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VOL. III NO. 298

For the Proprietor, el HONGKONG TELEORÁCH, Por, and on behalf of jet set

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST,

The

TODAY'S WEATHER: Moderate Eart to Southeast winds: freshening, at iniwe; faltem

Noon Observations: Barometric pressure 1020.7mb, 30.14 in. Temperatuté 60.8 der F. Dew point 55 deg. F. Relative humidity 61. Wind direction ENE. Wind force 13 knots."

High water: 8 ft, 8. in. at 9.21.p.m. Low water: 3 in. at 5.10

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948. ·

Special Issue Guns In Readiness

Tomorrow

A special issue of the Hongkong Telegraph, en- larged to 20 pages, will be published tomorrow (Satur- day).

It will contain a host of exclusive, Christmas features to suit all tastes, interests and ages, and will make in- dispensable seasonal read- ing, as well as offer helpful information.

The Christmas edition of the Telegraph is something which nobody can afford to miss.

Chiang Kai-shek Rumoured To Be In Canton

No Foundation For The Report

The Canton correspondent of the United Press reported this morning that strong rumours that Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek had arrived, in the city -swept Canton last night, but there was no concrete evidence 'to support this possibility.

.Police patrols were strength- ened, and throughout the day searched. Chinese passersby on Shameen and elsewhere in the city.

The Telegraph telephoned a reliable source in Canton this morn- ing and was told that it was ex-

In Tientsin

FIGHTING NEAR TANGKU

Peiping Is Still Holding Out

Tientsin, Dec. 17.--The Nationalists have placed guns in position facing north between Tientsin's central and east railway stations in preparation for battle. The guns, mounted on earthern emplace- ments in the open space, are located not only within the city's protection dam but also within the `muni- cipal area limits. They resemble pill boxes which are now almost a feature of this city's streets.

Gun crews were keeping warm last night in the nearby residential area where soldiers, in threes and fours, squeezed themselves into any available room. Many residential premises are now billeting troops whose movement on trucks have become sud- denly evident.

A military spokesman here revealed last night that about two Communist divisions were engaged in fighting on the outskirts of Tangka where rifle fire was audible. Tankku

Installation have Harbour and while the staff was believed to been placed under military control have remained behind, dependants withdrew as rapidly as the congested transport allowed.

tremely unlikely the Generalissimo clear last night up to Lofa, 40, kilo vesterdain the suburbs of Pelping

was there.

The opinion was expressed that yesterday's searchings were routine and that they were carried out in too casual a manner to suggest that the authorities were taking pre- cautions to safeguard any emlitent visitor.

15-POUND BABY

Brussels, Dec. 10-When Madame Hitelet gave birth to her nineteenth bady recently the doctor attending hor claimed it was the largest baby. ever born in Europe. The bady which died

birth, shortly after weighed 15

4 qunces. Associated Press.

pounds

EDITORIAL

The

The Westward Tientsin line was

métres enroute to Peiping.

the next at Langlang, situation station, or at Fengtai, 19 kilometres from Pelping and the junction of the Pelping-Bankow railway, was not clear.

Government troops in Peiping last Imperial Winter Palace, at Coal Hill, night took up positions at the Cilngshan, and at the Temple of the ancestors of the Manchu dynasty all noted scenic spots inside the Forbidden City

Fighting

was primarily trated around Shinchingshan to the northeast, in. villages outside Kwanganmen in the southwest, and somewhat below this area in the direction of the south airfield, with from the city wall. the nearest point only three miles

concen-

Pro-Government reports, however, admitted that the Nationalist

The headquarters of General Fu Garrison at Huangtan, 35 kilometres from Pelping, had evacuated-with-Tro-yi announced that all Bring

yesterday troops falling back to join the de- beard

was duc fence of Peiping.

Nationalist operations against the Communist forces, who invaded the elty arca located outside Heichimen In the northwest, where the Summer Paince is located,

ROOFTOP SPECTATORS

in Peiping itscif, observers on rooftops could see the approaching Communists and the din of exploding shells was clearly audible, the re- ports said.

Volunteer Defence Force

NEORGANISATION of

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the

The

of

Hongkong Volunteer Defence Uorps is a natural post-war development, and, with the exist- ing international tension and uncertainty, the move in vested with a touch of urgency. anthorities anticipate that I will taka two years to bring the new Force to

desired ⠀⠀ strength 8.000, which is

exactly not rushing things. But in observing this. Government, perhaps, must be credited with appreciating that it may not be an easy task to Au the ranks. While the conditions under which future Volunteers will Join the Force are designed to correct the anomalles

which caused a certain amount of dis. content before the war, it is not exay to discover' at the moment signa thai the young men and women of the Colony are fu any wager mood for Volunteering. This enthusiasm, "as in England,... may have to be

erested. The Attractions held out le old Voinn. *teers 'and to the youngsters who, it is hoped, will respond to the call, are better pay and allowances, more adequate pro- for their dependants and recreational and social facilities. [These, of...' oourse, are · Necessary fosturen any territorial or

of an volunteer force, but it will remain to be seen whether they com

consiliate

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cofrable that

be found also to agitate the the spirit: that,, ma And in England, a recruiting campaign /wiihcalls the " trimmings writi

roguired. While we unreservedly [and. sympathise with the, prelock of forming a Volunteer Defende: ForOB:OK?: Six (la seven-

tient would be making kan

-be forthooMZK”

possibly, more realisilo ta recognise that in this day and period the inefination of the average person is to avoid respon- sibilities and commitments outside of 'those associated with his daly work. The

quest to bring ... the new Volunteer Defence Force up LO required strength

must, therefore, be vigorously pu

pursued Conducted with Imasination, a recruiting campaign cannot help but succeed, more especially the constitution of the new, force

certain

contains several, Dovel and appeating features. The inten- tion to group all units and wings under one central beadquarters is wise, and the proposal to intro- Suco Into the Force mich auxiliaries as the Home Guard and fire fighting personnel will meet with general approval. There n:discernibIS endeavour to streamline the new Force which merits approval, and the

emphisals which the Governor laid on the need for

providing

Volunteer with proper recreational and welfaro faciilides" ta produce favourable reactions. But 'within the Ordinance flæelf there are certain points, which Wil require further explanation. One. the repetition under DAY, pensions and disability allowances of the phrase "appropriate to his unit. This could mean,

meroly distinction between the main, body, of, the Force, and the auxiliary services. Bus it might also mean a proposal to grade pay and other emola- ments of units, within the main structure of the force, Le the Regiment," the Naval Force, and the Air Force. To attempt to draw any much distinctions, woula be most unfortunate and would create resentiment. The authorities inladi? be well; advised to clear up this point without delay, for the last thing they can afford to

· do ta to:üntice Volunteers: Into the

·Faroeriunderčany, misunderstand-

.or

new

A spokesman claimed the invaders were annihilated."

WATER SUPPLY WEAKENS Pelping's water supply distribu- tion pumps have weakened and electricity is fading, but it has been reinforced by 2,600 kilowatts from Tientsin,

con-

The atmosphere generally tinues unperturbed but

the prices necessities is increasing of

pro- portionately with the sound of gun fre which is heavy outside Peiping. Eight acroplanes have arrived at Nanyuan airfleld on the southern outskirts which soon became a tor- get for 'neld guns,

precipitating hurried departures with some tending, evacuees left behind.

in-

to

The native population of Tientsin Is storing kerosene preparatory the blackout following the increasing demands upon the local power plants from Peiping and Tangku.-Reuter, POINTS RECAPTURED Peiping, Dec, 17-General Fu Tsa-yl's, headquartera innqunced on Thursday night recapture from the Communlate of four points just out side

walls of Peiping.

the The.

he, most distalit point atoriiloned as recaptured was Shinching-shon, site of the city power plant six miles west of Pelping. The city rem. Ined without electricity, as headquarters sald the plant had been damaged.

Communist mortar shells begun landing on

on the south air

neld, seven miles of Pelping, during the.

after.

Eight evacuating personnel of the Chinese National Air Transport Corporauoli, and the Central Air Transport Com pany took off hurriedly.

The Lutheran shartered plane Saint Paul was warned off by radio as it started to land, so turned back to Tsingtao. It had made a successful trip in the morning.

Inside the Cominumist, surrounded city life was much as usual, except that thousands of civilians had been put to work buliding... an emergency feld for small planes on the north of the old legation quarter side of Palping has:)

has not falten, althougti the Rods are swarming around its suburbsAssociated Presska

ENCIRCLEMENT BROKEN Nanking, Dec, 10The National Armies broke the Communist ön circlenient of the 12th Army: Group above Nanking, "Recording to Glov

rnment sources today but the Red

forces, far to the

North,

(Continued on PM

HK Products Exhibited

His Excellency the Governor opened yesterday the most ambitious exhibition of Hongkong-made products yet arranged. Top picture shows Sir Alexander Grantham cutting the silk tape. With him are Mr, Shum Choy-wah (right) and Mr U Tat-ches, chairman and vice-chairman respectively of the Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers' Union. Lower photo is a bird's eye view of the exhibition. (Telegraph Staff Photographer}

UN Can Stop Third World War

DR ÉVATT'S CONFIDENCE

London, Dec. 16.-The United Nations can and will stop a third world war, Dr Herbert Evatt, the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, declared in London tonight.

Asserting that the United Nations Paris Assembly achieved a good deal despite the great power differences. Dr Evatt, who is Australia's Ex- ternal Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, said that to avert a third world war the alternative before the great powers is a modus vivendi enabling eastern and western coalitions to co-operate with each other despite political cleavages.

The trend at present is to use the United Nations as a dumping ground. for problems that the great powers

solve themselves.

have fallend that some

Dr Evatt

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FRENCH BLOW UP RUSSIAN RADIO TRANSMITTERS Personal Protest By Soviet Commander

Berlin, Dec. 16-The Soviet Commandant of Berlin, Major General Alexander Kotikov, tonight made a personal protest to the French Commandant, General Jean Ganeval, against the blowing up of the Soviet-controlled Berlin Radio transmitters in the French sector of the city.

:

German circles close to the Russian Military Adminis- tration sald tonight that Moscow had sent direct orders to prepare for the carrying out of "severe counter mea-

urchis report could not be confirmed. **

General Kotikov, who drove to the French Military Government Headquarters, told General Ganeval that he could not aceptas satisfactory his explanation' that the fransmitters were blown up because they constituted a danger to airlift at nearby Tegel Airport.

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A French official spokesman yold The Russidy coldpinder that General Ganeval look note Maj-Gen. Alexander Kotikov,

of Ber of General Kolikov's protest but formally protested the French action, agala asserted that the safety of declaring the dynamiting wils Eritish and American supply planes "illegal and arbitrary" He said he tanding at Tegel Airport was the was not satisfied with explanations only.consideration when he made his

that the towers menaced airlift declaiony The interview than 15 minulég

www.lasted less

Berlin Radlo resumed medium wave transmissions shortly before

after a break

12-hours

Jocal time

towers were used before Germany's defeat to man propaganda.

transmit Ger

The action is expected to bring free of some retaliatory move by

+ Thoë-Radio's Alrestor uster Allissinna ligainst the French

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Schmidt, after apologising to

the

against all three Western Powers in the city.

the Soviet-licensed nows ADN,

by

destruction 'reactionary

cts for the "breakdown" sald: "The transmitters were destroyed be cause, unlike our studies in the agency, denounced the demolition as British

tish sector of the city, they were "det of vandalistic

about not protected by Soviet arms, brought

circles Associated Press. "The

actual blowing up of our emitters was he order came out by French

soppers but

convinced

from Washington I

that this action will be replied to.

We will

continue ta us an emergency transmitter In the Soviet sector"-Reutar

TEMPORARILY SILENCED Berlin, Dec. 18-French engineers on Thursday blew up the Hlant antinission-Lowers-of-Radio--Ber- silenced

lin but

Dutch Terms

For Resuming Negotiations

Soviet Russia's most powerful, pre- Dutch Government today an- temporarily The Hague, Doo. 16. The paganda, voice in Germany.

ing to

the

Indo-

after dynamitonounced that it would resumo.. the two tall towers crash-negotiations with the to earth

"in" French sector nesian Republican Government Soviet com

commentator

Heinz Schmidt only if the Republic ended truco was back on the air and on the violations and undertook to ho

same wave length and apparently

with the same broadcasting power. come one of the States of the Hadio Berin's personnel refused to Dutch-sponsored Federal Inde- say how they managed it, but Ger-nesia. man engineers said they might be

using another tower at Potsdam.

Schmidt told his radio audience Prime.

In an official statement, the Dutch rejected a letter from the Republican Minister, Dr Mohammed

the day long Interruption of power-Hatta, which had proposed further ful Soviet broadcasting was caused negotiations after talks in Java had by an "order from Washington." not broken down.

by the French.

The Dutch said the lotter had been. sent on Dr. Hatta's personal initia

MENACE TO PLANES The French said they blow up the seen from the Republican's attitude ve, and it had been "frequently towers in their sector because they in the recent past that the Repub- menaced American and British fie did not consider itself planes dying into the nearby Tegel by Individual actions. airfield. The Russians had ignored

bound

Earlier today the Republican.

a notice last month that the demoli- Government called for arbitration tion would be carried out. Radio as "the only peaceful means" of Berlin's studio is in the. British solving the three-year old dispute sector.

Reuter.

KC Refers To Belcher's Lost Integrity

wrong.

the Assembly's greatest dinculties cher was described as "a man found the weight to be 87 pounds.

London, Dec. 16 John Ber- 230,000 in one pound notes and Liversidge had done anything Been

castsed by-great power disagreements existing before the who has lost his integrity was nothing inister in the fact inded a business man named Green deliberations of the United Nations through association with an un-that Sherman had loaned Stanley that he could influence Mr. Belcher to

Mr Davies, submitted that there

It was said that Liverside had per- and in some cases quite separately scrupulous rogue" when the £12,000. Sherman had felt the from them.

:

Tribunal investigating allega- Board of Trade was

Fo cited the Berlin question, dis- | Hona, of: corruption. In Govern- over his paper alloutal to higrant a licence for the export of mil

armament, atomie energy, Creces

and Korea.

DESIRE FOR PEACE

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had

lon

of cement bags. Counsel submitted that Green's evidence had been evasive and un- truthful.

FLAMBOYANT PHRASE

Stanier ment circles said today.

told him that he

he could help Mr Edmund Davies, making his cher, and had also told him that

him th

through his

Intimacy with Bel- closing speech on behalf of Harry

football pool promotar Sherma, football pools chief, spoke promised Belcher £50,000 he

The Attorney General had sug- The world desire for peace, he sunk," because of his association

of the depth to which Belcher had would put Sherman, out of business. Sested that Liversidge lived for thought, would ultimately force the with Sidney Stanley, an allen; who standably glad to meet and even phrase without meening and had

Sherman was, therefore, under-

many years on the fringe of the great powers to find

criminal law. It was a flamboyant mogus has been the central figure in the loan money to somebody who seem done, Liversidge vivendi for mutual working that inquiry, would gvert the drift towards wat

great injury, LAUGHED IT OFF ed able to help him. He added: The great powers must,

Twenty-one years ago he was, iszom Counsel for J. R. Cross, Belcher's cinted with older men who had come Mr. Davies said that Belcher had as. a first stop, rid themselves net what might be called the creedston told other Government officials of al-year-old private secretary, submitted crime: Singe then he had of Europe. They must recognise them and himself. Yet, he had His visit to Stanley's flat had

mitted that his client was wholly novar allegations of corruption again fres from guilt and reproach, charged with doing anything wrong dong-wrong or had been that not only Europe but the whole actually laughed it off and said that

Counsel declared · thunts In the world is involved in every major he did net propose to do anything been made, because he wanted.

Tribunal's search for truth, Liver« problem, political or economic, that about Il corruption of moral safeguard the health of his chief xide had been sacr

to

sacrificed challenges peace we don

He warned the world leaders that clearly established, Mr Davies sub-

standards at Tdast, had been quite that he thought Belcher had been the whisk diruller, and his cibimi (Cross had declared in his evidence Counsel for Bir Meurice Bloch, they not the United Nations were mitted drinking too

had instructed him to say he now. and Stanley

to recognised he had been indiscreet in

giving gifta of liquor to Mr. Johni spoko for

on trials The peoples of the world

Lare, behind-the United Nations"; ha.

•Wald Router on the eye of his bin Sunteto 224 meter 17 Belcher, But he had not, boen-core

as a "complete whose testimony no value Me H be attached, he said that part

parture for Australia, bem code of this tos imony had been at Robert William ziveridge,, a wit-

"The world's democratic loaders Harry Sherman was in the habit of ente If

who adrifted that he had Hughess had: Just begung hia: Uppech

fall the United Nations,; they will carrying 220,000 or £30,000 in one once avoided “arrest::on.

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discover that they are no longer pound notes about himing charges by Teving Britain in on bead of Mel Gegere Cilbenak ta leader at If they fail, Skher only. This statement was "sobutrareous Counsel declared that all the Tribunalkan binned unul positive action by the United Na-hat It In almost attrative Cous wide range of activities tions

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a whole will stand between and said that he had a letter Erom 4 Tribunate Had Investigated, and a third world war" —Reuters person who bad actually weighed was no acceptable evidenc