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CHINA MAIL

No. 34644.

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1950.

TWO MORE U.S. DIVISIONS CONCERN JOIN KOREA BATTLE

OVER GREECE

Lake Success, July 19.

A United Nations committeo warnest today the Russian-led Cominform may be planning an attack on Greece,

Mr.

The Secretary-Geral Trygve Lie, advised member nu- tions that the UN Balkan roomlt- ter, with events lat Kereu as an example, tres reported Cammin- h.L

attacks on the 1 Greek Guvern- ment night well be a cover-up for invent

Son plans,

LET3-

The committee report contrast-

will publie dieplays of rojevi BV offleints fif both Brener ait Yugodavia, both Ron-Cominf• rm" countries, fo- ward reports o

or unusunt move. urents of Chumnist

troops lo South Best Furope,

The Battan communitie in warning

formal bed it fears on recent Die Nietxalde Zachariades, Greek reded

leader, Zachariades, in the June 13 of the Cominform Jourant said the United States and Bri. tain were fomenting an ntinck ly expanded Greek armed forces

Communist

troisual

Counter-offensive at present not likely

SUCCESS OF U.S. JETS

Tokyo, July 19.

The United States threw two more divisions-24,000 to 30,000 men

-into the bottle in South Korea today. Associated Press adds the landing of these two new divisions in South

Korea is not the signal for an American counter-offensive. Thore is likely to be more delaying action in which relatívaly few troops absorb the brunt of new Northern attacks and give ground grudg- ingly. The famedl First Cavalry Division swarmed ashore yes terday at Pahang-dong, 00 miles North of the East Const US. base port of Pusan, and was already striking out North and North West to engage the Reds. It was the first Allied amphibious landing of the Korean war.

while other enemy forces oc. | The other three were claimed cupled the town of tel, 40 miles in air combat near Tacje.

Both strikes were carried out by juta of the Eighth Fighter- Bomber Group, one of the Fifth Air Force units operating from this base.

army

to the South West, the Eights Army headquarters announced pooled message at 12.40 .m. GMT (9.30 p.m. HK time) today.

five

said spokerman Tejon was subjected to heavy nurt and artillery fre between 8.30 and 10.30 aan. today. Our men abserved in their fox holes Generat Douglas MacArthur throughout the barrage.

evidence of n

Announced in

special

rom-

***There

AD

Lieutenant Colonel William T. Samways, group commander, led a seven-plane strafing attack on the Red aircraft which had been discovered earlier by a photo re- connaissance version of the F-80's.

Bulgaria anit munique that the 25th Division with trawai from the city. Men of Poor camouflage

slon, the first American force to i due a

gu Into netin against the North Koreans.

were

Albania. Committee members had also arrived in Korea to re-the U.S. Infantry Division 19th, denied the Greek Army was beinforce the battered 24th Divi-21st and 34th Regiments ing built up. They said:

In for a defence and showed The build-up

determination to stay.

"A report of tanks and infan- of Nonsan try in the vicinity (South West of Tacion) was The followed by an air strike. strike was delivered but com-

"Bince current history shows angression in frequently preced. ed by propaganda secusing the Intended victim of aggressive

Taejon position

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HK SLIM --SIR HILTON

troop transfer

transfer Sir Hilton Poynton, Deputy Under-Secretary of

1

Reports that some Hong Kong garrison troops might be transferred to Korea could not be confirmed in Hong Kong yesterday.

A British army spokesman wald that he regarded the stories as entirely speculative, and that no official word has boon recolved from London indicating that there might

such a transfer,

bo

However, a foreign military observer in Hong Kong you. terday did not rule out the poslality Of some troops

being transferred to Korea from this

But, he

It might

only amount to a token force. The army spokesman point- ed out that the question wAS A high policy decision, and that local authorities here would probably only hear the result of any such decision. like everybody else..

HK cannot spare troops

State for the Colonies, told a delegation from the Reform Club of Hong Kong yesterday that he saw little chance of their getting a £20,000,000 loạn from London.

He said there was a long waiting list of Colonial Governments asking for loans, and even if Hong Kong managed to get into the queue, it would not be until 1953 before her turn would come.

Sir Hilton's advice and support was sought by the Reform Club delegation on their proposal to borrow £20,000,000 for a house building and industrial development scheme for Hong Kong. Details of the schamo were contained in a memorandum submitted to Government last weak.

The delegation who called on Sir Hilton Poynton at Gov ernment Houso yesterday were Messrs. B. A. Bernacchi, T. A. Martin, J. D. Clague, F. E. Skinner, Daniel Chen, P. C. Woo und Dr. Raymond Lee.

At the outset

Shipping circles in HK uneasy

over

A wave of uneasiness swept local shipping circles yesterday as four ships were reported to have been seized and a Afth-the ss. Poyang- intercepted and searched by Chinese Nationalist warships while the vessels were on their way to the North from

pended on the condition of the this port during the past week. market at the time.

Following the series of incidents

For instance, a year ago, when the Formosa Straits involving the Jamaica Loan was on the forefazu vessels, of which two London market, the response was vera fying the Panamanian flag, en poor that no per cent of the Panamanian tonsulate-Goner. was left in the hands of under-al hero issued a circular to ship-: writers, while later when the play companies: owning ships of the coafer-Uganda Railway Loan was float. Oving the Panamanian flag, re- roze the delegation 10% Sr[l, It

was over-subscribed in Iterating its earlier warning that

บน Ilion there were

these vessels should not attempt two matters half an hour. which they desired 10 discurs

to run the blockade against the Sir Hilton said In his vlaw, with him. They were 'constitu- and Huiging from present condi- Chinese inaintand. If they do they tional reform and the economictions, he doubted very much if run it at their own risk. inemarendum submitted by the Hong Kong's request would go Club asking for wa International | "well" on the London' market. loan of £20,000,000,

peli-

Difficult job

The series of incidents, it was further learned, have coured the cancellation or postnonement. of several vese¿IS which would otherwise have been sent North.

on July 13 were en route to

Well informed sources said yesterday that Britain could On the subject of constitutional not safely comply with over- reform a petition was sent to the

The delegation asked I thera seus suggestions to transfer Colonial Office a year nga by the was any difficulty for Hong Kong Two Panamenian ships, tho

Club. About the same time troops from Hong Kong to Korea as the Colony's positions from the acficial Meniging into the queue, to which warten and the Shanur, were gatz. Sir Hilton repiled there were ed and take into Talwan by Na- tion militarily

bers was infinitely

of Council

and other oralready so many Colonial Govern- tionallat warships were also sent Home, ments on ganisations worse than when the Chinese The Club was given to under-claiming priority, that he doubted North China..

the waiting list, all while they Communists occupied the bor-

atand a decisioa would be an- much good would come, eved der nine months ago, accord- nounced before the end of last ir Hong Kong got into the queue. ing to Reuter.

year, but up to now not a word Sir

was then asked. if Hilton They said that Hong Kong had been received from Home. there would be any objection might become

second South

from the Coloolal Office to Hong Korea If more troops were with-

attention Sir Hilton's

Was Kong borrowing from the World to the editoriui in the Bank. drawn and the present hostilities drawn spread. Some quarters doubted Hong Kong. "Telegraph" of July

portant Western outpost in the less the feelings of the Factor Far East could be held against it. Club on the seed for reforms in

The garrison is closely watching Hong Kong, which was already: events across the frontier. Sources much behind other Colonies. told AAP-Reuter there is at pre- sent ne evidence of Chinese

Constitutional reform for Hong aggressiveness but Chinese Com- Kong was first mooted in 1840 by munists are in a position to cause Sir Mark Young, and three years,

ago Mr. W.J. Carrie was special- trouble at any time.

M

cannot daregard the possiblity Cavalry and 24th Divisions, threuble burause of cloutis over the Possibly a light bomber, He sold bether even now this last im- 10 which brought out more or the Colonial Office is concerned |

advance aggressiva aćtions.”

intention, the special committee With the arrival of the First plete observation was not possi❤ that such slatements might con. of four American divisions known target, The town was reported atitute an attempt to Justify a to have been in Japan at the to be burning after the strike. of Korean outbreak

hosthities "Regarding Iri, South Korean have movedl to the wor front. forces were driven by numerical- The commktee reported from The 7th Division is presumably ty superla North Korean forces Geneva, Switzerland, where it is still in Japan carrying out oc-from the town during this after- preparing its annual report for the cupation duties. UN General Assembly, A UN

General MacArthur's com- spokesman said committee obser-minique said one of vers are still in the field and its newly arrived divisions-presum- headquarters are still in Athens. ably the 25th-had already sena

Zachariades article

berated some elements Into combat in Greece as one ena of the "Athens- Korea and others will be commit- Belgrade axis."

ted to nution in the very neur fulure.

Previous fears of aggression to the Balkans have centred mostly on a possible Russian-sponsored move against Premier Marshal Tite of Yugoslavia. The Comin- form has blasted Tito since June, 1048, for too. great independanco. from the Kremlin,

Numours have been rife that Bulgaria and Hungary have mass- ed troops on their frontler with Yugoslavia. Tito and his chief Heutenants have exhibited no unusual public concern though events in Korea have roused un- USURI speculation

among the Yugoslavia publie concerning the reported troop movements close to home

the two

American troops,' meanwhlie,

noon."

F-80'e in the first rald North of the 38th Parallel destroyed 15 of 22 Red Korean aircraft parked on an airstrip and pro- bably got the other novan, Fifth Alr Force officers re- vealed today.

The highly significant strike stuck to their positions around brought to 18 the number of Red Tacjon today as the North aircraft knocked out during the Koreans subjected them to day--by far the largest bag of heavy mortar and artillery fire enemy planes yet claimed.

Colonel Samways said the Red planes were poorly camouflaged on a dirt airfeld near the town of Pyonggang (not to be confused with the capital),

His guns got the first plane which was a twin-engined type,

all athers were fighters.

"We all looked over the gold and counted 15 plane burning the colonel said. "I believe we hit all of them. The offcial claim is 15 destroyed, seven probables." Officers at the Fifth Air Force advanced headquarters were in lugh glee, not only because of the large number of planea des trayed but because the mission The sources listed the follow-ly sent out to advise the Gov- demonstrated the ability of Shooting reasons for saying the Colony's ernment on the subject. What is siaco holding up a decision? asked the Ing Stars to carry out long disposition has deteriorated tence strikes.

Just October:

delegation.

Their target

has been

WRE

but

1. The garrison was more than 400 miles from the base, They heavily reduced by the transfer Sir Hilton replied this was no spent 15 minutes strafing. Total of the Commandos, Cameronians quite in his sphere which time for the 800-mile roundtrip, and

and Ghurkas to

to Molayn.

concerned with economies, tncluding time over the target

he would look into the matter |ören, was two hours arid 25

upon his return to London, minutes, United Press.

Truman: The hard

facts

Washington, July 19. to its often expressed intention become embroiled in hostiles, President Truman, in his to work with other nations to disturbing to the peace of the

to Congress | message

today, achieve peace in the world. Pacific, and that all questiong said the Korean situation re-

affecting Formosa be settled by quires relentless determination military effort

"In addition to the direct peaceful means, as envisaged In

we and other the Charler of the and firm action

United Na- and warned members of the United Nationations- Greece's military strong man, that no easy solution to the

ure making in Korea, the out- Field Marshal Alexander Pupagos, conflict could be expected.

break of aggression therb requires Inst Saturday sald he was not

us to consider its implications for worried by the reports of Red

In addition to his request for peace throughout the world. The military movements in the Bal- $10,000,000,000 finance the attack upon the Republic of kans. He termed them only part Korean fighting the president - Karen makes it plain beyond all of a war of nerves.--Assocluted leated further expenditures doubt that tho International Pross.

would be required to strengthen Communist Movement is prepared free nations associated with the io use armed, invasion to canquer United States in view of the independent nations. We must, possibility that armed aggression therefore, recognise the possibi may take place in other arens. lity that armed aggression may

take place in other areas..

་

སྭཱབྷིམཝ----

NEHRU'S SECOND NOTE TO U.S.

New Delhi, July 19. Tandil Nehru has sent a secund

to

Some high polnis in President Truman's message to Congress follows textually,"

measure to Washington on Korea. Firm action

This was reported today by the Indian Foreign Ministry which said that a reply had been re- cefred from the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Actieson, to Mr. Neliru's first letter,

far in

"In view of this 'have already

2. The Communists are at this moment necupying the last of a chain of Chinese islands to the South-of-the-Colony, thus enable ing them practically to ring Hong Kong with guns and possibly closo the port.

6. A

Large guns

and

Loan- proposal

The delegation then sought the views of Sir Hilton on the Club's economic memorandum and the proposal to raise on International 100a of £20,000,000.

3. At least four large pune have been seen near the Colony border and the recent attack an

He was asked if he agreed that * Spitfire

frontier over the showed that the Communists was impossible to raise such a have heavy anti-aircraft art-large amount locally, and he re- lery there.

plied that not being conversant 4. The Communists are recon-with local conditions generally he "The outbreak of aggressionstructing the Bocca Tigris forta. thought it would be difficult. In the Far East doos net, of 30 miles North West

of Itong

"As there is need for additional course, leasen, but instead in Kong territory on the Fear Rive capital, and since it cannot be creates, the importance of the leading to Canton and rehabilitat d

inside the Colony, wo common strength of the free ing nearby Paisha alrfield. nations in other parts of the possibly Sancho, West of Macau. must look outside our own hor. world. The attack on the Ra 5. Russian military advisers ders. Do you think it is possible. public of Korea gives added have been reported on both the to obtain a loan of £20,000,00 urgency to the efforts of the Hong Kong and Macao borders, in London, to be guaranteed by United Kingdom Govern- free nations to increase and to

Army. Communist ment?" asked the delegation unify their common strength in Lin proportion of General the order to deter a potential ag- China's best cauloped and spirited spokesman. ?

is at present in the [region of Cantor and then is evidened of all being sent North in the current movement, back to Men- churia, Between 30,000 and 40.000 Communist troops are probably. "To be able to accomplish ible within a 30 mile radius of Hong objective, the free nations must Kong, while in Kwangtung pro- maintain suficient defensive mili-vince generally there are prob tary strength, and, even moreably vo to 200,000 troops. Important, a solkl basis of ceono The sources, nenowledged that mic strength capable of rapid Communist activity under all mobilisation in the event of an headings might be fairly regard- emergency-

ed as merely defensive or n ren- sonable development of civil war operallons but they have placed

gruszor,

directed that United states forces Economic strength

in support of the Philippines be strengthened and that military. Esistance be speeded up to the 11ilippine government und to 1.socialed states of Indo-China Indo-China. end to the forces of France in

don't think so, because all these requesta for loans from the Colonies have to be co crdinated," replied Bir Hilton who added there is already r long queue of Colonial Gov.

situation require relentless de- The hard facts of the present termination and firm action. The course of fighting thus The Ministry sald that the com- Korea show that we can expect no

"I have also ordered the plete correspondence would be easy solution to the confllet there. prevent any attack upon Formosa United States Seventh Fleet to released for publication soon. We are confronted In Korea with and I have requested the Chinese was expected, but the Ministry well suppiled, well led forces-government on Formosa to cease

ld not say when this would be We and members of the United | oil air and sea operations against the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro and ́i Hong Kong in a precarious poal- 1 propesola put forward, and there donc.-Associated Press,

Nations who have joined in the the mafnland....Our action the North Atlantic Treaty, which tion in the event of war.

The weather

was a matter.

"We have been increasing our common defensive strength under.

Inevi

effort to restore peace in Korea regard to Formosa must expect a hard and costly of elementary security.

Peuce are collective security arrango- [military operation-

and stability in the Pacific area the United Nations Charter."

mente within the framework of "The free world has made it the attack on Korea,

has been violently disturbed by

President Truman asked Con- Attacks clear through the United Nations. elsewhere in AL-040) GMT (8pm. HIRST) the that lawless aggression will be would have enlarged the Korea

the Pacine arcaress Joday for Immediate new trahoon was centred about 100 mlee.BW met with force. This la the sig crisis, thereby rendering much

(1) Remove statutory nideance of Korea-it is a signi- more dificult the carrying out of n. Southern Kyushu and wis moving N

cory limits er NNE at 10 konte. A ridge of high

ficance whose importanco cannot recesure from the Pacific antherciona

be overestimated, atretches Westreamida, nerous N, Japan-Inis

tlona in Korea: the Bee of Japan. A weak ridgo of high peisure, extende Northwarda „erver -„ths) Philippines and the China Ben

Today's Forecast —–Light in `moderato ¿BW", winds, Partly cloudy,, Isolated, brief

‚ showere, around dewn.

Kesterday's. Walker:-

Maximums 92.4.des; Fußì

· Minimumi" MA dog. -Fah

hebing: 112 hours.

(+1057.1/mm.menet Inslae:agaloni Ma

Average of 1192,0;mm.2:48,36,

Bendinat

frontal_mali 1006.109.3, mb,

20.67/0021.92 (gabes

· Wind - Direozlan WSW DAWA

# knots.

EXPLOSION

IN TAIPEH

arament requesta for lane, and Hong Kong would have to join the queue and her turn would nol.come round until 1963 at the very earliest. "And

even then

there were many factors to be reckone“ with, such as the merit of any

were also the uncertainties of the money market; and much de».

On other pages

Talpeh, July 19. Four persons were killed and. 17- injured when a black powder- on the size of the Armed Forces, inden truck exploded on one of Page 2

our obligations to the United No. now limited to 2,005,000, against Talpeh's busiest streets at 4 Correspondence

41 shall not attempt to pro. No ambitions

dict the course, of avants.

I am sure that those who have

In their power to unleath or

withhold acts of armed aggres-

"In order that thero may be

an actual strength of 1,450,000.

(2) Authorise the use of prior!-

Personalia. jo'clock this afternoon. ties and the allocation of materials and one pedicab boy were killed

Three army men on the truckPage 3

Reminder: Page 44 joutright and '17 · passers-by were

to meet defenco neods.

(3) Limit the use of materials injured and sent to hospital when · Darolay on Beldge,

for non-essential purposes.

Wider Implications of Koraan

war

(4) Provent inventory hoard-three tons of black powder blew Page B

up as a result of what was, thought ¡ to have been a "minor" traffle (B)

Recident.

stos must realfso that new. re- no doubt in any quarter about ! 155, Authorise' rogulsitioning of Page:75-

course to aggression in the world our intentions regarding Formen today might wall strain to the | I wish":

breaking point · the fabric of States has, no territorisi ambitions;| national defenép, particularly sup- 10TWO - tricks 2 CamtaOK Nahrú Plan rejected, by U.B. ·

world peace. "Only few countries have fall- ed to support the common action

state that the United supplies and materials nooded for:

carrying powder pagekä matk Whatever concerning that Jaland, plies held in excessive or un- At a busy corner one stopped and page organ

{were passing“ through të tho

Pig Engineering, nor do we sock for ourselves any fiecessary. Inventories, diet special position of privilege on Control comunes credit was nudged in the rear by leaduse of Commons to debate Formosa, San Ma

and credit used for commodity cotid, inspection revealed 3 dafehos speculations may nothing out of the way. The Page 10 "The prosent military neutra Soviet Union.: The Mitude of Lination of Formosa Muca (7) Authorles-production loan: tricks, bloff BRINK V Runion bases in the Par Kat

canta blast from the Page the Boviet government toward prejudice to the political ques-ference production.

imilarantees and loans to intrekre,

trugle which had been kini mont Finan 'Digression – against the Republic |tions affteling that blend Our BWATCH

to restore, pence in Korea, The most important of these is the

bi Korea le în direct contradiction idazko is that formoss, should not

Ha

To be released

The saizures were confirme yesterday by Mr. £. E. Linares, Panamanian Consul General in

•Hong Kong, who added that th -Nationalist, navaja wuthoritise" Inve Taiwan, after being 'ápproached

representative In Talpeh, had promised to relaxes the two thipa, soun.

The reply was that 'as for sa there might not be any disappro- val, but borrowing from the In-by the Panamanian diplomatie ternational Bank was not as easy as many people think, and thero were to many strings altached, plus so many restrictions, thot he doubted if the request, as con- tained in the Club memorindum would be acceptable."

The Interception of the British negol Poyana by Nationalist war- "Nobody is going to fend you ships occurred on Monday in the £20,000,000 and hand the monoy Talwan Stralis while the 2,500- over to a local board of controls ton vessel was on her way to the on the basis of such a vague North from Hong Kong, where she

Jeft proposal." said Sir Hilton.

on Sunday The delegation sald the board of control might not necessarily be local.

It Was learned from other souters, however, that the Shimpur and the Perles have alrendy been Sir Hillon pointed out that in rolensed by the Nationalists and the memorandum there was no were on their way back here specific scheme put forward as to yesterday. how the money was to be anent and what provision was provided for its repayment.

Too vaguo

the vessel and searched. hor Nationalist blue-jackets board-

for about half an hour before they' withdrew and let the shio continue her journey Northward.

The seizure of two other Dri- ·

Sir Hilton was then asked if the World Bank, would -consider, a request for the loan if it was tish vessels in the Talvan Straits guaranteed by the Hong Kong could not be confirmed yesterday. Government, to which he pointedAccording to the unconfirmed put again the proposal was too

vague, and to speelfe scheme reports. thu twe shine wern seized was mentioned as to how the und taken to Talwan or Kinmen Island Test week where they money was going to ba sperit.

sure still under detention yester-

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