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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1950.

NORTH KOREA FORCES Royalty at wedding

MOVING ON TAEJON

Red invaders pay heavily for Kum River advance

AMERICANS FALL BACK

Tokyo, July 16.

North Korean troops in two savage attacks throw a three-way squeeze on Tasjon today, striking at one point to within 8 to 10 miles of the city.

In the sector held by the South Koreans to the North East, the enemy brought the Taejon airfield under ortillery fire ond threatened to sweep on South to cut the Taejon-Pusan supply highway.

The Communist Radio claimed that the American staff officers wore abon-

doning Taejon.

The heaviest fighting was in the American sector to the West and North West, where the Communists had extenderl their bridgehead across. the Kum river to 15 miles and began a wide end run to the South, around the Americun lines.

Front reports

that the suld Americans gave up the Western half of their Kum river line and the began falling back through mountains to Tabjon. Correspon. donts at the front said that the Communists were expected to try to close their pincers on Taelon The within the next 24 hours,

also tried North Koreans

ni) Saturday

night to crack the American Kum river line North and West of Tacjon, but without

success.

US, oth Army Headquarters announced this morning that the American force in that area was holding firm. A front despatch gold that Communista #tarted their big attack along the Central and Eastern sectors of the American lue at 9,30 last night (Tokyo time) with a heavy barrage artillery and tank fire from tha North side of the river,

ol

Allied Naval landing on East Coast

on

Tokyo, July 10. An Eighth Army spokes. man announced that a Naval Party

landed

South Korea's East coast, created e landsfldo with demolitions about 20 miles North of the Important port of Pusan, and withdrew.

truck Stalled Communist

ahelled columns

were then from the sea. This was the first report of an Allied Naval landing. Whether the landing party was American or, Bri tish was not indicated.--AB- sociated Prase.

Jon airfield under artillery fire from

In their Southward rush from Kongju the Communis's occupied Nonsan late on Saturday.

bombers blasted B-26 light Communist trucks on the North bank of the Kum all Saturday morning When Sunduy night. dawned with clear blue akies new sorties of bombers rocket-darrying fighters hit the Reds all along the 150-mile Karcan war front.

Government

quits Taejon

and

troops.

Weary American fighting stubborn rear-guard potions, appeared today to be pulling out from their "hard. held Kum river defence line In Korea before overwhelming out.flanking North Communist forces, adds Router.

They positions on the North.

Korean

were expected to fal The airfield is two mlies North | back through Taejon., the pro- East of Tacjon-only six miles visionat Southern capital. now from the Kam River at the big evacuate by the Emergency bend where the American and Government for Tangu, to pre-

the

It WAS

South Korean fines merge. vent an encirclement on both It was the Western arm of the flanks. communist pincers where heaviest fighting was in progress. The Communists fought to widen and deepen their 15-mlie wide

West

Lady Caroline Thynne, 21, daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Bath, married· David Somerset, heir-presump- tive to the Duke of Beaufort, at Saint Peter's, Eaton Square, London. The King and Queen, with Princess Margaret, attend. ed the ceremony. The Queen is the Bridegroom's godmother. Photo shows: The King and Queen, with Princess Margaret, arrive at Saint Peter's for the wedding-"A.P. photo,"

Two

Deportation of local trade union leaders protested

letters demanding the revocation of the de- portation order against two local trade union leaders recently deported have been sent by the acting Chairman of the Foderation of the Federation of Trade Unions to Mr. D. W. MacIntosh, Commissioner of Police, and Major H. F. G. Chauvin, Labour Officer, oc- cording to yesterday's pro-Communist verna- cular "Ta Kung Pao."

letters, carried by the "To Kung Pao" yester- day, were despatched under the name of Chan Man-han, current acting Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, and other trade union Icaders.

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GLEN LINE SHIP HIT BY NATIONALIST PLANE

The 5,976-ton British vessol, Glenoarn was attack.

od by a Nationalist fightor aircraft on Satur day night North of Taiwan, it was learned yesterday.

An Associated Press message from Taipeh said that the Chief Officer, a Briton, and a Chin- ese steward of the Glenearn were seriously injured.

The Glen Line's ship. urriv-} ed, in Hong Kong on July 10 from the United Kingdom anti Singapore. It cleared from Hong Kong on July 14 for Tsingtao and Japan

Jardine, Matheson and Com- pany, Limiled, are the agenta for the ship.

local

The Associated Press report sald that the

the master of Glencarn reported that a fighter plane attacked his ship about 40 miles North of Formoon, serious- ly injuring the British Chief Omeer and a Chinese steward.

MacArthur lifts ban on

newsmen

Tokyo, July is.. General Douglas MacArthur today lifted a ban imposed by offleor. The attack, the master said his Press relations

forbidden Peter was made by a Mustang bear which had Ing the white sun on blue Kalischer of the United Press backgroung Nationalist In- and Tom Lambert of the As- signia. It occurred at 7.45 p.m. sociated Press to return to the Talpeh time (10.45 am. GMT). Korean front.

General MacArthur said he was Stooring geor damaged

The mesange added that allowing the two war reporters to go back to cover the Korean telenotor steering geor Wad

Oghting because he had confidence danaged and that the ship now was using its auxiliary steering they were old friends of his.

in their judgment and because

Feng,

The General lifted the ban in The agency report wald that: Jurdines requested the Master to A conference with the newsmen divert his course to the Japanesa at his Headquarters office.

Earlier, Colonel M. P. Echols, port of Nagasaki or, if he thought Press relations officer at Head- necessary, to Okinawa.

quarters, had informed Kallscher (Reuter adds that the Glencarn and Lambert that they would not Is proceeding to Nogasnkt.)

The message from the Glentarne permitted to go back to the front because their stories on the said the ship had a medical war had "made the army looks bad" and "gave aid and comfort to the enemy," He did not question the factual accuracy of their stories.

ofleer on beard.

The identity of the Injured Chief Officer and the Chinese ste- ward was not given,

Omelal Nailonalist quartas ir Taipeh professed not to have heard of the attack, said the as- rociated Press.

Korean war

STALIN REPLIES TO NEHRU

Moscow, July '16.- Premier Josef Stalin has sent a reply to a message from the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, it was announced here today.

The reply was handed to tho Indian Ambassador, Mr. S. Rad- hakrishnan, by the Soviet Deputy, Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Gromyko,

The Indian Embassy here an- nounced it had received Premier Stalin's reply but did not disclose the contents of the message.

(Reliable sources in New Delhi sald on Saturday Mr. Nehru had appealed to Stalin for the use of Hussia's influence to stop the fighting in Korea. At the same time,

they said, he asked the United States to vote for Com- munist China's admission to the United Nations as a step towards ending the war),-United Press,

Indonesian troops move on Moluccas

Jakarta, July 15. Indonesian Federal troops General MacArthur's action EquRshing the. ban occurred were reported tonight to be at the after the United Press world grips with rebels ticar headquarters in New York ask town of Namica, on Buru Is- ed the General to look into the fand/

1 ", matter.

The rebel radio station at? Amboina said stubborn ¦ fighting sides had developed with both suffering heavy-edsualties.

The Supreme Commander made no effort to pass judgment on deterred the merits of any cases in his 13-minute conference with Kalis- cher and Lambert and Earnest Hoberecht. United Press, bureau ellef in Tokyo, and Russel Brines, Associated Press Tokyo bureau chief.

and the HK

garrison

Bariler today high Govern ment officials. In Jakarta con- firmed that troops had started to move into the Moluccas to: surround Amboina and pre-¿ pare for an amphibious assault In the island stronghold."

The General said, simply that be, was lifting the ban on the

It has been known for several correspondents because ho-had London. July 16.

confidence in their fudgment and weeks that the Federal Govern- In an

editorial note this because they and their bureaumont was massing, a force num

bering about 15,000 men around the morning,

independent chiefs were friends of his. "The Observer," newspaper,

(The bureau, chiefs agreed not Makassar on Celebes Island for

an operation against Amboins. General MacArthur quote called for greater British par- to

that The official confirmed In reporting the con-

had ticipation in support of the directly

troop movements large United Nations forces in ference).

The General said he did not begun, but the Defence Ministry Korea, and warned that it

have time to discuss the cases. clamped secrecy on the extent

operation. "America is left to do all the But he mentioned that there is and details of the real fighting alone, Britain

an important responsibility on Associated Press. will be placed to offer ad-reporters in the matter of psy vice on policy towards Korca." chological warfare, Ile said only Referring to Mr. Trygve Lie's they could make judgment as to call for non-American ground what is proper material to be Calling the deportation of | The letter further asked that forces for Korea, which was reported from the front United Mak Yiu-chuen, former acting the freedom and interests of the addressed to all the 53 nations of Press. Chairman of the Federation of workers be respected. "oppres- the United Nations, the Trade Unions and concurrent ston" of the werkers be stopped declared:

Chairman of the Royal and demanded a guarantee that ly

of such an in- Naval Dockyard Chinese Em- the recurrence ployees Industrial Union, and cident should not occur. Mak Ho-ch!, Chairman of the Kowloon Docks Labour Union.

and "unreasonable

Under the artillery fre came suicide attacks by wave after

clear from General wave of Communist Infantry

Douglas MacArthur's latest com- The men, some wading the hallow

that the Americans places and othera trying to

muntoue cross in rubber boats and rafts, bridgehead along the Kuin River were being rapidly compressed The Americans threw the at South of Kangju, 10 miles North mall area of the South Eastern tacks back, but some Commun. West of Taelong. But instead of Tacru-70 miles North West of

corner of the peninsula with. lela succeeded in reaching the smashing straight ahead through Tadjen their centre and PushP Southern bank at a half dozen

the American lines to Tacions

Eastern tip points.

the Communists launched a sweep the far South They temporarily cut off some

South through Nonsan, a vital their only good port,

in- American outposts. Then Aineri-

The guarded communione can tantes rushed up and had even-way road and railway hub

21 miles South West of Tarjoa. diented the the North Korean feld day, cleaning cut small

Nonsan is 18 mlies South offernes were turning the Communist pockets, "Some enemy Kongju and

miles flank of the present American 15- only a fow Infantry patrols undoubtedly from the Southern end of the male line along the South bank made it scross the river, but we

bridgehead. Communist

From of the Kum rive and Aghtin detected and destroyed most af

well within the defended river them in heavy fighting all night". Nonsan the North Karcans can

outhank the American line and bulge. plunge up the highway lo Tac- South side of Jon, closing the their three-side box on all Am- crican

forces in the Tacjon area. Front despatches sald the Am cricans holding the Western side of the box fred small arms and mortars at North Korean infantry and light vehicles streaming South toward Nonsan all day Saturday.

an American officer at an advancs command post said.

Two major break- throughs.

The Communists made

two

Fe

major breakthroughs both on the U.S. main body

South

Korean front North of

Taejon and on the American

front to the West. One arm of

the pincers attack smashed three withdraws

to five miles through the South Korean lines, holding the Ameri- can East Bank in the horse shoe bend of the Kum River North of Taejon.

In this area the Com- munists reached within right to 10. miles of Tacjon.

Earlier, ground reports said the Americans were, beating back Communist Infantry patrois try- ing to cross there.

Pilots skimming över the battlefield. In fighter planes said a the Communlata brought | Tạo-

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EXECUTION IN TAIPEH

of No detalls

SHIP STRIKES' MINE OFF DUTCH: COAST

was

Den Helder, The Netherlands, July 16. 'it means, olearly and point-

The 500-ton British freighter, adly, us Britain, is the only

Fansione, carrying iron from an old power which has at Hong Kong

Talpeh, July 13. Emden to Hull struck unangaged forced near enough Wang Shich-tao, former Colonel mine aft. the Dutch North coast on Official statement

10 the scene to make possible in the Chinese Notionslist Army, Friday and sank within a few General Douglus MacArthur

Her crew of 11 difference to the outcome of the was executed today as a Com- minutes. announced today at 2.45 p.m. local

without Commenting on. on official

present battle crisis.

munist spy.

picked up after drifting 23 hours time:

Tha Red Invaders have been basis," the letter to the Com-latement sued on July 8 that

"The possible effects of weak-

bis operations in a small boat. — Associated missioner of Police asked for the two men were departed heening Hong Kong must be: paying heavily for their ad-

of the Vances to the South bank of the cancellation

cause of their political activities weighed against the effects which were disclosed. Associated Press. Press. and the res tending to be subversive of the a catastrophe in Korea, which the Kum River, Elemanta of portation order

pease and good order of the we might conceivably have Been two

euch reason for their deportation prestige of the United Nations was inconclusive and the allega and on British-American rela- tion of their crime without tions."

The "Observer" referred to foundation.

Repeating their argument. that Pandit Nehru's letters to Moscow the two leaders were deported and Washington and affirmed that without reason, the letter to "there, cannot be meditation be- A victim Major Chauvin accused the police tween an aggressor and

United States regimentstoration of their liberty upon colony,, the letter contended that able to avert, would have on the

have. Inflicted heavy dasualties their return to the Colony,

two Korean divisiont on tira making the advance.

"During the evening of July 14 the Red Force attempted a cross- ing of the Rum River near Sumgyo. The 34th Infantry launched a vigorous counter-at- tack and drove them back across the river.

"Again in the early morning The main body of the Am- ericans on the West withdrew hours of the 15th, the Communist1 toward Tanjon through the tried to forum the river further mountain ranges, demolishing upstream In the vicinity of So- bridges and creating artificial hang. A counter-attack launched landslides behind them as they

rotrastad.

Burmese troops battle KMT deserters

4

tion

"

of depriving the workers' liberty or between the world authority and

interests. and a criminal arraigned before endangerlag their The letter asked that labour 1. authorities keep their promise of

"The North Korean-aggressiori Rangoon, July 16. March 15 that the Government must be defeated and punished f Burmese Government troops would not limit the lawful activi- peace is to have a chance in

It further future." by a United States regiment, this and Chinese Nationalist army ties of the workers.

"Where there is room, and time the 19th Infantry, prevented deserters have clashed In asked that 'Tabour authorities take In addition to their end run the the

pro- great need for mediation-and Crossing.

Kengtung Province (Burma). the responsibility for the "By adhering to the sound

of the freedom For the where India and Pakistan ard

particularly well placed" to Communists. apparently planned

the tactica of the United States Army, the Burmese Government said tection drive straight through

rioctrine.

the defending forces yesterday.

as mediatoris in the, important mountains to Taelon.

matter of where China stands." Although American planes, have made the enemy.pay dearly

The operation, the Government

the paper sald. "Everything should knocked out from four to 13 for ground gained; No manoeuvr

the issues of thg Kenognit.for

of the tanks which were ferried across in military operations Ionds Itself said. was the outcome

Chinese Government and its fu ture secession to the United Na tions scoorate from the Korcam lasue."Router. Ques

workers.

".

the

be

the river in the Western bridge to infileting greater losses on an refusal of the Chinese NationaU.S. reconnaissance diplomate

lists to leave Burmese territory, bond, pilots sald more were being enemy than a properly defended where they inaltrated from across of Formosa Straits

Air observers river line.

the the border. "In attempting to force brought across. said. Communist equipment being moved into the bridgehead op-

river with a limited number of posite, the American front includ-heats the enemy must divide his ed tanks, large vehicles and what forces and push them bit by bit appeared to be 70 millimetro (3 ncross an area which affords no natural concealment or protec- Inch) solf propelled guns.

"Alarmed' by the advance of the people's army, the general "It was in such a situation that staffs of the American army and the United States forces

tion.

were

of. Syngman Rhoe, which remain-nhle in indict heavy losste aguiriarti ed in Teejon, are present the North Koreana, fight from Taelon, the Cort munist radio at Pyongyang sald

In a communique, broadcast at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday

um Photz Western bridgehead

The Government sald a Chi nese Nationalist general, whost name was not given, had an

Tokyo, July 16. General Douglas MacArthur today announced that Ameri-

nounced his troops Intended, to can naval and air reconnais On other pages

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hold the territory, they occupi suncu was being carried out Led: and

by that Interference

over the Formosa Stralis to: Burmana, troops would be met

insure against Chinese Com- by force of arms.

munist attacks against Taiwan. In a communique Issued today, The Government statement also The Invader loaded his sald Burmese attacks agai551 General MacArthur sald recon iroops and tanke on furry boss Wannawiholeng, Wanallong and naissance by the Seventh Fleet and Improvised crafts By Wandthsamhwchoka resultest in would also prevent alfo FOR against the China" action thres of four torries the recapture of those Shan Stain Sperations carrying tanks ware: sunk Lowes in which 31 Chinese were mainland by what was described my as the "overament of Talwand": "However, although the Kumite tured Kangju, the major Hum Hive at many places as much

All This was the Arst announced river crossing point in that area, as 23 feet deep, other places it. The statement said Burmese milllary operation backing up the Ground despatches did not report I only four feet deep. It was troops made a further advanco presidential directive of June-27, 4989 neber on the fate of Kongju, but serial, at these points that the enemy was Friday, occupying Mongke. It which declared that the occupa reports sald Amarloan planes at- able to force large numbers of said Uningen troops have retreat, tion of water by Chinees Come tacked the clay and set of fires his forces across,

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