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VOL. III NO. 268

China Plan

To Disarm

HONGKONG TELKOKAPEL,

"A CHINA MORNING POST, L-XEL

KRÁSET MING PINUNO ST

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Today's weather: Moderate North winda; fale.

Noon Observations: Baronsetric pressure, 1029.5 mba, 20.29 tn. Temperature, 58,1 der. F. Dew point, 57 der. F. Relative humidity, 67. Wind direction, ENE. Wind fores, 12 knota.

Low waters, 4 th 1 fiú, nt 1.14: a.m. :(8slarday). Titch water: 6,ft, ut 7.46

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1948.

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EUMAEUS CAPTAIN'S TWO Hsuchow

World Fifth Filters For

Columnists

Paris, Nov. 11.-China told the United Nations today that she would submit concrete plans for disarming Fifth

·Columns througout the world.

Dr T. F. Tsiang, speaking in the Disarmament debate of the Political Committee accused the Soviet Government of having no desire for peace, and clted Soviet support of the Com- munist drive in China,

ile guid: "In China we are not

the Aghting against

Com- only

the but also against munists, Japanese who became prisoners of

war of the Russians.

"At least 13,000 such Japanese work in Man- are doing technical

churia.

"We cannot have peace when one country employs the Fifth Column against another.

"Any approach to peace must be receded by armament of the Greece. Columns in Soviel Fifth Koren and the Chinese province of Manchuria.

CONCRETE PROPOSALS

British Fags

London, Nov. 11-In an Effort to beat the growing tobacco shortage, British cigarette companies nounced today a plan to put filter tips on the ends of all fags.

an-

In a cigarette two and seven-eights inches long. the plan will save 5/8th of an inch of tobacco on each smoke-thus saving thou sands of pounds of American smokes bought with short dollars.

Britain has cut down her purchases to save dollars and cigarettes are getting harder. and harder to find.

Today's news was banner- lined in the afternoon papers with "Cigarette famine ended by filter tips." -United Press.

ALLEGED

of Fifth COLOUR BAR

"The Chinese delegation will, therefore, submit concrete proposals for the disarmament Columns throughout the world."

The Committee was considering Russia's proposal for a one-third reduction of the. armaments of the

lg Five powers.

ON LINER

ERRORS OF JUDGMENT

Harbour Collision

Inquiry Findings

COURT APPORTIONS THE

RESPONSIBILITY

A finding that Capt. L. S. Evans, Master of the Blue Funnel ss Eumaeus, committed two serious errors of judgment was delivered by the Marine Court of Enquiry this morning which sat last week to investigate the collision between the British vessel and the Russian ss Poltava (Capt. Nicholas Belov) near Lyemun Pass on the evening of November 1.

The Court also apportioned the responsibility for the casualty as four-fifths Eumaeus and one- fifth Poltava. The Court expressed their apprecia- tion of the seamanlike action taken by the Master of the Poltava who, realising that his vessel was in a sinking condition, promptly took her over to Kow- loon Bay and beached her in a most suitable position.

Striking taxicab drivers' pickels stand on the footpath outside of Union Building in Pedder Street this morning as taxi companies put several of their cars back on the streets with newly-employed drivers. Police forestalled any trouble at taxi ranks in the city-Staff Photographer.

Pickets Stop Kowloon Taxis From Running

point, or her entire length, actually RECRUITED DRIVERS PERSUADED

.evidence

crossed her original tract.

the The weight of establishes the angle of impact at about 45 dew the bow of the Eumneus coming into contact with

was proyemun Pass and that she the Poltava on the port side bail

It had before it a report of Its London, Nov. 11. The sub-committee, which had rejected | Colonial Secretary, Mr Arthur the Soviet proposal by six votes Creech Jones, is to be asked in: two in favour and two abstentions.

Parliament next Wednesday The sub-committee had adopted

The full finding was as follows: Franco-Belgian resolution, which lald about an alleged introduction of

We find that the ss Eumacus af down that disarmament can only be the "colour bar" on the Union 4384,6 nett tons, registered at the attained in an atmosphere of real Castle liner, Durban Castle, Port of Liverpool, let go from Buoy and lasting improvement in inter- which arrived on October 27. All at 4.17 pm on Monday the is national relations

November, 1048,

and proceeded Mr John Lewis, Labour, who will raise the matter, alleges that a ball- towards

manned and equipped room was set oside for three

for her voyage to Singapore. two of whom were Africans, Methodist ministers, with a

At 4.45 p.m.. and when about four noticeables to the northwards of Quarry un

"For non-Europeans

Point, she slowed down to allow the will also ask whether "in view outward bound Panamanian vessel of the fact that the introduction of Atlantic Wave to pass her about half

cable to port. colour bar on this ship does not tend to improve relations between wus the British Government and the

tations to the Union Castle Line on the matter..

It also called on the United No- tions Commission for Conventional Armaments to formulate proposals for the receipt, checking and pub- lication by an international organ of control.

VYSHINSKY'S ACCUSATION

Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, said that the

disarmament deadlock

only" door:

He

mainly due to the representatives Culonies" he would make represen-

of Britain and the United States.

"They obviously

do not wish 10 draw up conventions "this great question, and our experience in the last two years has shown that they, only pile difficulty upon difliculty." Comparing the budgels of the United States and the Soviet Union. Mr Vyshinsky said that America was spending 79 per cent of its budget on armaments and armed forces, while Russla was spending

A Union Castle spokesman com- bar on the Union Castle Line. mented today: "There is no colour

"On the Durban Castle there was, on the run. referred to, simply ex- elusive toilet accommodation for

Ing.

the coloured people we were.carry- people

"When we have coloured

on board we always make special 83 per cent of her budget for peace toliet arrangements for them. They ful purposes, such as social wel- fare and education.

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EDITORIAL

THE

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the middle length of the vessel with the Eumacus having canted about ten degrees to starboard, mainly the result of astern movement, and the

canting

more readily Pollera starboard due to her greater head- way and the fact that she had been under starboard rudder for about the four minutes nett of

At 4.50 p.m. she sighted USSR as Poltava of 1820.07

at the Part tons, registered Vladivostock, rounding

Pok Sho Wan and entering Lyemun

Pass

from the eastwards on a track which at that time we are satisfed lay to the southwards of the centre line of the Pass.

DISCHARGED PILOT Eumacus stopped her engines and discharged her pilot at about 4.32 speed p.m. afterwards going slow and directing her course about eight degrees to port under the impres-

and

We are agreed that:-

TO LEAVE VEHICLES

An effort by the taxi company owners to break the two-month old strike of their drivers this morning met with civil but firm resistance from the strikers, who are members of the motor drivers' union.

The four taxi companies in Kowloon recruited now and non-union drivers to put their vehicles on the road and after some training, it was decided to resume the taxi service this morning,

(a) The Master of the Eumacus was at fault when he clearly Indi-

The owners informed the Police ented his intention of attempting to authority of their intention and follow out the Atlantic Wave on sought protection in the event of the wrong side of the channel. The any disturbance. Police officers, in fact the the Poltava

had

safely large numbers, were dispatched to

and Adantic Wave on the the various taxi stands passed the wrong side-hove violated the rule

taxi companies' premises carly this be with

impunity-could Justication for the Eumaeus herself attempting to disregard the rule especially considering she had room in which to manoeuvre clear of the aproaching vessel.

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morning.

Police took a firmer hand at a

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and discharged

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Battle Not Yet Lost

Better News From

China Front

Nanking, Nov. 11-Nation. alist generala believe that they can halt and throw back Mao Tse-tung's Communist legions which, for four days, have been closing in on the vital city of Hsuchow. the key to the capital of Nanking,

ex-

Thia optimistic view, pressed offcially today, was given strong support tonight by encouraging reports from the fighting area. The reports in. dicated that the tide of battle has turned in the Government's favour with the defeat of an estimated 10,000, Communists on the in the Tangshan area western flank of Hsuchow, while in the north, General Chen Yi's Communist forces were still held back above Chinganchi, 10 miles from Hauchow.

Independent reports said the main around fighting was now centred Sinancien, about - 70-miles cast of Isuchow on the Grand Canal front where four of General Chen armies, totalling 80,000 men, poised on the

Yi's

eastern bank, were attempting to force a crossing.

Opposing the Communists on the western bank were powerful Nation- alist forces under General · Huang Pal-chao, one of whose divisions was reported to have detoured across the Canal to threaten the Reds from the rear.

CANAL BATTLE

Military quarters here believe that the Grand Canal battle, in the victory, Government event of B would thwart the present Com- munist drive in Central China and thus eliminate the imminent. threat to the Pengpu and Nanking area Government

To strengthen the forces on the eastern flank, power- ful Nationalist units, released from the west, were being rushed to the Canal front while the main force of continued their landing in Northern

General Tu Yu-ming's 31st Army

Kingsu.

them see the cause of their strike." later stage. They controlled, the crowd, specially the pickets, pre-

It is believed that in the current venting them from gathering around the the new drivers In number. In- battle the Communists, despite the dividually they were permitted to initial reverses they have suffered, speak to the new substitutes.

are likely to risk their main force This form at "reasoning" per- in positional war mainly on their At a meeting last night, it was sisted even outside the Pak Hol taxi ability to bring reserve forces into while the tered several cars. Wero seen Nationalist ranks are depicted and supply five vehicles.

red that cach, company would stand. The strikers, who had mus-play for à later drive The vehicles assembled at the following taxis that were on the exhausted. (b) He should never have at-

they This optimistic official view was used the same lounger and dining sion that the Poltavo Intended to

garage of the Peninsula Taxi Com- move

the passen given today by Lieutenant General tempted to enter a narrow channel phay this morning, with the excep- had rooms as the other passengers." maintain her southerly track

they gathered round the Teng Wen-yi, the military spokes- when he was already a vessel in ittion of the Blue Taxicab Com pers. speed of about three to four knots.

manager

mari at a press conference. their the taxis, for further "persuasion." At 4.50 p.m. she again stopped which he knew to be steaming with

Two of the Blue Taxicab Com- her engines, gave one short blast, the flood stream, and of whose pros-pany whose

engaged drivers hesitated newly

REINFORCEMENTS pany's vehicles eventually joined the to pective movements he could not be to go on the road. and attempted to aller course to

ilne of taxis at the stand, but only starboard but the two vessels col- certain.

for a short while, when the drivers. General Teng sald the attacking lided al 4.59 p.m. with the engines There was ample water to make a

drove the two vehicles back to the Communist forces comprise nearly to port or of the Eumineuz

half a million men in 21 armies und going full astern decisive alteration

garage again. starboard, reverse bir for about one minute before

engines or

With the newly employed drivers admitted that the Nationalists were drop an anchor underfool and he

diminishing, owners had to muster numerically inferior. collision.

their relatives, and in some cases, He added, however, that Govern- should have given clear and early

the managing staff who possessed ment reinforcements were arriving Intimation of hle intentions.

driving licences, were seen at the from the west and the north and

the Government wheels of the dozen vehicle remain- ing at the stand at Pak Hol Street. victory,

Perils Of Patrol Duty

no

duty.

AS

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THE brutal manner in which a pellos constable was shot down in the course of a gun fight with armed robbers in Shanghai Street this week arouses indigna- tion and at the samo time underscores the 'perilous nature Hongkong of patrol duly in streets in these post-war times. In this case the constable, trying gallantly to carry out his was given

cbance: engaged three fleeing robbers an exchange of gun-fire, he wan shot twice by a fourth man from the rear-a revoluing crime. The Bhaagbal Street affray was ond of many in which police officers have been involved since the liberation, and“li says much for themorate and discipline of our present-day officers that they refuse to shirk from their, duties Hespite (sha . constant threat ́ök being shot down by armed desea.

Another-polni is belag proved: thas post-war armed robbers are not only resolute but are exceedingly 'well trained" in the use of fires arms. This knowledge, together with the fact that almost in every case they possess the advantage of numbers, makes it imperative |:"that police constables should

expert shots, The men, receive «first-class: training in the use of

be

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rides and, revolvers during their Initiation period, bup there, la "reason to ̈doubt whether this ‹ is fmaintained after they have left ||"the?"training mchool. They

given firing, teats quarterly, Cor half-yearly, but apparently Paprovision is made for them

practise regularly," Enőöurma- "ment"in, this' "direction? would [p ́tob‚à‚b.I'y." pay handsome [Fatvidanda.z'Olio'method' pìight be festa dopky, the GArmy,lides of rewarding expert marksmanship

with extra pay. To earn this constables would have to make themselves exceptionally pro. felent in their spare time, for their

duty bours

fully Aro occupied. Furthermore it would be песенкагу to ensure that sufficient suitable ammunition is for practice. always avaliable Another Inducement might be to conduct

"Biley" an annual meeting for revolver shooting in which Chinese constables would compete either for trophies or for money prizes. It should be the alm of the Authorities

of

the

.

There is no doubt in our minds that the Atlantic Wave passed out-

It is a prudent rule for a sicam-. wards close in to the north side of ship against the tide to wait until a the Pass, and. we accept the vessel

conting in the opposite planation of the pilot that in view directon through a narrow channel

the

of tho approach trockent

"to has passed clear. Poltava he deemed It break the starboard hand

rule. REQUIREMENTS UNOBSERVED This decisive action caused no con-

for fusion whatsoever,

the two

Poltava (c) The

approached vessels passed easily about the mild Lyemun Pass too close to Pak Sha

Pass at about 4.54 Wan, having falled to length of the

observe the p.m. when the Poltava directed her requirements of Hong Kong Notice course to starboard in an attempt to to Mariners No. 32. of the reach her correct side of the chan-November, 1947, which reads to have

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every police officer so proficient with rifle er revolver that knows he will be match for anybody in the event of grun baille. The hazards to which tha police are subjected also prompis the suggestion that men who have to patrol In notoriously. risky ́areas' should be armed with 'weapons carrying moro fire.. power then revolvers for Ston runt. One certain

Menment axalast this is

le, be that the danger to lanocent bystanders would accordingly

This need not be so, I Increase. the first cssential requiremont for handling such a firearms 'proficiency—la observed. A Blen -run in the hands, of an Incom- potent would be a monace to the public, but handled by a properly trained, allelent and

nei,

ONE SHORT BIAST

follows:

Courso

10th.

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5 Europeans Ambushed

Singapore, Nov 11-The today British authorities

terrorists announced that ambushed and wounded two -European women, one chlid and two British soldiers in the Cameron Highlands re- sort area, 110 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.

The women and child were slightly wounded, but the soldiers were seriously Injured, according to the au- thorities.

This was the first serious ambush, in Malaya's leading resort, where planters have been sending their families to escape both the terrorists and the sweltering heat- United Press:

was confident in

Forestalling the taxi pickets, Д General Teng described several

band of Police arrived at tho stand violent. battles cost

and west of

in Pedder Street half-an-hour earlier Hauchow during the past few days. this morning.

claimed that the The strikers, wero | in which he

Indicted forces had surprised to find about twenty police Government

heavy casualties on the attacking Red amics.

men on duty on either side of the road when they got there,

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Wingsang Reported To Be

Evacuating Britons

Hong Kong Waters. The ovidence given with regard to

Eastern and Western Approach the prescribed signals varies con-

Channels to the Port of Victoria, siderably, but we agreed that Pol- 1. The attention, of Shipmasters tavu did not, in fact, sound two and Plots is hereby drawn to Regu- short blasts at any time but that lation 25 of the ***International

Tientsin, Nov. 12.-The evacuation of Britons from rather she sounded "one short blast" Regulations for The Prevention of

North China came a step closer today when it was under- on two occasions with a time in Collisions at Sea.”.

stood that the Jardines' vessel, Wingsang, would probably. terval of about thirty seconds an 2. It is considered that the mid- cstimated by the pilot of the Atlantic channel

in the Eastern

ho coming here to transport about 100 women and children. Wavo.

approaches is line drawn appro-

The Wingsang is expected to leave The circular, signed by Mr Robert We find it dificult to estimate the ximately 120 degrees from a point

Consul the Tientsin Bund on November 2014 Smyth, the American actual track of the Poltava after midway between Siu Chau Wan and starboarding, for she was

The dozen or so taxis that had direct for Hongkong with evacunting General, reads: "Inasmuch as later Ah Kung Nam in the Lyemun Pasa deep

brais persons comprising evacuation on an emergency

American be impossible, inden, proceeding at a speed of from to the turning point off Cape assembled at the Peninsula Taxicab non-essential

drove to the Collinson.

Company

Pak Ho! mainly Commonwealth citizens, in may three to four knots, subjected to the

3. There is ample manoeuvring Street stand, at the side entrance of cluding several Indians, a few Bel citizens who do not desire to remain flood stream then running and pos- space in the Western Approaches, Hotel Nathan.

gians and a couple of other European in North China should plan to leave. sibly influenced by eddy currents,

of and close observance

the But the new drivers were met by nationals from Pelping and Tientsin at once by a naval vessel from We do. However, bellove her to have

Tientsin. The

passage fares range to an

"It is planned that the next United crossed the centre line of the Pass Regulations referred to should occasome 20 pickets from the striking

drivers who threatened to "break equivalent of £30, £81 and £21.

ΠΑΘΗΣ place. about slon no navigational difficulties.

Vassci will leave for the collision took confident

4. In cases of doubt, Ship their rice bowls" if they should con- Americans in North, China, ware States one and a half cables. West by South masters and Plots are reminded tinue their temporary employment circularised this afternoon by the Tientsin on November 18. American from the North

Light Lyeman clear weather and a

a light.

Temporarily, the whole fleet of American Consul General advising citizens who desire to avail them- that good seamanship and the northeas Mordinary practices of senmon" taxis drove back to the garage, while them that an American naval vessel selves of the opportunity of preceed- terly window

ing by the United States. naval n' vessel would normally require.

few vehicles wore left unattended would be leaving Tientsin We have

considered the stemming the food or abb stream in the stand.

November 16 and that those Ameri- vessel should communicate with the possible Motion Translation of

of

General – by to be prepared to give way to Police arrived, in greater force can citizens who desired to avail American Consulate tha Foltava on putting her rudder vessel which has the stream behind and the owners again sent their themselves of the opportunity for November 11.10 hard-a-starboard under the fore- | her, and vehicles), put to the sland

communicate after avacuation should

"Persons proceeding to Shanghai- should endeavour to make their own Consulate going conditions, for she would. Having carefully considered the assuring the ¦ new. - employees of with

American tend to move to port of her original evidence adduced before the Court, adequate me stuck to their ons proceeding to Shanghel should Efforts will bd made to billet pers General by November 13. but per arrangements for lodging there, track and some distance in the form and the fact that the interval of Several new drivers. of a curve would be described. by time between vessels: sighting one wheels, but they were crowded by attempt to make their own arrangeons tunable to take much-arrange-

| menti."--Reuter." hor centre of gravity before thất

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the strikers fit an attempt to make iments for accommodation.

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person, It would be lesi hasardous than a revolver because of the gun's reputed accuracy. But fret need is for every constable

to take up his...bent be able

with complate-con=" equipped fidence in his ability to uzo · a revolver quickly and accurately, and if more Intensive training bo needed to achieve :: This, necessary arrangements should be made without delay, my by sa

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