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VOL. IV NO. 226

NEW BIG FIVE PACT PROPOSED BY VYSHINSKY

Wants U.N. To Ban Atomic Weapons

Flushing Meadows, New York, Sept. 24.-While Mr Doan Acheson, United States Secretary of State, told a press confer- once today that the news of the atomic explosion in Russia should not causo` surprise to anyone, Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, Soviet Foreign Minister, proposed to the United Nations General Assembly that it ban atomic weapons and, at the same time, call on the "Big Five" to sign a "pact for the strengthening of

peace.

Mr Acheson revealed that that he was

assuming for his

RUMANIAN'S atomic explosion when he weapon which had explodiert,

REPRISAL EXPULSION

London, Sept. 23. The Foreign Office announced today that it has asked Rumania to recall its Com- mercial Counsellor in Lon- don, Jacques Berman.

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A spokesman said the action taken no a “raprima?""" toi Rumania's recent expulsion from Bucharest, of a British diplomat, Arthur G. K. Sarreil, - who had been accused of "con-

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ho knew of the Russian own purposes that Russia had a

Mr Acheson

stated that made his appeal to Russlu news of the Russian explosion on Wednesday for co-oporu wus not known at the time of recent top secret Blotr tlon in international affairs. the

conference on atomic In his General Assembly House

matters in Washington. statement, Mr Vyshinsky first

recognised that the

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delivered an altack condemning Western Powers have now lost Britain and the United States for "preparing for a new war" security margin which lay in the Топорову of the atomic He then made a three-point

bomb. proposal to the Assembly. These points were:

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THREE POINTS 1. That it condemn the "preparations of a new war which are being conducted in a number of countries, parti- vularly in the United States and Britain,"

In research and technique, the Sovlet Government. had some leeway to make up, and this, for strictly limited, perlod of time, gave the West a decisivo;) military advantage.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1949.

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SOUTHERN COMMAND GOC VISITS CADETS

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Lleut Gen. 0. Roberts, who recently look over the Southern Command when Lieut- Gen. Sir John Harding left to assume the South- east Asia command, talks to some of the cadets out оп a training exercise when he visited the Com- bined Cadet Force camp at Bourlay, near Alder-

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Six Red Armies Hunan Make Headway

Canton, Sept. 23.-Six Communist armies, moving in three columns of two armies cach, today were reliably reported making headway in West Hunan province despite stubborn resistance. The two Communist armies on the west flank of the Hunan campaign were described as having made substantial progress.

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Diplomatic observers thai the influence an interna- tional relations was incalculable, 2. Ban atomic weapons and On the one hand, possession ather means of mass destruction the bomb must remove the fear the motive so constantly alleged as with

factor in Soviet foreign policy since the end of the war,

plicity with black market s "Incompatible

conscience and honour of natione and with membership in the United Nations."

tary

Mir Sarrell was First Secre- ut the British Legation F Bucharest. As Rumania de. manded, he WDE

WAR UNLIKELY

3. That the Assembly unani- The Soviet Government is no

Vote Of Confidence

withdrawn mously express the wish that the longer at so great a disadvan- London, Sept. 23.-The from his past last month,

United States, Britain, China,tage in this field compared with Labour Government decided 'NOTHING AGAINST HIM | France, and the Soviet Union the West.

On the other hand, the today to stake its life on a The spokesman-made-it-cicar join their efforts" to ward ofr that the Foreign Office nus the

new war and development is expected to lead vote of confidence in the "threat of a nothing against M. Berman conclude between themselves a to an even more acute interest | House of Commons. personally.

pact for the strengthening

competition for strategic peace.

of

and"

FOR PLANE

SABOTAGE

solidating their positions purely military

Apart from discussions on

to commit suicide by taking have met with greater success. The Nationalisis were reported

from SUB-line

an overdose of sleeping pills, had been arrested on Dicion-of-sabotaging an aero plane which crashed near here on September 9, killing

to

now the provincial capital, main here. after mopping and con- |

problems, the Generalissimo reported on between Yuanling and month-long efforts in Yunnan Hsupu. The column was and Szechuan to keep those, said to have crossed the Tzu vital provinces not only under Quebec City, Sept. 23-river northeast of Chih- the Nationalist flag, but in active support of the Central Govern- The Royal Canadian Mount- kiang.

ment ed Police today announced Resistance against, the centre

YUNNAN STABILISED that a woman, who had tried and cast columns was al to

He is belloved to have re- as having stiffened along the Perted that Yunnan, for the time

being

icast, has Shaoyang

been jat.bilised, and that although the Conmunists' there' were once a Slanghslang,

Other Communist units were real threat, they are now being reported to have made a river rounded up and driven to cover crossing north of Hengshan in an

Szechuan, He said the Counsellor had

Parliament meets on Tuesday 23 persons. raw materials, especially ur-

however, attempt to drive through to re-different Mr Acheson told his press con-anlum, and for those parts of for a three-day debate on the

problem. been selected for expulsion-be-

inforce the cast column, but this

Oficially, Police ference that discusions on atomic the world such as the Antarctic devaluation of the Pound.

officials taid the was not officially confirmed. cause he held approximately

The Generalissimo was able to the same ronk as Mr Sarrell,

between Britain, the where they are believed to

identified energy

to exist.

iron out the difficulties caused woman, whom they A source close to the Cabinet only as Mrs Plire, aged 41. was BATTLE FOR AMOY Britain hos. taken

by overlapping Ideas of authorl similar #nited Stoles and Canada had It is still too early here to retalia.ory

action in the past in always been

decision by the being held in protective custody The battle for based on the as- get a sound opinion of the vital disclosed the

Amoy, in its ty on the part of General Chang to force a vote of Bulgaria

in hospital and sumption that sooner

commander, fourth day of socsaw slugging. Chun, Southwest or later underlying question of whether Government

was marited by co-ordinated and provincial nuthorities. some other country was point Russian ownership of the bomb confidence. If the Govern

They said the piriiner crashed action of land, air and sca to equal the theoretical

and made war more or less probabic.ment Inces, it must resign. That

after A mysterious explus om services, according to official re-stated that he was able to settle Publicly, Chiang Kai-shek has д new general perhaps practical knowledge

It remains as true today, as it would mean

aboard it. Investigators

dia- ports the United States.

did yesterday, that war would election Immediately.

covered traces of a home-made

those These reports Asked if President Truman's spell disaster on both sides. glyen

differences, but other Because of the Labour bomb in the wreckage, and e

Bourcea oMelal

insist much announcement meant that the Today, neither the Foreign Soviet Union definitely had the Omee nor other British Govern-Party's heavy majority is the police sald Mru Pitre admitied the Communists Commons, such

she had purchased the materials progress in their frontal assaults needs sill to be done. a setback

It was reported unofficially for a bomb and put a package on the approaches to the island that one of the major military unlikely

containing a bomb aboard the city, and that big holes had matters

coming before the But there

been knocked in the front lines Council is that has been loud plane.

of strategy, grumbling from its huge trade

of the Red atinck waves. The police said Mra Pitre was union wing over the prospect of infatuated with the husband of

(Continued on Page 14) a riso In the cost of living There also is a big bloc of left a woman who was aboard the fall, but at the same time, some

the cases Czechoslovakia

"M. Berman is in Bucharest at the moment, but he is due to return here soon. The spokes man said ho would be

time to get his affairs in order before leaving. --- Associated

Press.

EDITORIAL

of

atomle bomb. Mr Acheson sald

Hongkong

TWO main points stand out in Sir

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Patrick Abercromble's report town planning and development for Hongkong. One is the building of tunnel under the harbour to connect the island and the mainland, and the other the resumption of Service lands in the central district. Both equally vital to the future, physical development of the Colony--whether the emphasis is on trade, residence or travel. The tunnel project has been the subject of recurring debate both before the war and since. The approach, however, was always from the point of view of cross- harbour traflct· Now · Professor Aber- crombie" imparts to it an importance and a priorily by regarding it as one of the principal problems that have to inckled in building a larger and more modern Hongkong. The tunnel project has been investigated in some detail before. Shortly before the Pacific War, the late Mr Buttress produced a plan to show that it was not only feasible and

· practical, but that it would be a paying proposition. The 1941 estimate for the. cost of constructing the tunnel - was ∙ $15,000,000, and figures were adduced to show that it would pay for itself `In between ten to twelve years at the thon rates of toll and the volume of traffle. at that time. Costs have risen considerably since, but, on the other hand, there is for greater traffic in Hongkong today, both vehicular and pedestrian, while toll charges, If based on present ferry fares,

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Planning

the

would amply

for compensate increased construction outlay. Govern. ment should give the tunnel scheme every consideration as soon as possible, and make an estimate of the probable cost Involved. Idle capital available" in the the Colony should be able to financo project. On the question of Servica Jands in the centre of the city, it is heartening to note that the Services are themselves agreed on the desirability of removal. Transfer to Tytam Bay, and development of the proper facilities there, will obviously entail very heavy expenditure, but as it would be merely exchange of Crown land for other Crown land, the cost would be considerably reduced, being confined to site formation and putting up the necessary establish menta. Sir Patrick says: "The removal of the Services from the block of land on either side of Queen's Road in the centro of Hongkong is absolutely essential to the continued prosperity of the Colony." With this, there has always been widespread agreement. The only snag was the suitability of alternative sites. Since there appears to be general agree- ment on the suitability of Tytam Bay, there is no reason why n,start cannot be made in the very near futuro on practical negotiations on the subject. Although

Sir Patrick Abercromblo's report is 'short and in described as "preliminary," there Is enough in it to merit close study by all who do not allow short-term crises' to: befog their long-range vision.

wingers in the House of Com- mons who have been in- creasingly discontented with the Party.

FORESTALL STAY-AWAY

To forestall defeat by a stay- jaway strike of Party members in Parliament, the Labour leaders are sending out a "three Ine whip." This is the most urgent of all party orders to attend the debate and to sup vort the Government in any vote. The penally for ignoring such a whip can bu expulsion from the Party.

The form of the Government motion, the informat said, has not yet been decided. It may be a straight motion that devaluas tlon move by the Cabinet Lo ap- proved.

Whatever its wording, it will in effect be a motion of con- Odence in the Government, ·

Ino Government's team · in the debate will be the Prime

Minister, Mr Clement Attice, Six

Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Harold Wil- son,, President of the Board of Trade, and Mr Anourļa Bovan, Minister of Health.

airliner.

FICTITIOUS NAME

Premier

case,"

claimed that had made no

ready to admit that Amey will The Nationalists are still not

sources in private admit that regardless of how long General

decides Tang En-po

to hold The remains of the

bomb out,

out, it will end in a losing bat- parcel, found in the wreckage, were addressed to a fictitious “N. KWANGTUNG QUIET name at Base Comeau, Quebec. The North Kwangtung region Maurice Duplessis was still quiet, but in South has been asked to lako the Klangsi, one division of 6,000 supported by "necessary legal action in the Communists, horse-drawn

artillery, had moved up to the Kwangtung The police said also that they border south found very little of the lethal parently aimed at Nanhslung.

of Tayu, ap-

Farther north, pareci left in the wreckage ex-

at. Leiyang. cept scraps of paper

were carrying Nationalist patrols Dostage stamps

and a Base scribed as probing Communist Comeau address. They refused strength in

direction to reveal the name of the man Anjen. with whom they said Mrs Pitre: Five Red armies were was infatuated, but they were ported massed on the Cheklang reported to be seeking him. coast opposita the Chusan Talands, ready for an assault on Hellable sources fald

the Tinghal. the sole island of the police tarned the man had group in Nationalist control. insured his wife for US$10,000 United Press. two days before she died in the crash-United Fress.

Return To Work

In N. Ireland

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COUNCIL MEETS Canton, Sept. 23. -- The Supreme Council mot long hours today with Chiang Kai-shek in

charge, making an intense study

of Hip rapidly developing mill- tary and political crises facing Nationalist China.

With the fall of Amoy im-| minent, the Communist armies Belfast, .Sept 23.-Threo Mr Winston Churchill is ex-tumed to their jobs in Northern to the borders of North Kwang- thousand electrical workers re-increasing their pressure in West Human and moving closer daily pected to lend the opposition Ireland power stations today tung, the Council also was faced Conservatives in a wide-range after a Ave-day.strike.

with the problem of long-tango

attack on the Government'a Naval and Army, technielone programme for the Southwest whole financial polley since it who helped to operate the and the Northwest took office in 1940. His lleu- generating stations during the Chiang Kai-shek returned' to tenants in the debate will be the strike were withdrawn as the | Canton last night from Chung-i deputy leader, Mr Anthony regular workmen, rongrtéd, k'ng, making a brief stop-aver Eden, Mr Oliver Stanley, and totiations will continue on at Kunming, presumably to Mr Oliver Lyttelton-Associated their demand for higher | confer with Governor Lu Han Press

WREDE.Associated Pres Lon the new Yunnan siluation;

Death

Resident

The death occurred early this morning at the St Francis Hospital, after L long illness, of Mr Alfred P. Greaves, an old resident and prominent stockbroker be. fore the war.

-Agod-85,--tho-lato-Mr-Greaves had been actively connected 30 years. He was one of the with the stack market for over

founder members of the Hong- kong Sharebrokers' Association, now amalgamated with the Hongkong Stock Exchange. He retired from business in 1947.

· Educated at Queen's 'College, the late Mr Greaves' was an all-round

his sportsman · In

keen was in Maeno and returned to young days and a very shot. During World War II, ho the Colony after the liberation. He is survived by son, Mr Alce Greaves, sub-editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.

The funeral will take place to- morrow, the cortage leaving the Hongkong Funeral Home for the Colonial Cemetery at 3.30 p.02.

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