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CHINA MAIL
No. 34592.
ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1950.
TAIWAN'S
Shipping firm listing CRITICAL cargo for Shanghai
CAT files suit for
possession of planes
Civil Air Transport, Incorporated, has filed a suit against the managements of the China National Avia- tion Corporation and the Central Air Transport Cor- poration for possession of the assets of the airlines in the Colony, at present impounded by an order of The King, it was learned yesterday.
It is understood that this time the action is speci- fically for a Supreme Court declaration that CAT, Inc., are the owners of the aircraft and equipment, and aro sololy entitled to their possession,
CAT Inc. recently brought an appeal against the decision of the then Chief Justice, Sir Leslie Gibson, who some months ago refused their application for the appointment of a receiver in respect of the airlines' assets in Hong Kong,
The Court of Appeal upheld Sir Leslie's refusal of the application in that the doctrine of sovereign immunity operated over the airlines, and dismissed the appeal.
Major General Claire L. Chennault has announced through a spokesman that he is bringing the appeal in this connection before the Privy Council in London.
Reform Club dissatisfied with London
progress on
constitutional reform
The Reform Club of Hong Kong is dissatisfied with the progress being made in London re- garding constitutional reform for Hong Kong, it was officially announced yesterday.
A Club statement added that a further public meeting will be held shortly to discuss the subject.
The statement -included copies of un exchange of cor respondence between the Club and the British Prime Minis- ter in which it was stated that the Secretary of State for the Colonies could
include not Hong Kong in his visit to South East Asia.
Soldiers hurt
in traffic accident
Navy's reported
warning about Yangtse mines
CARGO, HULL RATES
Most Hong Kong ship- ping companies bogan taking listings for Shang- hai cargo yesterday for
the first time for months.
However, the "China Mail" was told by a shipping official that the Royal Navy had ad- vised shipping companies nul 10 send their ships to Shang- hal until the Yangtse had been definitely cleared of mines.
would
A Naval spokesman neither confirm nor deny that the Navy and advised local shipping companies on the resumption of trade with Shanghai.
100 DAYS
: Taipeh, May 19. Talwan faces a critical 100 days and, if it passes them safely, will süll be a National- Ist stronghold next year this time so says General Chiang Ching-kuo.
The General, who is Generalla- simo Chiang Kai-shek's elder son, is head of the Defence Ministry's Political Section.
His appraisal of the situation was among many following the Nationalist abandonment of the Chusons.
Bail schedules were disrupted through the dispersal of troops, many of whom were bound for training camps in Southern Tal-
wan.
Evacuation of Quemoy denied by KMT
Talpsh, May 19.
Authorities today officially denied reports that Nation. allat forces had abandoned Quemoy, defence outpost near, Amoy.
Forces on the island, which en 115 miles West of Tai- wan, are commanded by Gen- ernt Hu Llen. - Associated Preza.
However, previous offers by
Authorities claim that the re- foreign seamen in Shanghai to cent smashing of a big Commun- Eweep the Yangise of mines ist spy ring in Taiwan was one which the Nationalists claim to of the reasons why the Reds did have town-were refused by
not learn of the Nationalist plan Shanghai officials.
lo abandon the Chusons.
Within three weeks agents, taking advantage of the
Au American source said yes-1 terday that, by using junks and whaling vessels, the Communists rould effectively sweep the river within three weeks.
He added: "Since the appear- of Communist combat planes
ance
The Reform Club's message to Two soldiers of the Royal 500 net tons. the Prime Minister said: "In view Military Police
They also claimed that 24 Rel
government's offer of clemency, surrendered in the past five days. General impeached
Another development was the Impachment of General Hu Teung-han for his failure to halt the Red advance in North West China last year. --
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RAF bombing practice
A Royal Air Force Sunderland flying boat from Kal Tak is shown bambing a target in Port Shelter.
The stick of bombs, the first of which have hit the water, can be seen leaving tha aircraft and completely straddling the target Tehown at left).
RED OFFICIALS TAKE OVER
U.S. PROPERTY IN CANTON
Canton Communist officials have soixed the for- mor American Embassy and United States Information Sarvice buildings in Canton, ́a
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India's terms
foreign source told the "China Mail" yester for attending
day,
The American Consulate-General in Hong Kong confirmed the seizure of the diplomatic pro- perty.
· Tel. 21438
Lie ends Moscow mission
Moscow, May 19. The United Nations Secro- tary General, Dr. Trygve Lie left by plane for Prague carly today, saying his peace talka with Premier Josef Stalin and other Soviet officials had foft him with much to think over and study.
Dr. Lie was seen off at the airport by the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Andret Gromyko, Mr. Alexis Roshin, chief of the UN section of the Foreign Ministry, and other Soviet officials,
Before hoarding the plane, which took off at 3.40 a.m. Dr. Lle commented that the weather was better than when ho camo to Moscow. It was raining when he arrived last week.
Dr. Lie will fly from Prague to Paris where he expects to arriva tonight before, continuing on, to London and the United States.
He disclosed as a press con- ference pm Wednesday that ho Intends to talk to the French and British leaders and finally to President Truman and the Secretary of State, Mr. Bean Acheron In his attempt to and the UN deadlock and onse the gold war.
Dr. Lie told Mr. Gromyka that he was returning by ship to the United States to give himself a better opportunity to deliberatd and review his conversations hero, The UN Secretary General held a final 30-minute conference with the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei. Vyshinsky last night. It was assumed that Dr. Lie review. ed with Mr. Vyshinsky the talks he had held herd since his arriv- al on May 11:
Dr. Lie arrived in Prague from the Russian capital at 8 am. GMT, He left aboard a Czech airlines plane due to arrive in, Paris, at 3.40 p.m GMT-United Press,
•
Baguio talks Two killed
New Delhi, May 19. The newspaper, “Indian
in
rioting: Bolivia
In as headquarters for the that the Government of India Foreign Affairs Ministry of has laid down list of condi- all Kwangtung and Kwangsl, the tions Before accepting Prest
source said:
trol Yuan, which exercises broad The British Consul-General in-neusmen in Canton are extremely the Bagulo conference.
him
La Paz, May 19. Two civilians were killed
He added that American busi. / dent Quirino's invitation 19and-12 soldiers, were wound- over gov-formed the American Consulate-apprehensive that the Red_vf|~ The paper sold, India asked us as a nationwide general strike
Cenarai in Hong Kong.
cials
over
tako Wil
privato Last week. Red troops stripped American-owned facilities in the curances the two buildings of all remain near future. ing United States Insignia, and
I. That the meeting would not
Both of the American diploma- even distantly alm at building tic posts are on Shameen Island
the former foreign Settlement some anti-Communist bloc; In Canton.
2. Exclusion of any idea of mili- tary pacts;
About three weeks ago, the raised the Chinese Communist The General, who once com gource said, Cantori officials flag over the buildings, ever Shanghai, we believe there
Uttle, to fear from air attack."manded an army of 250,000 mon,hollfled the British Consul- They are, now using the bulld News Chronicle said- today
A British official pointed out has been for many years a close General in Canton of their in-lugs
of Chiang tention to requisition that amali merchant ships could friend and associate
American Government pro- Immediately set out for Shang.
Hu was Impeached by the Con- perty in Canton. bal in relative malety. He said that the un-charted North Channel of the Yangtse elvar supervisory functions
crnment officials. was known not to be mined. The two British ships which
The Control Yuan also im poached former Minister of Com have entered Shanghal during
munications Tuan mu Chich, the past five months Used the North Channel. Both of these now in Hong Kong, chrging
with
responsibility for Inli ships. however, were only about
year's defaction of China's two civil ale
air lines. Though no shipping companies were injured would of the importance to the Colony in a trafle accident involving many
reveal yesterday how In his statement saying Taiwan lons of Shanghai cargo faces a critical 100 days, General and the Empire of the constitu-
declared there Ching-kuo tional question still awaiting their medium-sized military they have listed during the past. Chiang London's decision, the Reform lorry, a bus and a laxi yes two days, one official said that were indications the Reds might he had personally booked for bis have skipped the Chusans for a Kong strongly terday at Causeway Bay. urges the visit of the Colonial The mishap, which occurred at company more than 4,000 tons of direct assault on Talwan.
This, he explained, was one of
Taipeh, May 19. Secretary to include Hong Kong."
p.m., damaged the three Shanghai cargo yesterday after- about s
Victor the reasons for the Nationalist
Collison: The reply received through the vehicles but fortunately did not noon.
formerly Colonial Secretarial stated:
purser of the British steamer Cargo and hull rates to Shang-withdrawal which, he asserted, "claim any lives. am directed to inform you that The soldiers, Privates Loughlin hat, still hover about three per would not only enable the suc- Wing Sang, pleaded guilty In 11's Excellency the Governor and Sprait, aged 23 and 21 respec- cent on hull insurance und live cessful defence of Taiwan, but the Taipeh district court yer- has been notified by the Becretively, were assisted, bleeding, aut per cent on cargo. This is the pave the way for Nationalist interday to charges of smuggling
of their lorry, which had turned second-highest rate for any Com vasion of the fed mainland, that a telegram which you sent
munist city, bettered only by the to the Prime Minister in which bulance to the Queen Mory Hos. on its side, and rushed by am-
rates to Canion. you
urged behalf of the
on
pital. Reform Club of Hong Kong that the Secretary of State should In- clude Hong Kong In his visit to Bowen Road Military Hospital.
The No. & Route bus
Club of Hong
tary of State for the
Colonies
They were later laken to the Fall rapidly
was
Malaya has been passed to him travelling from West to East along by the Prime Minister,
Near the Bay Tunglowan Road.
Once several ships break the blockade at either port, the rates
I
Purser pleads guilty to gold charge
Sentence is to be pronounced
If the Nationalists passed the geld from Talwan to Hong next 100 days safely, young Kong. Chiang continued, they should still be here in Taiwan next year, "and in that period both the in- ternal and international situation might drastically change." (Chiang Ching kuo doubtless meant the next world war might break out
"The Governor has before View Police Station, the vehicle are expected to fall rapidly, and the Nationalists and them- to arrange for you to inform- ed that Mr. Griffiths much re- come into contact with Military will the profits on the cargoes. selves on the side of and support- grets his inability to include vehicle No. 13257 driven by the
policemen.
Hong Kong in his tour owing to he bump was not in itself of
the shortness of time at his dis- posal, The
Secretary of State very much force, but nevertheless wishes you to know that he is it sent the lighter vehicle of the fully alive to the importance of soldiers to one side. the issue of constitutional re- form in Hong Kong which re- ceiving his consideration."
·
DEBATE ON FE
London, May, 10.
The House of Commons is to debate the situation in the For East and South East Asla next Wednesday.Router.
The Weather
At the moment, Taxi No. 431: coming in the same direction collided with the Military lorry The
impact sent the lorry to the far side of the road, and the farge taxi the ether.
soclated Press.
AUSTRALIAN ENVOY TO PI
An American official salded by the Western powers.As that it was not now question with of resumption of trade Shanghai, "which will be back to normal in few months," but which of several, compet- ing companies will get their ships in first,
"unusual. reaping dividends." ly high "After the voyage proves safe, profits on Shanghai cargo will be no more than any other safe
Canberra, May 19. Mr. Percy Spender, Minister for External Affairs, today announced the appointment of Rear-Admiral George Dunbar Moore, CBE, us A British official summed the first Australian Minister to the "Let the Philippines.
Rear-Admiral Moore will take
The Military vehicle was the port," he said. most damaged of the three. The
taxi had a part of the body push-whole problem up
ed In, but the driver was unhurt Communists- themselves declare save for a few scratches, +
COMPROMISE
IN SYDNEY
Sydney, May 19.
The Australian proposals which enused a hitch at the Common- wealth conference here on help for South and South East Asia,
AL 6000 GMT (3 pm, IMET), deep and extensive depremion now "centred, aff The East Coast of Hokkaido continue to more Eastwards, Into the Pacific. A well developed, trough continuing a series will be considered at a further minur depressione extends BW'ards, tramcoting to be held in London in
it' long the Bouth coast of depan fank | August, an authortative source
To the South; of this trangh ́a'rilge a‡ high prodeurs' from Vie Pugila' kitleyelana stretches to the Philippine
the Yangise free from mines, up his duties at the end of May. then they will get their cargoes." Router.
Japan's textile industry praised by joint mission
on May 24.
Collison, a Londoner, aged 50, was in pre-war days an inspector in the old International Settlement police force at Shanghal.
His wife lives in Hong Kong. In a statement to the court, Collison pleaded for leniency.
He pointed out that Chinese ithorities who had taken over
First case
The former Embassy building| had just been completely re- modelled before it was closed down, a few weeks before the Chinese Communists entered the Pearl-river city lalo in, 1949.
It is not yet known whether the State Department in Wash- ington plans, protest over the
-seizures,
3. Exclusion from the talks of the representatives of Bouth Korea, Nationalist China and
ed in rioting here last night
curtailed normal activities.
The Director General of Police blamed Communists for the shoot- ing. He sold the police arrested a number of demonstrators who carried. portrait the Boylst Premier, Mr. Josef Stalin and a quantity of Communist propa- ganda
Following the shootings the prefect of the Department of La Paz prohibited-all public depion-- strations and ordered a curfew beginning at 11 p.m.
after
Used tear gas Three delegations to the forth- coming Bagul conference-India.
The`rloting; "broke out Pakistan and Australla-are ex troops used tear gas to disperse pected to arrive id. Manila from a group of demonstrators, Australia by air on May 24, âm.
The Chief of Police said the Though there are no diplomatic cording to a usually reliable demonstrators were led by two rifies and persons who carried relations between
and, source adde Reuter from Manila. Peking
fired upon the troops.. Washington, the American Gov-
It is stated that India and
The chief of the president's ernment has in the past been abla Pakistan will be represented b
military staff said the troops "did to use the good offices of the Bri- tish Foreign Office to communi- the same delegations at prosent at not at any time use bullets but Sydney United Fress and Rey- | gas and plstols as a warning to the demonstrators."--United Press. cate with the Chinese Peoples the Commonwealth conference in confined themselves to Bring tear
Government,
The Communist seizure of this ter American property is the first reported confiscation of Ameri- can diplomatic posts in Red China.
However, several months ago,
United
the assets and liabilities of the the Communist officials in Peking International Settlement Muniel-commandeered unused
States' *marine *.
*.barracks pal Council had never paid the police pension due him.-Asso- Peking ciated Press,
BIG THREE ANNOUNCEMENT ON AUSTRIA
London, May 10.
in
The Peklag Reizuro" predicated the almost immediate withdrawal of American, diplómatic person- net from all of China,
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