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Washington, Aug. 24.—| "The Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, said today that Russin's "sabre rat- tling" in the Balkans CX- poses Moscow's so-called pence offensivo as a giant

. hoax.

that the

Communists every

where will have great dificully

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Thongkong Telegraph.

VOL. IV NO. 200

Said Amoy

Outflanked By Reds

Canton, Aug. 24.-Strong Communist

Mr Acheron told newsmen pressuro continued on both the northwestern and southeastern fronts despite temporary ..reconciling tho increasingly Nationalist victories on the contral front,

which was comparatively quiet today. ·

violent attacks against Marchl

Tito of Yugoslavia with

Moscow's oft-repeated desires for peace.

munists anywhere possess any intellectual honesty, which they - do not,

The Reds scored big gains in Fukien, where That is, he said, if the Com- they have outflanked Amoy, according to the Central News. The official agency admitted the "focus of fighting in southern Fukien had shifted to Chuanchow and Changchow"-on either side of Amoy.

Of course, Mr Acheson sold wryly, the Communists will try to pass off this sabre rattling as the coolmut of a dove. But, he added, it seems the dove has a somewhat sore throat,

The Secretary's remarks on the Yugoslav siluution referred -to-Increased pressure which Moscow has pui on Marshal Tilo because he will not stay in Premier Stalin's

Ino policies.

with

During the past few days, Moscow's denunciations of Mar- shal Tito have reached such a pitch that dispatches from Belgrade speculated on the pos- sibility of an invasion of Yugo- elavin by Russian and satellite armies.

Mr Acheson said the department is carefully watch- ing all developments.-Associat- ⚫ed Press.

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of Lanchow,

TC-

or-

Changchow 18 only 26, western bastion miles inland from Amoy, where the defenders were re- ported 10 bc suffering from while Chunnchow is

Severe lack of ammunition. miles north along the The Nationalist defender, Gen- eral Ma ung-kwel, wes TC- coastal highway.

urgently ported to have For the second day the Reds quested ammunition from Can- continued battering the north-ton while the official Central

News reported the heavy tillery

bombardment which featured the first days of de- fenco was now silent. Tho agency claimed

nesaults were still being repulsed.

Nationalist planes Red potillons in Hunna but Jittle troop movement was re- ported.--United Press.

Malay Rebels

Capture Town

In Pahang

the

bambed

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949.

ENIWETOK ATOMIC BOMB BLAST.

To

Preliminary Talks

Washington Currency Meeting

London Aug. 24.-Preliminary Anglo-American pound-dollar talks began here today when the For- eign Secretary Mr Ernest Bovin gave a big luncheon for the ECA chiefs, Mr Paul Hoffman and Mr Averell

WARLORDS' QUARREL Canton, Aug. 24.-Generalis- Singapore, Aug. 24. simo Chiang Kai-shek today Malayan Communist forces made a hurried fight to Chung-Harriman.

the 10 keep Western China biggest attack since the warlords early months of the emer from making a deal with the

Communists. geney, capturing the town

Karl Scholz last night carried out the khu, reportedly

Arrested

of

In two days of feverish act!- of Mentakap, in Pahang|vity in Canton, General Chiang State.

appears to have thrown off all and of retirement pretence again seems to be actively directing the civil war. Ho te- tired last year in favour of Gen. Ll Tsung Jen, who sti is Acting President of China.

The warlords of Szechwan

Berlin, Aug. 24.-The French military police today arrested, A force of well over 100 Kari Heluz Scholz, 42, founder stormed the town, besieged the of the anti-Russian Free Com-police Mation, looted shops and munist Party, on charges of

attempted to set holding an unautherised polltl-houses, and

fire to the milway station. meeting

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U.S. CUTS MILITARY SPENDING

Washington, Aug. 24.-The Defence Secretary, Mr Louis Johnson, slammed a massive brake on the military spending today. He ordered the dis- charge of 135,000 civilian employees of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, shut down 50 installa- tions, ranging from navy yards to recruit training stations, and ordered heavy force reductions at others. He also cut 12,000 reserve officers from. the active duty list.

White Paper Defended By Acheson

It was the most drastic military economy move since the reductions at the enst of World War 2. Mr Johnson's office expects. It to save $200,000,000 be- tween now and next June 30, and $500,000,000 a year thereafter.

Moreover, the reduction was reported to be just a starter. Washington, Aug. 24.- Mr Johnson is alming at an The United States Secretary additional cut of $1,500,000,000 in the military budget for the of State, Mr Dean Acheson, next fiscal year, beginning July today appealed for Repub- 1, 1950. Even with that econo- lican support of the Govern-my, military spending would to $13,400,000,000. of the amount ment's Far Eastern policy. national budget. But further

Commenting

The fireball of an atomic bomb explosion was just rising as this picture was taken during tests at Eniwetok in the Spring of

at his weekly cuts would be needed to effect 1948. Views of the blast

press conference on criticism of the $1,500,000,000 saving.

The Congressinen whose dis- the recent State Department have just been released

be most affected by the Atomic Energy

White Paper on Sino-American Iriefs would Commission in Washingthe State Department was now blow. The civilian cuts worked

relations, Mr Acheson said that screamed.

the The Navy took

hardest reviewing Far Eastern policy.

70,000,

ton.

(AP Picture).

Aircraft Reported "Stolen"

It was "working at that task in the hope that a completely bi-partisan upproach will facili- tate the evolution of our na- tional polley," he said.

out as follows: Navy Army 41,000, Air Force 16,000. The Air Force reductions In- civillans clude releasing 4,730 from the present force of 10,572. Nine Air Force bases in the reduced to United States were caretaker status.

FAR EAST CUTS Mr. Jolinson ordered Far East

reduced

Mr Acheson rejected tie sus Reztion by Republican critics of the Government's Far Eastern polley that the State Department had deliberately omitted curtain Air Force civilian perconnel by 4,730, cutting the documents from the recent

from 15,302 ta White Paper to falsify the re: overall gure

10,572. An Air Force spokes-

A plane was apparently cord. "stolen" in broad daylight:

relations

and

his Apart from Foreign Office aides, Mr

and Board of Trade chiefs to the party. Accompany-

He said that the White Paper man sald the manner in which be left to the Far East, Com- ing Mr Hoffman, and Mr this morning from Canton's was a fair and honest record of the reduction will be made will Lieut-Gen. Georgo Harriman. were the Ameri-White Cloud airport and Sino-American

Stratemeyer In Tokyo. cause it contained statements

the sald can Ambassador, Mr Lewis flown away to an unknown nothing had been omitted beander,

The spokesman critical of United States policy force is at present distributed C. Douglas, and the Minis- destination.

through Japan, the Philippines, ter, Mr Julius C. Holmes. The incident occurred at 0.30

Okinawa, Guam, Salpan and Mr Douglas teaves on Satur-a.m. today. A Hongkong Air-

Iwojima. from Hongkong Saigon, Aug. 24.—French day for Washington to join the ways plane

about to land when au province, in which Chungking is parachute troops have won Anglo - American - Canadian | was to keep their domains

plane and took off, gina on September 7. He had a CATC

intact,

FROM HANOI

and

-Reuter.

Benes Aide-In Britain

ordered by Maj-General | Ing six of the invaders, includ~ | jucated, are known to be ease important victorics in Indo-economic conference which be-uriauthorised person started up

Neither the Army nor the Navy indicated it would make ..Join Ganeval, French com- ing one woman, and wounding

any reductions in the Far East. mander in Be

Berlin.

reveral others. One special even at the cost of an indor-China, pushing Vietminh

Deep as the Service cute are, Scholz presided over a meet-cunstable was killed.

along talk with Mr Bevin narrowly missing collision with

London, Aug. 24-Dr Jaro- they still leave 770,000 civilians ing of 50 German Commúnists

slarding with the Reds to re- troops 48 miles back away yesterday over ways and means the Hongkong Airways machine. n sin neutral the civil war. in the French sector on Sunday. Simultaneously, another Cont-

ra Smutny, the last chief of jon the payrolls of the three current political They have quarrelled

from the city of Hanoi, ot producing with

the Brilish

The control tower at White the Chancellery to President Services After reductions, the force They founded the Free Com munist

smashed themeral Chung Chun, Comman French military officials said acrimony in

ordered the departing Benes in Czechoslovakia, has Army will have American press an the subject Cloud munist Party and sent a ther-water pipeline supplying the der in the Southwest, and there today.

330,000, the of Britain's dollar woes,

CATC plane to return, but it arrived in London with his Navý. 203,000 and tho. Air sage of support to Marshal Tito town of Kajang, In Selangor, are rumours that Gen Chang

Mr Hoffman

family. and Mr Har- was soon out of sight,

151,000-Assoclated in Yugoslavia. The new Party | Using fledgo hanmers, they wants to resign. Generalissimo They said the troops dropped riman arrived here last night.

Smutny The CATC office here was Dr

from Press. claims more than 4,000 sym-

broke the lino in 50 places. Chang want him to stay en the from 21 Dakotas and about 30 My Hoffman is on the last lap unable to confirm the report, or Czechoslovakia into Germany in pathisers. Unlled Press.

Catalina flying boats on August of a swifi European tour which that the unauthorised person July with his wife and two sons, 17 and 13. and captured the has taken him to Eire, France, was a co-pilot of the organisa-nnu has been granted a visa to

Greece, Italy,

Western Gertion. Lowns of Phucven and Vinhven,}

EDITORIAL

Router.

ib-Associated Press.

Women's Role In The Community

THE

HE women of Hongkong have since the war taken an Increasingly important part in the public IHfe of the Colony. They have entereil into many and diverse public nctivities with great zeal and confidence, and have attained a very large measure of success in all that they have attempted. Government, with an enlightened outlook, has encouraged them to assume these greater responsibilities, but to the women themselves must go the full credit for what they have achieved-In establishing community themselves as a force in

na well as in the rendering of affairs useful service. Whether it WAB in voluntary YWCA work or in Government service; whether collecting for charity of advising on officially-sponsored commit- tees; whether ministering to the under- privileged or sitting as lay magistrates→→ the record of women's contribution to the general betterment of community welfare In the past few years has been a full and distinguished one. There

many women's organisations in Hongkong, and all of them have been extremely active. It comes as something of a disappoint- ment, therefore, to learn that the support so far given to the Hongkong Council of Women has been only limited. As a co, ordinating body affllated to the Inter national Counell of Women, it should Interest every constituted

group of women in the Colony, as well as individual women who feel that members of their sex' have their rightful place besldo men In our human soclety, The wider the support given to such a bodyas the Hongkong Council of will: be “Its Women, e greater

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influence and the more effective ils recom mendations. The resolutions passed at The Council's annual conference on Tuesday advocate sound paths of action. * The most far-reaching socially is the recommendation for the setting up of birth control Information centres.

The need for this public service in a place like Hongkong lus long been recognised. Despite some objection to it on dogmatic religious grounds, the medical authorilles made available such advice to mothers who sought it at government centres before the war. It is indeed a surprising revelation that it has not been thought necessary to undertake the work after the war. Of more immediato.concern are the proposals for securing more hostel accom-. modation for working women and girls, and the appointment of women probation officers. The firat is an efoquent reminder. of the notorious inaction of Government In the matter of cuping with the housing shortage. While working women are not the only section of the community facing accommodation difficulties, they are at Icast fortunate in having their cause Capoused by the Council Government and big employers generally should give urgent consideration to this problem. The probation officer question is also ΟΠΟ | demanding early action. The problem of juvenile offenders requires that Govern- ment Implements lis decision, 'made as long as 18 months ago, to engage one or moro suitable officers without further delay.

30 and 30 miles respectively many and Belgium. northwest of Hanoi.

Two main issues came up at

Mr Bevin's privato luncheon,

escaped

seltie in Britain.-Router.

Force

GBS HAS

17 Charges Against CURE FOR

Nazi Field Marshal

CRIME

London, Aug: 24.--George

French officials stated that diplomatic Informants reported. the operation occurred in a

BRITAIN'S ERP weeks "rice bowl" area a few

One was Britain's rejection of before harvest time, and that the $850,000,000 proposed as her the troops of Moscow-trained second year's share of ERP ald. cut on Britain had asked for $1,500,- Ho Chi-minh BID £20w

Hamburg, Aug. 24-Field Marshal Fritz Erich Von Bernard Shaw today pro- 000,000 nearly double from an important food source. amount.

Manstein, smartly, drossed in a brown suit, sat in the dock

posed a sweeping cure for The other issuu Was how of a hushed courtroom here today and heard the Prosecutor crime--abolish prisons and Two months ago, Ho Chi- minh's Vietminh troops were on Britain can earn more dollars in Sir Arthur Comyns-Carr, accuse him of playing a major put their inmates to death. the outskirts of Hanol,Asso- the United States.-Associated, part in "the foulost crimes on a very wide scale" committed

clated Press.

MAY REVIVE PARTY

Press

SNYDER'S STATEMENT

the

by the Nazis when they occupied Poland.

The 93-year-old playwright set forth his views in a printed postcard sent to editors from his Washington, Aug, 24. The Reading from a novel-size longer have any lusions about home at Ayot St Lawrence.

grima Secretory of the Treasury, Mr brief, Sir Arthur, opening the

Inhumanity and "wo and a hungry figer at Saigon, Aug. 24. French John Snyder, referring to the his case against the Field ruthlessness of the Nazi war large or a cobra in the garden oficials here today predicted a coming tripartite dollar

we do not punish it," Shaw said. talks, general stiffening of Vietminh told a press conference today:

Murahal on 17 war crimes machine," he said.

Continuing, Sir Arthur sald "Wo kill it because if we do (Nationallel) policy and tactics We certainly

described the that Manstein wellded executive not it will kill us. definitely charges, as the Chinese

"Just as ice, Locusts, white 'Communist ban

hopeful that good results will former Nazi military lead-power in occupied territory und forces draw nearer | Tongking frontier., to come out of the conference, and of action ng various and arguect that the question of ants, mosquitoes and Austrailan

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we would not have unicplakken

they said. Dr Ho Chi-minh.alsters."

cannot

on

for

the

of

b3

"The kindest method so for

was no defence.

not punished. The formation of a Vietnamary of State Acheson and ECA laws of war."

the conference otherwise. Seere horrible breaches of the obeying orders from superior rabbits must po exterminated, "Precisely the same necessity That the foulest crimes in Communist Party In Nationalist Administrator

fact have been committed on a arises in the case of Incorrigi Paul.. Hoffman controlled Indo-Ching might to will attend all, meetings, with The G1-year-old Field Mar- very wide scale, particularly in bly dangers or mischievous ond outcome. of this

change, the

United States and Canadian shal pleaded not guilty to all the USSR, in the area of his human beings, sune or insane. Idiots, and enemy soldiers," charges as his wife listened command, will, I suggest,

overwhelmingly proved," the Vietminh, leader, dissolved

Sir Shaw continued. One reporter asked: "How from the public gallery. the previous party in 1048-

about

fow cool millions for Sir Arthur, quoting from the Arthur declared. Reuter.

Britain."

judgment of the Nuremberg "The real question for you known is to let criminals go to bed and to sleep as usual, and Mr Bnyder replied: "You will Tribunal, sald that high-rankding will be the degree of his re- have to address that to Con- generals had been responsible sponsibility in them," he added then turn on an odourless gas for the Certain

theto prevent them ever waking Orders gress, MARK CLARK'S ·

large measure comment in whether

we can." Associated we can do anything miseries and suffering that have Wehrmacht and the German Enemy soldiers we have to kill for Eritain outside of Congress. fall

fallen NEW JOB

of millions

mon, Army

were obviously criminal, how We are presently holding hour-women and children and added Sir Arthur continued, and by Press.

milltary any standard of civilised nations Washington Aug. 24 The ly meetings of experts to pre- that without thuit 1.5. Army today announced pare for the tripartite con- guidance, the

aggressive am- they were contrary to the cus- that Gon Mark Clark, Sixth ference. We are studying the oltions of Hitler and his fellow toma of wor and accepted stan

of humanity." have would

been darda Army commander, would suc- background of world condi- Naxis ceed Gen. Jacob: Devers on tions and how this affects academic

Any commanding officer of

Paris, Aug 24-The Com Sir Arthur

that normal filelligence must have

and understood their mumist-led Midinetics (ream. Marshal question, ho Flold

Manstein teen

pre- retiring after 40 years' Army

said: It a fabrica was position to criminal nature, and participa-atrosses) Union today tion

that I over burgested that give orders to the various Naxi tion in implementing them, tacit sented wage increase claims: to Lt.Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, at a member of the British Con- organisations, including the br otherwise, and silent acquies the French Ministry of Labout." The midineties, who went on present Deputy Chief of Staff. servalve Party should attend 53, the Gestapo the Military conco in their enforcement by strika before the autumn open- Will succeed Gen. Clark as sixth the conference.

Poilce, and the Security Polico. bis subordinates, consilluted sings of the fashion houses, have Any commander, with herd- "My views have not changed "No one Inn position of row criminal act on his party... threatened to strike again if quarters in San Francisco.... on the "devaluation of cur sponsibility such as Martein in The trial is continuing. thelkvelálmg Avaras ēdot met. United Press.

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