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CHINESE REDS PARADE A LITTLE SOVIETS REIMPOSE TOTAL

"Two Plane Crashes

Wiesbaden, May 27. Two British' airmen were killed when the plane on which they were aboard caught fire and crashed near Donau- woerth in north-cast Bavaria today.

An American C54 airlift. plano crashed carly today near Colle air. base. British zono, slightly Injuring three members of the crew, airlift headquarters here announced today.-Reu fer,

7 Jungle Heroes

day.

PRISONERS Troops

Shanghai Looking Break

Normal Again

COMMUNISTS MOVE IN

MORE TROOPS ·

Shanghai, May 27. Thousands of Chinese Nationalist Army prisoners marched in ragged file through the streets today, a symbol of the collapse of the Nationalist re- sistance in Shanghai.

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Well-disciplined troops were in control of all the city. Their prisoners, marching along just be- side the recent "last ditch" bridge line from the northern districts were believed to be en route to " indoctrination centres where they probably will be in- ducted into the Communist army.

Strike

·Industrial Unrest In England

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London, May 27.-Four hundred troops, drafted into the West Country part of Avonmouth night, 'began to discharge of 11 million cargo bananas from the strike- bound steamship Bayanda.

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This move, coinciding with a threat by railway- men to cut a vital London- to-Scotland link by strike action, brought Britain face to face this weekend with serious and widespread in-

The prisoners were estimated pictures of the Russian leader, to number some 5,000. More Josef Stalin, have been sighteddustrial unrest. prisoners were believed to be yet. held elsewhere in the city.

Rellable Chinese press re- ports said that the Communists also had moved into the big Woosung forts on the heels of the departing Nationalist garri-

aon. ·

The Government's midnight announceraent that it would use perishable troops to discharge

cargoes

at Avonmouth Docks

by was followed by a decision 1,500 Liverpool dockers to strike.

Singapore, May 27-Seven Gurkhas who, although wounded and almost out of ammunition, refused to surrender to 80 or 100 encircling terrorists, were

Lightly guarded; most of them and the heroes of a Malayan Jungle walked along passively

tiredly. Most wore uniforms drama, it was disclosed here to-und carried their personal be

longings. None had weapons. A few, possibly officers or wound-

New units of the Communists The Gurkhas-warriors fromed soldiers, rode in pedicabs. earrying heavier arms began to the Himalayan kingdom of But only those with money for move Into the city yesterday Nepal-were surrounded on the fare were permitted to ride. Manchin-Korak road in Fubang Evidently it was part of the Com-afternoon in camouflaged trucks munist policy to taise nothing an estimated 75,000 at least last Tuesday, an Army spokes-from

were occupying the the people and pay for Shanghai area. man said,

everything they reed.

Throughout the city, life took. The arrival of prisonera stir-lon, an Increasingly normal. When the terrorist leader called on them to surrenderred the conjecture that the Com-aspect. Students were

munists might have cut off some than any other group. The trouble, which began they kept süent. Many bandits

More than -3,500 - dockworkers possibility were thus idle tonight, with the that the strikers might appeal to other ports to

on Greater

RAILWAY TROUBLE

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This dromatic dovelopment of

month ago because of a disputo between two trade unions 3,000 miles away in Chanda, came with a sudden worsening of the girla, situation on the. State-owned

British Railwayer

Rejecting the advice of their union leaders, locomotive crews at almost every centre between the London terminus of' King's Cross and the Scottish border

of the last duch troops trying of them including some beauti- then came into the open.' There to evacuate from the Woosung fully dressed young girls, were upon ore Gurkha defiantly cried Forts, 10 miles north of Shang- sticking posters on street walls.

The students, especially out: "I will not surrender," | hai

The alty was working fast on wo

were slaging and dancing in and, stonding up, fired the las

regaining normal appearance. many streel corners, and ex- remaining rounds from his Sten The Western district looked as plaining to the pedestrians tlie gun. He brought some ter- it did before the Nationalists real significance of the occupa- rorists down but was himself blockaded it for two days of re-tion of China's commercial and

a'stance. But all over the city, industrial capital. killed.

Communist propaganda Wos Commercial and native banks At this moment, a troop can tacked on the walls in posters, resumed normal business today decided to stop work on Sun- voy was heard approachng. The banners and caricature,

as did many other foreign and day, lurrarists filed into the jungle

The

Communist slogons | Chinese offices which closed For 24 hours all main line with

and the bald, "Down with Bureaucratic during the two-day hostilities. their casualties

tromc on the North-Eastern Gurkhas were taken to hospital, Capitalism," but there had been Shanghai displayed its tradi- scetion of the Railways and where they are now-recovering. little mention Inthem of tional ability-to-lake-it-and keep most of the London suburban-

"American -Router.

No smiling.United Press. Imperialism."

traffic is expected to stop.

The trouble began a week ago, when some locomotive men in Northern England announced that they would stage a "token" strike every Sunday until the Railway Executive withdraw the new schedules.

EDITORIAL

The HKVDF Challenge

GOVERNMENT · spokesman

WAR

Aquoted this weelt as paying that the

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WHISTLER

Jeannine Elaine Arlaud (above), 11- months, is puckered up because she's whistling. Her parents, Detective and Mrs Jack Arlaud, of Des Moines, Iowa, say they discovered sho co.uld whistle two months ago at a band concert when Jeannine puckered

up- they thought for a cry but whistled. instead sho

So far she can't carry a tune but her three sis- →ters are conching her.--

AP Picture.

BERLIN RAIL BLOCKADE Violate Four-Power Agreement

Berlin, May 27.-The Russians reimposed a total rail blockade

on Berlin today two weeks after the year-long isolation of the city by land had been, ended by four-power agreement.

The Soviet authorities announced that "for the time being" they would be unable to handle trains from Western Germany to Berlin on the Helmstedt line, the only direct railway across the Rus- sian Zone from the West.

The now squeeze on Berlin stemmed from the strike of rail workers- in West Berlin, now rounding out its first week. The new Soviet move tied up passenger, military, mail and freight trains between Helmstedt and Berlin.

Wilis, about 100 West sector TRAPPED IN

An American transport official train loaded with alrikebreakers said only eight trains had and. Soviet sector police, entered West Berlin from Western Germany since Tues- polles lood by, strikers rushed day. He said 34 freight trains the traia, uncoupled the engine carrying coal, food and other and forced the engineer and fire- supplies were tied up along the man to leave the cab. Then the linc between here and strikers replaced torn-up ralls in Helmstedt

front of the engine and over Soviel protects moved the lo-

Many strikebreakers joined

the strikers

No settlement of the strike, incomotive, which some 1,200 persons were injured, was in sight. No major disturbance

was reported to the ranks day. There was neatly a clash United Press. between strikers and Soviet

of

BURNING

LAVA

Fate Of Soventcon Students

Bogola, Blay airlift

students were

27 Boventeen tonight feared in burning burled

Lava be- low the Puraco Volcano, in tho Cordilleras. 25 miles cast of Popayan, in the southwestern corner of Colombia.

THE AIRLIFT AGAIN officers and police. It happened when strikers took over the

locomotive and the became Berlin's chief supply line

Berlin, May 28.-The Soviets Russians had to walk back fo

again today when traffic on the their zone. The incident oc-

rail link with the British zone curred at Neukolln station, reached what a British spokes- south of Tempelhof airdrome. mars called "complete paralysis." As a result of the Russian Four Russian transport officers authorities' refusal to pass goods ted 30 strikebreakers Into the traffic from the West into the yards. More than 500 strikers Sovlet zone at Heimstedt, no train around them finally chased them has entered the zone for Bertin off.. A few hours later the since 10.30 p.m. G.M.T. yester- Russians returned, this time in a day, a British spokesman saldo 19 were found alive, although injured, in' a cave which bad *** here, NN

protected them from the burn- ing lave

Impatience Shown At Big Four

Paris Conference

Paris, May 27, --- · The three · Western Foreign Ministers began showing signs of impatience today when the "Big Four” session again failed to make any progress."

Mr Dean Acheson, the United States Secretary of State, calling for a speed-up in the discussions, declared that four days had been taken up on the proposals of the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, for four-Power control of Germany and urged that the Council should move on to other questions, such as reparations.

The railwaymen complain that there schedules will break up their family life by TC- quiring them to spend three week away from home. nights One of the strike leaders said

Speaking at the fifth session, to as the principle of unanimi- today: "We are determined in which lasted three hours and 10 ty, was not as usual in interna- carry on the of

Sunday strikes minutes, fr Acheson appealed tional practice as Mr Vyshinsky until the lodging-out scheme is to Mr Vyshinsky to let the had indicated. He pointed out wiped out. It has been Council know as soon as pos- that most of the United Nations'

thought the Committees grievance with the men forsible whether he

worked on a mu question of Allied control should jority or a two-thirds majority be decided before such questions rule of procedure. as reparations were discussed.

the attack) that

Authorities need strong and properly trained Volunteer Defence Force. To those who pre holding back from offering their services it is pointed out that internal security menna essentially the protection private lives and property and the safe. guarding of public services. Realisation of this may help to bring into better perspective the duties of our citizens in the event of internal disorders: it will be their lives and the lives of their familles at stake; their homes to protect; their welfare to safeguard, They will not be needed as cannon-fodder next time, but to be prepared to fulfill the same sort of duty they would instinctively perform if they found a burglar threatening their homes and kinsmen. And fo those who re- fuse again to associate themselves with the Volunteers because of the feeling of rancour which still holds them, we would say it is time they freed themselves of this state of mind. Discrimination,

in some frustration, and ingratitude, was indeed a feature of the treatment given to sections' 'of the old HKVDC, but assurances have been made that there will be no repetition, and the

response of citizens to join the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Force has been disappointing, and certainly he, and those whose responsibility it is to weld together

and numerically strong effective force, have good reason to feel in the doldrums. The immediate target Is a total of 4,000 volunteers distributed .among the Hongkong Regiment,' Naval. Force, Air Fórce, Essential Services, Home Guard and Women's Auxiliary Services, and the ultimate aim is a full strength of 6,000. So far the number of men and women who have indicated their willingness to serve in any of these sections is about 2,500-a poor responso Indeed. Government seeks to find parallel in the Indifferent results of the recruiting campaign for territorials in England, and in some respects causes and effects may well be similar. The young people of England are apathetic towards soldiering because, they are tired of war and everything associated with it: Hongkong's young, people also 'retaln” vivid ÷ and... unpleasant recollec tions, and consequent, apathy may be the principal reason for their reluctance to Join up. But this hardly does them, orway has been fairly cleared by the others, Justice-Hongkong today faces a position which could, at any moment, become difficult and dangerous, placing in Jeopardy the peace of the Colony and the lives of its Inhabitants. Its borders fringe a country which is now passing through a cataclysm the effect of which must be felt in some form or another in Hongkong, and while it is hoped on all sides that the Commúnists, when, they capiure

· Kwangtung, will be willing to leave the Colony alone, the possibility of internal disorders, Inspired by elements. politically hostile to Hongkong, la foo real to be ignored. And it is to meet Just this contingency tand not the less alikölyä"development of a full - military

cases

bano

Authorities for those old volunteers who were not treated too fairly to be given a now deal. Their services are sorely needed in the welding together of a first- class Defence Force, and they have oven. deeper roots and wider 'intéresin” to protect than the youngsters. Cynicism at the expense of the Volunteers can bo amusing, up to a point, but not when it la prompted by unworthy motives. The Colony needs security forces that can guarantee its integrity, and that guarantee can only be forthcoming when the Volunteer Defence Force has reached ita' maximum In numbers and officiency. This is the challenge today to those who s derida the HKVDE"

years."

ADVICE IGNORED

The French Foreign Minister, As they left the Rose Marble The leaders of the men's M. Robert Schuman, said that the Palace, where the Ministers are unions met the Railway Execu-"Big Four" were sul divided meeting, the delegates sold that tive during the week and after even on the concept of German the session had been quieter wards called for an end to the unity. He added that proposals than yesterday when there were "token" strikes. Their advice would be put forward by the lively exchanges between Mr is being ignored.

Western Powers.

the Western The Executive of the biggest railwaymen's union, the 40,000- strong National Union of Rail- Iwaymen, met in London today to consider the deadlock in the negotiation on their demand for

of the Rail-

Mr Ernest Bovin, the British Minify and

Foreign Secretary, spoke only once, to say that he had nothing to add to the debate on Mr Vyshinsky's proposals. REQUESTS INFORMATION

sald.

when But

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They will meet again morrow afternoon.

In the course of today's do- bato Mr Vyshinsky repeatedly reiterated his previous appeals Control Council on the old four-

100% Council

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-to American con-

a 10 shillings a week wage in- Mr Acheson agreed with Mr for a restoration of the Alled crease for all railwayman. The Vyahinsky that there must be on Con men's leaders attribute the Allied Control Council, sources Power basis and for the setting strong feelings of the railway close to the British delegation up of an all-Gernian State Council under the control of the the refusa contemplang men to way Executive to

Mr Vyshinsky Allied an all-round increase during stated that it should operate on

a basis of unanimity then, Mrference sources Mr Acheson the prolonged negotiations.

Though no statement was Acheson said, he had to disagree, brought the proceedings to i

by demanding that cloro

Mr today's issued after.

He had previously asked the meeting, 11 was understood at the union Soviet representative, for in- Vyshinsky should let them know. was awaiting

as possible whether he outcome of formation on the the

questions et as

the question of Alled

lenders

and the

companies which controlled, to Minister of

much of the productivity of the decided before the Council of Labour, Mr George Isaacs.

would bs

could bo Foreign Ministers dock and roll. Eastern zone. It The

at the the economic permitted to discuss such other questiona as・reparations.—*** week which has shown Geld, Mr. Acheson explained. end of a

Personally, he could not see a Reuter. developing trade union doubu about the policy of, freezing way of getting a viable Germany wages, prices and profis, which unless the Allies decided to end HMS JAMAICA reparations. the Secretary of agreed with the Covers State cald.

inst your. ment caily

The 153,000-strong Civil Ser vice Clerical Association today called for an Interim budget to "reduce the. burden on the workers," while the Conference.

yesterday'a meeting between its reparations and of the Sovic of Germany, should be

was

ARRIVES

Nor could he see how that end could be attained it another State owned such a consider.

The Brat warship sent to able proportion of German pro- strengthen the Colony's défences, perty and productivity.

the cruiser Jamaica, arrived in MrAcheson, authoritative harbour shortly before 1 o'clock of the 181,000-strang Electrical conference sources; reported, this morning. Commanded by Trades Union decided to go for "said he took issue strongly with Capt. F.: A... Ballance, ward for an Immediate and the arguments which Mr Vyshin Jamaica came from the, West substantial", Increuso,, in wagas aky made: yesterday, in defence, Indies vin Pearl Harbourat for, manuala, workers in the of the Volovit

She brings the cruiser strength State-owned electrical supply: * He said that the right of velo, of the Far East Station up ta

industry Router RAZORA which MrG-Vrshinsky referred three.A

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But road traffic went on un- Interrupted and tho Anglo- American airlift was still send- ing planes into the elty at the rate of one every two minutes. Only a few hundred tons of goods were being brought in by

road compared. with the 0,000-

been found, according to newa- Nine unktentitied bodies havo

from Popayan. Two of the party paper reports reaching here

The students, aged from 16 to 10, from the high school attached to the University del Crucs, had set out on their expedition yes- terday without apprehension as the volcano had been Inactivo for the past 10 years the great

The eruption from

to 7,000 tons of goods flown in volcano, which is about the súmo daily.

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height as Mont Blanc, caught them completely by surprise. The Russian air safety officer

Army troops, carrying out an here asked British and Ameri-intensive search of the slopes of

to restrict sirlift planes

the flying in the central of the three nir corridors across the Soviet zone to the northern edge be- cause of Soviet army summer manoeuvres, which, he said, were due to begin today.

trains.

vivors but an all-night search volcano, found the two sur- failed to reveal any traces of the mlesing-17: MEA

ere still scorching to- Troops.were, night amidst the molim lava and great rocks thrown up by the eruption, some of which, weighing four tons, were hurled 25 kilometres from the crater.--- Reuter.

The Russians* ban on all goods trains erossing the border for Berlin coincided with temporary Anglo American stoppage of the military train service into and out of the elly. TRAIN HITS MINE

Refusing the goods

Sourabaya, May 27.-Three the Soviet authorities at the passengers were Jilled and II border blamed congestion of the wounded when the Malang- lines as a result of the strike of Djember passenger train ran Berlin's West sector railway- Into a mine just outside Bangi men, now holding up 34 trains village yesterday, reports Aneta, —20 of them loaded with conl- the Dutch news agency, somewhere in the Soviet zone. Seven people ware seriously ... Reuter,

wounded.-Reuter,

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