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Hongkong Telegraph

VOL. IV NO. 89

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1949.

Today's Red Ultimatum Backed

Valley Tips

(By "THE TURF”)

Roslyn

1ST RACE

Alxlul Hamid

Iron Mask

Outsider: Shame.

2ND RACE

Canadian Potato

Green Velvet

Jorrocks

Outsider:-Sharpshooter,

Anyway

3RD RACE

Prince Delight

The Chief

OutsiderSuctice of Peace,)

V.L.P.

Florella

4TH RACE

Sparkling Star

Outsider:Southeast Wind.

5TH RACE

Chief Pilot

King of Pence

Bootsie

Outsider

6TH

Panda

Daisy Bell

Lili Marlene

RACE

Vagabond King

Outsider:-Chesterfeld,

7TH RACE

Dashing Beauty II Whirlaway Ding How

Outsider:-Marber,

8TH RACE

Arabian Dagger Ben Wyvis Duchess Delight

Egyptian Field.

9TH RACE

Hop Yick *Condor

Stayer

Outskler-Mimi.

10TH RACE

Crown Witngas

D-Day

Noonday Sun

Outsider-Beckenham,

_11THRACE

Ann Hing

Autumn Leat

Kwong Yiu

Argus.

12TH

RACE

Big Shot

Seafre

The Dingo

Outsider:-Lana

EDITORIAL

By New

Offensive

NATIONALISTS RETREAT

Lose Bridgeheads

Nanking, Apr. 18.-Red forces on the north bank of the Yangtse River, underlining the despatch of a political three-day ultima tum to the Nationalists, yesterday launched a new offensive against Kuomintang positions in the Chinkiang sector, according to the Na- tionalist Military News Agency last night.

The Agency said that the Nationalists, under pressure, had evacuated bridgeheads at Kaochiaochen and Lauchow, north-east of Chinkiang. Simultaneously with the new offensive Red artillery units began a bombard- ment of the south bank of the Yangtse,

Earlier, the Communist Radio announced that

it had fixed April 20 as the deadline for the Nan- king Nationalist Government's acceptance of the peace programme brought back to Nanking by the Nationalist perce delegate Mr Huang Shao-hsiung.

is belleved Milltary observers here con- The programme

Acting President de-sidered that a Communist mand that Red forces should Li would get support from Kuo- to come south of mintang militarists in attempt- be allowed

the the Yangtse after a peace settle-ng unified resistance it

the re- Cabinet decides not to concede to supervise ment

to contain

uryanitation

konies.

of Nationalist to Hed demands.

The Pelping Radio said Inst night that the peace programme The next three days urc ex-

been drafted between pected to be the most critical had

ad-discussions. It

In the short history of Acting April I and April 12 in informal included the President Li Tsung-Jen's ministration which has been opinions of both Nationalist and

delegations the Reds Communist arcking

peace with

(10 Chiang third parties Generalissimo since

Kal-shek temporarily retired munist-parties--supporting_the_

un January 21.

72 hours next Within the

Li munt de- Acling President termine whether to submit to the Communist demand for a peaceful Yangtse crossing rejecting and witnessing undertake a forceful D-Day.

or

them

Reds).

New Gold Regulations

the

und anti-Com-

· Rear View of St Anthony's hospital at height of fire where at least 47 persons, includ- ing 12 new born in- American fants, the

Cross reported, were dead or missing in the night fire which speedily consumed the building at Effingham, Illinois AP "Picture,

Red

Labour Out To Recoup Election

Losses

HOSPITAL DISASTER

Europe's Gayest

Easter

hats

For

10 Years

London, Apr. 17.-Brilliant sunshine and resplendent clothing gave Europe its gayest Easter in ten years. From Wenceslaus Square in Prague to Champs de Elysees in Paris and Rotten Row in Londo, Europeans paraded in perfect spring weather, displaying new finery or made-over old clothes.

and

Dine

At the

For

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Price 20 Cents

Tel: 27880

New Irish Republic

Greeted With Gums & Fireworks

Cheering Crowds Choke Dublin's Main Streets

Dublin, Apr. 17.-The sound of roaring guns and by the light of fireworks flashing in the sky, the Republic was born today. The Republic, free and independent after centuries of varying degrees of kinship with the British Empire, was proclaimed by à 21-gun salute at one minute after midnight.

in

massed thoroughfare,

Upwards of 50,000 persons

main O'Connell Street, Dublin's and surged onto O'Connell Bridge, where the guns fired their salute ccross the dark waters of the River Liffey.

As midnight approached, more thousands of persons straumed into the city by train, trolley, bus and car and the apathy that had marked the last few days was gone. Tonight the crowds had the feeling they were watching history. They massed' outside the massive grey Post Office building, where Padraig Pearse had battled the British and proclaim- the Republic 33 years ago today--the same Irish republic born now.

hold the people of the Republie of Ireland in close association with my subjects of the United Kingdom.

grateful

The Post Office was bathed In Bloodlight. Huge Irish tri- colours. orange, green and white, bright in the searchlights

were draped across the Over the platform from

In most "I hold front.

memory the services where the President will review | me tomorrow's Army parade was a sacrifices of the men map of Ireland; the 20 countries of the South were outlined in green and the six countries of the partitioned North in bright

orange.

and

and

women of your country who had, rendered gallant assistance to our couso in the recent war, and who made a notable con- tribution to our victories.

"I pray that every may be with you today and in the future."

blessing

Sweating police did their best to keep a narrow lane open for trafe in O'Connell Strukt, but the surging masses were too Pope Pius XII said: "We ex- great to be held back. For the press to Your Excellency our first time since before the war. cordial felicitations. We assure Dublin buses and streetcars ran your, too, of our prayerful good after 11 o'clock at night, Because wishes for the continued peace It was. Sunday, all bars were and prosperity of your country. closed at seven p.m. last night, and we impart from our heart to but the colours Buttered from you and the people of Ireland. their fronts. The guns sounded our Apostolic Blessings." here were echoed by others in

IMPORTANT MILESTONE' and Limerick. Cork, Athlone Across the green Island, Chunch

an

recent King George, convalescing from his operation, attended Church services in the Royal Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle. The King and Queen motored from Windsor Lodge to the chapel, but Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of Edin-

Other messages were received London, Apr. 17:--Socia

Malan, Dr Daniel

"the burgh and Princess Margaret walked to the chapel-belts-peated-the-proclamation-of lists will make a bid to re-

Uie Republic. After the gun from along paths. fringed with daffodils. A band concert

salute, Breworks were shot into Prime Minister of South Africa, The Radio said that April 20

the night sky from O'Connell Mr Peter Fraser, the Prime in the Castle grounds in the afternoon attracted and! was the date set for signing the coup their heavy losses in

London

Minister of New Zealand. Mr over 10,000 persons.

Bridge-United Press.

Louis

Prime St. Laurent, the peace programme and the No-last week's tionalist must say yes or no by other county Council elec-1

of Minister

Canada, Pandit' MANY GOOD WISHES than 100,000 More that date. It added that the protions in nation-wide local

persons Patrick's Cathedral, while thou

inside of worshippers

Nehru, the Prime Minister of along sands gramme comprised 24 points and | contests between now and saw the Easter parade

Dublin, Apr. 17.--Congratu- India, Professor Luigi Einaudi, (Continued on Page 8.)

May 14.

Rotten Row in London's Hyde were commemorating the resursi

rection of Christ.

lations on the coming into force the President of Italy, and from Park Twenty thousand councillors

With Britain's clothing TO- They shaved Easter paraders of the Republic of Eire Act to- Suo Shwe Thalk, the President will be elected in these contests,

could walk up morrow poured into Dubbin of Burma. tioning now ended, women aside so they

addressed to the Pre-

In Washington. Mr Sean which Involve 392 county and were in ure-war splendour and and down in the jammed street today, of Eire, Mr Sean 7 non-county boroughs, 572 urban the men dit even better. Many demonstrating against President sident

MucBride, the Eireann Foreign O'Kelly.

Minister, who is touring

the councils, 472 rural district coun- London men were not content to Truman and all talk of war. cils, Scottish -county and wear the traditional Easter top

President Truman said. "United Sintes, raid today that the A Marine walked over to one borough councils, and the vital Wat of

they gray. Instead,

send you and to the Irish people, the coming into force of chain of 28 Londen metropolitan showed up at Rotten now with of them and struck him boroughs.

United

sincere States, of burgundy or hunting then disappeared in the crowd, on behalf of the people of the Republic of Eire Act was

the his- good important milestone Thought Socialists have Inst pink. They cheered lustily and The police intervened and or-

the demonstrators to wishes for the continued welfare tory of the struggle for com- their great majority in the Lon-waved their multi-hued head-dered

Two of them re- and prosperity of your country." plète independency. don County Council they still

gear at the main attraction of move on. 28 the

Mr Clement Attlee, the Prime of the predominate in 22

Easter parade a horse fusod. James

He said it was the first time of the world borough | drawn stagecoach Mied Individual

with down in the street and

said. "On this significant Loudon

of Ireland of that the Republic councils. Urgent efforts will be pretty girls, dressed in Vic policemen had to carry him off Minister of the United Kingdom, in the history

I send a message clothes

will be internationally recog drinking to gaol. Arrested with him was casion. and made by the London local ortorian

Mathias Kauton, 38, Greenwich

greeting from the Government ganisations to avert a repetition champagne.

and the people of the United pled. This occasion is marred of the London County Counell Over 1,300,000 persens left village artist..

lunately a portion" The police said this was the Kingdom to the Republic, and by the fact that unfor while thousands of Britons and only unpleasantness to mar the all good wishes for its progress country regains cut away from REASON FOR LOSSES

the rest of Ireland.”—Reuter, of Members

"We have many of Parliament re- lesser numbers of Americans big "fashion show." They said md prosperity In the future. turning from their constituencies strolled along the boulevardes the crowd remained at a con-

sat in sidewalk cales, stant 1,500,000 throughout most kinship and common interests 1 look forward with Britam yesterday or throughout

drluks or eating of the parading on Fifth Avenue and

confidence to the belleved that Labour's losses of sipping cool

with many persons coming and complete

of a close day. The maintenance

and JOHN MASEFIELD 338 sents in the County Council Ice-cream. of the

ngoing during the elections in England were due to The temperature was 30

tho cordial friendship between our

SERIOUSLY ILL of the anti-degrees full muster

Fabrenheit in Paris skies were clear blue and

strolled up und hadas paraders Socialist vote and an unsatis and 73 in London, which had temperature climbed toward 50 two countries."

London, Apr. 17.-Mr John of turnout

Labour

its warmest Easter in

GRATEFUL MEMORY GO dawn on sidewalks and in the

Mazefeld, the Poet Laureate, is years. The thermometer ran to street to seo and be seen.

The

"I send seriously ill at his home at Socialist Some attributed

King George sold: 79 In Frankfurt, the highest Fifth Avenue from 42nd Street losses partly to the impact of Sir

you my sincere good wishes on Abingdon, Berkshire. He, is 70. recorded there this year. The to the Central Park was a zea food Stafford Cripp's higher

Germans wore their brightest of gay Easter bonnets jammed this day, being well aware of He had influenza recently and clothes since pre-Hiller days brin to brim.-United Press. the neighbourly links which compilcations followed.--Router." prices" budget, but others laid Ser greater stress on the gradual trend of voles ince the Sociallets Many drove to the Main air- to sit in the sun and Initial victories after the 1945 base

watch. American aircraft ako General Election.

same restrictive levels as pertaining in Two COVERNMENT'S new finance regula-

rest of the Sterling aren. tions which aim to wipe out the so-

questions immediately arise, and only called black market in gold dealings

and experience can provide the time have, naturally, caused consternation

answers. One is whether the regulations without among those whose livelihood depends on

objective Calfl their can general while the these transactions,

the Colony: feeling of damaging the economy of publie will be forgiven a

uf

the other whether they will not have the the- scepticism about

prospects

effect of creating an underground, and black effectively applying the new restrictions

therefore a much more vicious In the light of post-war experiences in

The market than now in existence. other parts of the world where legislation

lunger of a new and intensified black has attempted to suppress black markets.

market cannot be ignored; In fact it is Government explains the reasons for the

underlined by Government's observation new regulations, firstly, that it is Hong-

that

variation the current kong's duty, as a member of the Inter-

Defence (Finance) Regulations is neces- national Monetary Fund to observe the

sitated largely because the prohibition of under which the articles of agreement

import and export of gold has failed to Colony has certain obligations to fulfil:

have the desired effect. This is 'a tacit secondly, that it is necessary to take

actions while certain admission that creation of new steps to prevent the

conflict with

and dealings can be declared illegal, that i-rates of exchange which

does not, in itself, bring such dealings to exchange stability. In the official view

an end. The difficulty which confronts of the Imperial Government, Hongkong is

the Authorities is to implement restric- part. of the Sterling 'aren and as such በጸ the bears similar responsibilities

tive regulations of this type. They Invite a more cunning type of smuggling, the Home country and other parts of the Commonwealth in the

prevention of which may involve the maintenance of

establishment of a large and expensive Sterling's International exchange value

department, whose operations, no matter and the elimination, as far as possible,

how energetically pursued, may still fall of monetary transactions capable of

lo slop the traille. On moral grounds wenkeuing Sterling against gold cur-

Government requires no justifiention of rencles. Government has long recognised

now regulations, but whether they this position, but its policy has been the permit

can be implemented in a practical and aufficiently realistic to

irs gold successful manner has yet to be proved. n "free market" operation of

The gesture has been mado and un- Inkofar that this has made a contribution

doubtedly other members of the Inter. to the rapid commercial rehabilitation of

national Monetary Fund are gratified: the Colony. Apparently yielding to

let it be hoped these measures meet with pressure by members of the International

the success for which they are intended, Monetary Fund, Government has now

though, it seems this will depend on the found it necessary to introduce regula-

willing co-operation of the public- tions which, if capable of effective

unfortunately not one of the Colony's application, will, eliminate this free

most striking characteristics. market, and bring' dealings la gold to the

.

its

landslide.

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factory voters.

Parls

for

the

countryside,

Peck, 58, laid two

tles

OC

of

our

Russia Believed To Be Ready To Lifted

da

The Berlin' Blockade

Dic

Welt

off to hurdle the Soviet Relatively few Labour Mem- bers of Parliament were pre-blockade of Berlin,

The Lowlands also basked in the County

Berlin, Apr. 17.--Vladimiri pared to accept

.Only in sunshine. Council results as a final guide warm

was the weather Dekanosov, former Soviet to the contests altit to come. Starlinavia

but the skler wera Ambassador to Germany, is Many considered that the un-coalish.

in Berlin to seek a face ons. Ten days later, he was, make advances to the bi-zonní favourable budget. Impact would clear there.-United Press. PARADE PICKETED

furt seeking trade agreements. be short-lived--Reuter.

Germany, New Yrok. 17-New York & Saving formula for lifting med Russian Ambassador to economie commission in Frank said his arrival These proposals would include TO RETURN ILP

parade was the Berlin blockade, German

here coincided with strong offers to lift traffic realrictions on inter-zonal trade on a re- Blackpool. Apr. 17-The In-traditional Ensler

Party, aplekoted today in a demonstra-sourcea reported today.

efforts by the Soviet zone Ger dependent Labour

to elprocal basis. This would mean The presence of Dekanosov, man Economic Commission dwindling left wing group was tion against war, while 1,000,-

resumption of traffic persons strolled in

Two of believed to be one of the top obtain the Russian military ge- | gradual the

and the forerunner of the Labou000 other

011 experts German vernment approval of a plan to between East Berlin at is annual their Easter Anery, Party, decided

was reported by the lift the blockade. "These efforts Western zanes in return for lift- conference here today to resume the pickets wound up in gaol Russian

the West allied counter- and others were disposed by affairs, electoral activiiles.

one of them British, licensed German news have reached a decisive singe,"

blockade. and the news Die Welt said. This reversed in lecision taken the police after

It was not The formula reportedly nd- The Economic Commission, at the party's 1048 bonference. had a fist fight with a United agency, CPD,

marine, who was an- paper, Die Welt.

confirmed by Russian sources. vanced by the Economic Com-headed by Heinrich Rah, based The repeal of conscription and a States

neutrality fornoyed with the placards.

the former mission calls for all negotia- its appeal to the Soviet Military policy of strict

The demonstrations represen-

Foreign Britain were called for In other

Commissar Hons to be carried out by Ger- Administration on the fact that

the counter-blockada resolutions. Another criticised ting organisations called "pence-deputy

"Fellowship of Ko-under Maxim Litvinov and he mans subject to subsequent no- the Soviet Government but ex-makers,"

The Germani zono economy, Dio'Well,said. pressed determiuntion to counter construction" and the "War accompanied Foreign Commissar proval by the Soviet military breaking the back of the Soviet

Commission would 1. United Press, Die war hysteria, in the world. Resisters Lenguo walked up V. M. Molotov to Berlin for the netministration,

land down

Reuter,

מ

coni

Dekanosov was

front of St 1040 Hitler-Stalin pact negotia- Economie

.

Was