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For Everyone Tit happy fact

THE

about

Christmas in Hongkong's cosmopolitan community is. that it is not by any means the preserve of the designated few. It le ad- mittedly one of the two chief

festivals in the

Church calendar. But to thousands of others it in a cheerful holiday season with many Western tradi- tions and customs mixed in. The giving of presents, the sending of cards, turkey and plum pudding dinners, even the singing of caruls have a far wider appeal. Christmas is really every. one's holiday.

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GRIM OUTLOOK FOR HUNGARIANS

No China Mail For Two Days

There will be no pub- lication of the China Mall tomorrow (Christmas Day) or on Wednesday (Boxing Day),

The China Mall will re- appear on Thursday and will be on the streets by

noon,

The South China Morn- ing fost wii soptar s ULTIMI tomorrow, but will then CICLO publication until Friday,

Commandos

Blow Up Clinic

Happily, too, it is a time of out-going tenderness and concern for thosu less fortunate than ourselves. That Loo ia traditional dating probably from the conversion of Strangers and lonely friends are invited to par- take in family festivities. Many poor children learn for the first time the happy mendos Angulah uf

Scrooge, i

Arab

indigestion.clinic Charities benefit hugely or slightly-but Christmaм is everyone's season.

THE close of 1950 finds the

Tel-Aviv, Dec. 28.

at

fedayeen com- blow up a village Yoknesam, 20 miles southeast of

Halfa, before dawn today, an Israeli military spokesman announced tonight.

Coal Shortage Shuts Down Factories

PEASANTS FORCED TO LIVE

ON LIVESTOCK

Budapest, Dec. 23.

Scores of thousands of Hungarian workers were thrown idle today when many major industrial plants all over the country stopped, production because they were short of coal, usually reliable sources here said.

men and stock-

UNCOVER 6 Convicts

SWISS UNCOVER

COMMUNIST

SPY RING

Berne, Dec. 23.

Escape:

Kidnap

Swiss Federal Police announced today they Patrolman

have uncovered a second Communist Hungarian

Dover, Tennessee, espionage ring operating in Switzerland and have

Dec. 28. arrested three of Its members.

Six young, gaolbreakers "Existence of this second ring," Dr A. Amstein kidnapped and wounded a of the Federal Prosecutors Office said, "was disTennessee Highway Patrol- covered by Federal Police during the investiga-man today after robbing a tion of the ring organised by former Hungarian several hours later by a cafe, but were rounded up Legation Secretary Matel Vegh."

od

Only a skeleton staff of maintenance takers remained on duty.

Unemployed workers will receive only half pay during they said it recruited lia mem-

the stoppage which is expected to last until January 2, the source said.

come to

B

were

of Operations

the ring organised by Vegh were direct- and against Switzerland Italy, police charged last week. bers by blackmail and attempt- ed to collect military, poliitui and economic information.

agents bí this Two women Only 4,000 workers were on dustry would

Hungarian press reports sald

ring

arrested 800,000 | today that 700,000 torts of coal

of 014 duly at the giant Czepel iron standstill and between ant aleci combine on the out-700,000 workers would be out wore expected from the Sovie! them, a Hungarion-born Swim, Union by the end of March to will face trini in Neuchatoi, of work. skirts of Budapest which com-

ease the country's critical fuc

the other, while

an Italian Although today was Sunday il

who actod Negotiations were national,

edd ploying about 31,000,

was regarded as a normal work-shortago, to the The clinic was blown up by

from courier, has been expelled from shdown which

going on for more Ing haitany on government la- orders

other' said, began

East on government a bomb, the spokesman

structions. Monday, Tuesday and

Com Switzerland. European There were no casualties,

but about two-thirds of the total Wednesday will be official holl- munist countries and the West. footprints were found. lending work force had returned to duty

days,

These however, when igle work-

reports said shortage following the end of the alx-

ers will draw full pay.

of manpower and damage to Further attacks by infiltratory week, nationwide geceral strike

The stoppage and wages cut pits during the striho were the since Jordan were reported crippling industry

Hungarian uprising of October meant additional hardship for major obstacles to greater coat

toward the Jordanian border.

prises 18 individual plants em-

the

of

workers on the eve of a Christ- mos already darkened by uncer- tainly about the future.

world badly in need of peace and goodwill, Events in Hungary come to mind. but in Hongkong one does not have to go far to find ktiman ruin. Squattern, beggars. street

Aleepers, from cripples, destitute children, Later in the day. refugees, lepers, fire victims

A water reservoir in Northern 23. Israel was

A Hungarian minister blown up, causing these are

thousands of

slight reasons why good Christian found tracks

damage. Aguin

Georgey Harosan, police state, Mr

Heavy snow blanketed the leading to the was quoted by a provincial country today bringing threats men should not rejoice, nol Jordanian border.

newspaper Dunantal! Napolo of stoppages and delays in road even in counting their own

last week as saying that unless and rail transport services 10 blessings, unless it is done

coal production increased, 70 add to me difficulties of getting creatively to produce a com-

In-coat to the factories. per cent of the country's munally Happy Christmas. Christmas is also evory one's opportunity. The large number of parties

On

TWO SHOT DEAD Two Inaltrators from Gaza were reported shot dead Saturday when they attempted to Dee from a storehouse at a settlement bear the Gaza strip. a visiting They were shot by Morber of Parliament, and papers found on than identilled

them as Arabs from Gaza.

ugross

for poor children shows there is no lack of good in- tentions. It would be churlish

A military urt ut Acre today and cynically dishonest to sentenced a run, enught trying

ship Add that these collective de

the horder 15 monstrations of goodwill Auru i to nine year's gaol,

The Carr tend the man, a emerge only once a year, 10 gulty of offering his because Hongkong hax AL

to the Isiseli Army | good record for charity by, while secretly in the pay of an- any stundards, But much other esaint:-- Uniti Press, more Can be June and

Christmas provides the ente

COLD MORNING Hongkong experienced this mornlag one of the coldest days is of the season.

Christmas can be everyone's business.

To Christians, tomorrow

the birth

operative

11

of Christ. The The Royal Observatory

minimum tem- und adaptablerted that word is "birth". At this timeperature of 49.3 degrees F. was r. 1. IN grew warmer

of year, the spirit of

they and 10 a.in., the

કાશ! softens the harderature was 52,0,

heart: a mood or feeling of

well-being in giving is born

Communist pre-

that is worth seizing. surving,

Karachi, Dec, 21,

Chinese Premier

output.

coal

Hungary's normal daily cop needs dre officially estimated at about 78,000 tons, More than half the countrys former 85,000 miners have left the pits and between, 20,000 and 20,000 re- crufts are urgently needed, ac- cording to the reports.

Kadar Organises New Army

Vlora, Dec. 24. Refugees who crossed Into Austria Inst night from Hungary reported today that the workers' councils 110 Jonger exist in Hungary.

"The reond ring,” Amateln said, "had been Bir Vegh's predecessor Hun-

THE EDITOR &

HIS STAFF

Take this oppor- tunity to wish read- ers of the Ching Mail- a very happy Christ- mas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year:

posse of sonce 100 officers,

The convicts escaped from a gaol in 'Georgetown, Texas, on riday, atter beating a gaplor, Clarice, Wade. They drove her in a stolen-car.

They were Identifcd Kenneth Ward, 19, James Long, 20, Kari Laugenachlanger, 20, Robert

Aizera, 2A, Fred Cole, 25, and Bobby Dean

Moore, 22, Most of them were bong herd on Burglary charge,

Sheriff Charlie Crockarel sald the convicts invaded a roadside iran

They were stopped by State Trooper James Bilbrey 32, the only patrol office un dly, here a shost, while later, on the road þyt opó of the coll- and freed bibrey back into his cur,

organied by CONSTABLE pustied out a gun

garian Legation attache Americ Pehn"

Ho identified two of the thres men, who have been arrested,

"Dr Viktor Schivoff, a trade unton employee, and Hans zogg, distribution manager for the publications of the Swiss Labour Party (Communists)."

A Go-between・・

AMBUSHED

Gunmen of the tressist organizaŭ

SHOT IN HAND

Two of them piled into the patrol. cur. With Bilbrey, ang in buk25-| (30 kurie auch, with the trooper AZKI THE+ Other? in the drivor's

other: Lou

the stolen

Cypriot . Greek special" stable: today), salle, drove his

S

John Hancock, sald

Loudly, pain in the Bouth Cyprus Bulbreytarted to grappled mémlatna

with the colivict. In the back

through the hand. But on at-

the

arol car into the county court- house. -

"Both were arrested in Zurich The attackers; tossed a horrib.) beat'szig' was shot by the driver last week," ko suid,^"ahď havỡ fat the car; and when the driver Premitāto get" another shot t large number of workers handed ( consurned on the spot because ained pheir rélonised" frotti:ksistöde:] Elwérved to avoid it they open | Mover the driver. Fante

et up with. sub-machinenima, after documents found in their The two women and the other possession worn confiscated."

man were alightly injured in the car crash but escaped un- scathed by the bullets.

over to them by the Hungarian Buthorities.

A call was made for a 10-day but it was now general strike, All of the members of the impossible for the workers counelts have been arrested and carry out such a spectacular either shot or deported without move us they were all at the Workers The refugees and of their resources. tril, it was said. also reported that the govern- now were only paid if they ment of Premler Janos Kadar showed up for work, the re- has organised a new Hungarian tugees said,

waret worst of the army, composed

of the old Becurity clements

former Communist police and Party and trade union leadera.

All of the refugees mai- tained that the Sovict forces were, deporting an increasingly

A

Economic conditions were said to be bad throughout the coun- try. Not only were the workers having difficulties, but cho peasants were being forced to kill livestock because of the lack of feed. The meat had to be

of the lack of means of trans- part, the refugees reported.

"Hans Zogg." he said, had The

refugees also expressed acted es go-between between doubt that the Soviet Union was

Pehr and Schivoff and had.also sending food to Hungary. They been requested by a dunctionary maintained that a large part of of the Russian Legation to pro- the food sent by Western coun

cure pictures of new uniforms ries

ald to

the Hungarian for Swiss police." population had fallen into the hands of the Hungarian and

Amstein declined to identity Soviet authorities. It was on- the third man "as we are still nounced in Vienna today that investigating his case for links the total number of Hungarians to other members of the ring." who have sought refuge in Aus- Formal charges against Schf- tria since the October Insurrec- volf," he said, "will be filed as on has reached 148,622. Of soon as investigations are com- this number, 74,831 have alread, pleted." boen sant to other countries.

Government's Food Warning

and Chou En-lat will move toward cultivating applying. Hongkong offers the role of 10 American air-statement said today that, if the men in a further bid to improve supply of food in Hungary now was satisfactory, it cannot be and Sino-Amerigr

infinite

creative

possibilities

goodwill of

perennial variety-which really

for

relations

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An Old Affair

an

Was

The special constablo unhurt and returned the at- tackers' fire.

Police searched the area but found Gone, Earilor today large they had discovered a cache of arms and ammunition nearty-United Fresa

#

Elevated To Bench

Singapore, Dec. 24. Mr. Murray. Buttrose, Atis- Solicitor-General

AD

000

The convicts then split up and fled, into groups. af, two leavy Blibrey in the car.

Two of them stole another ckr but were spotted by one of two Andy helicopters pressed Into the hunt and captured at roadblock. Two others Wero found huddled in a cave on the banks of the Cumberland-River-- while the third pair wsa picked up 00 foot not far from the town.--United 'Press.

Terrorist IncidentTM

4

The reference by Amstein to tralinn-born

in Singapore, was today ap-

Algiers, Dec, 23. "Soviet Legation" indicates t

of the Colony's Four Europeans and a Moslean is an old affair, The Soviet pointed

Puishe Judgės,

were injured tonight when a Legation in Borne was elevated Hungarian Government, peasanta to kill their livestock, such tropical produce as tea,

official

announcemeat terrorist grenste exploded in coffee, cocoa, chocolate, orange, to the rank of an Embassy

suld Queen Elizabeth had up- an Algiers Bur. The terrorist because of the lack of feed.

The statement also said that lemons etc." the statement said, early this year,

proved his

appointment to fill who threw the grenade was would Schivoff, the Soviet Union has supplied promising that measures

employee of the

force the vacancy caused by the re- pursued by a security Hungary with 5.000 wagons of be taken to accure supplies of Secretariat of the Association

these foods.

tirement earlier this year of | patrol -and seriously wounded, wheat and will supply 25,000 by

of Public Employees, was ac Mr Justice Taylor, an English-Talcen prisoner he was rushed to The statement also indicated cused of pro-Communist lean the end et

May.

would be imings

hospital. -France Presse. ' It was "ridiculous" that the that cigarettes

in lerigthy articlo **** "erroneous theories of the pre- parted from Yugoslavia, because published recently. In the leading

cluse "Hungarians ceding regime" should

like the Swiss dally "your Zuercher fowl in Budapest, marietty of Budapest to be the dope van af leste y portarian cigaretics Zeitung."

of central Europe deprived of recently imported."

the with en wye to getting American promised that it will be always

support of Communist China's 20."

LT a set in the United Christmas spirit all the Nations, reftable sources cald to-

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The statement indicated that there were transport difficultles. of meat and The abundance

explained by necessity

do not

Demand For Union Leaders

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Nations, the

is the fourth major Communist espionage ring un- covered in: Switzerland during the past years. In 1954, three members of the Canchoslovak Logation were declared "per- Untied States had supported sona non grata" for attempting Representatives of the Free, soon as possible, according to a Hungarian Unfor of textile communique from the associo- Hungarian independence in the to collect military information, workers have demanded that tion of Hungarian students: United

con- while earlier, a Rumanian trade democratie, secret and free elec broadcast over Budapest radio munique then respectfully ro delegate was ilona be held for the selection of today.

quested" the American Govern economic espionage with i

to restore union leaders, radio Budapest

on the official students' communique'} ment

Hungary's Disagreement The reported tonight.

also demanded that the United

thousand-year-old kymbol of status of this man resulted in The textile workers' union also States should return the Crown independence.

Rumants withdrawing its Minis. called for the independence of of Saint Stephen, which was

Radio Budapost added that ter to Switzerland and leaving trades imions from the govern-fist carried off by the Nazis in

A Charge Amaires in charge ment and the party close and 1945 and which is now send a delegation to the United of the Rumanian Legation in freternal collaboration between American custody.

States Legatio in Budapest Borne-United Press, the workers' councils and the

The communique said this and tramit their request to union, and an Independent, union crown symbolised Hungarian the American Ambassador newspaper, Radio Budapest said independence, Noting that the Router ́und. France-Presse;

The union representa lives charged that "under the regime of formor Hungarian Mathias Rakrosk and former Communist Party First Becre táty: True Geroe, Hungarian workers were exploited in ita ahameful manner?". f

Premier

Hungarian

students

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Reported Plan For N. Africa Buries Cars

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Washington, Dec, 23. Reports received here from Madrid Indicate that the may Spanish government in the Lage

year an associated next states of North Africa, stretching

Sto from Mordicco which could be on cortical terms with the West, While no details of the project we known here mortary Its

· believed thé icină rig pców dot.

Sorubloži kute United States. Ch

The union, representatives said that textile workers Czechoslovakia - received same pay whild one-third:|23 garlan

swe demand tho liquidation of exploitation and, the ance of the factory whigh"

Out Geroo

these countries, that Spain

·shouli, exort' her influenço, Spain's Chier korest is seeing that Monteco remains o firm' friend of the West and that everything ponsible be done by the West and socially, the United States, frence and Sparta sature her, inercis and endale rell-beingi Spain would like to free ald co-ordicistad United Prous 3

Ipoh, Dec 29,0 Two cars were buried under sdns of debris and two of the DAMENESTE were injured when landslide bought a convoy of ten cars travelling up to Cimeron Haarende yesterday, evening

The injured

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