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FIRST AID SHIPMENT FROM U.S. DUE IN INDO-CHINA SHORTLY

Saigon, August 6.,

American weight will begin to be felt this month in Indo-China with the delivery of the first important shipments of economic and military aid to French and Vietnamese government forces fighting tho Com munist-led Vietminh robols.' Sometime during August, two vessels will unload the initial consignment It will in- of combat material on the quays of Saigon's river port. clude critically needed items like airplane engines and communica- tions equipment. "Hellcat" fighter planes and navy landing craft

will fallow soon afterwards.

"The economie ald programme, French intention to follow them will get under way this month into the rough mountain country, when American technicians. ini-; Uole a $1,500,000 public henith programme for wor ravaged North Vietnam. The funds come from m ECA allocation to Inde-❘ Chinn of US$23,500,000 for the period ending June 30, 195).

The United States will thus materially begin to Tuint the commitment made last Alay 44 the London conterener by the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, France WAS paireri

help for her army in combating To Chi-minh's prets and suppert for the three French Indo-Chinese wr ernmenta of Vietnam, Cambodia und Taïs,

Spangered

Washington query

But as the American pro- gramme commences, the ques- tion of what it can accomplish., how much is to be provided and whether it can be usefully apent, stili

a mystery in Washington. The State Depart. ment is only now fully dis. covering what the actual poli- tical and military altuation is in this country.,

The whole complicated appura- Lus for furnishing Washington with the information necessary for formulating 172 intelligent policy towards Indo-Chinu

has started to take ampe in the last few weeks. American offelals will admit that it was not avail, able to Mr. Acheson when he con- ferred

Lornion with the Minkster, Mr.

French Foreign Schuman.

Carpentier believes that If the French are successful in con- taining the Vietminh

the In mountains, French forces in Zado- China, which include the best of the French army, enn be reduced somewhat.

Difficult conditions

The French hope that if the Vietminh are contained in the mountaine, their strength will dissipate under difficult living conditions. But for an indefinite time to come if driven to the mountains, the Vietminh will retain the capability of eleiking

from the mountains if con. tained at the population and production centres in the low- lands.

Challenge to puppet Gov't

Berlin, August 6.

A challenge to the power of the Communist-dominated East German Government was made in two statements issued today on behalf of Roman Catholics and Protestents in the Soviet : zone of Germany.

71 all A pastoral letter read Roman Catholic churches In Enst Germany replied to attempts by Government lenders to get signa- tures for the Stockholm "Peace Appeal."

At the moment, there is no in- dication that French forces even with American help will be able for many months or possibly years to succeed in driving the It declared, "No one will sue- Vietminh entirely from the low-ceed in splitting the Church by lands. It was this understanding attacking those priests who re- after three years of fighting which fuse to sign political statements Ind the French to seek a political and branding them as war-mon- solution by granting A measure gers." of independence የፈ። the three Indo-Chinese states,

The French

cilor! 10 popular support in Vietnam, the principal country of Indo-China and where the Vletmiah rebellion is centred, has been an emitted failure. An absolute majority use to sign the appeal. the

Viel- politically-conscious namese have continued to favour the Victminh independence move- ment although it is under Com-

rally

can-

But

It added. "The Church not but procluim peace. we cannot make use of political mstitutions for that purpose."

Government leaders have re- gently castigated Catholle Church. leaders for ordering priests to re-

At the London conference, the munist co complex of reasons striving for power.

Freilch were prepared

to argue There cogently their own controversial why the Vietnamese have not ease on Indo-Chinn. Mr. Schiman rallied behind the Bao Dai Viet- was #anked by advisers intl-

nt-namese government against the mately acquainted with the Indo- Vietminti. One of them is fear of Chinese situation including the Vietminh terrorism, but the main French High Commissioner

reason is that they have not been Indo-China, Mr. Leon Pignon, and granted their passionately de his adrol diplomatie adviser, Mr. sired full independence. Robert Du Gardier.

for

It is on this crucial point that the divergence of basic French and Amerleun interests in Indo- China becomes apparent.

Mr. Acheson at the same con- ference had no adviser well in- formed on current Indo-Chinese affairs. He had the report of the The Americans want primarily Griffin Mission which stayed in

to keep Indo-China out of Com- Indo-China nine days. The bulk munist hands. The French want of political and military reporting first to protect certain of their is the State Department at that eblonial interests in the country time

was being done by only one Foreign

by retaining some powers, A Service officer in the complementary but nevertheless Saigon Jegation who had been in

secondary French objective is to Indo-China for three months. keep Indo-China non-Communist.

The result of the nego

negotiations on Indo-China at London was the Indo-China problem is ex- complete victory for the French pected to result eventually in viewpoint. Acheson committed the policy conflict between Washing- United States without any-im-ton and Perls, U.S. officials are mediate reservation to support of learning that in order

to rally the French position in Indo-

support behind the anti- China.

It will be necessary for France to moke more concessions to Vietnamese nationalism.

A now line

The State Department ylow was that a new line had to be drawn against Communist ex- pansion in

The difference in approach to

Pmmunist forces,

to Ada. Indo-China, key to all South East Asia, was It.

Dr. Otlo Dibellus, Bishop Berin and head of the German Evangelical Churein, in a sermon, refuted Communist necusation that the Church In Germany was

Preaching to an over low con- #regation in the Enst Berlin Church of St. Mary's, Bishop Dibelius said, "The evangelic does not struggle for political power. No dictator in the world can wipe nut any people if the time for that has not yet come.

He alone rules over the peoples. decided upon their time and their space.

Christian When the Church calls for faith we cannot free- preach anything else but dom and freedom again.

There must be order and law, But that does not. alter the fact that the man in the highest position in the state is a brother of the one who cleans the streets. Reuter,

God

Sabotage on planes to be investigated

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1950.

Guns emplaced

A battery of 155mm guns dig in to new positions some. where on the Koroan front a American troops fought desperately to stem the advance of North Koreans. Gun- towing tracked-vehicles are seen In left background.Asso- clated Press Photo.

Reports on Molotov still unconfirmed

Tokyo, August : 7.

Reports that the Soviet Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. V. M. Molotov, is in Paking were still un- confirmed hero today.

But

observers speculated whether the reported visit might be connected with an impending Chinese Communist assault on Taiwan. General Douglas MacArthur's, denied that his Mission had issued recent visit to Taiwan, and the an information on the matter. sending of American jet planes to the Nationalist island, streng- thened the belief that the Ameri- cans think something brewing.

mby

Another possibility, J Mr. Molotov is in Peking, is that he

Chinese Is pressing the

Com- munist leader, Mao Tse-tung, to aid the North Koreans, who may soon find themselves facing a Rowerful United Nations counter- offensive.

There have been fragmentury and entirely unconfirmed reports of Chinese crossing the Yatu River into North Korea, But a senior American intelligence officer said yesterday. "We do not expect to see any Chinese yet."

Reports from usually reliable sources state, however, that there are strong Chinese Communist troop concentrations in the Man- churlan border, as well as in the Shanghai area not far from the Fuklen coast which would be a possible jumping-off place for an attack on Taiwan.

London, August 0. Washington has already lost the Informed sources said today

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel most opportune moment to ask that Royal Air Force security

William Hodgson, of Australia, France lo concede greater inde- officers

investigating the British were pendence the Indo-Chinese wide-spread suspected sabotage presentative on the Allied Coun- Commonwealth re- peoples. It came ut London, be-

of planes and equipment ear- fore Mr. Acheson made the un-

cil for Jupan, declared today that conditional commitment to back marked for the Far East and it was an outrageous lie that his France in Indo-China. An im- other overseas points,

Mission had made any. 'statement portant American trump card in

They sald

the largest single about Mr. Molotov, being in bargaining with France has been case of sabotage occurred at Sal- Peking.

ford in Lancashire, where hun- wore of airplane wings dreds ripped. The planes had already been packed in crates, labelled for Far East shipment, when the sabotage was accidentally found. it was said.

By the time the American commalument was made,, the State Department had begun to put the necessary organisation in wasted. Indo-Chine to find out in detall The entire question of further what was going on in what for French concessions will be raised most purposes had been a closed anew around the end of this French regional monopoly. Politi- year. cal and military reporting had previously been handled by only one or two overworked U.S. om- clols.

The United States Is now building in Indo-China its largest mission in South East Asia. A full stolf

af economic and political specialists will pour their reports Into Washington. Military, Force and Navy attache offers have been opened In Saigon and basic information about the mili- tary situation is

tion is being collected.

Air

sont

Goyt, reshuffle

BUS-

Officers of the RAF special in- vestigation branch were report- The Bao Dal Government ed to be investigating other In- slated to be reshuttled in an stances of suspected sabotage La effort to organlee a more re England and Scotland. The dis- presentative cabinet. The pre-closure came as security officials

Tran Van Huu were investigating premier,

other has almost no popular backing pected cases of sabotage aboard and his cabinet on the minia- naval vessels and in tho new terial level does not include « House of Commons. United single loader of any important Press. Vietnamese political group. An American mission headed by

When the government is roor- State Department offelal John gnised, such key centre groups Melby has just completed a milt- as the Catholic party which re lary survey of Indo-China. The presents most of Vietnam's 2,000,- mission learned a tow discon-

scan000 Catholics, will be invited to certing truths

ruths about the

bitter, join. The price of their participa four-year-old struggle of 150,000 ton has alread

army

troops

with Ho Chi-minh's greater

that took the edge of the

Members of the mission accom panied French troops

tremendous

encounter in their jungle warfare. They saw the usually useless pur- sucrilles.

suit of the clusive Vietminh

been

made clear

REIMANN FACES ARREST

once for Vieinan./Rhine-Westphalia'

any further

sur-

Questioned about * London newspaper report, angelly

More money for armed forces in U.S.

Washington, August 6. President Truman will ask Congress for another big in- crcase in rearmament funds next year, including US$500,- 000,000 to bulld the Marine Corps to a strength of 174,000 men, Representative Carl Vin- Bon revealed today.

Mr. Vinson is chairman of the House Arted Services Commit- will begin checking up on national defence “short- comings on Monday. In the meantime, the Defence Depart- ment was reported to be about ready to start pressing again, for universal military training.

Duesseldorf, August 5. The State Parliament of North today tem- porarily lifted the Parliamentary Immunity of the Communist de- optimism manifested earlier by render of French power in 'Indo-

tee which puty, Herr, Max Relmatín to ch- some of its military members. China, the French will base their able, the Public Proseculor

arguments on two main premises; Hanoever to charge him

with on several

(1) During the last four years, kidnapping. operations. They witnessed

the France

has expended thousands dimculties that the of lives as well as almost tough, seasoned French fightersi 000,000,000, roughly the can the Federal Parliament at Bonn Herr Relmann is a deputy in Ient of her entire Marshall Plan, as well as in the State Parila allocation, into the struggle to ment. His Federal immunity was Mr. Vinson gald early next protect her large stake in Indo lifted last week but the Prosecu- year Mr. Truman would ask for

tion would not move until his $100,000,000 to build two

extra France is too small n country

try State immunity to be asked to continue to make

inity was, also lifted,

Marine air squadrons and $400,- such sacrifices simply as her concerning the kidnapping

Herr Relmann is wanted con 174,000. The Marine build-up 000,000 to bring total strength to

"forces can yet be forseen.

tribution to the General Marcal Carpentier, against further Communist ex- May 12. Mueller later appeared now alming, for about 570,000 of his also will require a further in- global effort

former deputy, Kurt Mueller, on crease in the Navy, which French commander-in-chief for pansion: Withdrawal

of French Indo-China, told the writer re- troops will mean an almost im- under arrest in East Berlin.

man, because it must provide cently that the only feasible mediato victory for Ho Chi-minh, miillary solution under

The North Rhine-Westphalin support and supplies for the circumstances: Is to try to drive thore controls over Indo-China judicial.enquiry should be: held

(2) Relinquishment of

any Parliament ordered, that only a Marince. the Vietming into the barren will make it impossible for France but it added that it might permit mountains. There is no French to prosecute successfully the war criminal court action against him 400,000 men by the end of the The Army plans to add about Intention to follow them into the against the Communist-led Viet- later if the andings of the in- xcar in a drive to build to 1.000,- rough mountabia." There" ta "nolminh Amrodiated Press.

quiry warrant this Houten

000-man 'strekgil-Unlied Press.

The Melby Miasion learned the essential fact. No complete mill- tary victory against the Vietminh

present

China,

فا

Colonel Hodgson described the report as most fantastic.

nor any

He said neither be member of his staff had spoken to the newspaper correspondent about it, or had ever heard of the report before its publication.

Despite Colonel denial, there were still firmedi rumeurs quarters here that Mr. was in Peking-Reuter.

Hodgson's uncon-

Fighting in streets of For

Brussels

Brussels, August 6. Street fighting broke out again in Brussels today. follow- ing a

masa demonstration by 2,000 pre-Leopold Royalists in front of the King's palace at suburban Lacken.

were

At least three persoRS Injured and four orrcnted skirmishes with the police д some 2.000 demonstrators turned from the Palace and attempted to march on the centre of the city. All the demonstrators came from Flanders, mostly from the or- dently pro-Leopold city of Ant- werp where n strike of workers has paralysed the since Leopold's return country on July 22,

dock

arca

to the

The demonstration was Thorined, as Roydilst leaders and called off a threatened march on the, capital for fear of Bloodshett. It started quietly Dx Royalists gathered in the Palaco grounds to chant Leopold, Leopold down with Spank" and to stop the national enthein. But when part of the crowd broke away and started to march down boulevard a quarter-mille from the heart of the city, police head- ed them off, and cries of "Lev pold to the gallows" began เว mingle with Royalist shouts.

One anti-Leopoldist took it swing at a demonstrator and, as the melee spread, club-swinging police moved in and beat at least three demonstrators to the pave- ment. The police blocked off boulevards and restored order in » quarter of an hour,

Meanwhile, senttered acts sabotage and terrorism continued throughout Belgium as politicians rushed plans for the transfer of

Royal powers from Leopold to his 800), Prince Baudouin. United Press.

EXPLOSION IN FIAT FACTORY

Turin, August 6. An explosion today wrecked a workshop of the Fiat Miraflor! motor car factory here, burying a number of workers, of whom four were rescued in & grave condition.

Rescuers dug furiously to try to save the others. The police said they thought small hydrogen containers or bombs had caused the explosion. They added that... they were investigating the pos- sibility of sabotage..

The Mayor of Turin was re- ported tonight to have personal- ly taken over the police investi-" Molotov gation into the explosion-Reu-

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