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CHINA MAIL

No. 34770

Britain Wins A Big Economic Victory

No More Dollar Deficit

London, Dec. 13.

Britain's victory in her battle for economic ependence was announced today by the Chan- or of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh Gaitskell, who d the House of Commons that from January 1, itain will take no more Marshall aid from herica.

the defences ltain will thus become the building up

Western Europe. of Europe's 18 Marshalt

He said that the disappearance

dollar of the

defcit coming early in the third year of a four- ⚫ source

countries to get back rely on her own feet a

seven months earlier year progamme was Ected.

of profound satisfaction to both Britain and the United States- Reuter,

- news was announced In Angio-United States tement read by Mr Galtskell. tome almost simultaneously

a Board of Trade ncement that

an-

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the nation's West Germany's

brt trade broke all-time re- s last month by reaching a Visional figure of £211,090,-

Ir Gaitskell's announcement Parliament said that Marshall to Britain would be spended" at the end of the

A SAFEGUARD

Price For

Protection

The Man Who Made The Announcement

MR HUGH CAITSKELL

Bertha Is Flying Home

Amsterdam, Dec. 13, The Royal Dutch Airline dis- closed today that Maria Her- togh is en route by air to Holland with her mother who waged a two year court fight Bonn, Dec. 13. in Singapore for the custody of Allies

named her 13-year-old have

child.--AsIO- 500,000,000 marks as the price ciated Press. West Germany will have to pay this financial year for Allied

The

le made it clear that the use his phraseology was a safe- rd in case changed circum-troop

ces forced Britain once In to fall back on Amert-

belp.

reinforcements, a German

omelal said here today.

year

ROUND-UP

Singapore, Dec. 14. The police have rounded up 101 Moslems for questioning Allled reinforcements include about the riots which have be a Brish armoured division and set Singapore since the doubling of the Belgian The

e warned that "suspension occupation contingent, and the W

Monday. Colonial Secretary, Mr

L. Blythe, said today

hid does not mean that re-United States and France are (Thursday) that law ond order ery of the British economy sending more troops. omplete or that the financial roes of the Sterling Arca adequate."

The increased defence

pro-

the impact of ber raw material prices were

o

mean new difficulties

for the

1051

Jomy,

·

G

An Allied spokesman said that! any figure named on the German

final, and

side was not

is being restored.

Raiding squads cleared the stately Sultan Mosque on Wed- nesday по

and seized a stock ol rifle ammunition, crowbars and clubs there.

charge hud yet been put formally to the West German Govern- ment.-Reuter.

nation's Mum's The Word

Farve two reasons for

London, Dec. 13.

bension of Marshall ald. One The British Defence Minister.

Britain's economic recovery

· Revised casualty figures show-; ed 14 killed, includeding Live Europeans,

and 155 injured'

during the mob violence. More than 50 trucks

and cars were: burned. Singapore's commerce, Was paralyzed. Associated Press

Mr Emanuel Shinwell, retused today to state the number of Wildeat Strike jet fighter aircraft Britain had

Established 1845

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950.

Evacuated UN

Price 20 Cents

Troops Land At Secret

!

Destination

BRITISH COMMANDOS BELIEVED TO

BE OUT OF HUNGNAM TRAP

FROM SELKIRK PANTON

Tokyo, Dec. 14.

The first of the United Nations forces pulled out of a Dun- kirk beachhead in northeast Korca in the greatest sea evacua- tion since Dunkirk this morning and landed at a secrot destina- tion ready to fight again.

They will add much needed strength to General Mac- Arthur's thin line drawn across South Korea to combat the Chinese Red onslaught.

A complete official news blackout covers the whole opera- tion. General MacArthur's headquarters hasn't yet mentioned it, but news of this Far Eastern "Dunkirk", kept as a well- known "secret" for several days for security was revealed yes- terday by a news agency leakage.

As soon as the troops went ashore at a port south of the 38th Parallel the grey troop transports turned round and set out to fetch more men from the snow-covered deep-freezing Hungnam,

There, the original 60,000 United Nations forces dwindled as the troops-American, British and South Koreans-embarked in the bitter

cold.

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No details of the troops already evacuated have been given out but it is believed that the remnants of the 41st Independent British Marine Commando...... about 150 out of 260-are out of the Hungnam trap and once more afloat. - London Express Service.

All

And

Is Tension Terror In Seoul

FROM LIONEL CRANE

זי

Seoul, Dec. 13.

"ALL KINDS OF PORTABLE

Typewriters &

"Calculators.

AT REASONABLE PRICES Hong Kong Typewriter Exchange 9, D'Agullar Bt.

Tel. 21483.

Two Air Liner Malik

Makes An

Disasters

Madras, Dec. 13.

-A two-engine Air India Passenger plane carrying 20 persons, including crow of four, was missing

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today over the Nugiria

Hills of South India on its regular flight from Banga- lore to Coimbatore, I is feared the plane has crashed

The identity of the paa- sengers was not inmediate- ly available, --- Associated Press.

CRASHES IN FOG

Nova Scotia, Dec. 13. A Swiss Air Line plane, with about 35 people aboard, crashed while landing in heavy for here today

No one was reported killed, but several are 1- jured. Associated Press.

France's Plan

For

A

European Army

Invitation To All

Interested

Offer

Chinese Will Loave

Korea If

Lake Success, Dec. 13, In an unexpected move, Russia's Jacob A. Malik said today the Chindse Communist forces will go home if all "foreign troops" (UN forces) are withdrawn from Korea.

This surprise slatement care Just before the UN Political Committee beat, down Mr Malik's stubborn opposition and approved a plan of 13 Asint Middle East countries for seck- ing a cense fro in Korea,

The vote was 51 to 6 (Soviet bioc) with Nationalist China abstaining.

Mr Malik's statement to the Political Committee was the fr time any Soviet delegate has even hinted that the Communist Chinese would leave Korca. He told the delegates that several committee members had stated that the Soviet demand for Wie withdrawal of foreign troop:: meant only UN forces and utd not refer to Chinese Com- stated for the record that Chinese He said he wanted it

would leave "volunteers also Korea,

munists.

Paris, Dec. 13. France is to invite all na- tions concerned to the con- ference in January on her proposal for the creation of a European army within

Asked after the meeting ju the Atlantic Pact force, what he meant, Mr Malik told a French Foreign Office spokesman sald here to

day.

the

He sold that while he could not confirm the fact ofcially it was quite possible that countries who refused to or could not participate in the European army-including the United States-would bo repre- sented at the conference by observers. He said he did not know whether Britain would be invited.

reporter that if the foreign forces (meaning the UN troops) are withdrawn, there no longer will be any need for the volun- tere in Korep and they woula be allowed to return to China.

NO REACTION

There was no immediate rc- action from the United States o ather Western powers.

Russian opposition 10 the cease-dre

proposue could be made it. doubtful that d' arranged. Mr Malik's explana tion indicated that he expected spokesman added, the UN forces to withdraw first and this is a condition which "France maintains her view Western delegates indicated they

The

Military police closed all dance halls in the front-line city of Seoul tonight. They drove to the halls in jeeps and told the managers that point that Germany should take could eas they could not open as the 7 a.m. curfew for civilians, and soldiers had been reintroduced today.

The most popular place affected by the ban was the Capitol Club which has been packed every night for a month with American and Korean soldiers. It was in the cellar of the former Commerce Building and was run by a Korean girl nick-

named Sophia.

the disappearance of her deficit and the other was strain the new United

delivered to India and Pakistan

Chicago, Dec. 13. defence programme had this year.

A wildeat strike that the American economy.

Army said "directly hurts our Air Commodore Arthur Har- effort in Korea" hit eight roll- decision to suspend vey (Conservative) had asked roads today and all aid was reached at

spread to at for such information in the least two others today.

Korean girls in national dress recently between Mr House of Commons. bell and Mr William

Some 10.000 Chicago yard-full skirt with short bodice Mr Shinwell replied that it workers walked out in the sud- jitterbugged there every night | the aid administrator in

four-piece was against the normal practice den strike, tying up shipments with soldiers to a to give details of sules of de- of war materials, Christmas Korean band fence equipment to Common-parcels and freight. Passenger boogie-woogle wealth or foreign countries.travel was not involved.----As- dance tunes.

E.

r Gaitskell said that muspon-

of the ald would not pre- Britain playing her part in Reuter.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

sociated Press.

The S.T. And I. Surplus

THE fact that a revised balance sheet was still in the making naturally revented the Financial Secretary from sclosing to the Legislative Counc!! Eaterday detalls of the profit and loss ecounts of the Supplies, Trade and dustry Department up to the end of et March. But his carefully worded ply to Mr Cassidy's question did veal that the Department's operations ve resulted in D surplus being cumulated which, from the Colony's pint of view makes the existence of Is department, although in the past verely criticised from many quarters, sceptable. Mr Follows was not able esterday to indicate what the surplus ill amount to, but it is reasonable to aticipate that it will be substantial.

Its original state the ST and I was a ist organisation, for a long time andling the major part of the Colony's ade in essential commodities; since a early days it has surrendered much È its operations to private enterprise, at it has been handling a large trading count with Japan which, the public in reasonably expect, will

show a andsome overall profit. The Financial bcretary gave a further hint that the cumulated surplus will be anything at chicken feed when he declared that bo Secretary of Stato was being roached, with a proposal; that the Tus should be largely utilised for establishment of a Development k/ Such a fund requires a fair somit of capital if it is to achieve ything of Importance and so it cari anticipated that If the Secretary of ate gives approval to the idea, the brelopment Fund will start off with overaly "infilion dollars in the kitty. sørpluses derived · from an traneous department auch as ST and

I should be earmarked for special use that will benefit the community is, in principle, to be approved and we feel certain the public will appreciate Government's decision not to throw the surplus into general revenue. The ST and I is not a normal part of the official department structure, and one day it will almost certainly cease to exist." It is only right, therefore, that its surpluses should be treated as special income to be set aside for special use. But making part of the ST and I accumulated surplus available for local development projects calls for the most careful consideration of development . undertakings most likely to benefit the community as a whole. We do not, for example, think it should be used-at least in any great part-for bolstering up the wholesale marketing schemes which to date have benefitted only small sections of the Colony's population. But there is the city hall project which could well be financed from the ST and I surplus; there is also the question of providing more public recreation grounds. And if the money, available is very considerable it might be advis- able to consider building new barracks on the mainland so that the military authorities could surrender the Murray. Barracks site in Queen's Road. Until it is known precisely how, much money can be allocated to a Development Fund It is impossible to emphasise what particular project the Fund” should finance. Wo can expect to havó thosa figures when' the Budget in presented next year, whereafter Government may copoldor It a useful idea to appoint a special representative committed to consider and advise on how the avail -able funde should be spent in the best

Interests of the Colony,

and the

Latest

which played i Export Ban

Causes Grave Situation

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soven shillings Beer cost glass and a plate of chips 14/-. The decision to reimpose the curfew was the latest police effort to reduce crime in Seoul city of which has become a tension since the Chinese ad- vance began. It is known that entering Communists are the with refugees and every night

out in rifle shots crack darkened streets. Between six. and ten people,

most of them Koreans, have been murdered the past night during every week. Some of them have been found with their hands tied and from they have been thrown cars after being shot Chicago- style.

in

PEOPLE TERRIFIED

the

South The President of

has Rhee Korean, Syngman now 300 guards round his home

Seoul and

never rides around. Jeeps have become wholesale. Some of them are taken by soldiers for joy rides, others by Koreans to ride south If the city is threatened with n curfew.

People are terrified to answer a knock on the door at night in case the callers are Com- munista to pay off an old score. Hundreds of people are being arrested daily on suspicion of being Red collaboratora. Many are kept in equalld of them

without 0 prisons for weeks trial

I visited the largest prison

The American ban on Hongkong, exports to which when first announ- ced from Washington re- ferred only to war and strategic materials, but which is now being ap- plied to any sort of com- causing a modity, is grave situation in the Colony, said one leading businessman today.

Goods essential for the Colony are either being off-loaded en route or are not being permitted to leave America and the local trading community has been thrown into a alate of confusion.

A China Mail reporter gives a full picture of the existing situation in a special report on the back page.

Cripple To

Be Hanged

Generaux

in Seoul today had mw nome of clockmaker these people. Eight

UN Forces

part in the European army without discrimination.”

The General Assembly is ex- pected to take up this cease-fire In London, a source close to Idea on Thursday, with approval the Atlantie Pact Deputies said expected. It calls on President German representatives Nasrollah Entezam, of the As- would be invited to the Partssembly, and two persons to be named by Mr Entezam to see if conference.

there is a barls on which

that

Advance And take part in Western defenc

Retreat

With Eighth Army, Dec. 14. South Korean forces continued to make strong contact with North Korean elements 10 miles north of Chunchon along the 38th Parallel on Wednesday, the Eighth Army reported.

In scattered actions in the area and in the region south and southeast of Sibyonni, the UN forces advanced from three miles during the day Lo actions against bypassed North Koreans.

оде

A counter-attack by an esti-: mated two battalions of enemy soldiers in the area northeast of Chunchon caused the UN forces to withdraw 1,000 to 2,000 yards not but the penetration was described as serious.

One UN patrol sighted 200 enemy troops near Kapyong, 10 miles southwest of Chumchon and

miles south of the

The Parallel.

bband Was and the enemy engaged persed to the north.

12

dia

In the Yongchon area, three South

Korean jeepe werd destroyed by, an ̈estimated 40 North Koreons. Patrola sent out to clean up this behind- that the enemy had been chased northward,

No contact has been reported between Eighth Army units, and Chinese forces on the northwest front for 15. dayn--United

Quebec, Doc, 13,

Ruest, crippled Press. who helped to women make a time-bomb that. blasted and two bables, one of whom

an airliner and killed all 23 had been born two days ago, persons on board, was convlet- were in one cell,

ed of murder today and son- Later today a Roman Catholic tenced to be hanged on March priest, Father George Carroll, 10. took President Abeo to

the

Rucat was the second man to samo prison for an unannounced be sentenced to death for a part visit. After his tour President in blaming a Canadian Pacific Rhee cald, "All there people Airlines DC-3 will a frome- must be tried and food and made time-bomb on September biankots must be inaed and a D, 1949, "proper" towpital - myyat-

citabilities,"

Charge Against Mother Fails

Manila, Dec. 19. Charges against young mother being tried alongaida 30 Communist Tonders for rebellion and murder were dismissed,

The alleged Communists #TO accused

fox at responsibility Huk depredations,“ pre Albert Guny, Jowellery salca- Judgo Oscar Castelo ordered man, who was mastermlost ́ of || Julla Mėsins, 24, to be released He was told that: 49: people the plot to get rid of his = from Army custody. She`ap- dient in' pecleon today, most of wanted wide, already has isen pearest in Court-CRITying "has them from starvation and cold, sentenced to be bangedzy seven-month old a06/L800-

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The source added that the 'cease-fire can be arranged. problem facing the Wenlern The vote was taken after world was that of transferring Canada and the Philippines Germany, an ex-enemy occupied warned the Russians and the country, into one which could Chinese Communists that the froo nations would fight ta- gether if the Communists start (The French proposal for a

war to gain their European army was sald by the

demands. French Foreign Minister, M

In some unusually plain talk- Róbert Schuman, recently, to being, Mr Lester B Pearson, a plan to ensure the defence of Canadian Foreign Minister, and

territory and German

the Brig. Gen Carlod P, Romulo, Such a Philippine Foreign Minister, German population. force, it has been said, would be promptly served notice on Mos- run by a supreme Ailled com- cow and Pelting that the

the detalls nations will fight together against mander although have nover been precisely the Communists if the Reds force formulated)--Router,

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