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Hongkong Telegraph.

VOL. IV NO. 123

American Evacuation From S. China

Hospital Ship As Floating Hotel

evacuation of

Full details of plans for the American citizens from South China

wore dis.

closed by Vico-Admiral Oscar C. Badger, Com States Naval mander-in-Chief of the United

Press conference Forces, Western Pacific, at a held in the American Club, Hongkong Bank building, this morning. He said that, by reason. of the fact certain American citizens would not be allowed through Hongkong because they could not state any place at which they could stay, the hospital ship Repose, which is duc shortly, will be utilised as a floating transit hotel until somo ship was ready to take the evacuees away.

Admiral Bnuger stated that the Repose had now alongside a ship and was, taking on board fresh vegetables, tomatoes and celery from the United States,

Admiral Badger at this morning's

press

conference.

and frozen meats enough 1,000 people for 30 days,

for

At the conclusion of his slate- ment, Admiral Badger, in reply to a correspondent's question to whether the U.S. Fleet, it offered facilities at. Formosa, would use it as a

base in the event of evacuating from Tsing- tao, stated that that was a mat- ier for high Government de

settled in cision to bo

London and Washington. He added that he did not mind being quoted on his personal opinion which was that Formosa was not suitablo for the needs of a force of his size and it was fairly busy at present with the support of the. Chinese force,

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Abrupt End To Battle Up Riot

Of Shanghai

SURRENDER OF LAST RESISTANCE POINTS

Foreigners Play Big Part

In

The

Final

Phases

Shanghai, May 27.—As sudden as the crash of an Oriental gong in an empty street, peace and quiet returned to Shanghai at midnight. The military phase of the Reds' takeover of this sprawling city ended in one final mad burst of fighting on the North bank of Soochow Creek. The final collapse was complicated by indecision among the barricaded Nationalists in buildings, which was finally broken by the intercession of foreigners and the brisk arrival of Communist.soldiers.

Foreign Aid

Bill Passed

Washington, May 26.-

"

com-

Thereafter the Reds swept on into Hongkow. and North Shanghai, and quickly eliminated the handful of holdouts while off to the North-west Woosung fell and government forces which failed. to reach the evacuation point surrendered peace fully.

Thus ended the month long marched them

out and

the city centre, almost hyster LDEN 23 kato“ thebullol"} Train Stoppage: with problems confronting them particularly urged the House to over and amazed that so few packed but quiet Bund from

Soyiets Relent

House

who

were Admiral Badger made it clear The House of Representa- siege and flerce two-day pitch then gathering up the Nationa

the battle in the heart of the city,llet orms. It was too much for that Navy accommodation was tives today passed adequate but not palatial and

into new management and Com- The main past office was a commerciel rates-namely steer- US$5,617,470,000 foreign aid during which Shanghal passed mo-I went upstairs to bed." age would be charged. People bill after going most of the munism consolidated its claim on sorry sight from mortar shells and there were taany casualties, would have to accept Incon-

no private way to meet President Tru- the world's fourth city.

Early this morning thousandsall Chinese, but the American, Soviet Consulates bathrooms, etc. The Repose was man's last-minute appeal for

of civilians, Chinese and foreign, British and

asenped

with only damage to due to arrive on June 3.... more money.

Shanghai Passage

was by a standing who had been trapped in the his Admiral Badger began

measure battle lines for 59 hours crossed the building and the conference by explaining why he vote of 193-27. The

Soochow's bridges and joined General Hospital was not hit.

Mr Topper and Mrs Hump- now goes to the Senate. was here. He said he came to

Garden Bridge of In a letter read just before their families and friends in Minister Counsellor contact

thelr

ordeal, was Clark, head of the U.S. Embassy the final vote on the

Mr. Truman çally happy measure, Group in Canton In-connection promise me

or Injured. Broadway Mansions. A ricksha

civilian boy tried to sell them a ride. In South and

The number of էր

some part of restore the $154,000,000 cut by had been killed

Said Mrs Hampson, Appropriations Committer Western China. It was not a Ure

casualties is not known, so far 31:

1,000,000,- very difficult problem.but it re- from his requested

than 200, practically all Chinesong, "Life certainly returns to Berlin, May 26.-The Russians quired certain assistance by the the occupied areas. The but is believed to run to less spent 50 hours on the battle

met him halfway on that

I couldn't Navy for the Consular groups.

Worth adding to the tales of

normal quickly; belleve yielded to urgent Allied repreThere were some Americans in request by voting 120-30 to re-

cut, the unpredictable East was the

to seo "the my eyes store sentations today and hauled four Canton and the Canton area and

$75,000,000 of the

final

the Na- surrender of CartChina who bringing to $920,000,000 the tala onulists in Broadway Mansions, it seems like I had been in ricksba boy on Garden Bridge, American and British passenger in other parts

for the occupied areas in the and mail-trains into Derlin. after.

where Henry Topper, an Austra 1930. year "One of our difficulties is that fiscal the trains had been called in the wanted to leave China,

$925,000,000 for the linn, finally managed to convines that-buliding 10 years. Besides full of people

Nationalist machinegunners that those

for Marshall

their officers had surrendered in to give any aid to the 148 Bri- desiring to evacuate cannot get $3,508,470,000

adjacent bulidings. He and Mrs and American passingers or clear through Hongkong by Plan spending. Under the com- to remove them by bus. Thirty the local authorities unless they

this amount can be Fred Hampson, also caught in promise,

10% 11rst

the building, did this by a suc. place spent during the five passengers on one train, in-

can state that they have cluding the Hollywood director, George Seaton, his wife and two to stay at when they come to months of the fiscal year 1950 cession of phone calls with the administration soldiers were finally convinced, The children, had run out of drink-longitong," said the Admiral, instead of being spread over 12 aid of Chinese interpreters. The

of months. "And there are very few ing water and were low on food

will be able to come back for stacked their arms and went to such who them

make can supplies.

There are about 120 more money for the final month another part of the building to The Soviet authorlties relent-statement.

and a half of the fiscal year wait. Americans in. the Chungking ed and ordered Soviet locomo

they have 1050. This would nearly equat tives to haul the trains into Ber- area who although

the spending rate proposed by Hong- lin after-the Allies had appeal-transport cannot get in

Truman for the second of the Marshall Plan- year United Presa,

Soviet Zone for 43 hours.

The Russians at first refuse! Hongkong In 50 * Americans occupled areas, the bill. carries the handful of "Taiwan trained Associated Press

tish

now that

ed urgently to Russian military kong because they have no place Mr headquarters at Karlshorst.--

United Press.

EDITORIAL

THE

to stay,

(Continued on Page 5)

Devaluation Considerations

New which THE persistency with

York financial interests, or rather speculators, resurrect rumours of devalua- tion of Sterling, is extraordinary in view of the categorical declarations by Sir Stafford Cripps that there is no intention of carrying out any such measure. Morcover, these so-called pundits take

delight

pinning their 'especial

In the Pound, deliberately prophesies to Ignoring the fact that if Sterling "Is devalued, so also must be the rest of the European currencies, making it virtually impossible for Britain. to take unilateral action In 'revising : its own currency, Also lost sight of is the salient fact. that Britain's financial policy is an integral part of her long-term economic policy, and that to attempt to divorce one from the other would be to repudiato a line of action which has already achieved much, towards effecting the nation's ' recovery. Actually, the three main factors which have influenced the position of the United Kingdom have had a corresponding effect on nearly half the world's popula-" tlon. In the first place, Britain stands to pay for a fifth of all: Imports from overseas investments; in the second place, the cost of raw materials has risen three times elnice 1998; and in the third place, the immense unbalance between the ~i~ Western hemisphere and the rest of the world in trade as a result of World War I has catised a dollar shortage. There zard decisive influences In the formulating:

social

of

only to effect economic and. recovery, but for the purpose

The strengthening the Pound Sterling." santo influences explain the continuation of austerlly and high taxatlon "which" combat inflation and simultaneously assist in making. Sterling a completely Independent currency as well as a medium of the largest trading bloc In the world." It is true that n devalued currency makes exporting easier, but It, also increases the coat of imports and therefore, in the long run, must also increase the cost of from row produced manufactures. materials bought at higher prices. The British Government's policy has been well 'defined:"it is not to devalue, but to concentrate on striving for the highest possible efficiency on a greater output per man-hour. And for this two methods are being used. The most obvious is the re-equipping of industries with the latest and best machinery which is a long-term project. The second method, and one on which short-term resulta must be attained Is a better, use of existing man-power and machinery That is the only course which can give higher production and enable British Industries, to cut coste so- that they can continue to expand exports in the face of markets which are becoming increasingly buyers' markets. It is, in addition, the best protection for ›

makos Bterling, and if success #devaluation 4 as unnec

undesirable4E far out of British policy, not

hud

to care".

Japan's Recovery

Big Claims Made By MacArthur

“Going

For Talks

The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin (left) and Secretary of State Dean. Acheson ride in an open, French style, glass-doored eleva tor in the French, Foreign Office in Paris. They the French 18 a met to begin talks with preliminary to the opening of the Big Four Con-! ference on German settlement. — AP Picture.”

Mr. Vyshinsky Starts

Saying No Ag

“No” Again

Paris, May 26The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, today rejected any suggestion that the Soviet Union let the Eastern Zone of Germany join the new Western Federal state of Germany, V

At a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, which more closely resembled some. of the more bitter earlier sessions, Mr Vyshinsky denounced the agreement, reached by Britain, the United States and France in Washington earlier separate Western this year, to proceed with a German state.

at Washington

progress said

was

Follows Soccer Game

Istanbul, May 26--Vio- lent rioting broke out in thecentro of Istanbul's European district tonight in the wake of a huge de- monstration protesting against Turkey's loss of a football match in the Medi- terranean Cup competition in Athens last Friday,

A mob; numbering thousands marched from Inonu Stadium through Maxim Circle down,the Rue de Tera, Istanbul's great shopping district, and Iterally throw itself against a company of mounted pollos and swarms of gendarmes and foot pollco,

Some broke through:

Precisely where they intended to go was not clear, but it may have been the Greek Consulato or the Hellenie Sportinst Club.

FRENZIED STUDENTS Frenzled students and sports and lovers: waving floga pincards harshly anu-Greek fell back under the first charge of the polica. Their leaders tried to pacify them" and help them diabond, but wild howl- ing cut them off. They charged. again and again.

Bomo mare got through, but. In general, the police held, firm. After nearly an hour of argu-

the

ment between the mob leaders

and poller spokesmen, crowd agreed to march-in an

orderly manner out of the

centro of the town.

A police barricade was set up

ich crosses the Rue- ath street which

de Fern where it turns down to the Gre

Greck Consulate.

Injuries appeared to be few,

the-mob

but tempers were high even as

marched away cordoned by molinted

The outburst

police.

followed

penceful demonstration at the Inobu Stadium where 20,000

cheered which arrived losers.

soccer team

from Athens, and cried derisive- ly at the Greeks and Italians.

PROTEST MEETING

A protest meeting was ar- ranged by student leaders to voice criticism of what they and the-newspapers have fermned un- the friendly treatment given Turkish team during the *Mediterranean Cup matches and particularly the victory of the Italians over the Turks in the crucial game last Friday,

the

Let

Gracks not forget

Sakarya," exclaimed the speaker

the audience thundered ap

Miras

He said, "The whole series of 'parations.. No questions of tripartite fortrol made.

One delegate

(The Sakarya River elaborated anticipates that decisions should Vyshinsky painted a pleture of proval Was one of the turning be taken by the majority-this hell in Western Germany and battle

for the Turks. In the comes to the same thing as say-paradise in Soviet Germany, to points

the that the Americans are which

British Foreign Greco-Turkish war in 1921), ing KIDS FROM THE FARMS

Twenty thousand people saw masters of Germany. It is for Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin,

Italy defeat Turkey 3-2 in the snapped back: "They were poor farm kida

this reason Russla cannot adhere Mr Honan," said from

*It would be useful to con- Mediterranean Friendship Cup New York, May 26, to such a system."

to That seemed Topper, "and right up to Ino

blast any front the thousands of refugees soccer tournament at Athens on end they kept saying our General Douglas MacArthur,

of agreement here be from Eastern Germany and ank Friday had to be

halted for Avo. planning them why they

Play are leaving officers told us to Right to the Supreme Allied Commander hopes

the West was end and wo obey orders-wein Japan, claimed today that cause

when Aldo Puccinelll kicked to convines them their Japan had made a greater eventually to propose to Russia eaven to come and embarrass minutes in the second half

that

agreement on Germany us with their presence."

The Turks if the Each of the three Western the winning goal. ofcors had quit: I don't know postwar economie recovery could be achieved only when the Communiste came in

were willing to lef Ministers again rejected Mr claimed that he was offside and and goi them, i was too tired than many European coun- Russians

tries and had increased her Eastern Germany join the new Vyzhinsky a proposal to go back both teams milled around, the of blows were struck. Police went. four-power military rule will not turn back. Even more bizarre was the Industrial output more than Western German slate the West to Potsdam and Its attempt at centre of the field though no

Germany;

on to the field and protected the final surrender nearby of the Britain.

The US Secretary of Stats, referee, Italians complained Embankment Building where

This was largely by her own,

When the efforts, he added. Writing in the 1,000 civilians were trapped with fow hundred Nationalist

business magazine American Soldiers. Here, American John Fortune, General MacArthur

China Editor of the

Rold

without direct American re- Review and son of the man who lost his feet from covery aid such as Western Ger- Japanese many had received, Japan; had maltreatment in

increased her industrial output other prison camp, foreigners and Chinese civilians, more than Britain, Poland, the managed during the night to get Netherlands, France and Czecho-

slovaklis, all the Nationalist concentralog

He added, however, that delay on one floor of the building and convinced them the game was in drafting a peace treaty war roof a few keeping Japan in an economic up. But on the

blockade...! holdout Nationaliste wouldn't

And even after a treaty was come down. Everytime the downstairs Nationalists tried to signed, Japan faced the prospeci send an envoy to the Com- of a continuing struggle to feed from munists on Szechuan Bridge, the her ground population rooftop Nationalsta shot at shrunken resources," them.

a

and

HEARTBREAKING

TRADE UNIONISM The general sald that the rise of trade unionism, with Occupa

on encouragement, was a factor in the postwar growth of the export trade; for

By CUMMINGS

OF SCIENCES

SOVIET ACADEMY ELOCUTION

THE WORD YES

At Arst Comrade Hinisters at is a fearful strain ; but, with practice you wil uitimately. pronounce it with perfect ease."

denounced

Mr Dean Acheson, the Russian plan as one that to no reasonably prudent man" could' accept

"We in the West have created

raised economic near-unity, standards, settled 'very, many' offending problems and, by a vast, pffort, we have created a peaceful democratic society with The economic elructure, and

it is not to be undone, rid Mr Acheron..

(Continued on Page 3)

the referee at an earlier stage of the game, the Greek crowd. which had cheered the Ithilans booed the Greek referen.

Associated Press,

Lusociated

Allahabad, United Provinces, May 26-Two student pilots, including an Indonesian named Surpad!, were killed today when aircraft Royal Flying Club crashed near here.-Reuter,"

#

Philippines Angry About Reparations Suspension

Washington, May 20 The Philippines renewed

eft was heartbreaking," said Mr Powell, "They all wanted to

its complaint today, against the United States action quit but were afraid to stop.

In cancelling further Japanese reparations, "Prewar competition offered We finally got them to disarm themselves. Then I went in, world markets by cheap

General Carlos M

Carlos P. Romuld, aggression and were therefore nini frest- preferent upstairs to see how my wife Japatiese goods based on under

Philippines delegate, told antitled to was getting along, then made paid labour was a source of con-

meeting of the Far Eastern Comment in collecting damages.

Both the Philippines and another try to get, the rooftop inuing resentment and com

faith to listen to reason plaint in other countries, bo Nationalists to

with China protested against the Mr Vyshinaky was described mission hire that the United

suspension of reparations at fast and then went back down sald.

Japanese labour, for the

by participants at Today's mast States had "broken: where the

d Nationalists

ume in history has been freeding as being "in his old form the Philippines P

exploitation,

Heretofore he had been mild in The United States is seld; week's Commission meeting

1940 Rehabiliis Today it was understood that in the was terribly tired by that from the first time in history

agreed

Act, to act as agent for the the United Slates was deter- his remarks, talking t Ume. I started: ̈ ̈

to there

proper balance Is beir

again devoted to PHUippints

Mobrevive them. This course - WEL soldiers again, then I noticed

the general German question. damages from Japan. The West: pontinued to try to WILD that toggles exception the outcome of its decision, to ha declared the resorsk Japan to a condillon of prod more information about Karterti

ware, disarmed

thay, were armed"avain. Then it | effected: between tabusir") and MORE FOR A 10tractive atmoda. ¥ rolledlinamlued to resist any attempt to

fer capital,

Japanese eco, hit me like a dash of cold water that thou men were Communist momy and the er opspowe troops. While was gone the porters? must and their markat feaccepted the od a more Beds, had entered c surrenders

yaninsky especially

on re heavitat: Floss from Vapanese posible Reuter,