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THE CHINA MAIL, TRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1950,

TAIPEH'S GUESS

ON CHINESE REDS' PLANS

Taipeh, October 5. The official military spokesman, in a roundup as- sessment of the Chinese, Communist position with regard to their neighbours, today said there are Chinese Red troops in Korça and in Tibet but no direct evidence of any large num- bars inside Indo-China. Major-General Chang Yi-tin, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence, gave the fol- lowing, on a basis of intelligence reports, covering Korea, Tibet and French Indo-China,

Manchuria and Korea

Units of Red General Lin Pino's 30th and 30th armies, in- whole or in part, are acroRS the border inside North Korea. They have seen no combat ag- tion so far as was known. Also not known is whether they are still there in the ori- ginal force.

Battle experienced Korcan divisions that served with the Chinese Communist 56th, 58th and perhaps the 57th armies in Manchuria, were among the crack units the North Koreans sent across the 38th Parallel. Chinese Communist artillery, ammunition

Rebellion

in the Philippines

By JOHN FISHER

A long-standing Communist rebellion is already raging to- day in the Philippine Islands, the nearest of which is less than 100 miles from Formosa, which the United States has

food and clothing-und some sworn to protect from in-

cavalry units have been sent into North Koren,

vasion.

an in-

The Philippines, now dependent republic, for the cur- the United States nerstone of Pacific defeure line and America, under its 1947 treaty, arranged for a 9-year lease of no less than. 23 Philippine bases,

General Chung said, however, laterial moved into Korea by the Chinese Communists was for eventual use by the Chinose Reds there. He said the Koreans them selves were supplied by Hussin, the air especially material for force, tanks, artillery, trucks and rail materials. The Russian naval strength at Port Arthur has mundet revelt in the Philippines would be a serious matter to the

been built up.

Consequently, a successful Com*

United States.

Reds in Tibet?

Fighting has been going on in Chinese Communista have airendy crossed Into Tibet from the Philippines ever since the end of World War 11, chiefly its tha two directions. General Chang said it has been confirmed Com-central area north of Manila, hus munist troops have crossed the one thine or another, the gueril- border from the North East and have operated in 18 out of the oved 24 provinces on the main tanul political workers have moved

Mof Luzon,

not

Rese

Water

puts hothead Reds out

West Berlin police used mobile water gune to quench a Communist demonstration out- aldo the City Hall. The high pressure guns, purchased for the May Day demonstrations, ware used for the first time recently when Reds became rowdy and rafused to obey police orders to leave, the Square. Market stall holders and gassers-by shared in the torrent ap Reds mingled with the shoppera in an attempt to evade the fierce jets. Photo shows waterguns cleaning up a Weat Berlin street as police clear away Ped denionstrators. (AP Phate).

Calypso: best in small doses

By George Hunte

The following extract from

a

The music of calypso, which most people associate with hit calypso by Auilla, of Trinidad,

I found out a new philosophy, tropical moonlight and the is typical of all calypsost music of the jungle, is largely How to live with women hop-

pily: copied from the orthodox hurmonic basis of British and owes European music. It nothing to African music,

This is the opinion of an End- 11sh bandmaster, Captain Saison. who writes calypsos himself, and who has made a thorough study. of West Indian folk music while conducting the band of the Bar- budes Police Force for several

Say?

[1

What Zio, and Plato and Socrates didn't know I'll relate to you in Calypso. Chorus:

Every now and then you cuff

them down,

They love you long and they

love you strong; Black up the eye and bruise

the knee,

And then they love you etern-

ally.

I had a pretty little mopsy, and She left me for a robust man: I followed her and sald:

a lot: I care "Darling What this fellow have that I

haven't got?

into North West Tibet. The

Recently, f force of several size of

of either force

thousand

rebels allacked and set. General Chang said fire to 11 towns in a single night, known. political workers and other

her killing

ing 100 people at Tarlac, only organisers went into Tibet. In 70 miles north of Munlia, the name of the Panchan Lama,

In some ways, the revolutionary rival claimant of the Dalal

yed music of calypso," the Com- movement resembles Lama for spiritual rule over all munist revolt in China and us Captain Saison, "has been in Tibetant.

the Chinese, it is led by fluenced by Spanish, French and with Communists who fought the Japa-Latin-American rhythm styles.

by and louch of the Oriental

Chinese trom

contacts,

...and so on, with chorus and Most calypso melodics show spontaneous verses until the first traces of the best-known Eng-laugh dies and the audience be- nursery rhymes and ditties, gins to wonder whether the Jokes Fish all Tibet, however, would pose Its followers are known

learned either from visiting sca- are really funny or just childish considerable hardships for any Huks (a contraction of Muk Bo

men or from British settlers," he Most people agree that calypsus attarting force. Winter and rug-Ng Mapagpalaya meaning Pea-

auds,

are best in small doses. terrain are the biggest fac-ple's liberation army) Their army

Many of the most catchy, tors opposing military conquest, came into being during the Japa calypsos have a harmonic struc

French Indo-China!

nese occupation and was helpedture of the texture to be found in in every possible way by General several popular hymns. Calyp- MacArthur who was then in Aus-sonians, whose songs

The Nationalist military spokes- said crossing the border and

in the area wher fanning out

crassings

were made mo Tibet was not diffleuls. But to condet a

n military campaign over

6,000 armed men

09

General Chung said there is no direct evidence and

and it cannot be confirinça thal any large numberg üt Chinese Communists have He kept in touch with the But leaders by radio and by means of into Indo-China.

crossed there is

tralia.

is no question as to Chiness submarines which paid frequent visits to hidden inlets and river Red-aid-to-the-Vietminh gueril ins, providing training and sup-mouths. plies and furnishing expert guid- American arms were also freely ance both the military and poli-sent to the Philippines during ilcai phases of Ilo Chi-minh's World War It and failure to col lect then after the war has pro campaign against the Freneli.

At the same time, the Chinese vided the greater part Communists are rushing to come Communist fire

power. plete railways and good roads At present, the Huk movemen to the Indo-Chinese border from is believed to include. more, than the Yunnan and Kwangsi pro-0,000 permanently armed men to- vinces. One road has already gether with 4000 supporters who been hacked from Nanning provide reinforcements, In Kwangs! South to the border. ganda,

and intelligence.

out

propa-

unprintable, singers.

Calypsos

arc

are often great hymn

can be classed with folk songs. Just as mercio Eng- and-used-to sing in the days of tho, troubadours 50 the calyp sonians express; themselves on all topics of the day in song and simple music.

-

Started by slaves

Stall owner

had too many HK coins

Pleading guilty to a charge

of poskestion of small change In axces of reasonable re.. quirement, Fok Sze, woman stall owner, of 331 Portland Street.

24 remanded hours by Mr. R. W.,B. Winter at Kowloon yesterday.

was

When defendant's stall wis raided by the, poilce on Wed.. nesday she was found to have had in her possession 630 10- cent coins and 390 five-cent coina.

ART EXHIBIT

of

Wu Chi-shun, one Mr. China's best known contemporary artists, will hold an exhibition of his paintings at Hotel Cecil to- and Monday, morrow, Sunday daily from 10 am. to 7 p.m.

At the same exhibition there than will be a display of more 1,000 ancient Chinese coins. The paintings will include mountains, rivars, orchids and bamboo.

Salute to Helsinki

By Ralph Hewins.

Helsinki, capital of Finland. The secrets of Finland's sur and the most contradictory viva as an independent power and of Helsinki's continuation as city in Eastern Europe, has a proud capital are, first, courage, been celebrating this summer second the ability to keep

400th anniversary as a free mental move ahead of the Rus- sinas; and, third, a capacity 1er dealing.. with apparently in- superable problems.

city.

Work is being speeded on the estimates vary from time to time nd percussion instruments, sing it could be taken "by telephone" acceptable to the Finns.

rail line from Nanking South. according whether the liults around

ant

An

Historic pictures on display

exhibition of paint-

ings and lithographs the res main of the Chater Collection -will be held at the British) Council Centre from October 18, to 21.

2

The exhibition will consist of about 70 plctures, many of which are of considerable historien Interest, and includes views of Mnene and Canton in the early XIX Century and of Hong Kong In the years Immediately follow- foundation as a British

Colony.

2

'I'ne pictures will, be on view. ech day from 9 n.m. to 4.30 Thu exhibition will be opened to the public.

On October 17, the exhibition will be on view between 630 and 8.30 pan. by invitation only Invitations have been sent to the Oficer Administering the Gov- 14. General Sir Rabert Members of Executive lative C

Connells,

mem-

und

hers of ille

Urban Council and

Education,

the Board oi

Sino-British Club, the and the

Kong Art Club

the Hodg

the Britis

Courtell Scholars' Association, ก well as to a number of people known to be interested in the pris or who are themselves cul- lectors, including Sir Robert H Tung, Mr. J. R. Jones, Mr. Henr Young and Mr. Cheng Te-kun

TYPHOON

was

(Continued from page 1)) 3 The ferry services, were su pended early in the morning ye terday. The Star Ferry launch appeared at the piers at 2.30 pm yesterday to resume servico attor the No. 9 typhoon signal Jowered,

The Vehicular Ferry launches began services half an hour later. the accident No

involving ferries was reported. The plers except for the usual buffetting of rough waves, did not sustain any damage, it was learned,

Residents were requested not to use the restricted ferry services unless absolutely necessary,

Long ride

Because of the rough water the boste took twice as long as make the crossing normal to

extremely slow and sweeping approaches to wharves to insure safety.

using

In the New Territories, Britis servicemen weathered the high winds and slight rain and had n incidents to report.

Sun

Similarly, the Royal Navy stated that none of their ships or in- stallations had suffered damage in the high winds yes terday.

Apart from heavy gusts of wind

over th sweeping occasionally

onl peninsula at Stanley the evidence to show that there was n'typhoon menace was the desert, ed streets and heavily-s uttered shops

the village.

There were very few traveller to town from Stanley. The Chin Motor Bug Company's No. 6 bu only ran hourly from 7.30 am)

Soon after p.m. buses on th instead of every half-hour. No: roule were given instruc tions to cease running but at 23 pan, they were again put on t usual half-hourly run.

The No. 7A bus which leny Aberdeen for Stanley

on t haur

did not run at all yesterd while the No. 7 buses from Vehicular Ferry ran only every half-hour until 6 p.m. yesterday when they again resumed their quarter-hourly schedule.

Buses on the No. 2 route werd alzo fewer than usual due parth

'there were very

When compieled the railroad taking the, initintive at the mo- their cares qually spon- | Finland has a treaty of mutuai personalities count at the head to the pending, typhoon and also

CZECH COLLIERY EXPLOSION

Prague, October 5.

were killed Thirty-six miners in un explosion in. # colliery in the Ostrava area yesterday afternoon, was officially ans nounced, edgy.

cheek-boned

warning

In

The solitary fishing Junk caugh Bay on Tuesday ever Stanley ing rode out the gusly wind a

waves

yesterday and

short

Odysseus tracked on the pendence Treaty, with Stalin in friends aro. Mrs. Hertta Kuusinen after noon, the owner decided

Ninety per cant. of calypsos are Wonalist. Perhaps their bond is

Czar's favourite

Calypso singing originated in It is, in fact, the only surviving the days when slaves, after a metropolis from the Arctic to the

Consequently, persistent Russo- hard day's work, would gather Aegean which is these latter days Finnish crises which appear deg round their huts in the evening, has not become "iron-curtained.”

perate to strangers have always reached a Bu and, to the strumming of banjo,

solution honourably home-made guitars and drums With only 400,000 inhabitants

In these "miraculous solutions, by the Russians (with whom will provide through trafle from ment a not

The words were

as most people re- Indo-Chinn to Russin. The lind Their leader, Luls Tarus, tall, tancous and culled from the in-. assistance in the ovent of war or of the Helsinki Government is because

mained indoors. kapen the at present

entire high

and stoop- cidunts of their daily life on the a threat of war thereabout), but Premier Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, passengers

Company kep distance from Nanking North-shouldered, has a heavy price on plantations. They praised those Finland's capital is not afraid. Sauged 50 of the Farmers Party.

the trams running. word into Manchuria via Muk his head. So have his lieutenants, whom they liked and were loud contradictory is the Helsinki at No more anomalous figure exists. The Tramway

No accidents were reported by den, Harbin, Dairen, Port Arthur Manano Balgos and Guillermo in their abuse of those who made mosphere that the inhabitants in Europe.

He was Finland's the high- their slavery harder to bear. and by connecting links to the Capadocia. Soviet border.

joke about Stalin und call Jump champion of one time. He the fishing fleets at Aberdeen 01 No one knows how the name politely "Little Boy Blue." To beat down the rebellion, the

*"calypso" arose but it

is a satirical and cynical playboy: Shaukiwan may have General Chang said the roads Government has 37,000 men led

been borrowed from the tale. of

The President, Juho Pansikivi He delights to appear in a grey and rail nes would presumably by heavy-jevid Major-General

walstcoat.and, morn- Calypso Iri Greek mythology (which, translated into English, ton hat, grey, we be the mahi supply arteries in Mariano Costaricda, who now hun preparation against the French charge of both the pelice force anil Calypso, daughter of Atlas, lived means. John, Stone) is 70 years ing coat, complate with carnation,

on k island

Ogygia. vid. Ho signed the Finnish, Inde ord, rolled umbrella. Two of establishing a constal, blockade by the army. Bécause of shortage of the use of the French Navy.supplies in the rebel camp he has,

istand and

It was reported he made Aber United Press.

on the whole, been, making pro-

seven years. 1910 and has maintained friendly and her ex-husband, Yrio Leino, sail for shelter at Aberdeen, gress militarily.

When he left leaving two sons relations with the Soviet dictator both ex-Ministers who are two doen safely late yesterday after behind. Calypso died of grief ever since despite being a of Finland's leading Moscow noon although the three small

banker and a Finnish trained Communists.

vessels, which it pail towed to sad and full of grief, and it is

Stanley

were still beached a thought possible that the namo that neither is a real Russian.

School Beach. But the Philippine Government may have been adopted for stalin," the Georgian, and Punsi-

A solitary pleasure yacht war has yet to gain the confidence of

this reason. It is certain that the Fion, both speak Russian

Another personally Is Finland's seen riding the waves, at Repulas and f the average peosant who, at pre- calypsos originated in Trinkled, with my accent.

G.O.M., Field-Marshal Baron Bay in the afternoon, Paasikivi's presidential Palace

Gustaf Mannerheim, the last seemed to have weathered the sent gets ho more than half the where they were sung in French,

was built by the Czar Alexander Czar's favourite officer, liberator storm, unscathed. cup from the landlord. The Com- or patois, until the abollion of munists, on the other land, pro slavery

11, whose statue is still Helsinki's of Finland, C-in-C. In the 1930-

The fishing Junks clusteral o mised the peasants new deal on

they have

spread the land. That is powerful bait throughout the West Indian tura and, still gives its name never attanked by M Soviet They were sheltered in the nur suprema item of historical sculp

warn and ex-President. He la Chung Mel, Aberdeen, wero EO Moscow pre- harmed by the wind and rain said, that the lar

Discontent is

al- several dozen miners escuped th:only" among the to be found islands and are always sung in the capital's main square

peasants. Even in English.

pagandisis though Finnish children have been visa whenever he likes.

row stralt between Aberdeen, end the towns, there is little to show The recognised accompaniment

taught for generations never lo The explosion occurred in the for all the money that has been to calypso singing" is played by poin; a gun at anybody unless confidence that it has

Such in Helsinki'spat

Aplichaufeland and wore, wel protected during the perioda o Michalka mine in the Ostrava re- thrown in

in by the United States the coinbination called the set he is Russion." gion, main centre of the Czecho-since the war as reconstruction band.

the 1958 Olymple Games. The rain and gusty winds. Siunči The combination is

The fishing folks at Shaukiwal slovak hard coal mining area and aid:

gederally accepted

Finnish Olymple chief, Mr. Erik as comprising For their own safety, also the country's most important

all EuroTM

von Frenckell, has stated that the were also fortunate althoug ura- any instrument or contrivance

will be several small sampons were cas Germans and Japanese heavy industry area.

peans and most wealthy Filipinon which is handmade. The Czechoslovak Minister of have private guards on their

The Finnish Government is the invited, although the Russians loose by the heavy waves, N "They use all kinds of drums,"

reported, Industry, Mr. Gustav Kliment, houses at night. Squatters for says Captain Salsan, b

"beaton only one In Northern or Eastern (prominent In Die recent Euro casualties were has gate to the scene. Prague whem there are no houses room steel drum lids, sileks tapping for Europe which is not felt. It is a phan Athletic Championships), pra Radio said. Reuter.

sleeping out amid the rhythm-anything in fact accept bourgeois minority coalition of not members of the Dlymple

have not even

already pulled down, gill less restored. any musical instrument of op. Farmers Liberals, and Swedish-movement and have

proved character that you could Finns. Yet it has enreed Moscow's started making: frouble through Inflation due to buy in a shop.

Social-

Finnish outgoing

Tefilat sporting bodies. praise, while Incompetence, not to

Russian has become botional

Helsinki, October 5 parliamentary Returns, from: 401 of the 64 Fagerholm and communities in Finland log to the And the future of calypso?

offintional newschpers clecilors gave the Conservat parties 0.343 cily; and chil timora in the in Lapland entirely fold waste by day

dad the old': t raids by. Huire in

ille, the Flans present council scale, tho its day is doomed,

the best of "two worlds parties results

4,073 hero Tejl men ambushed his Philippines are part of a new West

nevertheless, manages

The

indicated the by | 14 not a-hish, form of art exprosa 40, Finloor Germans ¿in 1946-||

Larg anet shot him throw times campaign of protesis against tha

no tipping, un: Bigan. Jeup

to send son, qud

le,luradiva inted to remain happy. There imp

nun- loftists had made gains since the while he was driving round the Government's decision

Parliamentary, elections in 1948, palm oil ostate

ale on which

symbol petrol, all of which are plentiful. restricipilly on Cap

when the Communists.received 20: analment,

Tiidion culture:

Helsinki is not mare expansive all on Lenfr

favourite per cent of the vote: This Uma ypkös navo 1 tư rear and is just ne start no Stockholm,

thay hayn-rockived: Pitiptr: cen war conti espectábla, society which i had not experienced

Bofaruisscelled Premi for 140 years, an

The announcement

explosion and were rescued.

ruins

becn

EUROPEAN

WOUNDED

United States businessmen "from Singapore, October 5. Investing money which would'

John Booth, an estate assistant country's recovery,

The hear Layang, 40 mlios North of

latest

Day over

Happy country.

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to

Demperata remain anathema first language: Indehools bilt

Having lost two wars to Russia; ovarybeds from

11039-40 and 1041-44; and

Terrorists today wounded, Mr. | oihurwise have contributed Captain; Sälten" shares the feel...) having had hur Northern ptovich

an

Despite wounds in both arnu nuo and one shquider, Mr. Begin drove pins, through, thin ambush and escaped, art

ing.

to Koranent thay, argi diubatary Buentioning", of food, i clothing, į ar Lies

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