1949-03-31 — Page 5

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949.

Ninghsia May Be Reds'

Next Gain

WARLORD

FLEES

TO

RULER

KANSU

Shanghai, Mar. 30.-Ninghsia province, a vast wasteland of desert and mountains in northwest China, may be the next addition to the Chinese Communists' expanding domain. General Ma Hung-kwei, fabulous Moslem warlord who has ruled the province for the past 17 years, has fled to Lanchow, in nearby Kansu province, leaving Ninghsia virtually undefended.

Romulo Calls For Moral Reawakening

New York, Mar. 30-The Chief Philippines delegate lo the United Nations, Mr Carlos P. Romulo, sald today that technological progress has made The United Nations' Charter workable

for a limited time

| only,

He told a town hall audience here: "Mankind must make a tremendous new effort of con- science if it in to avert a disus- ter"

- Mr

-

of

Above. "The Goddess Flowers," is an example of the delicate brushwork of Diana Kan, the young Chinese artist, who

Heavy Losses Inflicted On N.T.

'Invaders'

Heavy casualties were suffered by the enemy in a battle at Taun Wan yesterday dur ing the third day of “Operation_Lancer," the exercise for the Combined Services and tho Police.

Relatively light casualties were reported on the defendors' side.

The enemy is preparing de- the road between Ping Shan and fences on the northern side of

Inst night disclosed that the Un Long. A prisoner captured

enemy command had decided to night no more delaying actions but to go straightawny their prepared defence posl- tions and from there "give a punch on the nose" to anybody who attacked them.

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The enemy have gone back lead and at 7 a.m, today their towards Ping Blan, their strong- forward elements had reached hold, according to an Army the Hongkong Drewery. spokesman at a Press conference held this morning.

After the

Royal Engineers had repaired a blown bridge at Tsun Wan, the defending troops advanced along the Castle Peak Road. The advance was low because, of the hilly country. and a constant watch had to be kept for Ambush

attempts by enemy remnants,

No opposition, however, was encountered from the

enemy In giving a farewell alsofther during the night or up to play of her paintings in Sulto 8.30 this BUG, Gloucester

morning. Hotel tomor- The attack on the enemy at row (Friday) and Saturday. Taun Wan was made by the because man-Miss Kan is leaving Hongkong Buffs, and after they had car of me before they move in, kind has entered an era of great in April for the United King-rided out the battlo, the 2/10

After General Fu Tan-yl sur- rentered

to the Reuschnological advancement, war Peiping and Generalissimo Chiang Kai- making abilities have, in effect, shck "retired" as China's presi- made

General Ma feared that he practices

faith. tire ba completely Geneva, Mar, 30-The Inter would in national Labour Office anhoune-Folated and at the mercy of the

Bid To Step Up World

Coal Output

nil today thai 12 major coal- producing world are to undertake a Joint

Romulo, defining con science as the "capacity for maklug moral choices which dis- The Communists have not yet tinguisher man from animata, entered Ninglisia, but the pro-raid the United Nations as un vince and is capital city-alsa | act of idealism wan a "sublime called Ninghala—are wide open manifestation of the moral rense to them. And olservers feelin man." that it will be only a matter of

Communiste.

But, he snick,

obsolete the old moral

ond demand n new

The Filipino delegale declar ed: "Men will have to choose countries of the He led to Lonchow to enlist between categories of values and the support of other warlords in rejec! compromises that pre-

"autonomous" serve lesser campaign to Increase Individuatablishing on

ones at the ex- bloc to resist the Communists-pense of higher. miners' output.

ur make a "deal" with them.

Ja one An

of the most ngures credible

in modern China. He gained power in 1932 after executing nearly 100 chiefs and consolidating their bands

In a report on the coal In- dustry. It declared that in most countries except Britain, the United States and Germany, the

number of effective workers in coal mines was more than be- fore the war.

the

In all countries except United Stater, however, 10- dividual output has been greatly reduced from the 1937 level, it

snld.

The report is to be submitted to a meeting of the 12 leading coat-producing countries at

opening on April 20.

under his banner.

FEUDAL STATE

in-

He established his headquar- fers In Ninghsta city, which has

"They will have to determine whether famillar values of na- tional interest, national prestige, national honour, colonial posses slons, economic power and mill- tary preponderance are Indeed the highest values to which hu- manity can aspire.'

Mr Romulo aid the United

a population of 35,000 and the Nations worked well in the province became virtually asveinl and economic fields, but feudol state, administered ruthless eu in political fields "for lessly and efficiently.

reasons that are obvious." General

tion

system. He recruited and trained an army of 70,000, And

for them.

a

dom.

Gurkha Rifles took

over the

SPANISH APPEAL FOR HELP TO OUST FRANCO

WORKERS

London, Mar. 30-All Spanish underground political movements, other than the Communists, have joined forces and appealed for worldwide help in a campaign to overthrow the Franco re- gime, according to reports reaching London.

A Joint manifesto, Issued by

schools and a fantastic Irriga

Ma

built roads, But, he went on: "It may the underground Union General continuo to work in the future de Trabajadores (Socialist) and

for limited only

period, the Confederation General del are bound Trabajo Sooner or later we

nd- Pittsburgh, in the United States, he taxed the people heavily torcedures

(Anarchist), is to recognise that the actual dressed to the workers of all

for International countries, except Russia.

set forth in the Although he is nominally the collaboration These countries are: Australia,

Dd- Its signatories specifically ex- are not wholly Belgium, Canada, Czechoslova-vernor of Ninglisin, General

for the objective of clude the Communists and claim kia, France, India, The Nether- Ma's power has extended over equate

maintaining Turkey, South only about one-fifth of the pro- lands, Poland,

world peace and 10 represent all "non-lotalita- outlawing war under the new rian" Spanish workers. parl helow Africa, Britain and the United vince-that

Great Wall i

conditions brought about by. States.

populated by Chinese.

technological progress"-United Press,

Each country will be repre- sented by mine workers, cm- ployers and Government om- elais. The report urged that belter use bu made of existing Jabour foreca

mines, with regularised recruitment of young workers and systematic Vocational training-Reuter,

in the

French Forces Mop Up In Frontier Town

the

Above the wall the popula tion is dominantly Mongul und has remained Indifferent to the general and his administration. The Mongula have turned more and more to the guidance, and have had direct trade and political contact with the Communist ple's Republic Mongolian Peo-

north

for

General Mo was once a stud- ent of Marxism, bul he

has. forsaken its doctrine since gain- Ing power. Now he is a bitter enemy of the Communists, and one of the few generals who has ever decisively defeated them in battle.

MUTUAL HATRED

But the bitter hatred is mu- tun. The Communists accuse Parim Mar. 30.-French forces Ma of burying alive sume 35.- Indo-000 of their soldiers in 1935. are mopping up in the Chinese-Chinese frontier town This

of Moncay, which was invaded followers did it,

Chinese Communials An by Sunday, French High Cam- mand said today, according to a despatch from Salgoo.

The communique reported: "With the aid of accomplices inside, Chinese Communists in- vaded The frontier clty Moncay on March 27,"

Charter

UN Receives

Letter From

HK Formosans

Their manifesto complains of the lack of positive help from outside, and aslts for aid from the French and Italian Trade Union Federations, the British Trades Union Congress, mem- bers of the American Congress of Industrial Organisation and the American Federation of

Labour.

Review Of ERP Aid

Britain Biggest Spender

Paris, Mar. 30-European Recovery Plan authorities an- nounced today that they had shared about 05 percent of the $4.800,000,000 allotted to their first year of work.

That thin statement WOS probably true is borne out by the fact that there was little resistance from the enemy aller they were driven out of Trun Wan,

The operations today, tho spokesman, are expected to consist of the clearing of the approaches to Ping Shan

tho

occupation

sald

of Important polats vital for preparation for the attack On the enemy's stronghold.

The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force continue to support the Army in these operations,

HK-S'hai 'Phone Link Inaugurated

Wis this

The radiophone service be- tween Hongkong and Shanghal Maugurated at 11 o'clock morning when His Excel- lency the Governor, Sir Alexan- der Grantham, speaking from Government House, exchanged greetings

with Mr K. C. Wu, Mayor of Shanghai.

From tomorrow the service will be open to the public for nine hours daily, with three hours only on Sundays and holl- days.

The service is being operated Company Limited and Cable by the Hongkong Telephone und Wireless Ltd.

and the minimum charge is $21 for three

minutes.

Call offices for the use of tho The ERP will be a year old will be situated at the Hongkong non-registered general public on Sunday. The manifesto appeals

Telephone Co's office, Exchange to workers to press their Gover- In the krst

Building. fourth 11 months of

floor, the ments to raise the issue of the ERP operations, they sold, the

Cable and Wireless office al Franco regime

Union Building, and at the at the United European Co-operation Ad-

Peninsula Hotel. Nations General Assembly nextministration authorised the 19 month,

areas receiving, aid to spend $1,500,700,000.

Reuter message from Shang- hoi states that high officials of international communications the Shanghai Telecom- munications Bureau attended the Inaugural ceremony.

Lake Success, Mar. 38-The United Nations sald today that It had received a communica- tion from

the Formosan "Four years have elapsed since.

from The authorisations approved League for Re-emancipallon in the Allied victory and the last Blangkong, but declined to dik-vestige of Nazism and Fascism in February totalled $273,100,- closed the contents.

still exists in Spain. There is 1000, 11 is customary for the UN no justification for your passive

information withhold

on attitude. communications from private

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This Agure brought France's share over the $1,000,000,000 "We are anti-totalitarinn bymark for the first time. Aid to conviction and are therefore the France so far has been $1,059,- enemies of dictatorship. That 000,000..

is why we have jolied forces with the other opponents of

is dented. He says his or non-governmental organisa- tions. When the Coinmunists nnally

"A despatch ̄from ~Hongkong, into Ninghsia, ou Sunday said thant 10 decide to move they will find a ferille field in Formosan

political organisations Franco. operate. But they will had asked the UN which to ope also face the problem of popula-General, Mr Trygve Lie. "Diplomats may postpone the fion differences.

whether it was possible to place solution of our problem, but we

of

If they choose to support the Chinese and thus control the towns and communications lines -they will certainly allenate Montuls And if they cater It was quoted as saying that for the Monguls, they will deve the Army turrison, which con- sisted mostly of native sharp-Top an almosity

th

amank the

Secretary

Britain, at the log of the list, has been authorised to spend $1,162,800,000:

Cotton was the biggest item in before the General Assembly a cannot accept any procrastina-February. The ERP countries proposal for a plebiscite to de-tion on fise part of workers' or were granted $43,700,000 to buy termine, whether the Formosan ganisations throughout the it. people want independence.

The Assembly will meet in New York on Tuesday,

Under UN rules, the General | Assembly agenin is limited to

work."Beuter.

For the 11 months, however. bread grains continued to be the biggest Rem -$813,000,000 worth

Petroleum products were

Chinese shooters, succeeded in bolding There appears to be only one items submitted by member BRITAIN ASKED the city. Women and children solution to the problem when it governments. took reftige with them.

arises. Greater autonomy, must This would rule out any pro- TO CLEAR OUT second, with a value of $424,- be given the Monguls, and re-posal for a Formosan plebiscite duced taxes and a higher stan- unless It was sponsored by one dard of living must be allowed of the 58 nations in the UN- the Chinese.--Associated Press. Associated Press.

The agency said the Army listed its tosses as about 30 killed and the same number wounded."

It said an Army relief column had made contact with the city and, aided by

nircraft, Wis mopping up today. The com- quoted as munique was also

Communists

saying

that the

were retreating around Loa Kay in the northwestern

Indo-China.

Other French

sector

of

An

Army, open- tions are under way near Haung Supai, northeast of Loa Kay, anÍ In the Langson sector, accord ing to the communkque. carlier dispatch from Hanoi zaid, that more than 60 Communists were killed in the Moncay fight- Ing.-United Press.

Communist To

Stand Trial

Sydney, Mar 30-Mr Lanco Sharkey, the 50-year old Gen- eral Secretary of the Austro- Han Communist Party, was for trial at today committed the next session of the Central Criminal Couri on a charge of uttering seditious words.

A further charge against him of having published seditious words was dismissed.

Mr Sharkey had pleaded not Bulity

charges. The to both magistrate ruled that no prima facie case had been established

on the second charge. 1 Mr Sharkey, whose committal followed in two-day, hearing, In special court here, was granted A£80 ball-Reuter.

n

SIDE GLANCES

1-31

London, Mar. 30.-Egyptian

and Sundanese nationals, under

400,000.Associated Press.

the chairmanship of the Young NATIONALISTS

Bus.

Egypt Party's secretary, sein Ham Salem, published the

By Galbraith following resolutions adopted

COFR, 1940 BY KEA SERVICE, INC. Y. M. REO. U, IL. PAT. OFT.

"Do you suppose the boss wants me to clean this filo?.

Ho just said, "this file certainly needs a good cloaning”—

I wish he wasn't so vagus!"*

at a meeting last night:

3.

The Briush

Government

MOVING OUT

Shanghai, Mar. 31,--The Shun orter the immediate evacua-Pao, quoting military sources, 1lon of British troops from said part of the Nationalist gar- Egypt and Sudan,

rison was withdrawn from An- king, but government troops are

2. Physical and political still holding the airfield. It sald unity of the Nile Valley ig fighting has reached a decisive

essential for both Egypt and stage. the Sudan.

3., Egypt and the

Anking is 150 miles Southwest Sudan of Nanking on the Yangisa retain a Arm beller in their River.

right to enjoy complete free-

dom

Nationalist Navy units re and independence as portaly bombarded three smull masters of the Nile Valley. islands in the river which are United Press.

in Communist hands.-Associat- ed Press.

Doctors Seek

Self-Protection

Radio Hongkong

акт. 8.00.

London, Mar. 30.-The Drillsh Children's Story "Pirates Creek

Programme Rummary: 4.01. Medical Association-the "Doc- by Jean Marsh (DUCTS: 6.30, La tors' Parliament"-agreed today, Hemi-fleure Francalse (Studio); 7.00,

by an overwhelming majority, to

i set up a "Protection" Association, to be called the British Medical Guild.

linve

World News and News Analysis (London Relay): 7.15, Hongkong Calling Shanghai"-The Opening of a new Cable and Wireless Telephone Link (Studtor: 7.30, "Down Iteat Disc" Presented by

J'aul

tfie

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to-

UNRRA FINALLY WINDS UP

30.-The Washington, Mor. United Nations Relief and Re- habilitation Administration doy voled itself into history after winding up its last post- war relief scheme, which cost just under $4,000,000,000,

The Central Committee of UNRRA

formally resolved at a final meeting today that its five and a half year's emergency task was complete.

The remaining funds already have been turned over to suc- cessor organizations.-Reuter.

OUTWARD MAILS

With ect from April 1, the postage for local letters and postcards will be increased дя follows-Hongkong, Kowloon and the New Territories, 10 cesta for rach ox. or part of an ouder (letters); 5 cents each (postcards), Coples of the Colony's Annuál Report for 1945, (priče sa) are on sale at the General Post Omes and Central Post Omen, Kowloon, Surface mall for Tientsin and Pelping can be accepted for on- ward transmission via Shanghal And Chinwangtao.

Unless otherwise stated, re- Klitored articles and

parcel cartier poits closa 30 minules than the ordinary mail, if mails close before 10 am, registered and parcel posts close at 3 pm. on the previous day. Mulia are closed at kawinon Central Post Once half an hour earlier than the OPO closing times

THURSDAY, MARCH 11.

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Bangkok, Itatavia, Colombo, Syd- ney and Auckland, 5 pm

Shanghat and Japan, 5 pm Singapore. 3 p.m Saigon and Paris, pm

Closing Times By Ben Shanghal 3 pm. Manila. 3 p.m.

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Sydney, Mot, 30–Next month will bring the greatest migrant movement to Australin since the. 1850 goldrush, Mr Arthur Cul- well, the Austration Immigration Minister, said today.

He announced in Canberra that more than 25,000 Australin- bound migrants will be on the water in April. Twelve liners will bring 12,772 migrants from Britain while 13 International

Refugee Organisation transports will bring 11,290 European dis- placed persons to Australia,

It is suggested that the Guild Swart (Studio): 8.00, Fram Editorials" (London Relay}; power to organise and Vocal Recital by Dorrio Toster

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He added that he does not ex-

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