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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1950.

COMMUNITY OF THE WEST Good Morn

IN

Scots-so the English say, occur whenever and wherever the dificulty is greatest, the

RED SHANGHAI

By Gordon M'Kenzie

odds are longest and diplomacy; serious difficulties because of the Ideology, is most needed.

Kiу6.

Morning!

The value of the Hong Kong

'It's been doing that in Hong dollar is slumping in Red China. Kong for years.

they may be anld to have failed. But they had a secondary pur-1 pose of remaining as a bridge ve- tween their own countrien und In point of fact this the new Government of China, and although their numbers are to now reduced from 4,500 to 1,200 they still hope to serve 111 this

· Wilo of Shanghis! dye king Sir Robert says that Commu-rets alimony equal to US$17,000

China to stay and two valuable properties.

Yet some people insist you should never sue dye.

new taxes; but all of it making has happened. for valuable point of contact It has happened, he where Communists will look in this extent: vain for the bloated capitalists There has been no discrimina-way. and their satellite "riff-raff" which tion against foreign business D5 propaganda Inay create only such, and controls have applied nism has come

to when those who read and listen equally

Chinese business. at least for the present,

been have

This certainly does not help given and are also prevented from going to Foreigners

mad along the belief that the Burge look and sec..

equality in the law courts

In that conquered the country will Judgments have been given

before cases be begged down now commercial and property which have been satisfactory to has consolidated Its gains. the foreigners.

me-

the

Freedom

+

fow

of

Moral credit

President Truman may give a fireside chat on the war situation. It's likely to be a five alarm Are.

•

Sir Robert Urquhart is one of those. He has returned from a part of the world, where, in his words, "the heather is on Are,"

He is back in England from

rich Not the Shanghai, fourlahing trading community of the China Coast of recent mory, but the West's only com- mercial outpost behind the Iron

the Shanghat is one of Curtain: the small, shrinking In-

pinec, terrogation mark In Ania

There has been freedom that places, perhaps the only

Communista for them movement and assembly in

the It is sometimes said that Chino povers the answer to the urgent where

not is the country where the inevit question: Can Democracy and selves may go and look and recefty, though foreigners may

ablo never happens. It has also It only for this alone Sir Robert travel into the hinterland or leave Communism, the East and

Been said that it has a marked Balute the the country without permits. West, live and work together and believes we should

in-

capacity for adopting and adopt trade in peace?

Shanghai 'community, which

its Scottish

ing the extraneous. Sir Robert, who is now includes as well a

If it should be-and Britain reporting on these and backbone many people

On the other hand where Bri- benefit-that Chinear elvilisation other mattera, is often, like Western Europe.

is Anally emerges as the strongest other Scots in the news, called He belleves it the more be- tons have suffered seriously

"We should not that the authorities deelded that of the many forces that are nos Hong Kong is a city lined with No dour man could ever cause, he says:

allowed. at work within her the no business would be

boundaries, palm-all of them iching. has been think of China as lost or

without. official permission, to will mean that the sinall} have done what he

British community In Shanghai as about in Shanghai.

And to get rid of that impresone no future, We felt close down in order to reduce its Western community in Shangha

can score up at least д moral These Cyp-clots, xion it is best to go back a little there

chance pay roll, was a reasonable

Chinese that the nów

As Sir Robert says, these busl-credit: and that, typically enough, Govern-

renain communitica

In as a by-product of the often des- ilnel

of in the life of this Forres

Aberdeen ment would not be out-and-out | nesy graduate

commercial Univerity, to the time when he Cominunist and that it would Shanghai with the primary ob plset but healthy wan Minister Is Washington and countenance the continuation of ject of safeguarding their assets instincts which flourish with the charged by the Foreign Office Western enterprise with Its own and furthering trade, and in that itinerant and diplomatie Sents. with the dimëult and delicate task of reducing the expenditure of the British community in the United States.

dour,

man

It has been sald that never tackled with such was a job

Scols thoroughness. rigour and

MTH. F. J. Clarke wishes to ex- tend her thanks to all friends and well wishers who have shown their great kindness! I think Sir Robert enjoyed it. and sympathy during her re- | cent extreme anxiety.

THE VETO Russia's action in imposing her veto on the resolution calling on all members of the United Nations to refrain from giving aid to the ag- gressors in Korea is much more significant than the in- cident in the Yellow Sea. The exposure of the Russian at- titude was hardly necessary. M. Malik's attitude through- out his month's tenure of the Presidency of the Council could hardly have been more hostile had he been a North Communist instead Korean

Consul-General

ELA

from

Mao Tse-tung

HERE'S A SHOCK

MR. GULLIVER

I am advised, if I am in the Not only did he put the diplo- matic secretaries through their open when an atomic bomb economic paces, but he set about bursts overhead, to drop to cross-examining the wives about the ground and curl up,, their dress expenses and their wardrobes-a task which he holding that position for at admits caught him on fine points least 10 seconds. of detall, but which he completed to the satisfaction of all,

-By- George Schwartz

connection,

suggesting as

It

does that the other effects are normal.

to

FOR

our

Incidentally. 1 suppose you noticed that Mr. Truman' really did tell it to the Marines, and they didn't like it one bit.

If you look at it this

way,

In Cyprus some have a

psychosis'

Which everyɔno

enes,"

For Greece

wild desire

knowa

ns

they, flame with

And thus the fat is in the fire. Were Turkey not now kept in

check,

Those pirds would get it in the

neck,

If

You wouldn't think from the front page headlines that all the, local English language papers tion around me, but apparently get their Korean war news from 1 proceed to complete it.

basically the same sources. Badly contaminated clothing S and carpets, curtains and up you're a senior civil servant, for Instance, you see nothing at first holstered furniture will have to glance but "Americans advance," bc burled Dr burned in 10- cinerators designed to prevent North Koreans retreat," etc., in the ексаре of radio-active the approved style. smoke. If I have any notion of what

Like utility

That little job accomplished,

As they're probably saying in in gardens, parks Brooklyn: Softinly seems a lotta is happening I shall certainly do

Indeed the information given the topsoll that, and I shall count 10 very. above consists, it is claimed, of and other places may have to discord in dis Crete. very slowly.

What I

wondering is calculations and educated-guesses be removed or covered with at LPX

foot of fresh soil. least A the effects concerning

am proferred the sorry con- While on the subject, Myrtle, whether I Herwardhecord- "nominal" atomic bomb. Nominal, solation that a careful examinu- I would like to point out that whose Importanee uncurling afterwards,

avaliable tion of all

evidence one spells it "Cretans," not has been all but over-looked an ing to the report which gives I take it, means something like

leads to the conclusion that an "cretins." home by dramatic events on its this presumably useful advice. ( nomb of superior quality tomic bomb burst hos & negli-| doorstep, it is possible to see the there will be virtually complete vital Importance of Shanghai as destruction within half some sort of bridge, however un certain, between China, Commu

Between, in Inism and the West.

another, sense, war and peace.

What has Sir Robert left be- bind in Shanghai?

Then as Consul-General he be cante responsible for the 4,000 British subjects In Shanghal, and when he talks today about this depleted, half-forgotten Western Community

A staunch and resilient com

munity life with its own churches and schools and country clubs and theatres, some now taken by the Communists, others

of the official Soviet delegate. But the veto clinches the matten There will be no co- from operation whatsoever the Kremlin in the fulfilment of the United Nations' solution calling for the with-peated it will not add to the drawal of the aggressors.

re-

over

in

complications of the Korean

Nobody in his senses ever conflict.

expected it anyway. This ad-

It has, however, increased

Council last

If a

of a

of

your

a mile is employed the effects will be

"U.S. almost sure to beat Burn what's left ted of the point immediately below multiplied correspondingly, Educa-gible effect on the weather.

guesses!

Much virtue in home, and I hope it keeps fine Britain for Curtis Cup."

I wish they wouldn't keep on Light damage may extend to education.

for you. the burst.

If I du uncurl after the arcas eight milles away, and

Ion't it all disgusting ? After rubbing in the obvious like this. effects may produce prescribed 10 seconds I must reading this obscene matter 7: freak

the waste no time worrying about feel like resigning from damage 60 miles away,

human

and

A Joining race Freak is a grisly term in this the virtually complete destruc-

decent tribe of monkeys.

London says.

Wes-

election is held.

middle

few

class.

By "Windrush"

Certainly

The

grusp

that

Quote

There

is

I

•

General Chennault revives his plea that the Nationalists be armed and asked to join in the Korean condict.

In

This can only be deprecated.

trouble on

thele

an episode Gulliver'r Travela in which Commanders of the U.N. troops

have enough Gulliver describes the state of Europe to the King of the hands already.. Brobdingnogians.

He

slaughter 7

was perfectly aston destruction and ished with the historial What would he say of the account I gave him of our educated advice -about pre- affairs during the last century cautions 7

sny

property.

about Blame

It

Blame

venture, which is brought the steadily mounting heat

"In building' a house, avoid protesting it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, using bricks and other logac so much havor to the Korean and anger which began with attitude and

murders, massacres, revolt-facings as far as possible. They people, would never have Mr. Malik's

banishments, the bery will become dangerous missiles LONDON SAYS: that it is tack in 1941, Were not the Mid- tions, been launched without Rus- speeches in the meetings of

The worst effects that avarice, when the shock waves tear sian orders--or at the very the Security

Window's should Their faction, hypocrisy, perfidious them loose. Argylls were in Malaya.

cruelty, rage, madness, be as small and as few and far least Russian.consent. If there month, when; through tele- quite uninterested in the new dlesex in Hong Kong?

programme exploits In jungle. warfare betess,

luat, malice and between as possible." last came proverbial. What has hop- hatred, envy, manifesto, published were ever any doubts about vision and broadcasts, the Labour Party

Anything but. lt, Mr. Malik shattered them whole of the American people

the pened to the colonel, who was ambition could produce. month.--"Labour-and

-cannot-but-- conclude, the King, the bulk of Why can't the human race The Kremlin is using Korean were given an overdose of New Society" is not going to the arst soldler

fighting in the Jungle meant liv said

Why does cannonfodder for its own pur- that upside-down system of win an election. It will be ing in the jungle, and using the tour natives to be the most control ite lenders?

vermin that nature poses. Those purposes had propaganda which is so ex lucky if it is remembered at jungle as a friend and ally in pernicious race of odious little It let a few scoundrels set the ever pace to death, destruction and nothing to do with defence. fremely exasperating.

In 1942

Ruffered to crawl upon the face misery ? British military ini-

Curl up for 10 seconds and This was sufficiently assured tern peoples are accustomed all when the next general stead of as an allen clement?

If you think Gulliver's then start a new life! Is it the fault of the pamphlet, terest was concentrated on de- of the earth.

sert warfare in North Afrien. It

Survey the virtually a book for kiddies,,

com- by the possession, through to argument and debate. It is

and .destruction

thon plete read it again, the North Korean stooges, of the essence of the free way the Party, or the times?

are manifesto is the work of Mr. must have been hard to get peo-Travels is

who

about wrote moon

the Jonathan Swift,

housing the whole of the ores north of life. But the rules

to soothe the the problems of the sands to the jt, was savage ironist and shortage.

Blame it on the economie of the 38th Parallel. The ag- based on, reason, truth, and Herbert Morrison.. and his supple to switch their attention from

this problems of the rubber jungles. was supposed to take a debased

on Blame it If he system.

high view of human nature. gression, which has plunged logic. The Kremlin has other porters who want

LONDON LOOKED FORWARD were writing now, would he prices and profiteering: Korea into disaster, was a rules. That is pretty well document will not irritate them: militant move primarily de known, but it has rarely been it is so uninteresting that no-

foreign minister, view? of its Australlon

on anything but signed to influence events in demonstrated so publicly and body will talk about it, and very to the visit of Mr. Spender, the have any reason to change his it on the institution of private

would he What people will know

After a week he will go to the existence. so brazenly as at Lake Suc-

como educated guesses of wholesale human stupidity and folly. United Sintes, and then Japan.

Really, of course, the Party is As to the latest "incident," cess.

The story told by the dis- too divided to put out an excit- buck to London for discussions the on the Commonwealth economic few will believe the yarn

South Asia. that the Soviet twin-engined illusioned Italian Communist ing positive programme at

And this is partly plan for

People like new faces in poll- Ignazio Silone is present. time.

the fault of the times. Defence bomber was far out to.sea in leader

best ministers, they The tics.

AL 38th famous. An executive body and foreign policy are pushing

with us

become vicinity of the

too long, the

was dis- aside the domestic interests on are

rather

boring. Bo Mr. Spender Parallel on a mere "training-of the Comintern

is very welcome. We have heard real experts. flight." If it were, it was in cussing a resolution by the which the Labour Party are the

much about Mr. Spender since he any case asking for trouble British Trade Unions order-

His ideas that succeeded Dr. Evatt LONDON REMEMBERS at. a time like this. The ing the, local bodies not to

little unconservative: obvious suspicion is that it support the Communist-led; the two K-force regiments which of the functions of a chairman which sustained the he was chairman of the Com- was on a mission to find out minority among them, on pain have left Hong Kong were the may be a

regiments

conference what the United Nations fleet of expulsion. That created

last May. But people like the unconventional. They will not was doing, and to gather any a dilemma. The Russian de-first onrush of the Japanese at-monwealth Sydney other information of value legate Platnitsky offered a

The branches when the free democracies be sorry if Mr. Spender lots off to the Russian Far Eastern solution.

London? Command and those direct should declare that they sub- and the Kremlin speak dif- few fireworks while he is int LONDON HAS BEEN TRYING, ing the intelligence of the mit to the discipline demand-ferent languages morally as North Koreans. As Vice- ed arid then, in practice, well as literally

By its veto the Kremlin has TO GET INTERESTED: in the Admiral Joy put it in mild should do exactly the con-

But it feels that this should be all and simple. terms, aircraft trary. The British delegate made it clearer than ever that latest 24-person Channel swim.

"But

that it will do nothing to Co the Channel swim to end whose actions might be cof-expostulated: strued as hostile in or near would be a lie." The story operate with the United Na- Channel swims. There is some a combat area naturally run spread throughout Moscow, tions in carrying, out resolu- thing Victorian about swimming too often. The present compell a considerable risk.

and evoked the loudest and tions on which all but the the Channel. It has been done

States have

tion was saved from complete

tho fact that The incident is all the more longest laughter ever heard Communist

the sensitive agreed. It allows no com- todium by

Tula struck the provocative because of the there.. For truculent protest sent In by Silone that laughter became promise among its own inner Egyptian won.

circle and it rejects from the public imagination Just a little. But let us have no more Chan- the Soviet Government. It a' symbol.-'.;

nel swi

swimming, eyen by, Eskimos denies that the bomber notual That is the sort of thing we word go any compromise with

More and more' Londoners are ly flew over the United Na- are up against. It has little others. The free world, as is Patagonians.

buying television sets. Why do tions Naval Forces, but it to do with Communist econo- its wont, spends most of its

Socialiam, time looking for compromises, they: Ike them? In the summer admits that its "training-flight mics or with carried it to within ten kilo- but a lot to do with elemen- suggesting them, and creating the best thing on television is metres." Assuming the tary morality: With reason commissions and such-like the cricket. But one reason why that it is no, bomber was flying at reason and sound argument much bodies whose members are television is more popular than able height, and in conditions could be done by the Security specifically selected to ad- ordinary radio is

tently as to a radio, speaker. of fair visibility, it should Council to lay the basis for vance that principle and those longer, necessary to listen so in- can 800 as well as have spotted the warships an ultimate settlement of the solutions. The method has When you long enough to have turned Korean problem, and in fact been successful in many arcan hear a spooker, you find "your- he ways, more to what he looks back. However, as the De- for the settlement of many of trouble, but never once self paying less attention to what mocratic Senator George said, others still, for the present, where the Russians or their ko. This may not be very good it was an isolated Incident, in the background, But there puppets word a direct party discipline. But it makes life

more restful. and so long as it is not re- are insuperable difficulties to the dispute.

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