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Resistance In Malaya Not Enough

Times Critical Of Policy Statement

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His promise of resistance

in criticised

Malaya will be lost. This gether in the face of Com- solemn warning is con- munist danger". tained in a Times leading article today.

criticises the The newspaper recent statement by Mr Malcolm MacDonald that there was no question of "giving.up resistance to the terrorists,""

"This is hardly the lead that Is expected from those who government which speak for

de to inakce a supreme cifort backed by all resources that can! be made available, to suppress the terrorists with all speed," it says **This is the moment to talk not of resistance but of attack."

"A sad amount of time has

been lost. There is still opper-

tunity with the adequate re- Kular forces available to mobi- Jisc the administration And people against the terrorists and break them."

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"No one, in the present state of the Far East, dare, prophesy how long the opportunity, long.neglected, will last. Ma-. laya, if not settled soon, will be lost." London Express Service.

Microbes As War

Weapons

The rebels were nicendy being encouraged in their efforts to throw Malaya into complete con- fusion by the grelvous defeats indicted on the United Nations' forces in Korea by the armies of Peking. Thry

Geneva, Dec. 7. looked now with greater confidence for Dr Brook Chisholm, future help from the Peoples' Director-General of the Government of China in their World Health Organisation,

to "liberate Malaya struggle

said today that he knew of from Western imperialista"

bacteriological weapons per- MALAYA AT WAR

fected since the war which could kill millions of people and very "very quickly effectively."

The

Times welcome new measures that are to be taken as a result of Sir Harold Briggs recent visit to this country but is that only says the tragedy now, after a long, dragging and unsuccessful campaign, is the right urgent note being given to the policy,

Now measures

the

to

proposed by Malayan Government combat terrorism would call for more drive and deidrmination the Federal authorities than had yet shown.

to

has come for the "The time authorities recognise that клуб the Malaya, is at war," Times. "Decisions And deeds nust be drastically speeded up."

"It would be wise

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Dr Chisholm, who was charge of the Canadian Army's Medical Services during the

Wor

with the rank of Major General, said in an interview. that these weapons were avail- able in crude form in 1945, but had since been developed and perfected.

He declined to describe the weapons further ar to indicate which countries possessed them. Dr Chisholm said he had "no knowledge whatsoever" of uny bacteriological substance which could be used to kill off rice or any other crop. Earlier bad attributed to him a siate-

to make ment that President Harry Tru-

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UN Not To Bow 15,000 British & US Troops

To

Mighty Forces

STERN WARNING

TO RED CHINA

Lake Success, Dec. 7.

The Wingsang

Proceeds To Keelung

It was officially learned from MGESTS Jardino, Matheson this morning that

the steamer Wingsang. which was reportedly in- tercepted and fred on by Chinese Nationalist WALK- ship Is now continuing Hier way to Keelang,

A brief message from the Master of the vessel, Capt. II, G. Goddard stated

that

the ship proceeded at 8 o'clock this morning.

The message did not rive details of the vessel's interception.

It is understood that there were

no casualties

na a result of the firing.

Mr. Warren R. Austin today warned Com- munist China and its backer, the Soviet Union, that the UN will not bow to mighty forces in Korea. The chief US delegate called on the UN to demand the withdrawal of Communist aggres Mr Keswick Says:

a moral judgment sors from Korea and to pass

against aggression anywhere in the world.

"If those who are challenging the UN believe China Has

that we will give up our principles because they

threaten us with mighty force, let them know A Veiled that they are tragically mistaken," Mr Austin told

the grave-faced members of the Assembly's Poli- Friendship

tical Committee.

He spoke after the Committee voted

down

strong objections from Russia's Andrei Y. Vyshinsky For Britain

and put the Korean crisis ahead of all business. The vote was 42-5 (Soviet bloc).

Fighting Way To The Coast

8TH ARMY FORMS NEW DEFENCE LINE

Tokyo, Dec. 7.

Transports stood by at Hungnam, East Korean port, to- night to evacuate 15,000 British and American troops fighting their way to the coast under cover of an aerial wall of fire.

The United States Third Division --the latest arrival in Korea drove north-east to meet them as they began to blaze their way through three Chinese armies down the next leg of the road from the Chosin Re- servoir.

The South Korean Capitol Division, north of Chongjun, on the coast, was also expected to be evacuated.

The Communists, in coastal drive to scal north-eastern Tenth

their

off the

Corps Truman-Attlee Agree On

were reported to have captured Wonsan.

In the north-west the British

27th and 29th Brigades were holding the centre of the 40-

5-Point Programme |

mile Allied line falling back to NAVAL BLOCKADE BEING DISCUSSED wards Sariwon without opposi- tion.

Communist

advance units

were reported to be at Anak, due west of Sariwon, on the left flank, and at Koksan, at the north-east corner

of the line, where some fighting was faking place,

Both

corner.

Washington, Dec. 7.

President Truman and Mr Attlee met for a fifth time, today and were reported to be near an agreement on a broad programme to deal with Communist aggression anywhere in the world.

f

The White House said the hewer-named within a wopk or crisis conference probably 10 days. would end on Friday after a morning session.

over

towns are Bome 50 miles from the 38th Parallel.

Apart from the fighting over Kotori, Allied planes were still raiding Communist concentro-

The President and the British tlons before the Eighth Army leader talked

"broad London, Dec. 7. and enemy bacea in the rear, aspects of the present world today, Mr John Keswick, leading including Pyongyang and situation" at a session The 18 Asian and Middie British business man in the Suju, in the north-western the White House mid. "The United Nations will not swerve from its principles," Mr East sponsors of a peace appeal Far East, declared here to-

While no detalls were made Four Russian-type jet fighters public, informed had no We will disclosed they have

officials

re- claimed to word from Peking and they do day that the spirit shown were

have been ported the President and Mr not give up our nettled purpose

rot know when or if they will towards Britain in China damaged today in clashes with to

free

Attlee already had decided on make Korea

and

and Super- five will

get an answer to their plea for when he left it last month American fighters not

steps their governments the Red Chinese to stop at the

fortresses-Router. was one of "veiled friend-

should take to curb Communist held a 38th Parallel. They

threats. A sixth, which in brief huddle here and decided liness".

volves a possible naval blockade to meet from time to time to

Communist continue their efforts for peace. Two other.

countries, Turkey and Thailand, sat in this meet-

Auslin continued.

We

independent. yield in our considered decision

Ban On Colony Exports

A supplement to today's Gazette announces protiiki- tion for export from Hong- kong (except under toenee Issued by the Director of Commerce and Industry) bf a wide selection of commodities and articies The completo list published on the back page.

to make aggression impossible Nations this United through reports

organisation."

Mr Austin's

the speech to Committee opened the tensely expected Committee debate on war in Koren the undeclared and topped a fast moving day

all possible use of the services raan could have ordered the de-

f the local

communities for struction of the Japanese rice peal defence and to take advan-crop in 1945

with a newly- of the tendency of Malay developed bacteriological wea-

pon-Associated Press.

Chinese to draw closer to-

COMMENT OF THE DAY

in the UN,

Our Trade With China

FEW weeks ago a London Daily

Arelegraph correspondent committed

himself to

aome patently inaccurate estimates of how Hongkong was feeding Communist China with war materials, which, it was claimed, would eventually be used against British troops in Korea. "The Colony kept a stiff upper lip in the face of somewhat unfair accusations. Now we have a group of super-sensitive Senators in Washington turning their baleful eyes upon us, repeating the allegations that through this port flows

Peking, for

and materials war demanding that Hongkong should bar its commercial doors to Red China. "In this bour of crisis," cries Senator Wayne Morse, "we have a right to ask Britain to live up to her moral obligation to sea that Hongkong is not used as a means and device for getting war materials to the Reds" The Senator need not worry; Britain is well able to appreciate moral obligations, and if the Imperial government is satisfied that the

wrong .sort of commodities are renching China through Hongkong, it One is will take the proper action. tempted, however, to wonder whether proper official controls to prevent strategic Poking from obtaining materials are being applied in Japan and the United States with the assiduity which the situation demands. We are aware, for instance, that quite recently a shipment of 9,609 tons of steel was made. direct from Osaka to Taku Bar under a SCAP dxport permit. We doubt very much whether a single. consignment of such obvious war potential anything approaching that quentity has passed through Hongkong

Red China, Then too, we are hinded of the revelation made by the te Investigating committee that the world shipments of nearly muién pounds at Javanese copper

York to Communist China via New during last year succeeded in evading not only American export controls, but those of the Allied Military Govern- ment in Tokyo. These facts are not, of course, offered in mitigation of any offences committed by Hongkong with regard to the despatch of war supplies to Red China, and that is the question--if we are guilty of such offence. It is difficult for us to know because the vociferous, Senators in Washington refuse to be specific in any sense of the word. "The real fault lies with the British,"they are still doing business through Hongkong" complains Senator Warren Magnuson. Naturally we are, but the great majority is normal commerce and benefits America and Britain as much as it doés China. Mr P. S. Cassidy gives the correct perspec- tive. He disclosed that more tin, for example, came from China to Hongkong than vice versa during the last three montha: that rubber shipments into China through Hongkong are below the country's normal requirements and represent an infinitesimal percentage of the world's supply of rubber. And, we would remind the outraged Senators that Britain has already banned the re- export of oil to China. We thoroughly agree that all stops should be taken to provent Communist China from receiving war potential from nations against which it might in due course be used, but so far as Hongkong is con- corned we must be permitted to make our own judgment and decisions for! controlling commercial traffic. The anxious senators in Washington may i rest assured that a pretty wary official eye is trained on the quantities; and "mayoment" of strategic materials In Hongkong, and that this Colony has no intention of feeding Communist- China with commodities which she might in due course turn to warring use.

This was especially to when it came to trade, said Mr Keswick who is here on a visit.

He is a Director of Jardine Matheson & Company, the by gest British chipping airy East.

3. Britain and the United States will tighten drastically their export controls to choke off any shipments of strategia materials to Rusela and her European satellites.

4. United Nations land, soa and air forces will continue to fight on against the Chinese Communist forces in Korea un- less forced to evacuate. There

will be no voluntory withdrawal as a means of saving manpower for use in other theatres.

5. Both countries will try to Chinese work out some International

DEFENCE WALL The outnumbered US Eighth of the Army, welded a new 70 mile de-coast, was reported still under arrangement which will assure

discussion.

ing. It was said they did not join in the first appeal because of their forces fighting in Karen, and trading concern in the FarChinese Communists heading a

Until recently he was Chair-

man of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

M. Vyshinsky and delegates of White Russia, Soviet Ukraine. Poland

Czechoslovakia and fought

hard to

put

the Korean Issue at the bottom of

-the Committee work facet When

the west runs

about

ed

the

work

out an American move,

joint British-

The White House said a joint

British-American communique BRITONS MUST

Western countries a steady flow fence wall in northwestern Koren between Pyongyong and the 38th

The US was reported pressing of raw materials needed for. Parallel on Thursday for a stand for such a move. But Mr Attlee

military and civilian against an approaching wave of and his advisors were reported

output. As the conference entered its somewhat reluctant to adopt fourth day, the White House

res for fear of touch said it such measures 1,000,000-man

Army

was definite the talks the would ing off a global war, in

Last through Friday. The US Eighth Army's new front in

from Orient, Mr Attice was report-Diplomats thought there was Talking politics is a different Kokaan in central Korea to the he won in an effort to also.-Associated Press.

however, to consider possibility of a Saturday session Yellow Sea port of

Chinnamp matter," paid Mr Keswick. "But The cast-west une pass they failed, Red China's envoy, if governments and world poll-The Wu Hsiu-chuan, walked out of tics will permit us to trade the 25 miles south of Pyongyang,

North Korean Chinese People's Government is Nor

Communist capi- the Committee room.

too willing to trade with tal abandoned by the Allies. only

General the British Commonwealth."

spokesman for Discussing the crisis in the Douglas MacArthur announced Far East, Mr Keswick expressed the new Allled line on Thursday. the view that unless one side or It was an unprecedented ad-

Identification the other in Korea was prepared Venee

of Allied to modify its stand every day positions. brought war between Com-

The Reds have not yet struck at the new US Eighth Army de- munism and Democracy near-

Iine. fence er

"As I see it we have reached The 70 mile arching front, the an impasse in Korea," he said. spokesman said, is not a solid "Neither the Chinese nor the line a defence in depth with Americans are in any mood for strong positions on commanding compromise"

heights.

SIMPLE PATTERN

.:

Mr Austin quickly tackled the Vyabinsky contention that every Red Chinese in Korea is a volunteer. He clted numbers of actual units identified by General Dougins MacArthur as fighting against the UN forces, said they total about 260,000 men with more coming, and declared that Peking was acting on behalf of

Russian colonial policy m

Asia.

A

line is prepared to meet heavy flank attacks.

WHAT CHINESE WANT A few Reds tried to cross the "The pattern is simple," Mr Austin said, "Organise a Com-

Asked if he considered the Taedong River estuary at Chin munist uprising in a country policy stemmned directly

Chinese People's Government campo, west end of the line, or attack it through a neighbour, the Kremlin or

from and came under vicious straßng was more * attacks by Allled warplanes. send in divisions to aid the

Army briefers said the new aggressors, call the divisions reflection of nationallet aspira- 'volunteers' and

then protest policy

tions, Mr Keswick said, "Chinese Communiam admittedly that the international communi- ty has neither right nor in- with a nationalist flavour. But it fits in with the world Com- terest in aiding the victim

Thus, the doctrine of

munist conception.” 'volun-

What the Chinese now wanted is revealed to this teers

Al-

the elimination of im- Press. sembly as a new and dangerous perialistic influences in eastern weapon in the arsenal of Soviet Imperialism. This body, I be

Asia, he said, lieve, will wish to examine this doctrine and to reject it"

Mr Austin added:

"I am sure that in our de- bate here we will all make clear the desire of our peoples to live in peace with

the Chinese and our hopeceived and that they people, will no

longer ba forced into serving the aims of

Was

That means the removal of American influence and protec tive policies as regards Formosa and, at the same time, the with- drawal of American and United

No one in the fleld doubts that the Reds will hit the new Allied front as soon as they are in position to do so.-Associated

Joseph S

Nations forces from Korea" Expected In

added that the Chineso

People's Government appeared

have put China on a footing.

war

the Soviet Communist govern- They will go on fighting in ment:

Port Today

'.

dis-

This

Committee will Korea until either they have The Chines Steamship carn a high place in history if driven the opposing forcen out Company, agents of the

or have been tressed 670-tox Philippine it can save the Chinese people of the country or from the folly of being. misled defeated themselves," he said. freighter Joseph S is expecting into the service of the now So- vict imperialism.

STILL TIME

of

Korea cannot He said that the thip has

Mr Kerwick thought there the return of the ship to Bong- was the possibility of a mid-way kong waters this afternoon, on solution at the 38th Parallel. official of the Company told the

"But a thread stretched across China Mail this morning, the centra "This Committee can ecttle possibly last either as a political been out of danger

since the this threat to the peace most or military barrier," he sod.

Moller tug Allegiance had been effectively by so conducting it- Mr. Keswick paid the highest cent there at the request of self that those who have at- | tributo to the work done by the owner of the ship and last tacked the vital principles of Sardar K. M. Pannikar, the In-

night's timely assistance ren- collective security are brought dian Ambassador in Peking.

dered by the destroyer HMS "He is the to see their error and Time eigner there at the moment," he

outstanding for Charity which raced to the to their own frontiers,

after the distress signal still remains for those who it said.

had been received, Mr Keswick plans to return to stigated this deed to reflect

reason for the He gave the consequences." China which ho left in mid-ship's distress upon its possible

'as "mainly duo Mr Austin then lated the November Reuter,

to the high wind and the rough points a resolution put

that sen prevalent at

fime, that if tho adding

sea there bad calmed down there would

official of the Company Thio The Gazette notifies a tender for Social Welfare Onco diets, said that no further message

main up by the United States,

Cuba,

Ecuador, France, Norway and TENDERS CALLED

scene

יי.

This falls for with FOR FOOD SUPPLY have been no further danger. drawal of the Chinese Com

North muniste assisting the Korean Communists; location It is for the supply of food daily has been received from the

conflict, and speedy conclusion of the fighting to approximately 300 persons in ship since the arrival of part of On a sailafactory UN basisit North Point Camp od 0,300 the crew who were picked up a lifeboat by an RAF gives nssurances that the UN persons in Welfare Centres on from

of the

does not have hostile intentions Instructions of the Social Wel-Sunderland dying-boat. lart toward Korea's neighbours, fare Omeer for a period of three night. Russia and China,

months from December 28 to Hegarding the condition of the boatswain who was reported The Commiti Adjourned March 22, 1951.

Tender forms may be obtain- 19: havo sustained injurica, the Omour: qfelel snid, that his condition

ed from the BW/TIMATE was hot veFRITORI: Qilerwise:|

Social Welfare

kigale

Building. ). Connaught, bus would have been bent back

would be issued when the final meeting ends tomorrow.

ACCEPTS PRINCIPLE

GO WITHOUT

Britain

from gramme

London, Dec. 7. Mr Attice was reported

will cut back her willing to accept the principle civilian production during 1051 behind the American sugges-to protect her rearmament pro- tion that the Peking regime

threatened should not be left t to enjoy the fruits of its Korean aggres world metals shortage. slon unhampered by the West if General Douglas Mac Arthur's forces are forced to evacuate,

The five points agreed on

were:

Britons, still queuing for heavy consumer goods ka cars and refrigerators - 38 * result of the 1939-1945 war, get this grim news today from Mr George Strauss, Minister of

1. The United States and Supply. Britain are ready to negotiate

In a written reply to a ques-

a settlement to end the Korean tion in the House of Commons, of Mr Strauss said the metals ghting but not at the cost "appeasement" of the Com-shortage has developed during munists.

recent months "due chiefly to

2. Western Europe's defences the international situation and must be rebuilt at a far quicker to increased demands in many pace and a supreme comman countries for re-arming and

Elson-stockpiling." dey-General Dwight

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