THE CHINA MAIL
1950.
MAY DAY CELEBRATION | To leap 22,000 ft. RUSSIAN
PASSES OFF QUIETLY
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London, May 1.
Marshal Stallfi, reviewing the world's greatest military parade, was today's traditional highlight in international celebrations of May. Day, but thỏ oyes of the West word on Berlin, flash-point in the cold war.
A million marching Muscovites followed the monster parade' of Russia's
armed might. In, West Berlin a few thousand British, American and French troops stood ready to deal with a possible invasion of their sectors by East Germans, massed in hundreds of thousands just across the border.
But the unexpected happen-
It was
West German Social Democrats ed in the split German capital. today used novel rocket-like car- shower Jenificis onto West Berlin rowdlerlers to among the 300,000 Western their views known and to demuni Russian-controlled areas, to make counter - demonstrators who
free elections for all. stoned East German "People": police".
This was how the world cele brated International workers' day:
Moscow: Marshal Stalid. flanked by the Polltbureau and Army chiefs, stond by Lenin's tomb in Red Square for seven and half hours to review the miles Jonk
parade of paratroopers. heavy, tanks, cavalry, Infantry motorised units und A.A. bat- terles..
They were followed by 1,000,000 elvilinna marching BU abreast through the Beflagged, crowded Red Square, brilliant in spring sunshine,
Mass meeting Home-Fifty thousand Italian workers with red banners and red scarves marched through the streels of Rome for a mass open
air meeting In the immense People's Square,
Mile-long processions con- verged on the Square from six points in the city.
Armed police shock squads in steel helmets stood by unobstru sively down side turnings, ready to jump into action at the first but of trouble,
Massive Communist-organised The Marshal's son, Majo nicetings were held in the main General Vassi!! Stalin, piloted the first plane in the huge Sovietures of every city and, town in
Jinly.
air fleet which fley Over the Square. The latest type of Jet fighters New In formallur, and then a new Hight jet-bumber whistled across the sky at 000 miles per hour,
Berlin--East and West Berlin German police faced each oiner peross the Anglo-Soviet boundary today as long columns of war- kers marched to rival May Day demonstrations on elther site of the dividing line. A British plane and a United States helicopter fiovered over the sector boundary, ready to flash news of any tiis turbance to the. 8,000 Brilisi, American and French garrison troops who were standing by the West Derman pallec in case trouble.
Rival rallies
war.
Shigere Yoshidu. One group marched past the Dlet..where Mr. Yoshida, was faced, with a motion. of "no confidence" put forward by ull the Opposition partics, Squads ot ormed
the police guarded building.
|| Rangoon:—Mammoth meetings of workers celebrated the day în Rangoon and main industrial centres. Huge crowds paraded through the city carrying por: traits of Stalin and the Chinese Communist
Tse- leader, Mao turki
Singapore: All public meetings and processions were banned but police reserves were standing by to rush to any part of the city. where trouble might break out,
on
The only signs of celebration were the flags ond bunting three Russian ships lying in Singapore Roads.-Reuter.
1.000,0do Reds interfere
At the some time non-Communist workers separate- ly celebrated the day with fest- vities tu mark the birth of the firs! powerful unil-Communist
since trade union in Italy
the
Paric:-A strike called by transport workers was only partly obeyed and underground run almost normully in
Belgrade: Marshal Josef Tito, und scarlet unifarm, watched 0,000 shock troops and civilians parade about 250,000 past him for four hours.
Krey
trains
Thirty-six-ton Yugoslav-made tanks and comic curtoons pillory- ing Itussia and the Cominform and, to a less degree the West were new features of the rally.
"Raid" on Hague 1.000,000 Berliners attended Prague Planes formed the the two rival rallies in Gag-
lettera "K.G." In honour of Presl- dreked, squares only a few hun-
dent Klement Gottwald when he dred yards apart on either side addressed Prague's parade in the of the Anglo-Soviet sector bound-historie, Wenceslas, Square. ney. East and West. Berlin Ger- man police lined either side of the sector boundary but Welt Berliners were allowed to cross the dividing line to watch the Holland during the German oceu. more colourful Communist parade,pation. and a large number of East Ber liners found: their way to the Western demonstration.
The 000,000 attending Western rally cheered wildly of Allied and German speakers, un der a canopy of flags of all the Marshall . Plan countries, calic!! for a free Berlin in a free ani united Germany.
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The Hague-Dutch Air Force planes today "raided" the capital with cigarettes-the same brand that British planes dropped over
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with pact
French Air Force Warrant Officer Leo Valentin temen- atratos his “Birdman", kit at the Villacoublay airhold in Parik. He plans to use the pear in a spectacular Teap fram, 22,000 feet above, the ground this month, Valentin him a parachute on back and stomach, The wings are of white canvas with red Canvas reinforcing on borders and seams, Valentin says he has already made successful jumps with the equipment. (AP photo)
Red
Air
Communist interference with the West's Military Pact programme is growing.
disrupt After attempting to shipments of war equipment to France, Moscow's lifth columnista turning their attention re to Norway.
Writing from Oslo, correspon- dent Moray Williams reports that thousands of Norway's Communists are plotting strikes und large scale demonstrations timed to prevent the unloading iri Norway of the first consigrument of U.S. Military Aid equipment.
Assuming that Bergen, Nor- From the high red gateway of Peking's Forbidden City, Mao Tse-tung watched unfold the Im- pressive pageantry of Communist China's first May Day celebration.
Force on show in Peking
wayan is the unloading centre, chief Western port, will be the Communists are busy work- ing up anti-American, and anti- British feeling in the port.
inciting Pamphlets
dock-As workers to refuse to handle the ships appear on the waterfront and. In the streets every night. Wasting no words, one of them What will you do, when reads:
Another beginner?
San Francisco, May 1.
Chinese Communist air force planes dipped in salute, enthusiastic thousands echoed pro- Soviet and anti-imperialist slogans.
JETS IN CHINA
Talpoh, May 1.
The Nationalists tonight charged that new jet fighters of Russia's Far East Air Force have, definitely joined the Chinese Confmanist Air Force in flying civil war missions,
The charge followed closely Chiang Kai-shek's May... Day speech,..calling the.. Nationalist resistance; an. “ànil-Communist anasian wat for ná-
tional
There have been doindeper- Ident reports that Russian planes" nown by Soviet pilots aro taking part in the civil war).
...A ́ẹpirimuțiqué, according to na official translation, asserted:
"Chinese Air Force Headquar- fors has obtained reliabiu in- formation that late model Jel- propelled fighter planes, of the Soviet, Far East. Air Force have Medinitely Jorda the Chinese Comununiit All Foreo in operations against Chinese Fovernment forces,
(The communique did not
Bay When the alleged Russian opera-*| tiens took place, On April 4 the Nationalists, charged that Rusalda Pllets in adventional planes shot down two Nationalist fighters on Abril 2 over Hangchow Bay, South of Shanghai).
Today's communique said the nighters were new. Yak-21 Jets with backswept, wings. It re- ported that 11-ot.thum had been alghted, on, airy fields.,, :arourld Shanghal-Associated Press.
South East Asia Union conference
Manila, May 2. Australia, India, Pakistan and Tiiniland will attend the forthcoming South East Asta Union conference, despatches froin Bagulo sald.
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But, said the reports, no issur- ance has been received by the Philippine Government, sponsor of the conference, that Nationalist China, Now Zealand · and South Korea will attend the Bagulo talks.
2. Australia's apparent decision to send a delegation to the, con |ference camp ba a mild surprise
how had been insisting on a full arm-
the Philippines, and other South East Asian countries.
At the Soviet sector rally th the Lustgarten, a spokesman from the East Berlin nationallech factories told the crowd, "Wheh we march again on May Day 'next year there will be no tic-
top boundary" Thirtech red dogs: and two blup Naga of the Communist-led Free was aware of these Communist-until they arrive.!.
led labour festivities Was ah
Peking radio's graphic ac- "Each contigent was greeted This was part of the celebra- the Trst ships with American war count of the colourful celebra- from the grandstand, and replied Hons for Queen Juliana's birth-inaterial De In your country'stions said 200,000 troops, work- by flinging their bats In the air in view of the fact that that nation day. She was 41 yesterday... ports ↑ Norway's
ers, peasants and students filed and commenting ked, anded alliance,, a basis respected by The only offelal May Day cele the
wegian working-cing the Nor-
and the past Mao Tse-tung, whose woll Chairman Mao brutions were a few Communist overwhelming mass of the people booining voice frequently rose how strong
The Bhral Volce was."
which started at parades, chiefly in Amsterdam, will be watching you." Rotterdam and The Hague.
"Are you above the din of the marching
8.00
marching Bob:-Marching for six hours, Norwegian
main-masses, rousing new waves of through the floodlit square as The conference will be pitand- 250,000 Bulgarians possed in tulns that Norway's Arimed deafening cheers.
night tell, undaunted by occasioned by an estimated 10. delegates, No positivè, date has been set for May Day procession past
The keynote of the celebration al downpours, the broadcast said, the beginning of the talks, but it the Forces being
Arc
used purely as Dimitrov Mausoleum here. tools by the Anglo-American was set by the Feking mayor-United Press.
will probably be within three Vatican City The Vatican, the
who declared:"We are here, to
weeks, only State in the world to ignore Meanwhile in London there are
the unprecedented arid. Istrengt May Day, went about its work as signs that the Communists may
growth of the usual today, oblivious 10 thebe barking up the
wrong. Dort world, camp, for peace and crowds carrying red flags through Comment the Americans the streets
of Rome.
destination of many of the ships
the great victory of
the revolution; and the great victory labouring people."
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Then, eaded by the Soviet
DE GAULLE ON
The Australian Foreign Minis- FRENCH POLICY try has advised the Philippines that it will not press for a mill- Paris, May. 1.. fory builance at the conference. General Charles de Gaullb, but this would be no guarapice People, addressing a monster intention to spoorhead formation rally in the Hols do Boulogne, of a Féclic version of the North estimated al nearly 200,000 peo-Atlantic Fact. ple said that France must stand
The only sign that the Vatican will be a closely guarded secret | Chinese people's. the Chinese feader of the Rally, of the, French that Australia has abandoned her |
Gorman Youlh flew over. the -Russian sector while the flags of order confining-the- gendarmerie Marshall Plan countries flutto barracks for the day in pre-
parition for any emergency.
tered over the West sectors.
Several thousand West, Ber- linére Dũng bricks and stones at East Berlin People's police across the East-West sector boundary aflér áttending demonstration in. the British sector,
Rowdies active
EVACUATION OF DUTCH FROM INDONESIA
Sydney, May
"Planes dipped-and-scattered leniles, as the marchers turned their heads in salute to Chuir man Mao.. Army, navy,
air force
tachments in their on... mart newly-designed uniforms led the way, and women's unita
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The Baguio, conference will be n her own sure dur
preceded by the Commonwealth inust There must be ho foreign Conference on May 10 In Sydney, and clarification of Australia's in questions con-policy is expected: then-Asso-
nation, es- ciated Press.
"Belst
South Africa
„Johantesburg—Ismail Cachollo, executive maraber, of the Trans-
in their new costumes and that cerning the vaal Indian Congress, sald today
The Sydney "Dally Telegraph" peaked caps, drew special up- pecially Indo-China" that a police squad called at the
The General also repeated hi offices of the "Defend Frendam" reported today that five British i plause Inks VRMAT
Indian envoy
that
à Uniliéd Europe could Convention Committee, and re-liners will be taken off the Aus-
New Delhi, May L The People's Police, acting, un moved a flog,
and trulia-England run during, August
Huga portraits of Mao, Tee-promote understanding between and September to evacuate Dutch
The Government announced der orders to avoid any clashes, placards.
tung, Marx, Engels, Lenin and France and Germany
*Tlic made a disciplined withdrawa Mr. Cachalla sold, that he was civilians from Indonesia to Hol-
Stalin were carried by the mare, best service that Franca today that Hindus are retiring well into the Soviet sector, wat asked to remove placards and land.
chars part of the Invincible can render to the free ballons is to their homes in the Pakistani The newer sald, that tha!
to and upright herself, he Bengal aren at the rate of 3,000 of stone's throw. They remained
answered that he would do so if Dutch Government, through the
forces arrayed against im-
29 Ma" stated.—Router.
dailyUnited Press.. there until West Berlin police it was unlawful to display them British Government, has, char reinforcements arrived 20 minutes but not otherwise. He was put in
banners
later and pushed back the crowd, a police van for a few minutes kered the P. & O,,ners, Ranch
At the end of the Western meet-
ing several Hundred youthful West
and then released.
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and Chitral and the Orient liner Police with batons 'dispersed a
Ormonde and Otranto for one workers' representatives from Berlin rowdies gathered at the crowd, which gathered outside voyage each for Jakarta, liner Maloja is sector frontier, booing and hiss- the offices.
expected. Tokyo: Japan's No. 1 Ing the Eastern police cordon.
to
drafted cvacuation, Bervice.. West and East German police-to-munisi, Sanzo Nozaku; called for gether dispersed the youths. Five an carly peace treaty and the The liners will join the people were arrested for prevent- ending
fleet of preparations for wat
of
Dutch ships now. ing West Berlin police from ré-at today's May Day demonstre-evacuating more than 20,000 Rob was made of the Billah, moving Communist posters stuck tiort attended by 300,000 Japan Dutch nationals from Jakarta,
ese trade unionists on the Ime: the paper sald. perial Plaza in front of Emperor
The newspaper quoted' spokes Hirohito's Palace..
on railway earringe windows from the Russian sector.
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