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VULCAIN

SWISS MADE

Threat To Kill Dulles

Dr. Edith

London, Feb. 13.

The police today mount. cd guard on the home of

Dr

Edith

Summerskil},

the Minister of National Insurance, after a threat

against her life.

The threat

WAD

to an

inspector

by

Cheltenham,

Ministry

made

of the

LIVEX TE

Gloucester

战象

about

150 shire,

miles from London. The

mon, who appeared to be un- balanced, according to the inspector, said: "I am going to kill the Minister." -Reuter.

Avalanche

Casualties Mounting

Geneva, Feb. 18. The Switzerland avalanche casualty list rose to 16 dead or missing as the bodies of two small boys were taken today from the snow at the little village of Frasco.

In another village seven other Four people died yesterday. more are si buried and all hope for them has been given

up.

The dead included man of 70.

a

Big Day For "Hongkong Regiment Back Page

Today's Winihér: Moderato. North | becoming fresh · NE winda, Fine.

CHINA MAIL

No. 34817

Heads For Canberra

Manila, Feb. 18.

The US State Department adviser, Mr John Foster Dulles, left for Canberra last

night for discussions with the leaders of the Austra- lian and of Southeast Asian governments on the Japan- the ese peace treaty and possible formation of

the Pacific pact similar to North Atlantic alliance.

1

Mr Dulles left Manila afler a series of talles with Philippine government leaders on Japanese Issues, Including proposed rearmament, torritorial limits, membership in the United No- tions and the Philippines US$8,- 000,000,000 reparations claims "gainst Japan.

There

an- of

official was no

the results nouncement on the Dulles talks with President. Quirino and other high-ranking Philippine leaders, but a Foreign Office source described the conference 1.5 "fruitful and significant

although inconclu- slve."

re-

Glcred

It was also unoMelally old ported that Mr Dulles an

intensifed American military At Frasco,

49-year-old assistance to the Philippines as woman was dug out alive after a substitute for thle country's reparations c'olms against Japan. being buried for more than 25 ret hours, but her three children, The same sources said the aged seven, 10 and 12, and a Philippine government reserved man aged 38, have all perished. its decision on the offer.

Four

deserted villages near the mouth of

of the St. Gotthard

Lonight

lay in

PACIFIC PACT

It was expected here that Mr Dulles would receive proposals for the formation of a Pacific Pact from the Australian Foreign Minister, Mr Percy Spender, and the New Zealand Prime Minis-

railway tunn

tunnel the shadow of "very great dan-

of new avalanches. ger

Avalanches cut the St. Gott- hard line into Italy again to- day and all traffic was diverted to the Simplon tunnel. It was not expected that the enormous der, Mr Sydney Holland, in ad- masses of snow could be clear-dition to official pronouncements ed before ter.

late tonight-Reu- but those countries are opposed to the United States' proposed rearmament of Japars.

Wants MacArthur

To Report Home

this

Washington, Feb. 13,

The official Washington 'deci- sion on results the Dulles

of mission is eagerly awaited here. understood Mr Dulles

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Twelfth Night

The Queen and Princess. Margaret leave the Middle Temple after the performance of Twelfth Night, pre- sented by Donald Wolft to commemorate the anniver- sary of the performance of the play there in 1602.

UN Assembly Rejects

Russia's Anti-US

Resolutions

Lake Success, Feb. 13.

The United Nations Assembly gave the United States two big votes of confidence today. It rejected, 48-5, Soviet demands for condemnation of the US as an aggressor against Formosa, It refused, 51-5, to slap the US for American bombings of Chinese ter- ritory along the North Korean border.

No one supported the Soviet bloc in either "votes

the Burmia, Indonesia and Yugoslavia "abatained on aggressor decision and Yugoslavia, Afghanistan abstained on the second vote.

Mr Ernest A. Gross, US dele- gate, denounced the two Soviet charges as "a complete tissue of lies and distortions."

to

Only 17 of the 60 UN mem- would return to the American

bers recognise Red China, and Representative - James van capital on February 23 from

Peking's chancca of admission Zandt (Republican) proposed New Zealand. He is expected to

appear more remote than ever. today that President Truman

"The United States has 110

Mir Gross reaffirmed American report immediately to President order General Douglas Mac-Truman on his talks with Asian aggressive designs, military, support for the Nationalist Arthur home to report to Con-leaders and tell just what are the political or economic, on For Chinese regime of Chiang Kai- gress and the people on condi- chances of a peace settlement mosn," Mr Gross said.

shel tions in Asia,

with Jepun.

Mr Gross made it clear in He said the reasons the US Mr van Zandi told the House

emphatic terms the US govern- continues recognise Chiang would be as im- report

Mr Dulles, accompanied by ment stands opposed to ad- Kai-shek are honorable and in Dwight Mrs Dulles and State Depart mission of Red portant

as General

China to the the interests of the Chinese Eisenhower's recent report on ment offcials, left Manila aboard Europe. He rald General Mac- the same US Army Constellatian UN. He said Peking's demands people.

not for seat in the UN are

Mr. Gross told the Assembly Arthur knew Asia ns well as which brought him here

Peking con- the Soviet Union has constantly General

know Sunday afternoon from Tokyo, valid as long as Eisenhower

attacked in the debate here the Linues its aggression in Koren. United Press. Europe. United Press,

Idea of American friendship for the Chinese people. He said the only country which controla thousands of square miles which were once Chinese is not the United States.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

T

។,

on

Importance Of The 38th

are

THE United Nations "limited offen- sive" which has taken them up to the port of Inchon on the west and to the 38th Parallel further east poses once again the question whether, the UN forces should make any attempt to cross that boundary line. General MacArthur claims that any discussion on the point at this time is academic, but Mr Attlee seems to regard the issue as highly important;; moreover, he appears to have persuaded Washington that his viewpoint is correct. He has requested the United States to consult with other UN members, particularly. those countries which have troops serving in Korea, before permitting General MacArthur to attempt to push beyond the 88th. And there commonsense grounds for this request. With the Chinese Reds and North Koreans above the Parallel and United Nations forces below, the British Prime Minister sees a possibility of bringing the futile hostilities to an end through negotiations, and he wants nothing done militarily that may in any way com promise an opportunity for achieving a cease-fire. Ho may also be influenced the indications that the United by Nations cannot, with their present forces, successfully mount an offensive capable of driving the Chinese Com-, munists out of Korca. It is now being realised in London and Washington" that the most immediate problem in Korca ia to bring hostilities to an end. Either that is accomplished or the United Nations must commit them- selves to the task of making Koren a major battleground involving the wholesale transfer of forces from the West in order to be able to compete numerically with the Chinese Reds and North Koreans. This is precisely what Kusela would like the allies to do, and I

it is just this which the United States, Britain and France realise they would be foolish to do. UN military successes in Korea, therefore, have become relatively unimportant because physical factors must make them limited and therefore indecisive. And the Chinese Communists probably appreciate by now that despite their overwhelming numerical superiority they cannot drive the United Nations out of Korea. The

in military situation consequence automatically stalemates itself. And if this appraisal is correct, Mr Attlee's plea for caution in military enterprise at this time makes sense, for while the military situation is indeterminate, the prospects of ending hostilities increase. Furthermore opportunity must be given the Chinese Communists for them to give a sign that they have had enough of fighting for something that! is wholly nebulous. There is no reason to doubt General MacArthur's claims that the Chinese Reds have suffered a severe mauling in the field during past weeks and that their territorial gains bear no relation to their tremendous losses in fighting manpower. It is conceivable that⠀⠀ Peking ardently destres a chance of discussing a | formula which could enable hostilities to be ended without loss of prestige, and a stalemate in the military situation close to the 88th Parallel might offer that opportunity. ·· Uniquestionably the Chinese Communiste would strongly resist any attempt by the United Nations forces to advance Into North Korea, but that does not imply that they are anxious once again to try a costly offensive south of the 88th. This boundary line, therefore, again assumes an importance and it may well provide the necessary factor for a cease-fire and subsequent peace negotiations.

This was en obvious reference- to the Soviet Union, which the Americans assert has taken over huge blocs of territory once belonging to China,

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REDS IN KOREA Action At Wonju

Tokyo, Feb. 14,

An all-out Communist attack to drive back United Nations forces in rugged Central Korea broke with great fury today (Wednesday) ́on ́d ̧ 20-mile front.

Front line dispatches said Wonju, key to all roads South, was hit hard at 8 a.m. Allied units were in heavy action north and west of the town, reported Associated Press correspondent John Randolph.

An even heavior Red assault struck at surround- ed

of Chipyong, Western bastion

the central front, last night. The Allied force in the town still was under enemy attack at 9 a.m. today.

and Red gundre. who

of

Allied units were trapped in attack sector. Small arms and ja pass near Chipyong, Randolph automatie weapons are hit the

reported.

town from the southeast and The 20-mile front between northeast.

blazed

The early morning darkness Wonju and Chipyong

United Notions 'with Allied

called for Chipyong is 35 miles East Seoul

plane flares to light up their ΟΙ and 28 mlica west

targets. Wonju.

The US Fifth Air Force sent Strong Chinese forces punch- B-28 light bombers in

*** pre- ed southward toward the main

dawn strike on the area. Wonju-Yoju road 'In an effort

Correspondant Randolph said to flank the South Koreans the Communist Chinese and communications lines. North Koreans jumped off last and cut Yoju is -18 miles west of night with suicidal charges be- Wonju and 12 south

of Chip-bind the roll of drums and yong.

to

This was the second phase of the big Communist push drive back the US Eighth Army and cut off the 100,000-man Allied force in the West.

INFILTRATORS

These forcos in the west car- ried the UN limited offensive to the Han River across from Seoul, They also captured the port of Inchon on the Yellow Sea and Kimpo airfield, north- west of Seoul.

bugles

At 4.15 this morning Chinese Infantryanen, carrying mines, charged against the Allied de-

Middle East

No Big Four Parleys

Meeting Until April

Washington, Fob, 18. State Department sources today said that a "B Four" Foreign Ministers Conference would not be beld untit April at the earliest.

the

ing a

This was because Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, would be attend- meeting brLatin- American Foreign Minis ters in Washington from March 10 aniil March 20,

Officin's mid that the deputies of the Foreigne Ministers of Britain, France, Russia and Amer- tea could pozalbly meet in Paris between March 10 and March 15 to draft an agenda for a "Big Four” conferenc

They said that no ar- rangements for this pre- liminary meeting could be mado unft Russia's

AL- titude towards the agenda had been clarified-Renter.

S'pore

US Interested In Vital Issues

Istanbul, Feb. 18. Eighteen United States government officials and en- voys to, Middle Eastern. countries assembled here

tonight to discuss ways to bolster American Influence

in this strategic" ărca anil, if necessary, to defend it ngainst aggression,

Although the week-long.cop- ference, starting Wednesday, will be top secret, it was al-' most certain special attention would be given to Anglo- Egyptian problems in the vital Suez Canal Zone and, to Yugo- slavin, as well ns to general defence problems East all questions,

and Near

In addition to Ambassadors and Ministers, the Alr Secre- fary, Mr Thomas Finletter, the

af State

Bans Assistant Secretary

Re-Exports

Of Textiles

To H.K.

for the Near East, Mr George

McChee, and the Eastern · At- lantic and Mediterranean navat: commander, Admiral · Carnar, will participate.

Mr Avra Warren, US Amt- bassador to Pakistan-which is not in the Middle Eastern, orbit --has arrived from Karachi, the

first time an envoy to Singapore, Feb. 18. Pakistan will be represented in fence line at Chipyong after a The Singapore Govern-a Near East conference. „Air heavy artillery and mortar ment has banned the re- Joseph Palmer, First, Secretary barrage.

export of textiles to Hong- of the US Embassy in London, Allied troops hold and hurled kong. back the first assault wave-

plso will take part in the talks. Associated Press.

The action was taken to

KEY COUNTRY "NOT SERIOUS"

halt activities of some mer Tokyo, Feb. 14. chants who had Imported East, altuation is Yugoslavia. One of the keys to the Middle United Nations forces strong- large quantities of textiles Should the Cominfost attack ly entrenched at Chipyong, 12 some of which had come from and win Tugaslavia, Turkey and Associated Press correspon- miles north from Yoju, today

the battled furiously to beat back Hongkong and shipping threatened addition, the

Greece would be fanked and T tent Stan Swinton on

Communist banzai them back to the colony be-solid anti-Sovies Mediterranean Western front reported that the Chinese Communists early today seat charges from the sides.

cause of E much higher-front would be broken. 400 to 800 infiltrators south of Mortar, artillery and high priced market.

shells the Han River within rifle shal velocity

pounded the

Another touchy subject is oil- Singapore of a Divisional Command Post, United Nations positiona

authorities also r.ch Iran, which bas been wooed The Redr were flushed out by throughout the night,

want to be in a position to by the Russians since last sum- 8 o'clock and mopping up con- The Communists were report-maintain textiles re-export mer and which is on more tinued three hours later. Theed to be across the south-bound trade with Indonesia and friendly terms with Its giant Red force

road leading from Chipyong to neighbouring teritories. This neighbour than ever before. The troyed.

the lateral Yolu-Wonju high- business runs into millions of Ambassador to Teheran The main fighting, however,

Straits dollars annually.

expectedt" to report to the con The Singapore Government,

ference on the recent upsurge of Bared on the central front.

The Communists attacked

on December 0, 1050,

Russian influence in Iran. It is from the north and northwest,

re-export to Hongkong of iron considered likely the diplomats In the first reported contact, an

and

will recommend including

Increased Scrap. American aid to offset Russian estimated two Chinese regiments

brake fluid and hydraulic oils, rammed into an Allled battalion,

and car spare parts.

gains. A

It was pointed out that Iron Then there and steel are urgently needed f Egypt and here

to carry

out important enmity. The government, munielpal and pri- jably will discuss ways in which vato building projects. An the United States could help sociated Press.

the Anglo-Egyptian dis- quw/over the Suez Canal Zone between Israel and ber

was belleved des

way

The Tenth Corps Commander, Major-General Edward M. Al mond, said that the situations along his central front was not serious but the past two days Aghting showed that "two de- concentration of mortar finite forces have met and shells poured into Chipyong on clashed in defnite conflict”. the western end of the 20-mile Reuter.

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War Correspondent Learns

Something About Being A

British Infantryman

(From EDWARD HEWAT)

In action with the British about being an Infantryman. tough.

Korea, Feb. 13.

I learnt something And the lesson was

INDIA VOTES “NO” India, which fought hard against Assembly verdict calling Red China an aggressor in Korea, voted also against: both Bussian resolutions,

Trajeshwar Dayal, Indiaa deputy delegate, said India still believed negotiations would be My teacher was 46-year-old Lt. Col. Ken Foster, the best method to achieve Commander of the "Fighting Fifth" the peaceful settlement. He said Northumberland Fusiliers whose father commanded Royal "mutual recriminatiois" not serve this pur

purpose.

*

would

the battalion before him,

$

Semyon KT Tsarapkin, Soviet Ho took me to the steepest; alr attack on the hill which is delegate, argued that the Uni- hill I have ever seen; a 1,000 tomorrow's target. *

ted States decision to send the foot affair which one of the We had spotted Chinero Com- Seventh US Fleet to neutralise companies was attacking.

Dire mese.

| against

M.

American

the

Formosa last summer was in The men-dark with dirt and munists on it and called on fact an aggression against For-toting Brens and rifles-started gunners and airmen to shoot mosa, He also contended there sorambling up the one-in-one it up. And how they did.

American forces on For- slope. Then they saw three

Corsairs dived out of the sun enemy soldiers. So they clung ring rockets that went off with

carth Mr Gross replied that the to the

and

I began aring.

a zoom and a stab of flame, and Seventh Floot was ordered to The estemy Formosan waters after the Socu-the top of the hill from anded with a thump that rock-

And the ed the earth. rity Council called for UN action soldiers went on scrambling up- Then, the planes flew low and

wards; past the Communist North

a Korean burial dropped burning death-Jellied Korcan invasion of South Korea, ground, through thick scrub and petrol bombe which burst into

Tearapkin charged that over ice-covered boulders.

deep orange flame and black Dienes bad violated

slipped and swore as smoke, and burned everything Chinese, territory some 1,500 went up with them. The they touched. simon, bombing and killing dui. Coloured fust went up with the Finally they sprayed ilana Mr Gross replied that the freshness of a schoolboy. air attacks were understandable Again the mon Baw mistakes by airmen intent on onomy. Again Brems and rifles slopping the supply lines feeding rattled and cracked. Again the

From where I was, half a mile Red China's forces in North enemy vanished.

away, it looked as though no Korea.

Then up again. I was sweating living thing could, survive such Finally.

Mr Gross sald the although I was freezing, and I hell. Communist Chinese may in time realised how tough it was for The discover that armed aggression these foot-aloggers, who have back with the Colonel. On the is fraught with danger for the none of the glamour of tank-way we passed some of aggressor and may remember men or flyers but who do the of the company he has turned. who urged them to commit vital Job of just rooting the into porters, carrying food and |¤ggression – Associated Press. enemy out of hills,

bodding to men who were dig- And then at 5.45 wo ruched ging in on the hill we had left the top. We had advanced 2,000

had collected gear from which the battalion 47.la

Signor Vittoric

Rome, Feb. 13. Signor Giuseppe di Vittorio, the Italian President of the Communist-led World Federation

the

Chinese Reds with machine-gun fire, which echoed and re-echoed through the hills.

Was June to t

io trudge

tho men

| vords. And Col. Foster olds because vobicles are

wirolode

the top of that hill one aw the rugged beauty of Roada

useless in this country for taking

to the frontline, My Infantry lesson ended sweeping, snow-covered hills the Colonel Caravan-bull

Russian truck he capture and looking

of Trade Unions," will leave and-valleys glipting in the bun, in the battalion's firab Korean

shortly Warsaw to attend meeting or Wobruari 20

dedené

and breathe alcher Battle on Woolton's rea

was adde mua, ali tong parked with rum

3. And to that. Denu

of the WETU. Executive Com shittee, I was learn there ed the vicious, thrilling beauty ice si tot end, my Insson

which is per

Waresh London Roxpress Services

steel,

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banned

are the problems Arab-Jewish

envoys presum-

Commander at the Sudan and to bring Killed In Korea.

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The Hague, Fob. 18. Since the wa the United The Netherlands Government States has become increasingly announced inst night that aware of the strategie" position Lieutenant-Colonel MPT. Den of the Near and Middle Eget Ouden, commandont of the and the Mediterranean; und it Dutch, forces in Korea, had been is known to be moking "fucill- killed in nctionin Korea, ties at certain British United Press.

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