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CHINA MAIL

No. 34583.

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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1950.

BEVIN AND ACHESON Honeymoon King

CONFER IN LONDON

Britain reported seeking U.S. aid in Malaya

EXTENSION OF TRUMAN DOCTRINE

London, May 9.

The United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, started a general survey of the cold war today in search of "total diplomacy" to stop Soviet imperialism in South East Asia and Europe.

Secret Peking

military pact with Vietminh

In

New York, May 9.

French intelligence officers Indo-China believed that

Dr. Ho Chirinha

tonomist

Government

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had

concluded a scerat military agreement with Mr. Mao Tse- tung's Communist regima in China, the New York Times reported today from Salgen.

The newspaper's special correspondent, Mr. Cyrus Bulzberger. sold that while all detalls of thie suspected pact were still lacking, It was believed that it provided for accelerated aring deliveries by China to the Vietminh ar ganization:

"It is known that the Chin- Communiste captured

00,000 rifles as well as other large stocks of equipment at Hainan, much of which might be more useful to the Com munist cause in the Vietnam War than 10 China," Mr. Sulzberger added.—Reuter.

Crippling land-tax in Shanghai

Many missionary and philan-

Mr. Acheson, accompanied by the United States Ambassador, Mr. Lewis Douglas, held his first talk with Mr. Bevin at the Foreign Office shortly after arriving from Paris.

Mr. Achoson and Mr. Bevin, with their advisers, will spend most of day together-meeting in the morning, luncheon at Mr. Bevin's apart- ment and meeting in the afternoon.

The French Foreign Minis- ter, M. Robert Schuman will join them on Thursday for the Big Three conference.

The Prime Minister Mr. Cle- ment Attlee joined Mr. Acheson and Mr. Bevin at luncheon.

Mr. Acheson's team of advisers in- for the opening conference cluded the Ambassador-at-Large, Dr. Philip Jessup, and the Re- publicna adviser, Mr. John Sher- man Cooper.

Mr. Acheson, having extended the Truman Doctrine to French Indo-Chinn, fuced British demands today to include all-of South East

Asia in the new project for stop-

ping Soviet imperialism,

After two conferences with M. Schuman in Paris, Mr. Acheson announced yesterday the United States decision to give France military and economic aid to night the menaces of Soviet im- perialism in Indo-China.

for

loss of the cold war is just as horrible to contemplate as possi- ble victory of Hitler was in 1940.

"Turn for the

•

worse in Malaya

Meanwhile "The Timer" asid

in an editorial today that Mr.

Bevin, and Mr. Acheson would examine the recent "turn for; the worse" in Malaya before the three power, disodiasiona be- gin on Thursday, adde Router.

It added that the Malayan situn-

tion was likely to gure more prominently in the agenda of the Sydney conference, opening next week,

"The restoration of internal peace must precede any effective planning for aid to South East Asia." "The Times" continued, "But the terrorists continue to hold their ground in spite of the best efforts of 16,000 regular troops, 70.000 police and a strong contingent of the Royal Air Force.

King Phumiphon of Thailand, aged 22, stept down from his private. cream coloured train at Hua Hin, Thalland, smid heavy rain. The King spent a few days there on honeymoon with his brids, the former Princeca Sirikit Kitiyakara, aged 17, after their marriage at Bangkok. Hua Hin is accessible by rail way or plane, but not by car.-(AP Photo).

ship

Another British held by Nationalists

Nationalist warships fired on and detained the

This

British ship, $$. Wolu, on April 28, as that ship was attempting to enter the South China' port of Amoy, the "Ching Mail" learned `yes- torday.

is the fourth British ship to be placed under armed guard and detention in the past two months in South China waters.

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RUSSIA WALKS OUT OF ECAFE COMMITTEE

Bangkok, May 9.

Russia today walked out of a United Nations com- mittee when it was denied an anticipated first UN seat for a Communist China delegate. The Soviet delegate stalked from the industry and Trade session of the regional Economic Con- ference for Asia and the Far East, the 24th major UN committee from which, such a walk-out has

been staged.

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The walk-out came after de- legates refused to take up the Soviet resolution called for re- placement of the Nationalist

Malaya RAF Commander visits Sydney

Chinese representative by one from Red Chinä.

This committee, by reason of its regional placement and heavy weighting of British Common wealth countries which have re cognised Red China, was supposed |to give the Chinese Reds their first

chance of UN recognition.

Nationalist

planes raid Red craft

Talpel, May 9. The Nationailst Air Force today claimed it sank a largo part of more than 2,800 amall Communist craft massed nea: the mainland ports of Swalow. Amoy and-Feochow, opposite Taiwan, in a blistering sur- (All prise, attack yesterday. three ports are among likely

The full regional committee will meet here on May 16. At bases for Red invasion of Tal- that time Soviel delegate, the wan.

Minister to Thailand, Mr. S. 5. The Air Force said the biggest Nemtchina, is expected to re-offer concentration of these craft was his resolution to exclude the at the mouth of the Min River Kuomintang representative and

recognise the Red China delegate. 2,000 wore ow, where more than

were nisembled. As yet no delegation from Peking has been sighted in Bang-fresh Nationalist air attack yes- The Air Force also reported a kok. Even the Soviet presence alterday on the Communist airfield today's committee meeting of at

menibers and associate members

the British-owned was not deelded upon until the Shanghai,* 80 miles South

Sydney, May 9. Air Vice-Marshal F. J. W. Mellersh, the Royal Air Force Commander in Malaya, has ar rived here by air.

In Singapore "Straits Times" says this morn Ing that it had been suggested that the mission to Australla of Air Vice-Marshal Mellersh goes much further than simply telling the Royal Australian Air Force about the oporations in Malaya.

The paper adda that there speculation In Australia on the potability of the RAAF sending flying detachment to Malaya to aid

the anti-terrorist operations.

In

Menzies' view

In Canberra, the Australlen Minjatar, Mr. Robert

Prime

Menzies, taid Reuter today thei

was

last minute when Minister Nemtchine and his second secret- ary. Mr. I, G. Usaichev, appeared.

The Chinese Red issue raised a few minutes after the session opened. Mr. Nemichina clude the Nationalist China, introduced "a resolution to ex-

Point of order'·

The Nationalist Charge d'Af. faires, Mr. Patrick Pichi Bun raised a point of order that the Bovist resolution was not with: in the competence of the body, The United Kingdom and Thai- land took China's sido..

of

anti-aircraft fire, wda onterad; the Air Force said, but nevertheless nearly all in- stallations at the fold destroyedtionalist

Other

ware

warplanes raided Communist artillery post- ions on Chintang,, one of the Communist-held Islands of the Chusan

Toup and according to the Air Force, achieved, satisfac- tory results.

(Chintang is only three miles from Nationalist-held Chuson, main island of the group. From Chintang the Reds have ocr ensionally shelled Chuson.)

Nespatches - belatedly claimed

warships on May 0 Then ensued more than two attacked more than 200 Commun he would be delighted to get hours of ineffectual, wrangling lat craft at a point on the main- some first-hand Information on over technical as well as unrelated land near Chusan and in a fierce

Malcolm MacDonald, but also

Malaya, "not only from Mr issues before the temperary chair agbt lasting three hours, destroy from the experts with him."an, the ECAFE Secretary,' Mred more than half of them."

Mr. Menzies was commenting on the vialt to Australia of the | British".Commiskloner-General ; In South East Also, who, la to attend the. Sydney conference on econo.. mle ald to South and South East Aria.

5. Lokanathan, ruled against In addition, 10 Red soldiers China's point of order,

were taken prisoner. Associated Press.

ruling and was supported so the China challenged the chair's

challenge by the United Kingdom.

Australian dockers oppose anti-Red Bill

Sydney, May 9, Waterside workers here to-

It took the delegates d full balf hour to realise that the roll call votal was on whether to uphold Referring to the visit of Air reject the chair's ruling.. Only Marshal Meliorah, Mr. Menzies Burma and India voted to uphold. said: "It is intelligible that Air the chair. The Sovlet delegate Vice Marshal Mellersh should be argued that vote on a point coming here. We will want to of order was unconstitutional. He According to reliable' ship-know what is going on, and it in said the vote should have been ping reports, the ship is being understandable that Mr. Mac- taken on his prior resolution.

Nations Voting against the held near Kinmen, about 20 Donald would have his experts

chair's ruling were Austràlia, day called on the Australian miles from Amoy, at the Nu- with him.":

Mr. Menzies refused to confirm China, France, the Netherlands, Council of Trade Unions, which tionalist navy base.

a report that the British Govern- New Zealand, Thailand, the United meets on May 16, to organise She was reported to have beenment had decided not to seek Kingdon and the United States a nationwide i labour stoppage taking "high grade cargo, in-military assistance from Australia All have voting rights in the in protest against the Govern- cluding medical suppiles, into in Malaya.-Router,

major sèssion scheduled for next week. Pakistan and the Philip-ment's Anti-Communist Bill, Amoy when two Nationalist patrol

pines-abstained, liixty.ships were.Idle this marne- boats sighted her, and opened fire.

Associate membera voting ing as 7,000 dockers stopped work Reports sald that the ship sus-

against the chair wore Cambodia, to attend a protest meeting, but fained damage from small calibre

Hơng Kong, Laos, Malaya; British it was expected that work might fire; no one was reported Infured.

Borneo and Vietnam. The asso" | be_restined later today, Her radio is reported to be

clate members will not have a The Auckland Watersiders sealed.

vote at the meeting next week. Union today resolved to refuse The oigners of the Walu could

Indonesia, an associate member, to loan any arms or troops · to not be located for comment last

abstained.

Any war ares as the first step Ceylon, Nepal and Korea were toward world pence." Reuter re- |not represented.

ports from Auckland. The vole alignment today was Mr. A. Drennan, the, union not especially significant. It was present, sold the resolution ap- She was reported to have a pre-gusts but hovered near the 40-viewed by many sa simply a piled not only to Malaya but to whole. dominantly Chinese crew, with knot mark most of the time. The means of avoiding the Issue for the world situation as a

Reuter the exception of the Captain and centre of the storm passed 116 another week Associated Press. several officers.

not only a geogra- This was Iphical extension of the Truman Deetrine, originally promulgated Greece and Turkey, to Asia

"Allowance has to be made for but tit also was expansion of its

-the - dlficulties--which--the-forces ---

Stockholm, May 1, criginal objective to help free and

of the Crown are meeting; thick The Swedish Foreign Oice Independent nations to resist

Jungle offers an impenetrable announced today that Mr. Ludvig totalitarianism and to assisi

shelter to the rebels and restricts Hammarstroem, former Ambassa colonial and semi-colonial coun- communications to well defined dor to Nationalist China, had been nation's Am- and narrow arteries, vulnerable appointed as the

bassador to the Chinese Com to attack by few determined munist capitol at Peking.

Sweden granted diplanatic re-night. cognition to the Chinese Com münists last January,

tries which are striving for de- mperatic evolution,"

thropic Institutions in Shang-To seek aid

hat are facing a financial crisis

as a result of the authorities'

land property tax, according to arrivals from the North.

It is understood that

the

authorities have announced more than 81,673 million Jen Min Plao (approximately US$2,333,500)

have hitherto been collected in one district alone, This amount represents only 70 por cent of the total expected from the district, according to the arrivals.

The district is Whangpoo, which Includes the Shanghai Bund, with

its many large buildings.

for Malaya

Mr. Bevin is certain to seek ald for Malaya similar to that Mr. Acheson pesmised Franc

or

at. last relaxation of the military aid programme spree. ment which would allow Bri. tain to uss those

supplies to -strengthen its hard-pressed

Malayan garelson.

Mr. Acheron's schedule in Lon-

men.

"Lonely plantations and isolat ed mines provide jempting tar- gels both for gang of gunmen und for more formidable hands who assemble undetected until they are ready to launch an on- slaught in strength.

"Yet when all is said, the fact remains that a few thousand fanatical Communisté, heartily disliked by the great majority of the population, are success- the local fully defying both government and the forces of the Crown."

"The Times" said that the vial

doa, is a heavy one. His schedule of Mr. Strachoy, War Minister,

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The Foreign Office said General. Keng Plao had been appointed Chinese Ambassador to stockholm,

Associated Press.

مجید

LONDON-SHAI REMITTANCES

San Francisco, May. 9. Remittance 'service between London and Shanghal has been resumed since contact was re- established between the Shanghal

Chinese crow.

TYPHOON SKIRTS GUAM

Guam, May 0.1 Islanders and American servien personnel returned to their quar- ters today in the wake of typhoon which skirted Guam yes- terday doing negligible damage.

The wind touched 60 knots in

miles South West of the island.

The typhoon, fourth of the year Negotiations are continuing in these latitudes, headed toward for the release of three other two Jima.Asaviated Press.. Bouth China blɔekade running

ships, the'cs, Cloverlock which PRINCESS LEAVES

was reported damaged and de. tained 10 days ago — the us.

Sing Hing and the Motler.

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MALTA. Valetta, Malta, May 9. Princess Elizabeth left here Some shipping sources insist today for England in an aircraft

The fleet

today Includes private conferences and Mr. Griffiths, Colonial Minis-branch and the London brantli 'Tho' same sources sald that

of the Bank of China, the Pelting that the Ethel Moller was sunk of the King's Fight. and luncheen with Mr. Bavin. On ter, should be the occasion of a many owners, rather than face Wednesday he will lunch with general overhaul of the methode radio sald. The first remittance early in March; of fat sources can fired a 21 gun royal palute as the now being used to break this from London was received in neither deny or confirm the re-Viking flew over Grand Harbour..

Princess Elizabeth, who is e expect- United Press” and Reuter.

the tux, had abandoned their King George at

mcch

Buckingham

properties and have left Shanghai. Palace and In the evening will In such cases, the Land Adminis-

a major foreign policy tration 'Bureau has taken over

before the Plgrims So- temporary custody of the proclety: The Big Three meetings

start on Thursday followed by the

perties.

The tax is semi-annual, and full. Atlantic Pact council of 12 covers any privately-owned pro-nations the next week. perties, whether built up or not,

Reuter.

The Weather

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rip upon the peoples of Malaya. nanghal on May 4, according to ports, but, think the Ethel Moller

the broadcast-Unlled Press.

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is also being detained in Kinnien. Ing a second child this summer.

Red Customs officials cause congestion along HK border

Communist Customs officials were let through at intervals ar

Only about 150 or 200 Chiness

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to Malta at the end of March to be with her husband the

Duke

of Edinburgh, who is First Lieu- tenant in the destroyer Chequers

The Princess' departure wil delayed 24 hours because of bad weather-Reuter

On Other. Pages

The Western Ministers face dozens of specific problems- |South East Asia, Germany, ex- pansion of the Atlantic Pact, the Japanese peace treaty and the

on the Hong Kong border "yes" (those on-the-bridge-ahead-gradu who are seeking to evacuate the Austrian peace treaty but pro- bably as high as anything among

terday delayed thousands of ally passed through the Com- mainland permanently are being Mr. Acheson's objectives is the people seeking to enter Chinu munist barrier,

Because of the Communist permitted to enter the Colony at ace Lowu Hails and then, only after desire to galvanise the Western by insisting upon rigorous per- tiot some people waited five and satisfactory evidence of their fu- | Page 2 typhoon fa ráve centred about 200 mila world to realisation that the sonal, and baggage checks.six hours to cross the frontier ure employment and accom- NW of Cisam and, la mistnæ NNW) at 15

war" is just as real and Most of those affected were compared with a maximum of modation have been given. knots. The trough remiste, from Tonkin langerous as a shooting war and

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