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A Hot Potato
\IVE Mr Patijn hia duo; ha
Gengagingly frank o
to
the subject of Hongkung refugees. "The potato ts) too hot" to be dealt withi decisively now, he says, and } до a decision on whether 670,000 people in this Colony are to receive any kind of International assistance is postponed for possibly another six months. The UNREF executive com- mittee's decision not decide provokes amazement and disappointment. The only ruy of hope to emorgo from last Thurs- day's dismal proceedings is that the "hot potato" la to! be served up again. To thali extent there les stili D chance that something cak be done and that pricked consciences may yet insist action before further
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CHINA
No. 36452
Established 1845
MONDAY,'' JUNE 4, 1956.
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Peking Spokesman Discloses Vast Migration Scheme
RELAX IN
DAKS
EM ARTIRA TROGË SEKA
Whiteaways
Syrian Cabinet
Crisis
MILLION FAMILIES TO MOVE PREMIER
Cultivation Of China's No Denial Of Nu's Impending
Barren Northeast
Peking, June 3.
Enormous numbers of people are to be per- manently transferred from one part of China to another in the next ten years. It may prove to be one of the biggest migrations in history.
procrastination. Ilongkong It is the Chinese version of
can be thankful it has in Dr Goedhart, UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
a man who does not pull his punches,
on
Cable reports state that the|
question of aid for long- kong refugees was not on the agenda of last week's committee meeting; it was merely considering two cables from Hongkong. Thia cannot be accepted as excuse for its fallure to grasp the nettle. The Hambro report has been in UNREF's handa now for
months and about 18 decision should have been possible long before now. THE point at lese ser
A
perhaps it would be more true to say "was"--whether the refugees fell within tho terms of the statute of the High Commissioner's office, ..., for he does not extend his protection to people who can be protected by their own government. And it is claimed that most of the refugees owe allegiance to the Nationalist Govorn-2
Russin's idea of opening | up "virgin lands" and will involve one
million families as a starter.
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FROM RENE McCOLL
OF
pro
Chinese hate anything which suggest they imitators of the Russians or for are dependent
on them too muchi
He was in the midst of point No. | The
3 at his plan--how to cultivate lands and territorica hitherto barren
non-cultivated— when he started talking about the "transfer of populations." I came to with a bang. Liu said mildly, le scale of transfer is lango."
Mr Liu said stify that whereas the Russians have sent large numbers of town dwellers to work on their virgin 'land farms, China will in the main simply transfer pensant tillers and small place to another, although some may prove to be from
It developed that China mean to drain off some of the huge population centres In Houan, Startung and Hopel and traztofer Rom to the present; the cities.' wildernes up ima BinkJang,
farmers from
опе
Heiianking and the extrudo "Houses Can Wait"
northeastern part of iho country,
But here's the pay-off the Voluntary Scheme
Chinese people still don't know about the secret into which I am letting you, This plan was outlined to me by Mr Liu, be-spectacled, fast- talking head of the Bureau of Economics and Planning.
"Large Transfer”
In the course of # chat lasting I most of three hours. Mr Llü apprised mo almost casually of this great internal tion
Wife's
migraTM
Hongkong Quest
, Klang, Malaya, June 3.
A 36-year-old Chinese mother of nine children left here today for Singapore on her way to Hongkong to try and obtain a residence per- We offer the alternative of mit in the Colony for her
ment and can be diploma- tically protected by that government in states which recognise it.
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"Do you anticipate any objec
tlons in the part of the people leaving their hones and familiar surroundings?” asked.
Lau looked severt. **This is a totally voluntary scheme," he said, "there can be no com- pulsion,"
I next naked how the first million families will bo housed. Said Mr Lu: "It is necessary to till the new land first. Houses can walk until later."
Finally 1
asked what public reaction had been to the an- Nowacement of this startling plan.
Mr Liu permitted himself u look of surprise behind his glasses.
remarked it reminded me of Khrushchev's virgin land"This is a plan for the future,"
he replied **Tho reclamation scheme in Russia
people haven't been told so far." the wrong that was -but
London Express Service, thing to say.
A
Resignation
Rangoon, June 8. Burmese
government spokesman, today would not dony reports that neutral- ist Premier U Nu plans to resign.
The spokesman said tonight that if U Nu decides to give up his office he will - presont his reasons to the people.
But he did not deny reports.
in the influential Nation and a host of unofficial re- ports that the Burmese leader was planning to re- sign. His comment was a denial of the Nation's state- ment that the reason for the change is U Nu's dis- appointment with the Rus-
NOTHING LIKE IT SEEN
IN MOSCOW BEFORE
Reports
Crowds Mob Tito
And
Khrushchev
Moscow, June 3.
sian and Chincro embassica and their activities hero. Premier U Nu and
of în
Indian Premier Jawarharlal Nehru are widely regarded as the principal exponents Afro-Asian neutralism the cold war. U Nu's Anti-: Fascist People's . Freedom : League recently atoopt victory in parliamentary elections with little serioris opposition...
to
the
The government spokesman's
statement today was only oficial reaction so far to ioidespread reports that U Nu was resigning and. would be replaced by Scere- tary of Defence U Ba Swe. -United Press,
REBELS HARD HIT BY TROOPS
Algiera, June 3.
SEEKS TO
RESIGN
Damascus, June 3.
The Syrian Prime Minis- |ter, Mr Bald Ghazzł, today" Lasked to be allowed to re- sign, touching offen Cabinet crisia,
· President· Shukri, Kuwally has not yet accepted his resigna- don, according to authoritative quarters crisis
The
of the
Over
mediate cause was reported to be 'dis pute within the Cabinet proposed ban on wheat exports to France and French troops ́Algeria.
Stevedores yesterday refused
to load a wheat cargo, at Latakia and students later demonstrated la the offices of Mr Rizkalla Antaki, Minister of National Economy:
Oppose Ban
Mr Anteki and “ two other ministers aro sald to be oppos ing the rest of the Cabinet who wani an immediate ban on Exports.
three ministers
have
The
argued that 10,000 tons of wheat for which expórt licences had already been issued should be allowed to leave the country.
Other underlying causes of· the crisis are reported to in- chude strong, criticisen - of) Bir Ghazzi,
an independent, in failing
to take firm enough
against
opposition the Banth
A total of 156 rebels action were killed and 150 suspects parties, principally
Resurrection Socialist Party, were apprehended by French which is believed to be mainly troops in "Operation Hope responsible. for yesterday which ended near the town students demonstration at the
Ministry of National Economy. of Lafayette today.
Near Riot
Drive Against Terrorists Continues
NICOSIA FOOTBALL cheering Muscovites here today when they attempted the rebol dood included) wo
CROWD SEARCHED
Nicosia, June 3.
British troops today sealed off the Nicosia football stadium while a large Greek Cypriot crowd was watching a match, and searched the spectators as they left the stadium.
bomb-throwing.
Soviet Communist Party Chief Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev, and Yugoslav President, Marshal, Josip Broz Tito, and his wife were, mobbed by thousands of
'to stroll incognito in a city street.
A
political chiefs and a rebel gyug
Troopa aptured rebel "This demonstration turned The surprise appearance of Tito and Khrushchev leader,
warehouses and into a near riot, when students topped off an afternoon of confusion in which it was reworkshops, ported and then denied that Tito was holding a secret dozens of weapons, including occupied the ministry and at ona student made ap Im- passioned pollicht speech from. meeting in the country with Khrushchev and other top grenades, mines and cartridges. Itast
Meantinie, other troops wiped o gallery of the ministry Soviet leaders.
big rebel band in out: a
building-Reuter: exhibition by helicopter bona operation,
Political observers in Damascua the farm Khrushchev's wife, daughter carried out in the mountains said tonight that if Me Ghazel's and sod. This marked the first near the town of Milapa, som resignation was accepted by the west of here This President, it seemed almost time Khrushchev's daily have 65 miles
certains that another Independent acctaspanded foreign visitors in marked the first time that rebels certa Moscow.
have been spotted in this usually minister would be called on to fortri ποιν 'government," al- The crowd gave an especiašty
though President Kuwatly: might welcome~to Vice-
One Moslem terrorist was takes the opportunity to form a Premier
Vyacheslav Molotoy, shot dead by the police and national government of coall- resigned as: Foreign some 100 were held for invest1-- Minister on Friday, in what gation in Joint search operations ton parties. He has expressed ever since aking was regarded as a Soviet carried out by police and troops this deshe
office, Reuter, gesture in favour of better n
the
port of Philipeville.
of persons Soviet-Yugoslav réfatloss,
tha
The crowd, on recognising the ring two douters, formed a arounk them and started cheer ing madly, tossing hats into the The result of the search was not announced. air. Security guards accompany ing the two lenders were com
overwhelmed by rebelspletely It was learned here tonight, the
forces killed in 0 terrorist falled. ly because, despite the legal to Communist China by the ambush near Paphos last nigr Priority in the anti-terrorist Tito and his wife into a famed technicalities involved in Malayan Government. was a Turkish Cypriot policeman. campaign has been given to im- ice cream shop ca Gorki Street where ther tóolc refuge from the defining Hongkong refugees,
intelligence, stopping Mre Ho Choon Moy old re-. Another Turkish policeman was proving Dr Hambro suggested that
the flow of arms and ammual-crowd, which continued to in- porters before her depefture she injured. they were of international would plead with the Hongkong
Earlier, Tite, who is on a three.. Mufti Mehmed Dana, spiltin on to the gunmen, and halting crease outside the shop." concern and he felt it was government to allow her hus-leader of the Cyprus Turks, to the recruitment of youths to the
week official visit, visited a form exhibition with his wife, wrong that they should be band, Chng Boon-Chin, 28, to day drove to Afania village, 12 terrorist
But
believe that Sir miles east of Nicosia, where denied International usive In the Colony,
John may also discuss Chang was placed on board the bloody elashes occurred between sistance, Tho real issue, 2196-ion Norwegian dreighter Greeks and Turks a week ago. London plans to recast the then, boils down to this: is Sandviken which left
The Muni called on Turkish Island's school system to reduce an exception to be made of Swettenham for China on Friday Cypriots to live in peace with the influence which teachers who Enosis have on Cypriot One with more than
political their Greck neighbours.-France- | supp Hongkong refugees? has only to be reminded that detainees.
HARDING HOME a special organisation was created for Arab, refugees from Israel to realise that it could.
"was the Isnuc" deliberate- | husband who was deported that the member of the security | against British rule have, so far crowcher quickly steered
ONE
She
by
150
Port
Presse
Mrs Ho said her husband was
hus anti-Communist and would be in danger in Chine.
London, June 3, FLYING HERE
Fbold Marshal Sir John Mrs Ho said she would fly to Harding, Governor of Cyprus, |Hongkong as soon 63 she was arrived here by air tonight for NE wonders also whether cleared
tho Singapore talics with Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, and other the fact that Britain does Immigration authorities.
the ministers on said if the Hongkong senior
trouble- not recognise the Nation- alist Government and that government rejected her request, torn Mellerranean island.
John
Harding's plane had the movement of refugees he would ask friends to con
in Conton to touched tact relatives
down Northolt air-
ot from Hongkong to Formosa look after her husband,
port about 90 rainutes before a In recent years could moro
spokesman Office Chng was arrested under the Colonial properly be described as a Malaya government's bankaliment
zelensed the news that he was trickle than a flow, makes ordinanes in July 1953. Since back, in Britain,
différence
the then, Mrs lo has tried but failed any technical complications into get irer husband banished to volved. But if UNREF a country other than Chine.-
to
decides it can do nothing.
It should have the courage
to say so without any more ahillyshallying.
And in that event, as it is generally admitted that Hongkong and Britain can=" not be expected to shoulder the refugee burden, alone, an iden put forward by Mr EF. Szczepanik of the Hongkong Univeralty about a year ago, deserves further consideration. Ho suggested that an International apponl might be made for a rellof fund.
This of courao, would have to be administered by the Hongkong authorities, but periodic reports could be mado to * contributing nations, And, no one should question its ability to use, any international aid in the best Interests of the refugees certainly ita efforts in the postwar yearn lestablish its reputation and honévolení,“concern, beyond any question of doubt
Router.
While in London, Sir John Harding is being guided by DifiCSTD of Scotland Yard's special branch-Bouter.
Anti-Nehru Riots
Bombay, Jime 4.
"FOR A REST” After the visit the couple went to a government-owned country house near the villago
บ Roublovo, some 15 miles from here, at Khrushchev's invitelloni,
Newxmen
were not admitted into the house, but security guards told them that Tito and his wife had been joined there by top Soviet leaders, including Premier Nikolai Khrushchev, Bulgaria and President Klemetti Vorëshilov.
Yugoslav sources denied this later and said the couple want to the "Dacha" (country house) alone
for a rest.
Four hours, after their arrival at the dachs, Tito and his wife
One man was killed and 36 hurt in riots which broke were spotted by passersby in out last night while the the Rig Gorkel, apparently be Intense Indian Prime Minister, Mr ing abown the mighty by Krush
Nehru, was visiting Bom-chev. bay.
Sir John has returned against a background of bitterness in terrorist-ridden Cyprus, where efforts to crush
FAST RUSSIAN MINELAYERS SIGHTED OFF DOVER
London, Jane 3.
Two mystery ships | paming"
through the Straite
'of
Dover tonight turned out to be Eumdan fant destroyer. minolayers flying the Polith fing. The Polish fing wha murrostlye of their destina- ton fryw months ago,
For a group of Rumalan miso- sweepers of s type sever soon in Pollah hands, and The Polish Bafr Also flying the pamed through the Oliannel and VRoally:'- arrived //n Egypt sa part of the arms" Heal with Oai Nar The two-ships. Limod" thêm-i. mežvid for 'pame the northe west, tip of Denmark at midnight laat - "Friday. They made no reply,lon
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Invitations to Iannity
-16čky, they'word. spotted ́aff Dates and were
Identified as ' two ‘of this Russian navy's fast den. troyer minelayers of the, Skoryl class The ships ignored a Lloyds Identify them.. signal to welves went from Dever, The Skoryl class ships" have Sons die- 2,200 to 3,000 placement, four 5.1 (loch gun and two 3 inch, weren' * AA, “guns, e tem a tarpedo
tabes.
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mises, have a speed up 38 knots and o complement of 250 They haveʻradar, Kumin has been disclaiming
arme: dania **
but the only," explanation sford Ruslans volána a mhips
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The demonstrators, were pro testing against a plan to bring Bombay's administration under
SECOND OUTING
This marked the second cut- ing of this sort by Khrushchev
the central government thatend who :went out of his way to
of
M
who
calm sector.
were
Seaned in the operation,
The crowd also halled. Vicce|which took place in the Arab
Premier Georgi Malenkov, who quarter. The itrorist was shot HK Show Banned resigned as Premier last year when he opened fire on the
-France-Presst.
police.France-Presse,
Sungel Patarii,
·Malaya, June 3, Police last night banned a strip toase
show from Hongkong because it "indecent"
ANNIVERSARY PLOT: they alleged I was
150 ARRESTED
"Buenos Aires, June 3.
Police arrested more than 150 people
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Police told the management of The Empire Theatre to cancel the Hongkong." reyken performanco because they had received cons ĺplaints from the public ----Reiter.
Argentina early today in an operation to break up 3 Miners Killed what they alleged was a plot for terrorist attacks to
morrow.
Tomorrow is the 13th anni-bourhood of the congress build versary of the revolution which log.
Pollon refused to may exactly paved the way for the dictator
Junn where it occurred. Reuter. of ex-President
Peron
Police Bources said orders for disruptive -* activities. "had been ofroutabod in leaflets; currying wint was purported to be the signature of Peron
They said the plan for tow
it the capital of a present the visiting French morrow included the explosion state formed Premier, Guy Mollet 10 Moscow of bombe and the paralysing of the surrounding are bore hast month..
crowds during Mollet's visit troumport, electricity, water, and
alt
"Mr Nehru told. an open meeting of about 150,000 that the government would ahead with its plans for Bombay. Stone-throwing demonstratere tried to break through a strong police cortion round the meeting. Poice fired and threw tear- hoks but a Bombay governe ment atatement said the dead raun was shot when a crow: mobbed a private car one of whoed
are Decupanti volver.
were
де
stated to have boeni hurt-mostly by stone-throwing arki 12 policomon injured.. Bus services were exspending in the troubled Area
Care the previous day used fear, kus and arro people during Bombe Cabellona painat
more than 75 peopl Serioder against the
Kids Services,
ex-
Tito and his wife were At dawn today a loud accompanied in their visit to plosion was heard in the neigh
RUSSIANS CANCEL FLIGHT
London, June 3. The plane would have carried Russia his cancellok a fight to British travel officials who Morcow, scheduled for next had been, invited by Intourist, Wednesday,
Delish,the,, Boviet, state tourist or European Airways Viscount, ganimniion to discuss tourism Fiona, of the world's most*, between, the two countries -
(Reuter♪ advificed turbo-prop planes, it was, announced, tonigh
it would have been the first direat flight to Moscow, by d Brith plane since, before the Sacond World War
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