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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, .1950.

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STARVING MILLIONS

World-wide appeal for food for mainland

WILL FACILITATE SHIPMENTS

Taipeh, March 28.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek made a world-wide appeal today for food for millions of mainland Chinese starving because of Com- munist shipments to Russia.

food to famine "We must try

He said the Nationalist Government would try to get the areas by every possible means, including air drops: every means to prevent our people on the mainland from dying of starvation," he said.

Hainan invasion attempt

beaten off

Taipeh, March 28..

Red General Lin Piao's battle-hardened "stool corps" stormed ashore on three beachheads on to South China's Hainan Island, but the Nationalists said today they had "complete- ly annihilated" the enemy in an all-day battle. The landings were made yesterday in waves in the biggest attempt at invasion yet, and observers said it apparently was the start of a full-scale attempt to conquer the big island.

The Invaders swarmed ashore the Nationalist forces withdrew through noval shell, aerial and remainder

bomb and

machine-gunning

stayed on the mainland to fight with Nationalist querillos who alded lä the opera-

and against land forces at tion. Ysuch, Touhsiung and Chang- Unlike the Sungmen rald which han, but the Nationalists de-was carried out by Cheklang pro- the landing at clared the three beaches were vincial troops,

cleared by nightfall and 4,000 Chientlao was made by Nation-

|nlist regulars,

In a radio broadcast beam- ed at cities and villages of the Chinese mainland, the Gen- eralissimo said the famine had been created by the Commun. ist regime on Russian orders. He said the Chinese Commun- ists "aim at executing the Soviet policy of destroying Ching by the Chinese them- selves,"

Chiang said: “It is alarming to recall that three years ago the Russians told the Chinese Reds that in order to bring about in- itial success of the "Communist revolution in China at least 200,- 000,000 Chinese people should be sacrificed."

He said the famine is the "beginning" of this road leading to extinguishing of the Chinese race,"

the

The Aga Khan holda hla 12+week+old grand-daughter Yasmin in his arms for the first time during a visit to home of the Prince Aly Khan and his wife, formarly actress Rita Hayworth, at Gstaad, Switzerland. Alta is seen at right. The Aga Khan later visited kis son Prince Aly who is in hospital with a broken log, following a skiing accident~{AP" photo).

Utility workers to

demands

renew

Representatives of workers of the Hong Kong

"It foreign friends and M- Ilgious organisations, out of humanitarian motives, would extend help to the

the starving people, on the Chinese mainland, The

the Chinese Government will give every possible assistance to such generous efforts and do Ita utmost to facilitate the den. patch of relief aupplies," added.

Red soldiers either lay dead Despatches hinted it was on a May lift the

or wounded or had been taken prisoner.

bigger scale than the Sungmen roid,

In the

The Chiang Kai-shek forces

Shanghai ares, the blockade said their ground, air and naval Nationalist Navy announced yes might combined_to_smash_the_lterday, its gunboats sank 110 Red Junics on Sunday.~~~Associated vaders.

Press.

the Red In- Dispatches sald vaders of Hainan had as its main strength the 118 the Division of General Lin Pino's 40th Army. reported to be one of the best under his command.

The landings started at dawn and

continued

until afternoon.

State Dep't reshuffles FE section

ho

Chiang,"foreign friends and

Electric Company and the Hong Kong Telo- phone Company will call on their respective managements today to raise afresh their de- mand for a speciof living allowance. :

Electric workers had originally demanded an extra allowance of $80 a month, and the Telephone workers $90 a month. After obortive negotiations the demands were held over pending the result of the Dairy Farm arbitration.

Announcement of the Dairy | Farm arbitration award of $30 a month extra living allow- ance last week has set the ball rolling again, and all the

Instead of boosting wages oe allowances, attempts. should be made to lower commodity prices, otherwise it will just be

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'Flying fireballs' in Hong Kong

The first report of "llying saucers" in Hong Kong was made yesterday by an Amori- can seaman who telephoned the "China Mail" for Informa- tion.

He wanted to know if anyone else had confirmed seeing the "fying fireballs" which he claim- ed were vialble for 30 seconds at the entrance to Hong Kong harbour on Monday at 8.35 p.m. No other report had, in fact, been received.

The speaker, who did not give his name, explained that he saw two illuminated spheres-not the usual discs emerge from low- lying cloud, lighting up the scene.

At first he thought they were meteorites, but then reallaed they were moving too slowly, After about half a minute they dis- appeared back into the cloud- bank.

Believing It probable that the observer had seen weather bal- loons, the "Chino Mail" checked with the Observatory, which stated however that none of their balloons had been released at that time.

Flying saucera are real?

Dallas, Texan, March 27. Henry J. Taylor, veteran radio newsman, sold tonight in a nation-wide broadenst..that the "flying saucers" are real but that this was not to be alarmed at.

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Defection tide Peasants

revolt near

begins to turn

Talpeh, March 28,

guns,

For the first time in the history of the Nationist: Communist war, cno Red motor junk, fully loaded with Hight-heavy machine rifes, and hand grenades, defected 10 the Nationalst defenders in North East Lin kao, on the Northern coast of Hainan in the small hours of March 27.

The defeated Junk was aris

„odd”. of thiry

Communist junks which took part in the abortivo Hainan- landing you. terday.

A local evening paper co ported that Generat Hu Teung-nan, defender of Bl. chang, arrived in Hainan to. day, causing speculation that Bichang's situation was un. favourable

Rouler.

Ambassador

killed in

plane crash

Ottawa, March 26.

Canton

A peasant revolt only 50 miles North East' of Cânton was officially announced by the Chinese Communist au- thorities at Canton: yesterday.

Vernacular Press reports sald MUL. that the Central-Southern tary-Political Affairs Commission slated in an official release that 14 ernment officials were killed in government

the uprising.

The revall occurred al' Tɔ Yuen Villoge in Tsungia County, North East of the Kwangtung capital, în' March 8. Owing to communica- tions with the village being dis- rupted as a result of babolage, the report was not received at Canton ustil yesterday,

The ameial release added that the uprising occurred when the officials tried to collect taxes.

Officials killed

87m8 200 peasants stormed the village administration head- quarters and killed the 14 ch. cials found in the offices.

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The release admitted anti- Communist gubrilla activities in other parts of Northern Kwang- lung.

A United States Embassy It said that in the North River plane with the U.S. Ambassu-valley along there are 5,000 armed dor to Canada, Mr. Laurence guerillas, divided into groups of Steinhardt, and four or five 200 each, other persons aboard' crashed today, and all aboard were believed killed.

They are constantly reiding email garrisons, attacking county and village administration centres, reizing food stuffs, and disrupting communications.

The United States State De-

It added that sabotage opera- partment announced in Washing- ton however that it had wordtions included tearing.up of tele- "one survivor"-a member of the phone poles, cutting telephones

and ploughing up highways. crew,

He said: "These discs that are flying in our air are very real. They are not coming from other planets. They are not coming fran Russia. They are not hallu- The plane had just taken of cinations, nor or pipe dreams" from the Ottawa airport en rout Taylor sold over the American to Washington. It was an air fore. Broadcasting Company network: two-engine C-47 transport assign "Instead,

the answer will be ed to the American Embassy here wonderfully reassuring when thei Fragmentary reports listed th Army Air Force is prepared to following persons on the pinne it give it." Taylor did not say what addition to Mr. Steinhardt: th the saucers were nor did he says of the American Minister t In the broadcast originating in Canada, Mr. Julius Harrington; an Dallas where he gathered the in- air force colonel asmed, Truelood; formation. He continued:

the pilot, Identified only is Archi-| Meanwhile, this a military bald and the c-plat, Ballinger secret andil do not believe it the United Press,

proper business of anybody other than the military authorities re- garding whore they come from "-United or where thoy.go. to." Press

Formosan League head

Other labour unions who will sent_to_gaol

Hond Kong Tramway wor-

Tokyo, March 28. The American occupation

NSW MINERS ON STRIKE

Premiers of Pakistan and India to meet

"Karachi," March 28. Mr. Liaquat. All. Khan' and Pundit Nehru, the Prime Ministers of the sister Dominions of Pakistan and Indio, are to meet, in New Delhi to find a speedy solu-. tlon" to the Hindu-Moslem riots in East and West Bengal

Me Liaquat Ali Khan an- nounced', this 'in the Pakistanı Parliament today but gave no Melbourne, March 28,

date for the meeting. ) Minors in eight New South He said there was "general Wales pils struck work today agreement between himself and against the stringent measures Mr. Nehru on the terms of a joint Chlang probably meant that the labour-unions-who-had-asked be

the lead of the Elec- following the

threatened by the Australian declaration guaranteeing full pro- Nationalists would permit food for a special living allowance, tric and Telephone workers are

Government against Brisbane tection for minorities. In both ships to pass through their bloc-have been meeting during the

tho

dockers whose recent strike has Dominions. kade of Red China ports, adds last few days to discuss how kerd, the China Light and Power provost court has sentenced held up the working of the port. The Prime Minister added thing Associated Press.

they should revive their de

workers (Kovinon

At least 2,000 miners were idle the declaration provided for the Company for help was mands.

of a joint commis- counterpart of the Hong Kong Dr. Thomas Llao, head of the addressed to

alon to religious organisations," as well cepted the Arbitrator's award on pany workers, bus workers on dependence League, to six coal have been lost.

and

of the disturbances în overseas Chinese and the Monday, after the Dairy Farm both sides of the harbour, and the months' imprisonment and de-

Brisbane dockers will stay out each country, and suggest means people of "free China."

Company promised to make the dock workers,

portation to Hong Kong after tomorrow to hold a meeting to of preventing their recurrence," "Starvation of tens of millions payment of the extra living al- The total number of workers completion of his sentence, it tinue to employ strike, tactics, or

decide on whether they will con- Mr. Liaquat All Khan, who was of people en the (China) main lowance retrospective to January involved, including the Electric, was officially disclosed today. refer their dispute, which is on reporting on his recent tour of land is

In our unprecedented

Telephone and Dairy Form wor-

The American educated leader methods of work, to arbitration. and I have been in correspond- history," Chiang, sald. "Its dis-

This acceptance has signalled aj kers. nggregates approximately By nightfall, these reports con

The U.S. State Department astrous effects are beyond our general renewal of the demand 30.000, and If each one is paid an of the movement to oust Chian tinued, 1,300 Reds were dead on

a major re-imagination.

by all the labour unions whose extra $30 a month, the monthly Kal-shek and the Chinese Nation If they decide to renew the enco with each other to find ways And _mearis) of ‹ ¡Improving the the beach, and all the rest of the has announced

previous demand of a $90 a month pay-roll of these utility and dock allsta from Talwan was arrester strike action they face the possi landing force was either wounded shuffle of senior officials in its

special

had been re- companies will or taken prisoner. Large quantities Far

be swollen by in the Tokyo YMCA He wability of prison sentences under situation. We are agreed that 4 Jected.

tried and convicted, and confiner the recently Invoked Crimes Act personal meeting between us is more than $900,000 a month. No decision has yet beem reached as to the form the new demands wil take, nor the amount to be asked for, but from labour circles it la learned that employers are expected at least to fall in line with the

Dairy Farm satilement.

The Dairy Farm workers ac- Electric workers) the Gas Com- recently merged Formosan In- and many thousands of tons of one into the origin

The Reds were engaged by ground and naval forces and pounded by Nationalist planes which bomber

and strafed them all day.

Washington, March 28.

Eastern

Bection.

The Says food sent

of equipment were reported taken. changes followed criticism in

Congress of the United States to Russia

The Nationalists also reported Far Eastern policy. an invasion operation of their own on the Red mainland tar

This was the second commando- type raid on the Red mainland

since the Nationalisis withdraw

The changes were announced after Fresident Truman had con-

Dean

State.

ara con-

"The Communista tinuing to seize toodatuffe on the mainland and eanding them to Russia for, war production,

1. 1950.

allowance

thus mercilessly leaving, the The managements of the Hong

mankind.

"to

extra

Injunction on planes refused

summons

East Bengal, said: "Pandit Nehru

today's miners' essential to find a speedy volu-

strike has been called.-Reuter. tion-Reuter.

last week on against which to Sugamo prison las of illegal ant charge

antry to Japan with a false passport,

Associates of Dr. Liao' in th Taiwan, Independence movement acknowledged to the United Press

that he used a false' passport to enter Japan and preside over the recent Kyoto conference at which four

overseas were united.

74aiwanese- group/ ]

Dr. Line was preparing to ope a permanent headquarters of th Independence League In Toky

ties arrested him, "Adurt when the American

Authori.

miles Bouth of Shanghai firmed Mr. Philip Jessup in his Banmen Bay on the coast of office of United States ambassa- Chakiang Province.

dor at large. Mr. Jessup recently The Nationalists said their land- visited the Far East.

Under the

most important of

people of China to starve." Kong Electric Company and tha ing was made nt Chientino e

the changes announced, Mr.

Chiang asserted the Reds had Hong Kong Telephone Company March 22. Nationalist regulars got |

Rusk, Chief Deputy become "Inhuman to the last de- told the "China, Mall" yesterday ashore under cover of warship? Under-Secretary of State, will|gree." He said they merely are that so far they had not been ap-

The Acting Chief Justice, the announcement said, but

become head of the Depart-carrying out the orders of their preached by their workers. gave no indication of the strength

ment's Bureau of Far Eastern Soviet masters to destroy our Asked what they would do ir Mr. E. H. Williams, dismissed of the landing force.

Affairs, in place of Mr. William country as well as our people," and when approached, they sald an application with costs by Walton Butterworth,

During the past four years. It would be up to their respec Civil Air Transport, Incor

The occupation provost Mr. Rusk, a former university Chiang said, the Russian imperitive Boards of Directors to decide. porated, In chambers yesterday

granted, his request, to be de- professor, who came to the State alists have systematically seized: On the other hand it was widely for an injunction preventing

ported to Hong Kong after his to sullying islands last December, Department three years ago, har our foodstuffs, material resources rumoured among workers of the the China National Aviation

prison term rather than accede On March 18, the Nationalists hitherto dealt with matters re- and industrial equipment as they Hong Kong Electric Company Corporation and the Central to the Chiñas Nationalist 'ro- announced a raid on Sungmen, ferring to all parts of the world Intend to deprive China of the that the management had orally Air Transport Corporation 60 miles farther South.

have him, sent to Tal- and has often received State De- opportunity of peace rehabilita- promised

quest. to have them an /pay

·wan. Sungmen was abandoned afterpartment callers in the absence of tion.

"They really have become living allowancer of $30 a month, from moving their assets out

Genioral MacArthur Hond- a few days' occupation. Part of Mr. Dean Acheson, Secretary of, International bəndits and the pub. as awarded 10. the. Dairy Farm of the Colony.

“nuarters, said the decision not to workers by the Arbitration (Tr}={It Weight by CAT, 145-) was based on the Yart: Dr. Lino |

further learned that De theme of hand of the tenebunal; as from January 1, 1930-

turn him over to the Nationaliste Butterworth's job of millions of our compatriots on Should set pattern ́

for the prewrvation of the assets entered Japan from Hong Kong. the mainland who have been re-

to be Mr. Hutterworth, who is also ndered homeless, compelled to "This was what was promised ATS modo nominat CHAC 20o |--United PreIS...

was also refused Pssistant Under-Secretary, has sell their wives and children for us by the management when they A week ago Major Generul been-assligned: to work directly food and remain shivering with put off negotiations on our origin Chennaull and Mr. Whiting WIL ON OTHER PAGES

I belleve all al demand. They said they would lauer, through their solicitors Page 2 with Mr. Acheson, where he will cold and hunger, Act as the State Department's the more that unless the Com- wall a few months first and see Brution and Company, had ou Hutson officer with the defence and munists are crushed there will be how current labour disputes were tained leave of the Court to fair Page a olher government department no pence in China, United Press settled; and it is only natural CNAC and CATC as third par-

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that thờ Dairy Farm Battlement tier

to the diaju.c.

It was under Fago should headquarters in Japane

pattern for Fatood;

Barclay's! Bridge One of the former secretory of TANKS FOR TAIWAN general settlement workers cald.

Page 5 Mr. Lisorge Marshall's chief

this week to consider Wright wete for CAT Inch Yes Page: 7 Three hundred American light the overall situation created by tonday, instructed by Wilkinson. China: mission, Mr." Butterworth

Russians walk/evt of UN sqcompanied Mr. Jessup on his armoured vehicles, including 100 the Dairy Farm settlement, and and Urist

Potter, KCME to Woman's pads). tripishinhin light tanks, were unloaded at how they should meet demands Mr. Kidon recent Far Eastern t

he is expected to go to Western Formosa on Tusaday. What must now inevitably Fantro Fewy Chen, and Mr. B. Bar Japan förkoconsultations in with The equipment was bought with for a similar, if not larger le parchi,instructed by Ford Kwan. Contrala, Dougla Kacarkur, funds appropriated, by : Congress allowance. REDANES and Company, and A.S.K. Lau and Supreme Alled Commander there. In 1946 totale: China iscedence There is a feeling amoname Company represented CNAC and

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