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EFFECTS OF HAINAN OCCUPATION BY REDS ON INDO-CHINA WAR French fear increasing pressure by Communists

Saigon, April 25. French official circles foar that the Chinese Commünist occupation of Hai-

non will increase the Red, pressure on French Indo-Chinajohen si 21 They are also apprehensive. that Hainan, about 200 miles off Indo-China's East coast, will open a new source of aid to Ho Chi-minh's rebel Viet- minh forces.

The fall of the big South China island will give the Chinese Communists strategic bases flanking the East coast, which is fargely held by Ho's Communist-lod forces.

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-THE CHINA-MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL (27, - 1950. ****)

Ministerial Crisis in Vietnam

Salgon, April 20.

The Vietnam Miniatoriaf arjols, which has dragged on for three waka, in new ap- proaching a possibly drama- ito climax, informed Govarn- ment quarters said today,

• The head of the “ State. former Emperor Bao`Dal,; Is -expected to insist A the formation of a stronger Gov- drnment to moet the threat the country's" "internal security..

to

The Vietnam Premier, Nguen Phan Long, tald Pressman to. day that if he is forced to re 'sign he' wifi inalet on the formation of a completely nów Government, not shürtio of Ministers.

ho

There RIG groups ma- noouvering against him, declared Reuter

The shipment of supplies, by have established this solid founda~|| ❤❤❤** junk from Hainan may provide lion, there will no longer be any a better means of routing sup-need for French troops in our plies to the Vietminh than the country." route across the Chinese bor- der.

The junks, however, will have to slip through French naval patrols to land their corgoes.

Best hope

The Governor eniphasised that complete independence is the best defence against Communism In South East Asia.

"Poverty," he said, "causes Communism, and as long as wa, are exploited and remain poor we will be threatened by it. AB # free, Independent country utilising our own wealth and resources, we will never be threatened with Communiem." He said all other former co-

But

AND

inde:

The booty the Communist troops are likely to capture on Ilalnán will include large stocks of wea- The Chinese Communists pona. du not need all these weapons. London, April 25.

There is no conclusive evidence of bipartisan that Ilo's forces are now being foreign policy consultations be supplied over the Chinese border tween Mr. Ernest Bevin, the on a lurge scale. But, evidently Foreign Secretary, and Mr. in anticipation

Auch ald, the of Winston Churchill, the Con - | Vietninh hng been Improving lonies in South East Asia have. sorvative Opposition leader. poor communications through been given their which have hardened into mountains on the border,

The

fall of Hainan will also re- widespread acceptance that a

| case an estimated 100,000 Chi- meeting between them has

elsewhere. Some may go to the nose Communist troops for duty Indo-Chiua frontier. which the Reds now have lightly garrisoned. French dispute with'

Vietnam

Meanwhile, the North Viet. Governor, Nguyen Trl,

the United States to, mediate the French-Vietnamese Indspendence dispute. The Governor told the United Press that mediation would, be the only

salution to the

been arranged, were placed in perspective by a Foreign Offee

spukėsnian today.

No formal request for a meet- ing with Mr. Bevin has been re- ecived at the Foreign Office, he Maled. Nor is it anticipated that un oficial move to bring Opposi- Ton leaders into the foreign policy

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planning the pattern of the Denserat-Republienu machinery

of bipartisan representation cently revived in Washington will be made before the meetings of the Foreign Ministers here next month.

ham wants

willing to. to # neutral

namese-American friendship, For

Saigon arrests

The womun

FREAK WEATHER

IN EUROPE

were.

snow

and

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peted parts of the rich winc

Red efforts to halt U.S.

U.S. arms

for Europe

London, April 25,

The 16,000 dockers on strike in. Antwerp.are the

se focal poing today in the Communist attempt to prevent Atlantic Pact, arms shipments coming ashore in Western Europe.

The police arrested 11 Belgian Communist leaders including a Member of Parliament — in Antwerp as 16,000 dockers obeyed a Com- munist strike call. Socialist, and Catholic union officidis tried to address the men and advise them against the strike, but they were silout- ed down and stoned and only nine dockers sigued work the

for.

TAFT'S ATTACK

ON ERP

Among the arrested" Com- mumlatawas M. Frans Van Den Branden, member of the Belgian House of Representatives, who Washington, April 25. yesterday urged 'dockers to strike Republican Senator Robert ngainst the unloading of Ameri-Taft today urged the Senate con arms in Belgium.

Antwerp polles Have asked for to cut foreign aid spending and M. Den Branden's Parliamentary should receive any Marshall

questioned whether

Britain

Immunity to be lifted.

Three cordons of gendarmes Plan funds. surrounded the docks today, and. Senator Tatt said the United special reserves were out in force while Britain is balancing her States faces a deficit this year

· through th

the entire "dockland

budget. All spending must be out excepting possibly runds. for The latest position from other the armed service, he said. key ports of Western Europe is given in these Reutor cables to-| night:

"

area.

**

"The place to begin, if we are going to cut this budget, is bere," sald Senator Taft as the Senate continued its debate

the

on

"Safe ports FRANCE: The Government $9,300,450,000 foreign aid bij.

I am sure that those Foreign will try to toll. Communist plans by directing most of the Amerald estimates can be cut. They can arms shipments to Cherbourg know of all estimates submitted are the vaguest estimates that I France's most strongly anti- Communist port

to Congress."

Senator James Kem, Republican, The first shipment for France Missouri, urged * $1,000,000,000 reached" Cherbourg on April 13 cut in Marshall Plan funds which, and was unloaded without ip- he said, are being used to prop cident.

up Socialist Governments abroad, *TALY: The Italiah Govern- while the United States faces

believed to have bankruptcy.

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London, April 26. spring Frenk spasms of brilliant spring suns shine

general today]. throughout most of Europe.

Experts predlet similar weather for at least another day.

Only North West Europe pendence except Inde

are like a a lonely Island Inkely to dotige spring's wintry the middle of democratic shall do our best to develop Viet-is my fair. occan." Governor Ti added. "We caprice. The forecast for that are

Despairing peasants in France it is only by this means that we and Italy calculated enormous may

better understand cách losses among the blossoming or:: other."—Associated Press and chards, vineyards and bulb-fields ment, too, is. United Press.

Six inches of hallstones cat found a sate port Bari in the His proposal is the largest cul

if South.

yet suggested by the Senate's Barl dockers, after 100g

un- Republican-led economie blog. Crowing Udine aren of North Eas

Senator Kem' also *We'l

proposed fern Italy after devastating the employment, have said,

their bring anything "ashore"," About 30 arrests were

stopping aid to any country which made carefully-ordered vines of

COPENHAGEN

Denmark's corries out, further nationalisation when some hundred Vietnamese spring shoots. wamen demonstrated outside the Villages in the Northern A1 small but active Communist Party of busic industries or which senda satcillteswar South Vietnam Government pine foothills are still snow-bound staged a demonstration at the to Russia or her

'received from the building in Saigon today, the in the country's coldest, wettest North Sea port of Esbjerg last materials Agence France Presse reported. spring for years. Denmark, on week-but it was sinnil and there United States. i Vietnamese

His amendments to the global complained that the contrary, reports warm sun- were no incidents.

the But the spokesman said un-

Perfectly "We are

they had been refused permissiou shine, Sprlug frocka

There has been no large-scale Aid Bull are regarded ere out in official contact between the For present our case

to take food to prisoners la tue Covenha faced a sharp

strike in politically placid Dea.opening shots of the Republican wiria mark for about three years.

Party's assault 'on foreign" aldı.--- eign Offee and the Opposition, mediator, preferably the United Central Prison near the Govern

United Press and Reuter. either at the Ministerial level or States, and abide by its decision,icht buildings.

London strike fter an exceptional night of rain, through

One of the

women Thail or show, arrested normal he said. "Since the French have U

aleet and gales. turrled two banners with in-

LONDON: The unofcia!} practice.

exhibited a lack of sincerity, Wescriptions demanding the release Modane in the French Alps in as Coffifiniste Inspired by the

Snow foll heavily today

strike in this great port-branded It seems a reasonable assump-belleve this to be the only way of Nguyen Hus Tho, recently hir- tion that, on the occasion of in- of ending the warfare which has rested for organising a demona-In the Macon area of the Bur. Labput Minister, Mr. George ternational inks, which may pro-siripped the country. Naturally, demands gundy wine country, where the Isaacs-spread today to another fngadly affect the whole course we would prefer a friendly squin Saigon on March 19.

river Saone flooded mendow

1,000 dockers, bringing the total of British foreign policy, such with France If it were possi-

The Agence France. Tresse also after four days of heavy rain.

af idio workers to 13,500.

Washington, April 25. contacts shoukl be as full as ble"

The French national weather reported from Salgon today that

About 2,500 troops are "Working1

Senator Joseph McCarthy possible.

Governor Tri, who has been several Chinese have been or-affairs office predicts. more snow alçagalde 1,200 non-striking (Republican, Wisconsin) * foll Mr. Church!!! and Anthony Eden it is known in bassudor to America, said

Mr. mentioned as Vietnam's first Am-rested and will probably be ex- and rain showers tomorrow but dockers to help unload ships held the Senate today, that the CONNECTING BAS—SERVICES; TO 18 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

nopelled from Indo-China following higher temperatures after night up by the wildcat stoppage. Bifornier Communist, Louis F. Parliamentary circles. would Vietnamese considers the present police searches in the past few frosts.

64 ship

ships are still idie.

high Budenz, hid named a both welcome an opportunity Covernment completely indepen-tays in Cholon, a Chinese city of

Belgium had similar weather. Delf

The six-day old strikoo State Department official as the dent, and would never be satis- 500,000 people near Saigon. Limburg Province recorded its which DRIAN shipments from Acheson-Devin-Schuman talks Bed until French rule in uboilshed.. ▲ Chinese Communist flag and heaviest snowfall for six months America have not been mention Communist.

"What we are secking," he leaflets were found in the local Brussels had a violent hour oted-bogan

Senator McCarthy did not ills- in protest against close the name of the official but or not either or both said, "Is a road to Independence Chinese Nationalist Party head- ball this afternoon. The bulb the expulsion of them will see Mr. Bevin de-simallar to the one built by the quarters in Cholen. Leaflets and folds presented the unusual pic-from the

Union

said that he is new in the State pends, to some extent, on the date United States in the Philippiacs, documents were found in several ture of millions of tulips wearing part in last summer's

Department receiving a very high of his return

and is in a very important saltry to the Foreign There is an increasing threat of public demófistration: thick white of 13208 wneud in aympathy..with Canadian Cannelto Once from hospital, which is not Communism on Our Northern

Ar the weight of snow.

men strikes. expected until next week, borders, and it will be necessary ranged with supporters

Budenz, former Communist Western Germany had its share. The Labour Government called calter

who to have French military aid in-Vietminh (Vietnamese National- of the making a sound recovery after his til we are able to train and coufo ist) supporters for April 23, dide same weather, A Potsdam:) out 1,000 RAF ground crow me party,

renounced the Observatory ofleial forecast rain

testified behind closed Foreign defence organisation, not take place owing to police and even more snow during the today. 1o join the soldiers and doors today to the Senate fortnight ago, He is expected to providing it does not interfere precautions, the Agency added. next few days. All shipping off

unloading tomatoes Relations sub-committee Juvesti sailors in leave hospital this week.-Reuter. with our sovereignty. Once we

Associated Press, United Press the Western German const was bananas, and other rating food gading. Senator McCarthy's

curlkebound ships at the charges that the told tonight to make port, with London docks. The RAF men ment bas

State Depart- beavy cales approaching from the will go to work on the docks Communists. The sub-committee. been infiltrated by North Sea. Reuter,

today. Another 5,000 have been in a fast-minute change of plans, alerted to folp them if the wild barred both Senator McCarthy cat strike is not settled by next and Mr. Owen Laulmere from

United Mearing Mr. Budenz testimony.

ofcials

for discussion before

opens. Whether

Mr. Bevin is understood to be

operation for haemorrhoids our

own

Europeans killed by fanatical tribesmen

Nairobi, April 25,

of

the

and Reuter,

PEKING RADIO : * ON KOREA:

San Francisco, April 25, The Chinese, Communist radio at Peking asserted today Avo pirnolds have boon structed in South Koradand sixth field is now being "repaired. Dear Seoul.

that

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MACDONALD SEES NATHAKIN NUBE

Rangoon, April 21. Three hundred spear-throwing tribesmen in full war

Britain's Commissioner. General In South East Asia, Mr Malcolm array, led by a fanatical: African, today way>

MacDonald, who is visiting. Rạn- laid and killed three European officials of a

The report, attributed to the

goon, today met the Burmese: Soviet listening post at Pyong Premier, Thakin Nu, and the police party which was out to capture the yang, North Korea, also said that Foreign Minister, Bao Hkun klo, leader in Kenya's remote ›Lake Baringo areal

60 South Korean airmen pre being trained by U.S. Air Force exchange views on the South

East Asian 'situation. One African tribal policemang (The fanatical African leader, of personnel stationed at Kim Po | *** was also killed and three an illegal religious sect had fed, airfield, hear Seoul. wounded. The police opened into the Suk country after, es- fire, killing 20 tribesmen. caping from guol. Among the Peking radio quoted Tass 20:1722

Suks he was propagating a saying that Generalissimo Chiang his mountain holiday today and military and political assistants on Wednesday the credentials of in Seoul, for an agreement with the US Ambassador, Mr. David The Suk is one of the smaller President Syngman Rhee to bpM Key, and the Dutch Minister, African tribes.

taln Chinese Nationalist bases H. P. J. Boseb ven Drakesteln Associated Press.

Associated Press.

Mr. MacDonald will also meet the Burmese Frealdent, Sao. Sad Thalke. The President interrupted

Police reinforcements are being spurious faith based on Chris- | Kai-shek is negotiating through: returned to Rangon 10::reediver

brea

of Lake

rushed to tho. Baringo, about 15 miles North West of Nairobi, where the bat the occurred.

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Official sources said the battle was fought in the rocky country. of Kenya's Northern

frontier province bordering on Abyssinia.

The polles were surrounded by 300 telbearen, mostly Suks, bear Nalnyang," Worth of Leka Barin- go, while they were heading,for the Suk country to Investikato reports about the African fugl- „Avels activities.

).

He is said to have stirred up considerable trouble among the primitive, Buk tribesmen with his....religious cooed preaching

Lylelenge.

areon, and

The Governor of Kenya, who irecgivod, radio, reports of the clash direct from tie" Northern frontier province, reported that ||tho, Arouble-2-purely local.

The dead Europeans are Dis let Omcer Alan James Slovens of the Kenya Administration of West Worthing, England," "dged,

Assant Pollco, Superintend

enk George Milne Taylor, ligadist Born In Montrose, Scotland,

whose permanent home was KEUKEN KANALI BHAGYA Altant/Pdiles Inspector Robert-Grant Cameron,

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