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MACARTHUR PURGES "Walking wounded" NATIONALIST ATTACK ON

JAPAN'S RED LEADERS

Committee members are banned from politics

SEVEN MP'S AFFECTED

Tokyo, June 6.

General Douglas MacArthur angered by Japanese Red attacks on American soldiers, ordered 24 top Communist leaders purged today, and the Japanese Government swiftly followed his com-

mand,

The Government promptly notified the 24 members of the Communist

Party Centrol Committee they have been barred from politics.

Strachey arrives for military discussions

Britain's Secretary of State for War, Mr. John Strachey, arrived in Hong Kong from Singa- pore yesterday promising to assess the wal- fare and military deployment of Hong Kong's garrison.

The War Secretary, who arrived from a two week's mission in troubled Malaya, will hold military discussions with Far East Service Chiefs in Hong Kong before returning to England on Friday.

Mr. Strachey, sun-tanned" and soft spoken, explained: 191 reporter's at Kai Tak yesterday that he would have little to say about Hong Kong until he had examined the situation. here.

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He arrived by special Royal Air Force planc.

Asked about the object of his, visit to Hong Kong Mr. Strachey replied that he was going to examine the altuation here in line with his duties.

Pressed further, he added that this would include both the wel- Care of British troops in Hong Kong, and the "military deploy- rent" of troops in the Colony.

He explained that tho British Government

always con

adequacy of

.cerned

with the

the deployment of their troops all aver the. Einpire.

His itinerary for the next two days includes Inspection trips 'of the troops in Hong Kong and the Now Territories, talks with service chlets and several social functions.

Security measures Civilion police enforced strict at Kal Tak security measures yesterday, prior to Mr. Strachey's visit.

"

More than a dozen plain clothes men formed a large ring about the landing are on the RAF side of Kal Tak:- All civil

personnel at: the airport were requited to show passes, and most were thoroughly searched,

aviation

Civilians intending to meet friends arriving by air at Kal Tak yesterday afternoon, wete denied entry into the airport.

A police officer explained that the security measures were little more than routing for visiting dignitories,

Accompanying ME Gtrachey from: Singapore were General Sir John Harding, Commantter-In-

The Weather:

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The Secretary for War, Mr. John Strachey, leaving -ħin special Royal Air Force planc at Kal Tak yesterday after arrival in Hong Kong from Singapore. ("China Mali” Photo).

Seven of them will have to seats. vacate Parliamentary.

from All will be prohibited party membership or any opti political activity. They will also be prohibited from hold. ing positions of influence in other activities.

The swift move which Gen- eral MacArthur ordered in v letter, will cost the Reds their principal public speakers and most effective leaders. Tech- nically they will also be pro- hibited from guiding party affairs or writing. but these bans have proved to be un- enforceable.

Notifications by the Government of Premier Shigeru Yoshida was **famadestat series' ji releuates and special defivery letters to the Reds; They were despatched after the cabinet discussed the Supreme Commander's letter at a special meeting.

Chief Far East Land Forces; Major General H. Redman, Direc- for of Military Operations at the War Office and Mr. W. Geraghty, Mr. Strachey's private secretary.

National police, who took steps

Choung Hing Wharf

from the at the Ta Hina

Two of the "walking wounded" photographed after disembarking yesterday. The baby miraculously escaped injury though ite mother was wounded in the head by shell splinters.("China Mail" photo),

Admiral Brind on

CHEUNG HING DESCRIBED

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A Nationalist Navy Commander killed eight of his countrymen and scri- ously wounded seven in an unprovoked attack on the British-registor ed vessel, Cheung Hing, on Monday morning off Amoy. The ship, with gaping holes in her side and damaged steering gear, arriv ed in Hong Kong harbour yesterday morning and berthed alongside the To Hing Wharf with the aid of the salvage tug, Alicia Moller. The wounded were sent to Queen Mary Hospital by ambulances.

dead were buried at sea,

The attack, according to Mr. J. G.. Skinner, master of the Cheung Hing, occurred with out warning outside Chinese territorial waters. All the victims were Chinese passen- gers. None of the European officers were hurt.

The 04 crew and 104 passengers of the damaged and, blond-stained British passenger ship had ex- perienced a hurrowing night when the vessel was shelled by a No- tionalist warship off Amoy with-

warning.

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Signs of ""cold-blooded massacre by the Nationalists," as a passch- ger described it, could be seen when the 800-ton British conster berthed alongside the Ta Hing Wharf.

The shelling caused the deaths of eight passengers, including two women, while another seven, in- cluding two women, were serious ly wounded and removed to Queen Mury hospital immediately after the arrival of the vesel.

A number of other passengers and crew sustained slight injuries from shell splinters or steam from a broken pipe.

Large hole

r

A hole nearly two feet in length

and a foot in-width could be seen

on the starboard side at the stern,

The

Vivid evidence of the accuracy et Nationailut shelling-one

of the holes in the side of the Cheung Hing,{"China - Mall" Khoto).

Seven were killed by one, back to Hong Kong at 3,50 a.m. shell which pierced the pull and on Monday. entered a third class cabin.

When the vessel was just out-

Another shell pierced. cabins side the three miles limit of Nationalists

The

lavatory

white man's prospects the banded the earth Massage from frigate

in South East Asia

Tokyo, June 6.-

to guard against possible retalia-Admiral Sir E. J. Patrick Brind, Commander of the

toy action, arrested two union lenders for thoir alleged part in the Memorial Day demonstration during which Ainerican soldiers were attacked,

The arrests led to speculation that General MacArthur's letter may be a springboard stronger measures against the Communists." Among Politburo leaders mark- ed for the purge were these top chieftaias: Kyulchi Tokuda, gen- cral accrelacy; Sanzo Nozaka Muscow-trained strategist, Yostio

and

British Far East Station, told foreign corres pondents in Tokyo today he was not "gloomy"!

Nos. 8, 4 and 2.

2 and the

Amay, at about 4.20 a.m., the Arsi warship

fred more than 20 gunfire from astern was heard. rounds and, according to Mr. The shell did not hit the verks" Skinner, it was the second or third which continued to steam ahead shell which damaged steering gear and brought the vessel--nl-. moat to & athnids Un, j

According to Mr. Skinner, the Cheung Hing left Amoy on its way

Airliner

about the white man's prospects in South East forced down.

Asio.

Replying to questions regarding the recent fore- costs that all whites would be expelled from "the area within three years, Admiral-Brind- said the whites were still needed to help de- velopment in the political and economic fields. Security forces. in Malaya ider of the mill-nearly succeeded last year in leader

most bandits Comunist college students, tracking down The three are members of the and establishing a strong local Dict. The other three Lower Hous" administration in the cleared members from the Politburo are Kamiyama Kenichi to, Shigeo nd Kaaugo.

Shoichi Kauhe lone Polit-

ant

buro member in the Upper House, was just elected by a popular vote of more than 170,000.

areas.

Following the Communist suc-

ceases in China, however, bandit

Crew members of B & S ship held in Taiwan

in Atlantic

Miami, Florida, June 0.

A United States warship plucked 87 men from the Al- lantic Ocean on Tuesday--the. only known survivors of the chartered plane, that crashed into the sea on Monday night

with 881 persons aboard.

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Mr. Skinner thought the firing was froin Communist shore batteries as no signal was scou..

It was not until the

Chieun Hing received a radio message from the British frigate Whitesand Bay, moored outside Amoy waters, that it became known that a Na- donalist warship was shelling the vessel.

Almost simultaneously, two red lights were seen near the light- house astern of the Cheung Hing.

The shelling continued for about minutes and the Cheung Hing was hit by three shells,

few moments, the

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Awakened Fanseligors were panic-striken. Life jackets and buoys were Blstributed, in case

Wank. the ship

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blame Reds

Taipeh, June 4,

Nationalists The Chinese bald.inday that Communist -whore batteries, and not a Na-' tionallat gunboat, shelled the - Cheung Hing, a

fired

The Nationalist chsof-of-staff, General, Chou „Chi-jou, exid the Nationalist gunboat machine-guh bursts over the Cheung Hing's bow, while the cruising with British ship WAS

but lights off Communist held Wusis Haland, "He said the

Communials, apparently mis- taking the Cheung Hing for a Nationslict ship, ripped it with a heavy barrage of three-Inch sholla.“

* He' haid the fact that the shells resched - tha! vama: proved it was well inside the three-mile limit. He said the Nationalist gunboat was email and did not, carry, anything like three Inch gung-United Press

The wounded were immediately given first-aid treatment by given Chinese surgeon, Dr, Yang Chiu- heng (Vice-President of Cheng- A destroyer cafort which raced chow University in Fuklen), who to the scene began, taking on the was one of the passengers. ¿Cop survivors, at 7.30 am. EST. A tain Skinner warmly praised his

work.

..... After an inspection of the op- Fortunately, the warship did not ginos, the Cheung Hing continued tion estimated there were 45 per- sons on the rafts A Cost Guard attempt to chase the damaged vesher course to Hong Kong.. PBM was refused permission; to sel. land because the face liner Santa Paula was approaching to aid the destroyer escort!

search plans watching the opers- of lenders

morale and number Improved, said Sir Patrick.

Some leaders had apparently Infiltrated over the Siamese bor- Others completed their Yoshida's Government is in a

within the Maleyan sure position to enact, any laws necercary to carry out General jungle.

Driggs' Following General MacArthur's order, it won a appointment and reorganisation plurality in the Upper House In In Malaya, Sir Patrick sald he

It already Bunday's election.

was hopeful"we shall see a de- held a majority In the Lower Anite improvement in this area."

civil Malaya was largely "n problem with the need to

Houm,

The Acting Commander in Chet Turn against Reds strengthen administration. In the

of Hong Kong, Major General G. Evans Commodore L N. Brownfield, RN, Air Commodore, A. D. Davies met the War Minis- ter yesterday at Kai Tak.

Mr. Strachey is the guest of the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham.

He departs for England at 8 am on Friday.

Gov't reply on Immigration estrictions

Government "is" unable to of conelder any relaxation nontrol on Chinese - Immigra 'flon 'unt()' housing and health conditions in the Colony Im prove

This information was re- vealed in-- the reply, which gave to the Government Chinas General, Chamber Commerce in rejecting tha þér uz recent applidation for Trumova), de restrictions on frás inovament of, Chinave Mationala Jeto, the Colony.::

cleared areas,qs, soon as troops are moved out, said Admiral

Kong

Regarding Hong

Admiral Brind said the situa tion there depanded on whether the Communist Chinese Intend. ed to be aggressive or not. "My Government has already made it absolutely clear that we shall not countenance any

The popular vote clearly show-Brind ed a turn against the Communists. gave the Reds The Japanree 1.087.089 votes. This was 1,400,000 loss than they poiled in the 1949- Lower House election the high point of Red influence it the polls.

In Sunday's elections, 132 of the 250 Upper

House

were bi scota stake. The Liberals won 60, So- clalists 33, Green Wind, Society nine ench," Come

form of agatural that the It seemed Communists would try to Invade Tatwan, although Admiral Brind

sald

and independents. 18 | he did not necessarily think

inunists

and minor parties five. Five seats remain to be chunted,

they would succeed in the opera

tion.

The Royal Navy in the Padde had not-sighted any suspected Russian submarines,

The Nationalist authorities at Keslung, Taiwan, have da- tained a number of the crew of the se. Boochow, it was tearned yesterday.

A spokesman, for Butterfield and Bwire, agents for the vestal said that he had hoard that some crew had been de tained but could not confirm the reason for the detention.

Other reports said that ..eight. members of the crew ware arrested on allegatione of being involved in smug- gling.

"The larges

number of saft spotted by aircraft indicated that Coast Guard plants had dropped much resouN.

The

downed plane

rafts,

Obmenu saven

Three planne in the vast air-see

search fleet: said life rafts dotted the sea 270 miles off the Florida coast. One Coast Guard aircraft reported seeing 11′′rafts carrying 33 persons. Another, plane pre- vlously reported trop raits full of people" bobbing, on the waves. *Admiral Brlad, who was The terse, messages did not In- aboard the USB Missouri for dicate whether the reparts referred the-algning of the Japanese to the same: group of rafts. surrender document in

In 1945, The charter plane "ditched" in said he came to Tokyo to confer the Atlantic Ocean with engine with General. MacArthur, with trouble 330 miles North East of the United States Far East Milan United, resa Naval Commander, Vice Ad rofra! ..T. Joy, and with Ad- mira! Arthur Radford, Pacido Fleet Commander.

We spoke of matters in our are in which we have mutual interest," he said.

On Other. Pages

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Page 2 Admiral- Brind commends a Correspondende nect comprising one light foot. Page 8, 192

Opposition parties reacted cau ilously 15 Gearral MacArthur announcement of the urge from public

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that the British Naval strength in and Democrat the Pacife was suficient to "deal, craft carrier, one support carrier, Actress on magaslaughter charge Beth Socialiste blamed Premier Yoshida's Gov-with

If necessary, the Royal Navy gates expected to join his Boct Page Gi economic conditions that led le

econǝrule, and political unrest" could always bring which favoured Communiam. forces in a hurry.

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Page on, the Yangtee River, last your page miust Admiral Sir E. J.Patrick Beind Adnifral Irind admitted that

EXOsbinet, Le fought with thought, the So- would not elaborate on what the Chinese Communist control of

future slination, might be but he Hainan Ixianit about 100 miles, 2804 Sabura Chiba, secretary genereld not rule out the possibility off the mouth of the Masoni the Demceratic Party, said the of invasion, by the Chinese Corner man and supplies to rebel. Ho River, facilitated the smuggling 'Government should, make clear" münists French Indo Chim,

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A medical party was sent from the Whitesand Bay which came died bt bead wounds. alongside the Cheung Hing for about half an hour:

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