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Drink

Coca-Cola

-Cold

Retaliation Hint By Communists

San Francisco, Aug. 9- The Chinese Communist radlo carried a kini today

possible of

retallation

against British subjects in China for police action against. Reds in Hongkong.

A broadcast from noted that 110

action against the

New China

Govermeul kaq,

minist

Agency office In the colony. The Red broadcast oko charged the British had ordered Chou Kang-ming out of Hongkong and had made a pollen search of the home of Fang Fang, a Communist, — Associated Press.

MINERS

VOTE BACK

TO WORK

Sydney, Aug. 9-Miners in the Southern and West- ern coal fields of New South Wales tonight voted against continuing the 49-day-old coal strike. The vote was .1.298 against continuing the strike to 1,022 for staying out.

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VOL. IV NO. 187

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1949.

CHINA MAY BE LEFT OUT OF

SE ASIA UNION

Manila, Aug. 9.—Quoting authoritative sourcos, the Manila Chronicle reported today that President Quirino's now concept of an alliance to contain Communism in the Far East would be a Southeast Asia Union rather than a' Pacific Unión, with the possibility of Nationalist China under Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek being excluded.

Surprise Swoop On Steamer

New York, Aug. 9-In a unexplained move,

wit

the immigration authorities seized 14 passengers of the

Polish liner, Batory, as she

WITH

about to sail

England and Poland.

for

Quirino added:

it is obvious to

The newspaper suld it President was held as significant that "However, the Philippine President's everyone that the task of secur

ing our free world is only half letter of instructions to dane. Asie, with its unsi popu Ambassador Carlos P. Intion and with its incalculable Romulo shortly before his resources, cannot and ought not

to be lost to Communism by de departure for Washington fault. And yet this is bound to to confer with President happen unless something of the Truman made no mention courage and vision that went of Communism, Chinng defences in Europe is applied to into the forging of democratic Kai-shek or China-Reuter, the forging of a similar system

of defence in Asia. **

PERILOUS HOUR Washington. Aug. 0.-The

He said he realised that there Philippines President. Elpidio Were' "strong reasons" why the Quirino, today urged quick United States might not wish to United States

support for a participate at this time in the Union of Pacific nations

"In Pacile Ualon he has proposed. The 14 who were taken into this perilous hour" so that Asia He said he believed there is custody were Identified will not "be lost to Communism still time for free nations in

Pazengers and by default." He said In a Asia Greek semen.

to halt the advance of speech to the United Staten Communism by crew of the Butory were taken Senate: Time runs short and meant.

non-mliltary completely

when by surprise

the margin of olir common the authorities appeared DR board.

vessel eurity grows narrower ench Officers of the and the men seized protested clay." loudly and lengthily

cers.

15

the Ing

where, but especially oui

The basic problem, he said, is proper food, clothing and hous-

for Lold over the President Quirino

the

of people Truman's action of the immigration ofll-Senate: "A Prendent of the Asia. President It was, nevertheless, consi-

Republie of the Philippines, four-point programme for ulding dered a crushing defent for the

underdeveloped armas, he said, All the 14 men had paid their consider it my supreme respec- "gives Communist leaders of the

a promise of ald to Miners' Federation, which fare. One of them was hand-city in this perilous hour to come.

But President Quirina friends every warned in conclusion that half cuffed sponsored the referendum.

and forcibly removed call upon our

of the world's population is still Northern New South Wales, frora the vessel.

→ friends In Americs, not to here legally,' "All Queensland

Tasmanian ..... and

offlein!.Y

tarry too long in the reorienta- endangered by Communism... immigration miners vote tomorrow. The said an

He said: "Only the blind will fundamental attitudes Miners' Central Executive is "They are being detained in

cay that the menace does not deportation proceedings.'

cuncern America." expected to confer after the re-

arrived Press.

- United Quirino Ger- The Batory, on which sulta are made known, to do-

visit

Truman's as President fed from

He utio rove A brief the Eucat.

address before the House be-

were

tion of towards Asla."

President

cide whether to issue a back-to-bort Eisler, Communist leader, here on Monday for a three-day

work order to the rank and file.

United Presa.

this

Jeft

country

45

without

słowaway, seized passengers.

TALKS WITH TRUMAN Washington, August -The Roman Kutzlowski, president fore going to the Senate. He Philippines President Mr Elpidio of the Gdynia American Line, aid the most urgent problem Quirino, conferred for an hour and other with President Truman today zald Federal immigration facing his country patrol had kept an around-the-free nations of Asia is the

and afterwards said that the ticic of |clock walch ch the Batory pince) "advancing

Com- Iwo chiefs of state would issue her arrival

on August 8. He munism." said no member

Referring of the 347-

Allantle Joint communique before the

end of his visit here, probably..

He Bald that

A

to

The

FARELF C-IN-C DUE TOMORROW Lieut-Gen. Sir John Harding New Commander-in-Chief of meerewmeluding the cap-Pact, he said the Philippines-re- Far East Land Forces, will are itain. Jan Cwikiinsky, was joices that a "mighty bulwark" on Wednesday. rive in Hongkong tomorrow by allowed to go ashore while the has been erected against Com-cy would have further con- plane on tour of inspection. Batory was here.-United Press. munism in Europe.

EDITORIAL

Middle

East Security

500

lately been growing THERE has

diplomatle activity among the nn- tions of the Middle East. The Arnb League countries found their unity shaken by the recent Palestine war, and are now seeking new friendships and alliances, both among themselves and with countries outside the Lengue. They are -gradually realising not only. their strategic position in the Western security system but the degree of the . Communist menace to themselves. There are signs that by forming alliances -among themselves they hope to present

some wort of

front united

for operation with the Western Powers, King Abdullah of Jordan has Just completed a visit to Iran, where he negotiated a mutual friendship pact calling for close military, economic and cultural collaboration, The new Syrinn leader, Marshal Hunni el Zalm, has been making overtures to Turkey, and fins asked a Turklah military mission to visit Damascus to discuss co-operation between the armies of the two countries. The United States is known to be in- terested in both Iran and Turkey, as outposts in the cold war against Com munism, and alliances with these coun- tries might well help the other Arab states to secure Aníerican aid. The new Egyptian Premier, Hussein Sirry Pasha, summed up the aspirations of , most of the Arab countries in an Inter- view this week, He said Egypt was anxious for greater-and- more active collaboration with the Western Powera, Ho urged Britain and the United States to co-operate, to provent the spread of Communism In the Middle East and help. to secure general stability in the area.. Not unnaturally, he said that Egypt wished, if possible, to share the benefits of the Marshall Plan. How far theso, remarks may be taken to indicate Egypt's' future policy is not certain. Birry

Net

Pasha, un ungineer by profession, heads only a

"neutral" caretaker government' up to conduct the country's forth- coming elections. He was chosen for the premiership because of his lack of

of. party affiliations. So that his line thought may not be the same line pursued by whichever Egyptian government is returned to power, But there is no doubt that an increasing number of Middle Enstern politicians are taking his view, In the past there has been considerable reluctance on the part of Middle Eastern countries to accept ald or advice

from The Weal because of the fear that their pride would be wounded or their politi. cal and cultural independence in some way restricted. However, it seems that there is now a

the realisation that economic problems of the Middle East --and thus, indirectly, her security prob. lems cannot be solved without outside 'intervention. In this connection a new factor has arlsen-the increasing impor. tance of a Muslim state further East: Pakistan. Pakistan recently announced

· that `Afghanistan. Irun, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Syria had accepted Invitations to an Islamic economic con- ference to be held in Karachi in Novem, ber. The object of the conférence is to formulate joint measures for the raising standards. In the Muslim of living countries along lines recommended by varlous. economie organs of the United. Nations. Pakistan is not; ashamed to

thint sho admit

learn from can the West, and is building up her economic orgàniantion on the Western pattern. Her progress since aho achieved Independence has not escaped notics in the Middle Eastern countries, and her Co-operation with them may do múch to diapel their reluctance to adopt "westernisation" ns, a solution of their problems.

sultations, however, before doing

this.

MEETING

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OF TOP COMMANDERS

Top British and United States military commanders snapped at Northolt Air- port, London. The Americans were on a 10-day tour of Europe for talks with leaders of the Atlantic Pact nations. From left: Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir William Slim; American Minister Julius C. Holmes; General Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, and General Omar Bradley, U.S. Army Chief of Staff. (AP Picture).

Communists

Reported

Surrounded In Kiangsi

Canton, Aug. 9.-At least 11,000 Communist troops, by official count, were encircled today on the Kiangsi front. If true, the Red drive on this refugee capital should be seriously blunted..

TOKYO ROSE

TRIAL NEARS END

The Reds also were re-

ported to have been thrown

back at a second point.

Nationalist. bombers pounded Red military

BIG-SCALE

trains bound for the front. MANOEUVRES

IN GERMANY

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End Of Indonesian Hot War

Batavin, Aug. 9.-Cense- fire orders come into effect throughout Java at midnight tomorrow, marking the end of the "hot" war in In- donesia.

SUTVO

The Central Joint Board, which was established to ob- the implementation of tho cease-fire, held its first formal meeting here today.

The Board consists of mem- beru of the United Nations Commission on Indonesia and senior military advisers, to- gother with four representa- tives cach of the Netherlands and

the two Indonesian Na- Hornilst

factions-the Re- publicans,

who

favour sovereignty in the Uteral

sense, and the Federalists, who favour co-operation with the Dulch.

The Central Joint Board ob- sorving the cease-fire has ar- rauged to establish 13 local joint commitlows throughout Java and Sumatra, which will seek to solve any cease-fire problems at a local level.

The cease-fire agreement pro- vides for co-operation between Republican regulars and Dutch forces wgainst irregulars,

querillas and bandito-

LOYAL OBSERVANCE The Republican hero

delegation

announced today that the Republican Military Mission to West Java, accompanied by observers of the United Nations

Commission, delivered the cease-fire order on August & to the Republican Commander.

The Commander told. the Mission: The Army will main- tain discipline and all orders will be carried ou

Qui.

Dr Julius Van Royen, chlet Netherlands delegate, who made the recent agreements with the Republicans, before leaving for

conference, The Hagus phasised the importance of the festivenets of the cease-fire

might,

It

-em-

he sald, determino the attitude of the Dutch Par- llament to whatever agreement

at was reached the round- table conference.

There is the highest con- Adence that the cease-fire will be loyally observed under the Republican Premier, Dr Mohammad Hatta, who was re- ponsible for last,, year's-evncun- tion of the Republlean Army from the Dutch-seized areas.---. Reuter.

In Nepal

“Simultaneously, oficial-ree ports from the far Northwest asserted that 20,000 ensualiles were inflicted on Communist San Francisco, Aug. 9 trvops

who have Invaded

Frankfurt, Aug. 9.--The Asked by the United

of Press A series of maps showing Kansu Province, stronghold how the

General Ma United States High Com- conversations were the directions in

Mostem going, President Quirino replied. Radio Tokyo beamed its.

which Hung-kwel

warlord

mand plans to throw large Communists →Very well." He said President

The Communists said to be forces of combat troops into Truman gave him an oppor-wartime propaganda brond- surrounded were identifled, os manoeuvres in tunity to talk freely-on

and a any casts was admitted as evi- one divizion

regiment

this autumn, it sublet and that told them dence in the Tokyo Rose from the 40th Army of Man- Germany all that is on my mind."

churlin" General Lin Plao. was disclosed today. treason trial today as the

New Delhi, Official reports said they were

Aug. 9.-A By this remark, President prosecutor, Tom DeWolfe, surrounded

The war games, to be staged former President of the near Sulchwon, Quirino seemed to imply that he began tying up the strings which is 240 miles northwest of between

and the Nepal National Congress, discussed fully his proposal for

Canton. It is on this part of Elbe, two of Europe's naturai Mr B. P. Koirala, told re- # Pacific Union which he of the Government's

case the front that the Reds have defence lines, are expected to described in a speech before the against Iva Toguri d'Aquino, made their nearest approach-- Senate earlier in the day. There Mr DeWolfe indicated, at the 213 miles to Canton.

answer an important question porters here today that

had ho received a rousing welcome, start

Communists

lately of today's session, that LIENHWA RETAKEN posed by the Atlantic Pact filtered into Nepal politics. with standing ovations and en-he thusiastic applause.

expected to conclude his The Nationalists said they had("Can Western Germany be do

He said that the Communist ense this week without examin-recaptured Lienhwa, 00 alt tended and how?"

vff- of Suichwan

Was BI Party of Nepal He called for United States ing the full list of 71 Govern- miles northwest

Communists here retroited to Military

shoot support for a Paclic Union to ment witnesses.

of the Communist Party experts said the help the peoples of Southeast

of India, and members, trained Recalled to the stand today the cast.

answer depended to a large ex-

in Calcutta and other places in Communist troops Asia to strengthen their econo--was Kiwamu Momotsuka, mem- mic and social structure as a ber of the board of directors of Licnhwa sector guard the Westent on where the Western de- India, were carrying back to southbound mocracies' defence line against Nepal a "tradition of anti-social bulwark against the spread of Radio Tokyo and wartime chief tern flank of the Communism. Members of Con-of

movement around Sulchwan, possible aggression from the activities and disruption," technical company's

"Since there is a total donlot gress of both Parties hailed his operations.

The two actions, it true, appear East is drawn.

of civil liberties and politlen! speech.—Unlied Press.

Spoaking through an inter- to be closely related

By using a large troop force rights in Nepal, young men preter, witness testifled that the

the Communist radlo beams were mapped out eral Chen Ming-jen were sold to in the manoeuvres, the Ameri- may look to

ero Hour! have rejoined the Nationalists can hope to determine if their snid.

Parly for help," Mr Koirala especially for the programme on which the defen, Gen, Chen's defection, last week highly mobile German garrison;

Strasbourg Surprise

•

the

on the

More troops of turncoat Gen-

defend

"Relent Communist successes the "military in China have nizo given a vacuum" Germany presents to-clined elements," ho end.

Allp to Communistically-in-

SUBSTANTIAL FORCES

The Nepal National Con- resa in an organisation which has been carrying on agitation In the State for the installation It is expected

that the ex-of representative periences of the U.S. 'Army in-Reuler.

manoeuvres would have

handed

the Central

China dant

unt made her "Tokyo Rose"

bastion of Changsha over to the can broadcasts,

Reds. Cross-examined by defence

the In the fighting In

far day. witness nd Northwest, the Government re- counsel, however, mitted that the mapped channels ports conceded that the Na- also carried "many, other pro- ilonalists also had lost heavily, Strasbourg, Aug. 9.-The crammes."

These accounts said the Reds Council of Europo today

Yesterday, Momoisuka

and lost their huge number of men two other produced its first big sur-

Rodio Tokyo in two days of fighting

near technicians established that the

150 miles East of ho Kuyuan, prise tonight, when, the 12 company's facilities were well Lanchow,

capital of Kanau considerable bearing on differen- Foreign Ministers, sitting capable of beaming short-wave Province.Associated Press.

cox between Britain and France as a "Cabinet" failed ta programmes to the South Pacl-

on where Western Europe should agree on the human rights c Still

technician, FRANKS TALKS point in the agenda for to Hisashi Moriyama, was due to morrow's first session of take the stand Inter today and FRANKLY the Consultative Assembly. Mr Dewolfo indicated that

another series of ex-Or This item, strongly urged by nesses would follow. United the urtoficial backers of Press. European Union, mustered less than the

requisite two-thirds majority for inclusion.

It would have called on the Assembly to adopt a Charter of

another

:

Wefented.

•

The British, remembering the 6.The Battle of Britain, are reported

What

government.

Pravda Headlines

Moscow,

Aug

9-Sovint

***Korean President, Synginan

cour~

Pravda

New York, Aug. with

to theto feel that substantial forces papers today told of a meeting - British Ambassador

between Generalissimo Chiang Sir United

Cilvorshould be held behind the Eng- States,

to Southern Franks, returning to New Yorkish Channel, in the British Kai-shek and in the Caronia from Londen to-ales,

and the Rhee, MITTENS FOR

visit of the day, sald he found the morale of the British people good

Philippine and

President, According to military

Elpidio SHAW

their Government's economie ces In Germany, the French Quirino, is the United States,

favour fighting an all-out battleForging

headline vald, Southampton, Aug. 9.Actress condillon "pretty sound,"

Ile sold that Britain had the for Western Europe

farther Pack

Aggressive

Pacific the Rights of Man applicable Gertrude Lawrence, who sailed

account The Pravda throughout tho 12-member today for New York in the "same, friendly feelings for the East on the Rhine or the Elbe.

said that tho Chlang-nheo countries.

Mauretania, zaid that she would people of the United States" as

However, military men point- meeting makes it clear that It was expected tonight that spend her time during the -vay- they had when he last' visited ed out that if Europe

his homeland tn. May 1048.

wore the "projected age knitting mittens for George, those in favour of the human Bernard Show

Of the economic situation, he Western

defended

on the Elbe, all of to the latentions becording

of its rights debate would secure. Its

Germany-nowganisers, mut supplement the They would, sha said. bo of sald: "Britain is making some hotelighly demliliarizof-would l'argressive · North Atlantie Pact laclusion on the upenda from required by the the floor of the Assembly.permission to broadcast his play sellers market, to buyers in the defensive lines--United tien movements in the Astars

"Pygmalion"--Reuter.

countries.Associated PreES.

Router.

change-over from

market"--Associated. ProES,

workt i

Press.