1950-12-07 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950.

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Eighth Army Retreat Halts Pope's Appeal

On A New Line

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Santhanam, Minister

New Delhi, Dec. 6. 1 Mr K. Fifty-two murders and 10 of States for Railways, disclos- Tabbbrics occurred in running ing this information in the trains, bath passenger and Indian Parliament, caid that goods, in the Indian Railways 6,809 thefts were also commit- Hit the 12 months ending ted in the rallways during the September this your.

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New Delhi, Dec. 6. The Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, will leave India for London on January 2 to attend the Common- Ministers wealth Prime

conference, which opens on January 4.

He will be accompanied by Bir Jirja Shanker Bajpal, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Exter- ncl. Affates, and will be away from India for about a fortnight-Reuter,

BUT TOKYO SPEAKS

OF

EVACUATION

Peking Maintains Silence

Lake Success. Dec. 5. Indian sources said to- day that the 13-nation

to Com-appeal

the Chinese

Tokyo, Dec. 6. The retreating United Nations Eighth Army, onco more out of contact with hotly pursuing Chinese munists, paused tonight on a now defonco line south of Pyongyang.

But military and diplomatic observers in Tokyo be. lieved that only Chinese acceptance of a cease-fire or a halt at the 38th Parallel could avert а complete United Nations withdrawal from Korea.

Conference On

New Guinea

The Hague, Dec. 4. Discuzziions on the future

40

of

The Eighth Army's line, stretching some miles inland from the west coast, was in danger a new envelopment by Chinese massing on its flank near Koksan, 48 miles south-east of Pyong

yang.

Military sources admitted privately here that status of Western New Guinea the line might be pulled back to just below the continued today in the Parallel where there was a good defensive position con along the Imjin River, some 48 miles south of the ference here. delegation met privately to dis- Chinese spearheads at Koksan.

Netherlands - Indonesian

The Indonesian

curs whether its chief compro-

This would bring the army mize proposal should be sub-carer the port of Inchon where mitted to the main conference, its main striking force landed due to resume this afterNOON,

in September and which would)

be used for an

Though

no compromise has most likely

evacuation. yet been officially proposed, it as a result seemed likely that,

It would also bring an answer |

of the preliminary talks, a joint to the question whether the

of

statement

principle by M.

Chinese intend to push on south

Republicans Gunning

Van Maarseveen, Dutch Ming of the Paralo border between For Acheson

Nonth and South Korea.

ter for Overseas territories and the Indonesian Foreign Minister,

General MacArthur's Intelli Dr Mohammed Roem, would be

chief, gence

Major General

Washington, Dec. 6. Issued.

Willoughby, said

recently

Senator Robert Taft sald from. prisoners today that the Senato Republican Working Committees would reports then get down to detalls-Reu-indicated that the Chinese might

stop on the Parallel, leaving a Policy Committee, of which he iter.

rebuilt North Korean army to is chairman, was considering whether to recommend the party north to demand that the Secretary three of State, Mr Dean Acheson, be

fired,

Demand In

Britain

For A Cease-Fire

London, Dec. 6.

continue the attack.

The fighting on the eastern front, where American and two South Korean divisions of the 10th Corps face complete encircle- ment by mass Communist for ces, also died down today.

STILL COMING IN

A Foreign Office spokesman said, today that said last night's 13-nation appeal to China and North Korea not to order their armies across the 38th Manchuria. Parallel was "at first sight a most helpful and constructive proposal.”

The matter was discussed at a policy session on Tuesday and would be taken up again at a meeting on Thursday or Friday.

It was the first indication of

Republican

at- ouster.

Communists not to drive into South Korea went to Peking with the implied assurance that the United Nations would respect the 38th Parallel.

A United States spokesman sald Inter, The United States delegation has not been asked to give approval to any implied- long in this appeal nor has it given any favourable or favourable

Sir Benegal Rai,

the appeal to Peking, said he

conspirator of

had received no assurance from General

that Wu, Halu-chuan

appeal.

the Chinese Communists would accept the

The

the

To Catholics

Vatican City, Dos, 0. Pope Pius XII today ap- pealed to all Catholles of the world for public prayers for peace to avert the fearful threat of war.

In a letter pablished in the VALISA , newspaper Osservatore Romano, the Pópe called on all Caflíoltó blahope to gather their Blocka Lo A Christmas crusade of prayers for oonoord between peoples.

The Pope saked that the Drayers for peace should bo specially offered on the night before the Fensi of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, when he will himself may midnight mass and in the mine daya before Christmas...--Renter..

Senators Caution

President

tors

Washington, Dec. 6. A spokesman of the 18-nation appeal belleyed that the moordge Twenty Republican Sena- to Mao will carry Do weight unleas, there is agreement from duced a resolution caution- on Wednesday intro- both the Communists and United Nationa to respect the ing President Truman to Parallel as a ceasefire line. This undertake no commitments

not expressed. with Prime Minister Attlegi Implication was But Sir Benegal's emissary, R.

are not subject to Dayal,

was understood to have which

Commu-Senate review in treaty assured the Chinese nist delegate that this was the form.

Arab-- real meaning of the Astars alon

The resolution, introduced by were believed to

Senator James Kemp, also ex- have made it clear in their

pressed the belief that President talks with the Chinese Commu-Truman should give the Senato nists that Poking invaded full and complete reports com South Korea it would kill any chance of gaining admission to cerning his the United Nations,

Asked whether he had Chinese Communists would be for an immediate balance sheet ceived any. Indication that the sponsor of the resolution, called willing to halt their forces at chowing contributions as to man- the 38th. parallel, Sir Benegal said, "No. There has been no power I would indication from them yet. would be very glad if there United had been."United Press,

I-

ENVOY APPROVED

current conversa- tlons with Mr Attlee.

Senator Henry Cala, also a

and resources which

mode by America's Nations allies to the common effort. He also asked for speedy action on establishing a mobile and hartl-hitting inter- national police force.

Senator Cain told the Senate: Washington, Dec, 0. "Turkey and Greece, must be- Air and intelligence reports

The Senate Foreign Committee come full and equal members that Communist forces concerted

Atlantic Pact. Every today approved the nomination of the .action of Mr Walter Gifford to be possibility for having Sweden were vous necking to force the resignation United States Ambassador to mode across the Yalu River from

a member of the pact og Mr Acheson, although many | Great Britain.-United Press. must be explored. A military, Republicans, including Mr Taft,

political and economic under- United Nations warplanes have individually called for his

standing ought promptly to be continued their non-stop

worked out with Spain, tacks on

Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 6.

andi rear areas and sup

Police said Wednesday that 12 Spain ought to become The text of the proposal, to Communist China to sit only bases as well as frontline

Senator Taft emphasised Re-people were killed by avalanches and equal member of the At- troops. made by governments la Asta the Security Council,

publican consideration of such caused by the city's heaviest lange Pact. Germany must be In a letter published in the and the Middle East, was being)

American pilots claimed that move is part of a broader party rains in 61 years and that other

free and self-governed Times today, they said: "In our they had largely

stand, on overall studled here, he added,

destroyed"

aspects of dead would probably be found nation and given its complete London evening papers gave view, the United Nations forces the town of Ambyon, some foreign policy; particularly on in buried homes Associated

right to rearm as it thinks best. front-page prominence today to have advanced beyond the post- three and a half miles from Korea-United Presa

Press.

Japan must be reconstituted as the 13-nation

repelling appeal. They long which the

a nation and given the right North Korean the statement

and opportunity curried

aggression de-

to rearm." United Press. appeal issued by the delegates at Lake Success.

alguatories to the letter included Lord Boyd-Orr, selen- The Washington correspon- tist, and Nobel peace prize dent of the Star, P. H. Fowell winner (0949), the author, J. B. said that the America State Priestly յա the Oxford

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Australian Mustangs reported the completo destruction of Koksan, normally a town of 5,000 population.

Rumours hare of a "Dun- kirk” led to the question "Where is the fleet?"

NAVAL SECRECY

Complete secrecy

has been

Atom Bomb A Symbol

Of Incarnate

Evil

New Delhi, Dec. 6.

Department seemed to think cconomist, Mr G. D. H. Cole. well of the appeal and there) appeared to be a "slight basis Nat ons, to issue a statement of for hope of a compromise solu- their

including Intentions, tion in Koren.”—Reuter.

declaration that if the Chinese forces halted their offensive, no

Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of further United Nations advance

maintained about the movement India, said here today that the atom bomb had be- London, Dec. 0, would be attempted, of British public "No

operations, of the huge armada of warships bombing

transports which med come the symbol of incarnate evil and hoped there called for a cease- atomit or otherwise, should be and

the victorious army ot Inchon fire in Korea and an invitation launched by the United Nations 11 weeks to and the milled would be no question of it being used now or later.

in North Korea or Manchuda,

He was opening a foreign affairs debate in "The immediate objective musi be a cease-fire, followed by the The only news received has the Indian Parliament.

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Mr Nehru said the brunt of Prime Minister had sald in re- the fighting on behalf of the gard to it United Nations in Korea had fallen

on the United States forces, which had suffered If General MacArthur decided heavily, and the gympathy

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made

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Soviet-Pekinga

Split Hinted

Lako Success, Dec. 6.

Vyshinsky, told

Andre

The Soviet Foreign Minister,

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United Nations today that the 'nations which have: appealed to. Communist Ching to halt at the 38th Paradiel were countries that

supported "that r manine MacArthur" when he drove Into North Koren.‹

It was the first reference in the General Assembly to the ap- APPEAL TO POWERS

peal to Peking issued on Tues- Referring to Tibet, Mr Nehru day night by 13 Asian and Arab to stand below the Parrillel he the House would go out to act now the Chinese Govern- that the Chinese Rods would not.

said he earnestly hoped that nations calling: for a guaranten could muster 200,000 troops them. against the potentia .force of

ment would try to settle the push' southward across the 38th 850,000 attributed to the Com- There could be no solution Tibetan question peacefully, Parallel in pursuit of the reju

of munists of which only 250,000.

the situation

in the Far

treating United Nationa: troops. але estimated already com East unless China was brought The Indian Government's talks mitted.

Mr Vyshinsky'a derogatory rem into the pletfire. In any no-with two members of the Nonal

solution, the Government had yielded no re- ference..for the appeal appeared. But the United Nations would collations. for a

question of Formosa would ralts so far, Mr Nehru mid, and to indicate a possibig split he have, armoured and artillery also superiority as well as complete though not immediately.

have to be considered he declared that India proposed tween Moscow and Feking in

to continue

to recognise the clit la Wasington control of this air-Router,

Nepal King (now in Delhi) and diplomatic circles that Welcomdrig the Truman saw no reso why she should Chivere Comumlite may haợn Attlee talks, Mr Nehru cald do anything else.

given, India, toung, Inkligation of the militaY 'situation" was

Mr Nehru, who was frequently willingness to bait their troopa rapidly changing and he could

ứt the 30th #lick-United not make any profitable sug-cheered by the House, coded a

oh-hour speech with an appeal Proc gestions as to what should be to the great powers to mako every effort to solve the present

Desert Air Crash He could only hope the international tangle by negolia- Washington, talks would bear tion or any other way, provided

It was pesotful.

Caire Déc. 6. The Government and Parlia The pilot was reported killed there was a ment of India, be declared, when at Royal. Egyptian : ALP

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Hollywood, Dec. 8.

Brawny actor Faul Douglas

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After a love scene yesterday | frult. Douglas had to have à détor

Mr Nehru said in examine two of his ribs which And them cheaper were cracked two weeks ago in good deal in common in India's would do everything in their Force fighter plane crashed in and mare, convenient than X- a football scrimmage scene for view on the Far Eastern situu- power

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