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Annihilation

VOL. III NO. 273

Claim By Reds

San Francisca, Nov. 17.-The Chinese Communist radio. heard here, takl on Wednesday nine government divisions have been nearly annihilated in the battle of suchow, Including the 63rd and the 107th armies.

That could be 00,000 men. Both sides, however, are in- clined to exaczerate casualties. The radio wild yet another government army group had swung

eastward from Eouthern Ilonan in an attempt to join the battle.

#ald

The Communists General Huang Po-tac lost one whole division and two others werd "nearly wiped GuL" They said the rest of Huang' forces still are cut

although the Government insists they were relieved,

The Communists sald the other big Government selback SYLE Boullicast ot Hluchow, where the Nationalist

107th army was lost. It is from the southeast that the Communists are believed to be trying to close the ring on Hruchow,

(The Government's Wednes day night communique claimed more than half the Communist veterans who mounted the major assault east of Haucllow

and been killed or wounded. Associated l'rest.

Airlines' Losses

London, Nov. 17-Britain's three State-owned airlines lost over £11 million last year, near- ly £1 million more than in 1946, the first year of nationalisation, the Corporations' annual reports disclosed today.

The aggregate net loss of British Overseas, British European and British South American Airways for the finnnelal year ending March, .31, 1948,

In was £11,085,700. 1048-1947, the British Overseas and British European Airways together lost £10,234,781, while the third and smallest corporation,

British South American Airways, made a

of £72,736.

the

For the Propetitor, af HONGKONG TELEGRAFIL. For and on behalf of t

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LEIR

thankl

The

TODAY'S. WEATHER+・ Moderate North or Northeast winds; fine and haxy

Noon Observations: Barometria premare, 1019.4 mbe.. 20.10 in. Temperature, 69.1 der. F. Dew point, så der. F. Relative humidity, 54. Wind direction, WSW. Wind force, 8 knots,

GL 0.36 pm.

Low, water: 3.8 in. at 220 p.m. High water: 8 ft, & in.

hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948.

More Than 1,000 Marines On

Way To Tsingtao

TO EVACUATE AMERICANS

Washington, Nov. 17.-The U.S. is speeding 1,000 more marines to its naval station at Tsingtao, China, as a result of the southward surge of Chinese Communists. Secretary of Defence James Forrestal disclosed this on Wednes. day. He said they will help to, evacuate Americans. He did not make clear whether they would fight the Communists if necessary to maintain the American position there.

..

From other sources it was learned the marines are being despatched from Guam with light equipment and will arrive in China in a few days. Arrival of reinforcements will bring the Tsingtao marine force to.4,600.

Mr Forrestal also told a news conference that two transports will arrive in Chinese ports one Thursday and one Friday to remove Americans ficeing from the path of advancing Communist armies.

What to do if the Communist armies occupy Tsingtao has become a growing question in Washington. It involves American naval strategy and American prestige. The Yellow Sea port is the China headquarters and fleet anchorage for the U.S. Navy. In addition to the 3,600 marines there at present, there is a 12 ship, task force at Tsingtao,

DIAMONDS IN

GARDEN

London,

at

Mr For-1

The Navy said the transport due At a news conference

at Shanghai is the APD 128 Gosselin. restal was asked:

She is a high speed vessel converted 1Would the marines "fight" from a destroyer. The name of the Communists if they seize Tsingtao?other transport and her port of

"Their arrival on He Would not comment.

Friday was not. Im- purpose," he explained, "ls to aid mediately avollable. Associated

Press. steps are necessary for whatever evacuation."

Breas

Nov. 17.--Detectives on Wednesday dug out of a 2-would they be ordered out. If suburban garden 26 mysterious the Reds move on the city? The cache of diamonds valued by State Department would have to Scolland Yard

£10,000. A

decide, that, he replied.

North the fleeing Spokesman de. Scotland Yard

Americans.

poured Into have clined to confirm or deny London China newspaper reports that the gems Tsingtao. All Americans in China

to be a consign- were belleved

have been warned they had better ment from South Africa which leave, Mr Forrestal said the two for China are hendied disappeared while en route to transports

One is due from the West const. London by air three years ago.

to arrive in Shanghai on Thursday The diamonds were packed in tins and the second is due at a China which had been wrapped in cloth, port on Friday. the spokesman said.

The cloth had rolled away the men who found the

and cache

Brilah Overseas Airways think it may have been there from loss was slightly less than the pre-one to three years. vious year-1

ar-£7,001,439, compared

with

£8,070,844, while the British

The stones were cut and polished

European

can Airways loss increased but not mounted. from £2,187,037 to £3,573,040,

The BOAC report gave the main

.causes

of

They were found in the garden

suburban last year's defleit "the of a house multiplicity of types of unreconomical Kings. aircraft still

in

Seven

that

the

Another report use, and the high cost

Was

of maintenance due to the number stones vanished from the malls be- ..and location of the maintenance tween England and the continent on unspecified date. Associated -buses."

(Continued on Page 5)

EDITORIAL

an Press.

Taxicab Picketing

INTEREST in the tax drivers'

more

striko Itan been vlearlous then active, principally

public because

havo the

not Inconvenienced. been unduly

started It When the strike evoked a degree of disconcern- rent because of the threatened dislocation of transportallon, but the speedy appearance of public cars in place of the garageð taxic guaranteed a safe minimum .tho wero transport. Thus of

the <taxi drivers · robbed

value nuisance

of attachable to the nat

no their walk-out and result has been mlid, and academie Interesi travelling on the part of the

comparatively

DE

to

publlo in the eventual outcome of the dispute. The attempt by the companies restore the taxi services with

revived Dublle

drivers

non-union

bowls ol the strikers" and to Join the unlon, are now be- threats directed coming sinkter against the families of the men on taxi duty. This is a clear

privilege violation of the

There are 4,024 Chinn, exclusive of Of these, 3,040 are Nanking, area.

COMMONS ASSURANCE London, Nov. 17. The British Government is in touch with the United States Government with a view

and to profecting, British United States nationale in China should that prove necessary.

the

Mr Christopher Mayhew, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced this in a Parlin- mentary reply today.

the

This meant that pinnis were being made for protection and not. evacua- Americans in tion, he added. Mr Muyhaw military police.jected suggestion by Mr Vernon

In Shanghai-Bartlett, Independent, that

United States Government should be consulted with view_to__taking_an immediate decision to send an Anglo- American force to Shanghal should the situation in China continue to deteriorate.

There had been no inter-govern- conversations of that kind, he cald,” nor were any contem- plated.-Rculer.

to

MAY CUT OFF WATER

Even if the Communists fall capture Tsingtao, they might create a tough situation by cutting off the water supply, which originates territory they control. Much of the mental U.S. naval force is stationed ashore. 18 on the Shantung Tsingino peninsula, controlling Yellow Sea approaches to Manchuria.

in

The naval ships at Tsinglso com- pose task force 38 on training cruise. It includes two carriers, two light cruisers and eight destroyers.

States for a policy,

statement

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Pops Out Of MIGRATION ΤΟ

Pumpkin

Playmates of nine-month-old John Hayward, alins Jack O'Lantern, had great fun when the baby did a repeat performance of popping out of this huge pumpkin on Halloween night.-AP Picture..

Commons Approves

Of Nationalisation Bill

In-Principle

London, Nov. 17. The House of Commons to- night gave approval in principle to the Government's Bill to nationalise Britain's iron and steel industry, a measure which has been strongly opposed by the Opposition.

After a three-day debate, the Government de- feated an Opposition motion to reject the Bill by 373 votes to 211 and the Bill was read a second time.

"We cannot go on for all time This was the highest voting since

ceme to power. with the Conservative idea of econ- The Government's total strength is omle empires within the State, sub- the Government 393 and the Conservatives 201, The Ject to publle supervision." It wus Liberals and Nationals voted with better for the country to take the next logical step and take the in- the Opposition..

EDEN'S CONTENTION

"LEAVE IT TO US"

a Go.

Mr Anthony Eden, the deputy contended that Opposition leader, the Government's sole purpose was by means of this Bill to bring free enterpelse in Britain to an end. It would lead to "wholesale national- isotion."

If the Conservatives won a, clear majority at the next election, when this Bl was bound to be a major issue, would it be accepted that they would have a constitutional and democratic right to repeal il?

Or, he added amid loud Conserva- tive cheers, would it be regarded as a darunging act justifying revelu- tionary counter action?

Winding up the debate, Mr Her-dustry over. bert Morrison, the Lord President of the Council, referred to tho EVACUEES SAIL

Conservative criticism of remarks Inst night by Sir Stafford Cripps, Tientsin, Nov. 18. Twenty-five the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nationalities are represented among about the danger of Communism it the 358 evacuees aboard one of the

the people were prevented from LST'S which sailed yesterday for China has appealed to the United Shanghai, comprising 108 American/ making changes by electoral meons.

"If you get a Sinto and stiffen her armies and the morale Canadian, 12 Poles, one liallan, two contrary

citizens, 11 Britons, Ui Stateless, one vernment which are reactionary and to the populor interest, of her war weary people.

three Latvians, Under Secretary of State Robert Filipinos,

ac Portuguese, will

Six this kind of Government and State run the of a violent Lovett told newsmen that Generalis Chinese, four Irish, one simo Chiang Kai-shek wrote directly one Danish, 38 Belgians, 18 Russian disturbance," he said.

emigrants, three Austrians, to President Truman.

Dutch,

Mexicans, nino four

Ger- Mar- Spaniards, seven Swiss, two Secretary of State George shall is flying here on Monday. That mans, one Swede, one liungarian, same day he will go into conference one Czech and one Yugoslav. picketing and needs to be with Mr Truman on foreign policy.

vessel, bound for In the face stopped. It should be impressed upon faxi drivers who receive

situation, they are expected to dia-, Tsingtao with $1 Americans, will be any such threats tioneersalty

cuss not only Chiang's appeat for a proceeding to the United States

The operations of evacuation and of reporting them immediately strong American pronouncement, but to the police who can then take what the US. should do for China embarkation were effelently or- ganised by the United States con- proper action if they are satisfæð in arms and goods.

Nor complaint is renume.

to carry out the Chinese diplomats have recently sular staff who worked late into the should the polico permit plekets

been

of Iniking In terms 10 lounge

around

taxis for

American pro- US$1,000,000,000 Indefinite

periods,

gramme for China, with most of blandistimenis Into the

the money going into military sup- has Picketin

The U.S. Congress pilea. autherised US$400,000,000 for China nid, including US$125,000,000 in military aid.

The

of

of helpless drivers. should take the form of carry- Ing display signs and distributing literature. This would enable the police to order the pickets

SWAY

conTM the strike of

sciousness because the move brought Into

play the use of pickets. reprecent

legal form of peace. ful persuasion so long as ther operate within the limits Fald down by the Trade Unions and Trades Disputes Ordinance, but evidence that there

fa growing pertain to soften these picketing elements are overstepping their rights and privileges under the

results- Ordinance, with two intimidation of the non-union consequent drivers, and refusal

on their part to take

hiring of Several of the newly-engaged

have unofficially com drivers plained that the original “peast. ful persuasion"**" overtures mado by pickets, which took the line

tho

Tares.

of appealing to the drivers to

• dealsh ›› from ""breaking the rice

from tixi stands In- crowded thoroughfares once they had paraded their notices before the non-union drivers und distributed to them their hand- Signs and leaflets cat bo but whispered con- knows no restrictions. When the strike originated was the public which

required protection

from

unreasonable Inconvenience. Now, I would seem, it is the drivers, striving ́ to maintain public car services, to permli who need protection them freely to carry out their *dutica without

conversational badgering which is capable of. being inkter as well emotional. The moment appears opportuno · for Government reconaller the existing conditions for picketing, and to

of

China's

EXTREME DELICACY.

grave

Because of the extreme delicacy

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right Router.

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Detective Shot In Neck

Cardiff, Nov. 17.-Detectiva

of the Chinese situation, Mr Lovett Sergeant David Morris was shot held his comment to a minimum. He in the neck today while driving said he could riot go beyond what Mr Truman told reporters at Key a man from Cardiff Railway Wes!. Florida on Tuesday that the Station, to the police head- American government has been in quarters. communication with Chlang.

the Commu-

The detective. had been sent to

He added that he was confirmed In that bellef by the fact that the Conservative Party were "trying to work up a Communist menace for their own advantage."

H.K.

Commons Questions

London, Nov. 17.-Immigra tion to Hongkong and smug- gling control in the Colony were the subjects of questions in the House Commons today when Mr Vernon Bartlett, asked the Independent, Colonial Secretary what was being done to provent trolled large-scalo migration of Chinese into the "already over- crowded colony of Hongkong due to the worsening of the situation in China."

uncon-

Mr David Rees Willams, Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies replied that this problem had for some time been under considera- tlon in Hongkong.

"Physical and other difficulties of proventing the influx of refugees org obvious and it would only add Governor Were to them if the asked to disclose any measure, ho may be able to devise for meeting those difficulties," he added.

Mr

ILLEGAL EXPORTS

James Harrison, Labour, asked whether in view of the present conditions in China, the Minister would take every possible step to of ensure that no legal exports valuable goods Were permitted through the port of Hongkong and whether he would also tighten up customs examinations between Kow- loon and the Chinese hinterland.

Mr Rees Williams repiled- that he was communicating with the Gover nor of Hongkong and would let Mr Harrison know the reply.

Mr Harrison asked if the Minis- the ter fully appreciated, "in present infortunate circumstances". importance of slopping all Illegal trame at this juncture."

the

Mr Rees' Williams replied that his Department had always appreciated tho necessity of stopping illegal tramc.

and

done this

"I had always would continus to do so."--Reuter.

STOP PRI

H.K. Services

173 For 9

After scoring 122 for 6 wickets by lunch today, the Hongkong Com- bined Services XT, opening their two-day match against the Malayan at the Services team Combined Cricket Club ground, had by 1 o'clock advanced the total to 173 for nine wickets.

Wing-Commander Panton was in brilliant formaʻord had hit up 33 not out, while Cpi Hodgson was 13 not

Mr Morrison replied that it would be perfectly constitutional, for the "They had for better leave that Conservatives to repeal the Act problem to us because we under- "This teams elementary, sound de- stand ho commented. Further, mocracy but I assure Mr Eden we Mr Morrison said, it was not with shall live up to it, and I invite him out significance that the Commu- and his supporters to do so."-Reuter,out

liselt in Europe had nist Party always welcomed tho

political triumph of the Conservative parties and even Fascist parties "because

1

Others to make runs ruinst am spearheaded by ANOTHER BY-ELECTION accurate attack,

Byrett, were Major Murray Brown Glasgow, Nov. 17 The Nomina-(30), Gnr. Banton (19), Lt-Cmdr. (17) and Major Dawo it is their, belief that Torylem that tions of Thomas Galloway Dunlop, Vavasour' has no understanding of the people Galbraith, Conservative, and Thomas (11). is the most likely to simulato a Alexander MacNair, Labour, were Communist revolution and Com- accepted today for the by-election in munist violence,"

Mr Morrison said that Toryism had coosed to be the party of true private enterprise' and had become the party of "monopolistic capitalism,"

cartel

Dantori falled to add to his lunch tho. Hillhead division of Glasgow, time scare, while Stepto (6) and caused by the appointment of the Gambrill (0) were early losses after Conservative member, Mr JS.Cthe Interval. Reid, KC, as Lord of Appeal.

The polling will take place November 23.--Reuter.

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Suicide Desecrates St Peter's Basilica

Pontifical gendarmes rushed to Vatican City, November 17. He then climbed the waist-hign

Ja the spot exactly front of the It was learned Later that Chiang meet a seaman who it was thought-Peetro Puglieri, 65-year-old railings and paused for a moment altar of Confession while the faith.

witnesses below while white-faced had appealed for an expression of could help police investigations encouragement; the Chinese op another shooting. He was driving attorney, plunged 164 feet to watched him. He made no sound ful, antony whom were many newly- parently would like the same kind back in a police car with the seaman his death inaldo St Peter's before he left. But he pushed him-weds who customarily visit of commitment that the United sitting beside him when there was basilica at noon today in the self outward strongly enough to Peter's at noon, milled about.

The great basilica has to be con- canopled altar over States,made in the case of Greece-a shot.

second suicide within six clear the bronze

The Vatican. ad- a determination that

The bullet just missed the datec-

the tomb of Saint Peter'a before secrated agairt

that it will be recon- nists will not be permitted to take tive's jugular voln. He called for months, to desecrate christian which a marble statue of Pope Plus nounced

secrated at 2.30 p.m. local time by VI kneels in prdyer. help from the following police car dom's greatest church.

Monsignor Leone Gromler, who is and then drove on to police head-

He crashed.on the mosaic floor of one of the Altar Canons Puglieri climbed to the first loggia quarters although, bleeding badly.

covered with The bodywas was takonito inside the Cupola detective Tho

of the great the great church.

white shoot and removed by blue- shed his overcont and last Thursday, saying Chin, in her hospital and given a blood trans- dome Ho

Six months ago an unemployed uniformed gendarmes who brought hour of crisis, wants an American fusion. *

throw it down' to warn the throngs pronouncement of sympathy, soll- Later Abdul All Claffim, aged 39, present for the first vespers of a youth shot himself to death. before the corpse to the Parish Church of darity and support." In the diples of Aden, s, charged with attempted feast In commemoration of the the main altar. maild language of the Orient, this murder remanded until Friday, dedication of the church

takes place tomorrow. could cover almost anything.

.over.

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confine them to approved. placard dir- plays and the distribution of leaflets.

Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo, has disclosed to newsmen that ho carried an appeal to Mr Lovell

-Router.

which

St Anne, Inside Vatican City, which

A great moan went up from the, la the parish of the Vatican.United

Press. people, us. Puglieri fell.