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Not Too Late To Save China

San Francisco, Oct. 4- Retired Major----General Claire L Chennault said to- day that it was not too late for the U.S. to help Nation alist China.

He bald Generalissimo Chiang Kal-zick's government, silil has plenty of territory "easy to de- fend and hhird to Invade."

(Tho wartime leader of the Flying Tigers sald Generalissimo Chilang holds more territory Usan he did during the Japanese in- vasion in World War 2. Gen. Chennault asserted the Nation allets can still win with Ameri can ald-Acsociated Press. .

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Today's weathhi Moderato West or Northwest winds, Falt. oon Observations: Barometrid. presture, 1005.3 mbu 29.49 in. Topperature, 82.5 deg, F. Dow point, 65 deg. F. Relative humidity, 80 Wind direction, NW by W. Wind

Low water: 2 . 1' in. at 1.33 p.m. High water: 5 ft. 9 in," at.10.20 p.mi.

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VOL. IV NO. 235

BRITAIN

WILL KEEP OPEN DOOR CHINA POLICY

Olława, Oct. 4--Mr Ernest Bevin, British-For- eign Secretary, declared at a press conference here today that Britain kept an “open door" in China. She was not interfering with the formation of Chinese governments but there were treaties and obligations to be considered. Britain's stand would depend a lot on the treatment of her nationals and on the Chinese Communiste' behaviour,

hope that you will transmit it to your country's Government.

that there be established normal →I consider that it is necessary siplomatic relations between the all countries of the world." People's Republic of China onc

Speaking on plans for a Pacific Pact. Mr Bevin sald that Asian nations were just emerging. It was too early to talk about com- mitments for them equal to

NO NEED FOR HASTE those under the Atlantic When asked what action, the of Pact.

United States would take, the Me Bevin declared that Rus-spokesman said: "I'want to em- menaced Hongyang and sla's assumption that the co-phasise that we still recognize Government of nomy of the West must inevit-the National

FRONT FLARES UP Canton, Oct. 4, The long smouldering froni” north Canton burst into dames today when attncking Red forces

Kukang.

numbers.

Civilians fled Kukong in large Qmcial and private reports hinted the fateful battle for South China may be at hand. Associated Press.

ably collapse would eventually China,

"As far as this

"be her own undoing."

He said:

West

no

Government

I ECC absolutely "Th's assumptions concerned,

need for haste whatsoever. gues that the

never we have, the icarns anything. I do not in quest: It is being rend. There Communist re- we are going to have slumpe

no plang for answering. that I know of." KUZWANE

nevitably arising powers

The Wester

RED OBJECTIVE Canton, Oct 5.-The tm- mediate objectivo of Com determined that they would not munist troopa striking from be ruined by an economic col Hunan and Klangsi provinces. There had been "a little disturbance recently"

on the

currency

oppears to be Kuko: 125 but it might have bom averted

Canton-Hankow-

miles north of Canton,

"If we had realised earlier what

Control of Kulcan

In very was Important for the Nationalists.

are

United States was in consulta- The spokesman added that the

tion with other friendly govern. whal action ment concerning should-bo-taken;

It is understood here that identical

requests for recognition If the Communists occupy the the culion

we are not going to rely on were received by all other town they will hava

of unemployment countries with diplomatie repre- uninter- rupted road, railway and river and misery in order to adjust pentatives in Pelplag-Britain, to our economic system in the France, Italy, Holland and Bel-

criats." Mr Bevin said. "Our gulm-Reuter. In addition to the drive from starve, our way out of the basis shall be to work, not to Kinngst

alang the North

Ku- crisis."Reuler.

communications southward China's refugee capital.

Kwangtung highway to

kong, the Communists have

pushed their way through

hilly

the

country fringing the

CANADA CONSIDERING Ollewa, Oct. 4-Ganada is

discusshut the question of re-

Communist cognising the

REQUEST TO U.S. ·

| Rime in Chins with other meth- Hunan-Kwanglung border and United States has received an the Prime Minister, Mr Louis Washington, Oct. 4. Thors of the Commonwealth and with the Atlantic Pact power, reahed a point near Yanfa.oilleial request for Yanfa is of the main highway from the

recognition Chinese Communist Commons today, Laurent, told St

the House of approximately 25 miles.

North

Government, the State Depart-

disclosed today. ment

Mr St Laurent ១៧៥ the The State

would Department Government

mako spokesman sald that there were statement au con an any de- no finmediate plans for a reply sion

reached United or for fortul action

the Press On request.

uf Kulcang.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1949.

ACCUSED AND THE VICTIM

J. A. Guay (right), 30-year-old Quebec jeweller, Is being charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Guaypal8%(left), who perished with 22 others in the crash of an airliner on September 9. Guay faces charges of using his "mystery woman" girl friend to plant a dynamite-laden package aboard the plane. (AP Picture).

Quebec Jeweller Faces Charge Of Murdering Wife

Quebec, Oct. 4.—A French-Canadian jeweller named Albert Guay appeared in the Magistrate's Court in Quebec today on a charge of murdering his wife by dynamiting an airliner in which she was travelling.

Madame Guay and 22 others died on September 9

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Britain's Dollar Drain Reduced

In Third Quarter

INFLATIONARY

WARNING

PRESSURE BY CRIPPS

London, Oct. 4.—1

-The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, disclosed tonight that Britain's dollar drain was reduced by £10,000,000 during the third quarter of this year: compared with the second quarter.

He also disclosed that in the 12 days following devalua- tion day (September 18) Britain's reserves rose by £20,000,000 as a result of money roaching the country after the alteration of the exchange rato.

Addressing bunkers and merchants at a dinner given by the Lord Mayor of Lon- don, Sir Stafford gave these figures, which he explained were quoted at the old rate of exchange of $4.03 to the Pound.

Britain's defcit for the first

nם

900,000 of ECA reimbursements and other Marshall Aid.

The total deftelt was thus reduced to 35,000,000 for the

TRYGVE LIE when a Canadian Pacific Air-inted queries, compared

APPEARS

...

nancial position," declared that these figures were not so bad ed." as some people muy have fcar-

"But they disclose a con unuing state of affairs up t September 18 which could not have been tolerited longer.

"Even taking the quarter as a

NEW CZECH MINISTRY

whole, the annual rate of deficit OF

old rats of exchange, the

in £532,000,000 a

Pact

thi

WAS

F CHURCHES

new.

quarter of 1940 was 482,000 000, and for the second £157,- This is an impossible burden Prague, Oct 4-The 000,000. Aguro was £133,000.000.

The third quarter and one which would very Czechoslovak Government rapidly have exhausted our re-announced today that it was sot £7,000,000 drawn

Against that £133,000,000 serves, Sir Stafford said.

establishing & the Canadian credit and £71,- pusit to Britain's budgetary Ministry of Churches with Sir St.fordi

claimed that he had

the job of bringing all "considerable suc- cess" in diminishing the in churches into line under the flationary pressure, but there "people's democratic order." were signs now that prenstre This office will be headed by n with was tending to build up avain. lines Dakota exploded and £65,000,000 in

Cabinet Minister to be appointed secand erushed 60 kilometres from quarter;

He also warned that "as A by the Communist President, result of obligations under the Kiement Gottwald, the Quebec.

The resultant figure of re- Atlantic

official serves at the old parity

Westem Czech News Agency announced, and The case is being described £351,000,000

was Unlon" expenditure on defence | At the same uma the Cabinet, compared here as the "Love Bomb Case," £406,000,000 at the end of June, the original estimates by quite gave it approval to the pro-

with

was "almost certain to excced. at its regular steadily reinforcing that

The police are intending to

weekly meeting, way centre with troops

Sir Stafford, who raid that he an appreciable amount." The request was made in

present 33 witnesses, muhy of was giving an interim account #t Warsaw, Oct. 4.-Poland tu Canton and Hengyang.

posed new church control law personal letter addressed to Mr day recognise the new Chinese

Lake. Success, Oct. 4 them technicians, to attempt to of the country's economic

under which the State would pay The fact that General Pal Consul-General in Peking.

Oliver Clubb, United States Communist People's Republic.

The United. Nations substantiate the contention that

the salaries of all churchmen Chung-het has pent some of his wis led to the She simultaneously severed ro Secretary General, Dr a home-made dynamite bomb

But in return. Hengyaru

gain-control-over- force southwards Communist

"was placed on board the Dakota. with the Nationalist Trygvo Lie. Baid today seems to indicate that he is con- Prime Minister

Government'sations

There has been no indication Government at Canton. Adent of holding the 15-minister."

Moscow had been mentioned so far that any recognisable bits and Foreign

Poland is the sixth Cominform .stretchi of railway between

an a meeting place for the of the alleged bomb have bron establish diplomatic Hengyang and Kukong.

The letter suid: "ST-Mallon to

The wreckage of the General Assembly-but it recovered. now regime Ta-tung, Chairman, of the Ceus relations with the REPEATED DELAYS

plane was strewn over a wide tral People's Government of the in Peking. The Afth was was all in fun. Earlier, it was thought that People's Republic of China, on Hungary, whose Foreign Omee

by the enth's date (October 1) Issued Bent a telegram to the Chinese ritated:

| Communist Foreign

The Coinmunists are throw- ing more troops into Nanhslung, on the highway, for an attack on Kukong, but at tho timo the

the

Nationalists

Communist offensive

General Lin Plao's

sume

arc

ml. from

wns

POLAND FOLLOWS

Minilir,

the

Canton would be launched by publie statement.

powerful "I am sending this public Chou En-lal: nnnouncing (Continaed on Page 5)

[statement to you," Sir, with the recognition-Reuter,

EDITORIAL

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The Palestine Problem

LTHOUGH overshadowed by some of the bigger items on the agenda of the United Nations' General Assembly, the Palestine problem remains fraught with many dangers. The immense strategic Importance of the Middle East, and the need for stable conditions there, are fully recognised by the Western Powers. Every effort must be made, in the interest of security in the aren, to ensure that, Jews and Arabs reconcile their differences and live side by side in peace. The United Nations conciliation commission has had a. measure, of success in its work in Palestine, but 'hefore it finished its meeting in Lausanne last month it was forced to tell both Jews and Arabs that their territorial cinims were unreasonable. The respective claims of both sides show how far away is any sign of agreement:, The Arabs, possibly with an eye on the bargaining which might be expected in the General Assembly's debate on the problem, claim the whole of Galilee and the Negev. "They want Jan inter- nationalised, and linked by a corridor to the Arab territory on the south Israel demands that her permanent frontiers bo those fixed in the armistice agreement, refuses to yield territory in the south in compensation for her gains in the north, and wants Egypt to evacuate the Gara strin The.commission told the Arabs. that they were asking far too much, und pointed out to Israel that the armistice agreement fixing her frontiers was never Intended to be permanent, and should not Influenco future negotiations. Whether cltheralde fa prepared to modify ita claims in bargaining remains to be seen." Another problem upon which there is die

agreement Is the future of Jerusalem. Tho commission recently published Its own plan for the city, designed to replace the present division between Israel and Jordan with an international arrange-- ment to guarantee freedom of worship in the city to the three "great religions concerned. The commission recommended that the division between the Arab Old City and the Israeli New City should remain, but that they should be adminis tered by two separate municipalities, with ach Commissioner appointed by the United Nations to supervise the working of the arrangement. This is sure to be opposed by both Isrneland Jordan- though the other Arab States might accept it but the General Assembly should give the plan serious considera.. tion. The most encouraging part of the commission's work so Tar, and the one holding out most hope of an eventual com promise between Jews and Arabs, has. been the aid given to the Arab refugees, The commission bas throughout con- sidered the refugee problem as one aspect of the wider objective of economie development of the whole of the Middle East, and the economic survey group now at work is expected to suggest "ways of bringing about this development. Both Israel and the Arab States need help from-the West. Israel Is

friced with a "big" decrease monetary contributions from Jews in America, and the Arab States now. realise that their future largely depends on foreign capital investment and technical skill.The economic needs of both sides might well Influence their political demands.

IRRITATED

arca.

ir.

Dr Lie was obviously

New York Guay, after the plane crash, Times report that Mr Andrei antil the funeral, weeping al- stayed besides his wife's body Vyshinsky, Russian Foreign most constantly. He denies any Minister,

suggested that connection with any bomb plot Russia should play host to the and its accused the police of Arsembly la 1953. He clenched "persecuting" him.--Reuter.

hind

his Brst and bonged the table

In

The

MASTER MIND

and

Germans Defy Allies

PRODUCTION UP

---Britain's Industrial prodite all appointments, finance and tion had gone up some six to administrative affairs. soven percent above 1948.

Both measures are "Eut in rpite of this

to come the before Diessure of, demand paste," leation when it rec

for final mii- tore parliament

it reconvenes after Sir Stafford continued,

"With this risa in produce reces. The recon- Mon and some full in exports been delayed more than a week. ent has already vening of porHament we might have expected pries without explanation.

whole to fall.

03 A

Tucan

and Wes-

"They have not. Prices have Catholic authorities remained fairly stable with diplomatic observers inter- some decreases and rome

preted in-246 the announcement or a ©*ases".

new Ministry of Churches to Bonn. Oct. 4-The three-

Sir Stafford said that uncinetatorshly over the church,

In elfeel

a government in his office when he told

week-old German Govern-ployment was fractionally lower specially the Catholic Church, reporters that no official pro➡ Quebec, Oct., 4-A leather

than last year-201,000 against which has been the outspoken posal of any kind to move the worker, Lucien Careu, testified today openly defied an Assembly had been made to today that his friend

Allied note requesting n Albert

opponent of governmental con him.

Turning Guny boasted that he "Onally plan for new coal export Chanoilor cald that Government

lo. econoiny, the trols-Associated Presa consensus

of opinion got rid of" his wife nine days prices. among delegates is that the 1850 after Mrs Guay died in an air Allied High Commission for reduced and the social services, It also asked the expenditure would have to be

Sir Hugh Lloyd sesalon will be held as usual at crash. Lake

an Immediate end to dis stopped from developing too Success and Flush'ng Carcu testified during. the-pre-

while not cut, would have to be Coming Here Mcndows. No one is making liminary hearing of charges that mantling of German fae- quickly.

Singapore. Oct. 4.The Com Guoy was the master-ming of a tories. any moves about 1953.

On Jast Friday's dinner, given plot to place explosives aboard

The cost of living would rise mander-in-Chief of the Far East The German Government had "without, we hope, any rise in tlugh Lloyd, is emplaning by Mr. Vyshinsky, when the sus days after Mirs Guay's death, to submit plans for repegging This would place a great burden visit

Witness cald that nine bec asked by the Comm'ng on personal incomes," he said. Thursday evening for a 24-hour Air Force, Air Marshal · Sir' plane, was made. Dr Lie corn- Sedutt was just ordinary Guay comolain of the slow the price of export coal on the on the wage-carrier Reuter.

Hongkong United pleasant around-the-table talkeness he encountered in collce-heels of devaluation

Press There was

Noting the $10,000 Insurance,he Western mark. The Allied note! of the nothing else, official proposal or anything of led bought on his wife's life, was handed to

fed to the Germans that kind was made. It was ali

Witness also paid. that Instweek ago and asked for a reply laughing and smiling”

April he refused a $500 offer within seven days, from Guey

polson Mrs Guny-United Press.

OPPOSED TO MOVE Dr Lle said that in 1947 the United States delegate, Mr War-

10

ren Austin, told Me Vyhensity LADY IRIS IS

that an invitation from Moscow would be welcome but it never. came.

Dr Lie was opposed la the Assembly again.

moving

NOT

New

BROKE

York, Oct. 4-Lady Irie Mountbatten, daughter of

Marquest

and

?

The German Government I'd not reply but chose inspond to necusa Hollend of errors in a note to the' samo Allled High! Commission whose orders it. chare to Ignore in the coal price question United Press.

JUNIOR MINISTER

He said the now Secretariat the

Bonn, Oct. 4-Western Ger building. In Manhattan will be a cousin of King George for International Relations wBI of Carisbrooke many's Arst Secretary of State ready for occupation late in 1950

VI today.

denied a London be. Dr Anton Pfeiffer, 61-year- or early in 1951 and that As Daily Express report

which old Bavarian sembly Committees will meet ald alie was in the United leader, it was

Christian Social there rather than at Lake States without money and was

announced to Success. Plenary sessions wil' | living. en the generosity. *I be held as usual at Flushins friends.

He will have the rank of n Meadows.Associated Preas., “I am not pponging on my ditisetly unders

Junior Minister, working American friends," she said.

Chancellar. Dr

"MU

day.

TAXIMEN WANT is well off and so Adenauer-Reutor.

FARE HIKE

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out Presa,

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Monila, Oci; 5The death toll, dum to the timhoon which sidne Paraguayan Governments werk mounted to eight ne Asuncion, Paraguay, Oct 4 swiped Northern Luzon Carly decided: "a state of Files" coming to ress renorts today. throughout the

Five nation tonight

men were reported to end political anarchy.

drowned when a ferry raft be There is no further Informa- tween two towns of Tiness Norte

as prósent to Me J. Chuter tion: A state of slege is usually was went by the river flood to Wan Hema Secretary, by the decreed to combat rebellion or the China Sen Troy other Taxis Fleet Operators Associa a plot avainst the government. Persons flously had been re- Hon-Associated Press,

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