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: HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950..

SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURE IN

Shanghai evacuation

A spokesman of the Rayal Navy dented emphatically the statement, made yesterday in the "Chine Mail" that the Royal Navy may take part in the cvacuation of Critish, American and Eurèpean na. tionale from Shanghal.

The operations contemplated are purely of a commercial character, he added, and there lent and never has been any suggestion that the Royal Navy may ald or take part.

Shipping

TAIWAN SPY CASE Ministry of Defence was Red espionage centre

PLOT AGAINST CHIANG

Up to the final round-up of Chinese Communist agents in Taiwan in March, the Nationalist Ministry of Defence was the Com- munist espionage headquarters, according to an exclusive re- port in yesterday's vernacular "Wah Kiu Man Po."

disaster in The newspaper's Taiwan correspondent, Yung Fu,

Portugal

Oporto, Portugal, April 8.

A river steamer carrying an estimated 130 persons capsized and sank in the Douro River last night, and the authorities feared today between 60 and 70 passengers and crew mem- bers were drowned.

cabled that more than 5,000 agents and sus- pected spies were arrested by the Defence Ministry's Security Department.

They included more than 200 ringloadors—mostly Lieutenant-Generals and Major-Generals in the Military Strategy Section of the Defence Ministry.

number of women suspects. The wife of Lieutenant-General Wu Sth was among them.

The correspondent said that they had been working for the Chinese Communists for more

The correspondent did not give than three years. They were

the source of his information. The marine authorities sold 16 responsible for the National-Neither did he say what has hap- bodies were recovered before lats military defeats-from the darkness halted rescue operations. Manchurian campaign to the pened to the arrested persons. Many bodica were belleved 1, abandonment of the China Crucial weeks have sunk to the river bottom mainland.

Total casualties were not likely to ¦ He added that they supplied the

Westerling sentenced for assault

Singapore, April 0. "Ture" Westerling, former

of the Heavenly Host" In In leader of the private "Army

by a donesia, was sentenced Singapore District Judge today to 40 days' rigorous imprison- ment for assaulting an In- donesian fellow prisoner, Har- ris Porkas, in the Central Police Station lock-up ว่า! February.

Westerling stated at an earlier hearing that Porkas refused to shake hands, whereupon he struck All sigue point to early. Com-him three blows, fracturing Por- munist atempts to conquer two kns' law. The Judge freeted the important Nationalist bastion

be known until dragging opera-:

Communists with details of Crucini weeks face the Nation- tions are carried out,

Associated Press the Fodo Sousa, Nationalist military movements, alists, adds an The steamer, left the Oporto suburb of Riviera plans, and the strength of forces derpatch from Taiwan.

in different areas. They also sup- at 7 p.m. for Creatuma, at the

plied the Communists with details mouth of the river. Women reef Taiwan's military, naval and turning from shopping tours in air strength. the city, soldiers en route home Documents seized by the Na-

Security tionalist

on Easter furloughs and commut-

off the Red China mainland sentence to commence on Feori Chudan, 100, miles Gouth East ary 20; hence it should terminate

tomorrow. Department of Shanghal, And

Quemoy ing clerks and workers crowdedhowed that they had supplied the

Dressed in un ogg-shell, open- Chinmen) near Ampy nock shirt and standing in the| aboard.

Chinese Communists, by wireless, In addition, the Well an hour later as with detailed information of the expect the Reds to launch a fresh cock without handcuffs, Wenter

forces on the island, the invasion of

afler they in a paints they have been assigned to have licked the wounds sustained voice that he was sorry for the

assoult

on Parkas. planes,

and in their recent defents there. - of fighting number the movements of warships.

He had offered Porkas compen- Independent foreign reports leaders tend He said that the ring

confirm that

the Reds did sation and added that if Porkas propared everything for the Communist invasion of Talwan in March, but the invasion was post pened to April because the Com. munist preparations had not been fully completed.

the

Vesel came athwart Avintos heeled over sharply and over- turned. Those aboard spilleti ever the side into the water be fore the horrifled wyer of watchers on the nearby shore. bad

passengendered A number of Hahore but others about, calling for help.

Squads of firemen and sailors

despatched by land an were water from Oporto and carried out rescue work by the illurnirin-

swam

tion of thousands of torches held Plan to trap

by spectators that crowded_a_ shores.

An unknown number of sur- vivors, among them some injured were taken to nearby hospitals.— United Press.

Political boss slain in Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri,

April 0

Chiang

Seized documente, he said,

been showed that plans had

Chiang

Kal-shek and ather

Invasion,

Price: 20 Conts.

Boy King arrives home

1.5 10

The young King Phumiphon Aduide), aged 22, of Thailand, is seen here as he leaves the throne room the royal palace .at Bangkok, to which he paid a short visit after his arrival. This part of the palace is restricted to royalty and others of

high rank.-"A.P. photo".

Soviet planes patrol Shanghai skies

Russian planes are maintaining daily patrols over Shanghai and Russians are manning radar stations atop Shanghai's highest buildings, a recent arrival from Shanghai informed the "China Mail” yesterday.

indeed get a thrashing, especially had been a European he (Wester- All he asked

in their attempt to get a footholding) would not have

patient with him. on Hainan Inst Saturday.

Alleged netivation of a Chinese) Communist air force with planes supposedly supplied by Sovlet Russia, has mfected a new and dangerous element in the situa tion.

Reports from Nationalist air babos, however, said the forex - tion

force had thei of this effect of atimulating rather than depressing the morals of Gen. eralissimo Chiang

Kel-skak's airmen.

+

been as

The Judge, Mr. H. E. King-

was a little

don, said, taking all the circum-affection

stances Inta consideration, In- sluding the offer of simpanda. 'sation and the fact that the so- oured had had time to think Cover-the-Incident,eantence would commence on February 26.

on

Westerling was sentenced March 8 by the same Judge to one prepared to trap Generalissimo All were portrayed as ready month's simple imprisonment on a pore, He' is now completing that high-ranking officers in Taiwan and eager to engage Communist charge of illegal entry into Singa-

planes in combat.

At the same time, work on de-sentence.

It is reliably understood that fences of Taivan was spected. ug Westerling will remain a detaince and precautions taken to safe- guard air bases and other vital on the termination tomorrow of

which he b the two sentences centres from -sudden assault.

serving out now, The deportation. and the detention

Order pending deportation were issued against bim in February.

in the event of the

never have been They would able to leave Taiwan. The correspondent said that the smashing of this Communist cs- plenage ring had shattered all plans the Chinese Communists had prepared for the invasion of Taj- Win.

Moving to climaxre

The general feeling here is that?

the

It is learned that these will re- pending the main in operation sutcome of deportation

fr ex- (radition proceedings.—Reuter,

TRAIN WRECK IN SPAIN

it has also, he added, raised the Charles Binaggio, Democratic morale of the Nationalist Govern- events are moving to a climax political boss who unseated the ment and made Generalissimo or at least to a fresh point of

than crisis. old Pendergast, muchine in the Chiang more determined Kansas City river wards,

Supporters of the Nationalists was ever to fight back to the mainland, shot to death today along with The correspondent said that the hope they will surmount it. ពłs top

mainland lieutenant hoodlum, ring leaders have admitted that

Reports from Charles Gargotta, In Binaggio's

some 10,000 Communist spies had speak of fresh outbreaks against political clubrooms on Truman anitrated into Talwon. He said Communist rate.

Oviedo, Spain, April 8. Road.

One alleged that 15,000 peasants! behind the es- that the brains

The Madrid-Gijon express train The pollee said the two men

plonage ring was

Major-hud revelled against the Reds in

two while roaring apparently were killed by a "close

His deputy was the Yulin district of Kwangal, broke in acquaintance." Binaggio was shot eutenant-General. Wu

General Cheng.

Shih, 200 miles West of Canton; seized around a sharp surve near here four times, Gargotta once..

Vico-Minister

of Defence, who has number of villares and killed today and the police said at least Biaggio was 43. He became already been executed, according altogether 1,500 Communist 15 persons were killed and 60. power in the city's politital setup

troups. In a dramatle bid four years ago to previous reports.

jammed with

one

In Taipeh reporta

weró

current

injured.

Three Cars

a gorge.

He said that the Security that strong Nationalist forcen workers and Easter holiday goes when be blasted the last remate partment had been working on the would be sent to reinforce Hainang shot off the tracks only the of the Pendergast machine. Gar- gotta was described recently by a

case since January. The first clue special United States Assistant war unwittingly obtained by a against further Red assaults and 20 fect into Attorney General as one of the unidentified officer in the Defence prepare that island as a base for engine, one sleeper and one diner counter-offensive against South remained on the track-United |

Press. "top mobestars in Kansas City." Ministry.

-United Press.

The Weather:

AL 1600 GMT 12 p.m. It), the

depression, centred I of Hoth continues

Strategy officials

China,

Hollywood, April 6. William Grant Sherry. burly ex-wrestler, aald today that he played__"housewife?? for Bette Davis but she was "too tired" to give him any affection when (she got home from work.

As a result, the arilat sald he would contest his wife's divorce suit because "she'a plenty at fault and famil ed of being pushed around.

"She was the breadwinner and I was housewife, and I loved doing it. All I asked in return was love and affection, fot I am a man who needs # of that. But when she would come home from work she'd always say she was too tired. I would not get as much as

klee from her.

"She was too absorbed In her work. I would always her have dinner) ready for

I take when she got home, off her shoes and bring her her, slippera and fix Borja drink. I pressed her dresses when her maid was not here. I would draw her bath and give her a massage. I felt it was a privilege to do things

for hor..

"She would say "Wall, what do you want? You are ade- 1 quately fod and clothed, did not want money, I. want- et love. But she has not the time for her, husband' when she works."--United Pross

Another

Teen-age tragedy train from

Once, while on local leave, ha visited the Defence Ministry and found nearly all the offices empty.

Oakland, Calif., April 6. "I had it planned for months, Wandering round the building. stumbled on a meeting in pro-

Arthur Eldon Prindle, 19, We were engaged for six months but broke it off a month ago. greas in one of the inner rooms, son of an Oakland policeman, she was running around with Being an officer he was allowed confessed last night that he other

ho

io move ZNE, with its asociated trough to enter by the guard. Inside he strangled Sally Ann Hum- His policeman father hung on extending Watwards to the Luson found most of the officials of the phreys, his 18-year-old sweet the edge of the bed, listening to Buraits, and thence Westwards acris abe Strategy Section of the Defence heart, with a belt as they sat every w

to have developed on this trough · Ho

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Shanghai

The informant who arrived here by rail from Shanghal said that altogether the Rus- sians had about 300 planes in Shanghai and were assembling them at the Tazang Airfield in

the North Eastern suburbs of the city.

The, Russiank are billeted in some of Shanghai's tallest apart ment buildings Including the 11 storled Broadway Mansions, where a radar station had bee established. When the informant lett

Shanghal last week the Rus GINOR were preparing a huge camp in the. Hungjao district to accommodate 5,000 men, Chinese cools were being engaged to work in the camp.

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wald that the dressed In Chinono

The source Ruslans

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Macassar rebel leader defies Government

Macassar, April 6.-

Captain Andi Abdul Aziz, 26-year-old rebel In- donesian, dofinitely refused today to obey a summons to Jakarta from the United States of Indonesia Góvomment.

Aziz, whose company of Indonesians revolted-yes- terday and seized this state capital of East Indonesia in the Celebes, declared:

"When they want they can come here. If I go,

In Jogjakarta, the Federal my men come along."

capital, a Dutch spokesman has Premier Mohammed Hatta's Gov-admitted that some troops under ernment at Jakarta yesterday Dutch command took part "un- summoned Aziz to the federal der pressure". In the Macassar capital to report on the 45 minutes revolt Associated Press.

a report its advice not' to despatch Federal

troops.

of shooting in which federal

garrison of 100 men surrendered

at dawn after 15 of the soldiers

had been killed. Ariz's company No 'China Mail!

had been transferred from Dutch command to the new USI Army only last week.

The East Indonesian Prime Minister, Mr. Dlupari, is flying to Djakarta today to confer with the Federal Cabinet, adds Reuter.

The Federal Cabinet in turn was sending a representative to Macassar for talks.

The

two Netherland ships carrying 900 Federal reinforce. ments, the 2,880 ton Waikato und the 6,033 ton Bontru, which stood in the outer ronds all day yesterday, after being warned not to land, have now anchored 24 miles off the coast.

Today, Captain, Aziz, who re-

tomorrow

There will be no intue of the "China Matt" tomorrow. Saturday, owing to the Easter hollday, Publication of the "China Mall” wilt rojume.on Monday,

The "Bunday Harald" will appear as pawal.

Peking health workers

ceived his military training with trained by UN

Britain's airborne troops, had the streets of 'Macassar patrolled by troops in Bren carriers and lor ries. A curfew war enforced the elly last night."

Lake Success, April 0. The first lay public health workers trained by the United The heaviest fighting during Nations in Red North Chinn vesterday's - coup occurred at have completed 'their course's Sungsuminaga

miles Iron

and are how busy training Macassar. where several hundred others in health work. Nationalist troops were encamped.|

8

Twenty-five commando-trained This was announced yesterday East Induneffans attempted to, by the United Nations Interna- seize the camp but the Nation,tional Children's Emergency Fund alists had time to break through (UNICEF) which started such and take up defensive, positions Timining last year as part of r outside. M

$750,000 programmá to aid North. Chios children and mothers.

Agree to truce

After a ding-dong half hour!

Dr. Leo Eloesser, an Amertenn battle, leaders on both sides surgeon on loan from the World agreed to a truce to save more Health Organisation, co-operated bloodshed. The Nationalist, troops with local Chinese officials in not- to being confined to ing up the training centres which submitted barracks but were not taken pri- UNICEF hopes may set a pattern soners.

for other parts of Asia, said that three rebels Reports sald were killed and seven

wounded The lay health workers, upon and five Nationalists killed and completion of their training, or- wounded during the engagement,ganise teams and visit villages tu Casualties elsewhere were light rural areas conducting almilar Routar

courses-Associated Press.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Mokoginta, the local National Army commander, and his 500 troops were either imprisoned or 'confined to barracks, there were Lear

elements that Republican favourable to the States of Jog- Jakarta might clash with the rebela

SIX CHILDREN

PERISH IN TORONTO FIRE

****** Toronto, April

Six children perished carly to-

The coup was the climax to weeks of tenslott, over plans to Incorporate That Indonesia Into Camniunist uniforms and kept Jogjakarta State. Captain Aziz day in Games that swept swiftly very much to themedivos. Therò Was

fraternisation no ∙∙ with Shanghal's Sovint com

munity,

.

The informant hold the altitud

Communi Chinese toward th

had distinctly turned

said he had acted to prevent Re-through their family home here,

Their parents saved two chli- publican troops from Jogjakarta,

dren but were unable to help the landing in East Indonesin,

The President of East Indonesia six, who burned in their, beds,

A beighbour sald' the frame has refused to accept the resig- nation of the State Cabinet, which dwelling "went up like a torch" claimed that the Indonesian shortly after midnight, Asso and that reports that the common Federal Government had, Ignored clated Press people wanted Generalissime Chiang Kai-shek's return were ant idle gossip.

He said the train was delayed 16 hours mainly due to guerilir activity North of Canton, th train stopping 1,1n - 80mo smal stations two hours before getting the all-clear signal to proceed,

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Jaycee officers, àlected.

Раде 3

Threat to Red China's economy.

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Barclay's Bridge.

Paga 5.

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