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U.S. Determined To Continue Fight In Korea

Lake Success, Jan. 8.

Mr Warren Austin (United States) told the United Nations General Assembly's Political Com- mittee today that American troops would fight on in Korea.

"The United Nations must show that they are united against aggression and will resist it," he declared.

that the But he added that the United surances Nations should continue at- Nations would protect tempts to achieve their objec-terests in Korca. tives in Korca by peaceful

means.

United

its in-

Mr Austin mid: "The Chinese Communist regime has now indicated its attitude toward the

| by

a

Large-scale offensive

Mr Austin spoke after the intentions of the United Nationa United Nations conse-fire group had reported to the Committee that it had failed to negotiate a coose-fire with the Chinese Communists in Korea,

The

of

against the 38th Parallel...It is In the face of this new aggres- sion and the atmosphere pro- moted here by the speech Mr Malik that we need to con- adjourned Comnultice until Friday to permit mem-sult together on what the free

world should do next." bers to consult on the next

AT

Austin

"It is the said: slons to be taken following the

view of my Government that cease-fire group's failure.

must aggression

be resisted. There can be no appeasement. If the hostilities continue, our troops will fight on in Korea."

-United Press.

Mr Austin, speaking on the roport of the cease-fire group. said, "The Chinese Communist regime has Indicated its attitude towards the United Nations' efforts for peace by launching an offensive.

OUT

ACHESON RETICENT

Washington, Jan. 3.

of Secretary State Dean Acheson declined to tell news- whether Wednesday men on

were any thought there the hope left of achieving a diplo- and thematic settlement of the Korean

conflict.

"Our troops will fight on in Korea, in keeping with understanding of the responsi- bilities laid down on all mem- he bers by the resolutions of

Assembly General City Council. Security

Dici

peaceful means.”

Mr Austin went

"Meanwhile, the United States Mr Acheson likewise refused

that the position of the la

Indian the say whether United Nations should be to Government

was continuing continue attempts to achieve its previous practice of keep-

objectives

Korea by ing the State in

Department in- formed of the attitude of the Govern- Communist on, "Ac-Chinese cordingly, my Government rement.

question to a mains ready to engage in dis- In response cussions with the Chinese Com-whether it was "safe to assure munist regime at an appro- that there is still a chance" of priate time and in an appro-a diplomatic setticinent priate forum

Korea, Mr Acheson said that He said that the United Na- he did not want to say anything

that subject. Buns could show the Chinese on

As for his recent discussions regime that it was detrimental to their interests to continue with the Indian Ambassador the way they were

Secretary of State going. here, the There might still be hope of said that he and Madame Pan- averting the tragic consequences dit had discussed a wide range of an extension or continuation of subjects but that he was of the confilet.—Reuter.

m

NO APPEASEMENT

Lake Success, Jan. 3.

3

not at liberty to reveal specifie talks. Other of their points

disclosed sottroes

that Have Madame Pandit relerated to Mr Acheson her Government's the United States

The United States declared belief that on Wednesday it was ready to

negotinte with Communist

should agree to discuss broad

questions

ons of Asian policy with China ut the appropriate time the Peking Government if that' despite Peking's rejection of the is the price for peace in Korea. eight-point United Nations pro- United Press.

grumme

Korea

期

man

for

* cease-firo in

The United Nations

committee

named

three- 10

negotiate a ceasefire in Korea, Chinese

reported that Mao

Government had

Tec-tung's refused to

consider the eight points agreed -

t by the United States

19 a basis of discussions toward end- ing the Korean war,

Outlawed

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951.

To Be Ike's

No.

in

General Eisenhower may pick his wartime No. 2, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, as second command of the 12-ration Western Defence Force to he set up in the near future. Air Marshal Tedder is 'Washington as Chairman of the British Joint Services Mission from which

he 16 position expected to resign soon,——— London Express Service,

now

in

Search For Heir

To Estate

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan. 3. A British naval veteran, be- lleved to

be the heir to

sought in Nova Scotla today.

San Francisco, Jan. 3. Peking Radio reported tonight that the Singapore Government Chief United States delegate had outlawed Al Hua Shch, Warren Austin, speaking in the described as an overseas Chinese main Political Committee ter natriotic organisation. the Russian delegate, Jacob The

alleged years. Radio further Malik, denounced American that the authorities in Singapore "aggression” and “atrocities" in had arrested the secretary of the Korea, declared Communist organisation, Mr Wu Sheng- China had-kmored repeated as-

yu.-Reuter.

Any place

...any time

CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS

Pakistan Being

South Korean

Capital Is A Dead City

By GENE SYMONDS

Seoul, Jan. 4, 1.40 a.m.

This is a dead city. The Chinese Communista may be here later on Thursday, and rich and

old poor, and young healthy and infirm

are fleeing south- ward.

who

The wail of children have lost their parents mingles with the roar of trucks, sa the United

Persuaded To Join In World Situation To Be

Reviewed By

By Statesmen

London, Jan. 3.

On the eve of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers" conference efforts were still being made to persuade Pakistan's Prime Minister, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, to join the talks.

Tonight, Mr Rabid Rahimtoola, Pakistan's High Commissioner here, met Mr Patrick Gordon Walker, Commonwealth Relations Secretary at the British Government's request.

tan'a ties with the Common-

The Pakistan Prime Minister has taken the urging reconsideration of Pakis- stand that he will not join the meetings beginning wealth was passed by the North- tomorrow morning unless the Kashmir dispute be-West Frontier Province Legis tween Pakistan and India is considered collective'

by the Prime Ministers.

Talks

Attlee Makes

Appeal To The Miners

Grave Fuel Crisis

an

of

urgent 95- with 27

Afterwards statement was Govern- ment's appeal and adding that the miners' representatives had promised full co-operation.

London, Jan. 3. The Government today appealed to coalminers to stave off a nation-wide fuel crisis by producing extra 3,000,000 tona lature in Peshawar today. coal by the end of April.

The resolution states that the The Prime Minister, Mr Frontier Assembly "felt that it Clement Attlee, and three of his was high time that it should Ministers held an

conference the be seriously considered whether minute The Prime Ministers will dis-Pakistan's absence from

of Commonwealla Pakistan should stay in the leaders of the miners. cuss the world situation for 10 conference

British Commonwealth or sever Ministers. days from Thursday

ils connection with IL"-Reuter. | issued telling of the Mr It was learned today that the

Nehru's sister, Madam emphasis of their talks will be Lakshmi Panelit, the Indian Am- on the positive pursult of |bassador to the United States, Wodnesday night prace rather than on the nega- arrived on tive though necessary side of from Now York. She will con defence preparations against mult with her brother and act adviser during the con- ference. She declined to discuss the world situation except to say: 'A settlement with seems too distant to discuss at the moment."United Press.

REGRETTABLE STEP

London, Jan. 3. London Times today

war.

Their discussion will include the following broad heads

(1) A common Commonwealth foreign policy with a discussion of its defence Implications.

(2) The question

of Com- monwealth polley towards Com- munist China.

The

Chinn

(3) The implication of the maintained that a Pakistani de- war in Korea for the Common-cision to hold aloof from the wealth and its individual mem- Commonwealth Prime Ministers'

which Conference, London tomorrow, regrettable.

bers

(4) Policy on the question

of new "Big Three" talks with Russia.

(5) Britain's

FATEFUL

CONGRESS

OPENED

Today's crisis talks arose from the plight caused by Britain's dwindling coal stocks and the severe winter weather threaten- ing a transport hold-up of sup- plies to homes and industry,

With Mr Attlee at today's meeting were the Foreign Secre- tary, Mr Ernest Bevin, Mr Hugh Gaitskell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Mr Philip Noel- Baker, the Fuel Minister, and the Colonial Secretary, Mr Griffiths, who o James

is miners' leader.

of higher

democratic blast

Washington, Jan, S. The 62nd Congress began its on term two-year fateful Wednesday with 1 prayer, in presidential promise opens

Mr Arthur Horner, the Com- would be taxes, and a

munist Secretary of the Mine- isolationism. against

Speaker Sam Rayburn sound-workers Union was among the This newspaper urged the

one keynote of the great miners' leaders at the meeting. commitments Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mred

Mr Attlee made a 10-minute on the gravity of the under the North Atlantic Treaty Liaquat Ali Khan, to refuse to foreign policy debate that will

coming months. speech dominate the Organisation and their implica-

He told the House soon after It fuel crisis and the necessity for tions in terms of manpower,

States quick and effective action. United money and rearmament.

convened, the "cannot wrap two oceans around is believed that he told the Japanese (0) The

peace

itsoff and stay safe and free." union officials that a repetition 1047 fuci crisis might treaty and, possibly, General

That was an obvious answer to of the MacArthur's recent suggestion

tho downfall of the former President Hoover's plan mean that Japan might need to be re-

for concentrating the country's Labour Governmeni.-Reuter. armed.

defence efforts behind the two

Though defence will be dis cussed as a by-product of fur- elga policy, the detailed techni- defence plans of individual Commonwealth countries will not, it is understood, be con- sidered.

Except for the Australian Secretary of Defence, Sir Fre- derick Shedden, no delegation a technical is accompanied by defence adviser.

Mr

the

of

Mr

to

ATTLEE TO OPEN The Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, will open conference with a review the world situation.

Secreted The Foreign Nations army with-

Ernest Bevin, is draws from the capital of South

detail Britain's part in the Korea.

North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganisation which may lead

I am writing this story by the headlights of a jocp.in front of a bontire on the south bank of the Han river. Streaming past

or

What

Liaquat

Decision

Ali's

Karachi, Jan. 3. The Prime Minister, Mr Liaquat All Khan, definite-, I will not leave' Pakistan today for the London con- ference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, a govern- ment spokesman said. — United Press.

ylok to the demands of public opinion in his own country on the issue of Kashmir.

oceans.

From

the Republican side Russia Way

came a move to carry out part of the Hoover plan-a resolution that would call on the President to send no more United States troops overseas "without the prior consent of Congress." This was offered by Republican re- presentative Frederic Coudert. It was one of dozens of proposals tossed into the House agenda:- United Press.

MAJOR PROBLEM

Washington, Jan. 3. Senator Robert Taft (Repub lean, Ohio), who is almost certain to be elected Chairman

of

States

Behind In

Atomic Race

the

It

New York, Jan., 3. William L. Lourence, selenco.

New

York reporter for Times, thinks it highly unlikely that Russia will catch the United States production of atomic or hydrogen bombs before 1954,

The

Prize

Winner "The Hell

divided among his hand searching the faces of the sideration of plans to build up South Africa, at the Common-people must know what he in- quadruple her production to

"If he decides not to come at all the London meeting will be much poorer without his shrewd contributions to the collective counsels,"

Ah Times added.of the Republican Policy Com-eve

even, though the Soviet espionage the United mittee in Reuter.

network helped her to produce RECEIVED AT NO, 19 Senate, said today that the the atomic bomb threa to 10

of the London, Jan. 3.

problem majo

ew years ahead of schedule, to

"bring The Prime Minister, Mr Cie Congress would be to

Pullizer a consideration of

Breater

ment Attee, today received at

at about a determination of mill- wrote in

A book, Commonwealth part

No. 10, Downing Street,

by Knept, Bomb", published and foreign pol that the best Russia could do countries wish to play in Prime Ministers of Australis

may

President's meeting defence commitments. New Zealand, Mr R. G. policies and

many

his now would be to produce six The Prime Ministers share

Menzies and Mr Sidney

ara hidden in plutonium bombs per year. Ho foreign policies the hope that a positive ap-

Dr T. E. Donges, darkness

now

ho told a

believed that Russia would have proach to the task of prevent land, and

who da representing Dr Daniel porter. "Congress and the to ing war will result from con-

Prime Minister

tends to do about Korea and military commit-

create an even wider gap strength.

between the United States and ments are abroad. the recent ference in London.-Reuter. In this context

CANADA'S BIG ROLE

production of Senator Taft foresaw Con Soviet potential £186,000,000 Colombo plan for

bombs. "When it Ottawa, Jan. 3.

hydrogen gress' almost complete absorp the

here tonth the issues of rearm comes to producing the H-bomb development of South and Government officials South-East Asia may be dis-forecast today that Canada maying

the against

threat

of the disparity between ourselves cussed.

play her most important inter-Soviet expression such ques and Russia assumes astronomical

estate, Society wealthy English was

William Robertson of Croy- me is a pitiful procession. Old don, Surrey, who left bis home men hobble along on two sticks 15 years ago, was believed to with blankets thrown over their be in the Halifax area. His re-shoulders

Deven Children latives were told the

estate eight years old, walk band in would be mother's three grandsons if he adults to find their

parcats. were not found within

two Bables whose faces are red with the freezing cold, wall endlessly. The South Korean govern ment pulled out of Seoul with- out making any announcement of it. The remaining members of the United Nations Korenn Commission left on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday night the only persons left in Seoul were tens of thousands of re- tugees. Now they too are fee- ing ahead of the oncoming Red army.

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Their

escape route leads across the main highway and then over a dry riverbed. They can cross the highway only when there is a break in the line of military inks. They stand patiently as then, the trucks roar by, and when

they there is a brenic, move in a steady stream across the highway.

South Korean soldiers, badly mauled by the Communists, mingle with the refugees. They carry their rifles and packs and seem to be looking for their units so that they can re-form and get back into the war.

The residence of President Syngman Rheo is a ghost palace.

United Press.

Called Envoys To State Dept.

Washington Jan. 3.

En- The State Department

Mr Dean nounced today that

the Acheson.

Secretary of State, had called in the British and French Ambassadora for discussions at 9.00 p.m. GMT tonight.

The announcement said that Mr. Williard Thorp, the Assis

of Sinto for tent Secretary Economic Affairs would attend tho

subject conference. The matter wan not disclosed

Reuter.

Resigns From Peace Body

London, Jan. 3.

Mr. J. G. Crowther, British science writer, has rerigned the presidency of the British Peace Committee. No reason was given,

Anced fo

The Committee

day that the chairmanship of the Executive/now.devolved on MD, NE Pritt -Reiter, N

Malan,

living standard and economic wealth Prime Ministers' Con what

our

up with the United States. Russia's lack of uranium would

The Prime Ministers will

as military appropria-proportions."United Press. also deal with the question of national role when the Com-Sovie

monwealth Prime Ministers' equitable distribution among Commonwealth nations of vitni Conference opens in London to trols and changes in the draft |

morrow.

between tvo

andes each of whom

gliht has

tions, now taxes, economic con-

U.S. Defence

low. raw materials.

for chance He gave Hitle Australia is expected to put forward the proposal for a divergent views foreign trade legislation to expand Federal. Commonwealth defence secre- and other policies-it was pre-health, welfare and education tariat. But the result cannot be dieted here that the Canadian activities.--Reuter. predicted.

delegation would put forward All the visiting Frimo Minis- the American viewpoint in dis- ters have now paid courtery cussions involving spheres in calls on Mr. Attlee.

which the United States may Mr Jawaharini Nehru, the be interested. Indton Prime Minister, called

Government circles emphasised

on him within a few hours of that they would not necessarily his arrival by air from Bombay press for the acceptance of the this evening.

Political observers

been discussed two statesmen.

it was

Production

Germany's Part In Administration

Western Defence

London, Jan. 3.

Monday on Germany's contribu- emergenza tration is to

The new

thave

Washington, Jan, 3. President Truman today vot "Defence Production up a new The Bonn Government and American views but

scattered Government's here realised that Mr Louls St. Lau- the Allied High Commissioners Administration", ring together

agencies. thought that the position arising rent and the other members of wilt begin talks as scheduled on the

or Cabinet would sooner out of Pakistan's attitude to his

to tion

Western defence, wards the conference may have later be faced with the need to spokesman of the Foreign Office be headed by Mr William H. Harrison, chief of the National between the justify Canada's decision during said today.

frequent inter-governmental dia-

He denied a London press Production Authority. Eliza- cussions The King and Queen

in London now chorac report from Bonn that instruc Under Mr · Truman's executive, - an eve-of-con-terising Canatlian - American

will Harrison, beth attended

cations would be sent to the Allied Mr ference intercession service at steps towards Industrial integra-High Commission following the authority over Industrial t Westminster Abbey at which tion for defence.

new Soviot note on four-power put, transportation, fuel, minex- most of the visiting lenders

als and power. Government circles pointed peace tiles Router. were present.

out that Mr St Laurent's London, According to Commonwealth declaration that "there is too

will much talk

indicateti of warn convention the Ministers

that he maintained the conf- draft the final agenda tomor-

dence instilled by Mr Clement Ottawa, In Ministers will Attlee's visit to lunch with the King at Bucking-December. Reuter. ham Palace tomorrow-Reuter. NEHRU DISCUSSES

row.

▸

The Prime

London, Jun. 3. Indian Premier Nehru and Prime Minister Attlee met on Wednesday night to discuES

Pocket Explosion

grenade

Saigon, Jan. 3. exploded in

The order does not place food under Mr Harrison's con

trol

but it provides that i insuficient, food supplies are Mr Harrison and the Secretory aof.

of Agriculture, Mr. Charles

"shall Jointly deter trouser pocket of a native, pre-Brummand division ATTITUDE SUPPORTED

to be made Karachi, Jan 3. sumably a Communist terrorist, the

riding a motorcycle of the available supply," as ncbds and A resolution supporting Mr who was

attitude rickshaw in a downtown Saigon between Industrial Liaquat All Khan's

He died instantly food for human and animal towards the Prime Ministers' atroet,

consumptionHouter. Conference

London irr

and United Press.

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