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S. KOREANS
Anglo-US Talks On Embargo
Protest To
Peking
London, Feb. 11.
Britain has protested to Communist China against
the the mistreatment of British vice-consul, Mr G. Fox-Holmes, who wis expelled from Sinklang Last December, the Foreign Office mid today. 1s
London Feb. 11. United States The secking an assurance from -Britain that American ex- porta to Hongkong will not reach Communist China, it was learned today.
Government consultations are in progress, and British
11. experts,
co-operation
with the Colonial Office, are drawing up requested safe- guards.
The United States. has com- plained that
export sizable trade stili
reaches Communist China directly or through de- vlous channels, and that valu- able strategic materials are thus Peking supplied to the vernment.
The
Exports of valuable materials and industrial goods reaching China from Hongkong were said by unofficial sources to have increased considerably.
Officials here sold Britam
the meet will endeavour to United States request but cau- tioned that It would be ex- tremely dimeult to devise con- trol which would be 100 percent effective. The officials intimated
Was that Britain
The Foreign Office said the protest was delivered by the British Charco d'Affaires in Peking Friday. No details were available.
оп
Mr Fox-Holmes, who had been stationed In Tilwa in Binklang since 1948, was forced to leave after the Consulate
was
ralded by 30 armed men on December 4-5. Ho re- ported that he was also in- terrogated by the Com- munists untli he suffered a heart attack from exhaus- tion.-United Press.
STRIKERS
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STAY OUT
Strikera.
London, Feb. 11.
in Liverpool also en voted today to continue deavouring to halt the export of strategic goods from Hong- their wildcat walkout at
least until their supporters
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CROSS THE 38TH A Butcher In Japanese
Five Miles Inside
North Korea
DRAMATIC PUSH
Tokyo, Feb. 12.
The South Korean Capital Division swept dramatically across the 38th parallel on Sunday and took Yangyang, five miles inside North Korea.
Strong air and naval support helped the ROK troops in their northward sweep which was a com- panion piece to the Allies' west coast drive into. Inchon and Kimpo airfield and to the gates of Seoul.
It was the first Allied crossing since the big U.N. retreat last month. Thus the Allies have
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MEAT RATION
NOW CARCASE MEAT
(CONNE) MEAT
two steel fingers thrusting along the Korean Good Rice
coastlines. Enemy resistance was light to non- existent on both coast today but a serious Com- munist counter-thrust was developing in the cen- tre of the Allied Korean line above Inchon and
Hoengsong.
Опо South Korean column - a five-pronged
back throo Allied push above Hoongsong fell
city in heavy miles to a point five miles north of the fighting which began during the night and still was continuing today.
Crops Expected
Washington, Feb. 11. World rice production for
A bulcher in King's Road, Chelsea, showed his feelings for the beginning of the new weekly ration era by placing a tiny coffin and wreath in his window along with a notice advising customers that the new ration was 8d of fresh meat and 2d of corned beef per person weekly-AP Picture.
United Press correspondent| driven out of the city which the year ending next July "Deep Freeze"
kong to Communist areas.
Experts to China from Britain in London decide on Monday are well scrutinised add no whether to return to work, port licences
are given for
A similar decision had been strategic aw materials and machinery which might-streng made in the third partly-struck | 100,000-man Red
China's then
port or Manchester on Satur- source said.
day.
But it was unofficially adh that trade channels from Hongkong cannot be sufficiently controlled to prevent the flow China. Goods into of goods
to China also leaking through nearby Macao,
tal estimates claim that Unofficial 25 to 33 per cent of Hongkong's overall foreign trade ultimately finds its way into China.
arc
Britain's trade with Hongkong in 1950 included imports from Hongkong worth £11,190,000, while exports reached £24,110, 000. This in substantial trade
The strike began when Liver- pool dock workers quit work in protest against Union - ceptance of a two shilling a day wage increase, The men had demanded six shillings a day.
Manchester Iongshoremen walked out in sympathy with the men in Liverpool, as did some London dockers.
Leaders of the glant Transport and General Workers' Union, to which most of the men belong, have denounced the strlice as
Press.
to
12 miles of Hoengsong.
He sald It was the "strongest south of Seoul. counter-attack mounted In the
to cross
Asian
Feels
"Very Well"
X-
at
Mourning
LST Sends Out Appeal For Help
The
Like Peace Proposals
Dulles' Programme. Endorsed
sup-
Tokyo, February 11. Japanese leaders today' gave overwhelming port to the generally favourable peace terms outlined for them by special Ambassador John Foster Dulles during visit here.'
his
Political and economie leaders of all: factions, except the Leftists, strongly endorsed the Dulles programme. The Ambassador indicated TC- latively lenient treaty may bo prepared. This will be paralle- led by a security arrangement guaranteeing American pratec- Lion of Japan.
In their broad outlines theko proposala Are all to Japan's advantage, and no serious op- position is expected.
tho
It is clear, however, Japanese will not get the terri- torial concessions they had ex- pected mainly to salve na- tional
pride.
And the indus- trialists might find it dilenit to conclude bilateral commer- cial treatles giving them the economie guarantees they had hoped to receive.
Mr Dulles completely sold Tokyo, Feb 12.
both himself and his pro- Japanese-manned LST
gramme to most Japanese, Op- Q0-58 radiced that it was position to the idea of an leaking badly and in danger of American-Japanese, alliance is almost entirely partisan and
looding early today off Korea.
Another Japanese - manned unimportant. LST 00-10 was en route to aggist her, according to a des-
patch received at the Far East
Naval
Headquarters,
desprich received from
The
JAPAN'S ROLE-
Now, apparently, one major purpose of his trip to the the Philippines, New Zealand and
Joe Quinn reported from the the Allies were reducing to a will total 119,000,000 short central front that Chinese blackened shell by Incessant tons of which Asian coun- forces--probably some of the air and artillery attacks, tries are expected to grow Woman 40,000 remnants of a defeated An Eighth Army communique
Army below said today that two Communist 92 per cent the Department Seoul-were believed be regiments tried
the of Agriculture estimated to-
QO-58 did not specify the Australia is to reassure Japan's joining the North Korean Reds Han River south of Seoul at day.
cause of trouble or the ship's suspicious neighbours on the in that sector.
1.30 a.m. today and were re-
location 'but the Globe Wire two most controversial points of An Eighth Army spokesman pulsed
The expected crop will that enemy szid
forcea CS- The communique said that cped the 110,700,000 tons grown Makes Astonishing and dress the proposed agreement.
ship which was signal from
Ono is the whole question of off Baishu harbour in South Recovery
Japan'a role in a collective imated at more than two re Task Force Allen probed to last year, the Department said,
Korea
with badly leaking
security arrangement. Mr giment or possibly 7,000 men, Sapori, 18 miles northwest of and also better. the pre-war of 117,200,000 attacked
South Korean Yongdongpo. The enemy three
on annual average
bollers and in need of immediate Dulles Chicago, Feb. 11.
made it plain the US columns fanning
bank of the Hantons.
the LSTs are out eight to the north
help. However,
does not expect Japan to be ropulsed north and northwest River
an attempted-
production, sot
Mrs Dorothy Mae Stevens, diesel
do noi A and operated
a passive bystander. merely river crossing by ROK forces 110,000,000 tons, exceeds last "deep freeze" woman who have bollers.
The implication la that she There was no indication year's crop of 107,030,000 tons lived despite being Uterally
will have to raise some sort of United Nations forces repelled and is but two percent less than frozen stiff, said today she the despatches that it had a defensive force of her own,
suffered combat damage. Such
Most nations in this part:of sector since the bitter fighting an attempted river crossing by
in mid an estimated two enemy regi-111,980,000. the Wonju bulge
was "Teeling very well.”
A vessel would normally carry the world still remember rim- in
ments at 1.30 am, south OK The Department's estimate of January."
Mrs Stovens,
gant Japanese imperial armISER, 33-year-old crew of about 25 and some sort the second Scoal. Third Division elements
of bulk cargo. It is one of a crossed the Han River Ave coming rice production are part
of
negro, continued to improve at a world food survey for the
Hospital where number of LSTs turned over They may require some per- were miles
Seventh Cavalry Regiment met for the current year is expected by two policemen
she
was brought on Thursday to Japanese owners now being suasion that & Japanese defen- who found operated under charter to the give force would not be used heavy resistance 10 to 13 miles to total about two percent above her frozen in
for aggressive purposes...*** by northwest of Ichon.
an alley. Her United States Navy, United that for last year and Heavy enemy contact WTS
exceed body temperature had read 64 Press. maintained
the 1935-39 average by about degrees, the lowest in medical by the US 24th
four percent. Division eight to nine miles
annals and her life process had north and northwest of Ichen.
been all but frozen into The enemy counter-attacked
immobility. ROK forces eight miles north
Doctors still and northwest of Hoengsong.
Meanwhile for
the 1935-40 annual average of
which Britain does not want to| Communist inspired.--Associated time in two days, UN. paltols miles southeast of Scout. The period. World food production Michael Reese
Jose. United Press.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
ITONGKONG
entered Scoul and then
Embargo Negotiations
awaits anxiously
Hdevelopments in the negotiations
now
the
in Washington proceeding concerning the US, embargo on ahip- ments to this Colony. Latest reports suggest that while the State Depart- ment of Commerce is cocking an atten- tive and not unsympathetic ear to the British argument that to cut off all American supplies will, in due course, have the effect of causing widespread unemployment in Hongkong, Washing- ton officials are seriously put out by recent congressional criticism of the manner in which vital materials have been reaching China and other Iron in and Curtain countries,
are desira to consequence torn between play fair with Hongkong and the urge to silence criticism at home by strong action. It is even suggested that Britain's position regarding embargo is not clear cut and that our negotiators are conflicted by the need for obtaining some form of dispensation for the Colony and at the same time making a genuine contribution to the plan for denying Communist countries strategic raw materials. The case for Hongkong, however, is not difficult to state, We seek from the United States materials and commodities that will help to sustain the normal economy of the Colony. But it is desirable to emphasise that our needs in this direc- tion have radically changed, since 1945. Our industries have multiplied and with them the number of skilled workers whose livelihood depends wholly on these factories romaining in production. Moreover Chinese capital which has been invested in these indus- trial undertakings is that of men who desire, no truck with the Communists. And while it is true a percentage of commodities and materials imported Into Hongkong probably find their way Into China, it is incorrect to suggest that they are all of strategic value. It is noticeable that whon American critica of Hongkong refer to our trade with China they imply that everything which goes into the hinterland is war
B
can
potential-which is absurd. It is un- trus on two counts: firstly, only a pro- portion of our imports can. by any stretch of the imagination be placed in this category; secondly, the Hongkong strict Government has imposed embargo on the export from Hongkong of materials and goods which rightly be labelled strategic. The Colony's critics seem to be unaware of this, or if they are conscious of the embargo, they deliberately ignore it when decrying Hongkong as a "ware- China," In for Communist house fairness to Hongkong these sections of the American public which so easily find reasons for condemning our trading activities should be informed of the embargoes applied voluntarily by the Colony's government. The principal task of the British negotiators in Washington appears to be to quell American fears that exports intended will for Hongkong's consumption eventually find their way out of the Colony and into Communist China, and beat way to do this would seem to be to state our domestic requirements, which are readily ascertainable. The State Department of Commerce could, thereafter, "ration" Hongkong ac cordingly, satisfied in the knowledge that these American materials and commodities would be used exclusively by Hongkong in the interests of our own economy. It has been pertinently observed by one commentator that the a completo Hongkong embargo is negation of United States policy to encourage "backward arena." And most certainly it could be claimed
the embargo causes economic distress and unemploy- mont in this Colony it would have a disturbing effect on the attitude of non-Communist Chinese in Hongkong towards the United States. America cannot afford to antagonise the "free"
that .if
Chinese other hero or elsewhere." A progressive modification of the existing. embargo will do much to restore the confidence of the non-Communist 'Chinese- in the inhcrant fairness of
American dealing.
as
A
ROKS ADVANCE
EFFECT OF DROUGHT
However, despite increasing
were unwilling production the per capita con- to say whether she would have aumption continues below pre- War levels due to the increase completa recovery.
in
But they
Mrs Stevens talked now and wiggled her fingers and
India toes and consumed liquid foods
with high caloric content,
India ja
in
Japanese Leave occupation reforms they will
For America
to
3011
The second controversial point was Mr. Dulles' statement that the Japanese would be per- mitted to decide which of the
keep permanently. He said the treaty
Include would restrictions requiring perpetun tion of detalled reform legisla
Some other problems remain to be straightened out with the Allied nations of the Orient. Most of those are economic
Mr Dulles also made it clear
he expects the treaty to be completed soon. He indicated there has been sufficient inim national agreement in advance to prevent
complication sociated Prese
tion. Tokyo. Feb. 11. A large undetermined пли- In population, the survey said there is hope they would
·One hundred and seventy-one not have to amputate her frost- ber of enemy was observed in showed. an area 17 to 10 miles north-
bitten limbs,
Japanese left today for the United States on board the 23,- rico The report said Asian west of Fyongchang. ROK
first production will be below
600-ton liner, President Wilson. forces on the east coast met estimates because
of the then, Ught scattered enemy resistance
Among the passengers were Northeast drought
19 professional baseball players continued to advance. they
headed for Hawaii, 10 chick Force Allen advanced which caused a sharp drop in to Sapori, 18 miles northwest of that country's crop.
the United States Doctors said she was rational sexers and 15 members of an now adding dis Yongdongpo
other
opera troupe in addition 25th
of food and fully conscious of her students and inspection groups. for 2,000,000 tons elementa adjusted Division
They said That gralas
-Neuter. to augment her short roundings." positions during the day.
delicate tests have Indicated production. A small group of enemy
The world will have about 4,- that such mental organs like the troops was contacted three miles
of milled rice brain, were undamaged by the south of Inchon. An unkown available for export during 1051 extreme cold she endured.
GOD,000 tons number of enemy troops dimly.
from
the current СТОР bank
the
Оп Sunday Mrs Stevens' entrenched on the north
partment est
estimated, This will
temperature read 100.12 degrees, of the Han river repulsed an attempted river crossing by the be about the same as for last a little above normal and her coun-pulse and respiration were about 15th
ROK regiment platoons year. Asia's exporting
out of Seoul at tries are expected to supply normal. She remained on the immediately
about 70 per cent of the total critical list, and doctors said it Dr 2.950.000 At
toax today
would be several more days compared with estimated two enemy regiments 2,840,000 inat year and 6,300,000 before they could determine the Burma, extent of her recovery and attempted to cross the Han river Thailand, Indo-Chim are looked whether amputations would be to the south but were repulsed by,alt,
air, artillery and ground fire, to for the larger part of the ex-necessary-Uolled Press minpected Asian exports,--Az50- An
anti-aircraft gun encity in Seoul chot down a friendly ciated Press. liaison type plane at 3.45 pm. No enemy contact was reported by a Third Division patrol which crossed the Han River, sve mlica south of Seoul,
0
pin,
1.30
la
a.m.
..
an
average per-war
INVENTOR'S
CLAIM
Civil Defence
Ono
Exercises
Bristol, Feb. 11. hundred "casualties"
The enemy engaged Fifta Cavalry elements 14 to 17 miles south-east of Scout throughout enemy the day. Stubborn resistance
the Seventh area 10 to 18 mil Cavalry north-west of Inchon Hmited
the day. during PROBING RESISTED
спету
of strength armly entrenched north of the US 24th Division front continued to resist the probing motor car and travelled unaid- the civil defenen services
friendly
An.
unknown
with
..
La Junta; Feb. 11. with red and
Bruy grease 'A. 'GB-year-old inventor here paint "wounds" iny in the claims to have flown with a pair mow, and sleet amid Bristol's of home-made, man-powered unrepaired wartime blitz mites wings.
today during Britain's first In a series of tests made here | ull-out exercise against modern
the inventor, Mr A. G. | air warfare. yesterday Ewers, was reported to have left
Nenrly 1,500 the ground after being towed by
troops joined
of friendly patrols. The enemy ed for distances of many yards, handling the type of emergency mesumed might heavily engaged
On the last of the tests, which which it was were filmed and witnessed by follow 48 hours of rocket and friendly air and artillery.
the Moderate onomy resistance about 20 people, he was in the high explosive raids with
atom bomb, was encountered from an esti- nir for nearly a minute.
as ROK ele- mated battalion
Mr. Ewers wings are made of Backa buried. ·under the ments advanced to high ground parachute nylon and acroplane rubble. represented victime eight miles north and north-
ispruce, with, stedi and alumină- until they were dug out.
Then west of Hoengrong. Shortly "um bolts and bars. In opera- volunteeam played the part of after dark, an estimated enemy dan: tho" pilot is strapped bo- cœualties to test the system) of battalion
counter-attacked | tween the wingt.
clearing wounded and controll- Ho claims that fight friendly elements, forcing UN
at 30 teaopallo. withdraw approximate-miles an hour will be possible
Mor-General. G.F.C. Couth-weepers district, them
Commander of ci
Idant enemy resistance was
Colemani
ly 200 yardstance was after the foste, Me Emery Lain encountered by ROK elements said that he had no dificulty | weldi that the operation had as they advanced to a point nine in banking or remaining legal, proved at great value although milosi qorthewesti of Prongbang bin' be found: ji nimount to hold | 12 1 bad shown many things
needing rectification, Router.
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