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FRANCE PROTESTS TO RUSSIA AGAINST RECOGNITION OF HO Move serious threat to Franco-Soviet relations

Paris, January 31,

Indo-Chinese autonomy

France, in a note handed to the Soviet "Embassy here tonight, formally

protested against Russia's recognition of the movement led by Ho Chi-minh.

The note said that the Soviet decision, announced

during the night, is of

a nature to impair seriously Franco-Soviet relations.

Mr. Alexandro Parodi, Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry,

handed in the note at the Soviet Embassy.

JORDAN TO EXTEND FRONTIERS

London, January 31. Reports from Amman that the Kingdom of Jordan is to establish a Coast Guard unit as part of a plan for the extension of her armed forces have aroused consider- able speculation in diplomatic quarters. In London about the probable future frontiers of the Jordan territory.

At present Jordan's stelp of coustal area containing the port of Akaba in of almost negligible size. It is of considerable strute- gic Importance...and is garrisoned by British troops.

In usually well-informed quar- thought that the ters here it is

formation of ก Jordan Coost

Sources

THE CHINA MAIL; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950.

Tibet appeals for aid; wants help against Chinese Communists

Missing U.S. consular official safe

Fairfax, California,

January 31.

Mr. Douglas Mackiernan, an' American Vice-Conaut, is info after a hazardous jour. hey out of China, his wife hera han been informed by the United States State Ou. partment.

The

Chinese Communists acaused Mr. Mackiernan of """pying and no news had bien received from him since last September when he left Tibwa,

capital of China's vast North West border Pro- vince of Binklang, under State

Department orders, to cross the Himalayas to India.

New Delhi, January 31.

A thin, wavering voice calling from the world's roof-top today appealed for help for Tibet in opposing the Chinese Communist armies threatening the Dalai Lama's domain. Fceble broadcasts were heard from a station call-.

ing itself Radio Tibet between 10.50 a.m. and 1 p.m. GMT. The voice, speaking in English, said the Dalai Lama's Government was shock- ed at the threat of Communist invasion and appealed to all neighbouring countries to help Tibet oppose the Chinese Reds.

Tibet Government radio fael, lities are believed to be operat- ed by Reginald Fox, a Briton

many years and who is mur- ried to a Tibetan.

threat of Communist Invasion. The Tibatan people enjoy · profound religious bondage

"Iberation;

a telephone call to Mrs. Mackigrnun State Papart.

desire spart Lubo, has lived in these far from who they RO "nibet apokesman said "a"VITY" feable radio message had been from her husband saying, "i am safe and wall. Expect to

the return spring,"Reuter.

pentinvoicer #zas contes da Mr Cain Naw Dalbinely well-

David K. Bruce, United States informed

Interpreted Ambassador in Paris, and the Moscow's move as a counter-blast

reseived in to the expected recognition of his British Charge d'Affaires the absence of the British Am-tival, former Emperor Bao Dai, by several countries outside the bassador.

Soviet sphere of Influence.

While no official reaction is avaltable to Moscow's action, these sources drew attention to *** the Indian Prime

Minister,

Earlier, authoritative Paris sources had said that France would ask Russin to explain her recognition of Ho Chi-minh with whom France has been at war in

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pandit Nehru's, statement a few Indo-China for over three years,

The French note said that the weeks ago that India's policy Soviet decision violated the print to recognise any Government as the Government of Indo- ciples of

*China as there is more than one

authority there.

International law as

"the only regular Vietnames

was that former! Government" by ex-Emperor Buo Dai to which the French Government has transferred the sovereignty rights it previously held.

the

The note added that by "en- couraging" Ho's movement "as is obviously

Soviet Govern- ment's intention," the decision to recognise it would render the re turn of peace to Vietnam harder.

still

"By taking such an initiative." the noto sald, "the Soviet Gov- ernment committed towards France an act of which the char- acter and the consequences -can- not be underrated."

Grave view

Guard "tit must point to ex- It was announced tonight that pretations in Amman of securing the French Cabinet will consider Mediterranean, its attitude at its weekly meet-

corridor to the 114

part of settlement in Palestine,

the final territory ing tomorrow.

The existing negotiations the peace terms between Israel and Jordan have so far remained

a closely guarded secret, but it

is known that

that the

the

Indian attitude unaffected

In was

pursuance of this

policy, it was understood, that the Indian Government was uanble to extend diplomatic courtesy to ብክ emissary of French-backed Nuo · Dai, o erently visited Delhi.

Although errtain East and Cen- tral Europe: States may follow Peking and now Moscow in re- cognising Dr. Bo's Republic, in- formed sources believe that in- dia's attitude

ZE- will remain affected.

cial position among

Indin occupies a somewhat spe-

her approach

munist powers in non-Com-

ECONOMIC

MISSION TO ORIENT

A despatch from Kalimpong reported that Tibet Radio. will start regular broadenals in Eng- lish, Chinese and Tibetan un Wednesday,

The Tibet broadcasts

were on he 4 metre ware

band at 7.2 megacycles and were heard various points in India.

at

solved to protect His Holiness, their religion and their coun- try and lives.

"For 38 years now Tibet bon indopen- enjoyed the fruits of dence and in the year which cor- responds to the year 1912 of the English calendar Tibet expelled from her territory the army of the Manchu Emperor and all re The fading voice said that the maining Chinese authority. Tibetan Government, "In the in-

"Due to the unsatisfactory Lerents of the people of Tibet", state of world affairs in recent obliged to issue a communi- uimes, the Government has taken In reply to the Chinese Com-religious and security measures. quet munist claims.

"is Holiness the Dalai Lama "Peking Radio is repeatedly has thought it wise, to adopt a putting out its intentions of policy of seclusion, which un: liberaling Tibet, It has called fortunately in some quarters has upon the Tibetan people to over- been misunderstood.

and his merely wished to remain seclud Government. But Tibet will deed, but friendly with all neigh Anitely oppose

Chinese claims with her geographical position that she is part of China. She

throw the Dalai Lama

Washington, January 31. Mr. Robert West, high in the Economic Section of the U. S. Army, is in the Orient to spearhead a study of Far East-uzerainty. ern economics The hope is that the study will provide a means to stabilise the Orient's economy and politics.

Mr. West's arrival in Tokyo i few days ago was dismissed there as a routine visit to see how Ju- pan is getting on with its re- covery.

Tibet

has

be of

has never recognized Chiape of strategic importance in Asia,

her independence should "The Government and His considerable importance to all her Holiness are shooked at the neighbours."-United Press,

Soviet walkers-out refuse to walk in

Tokyo, February 1.

The trip is of far greater signi- The Russian delegates reversed their tactics at the

to Indo-Chinese problems. The

Aleance and will take Mr. West Indian Government's iuaistence and other experts to various French Foreign Office respect for nationalism in Asia

Oriental nations during the next opposition to the continuance few months. The prime #pokesman said that the Gov.

colonial rule in any form, crnment takes a grave view of

Jective is to reinvigorate com- which the Indiaa President, Dr.

merce among Far East countries the recognition but what action Rajendra Prasm, reiterated today and make them less dependent

a

and

of

al-

Allied Council meeting today by refusing to walk in.

At the three previous meet- Mr. Sebald disclosed that the ings the delegation walked out United States Government receiv when members tried to discussed neither acknowledgment nor Russia requesting information on the prisoners.

it will take will not be known in his address to Parliament, upoa Western nations for their the alleged Russian failure to reply to the note addressed to

morrow at the request of Soviet Ambassador.

the

well-being.

Mr. West and his associates are to visit almost all Far East countries that have not come un- der Communist control.

Latterly, however, Dr. Ho's in- creasingly frank identification of Mr. West is the chief Deputy his movement with Comununist to Mr. Tracy Voorhees, Under- China has caused second thoughts Secretary of the Army. He is anung top-level Indian experts | giving his entire time to Japan's on foreign policy,

economie problems and related matters. He has been in the Far East several times before,

the alms of the Jordan Government Arc the before tomorrow at the earliest. have so far inclined her towards

Arab Palestine incorporation of and access to the Mediterranean. A meeting due this afternoon sympathy for Vietminh, which is There is some reason to expect between M. Parodi and the So.popularly regarded as primarily Jordon Government viet Ambassador, M. Alexander a national Independence. move- wishes to complete the negotia-Bogomolov, was put off until toment.

with tlons

Israel before spring and is preparing forces to take over permanently the Pales. A former French Minister of tine territory which it expects to Overseas Territories, M.

Paul

Require.

Coste-Floret, for several years The decision to expand the responsible for French policy in said today: "Rom armed forces as well and the in- Indo-Chinn, lention to form

Ho Chl-minh by Coast Guard cognition of point to this end, observers Russia is only one aspect of a vast unit believe.

International Communist plon to Omelals deny that Britain has make South East Asia the battle recognised the incorporation of field-of-a-new-cold-war-in-tho Arab Palestine into Jordan, but near future."

is thought in usually well-In- formed quarters that British re- will certainly not be cognition withheld if an agreement on the subject is

it

U.S. reaction

During the Colombo Common- wealth Conference, Pandit Nehru was understood by usually re- flable sources to have admitted the force of the argument that in the present circumstances the only alternatives in Indo-China State were a fully Communist under Dr. Ho Chi-minh or a non- Communist State under Bao Dal.

and Jordan cached between Isruel Communist regime of Dr. Ho Chi Reuter and Associated Press.

when

Russia's recognition of the

minh is seen by State Depart-

A Foreign Office spokesman, ment officials In Washington as asked whether the terms of another move in the Soviet at- the

Anglo-Jordan Treaty of tempt to create a ring of satellite Friendship and Mutual Assistance States through which eventually would apply to Arab Palestine If she could dominate South East it were incorporated into Jordan, Asia without the use of arms. admitted that the matter is un-

Recognition by North Korea

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and Mr. Voorhees.

repatriate over 36,000 Japanese prisoners of war.

Lieutenant-General Kuzma Dorovyanko, in a letter read by the United States Chairman, Mr. William Sebald, repeated his ar- gument that the Council's discus- sion of the subject was unlawful and announced that since it was again placed on the agenda the Russian delegation would not at- tend the meeting.

Mr. Hodgson said that, as far as he knew, the Australian Gov- ernment had not even had the courtesy of acknowledgment, let alone a reply to its parallel note to Russin.

He said the Council should continue to focus world attention on the repatriation issue.

The Council's efforts might be largely responsible for the sur- An Indefinite Russian boycott was foreshadowed when the Bri-prise repatriation of 6,000 more

Japanese recently. tish Commonwealth member, Mr. Hodgson, today again placed the item on the agenda for the next fortnightly meeting of the Coun"

Various experts are associat. ad with Mr. Wast in carrying out this special mission, which hes the enthusiastle support of | clt, General Douglas · MacArthur "Mr. Sebald said thousands of Japanese, who had petliloned the for the return of their A prominent member of the missing relatives, were hardly group is Mr. Stanley Andrews, likely to agree to the Russian con- Trade and Economics Expert of tention that the Council's discus- the Department of Agriculture,sion of the subject was unlawful, who until recently was playing a prominent part in the revival of trade of West Germany. Mr. Seoul, February 1.

Andrews joined the group in the The North Korean Government Orient after attending a meeting radio at Pyongyang announced

the International Government has recognised Ho There, he sought to have the on suspicion of so-called last night that the North Korean Agreement Council in London. Chi Minh's Viet Nam regime in Council accept Japan and West crimes, said the Chairman. "Ho Indo-China.

ern Germany is Wheat Agree- Many have already been con- Chi-minht to

to overthrow by force The Communist - dominated ment members. Due to the op-victed and sentenced, nearly al- porated in Jordon if there the French-sponsored regime of Russian-supported North Koreans position of Great Britain, is construed to cover subsequent

ap- ways to 25 years' Imprisonment, Bao Dal; the second would be n thus Join Red China and Russia in proval was withheld and is to be accessions of territory-Reuter,

However, altogether they ra- heavy flow of arms to him from recognition of Ho. — Associated considered again late in February, present only a small proportion the Chinese Communists.

Press,

Associated Press.

of those missing. The serious situation

which

Ometals in Washington foresee der consideration. He said that the possibility of two more moves no decision had been taken.

In Indo-China In the near fu- The issue is an important one

other ture, One would be another since Britain would be liable to defend Arab Palestine if incor-determined attempt by Dr.

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ARABS ACCUSED Russia's move today has created

BY ZIONIST

London, January 31. The American Zionist leader, Rabbl 1. Goldstein, said today that Israel's neighbours are preparing for a second round of Israel-Arab conflict,

"Shipment of arms to Israel' neighbours is regarded with alarm

for France la acknowledged and being studied by the State De- partment.

is

The U.S. Slate Department de- clared that Moscow recognition of the Ho Chi-minh Government proves that Ho is an agent of world Communism,

Mr. Lincoln White, the Press, Offeer, said "Anybody who will take the trouble to look into He Chi-minh's past record will sea that he la preaching 'Indo-China Indo-Chinese

by the Israel people," he said, -. l. for the Russians" and not for the

the

Rabbi Goldstein, Chairman of

World Confederation-of-Gen- erál Zionists, said: "Jowish Zionist organizations of the world have to revise their programmes now that their first objective-the state of Israel has been. achieved."

"Red.

| agent”

Russia recognised Ho's regime today following the lead of Com- munist China in a move which may mean that Indo-China Is

Rabbi Goldstein, reporting on his tour of Israel, said, "The the next objective in the Com❤ misery there is not exaggerated. munists Astatic. fernel is not yet out of danger. 11 Asked about Moscow's recogni-

expansion.

Mr. White-replied:

needs moral and dollar "The only comment I have, to otherwise the living standard now prevailing will have to be reduc make la concerned with his

Chi mình

PAINTER DEAD

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London, Janikiry

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has long record under various aliases as a Moscow agent. He has had some..., suqoess - In'.- goizing the leadership of a large section of nationalist

In Indo-China feeling

Miss Ethel Gabald, painter and when he claimed to be a sincere

lithographer has died in her nationalist. home In London. She was the

wife of Mr. John Copley, also, and the fact of thing raw

Under

der theat upsolat afroum.

artist

A trail, little grey-haired wo-

-wa-cognition by Moscow should:

man, sho`y

ho was chosch, in the last war as oficial, painter of "Wos men in Wartime, and), depicted mil layıkımirerată, factories, mber, camps, i canteens and the

effectively destroy any illusion

of Ho Chi-minh^an^a" purely. nationalist. Inster, and it should place him in his-tras position

"agent" of "world – Comi

Wheat

either on legal or moral grounds. Statements by recently repa- that triated prisoners showed there

still aro

thousands of Japanese held in Russian within a limited area of which camps

they have knowledge.

Thousands more are being held war

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