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No. 36114

Aggressive Defence Needed

Herter last week made a

IS Excellency the Go

most

opportune plea for Hongkong to assert itself, reply vigorously to its many ill-informed and mis- informed critics, and let the world beyond our own narrow borders know about the Colony's achievements. The dangerous alternative is to let our case go by default.

I

Preparing Austrian

State Treaty

Fine Progress Made

Vienna, May 2. Representatives of the four great powers and Aus- tria appeared today to have made great strides in their first day's work on complet- ing details of a draft state treaty for Austria. A com- munique said "notable pro- gress" was made.

Both before and after the four and a half hour session, all. delegates appeared cheerful and confident,

articles.

It is not suggested that the whole of Hongkong's in- dustrial and commercial community merits Caesar's Wife rating. There have been regrettable cases of merchandising under Officials taking part in the false pretences; of violat conference said Dr Figl and the ing business ethics as well ambassadors of Britain. France, as the law. But these have Russia and the United States had discussed the preamble and been few and far between the Arst 15 of the treaty's 59 and action taken against the culprits has been swift

to drop had agreed They and effective.

three articles. These were No. They have, nonetheless, been 6 denting with the naturalisa

used by jealous competitors tion of Germans in Austria; No. outside of Hongkong to

the treatment and appre- bolster allegations No. 13, on Austria's acceptance wholesale offences against of arrangements for the liquida Imperial Preference. retion of the Langue of Nationa gulations accusations and the Permanent Court of which are without any sub- Justice. stance. And now a very curious. case has arisen.

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CEASEFIRE India To Give Aid To

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Formosa

Straits Crisis

Washington, May 2.

Nationalist China will be no obstacle' in the way of a ceasefire agreement for the Formosa Straits between the United States and Communist China.

!

American leaders are certain of this, it was confirmed from a reliable source this evening, since the return to the United States from Nationalist China of Admiral, Arthur Radford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mr Walter Robert- son, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs.

In American eyes such a ceasefire would, not affect in the slightest the United States obligations regarding Nationalist China, as laid

down in the in mutual assistance treaty signed between them December 1954.

Last week a' Director of the On the suggestion of the Aus British Hosiery Manufactrians, led by Dr Leopold Figl. turers Association was the foreign ministers of the quoted as saying that the four great powers also agreed Association. had to do to drop a phrase from the pre-ass effensive action against the German Road Tolls

By this treaty Nationalist is strictly forbidder to China

Chinta

something about stopping sibilities on Austria

amble which lait certain respon-

mainland without for taking United States consent. Japanese made woollen

part in the last war, gloves going to England

A communique after the talks through Hongkong's back said: "the conference begar. To door and marked Empire consider those articles of the made. When this statement treaty upcn which any challenged, he im- delegation had observations to

progress mediately denied making it, offer. Notable

made,"

Wus

It was by virtue at this engagement by the Nationalists that President Eisenhower was able to tell his last week's Press conference that as far as the

COTI- Was Taipei Government was

cerned, the question of auch a THIS is not good enough. The treaty under discussion is

ceasefire-would Obviously somebody utter- the one which foreign ministers

academic, the remarks in of the Big Four began drafting

This The Russians refer to

is probably also the public, and Hongkong's in 1947.

argument with which Admiral name is not vindicated it as the 1949 treaty since it was

in that year that they, dropped Radford and Mr Robertson merely by one person declaring they were not to support of Yugoslavia's terri-sented Nationalist Chinese leader

ed

be attributed to him. This is

torial claim against Austria.

Mr Llewelyn E. Thompson,

Doctor

Attacked By

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a case calling for "aggres-United States Ambassador, wai sive defence" on the part chairman at today's meeting.— of Hongkong, and it is en-Reuter. couraging to observe that the General Chamber of Commerce, through its London agents, the China Association, is pursuing the matter as a parallel to the investigations initiated by Govercment. Hongkong is the party prin- cipally injured, but the. British Hosiery Manufac- turers Association must also feel aggrieved about the unauthorised use of its name in the levelling of a wild and unfounded accusa- tion. It is high time an example was made of people who obtain publicity for The doctor, who is a former scurrilous allegations be- Director of the Pasteur Institute, hind a cloak of anonymity, was rushed to hospital. His con- and we trust both Govern dition was described as "grave." He is a member of the Franco- ment, through its London Office, and the Chamber of:

Tunisian Committee for Friend- ship and Co-operation. Commerce, through the The former Secretary-General China Association, will of the School of Advanced continue vigorously to pro-Studies here, Mr Pignon, who is secute investigations and also a member of the same com- be in a position publicly to mittee, escaped from attackers by reveal and denounce the barricading himself in his house,

baseless perpetrator of a

Mr Seydoux, the French charge uttered in the name delegate

Tunis, May 2. Three youths described Europeans tonight attacked 85- year-old Dr Burnet in his home here, fracturing his skull with a hail of blows and leaving him lying in a pool of blood.

Chiang Kai-shekk.

4-POWER

MEETING

PROBABLE

Lancashire

New Delhi, May 3.

Mr T. T. Krishnamachari, Minister for Commerce and Industries, is expected to sanoinen-s-ext in India's duties on certain types of cotton cloth in Parliament here today.

The cut would amount to about 30 per cent on duties, which now run between 60 and 30 per sent, and would help the cotton mills of Lancashire, sell more-textiles in India.

sild

suthoritative sources would be affected by the ents, bus

All foreign countries ance British textiles benefit from Imperial Preference the marly on them would' drop proportionately lower.

British manufacturers could hope to sell, up to ten umes the present two million yarda yearly as a result of such a eut, bai Indian textile, manufacturers belleve, there is not room for more than shout six million' yirds anmally of high quality cloth from Britain-Reuter,

SOCIALISTS WOO LIBERAL VOTE

London, May 2. The Labour Party has launched an all-out campaign to woo the millions of Liberal voters in Britain key to the outcome of the May 26 general election.

Labour speakers throughout the country are ardently appealing to the supporters of this minority party for support, claiming that Socialists are the only really "pro- gressive" group.

The Liberals, once Britain's ruling party, plan to fight only just, over 100 of the 830 con- stituencies at stake

in the coming election.

With the two main parties- Conservative and Labour-fairly evenly balanced, the way the millions of Liberals cust their ballots where. their candidates are not standing could decide which party gets a majority in the new House of CorumTIDINE. ¦ Berlin, May 2.

In the present parliament the The Western Allied High Liberals have just six members Commissioners in Germany and few people expect them to are sending a note to the increase substantially Soviet High Commissioner representation at the reperal

election. agreeing to a Four-power High Commission meeting MORRISON GIVÈS LEAD in Berlin on the new East

Mr Herbert Morrison, deputy German road United States Armed Forces Foreign

tolls, the Labour leader and one-time

Secretary-bed

their

Reds Plan Joint High Command

Warsaw Meeting

London, May. 2..

KowŁODN

BIF

Starts Well For Hongkong

Our Own Correspondent

London, May 2. Admiral. Eart Mountbat- ten, First Lord of the "Ad- miralty, and Lady Mount- batten were among the first Russia and other Com-visitors to the Hongkong munist states are to meet in stand at the British Indus- Warsaw on May 11 to distries Fair in London today. cuss questions arising from Earl Mountbatten hat officially They arrived shortly after. tagi November's Moscow opened the first BIF over to be conference...at which it was held under the aegis of privata decided to establish a com- enterprise. |bined military command.

This was announced today by the New China News Agency which said Communist China

would be sending an observer to the conference,

On the Hongkong stand Earl ant Lady Mountbatten spent

some tim

time examining the wida range of goods on show, Lady cular interest in the display of Mountbatten showed part

kattbed gloves.

They were conducted by Ma T. F. R. Walter, leader of the Hongkong BIF delegation, and Mr B. G. A. Grimwood, Direc bor of the Londox Office of the

Government HOLEKSINESS BRISK

brisk

Bustiness

Was

It said that the Warsaw cot ference had been prompted by ratification of the Paris agree ments under which the Western powers have agreed to the re armament of West Germany,

the The New China News Agency stand from, the word "go" The despatch

under & Moscow first rade enquiry came from a ̈ dateline said the participating Swedish buyer who wanted to countries would be the Soviet know how he could obtain sup Union, Poland, Czechoslovalca, piles of lampshades-samples of their arst Bast

Hungary, which are making Germany,

the BIS and Rumania, Bulgaria and Albania, opperance

attracting considerable attention REORGANISATION

Therenter enquirie from

accredited trade buyers were It added: "In accordance with dealt with at a rate of one every the decision of the Moscow con- four or five minutes throughout ference, consultations have been the day. held recently governments of

the

between

the vight

Churchill To participating countries.

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consultations have been concerned firstly with the signing of a treaty of friendship co-operation and mutual axis fance by these countries, and then the reorganisation of, a joint

The bulk of enquiries came Brosa

home buyers and covered nearly the whole range of the Colony's products. But, enquiries were is made by trade sepres sentatives from

United States, Canada, Australia South Africa, Rhodesia, Iraq, Finland, Holland, Elre, Eest Afr

Dermark

command of the treaty: signa- Preden,

res

Austria

the

and: Morocco. As in previous years, detaily o

enquiries will be sex to fryme exhibitiniz on the stand.

IMPROVED GOODS Orefs. first impression of the

- London, May -2. The former Prime Minister, Sir

Winston Churchill Hepped Late last month, Mr Nita into Britain's election cam- Krushchev, First Secretary of paigri tonight with an on the Soviet Communist Party, nouncement that he would visited: Warsaw with the Soviet make six speeches in an effort Army Commander-in-Chief, stand was entirely favourable, to boost the Conservatives to Marshal Ivan Kociew, who has victory. The

ald Sir been tipped as possible supreme joint make three organisation.

announcement Winston would

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speeches in his stituency of Woodford and

commander

the

The Polish Premier, Mc

The quality and finish of the goods on show have undergone marked improvement in the past year and trade buyers have not been slow to remark this,

Once again the Hongkong stand seemed to be the

busfest

three outside his home ground. Joseph Cyrankiewicz, and the In addition, Sir Winston and Polish Chlef of Staff, Colonel at the Fair, and, there can

General Jeze Bordzilowaki, Lady Churchil will make their traditional tour of his visited Moscow at the same own election division on the time.!

Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov, eve of the May 28 nationwide:

Chairman of the Presidium of balloting, One of his speeches

Soviet, visited

A GESTURE Meanwhile it is thought cer, tain in Washington, despite an official silence, that the United States is considering stationing several anti-aircraft and Marine units in Formosa as a gesture Radio reported here to Party's pleas to get Liberals into of their willingness to defend night.

Ita camp. He called on them in the island

a weekend speech to follow the They would stress that they example of Lady Megan Lloyd It is felt here that this move considered the for occupation George, a Liberal MP for 22 would not €2113#

will be at the Supreme Communist powers competent to deal with years who recently joined the China to alter her attitude the problem affecting

Socialists.. which is favourable to direct transport to and from Berlin, the discussions with the United Radio added. States to bring hostilites to an end in the Formosa: Straits.

road

Progressive-minded Liberals and Radicals," he said, should The note would be in answer resist Conservative "blandish to one from the Soviet Highments" and hack the Labour

15

Pushkin

however, added, that he was ready to meet the Western High Commissioners to discuss the subject.

If Liberals wanted "progness to go ahead, they ought to swing their influence and their vote to our support."

Lady Megan Lloyd George, daughter of the first world war Liberal Prime Minister. David Lloyd George, entered Scendist ranks last week declaring it is only in the Labour Party that I can be true to the radical tradi-.

The view here is that Wash-Commissioner, Mr G. M. Push Party. ington has already indicated to kin, last Saturday 'who claimed certain nations represented at that the tolls raised up to 11 Peking that the presence of a times were & purely German few American ground units in question and must be settled in Formosa would be nothing more direct East-West German.nego- than symbolls and that the pur- tiations" - pose at these units would be as much to restrict the Nationalists to a purely defensive role as to against an protect that island attack.

The meeting, if it takes place, Certain political circles here would be the first conference feel that, if direct negotiations of the lop representatives of between Washington and Peking the four

Occupation powers should prove fruitless, supporters of an American policy of force since the Allied Control Council

Rnd. restored their prestige which President Elsen- hower has discounted by accept- ing the principle of direct negotiations

Communist

might

with

■

at the French

tive organisation of British authorities for the attack on her the sympathy of hosiery manufacturers.

of the biggest representa- Residency, expressed to Madame China-France-Presse.

Burnet the

husband and afterwards visited

Arthur Deakin the doctor in hospital

The Franco-Tunisian KON mittee of which both Mr Fignon

and Dr Burnet are members is

pledged to work for reconcilia tion among the various elements of the population, living Tumisia-France-Presse.

in

broke up with a Soviet walkout in March 1948.--Reuter,

Many politicians belleve her switch might be a major, factor In influencing Liberals to vote Labour-and already the Secialist chiefs are exploiting ber changeover.

In

"STAR TURN

Bedford, where his son-in-law Hungary earlier last month............ and private secretary, Captain Reuter. Christopher Soames; faces a

stiff re-election fight.

The 80-year-old statesman may

alio make a general election Changed Attitude appeal for the Conservatives

voting,

in a radio broadcast shortly

London, May 2. The Mercantile Marine Service Conservative sources said the Association said today in its plans for Sir Winston's election anoxial report that the attitude of role were set late last week, Chinese Communist port officials following his return from a to crews of visiting ships. "has holiday in Sicily. United changed to tolerance in place of Press.

the former abrupt rudeness." United Press.

Diem's Envoy

At Cannes

le doubt that one reasons for. this is the publicity: Hongkong goods have received as a result of complaints that they are icing British goods out of their own home market.

máy These complaints

be found in the long run to have

done far more good than harm to Hongkong industry. It is no coincidence that when the Fair operet? to the general public this afternoon the question most often heard on the Hongkong stand was "Where can we these goods in Britains"

buy The Hongkong Government Office reported tonight that 100 trade enquiries, were recorded on the stand today.” This com- pares with an average of 83% day at last year's Fair.

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Alleged Conspiracy By BBC Officials

London, May 2.

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BRITISH trade unionism can ill afford to lose a man like Arthur Deakin. With his tragically sudden death the movement has been deprived not only of a vital personality, but a leader) and administrator of un- surpassed ability and integrity. Arthur Deakin fought many a good and clean fight in the cause of British trade unionism, but none was more important "than his campaign - to, rid

the unions of Communist; influence. And before he

He alleged that the officials Stevenson, senior clerk in the was said to be in Canadz and had

Washington, May 2 died he achieved a remark had deliberately prevented him officis Solicitor's Office of the taken no part in the proceed

MÍNS SEMOunced. today from renewing a contract for a London: High Court; Mr Ceelings. able measure of success in radio programme and that they Frank Meehmy, Asistant Head

Mr Ford Hailshamn, QC,

Clement Davies, the that Mfr. Dulles had cancelled this direction. He never gave it intend to a rivali, Carroll of the BBC Variety Depart peared for Mr Green, said that

Liberal Party leader, flies back his Tuesday press conference sacrificed a single principle Levis, Toronto-born theatrical ment; Mr. Levis, bis wife, Mina, Scotland Yard had made into London tonight from because of an extremely heavy of trade unionism, yet as a impresario,

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