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China

A fish ready for the pan

Hainan

Moinland

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Foochow

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TANSHUI CHILUN

TAIPEI

Chinese

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Pescadores

Talwan has been described geographically ne being "ike a fish ready for the pan.” Politically and diplomatically the current question is: "Whore PAN?"

While the

world's attention wat wrenched towards Korea, American Alr reconnaissance photographe left no doubt that Chinese Com. munists were massing an invasion fleet of Junke In the mainland ports opposito Taiwan.

But for President Truman's swift action in ordering the United States 7th Fleet to seal off the Formosan Straite, another invasion might woll have been launched at a carefully timed

moment when eyes were diverted to KoroR.

American action infuriated the Chinese Com. munists. They called it an armad act of appros. sion against the territory of China,"

Generalisalmo Chiang Kai-shok retreated to Talwan in December, 1949, and since then his Nationalist Forces have turned the island into a bastion.

TAITUNG

TAKAO

HEN

Pacific Ocean

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The Generallasimo's Government is still recognised by America and, as the British Govern. ment has formally recognised the Chinese Communiat Government, a difficult diplomatic altua. tion will be created if the Communiste launch their threatened invalon,

Could the Invasion succeed? Militarily the island la wall fortified, but the administration is weak. Amarlean navat intervention and determination to defend the laland is likely to be the declalve anawar. Talwan

About 240 miles long and 05 milea wide and its population has been swollen by 1,000,000 refugees from the mainland and thousande of Nationalist troops to about 6,000,000.

After 60 years of Japanese rule, from 1895 to 1945, Talwan was returned to the Chinese pending a peace treaty with Japan. The Chinese Nationalists took over in accordance with the war time Cairo agreement.

At first they ware greeted as liberatore, but dissatisfaction over mainland rule flared Into the bloody Taiwanese revolt of 1947 in which thousands were killed.

"Beautiful island" was the name given to it by early Portuguese explorers. Today it is an overloaded political lifeboat. It los squarely between the United States bases in the Philip- pinos and Okinawa, and its strategic value in formidable.

Truman demands

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quick

action to aid allies

Washington, August 1.

President Truman told Congress today that world peace had been endan

gored by the Korean crisis and asked it to vote quickly $4,000 mil- lion of new money to arm her anti-Communist Allios.

"It is now clear that the free nations must accelerate the efforts they are

making to strengthen their common security," Mr. Truman added.

Indian protest to France

"They now have no alter- native but to increase rapidly their preparedness to defend the principles of international law and justice for which the United Nations stands

"This course provides the best hope of deterring future calculat→ ed outbreaks against the peace of the world."

free world should be drawn on to provide the equipment.

While he said that it would be necessary for the United States จ manufacture

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 3, 1950.

LEOPOLD ABDICATES BUT WANTS TO STAY AS BELGIAN CITIZEN

Brussels, August 1. King Loopold of the Belgians gave up his throne today but will fight if

nood bo to stay on as a citizen of the country he loves. After announcing to the notion that he would hand over his Royal powers to his bespectacled 19-year-old son, Prince Baudouin, Leopold first knelt to pray then went to bed in the early morning sunlight. Socialists and trade union, the Orst measure to be taken is leaders, who had instigated that of re-establishing the son strikes which led to rioting stitutional order. Today this has throughout the country from

been accomplished," the King the moment of Leopold's re- said.. turn 10 days ago, tonight or-· dered the strikers back to work,

Though Socialist lenders T ported that a Belgian

military aeroplane was already standing by to fly him off tomorrow, cir- cles close to the King said his great determination was to avoid,

Prince Baudouin will becoma King on his 23rd birthday September 7, 1951,

Many politicians tonight be lieved that if Leopold insisted on making his home in Belgium It might present them with

now problems. Socialists and Liberals, who opposed the King'a

If possible, further civil disorder.to the throne, demand that Leo-

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"Pravda's" correspondent return in Pyongyang, V. Kornilov, M. Franels Van Der Straeten- pold should leave the country today sent a lengthy descrip Walllet, Chairman the pro-immediately after he has trans- tion of the destruction caused Leopold Catholic l'arty, toldferred power to Prince Bau-by the United States Air

Force in Korea.

Of

Reuler: "It is humun proben. How can you expect the young Prince....to live separated from his father?"

Earller about 10,000 strikers, storming through Central Brus- sels, were told by the former Socialist Minister, M. Achille Van Ackers "Leopold will be gone tomorrow."

But his appeal to the crowd to accept the King's decision to step nside in favour of Prince Bau- douin-regarded by the Socialist Party as a great political triumph --was greeted by mixed hoots

douin.

The Catholics pro-Leopold supporters-contend

that

do- mielle is something that

con. cerned a man's private and family Ilfe, whether or not he had been King,

The question of where Leopold should live is likely to be the most heated topic of the debate

when the discusses the transfer of power Belgian Parliament

to the Crown Prince.

Under the headline: "Ameri- ean Monsters in Korea," Kornilov #aid:

"Beginning on July 23, the American air bandite have been bombing

Pyongyang daily barbarically.

On

Bunday the 23rd, grey sheets, covered the city.

bombs American

flow through the cold sheet from 10 2.m. to 3 p.m. Thirty Superforts yang, now practically all day circled Pyong

and then turning away, then returning for a new round, at a height of 3,000 metres....

wwie

saw the grim faces citizens. searching for children, mothers and old men buried un der the ruins. There were no Roturn to normal tears in their eyes-only burning hatred of the American Foscirt The Party

announced monsters today that they considered the comching it in blood. The American

vaded their peaceful

dren- promise satisfactory, but the Catholics, who brought Leopold murderers are auffering where- defeat Among the crowd were de- back to Belgium, on July 22 on monstrators from the anti-the strength of a slender Parlia Leopold provinces of Wallonia, mentary

and

cheers.

Final acceptance

He was interrupted by shouts of "Abdication, Immediate Ab- dication," and

"Get Leopold Out of Belgium."

who arrived in Brussels before the Socialist tenders called off their threatened "March On the Capital,"

They yelled "We Want Leo-

pold's Head."

Leopold Annily accepted the abdication; plan-drawn up by the leaders of the three main political

the parties,

Catholics, the Socialists and the Liberals after a

four-hour meeting at Lacken Palace during the night.

The proclamation had first been expected last night but it was understood that Leopold made modifienions in the Party leaders text presented for his signature.

Angry crowds from the indus trial areas who had poured into Brussels during the night heard announcement 'broadcast

his

carly today.

King's broadcast "From the time of the begin- equipment, other nations would gium, I have always thought that most of the ning of the Royal crisis in Bel- have to share the burden-ns much- as they could. He said: "A signi- Alcant portion of the arms needed can be produced abroad."

Arms orders

M. Max Buset, Chairman of the Socialist Party, had warned on Sunday that civil war would start unless there was a rolution to the Royal problem.

pondent,

majority. were

Belglum prepared to return to normal, though troops and gendarmes still thronged the stracta, where they have been posted continuously since bloody rioting flared, up acrose, the country on the Kings return.

ol

who land in-

after defeat

at the fore they are seeking revenge hy des- by

peaceful cities. destroying sen

Iack of bomb (In Pyongyang) because shalteris the Koreans did not expect the war. Noty they dig shelters near their gates, and they blow up rocks to build subterranean passages."-United Press.

GERMANY TO HAVE CONTROL OF FOREIGN POLICY

London, August 1. revision of the German occupa

The Study Group of experts on ion statute have agreed principle to give West Germany in

control of its own foreign policy, This will bring to my son loyal it was learned tonight from a help in the heavy task which will weigh upon his young shoulders." here.

usually

well-informed source The Federal Government would assume this control when the occupation statute is revised, probably next autumn-Router.

Party leaders were hopeful that the King's broadcast plea for unity would be obeyed.

for

"I appeal to all Belgians unity especially to those who for years past have always shown me their moving fidelity," Leopold said.

Streets guarded Strong forces of troops and police, armed with tommy-guns, lined the streets as Party leaders and the King haggled over the exact terms of the proclamation. Employees of Government tran- sport and "public" utility services will go back to work tomorrow B$ tance. artillery and other

and

the railways are expected to weapons which take years to manufacture,

up to two run again. Strikers in private business and cafes will be back Soine of the huge sun that

Two reasons were given for the will be a token stoppage for 15 President Truman is requesting plan to harness Western European

on Thursday, but tomorrow there

would be used to put fer increased foreign arms afd and

minutes in Western arins production effort: Mr. Truman gave this break-

Europe munitions factories inta 1. To relieve the burden on down in a letter to Mr. Sum

production. day that the Indian Ambas-House of Representatives

American industry, which would Rayburn, the Speaker

But of the $4,000

the lion's share of the be turning out at least $10,000 sador in Paris had handed a

million arms aid orders million worth of supplies for the strong protest to the

$3,504 million "for strengthen-

would go to American industry American Armed Forces. Frenching the security of the North At-also have a shore, an official said. pace of Foreign Office regarding "harsh lantle area."

Canadian factories would 2.-To hasten the rearmament sentences" passed on certain

Most of the money would be allied to the United States in the Governments not people in the French settlement

spent on heavy equipment, such Atlantic Pacl.-Reuter. of Mahe on the South West coast of India and had express- ed the Government of India's grave concern in the matter.

New Delhi, August 1. Dr. B. V. Keskar, Deputy Minister for External Affairs, told the Indian Parliament to-

Dr. Keskar, who was replying to a question, said that no reply to the protest had so far been received although tho Indian Government had been told that the matter was receiving the attention of the French Foreign Office.

The cases mentioned by Dr. Keskar were those of 52 persons sentenced on May 1 last to terms ranging from two to 20 years' rigorous Imprisonment.

They dross out of disturbances in Mphe in October, 1948, follow- ing

an alleged assault by Mahu police on lenders of a group of people favouring Mahe's merger with India. These leaders had assembled at the Municipal omes to seek redress of their grievance that their names were not in cluded in electoral rolls.

Asked whether there was any hope that the prisoners would be released before the proposed re-

tlements to:

The $4,000 million would be In addition to the $1,222,500,000 al- ready authorised for the second year of the foreign arms ald pro- gramme.

Of paramount importance

paramount importance to the "The security of this area is of

he said. strength of the entire free world,"

$103 million to accelerate and increase the important program- mes of military assistance to

Greece, Turkey and Iran."

$303 million "to increase and accelerate military assistance.to the Republic of the Philippines and to other nations in Southern and Eastern Asia.

"These funds, addad to the amounts already provided · and to the resources supplied by other nations, will aid in bring. 'Ing our common defensive strength more quickly to the lovel now shown to be neces nary," Mr. Truman said. Mr. Truman emphasised that the emergency. required that

Congress vote the money as soon as possible. Most of it would be used to provide military equip ment of a kind which takes 12 to 24 months to produce.

ferendum in French-Indian set- Spoed imperativo

determine their "Speed in rotting this produc- political future, Dr. Kesker said, tion under way is imperative it "Unless these people are released

we are to have the equipment for and a proper atmosphere. Is the expanded forces that are created for holding a fair and

boing formed," he said, impartial referendum we will not accept the declaion of the refer

cndum."

Hinting, that some of the money the President said that the pro- would be spent on foreign arms,

Dr. Keskar told another ques-ductive capacity of the entire tioner, that the Government of

India had been continually bring-

Ing to the attention of the French reply to the Indion note, a Government acts of persecution Foreign Ministry spokesman sold and Intimidation" practised in 'in 'París, French-Indian settlements against The executive and judicial people who were pro-India. powers are independent from

have informed the French each otherunder the French Government that unless we are Constitution. It would be dinledit satiated that there are stopped for the Government to interfer we shall not accept any referen- with, or even exprem a view.on dum," Dr. Kerkar added, dk the sentences passed by a French Con The French Government Tiy Court not yet decided whether it will Beuter

ihe spakouman said.

and

Canadian factories to the three anti-Leopold for the

the

strikers whose deaths from gendarmes bullets last Sunday signalled the threat of civil war.

Political leaders were tonight stu discussing what title should be given to Princo Baudouin- Royal powers but is not yet during the period when he has King, in name.-Reuter.

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