: Seymour, Divisional persons will thus become surplus, is not no mountainous-Associat-mittal one.

Officer in charge of the Kowloon Fire Heiando. MA

Preliminary Investigation/die dosed that the fire was started Page 7 by: children "blaying

with fira worka "on" the verendah.,

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Premier Yon gave them two two choices:

To undergo training for de- fence work in the rour na home benar mannda, recruiting agents or polli

The Defence Ministry adott

The third floors of the two

miles North East of Chungking.-) Chall; Kwa alias Woneless by, the 'fire, gesie

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Manila, November 23.

RIVAL PRESIDENTS

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He softened the hoayy blown and Industrial bank,*** little by saying this money would ported here

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