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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

For and be babait of

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LIIL

The

Today's Woither: Light South winds," becoming fresh Northeast later, For patches at first, becoming fair, Cooler, overcaal condlifons, with drizzle developlus inter.

Noon Observations: Baromeltie pressure, 1010,7 mbs., 29,85 in Temperature, 73,8 der. F. Dew point, 03 deg. F. Relative humidity, 80, Wind direcilon, East. Wind force, 14 knots.

High water: 7 ft. 8 in. at 7.13 p.m. Low water: 7 in. at 3.58

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Thongkong Telegraph

VOL. IV NO. 60

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1949.

SHIP RUNS AGROUND NEAR

"Heavy" Mandalay Fighting

Rangoon, March 13.- The government- announced "heavy fighting" was under way in Mandalay on Sunday.

The communique said a coun- ter attack was being prepared against Koren rebels who drove Into the city on Friday night.

That was the only mention In the Sunday communique of Burina's second largest city, Karens hvilke into Mandalay originally by spearing througla the government defence line at Hotenbo, 13 miles away.

Sunday's

military bulletin reported a large seale ollensive would be inmchett soon ngainst the Karen Troops will move! along a 180 mile front, Tar drive would have its on!

ON the capture of Toungon and tho rebel positions from Toungun to Kyoukse.

The Chungking Reported To

Be At Chinwangtao

of

Shanghai, Mar. 14-Contrary to Chinese press reports. Ee Chinese cruiser Chungking was seen a few days ago. undamaged and lying at anchor in Chinwangtao, and has

port How gone to the Soviel-controlled Manchurian Dairen, uccording to "reliable eye-witnesses" quoled by the China Press today.

The Chungking Formerly the British cruiser Aurora, recently defected to the Communists and was later report. press to have bren bombed ed In Hongkong Chinese

and sunk by the Nationalist Air Force,

Eye-witnesses in question, who were Fot identified, were reported to have said fr warship was seru lying at anchor undamaged, and had apparently not bren at- tacked by planes.-Beuter.

Canadian Plan To End Indonesia Deadlock

Lake Success, March 13.--A new Cana- dian plan to end the political deadlock in the Indonesian case was reported developing on Sunday among UN Security Council delega- tions.

Various delegations were said to be ready to back Canada's suggestion that the UN Com-

clear mission for Indonesin should try to 17#

the way for a round-table conference to settle the

debate

the question. The Council resumes Netherlands-Indonesian dispute on Monday.

The government anki plancs blew up ammunition and food dumps in a maid on Karun headquarter at Insein, ten miles north of Rangoon.

The

water slation was reported bad-j ly damaged. Eighteen Karens were sald to have been killed and seventy wounded.---Assocta- ted Press,

Big Transformer

Explodes

O:1

started that

The Netherlands

of a round-table kicu

con- The Indonesian

Re- ference, public refused to attend because its exiled leaders have not been

restored to their capitul as demanded In Security Council resolution.

Cion

plan,

is to have the in the Fag Comin Eastern republie try to get the Dutch and Indonesiang to agree on a time and condillons for a

conterence. round-table

UN

Police Car "Stolen

London,

on

Reds Announce

New Govt.

San Francisco, Mar. 13-The Chinese Communist railo faday announced that a "provisional people's government" has been organised In the area directly north of the Yangise, the last aren raptured by the Com- munists.

Francisco.

COLONY

Refloated, Towed Into Port

PANIC ABOARD

Early this morning the Chinese ship ss Haven chartered by the International Refugee Organisation, arrived in tow of the Taikoo Cheong, a tug from Taikoo docks, after having run aground yesterday afternoon in excep. tionally dense fog, a few miles Southeast of Hongkong.

The vessel, now lying off Taikoo Docks, is at anchor with a 30 degree list.

The Polish Captain, Mr George Chunchen, told a Hongkong Telegraph reporter this morning that there was never any danger of the ship sinking, but certain elements of the crew took panic, and without any orders, gave distress signals from the ship's siren and took to the boats,

Chunchen said that

They

Most Photogenic Girl

Miss Peggy Kelly, 20, of Somerville, Mass., poses with a smile in a New York studio where she was chosen the "Most Photogenic Girl of 1919" by the Society of Photographic Illus- trators.--AP Picture.

Iceland May Join The Atlantic

Capt.

Silting ashore, this morning. after they had Jett Saunar 200 yards from the ship, were Island where they had dropped members of the crew who left a lood of International Refugee her by chip's boats. Organisation passengers, they alleged the Captain refused to received a message to proceed send out an SOS message and to Hongkong to take on 1.000 they said that they would not tons of coal and then proceed go back to the ship. They told to Shanghal.

the Telegraph reporter that the ship beeled over to an angle of, 45 degrees before they could

New York, March 13- get the Captain to use the radio. Iceland has not decided

Alliance

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Reservationa

Price 20 Cents

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Streamlined

Peace Cabinet For China

New Premier's Quest

Shanghai, Mar. 14.-Nationalist China's new Premier, General Ho Ying-chin, who arrived here yesterday evening by train from Hangchow enroute to Nanking to assume his new post, was closetted until a late hour last night, conferring with local political and civic leaders, it was learned reliably.

He is said to have already seen Dr W.W. Yen, head of Shanghai's non-partisan peace delegation, Dr S. Y. Liu, Governor of the Cen- tral Bank, and Mayor K. C. Wu.

General Ho told reporters before plunging into a series of conferences that he would attempt to include all shades of political opinion in his "streamlined Peace Cabinet,' which he asserted would aim at reforming the Administration and achieving peace.

Ic said he would invite take a neutral stand in the kudera of the Democratic event of a third world war in Socialist and Young China weekend statement quoted by parties to join his Government Chinese newspapers this inor- and would "welcome Dr Yeaning. and

members of Dr Yen's

non-partisan pence mission to He was reported to have said participate."

that, from the standpoint of the | Chinese people, China at prescrit should not be anti-United States nor should she be anti Soviet.

Dressed in a dark blue suit, General Ho appeared in high

spirits and perfect health as he alighted from lo special train which brought him from

He attributed the lack of Hangchow.

from "satisfactory · results" He shook hands with each of China's past foreign policy to those awaiting his arrival latween the wartime Allies, which pouring rain.

PRESS STATEMENT

the deterioration of relations bo-

affected the China situationument

Dr Sun Fo added that China wag not responsible for this

During yesterday afternoon they had tried to enter the har bour, travelling at a

very slow Paris, Mar. 13-A 45,000-volt

speed, but as the fog descended,

This party offered to be in whether to join the Atlantic transformer exploded today at

they turned about and drifted the charge of ihe The Council's resolution or-

Second alliance, her Foreign Minis- Beautor, near Lillo. Northern

around to wait for the fog to Steward, lift again.

who, admitted This

that ter said tonight. France, enusing. France's second dered the Netherlands to restore

time there were no casualties. During

In D brief offhand press said Iceland would re- Ho power station fire in a week.

A North Shensi radio broad-continual soundings were taken. the Republic's exiled lenders to Jogjakarta, their capital in Java,

Capt Chunchen declared that fuse to grant peace time mill-statement, which he prepared on state of world affairs. cast, announcias the new Soon after the fost cleared and he had tried to tell the crew

to Shanghai. Asked what would emerge of The flames spread rapidly to as the first step toward a trans-

the Captain started once more that there was no danger, and

tary bases.on her territory to the train enroute

General Howald he considered the Chinese Coalition Govern- several. 15,000-volt transformers fer of sovereignty. The Dutch Kverntent, was heard in San

any foreign power. towards Wagon, but again they had even ordered the bonta to

"I am not a and firemen fought for hours to refund to do this,

They said

Mr Bjarni Benediktsson made the present economic crisis, the ment, he said: were blanketed off as the fog be swung over the side, but

negotiationt with the control the blaze, which caused | violence and chaos would

The broadcast said that "the

came down again. They slowed not lowered, because he thought this statement In response to Peace

people's prophet-Reuter, damage estimated at about result.-Associated Press,

Central Plains Provisional down once more to wait for a a that that extra precaution

newsmen's questions on his ar- Communists, and the

the U.S. He

unprecedented

the sufferings enroute

CHIANG AT CHIKOW £10,000. The area was without

People's Governmen!" was

rival clearing and just as they ran would help to calm them.

he and power today.

created on March 7.

ground, the Captain saw the He said that he had been on

to Washington for Atlantic pact most urgent problems

his Cabinet will have to solve. said:

Chikow (By Phone To Shang- for full the bridge 13. London's General Liu Po-cheng, who land and rang down

talk. Mr Benediktsson Mat.

the whole time,

hal), March 14 Generalissimo Tuesday night, the out-

role astern. Within five seconds, he important

the Chief

"We have not decided if we with

Male, neither

He attested that he would do Chiang Kai-shek tonisht prowled for a played an buildings of France's largest pollee

is sill in hydro-electric plant at-Genis-jutrol car, a.bit of their own driving the

his utinost to carry out Acting Chikow and has no plans what- had caten, ns all the will take part in it. cooks and stat, on the Rhone, were exten- property, stolen from in front the region, was listed as one of

Councilmen. -

SLIGHT DAMAGE He added that they had had Icel

Iceland in the pact and if her sively damaged by a fhe of of the Southword District police 21

special

Position is considered, rammes for unity in the Gov-

A member of the Generalis- | no sleep.

ernment. political reforins and unknown origin.-Reuter.

During the next clear patch, A diver confirmed this mom- we will report to. Parliament, the restoration of peace by ensimo's official family told under their own steam, they

decision will be listing the best brains to serve United Press that a report car proceeded to within two miles of ing that only the stem of the where the

the Government

ried by another news agency that Waghan, but were forced to an-Vessel had been opened, and une minde.

He said he did not expect the

Ife revealed that the Govern- the Generalissimo has left here chor -again. During this time other plate a little further aft

had been buckled but was not U.S. to ask for bases in his

ment had drafted a new peace and gone to Kulangau Island in the water had been seeping

country and added:

was Bay programine to be presented to Amoy

entirely through the opening in the stem letting in water,

sald the "I think there can be no dls- the Communists, but the draft ferroneous. and the vessel had developed n

cussion of bases, The Icelandic was still under minute exumina Generalissimo is "still right here dytree list.

[in Chikow." The only damage, which was

government will not consent to tinn.

No Cabinet list has been made any bases in peace thine." confirmed this morning hy a

The Foreign Minister added:up yet, but he would try his best A report from Nanking said diver from the dockyard, was an

of the Information that the to persuade the members REASON FOR VISIT through opening in the slem.

"I think we are interested in political parties other than the Generalissimo has left his birth- which the water had run to flood

the Demo-Kuomintang to serve the country place, was "privately circulated the No. 1 hold.

co-operating with

at the present critical juncture, among leading Nanking govern- cratic nations, and we want to

General o said he was not ment officials." And out what place we have. We have come here to see if we enn Join it."

Nationalists out of sail, they slid off and anchoret. (of whewards were ashore.ind out if-there-is-a-place-forpresident-Li-Tsung-Jen's-pro-lever" to leave anytime soon.

EDITORIAL

station-Reuter.

Press

The Atomic Control Dispute

FAILURE tu proibit atomic weapons

Ho far

look back un

the

Was

to

has been condemned by Russia as one of the worst misdeeds of the United Disappoint- Nations General Assembly. ntent at the modesty of the Assembly's achievements is, of course, shared by the Western Powers, yet it is well toy remember that the Assembly was never meant to solve questions of security in the Grent which the co-operation of Powers is vital. Wherefore, to learn why the challenge of atomic energy remains

unanswered it is necessary

three-year history of division

(he bet ween

Eastern and Western Powers. The first move to try and bring atomic developments under international control

mode by Britain, the United States and Canada in November, 1945, and in the following June, Mr Bernard Baruch duly presented to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission a plan sponsored by the United States Government. It envisaged atomic establishment of a world energy authority with extensive powers of control and inspection everywhere. Such an agreement would. obviously he Ineffective, if any party to'lt continued to

the

In possess

of veto. power was provided "consequence, it

that, on the establishment of effective control machinery, the veto right should he reilnquished and that, at the same time. the United States should both destroy her existing supply of atomic bombs, and make available her knowledge on the subject. In other words, the United Slates was prepared to surrender her atomic advantages as soon as she had assurances that no other nation would It was at be able to profit, therefrom, this stage of the proceedings that the Russians made it abundantly clear that no intention whatsoever, in they had

circumalances, of accepting any effective system of international control. Russia wanted Amerlen to destroy her bomba and let the whole world into the

an

of

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A

The Baven left Guidan in

Samar Island in the Philippines on March 9, and was scheduled to arrive today.

Formerly the Australian ship' Montoro, the 3,400-ton vessel new flies the Chinese flag. She arrived in Hongkong on her way to- Samar, but is sealed off to

Ship Caught In Storm

Inhambane,

can

He said there in a division af

the people opinion among of Iceland over the pact

added:

but

He

the

one of

said the

certain when he would leave

Captain K. C. Ship, Shanghai, "where I have to sce some old friends in two parties the Generalissimo's/ few remain- (the Democratic Socialist Partying personal sildes, and the Young China Party);" Generalissimo two days ago paid

Earlier reports said the visit-a brief visit to Ningpo, a port to town 35 miles from Chlkow, but was expected ing Premier There is no doubt that the proceed to Nunking: today by immediately returned to his re- overwhelming majority of the plane if the weather improves sidence on Wuling mountain

na-veiling).

Certain elements of the crew, all members of the cooks and visitors. stewards section with a Lew engineroam atomic

took personnel, panie and alarled Hive alarm's on the ship's siren and over the wireless, and between 8 and 9 o'clock lowered one of the boots and pushed off. The Captain shouted to them to come back

tomb. Ho or they would be lost in the fog.

people are for close co-opera- (it is still pouring with a low near his mother's tion with the Democratic

sald the Generallssimo was con- They stayed around.

Liter

visiting daily hikes -second bonk

Portuguese tions if we can find a suitable

Observers thought it was promulg lowered and filled with the same East Africa, Mur, 18.-The place for Iceland for such co-

and had able that the Premier would countryside villages

weight pounds types of crew and a few of the

Inharrime, operation."

remain here for anoitier day to gained eight The said Communists have 20continue the exchange of views since leaving Nanking. The ship's doctors, who were travel-constal liner, ling with the refugees, and they with eight European and percent of the vole in Iceland. with local leaders.-Reuter. Generalissimo now weighs 126 too put off.

several hundred coloured They pre opposing the pact "in The deck department of the

URGES NEUTRALITY crew and the majority of the passengers aboard, is threa-every way they can." Asked if

Shanghal, Mar. 14-Dr engine room staff stayed at their tened with destruction to-, bls government had

Sun posts and behaved in a magni-day in the midst of a raging any proposals front Moscow, he

No, none whatever," | Fo, Nationalist China's replied.

aut- ficently cool manner. The Cap-storm 1,000 feet from the Associated Press.

going Premier, urged China to tain spoke very highly of the. beach bar of Inhambane bosun and the quartermaster who had tried to force the crew port.

without their manufacture, secret of disclosing the Soviet's own resources or agreeing to any subsequent control of atomic development in Russia. And the Russinus also made it clear that they did not intend to surrender the right to veto. The Soviet countér-proposal to the Baruch plan amounted to un sinter- national convention outlawing warfare, but it hnd no further substance

thent from

Alt the provision apart

stockpiles

atomic bombs existing

Jis. should be destroyed. Months of

which the Russian cussion followed in representative in the General Assembly nnd from his position, never budged because of his obstructive attitude, the

Powers

inclined to were Western

Atomic the recommend that

Energy Commission should be disbanded and no further efforts made to nehleve agree ment. Mr Vyshinsky then came forward with a proposal, which, on the face of it, represented a modification of Russin's previous attitude. He proposed that the institution of na atomic contral system, and destruction of existing stockpiles, should take

On place simultaneously. basis, the Commission's life was this extended. If the Russians are seriously system of inter- prepared to accept a national control, which operates without the vete, and whose inspectors are given the widest powers of entry and inves- tigation in all parts of the world, then It sill might be possible to arrive at an atomic control convention. But present the Russians are indientions are that as far as ever from accepting any such in that their nrrangement;

purpose keeping the Commissien la existence is their own rather to gain time for atomic developments. However, Anglo-American position is perfectly

With an

effective clear and logical system of control of nil atomic develop. ment everywhere they are prepared to Without agree to atomic dianrmoment.

it, they cannot and should not.

tho

to give up the idea of taking to the bonts.

The

200

tun

received

pounds, sald Captain Shia,

He added that the Generalls- simo "absolutely has no plans or intention of leaving Chikow now or anytime ng for a wo know."-United Press.

Coalmines Shutdown Brings Creeping.

Inharrime Soon, the Taikoo Cheong and freight and passenger ship. is Pittsburgh, March 13-

by and owned

the Companhia The creeping paralysis of A

police launch arrived

were closely followed by a Nacional Navegacao. In cont shutdown begins in Paralysis To America

Norwegian ship, to which the weekly service

feboats went.

The tug informed 'the Captain that it was able to tow

ane and

between

Witwatersrand

back to port, but Capt. and from the Chunchen said that he was oble goldmines in the Transvaal, to use, his own engine, how is not known how many parsen- ever it was agreed in the safety gera ure on the ship during her of the vessel, that the Captain present voyage. should not use his engines.

TO GO INTO DOCK

It was the

maw of steel furnaces,

Cast of

Consuiner becauso

sinter Mr Marchlando Lourenco Marques and Inham-filtrating the U.S. on Mon-The effect on steel mills was cost

carrics usually

not immediately discernible raid: him hundreds of coloured workers toy. It will idle it least 425,- Steel's wholly owned "captivo"

000 coal miners and 56,375 mines have been working a six-achieved by this suspension of The only thing that 'will be It railroad workers for two day week to feed the greedy work will he that the ebal

weeks.

The nation has 70,000,000 tons miners will go two weeks with- foul pay. At the same time it The shutdown is the result of of coal-a 45-day supply-stock will keep the retail price of conl?

ground, Above

high just at the time operators To allp reported last Friday an order by John L. Lewis for ed

shutdown In have been that she had run around outils United Mine Workers to

complaining they from cantera pits wages lost by the miners was would have to cut coal prices to side Inhambane harbour. Efforts stay away since

have for two weeks. Technically the estimated at about US$60,000,- then to freo her

of the anme element of falled.

walkout is a memorial to 1,016000. But many miners have 70,000,000 ton surplus. above

than been working reduced weeks the crew who had panicked on During the last 24 hours, the miners killed. and more

year.anyhow. There have been lay.round" the voyage to Samar when they vessel's engines stopped, lights 50,000

George II. Love, President of Pennsylvania Primarily, it's a protest againstuffs in the rich were not even in trouble, and went out and the radio ceased the appointment of James Boyd mines because of the

the ho

Consolidation Pittsburgh oversupply the Captain disgustedly sald working.

Coal seamen

All attempts

Uhrow landing as Director of the US. Buteau of coal, "They call themselves

Lying now outside the dock, cables to the shore for landing of Mines.

Me John Marchiando, Presi- largest producers, said the shut- the ship, over at an angle of purposes have failed due to the First, outside industry to be tent of the Progressive Miners down was "Just an ordinary strike with a little black ribbon Ten of America, Bail the 17,000 fed on it." 30 degrees, was being pumped storm. The ship is being tossed affected. Is the railroads.

would helplessly dry of water by salvage vessels about

huge rail ince

sweeping members of his Union

Other producers sold the shut- lying alongside, and will be waves, endangering the lives of layoffs to coincide with the iceep on working. They produce down would be welcome because

Coal is about 20 percent of the conl. in of the surplus. going into dock this afternoon the crew and passengers-As- | minera". "memorial." for repairs.

vital freight to these lines. [Illinols, one of the Important Press.

sociated Press.

in

injured

ordered

Co. ano of the world's

Associated