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Chinese Throng Airport To Flee From Shanghai

TWO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC

COURIERS ARRIVE

(Frank H. Bartholomew, United Press Vico- President for the Pacific Division, arrived în Shanghai yesterday to take charge of United Press coverage of the Chinese civil

His first dispatch from the scene follows.)

war.

Shanghai, Apr. 25.-I stepped off the plane at the International Airport here early this evening and found that it was thronged with wealthy Chinese awaiting air evacuation in any direction. Waiting rooms at the air- port were piled high with baggage. traffic was unbelievedly congested. Incoming planes were stacked up on the air strips.

Air

There was no sign of any war damage around the airport. The excitement and tension officials among the Customs and Immigration reflected the Communist threat to this city of 6,000,000.

Rala ell from the lowering skies as one of the great cllies POCKET CARTOON of the world waited to be in-

International

Reds To Fight

U.S. Policy

Party, April 25.-The Com- munist dominated. Work Peuce Congress today launched a new world-wide commillee to fight American polley in the nimo of

peace.

vndcu.

The Chinese currency was collapsing hour by hour. American dofinrs were not ac-

Willinm ceptable,

Carthy, newsreel photographer who ne companied me from Tokyo was held by the Customs until Northwest Airlines paid on his behalf $2,100,000 In Shanghai currency as duty on three rolls of films. The Airline delivered the money In $1,000 bills fas tened with rubber bands-a total value of US$15.

Half a mile from the airport on our way into Shanghal, we were stopped at a harbed wire

enger.

4 MILES IN 2 HOURS All Chinese were required to produce identification cans. Two hours were required to creep the four-mile distance from the airport to the city. The roads were jammed with refugees in every type of conveyance and in every condition of life.

the p-

I was told that during the day the streets in the city had been, crowded with all kinds of and humanity. Bul vehicles this evening some semblance of At their closing session, the

normalcy had returned. 2.000 delegates unanimously i The awareness approved a resolution setting up proaching Communist armics A permanent organisation along was reflected in the refugees, Cominform lines to carry on a hudellect in the doorways of propaganda war against actions which might menace pesce or downtown buildings to ward off the rain as best as they could The Police and the eity authorities

doing their best to improve the situation.

those

which "infringe on 111 tional Independence."

In the lexicon of the congress,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1949.

One man was killed and nine injured when the roof of a reservoir under construction at Santa Monica, Calif., collapsed on workmen. The body of the Arrow at left workman killed, Robert Lacy, 65, was buried in wet concrete.

AP Picture. points to injured man being treated by policeman.

MacArthur Wants Information About Japanese Prisoners

In Russian Hands

Tokyo, Apr. 26.-General MacArthur's diplomatic chief today demanded from Russia "all available" information concerning the deaths, disappearances and serious illness of Japanese war prisoners still in Soviet territory, pointing out that Moscow thus far has failed to furnish all such information.

representative in The official message presented to the Soviet Tokyo, Lieutenant General Kuzma N. Derevyanko, said the matter was of "grave concern to the Supreme Commander" in his implementation of the terms of surrender and the Potsdam Declaration.

The letter

to

information General | sary

The letter Asked General Derevyanko to seek the ncces-

Britain's New

Attitude

Toward Spain

from the

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road block. Nationalist soldiers with rifles were ready to check every article on the crowded Derevyanko was signed by Mr Soviet government. rbad and every Individual pass-William J. Sebald, chairman It is estimated that considera-

and American member of the bly over 40,000 Japanese Allied Council for

Soviet-con- Japan, still detained in General Derevyanko represents trolled areas despite continued

SCAP efforts to the Soviet Union on the same;

expedite their body.

The completion reparation. of mass repatriation from all United States-controlled areas In the Western Pacific and the Far East was officially announ- ced on January 8, 1947. REPATRIATION PROBLEM

Mr Sebald's letter said: "Re- ference is made to the discus- sion on the problem of repatria- tion at the 44th meeting of the Alled Council for Japan October 29, 1947. Specifically your attention is invited to the remarks pertaining to appro- priate information concerning the records of death, disap London. Apr. 25.-Britain pearance or serious illness of

Japanese prisoners of war.. hos started, step by step,! I is a matter of grave con- softening her attitude to-cern to the Supreme Commun- ward Spain, diplomatic quurder In his implementation' of the terins of surrender" und "by""re- De- of the Potsdam claration that the Japanese people be kept informed cerning matter of vital impor- tance

such to them

as the pertinent data mentioned above, "As you are no doubt aware there has at no time been any report whatsoever

the from authorities concerning

Union or terri- tories under the control of the from Information available to Commander that any effort is being made by the Soviet authorities so to appraise the Supreme Commander as the sole executive authority for the Allied Powers In

In Japani "Such information would be

not only

the of interest Japanese people and particular- ly to

to the families of the Indi- "GETTING GERTIE'S viduals concerned but it is ve

were

The Central Bank of China ters here believed today. ference

the Atlantie Part and the Tru- mun Doctrine menace peace and, and other the European Recovery

government organi-

sations were operating as usual. Pro-

non-

gratmine violates national inde- Commodity and financial mar-pointing to eventual British ac- kets gave most of their atten- pendence.

accounts tion to setting

An accompanying manifesta over from last week. denounced the present conflicts

la Indo-Chino, Indonesin,

Malaya and Greece, but omitted any reference to China.

PRICES RESTORED

Japanese

in the Soners of war heid

were OMeinl quarters committal about developments

Spain left quiescence in receiving

back into the family of Wes- tem nailons. A Foreign Office 4 spokesman said the Govern- ment's attitude was the same as The United States dollar outlined earlier this month by moviel dropped in relation to the Gold the Foreign Under-Secretary,,pane Without mentioning hames, Yuan and was averaging 300,- Mr Christopher Mayhew. the manifesto declared that "we 1000 Gold Yuan to US$1. Green- However, other quarters Soviet Union, nor is it apparent know who is tearing up the UN backs lost their lure for street pointed out that even Mr May clarter," This,

previous vendors.

in Britain's speakers had made clear, was slashed their prices on Satur-hew's statement represented a

* slight withdrawal a reference to the powers which day in an effort to unload then

that she position

no longer stocks before the Communists

restoration of would oppose were bocsting quotations back to normal to diplomatic relations with Spain day

algned the Atlantic Pact.-As-arrived.

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PRESS COMMENT On our arrival at the airport, "Russian diplomatic

London's two most influential courier"

through Chinese Customs on diplomatic newspapers, the Times and the

lleved also to member nations immunity. Their 351 pounds of Telegraph, today stressed

relations with

of the Far Eastern Commission excess luggage was passed the need for closer The Hague, Apr. 33.-The same way without examination. Spain In light of the cold war,

charged with the formulation of Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) The couriers, Grigort

"Prokine,

same time, military policy pertaining to the occupe- announced today the suspension 42.

had quarters renewed pressure for tion of Japan. Titov, of their service from Batavia described their trip as "routine." widening the Atlantic Pact to

"It is therefore requested to Shanghal because of the But their presence aboard the include Spain with it last-ditch in conformity with the normal unsettled situation in China.

and their trip to Shanghai defence along the Pyrenees. planc

of International The suspension will not affect when it seemned about to Zail the service to Singapore and into

Paris dispatches reported simt-that you approach you govern- Communist hands arouse

in official quarters ment with a view to oblaining 17 there, that the time had come all available information con- route. Reuter,

vitat to review and revise, relations cerning with Spain, whatever her gov-Japanese ernment,

Bangkok along the same considerable interest.-United for feeling

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