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"HUSTON'S" WE WERE STRANGERS

-THE - CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950.

U.S. MILITARY CHIEFS

NOT IN FAVOUR OF TAIWAN INTERVENTION

Ministers refuse to return home

910okholm, January 25. The Polish, and Hungarian Ministers to Sweden have ignored their Governments" orders to return home, and fled to France or Bwitzerland, Bources clote to the two diplomata wald that Poland's Chela Bobrowsky, a Recialist, IB Ostensibly on A three- month holiday in France, but that he has asked the Franch Government for asylum.

Washington, January 26.

United States military chiefs told Sonate foreign policy leaders today that they do not favour American military intervention to save Taiwan, the last big stronghold of the Chinese Na- tionalists.

This was announced by Mr. Tom Connally, Senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee to which the military chiefs gave their views.

The Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gon- cral Omor Bradley, had a three-hour, closed- door sossion with the Committea.

Me Connally sau that the military leaders expressed the view that "while Taiwan is o to the significance strategic of the

Taited States it in the hand- of an enemy, in the view of The Joint Chiefs of Sta it significazier would not warrant the use of vur attord forces t decupy al

Hungary's Julen Schopin, & Communist fr end axecuted former Foreign Minister, Lacto Rajk, has ed to allher France or Switzer - land.

The Polls and Hungarian Logations here refused to dlu. CUNE the reports.United Freas.

ATTLEE TRIBUTE

TO INDIA

London, January 26

The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, suid tonight thu: Britain is proud that the Indian Repubbe has ehosen to remain in the Bri- tish Commonwealth.

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Speaking at a celebration by the Ini Langos of the unimog- Attie, ration of the Repubbe, M.

No presed jute That Indus new stafution has beest Tutse] Tecondly O he principles und practices of Western Democracy

Ife Jind Miglt peatuse [1 the

J's e Minister, Jawa. Barlal Nehru, attel said that indi is for funate f

havn BIDA # Prop Minister to deal with her many problems.

The creation of a great De. wocratic state in a country. ut 300,000,000 seuls is no easy task," Mr Attlee said.

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Ho added that both the British and the Indians had helped that accomplishment despite the disputes and ameulties between the two peoples,

He termed India's declston to remain in the Commonwealth an event of great historic Importan-

which showed the flexibility of this great organisation of free proplex.

"No une, 1 think, least of wil those who bear responsible offes In Tadbu, will underrate the mag- attude of the problems which faee the Inila Government.“ Mi Atiler said.

"There is an immense amount

ara of work be done in raising

the standard of life of the peo-

ple The pressure of this huge

favoured sending both arms and

HUME ESCAPES NOOSE

London, January 26. Brinn Donald Hume, 30- year-old ⋅ self-styled "flying smuggler" accused of murder, escaped the threat of the hangman's noose today, but was sent to prison for 12 years for being an accessory after the fact.

The Jury of 10 men and two women 'were unable to agree on a verdict In one of the most renza- tional endings to a murder trial in the history of British justice.

They told the judge that they could not decide whether Hume had killed a kerbside car denler. Stanley Selty, whose sawn-up torso was found in a marsh on the Essex coast.

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Almost immediately after Jury had been dismissed, another was sworn ta to hear a new Iran dielsment against Hume of being an accessory after the murder.

To thin he pleaded gulity. He took his sentence impassive- ly, merely nodding before he left,

The Hume was, went to prison Wala that he had been an accessory by disposing of Setty's body from 4122 neroplane.

new indielinent on which

The

military mission, but were op posed by Mr. Acheson and Onally overruled by President Truman.

Mr. Connally revealed that i the dock. through some kind of mix-up, the military did not see President Truman's January 5 polley state- ment draft until shortly before it was made pubile. He said that both Mr. Johnson and the Jainl

and 03- He quoted M.

and Chiefs had approved Jobasons

firmed the polley statement. General Itailles us saying that at

SCAP'S viow no ime had the Joint Chiefs of Staff o the Department of De- But a moment later Mr. Co-

rally fence recommended the occupa-

emphasised that defence the

United officials héd explained that they 1on of Tarwan by States.

took up no position

policy M. Jolinson bod strongly questions. They are not trying to pointed_out_that there had been make policy ave conflict between the Depart

Mr. Connally indicated that ments

Detener and Slate the military confined its recom-dealer. about basic policy objectives in mendations to the military de- The prosecutor alleged that the Brat e he added

dent

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fence field alone. M: Conally said that Prest- Mr. Johnson pind General Brad- statement onley apparently based their post- January & that the United States tion on the strategie value Df would not intervene inflitarily in Taiwan on the geographical post- war nption of the islami. Taiwan Hes the Tais ar kituation

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proved and confirmed by the De-almon atop the United States

Tepee Department

Answering reporters' questions, | Me Commally said that the ques- ties to metiding a imited amount of soms ald for a military mis- no! been sion to Town had raised at the meeting.

Rift denied

Western Pacifie defence the run- ring from Japan through Okina- wn to the Philippines.

General Bradley testined that General Douglas MacArthur belleves that Taiwan In Com. munist hands would bo menace to the U.B. Pacific de. fance and to Japan.

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The Defence Chiefs said they had tried without success to send an explor"tory mission to wan to determine Chiang's orras needs and whether he could buld the Island.

Arms aid

Mr. Connally said that Mr. Johnson strongly dented reports of a rift between himself and the Secretary of State. Dean Ache- son, on the question of the US. polley toward Taiwan and China, Mr. Connally sad that Mr. John son and General Bradley at no lime favoured any occupation of Committee members revealed Taiwan by the United States. that General Bradley ot the He continued: "Mr. Johnson meeting of the National Security and General Bradley also ex-Council on December 29 mado no pressed the view that Talwan effort to disguise the differences İn of strategic significance to the with the State Department On United States if in the hands

what to do about Taiwan.

General Bradley and Mr. Johnson testified that the De-

assumed fence Department has that arms would continue to be sent to the Nationalists until they were told of Mr. Truman's "hands-off" policy.

of an enemy, the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, its signi- ficance would not warrant the Ha of our armed forces to occupy It."

He said the question of U.S. arms shipments and military and vice for Chiang Kai-shek was not gone into by the Committee.

it had been reported that Mr. Johnson and the Joint Chiefs

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Reliable sources said that the State Department did not consult (Continued on Col. 6)

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defence plea that helped. to save Hume was his description | of how three London gungsters Max. Grenie. and "The Boy". bad hired him for £130 to drop

pf parcels

counterfeit printing ulates into the 604. They had brought the purcels to his furt But they contained not plutes for forging petrol coupons bui the cut-up body of the stabbed car-

gangsters were "a Agment o: Hume's imagination."— Reuter.

JAP OFFICERS TO DIE

Paris, January 26,

found Four Japanese offieves, Rusity of having executed 300 French prisoners in 1045, have been sentenced to death by a Sul- gon Military Court, Agence France Presse reported today--Reuler.

(Continued from Col 5) the Defence Department before telling the National Security Council meeting that Taiwan was of no strategic importance to the United States. Committee mem- bers said they regarded the State Department pronouncement DA premature und -advised. was said that Mr. Johnson and General Bradley agreed with this, view-Reuter and United Press.

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