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Hongkong Telegraph.

VOL. IV NO. 248

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1949.

YUGOSLAVIA ON U.N.

SECURITY COUNCIL

Australia's Gift To Britain

Canberra, Oct. 20-A Bill authorising a Eift to Britain of A£10,000,000

har passed all stages in the Australian House of Repre- sentativen,

the in

debate va U E3115,

Re- the Postwar construction Minister, Mr J. J. Dedman, said it wa Australia'e interest

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31 Detman described the gifs na an expression of towards the Foodwill

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British prople Odence in their ability to wurmount present difleal. tien-Reuter.

Attlee To Appeal To People

Czechoslovakia Is Defeated In

In Ballot

VYSHINSKY'S OUTBURST

FLUSHING MEADOW, OCT. 29.—YUGOSLAVIA WAS TODAY ELECTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL BY 39 VOTES TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S 19 IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING IN PLENARY SESSION. THE ASSEMBLY ELECTED INDIA AND ECUADOR TO THE OTHER TWO VACANT SEATS ON THE FIRST BALLOT.

Voting between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia for the third vacant soat resulted in a deadlock. The number of valid votes was 58 and the required two-thirds majority was there- fore 39. Yugoslavia received 37 and Czechoslovakia 20.

In the second ballot the

been cannot and will not be consider- isrepresentative of the elected, Mr Vyshinsky demanded ed Yugoslavia vote Was

the floor to "explain his voto" | Eastern European countries.

"These elections are a violation of Artlele Charter

which

: Czechoslovakia 19.

39,

The Assembly elected Yng shaving two

after duys

Mr Vyshire.ky. Soviet Andre! Foreign Minister, had declared that Russia would consider her election

and (4- EL "illegal London, Oct. 20.-Faced Just."

When the meeting opened, with

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23 of the requires

also entali n

violation

The

within his own Cabinet to order as he began offacklog region.

Yugoslavin has been drag- London, Oct. 20,- Yugo-

Council

slavia's election to the Security Council tonight was

received

Introduction of Yugo- sinvia into the Security Connell, be considered by cal distribution,

delegation of the Soviet Union a new violation of the Char- aft firm

tradition by which ter undermining the very basis, retiring members from the the very foundation of to- Council are replaced by coun- operation in the United Na-

geographical | Hans."--Reuter. serious differences Mr Vyshinsky was ruled out les of the same

WELCOME NEWS Yugoslavia for making "alan- derous" statements on the quessed into the Security

not in accordance with a tree ion of the election.

election and with established General Carlos Romulo, Pro- sident of the Assembly, ham-traditions, but as a result of u behind-the-scenes plot between

The oflch British decision to Mr Vyshinsky Yugoslavia and the mered in vain.

United

vote for the official Eastern continued speaking, and

bloc" candidate, Czechoslovakia decided delegations who have

in the first boilet was not popu- when he hud Buished was the States and a number of other 10 President able to declare that to utilise for their own ends the

lar in London, where it was felt all his marks had been out

political situation

that the gentlemen's agreement; brtsen between Yugoslavia On

om the distribution of Security was loudly ap the one "hand and the Soviet Council seats was being pressed Union and the People's Demo-to rather obsurd lengths by eracles on the other hand **

suggesting that Yugoslavia hadi ccased to be territorially a pari

day, the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, disclosed that he would appeal direct- ly to the British people for support of his new austerity programme.

nf

After appearing in the House

Comturie on Monday present the new neuromy pro gramme, Mr Attlee will broad- of order.

the cast to the people over

The ruling

only

VYSHINSKY'S DEMAND Loud applause

greeked the Indin's elec autounerment of tion to replice Canada as the representative of the Common- wealth on the Security Council, nut Ecuador's election in place of Argentina.

British Broadcasting Corpora- plauded. tion network in the evening.

The Prime Minister conferred

the His Majesty with

King tay.

He was understood to have outlined the broad aspects cuta and of the new economy

explatnext to the also to have King the differences over the programme within the gover- ment itself.

The Parliamentary leader, Mr Herbert Murrican, announced (Continued on Page 3)

EDITORIAL

1

A

moment.

which

NOT RECOGNISED

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Mr Vyslinsky declared that the countries supporting Yugo-

invio "apparently counted strengthening their position by transforming the Security Coun- ell into an obedient tool of the Anglo-American bloc".

with general calisfaction by publle opinion here.

round to avoid a deadlock.

! It would, consequently, not

which the non-permanent mam.

CIRCLE OF STEEL

Looking through the huge pipeline that will carry millions of gallons of water from Clante Dam to Clunie power station, below the Falls of Tummel, in the North of Scotland. Driven through the Cammoch Hills, the tunnel is 1% miles in length-the biggest water power, tunnel in Britain.

Queen Elizabeth Delayed By Big

Atlantic Storms

'New York, Oct. 20.-The Queen Elizabeth ar- rived almost 24 hours late after one of her roughest crossings. Her 2,217 passengers endured almost six days of high seas, whipped up by 75 milo per hour winds that at one time slowed the speed of the world's largest liner to less than half of normal.

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5 AMBASSADORS ARRIVE HERE FROM SHANGHAI

Five foreign Ambassadors to China and one Minister arrived from Communist-held Shanghai this morning by the British ship Shengking, which went to Shanghai specially to evacuate diplomatic personnel.

The British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Steven- son, Lady Stevenson and several of the Ambas- sador's staff were passengers on the vessel.

The ship also brought a were about 70 Australian busi- number of high-ranking essmen in Shanghal, he salt. They had formed an Australian Consular oficials of several Society mad met regularly. The foreign countries.

Australian Trade Commissioner, Almost immediately after thel Mr Wrigley, met Mr Ofteer on ship berthed nf Ram, Com- his arrival. medore L N. Brownfeld, Com

The Burmese Ambassador, Mr modore, Hongkong, went On

Myint Thein said life in Nan- board to greet the Ambassador.

king was quiet ant business was Sie falph Stevenson was im-

stabilised now. Mr Theln mel tely cornered by half jokingly said he would return dozen newspaper reporters, Rangoon wh:n

he got " slow boat from Chini.**

wid for a full 10 minutes was hynited by a barrage of rapid questions and the Mashing of prean emeras,

The Ambassador, who looked ired, parrled with reporters

#nswered and

question with question. He deci.net to make any offelal statement.

Sir Ralph said, however, that

will

In stoy ilongkong per- before haps for several days

te

flles

to Singapore en route for the United Kingdom, where he will be called, for consulta Lion with the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin.

The

ITALIAN ENVOY

Italian Ambassador, Signor Feronllea, who travelleri with his wiło and three chitkiren,

told reportera that he hos been recalled i Italy by his government and will leave here in a few days. Dr The Portuguese Consul. Eduardo Brazao was at the wharf to meet the Portuguese Ferreira Minister, Dr J. B.

SIR-RALPH STEVENSON

Most of the other passengers

da Fonseca. Dr Fonseca said he will stay here for a few days, then will leave for Portugal for on the Shengking were business consultations with his governmen and their wives and fami- Hes. There were several chut- ment.

In-

The Indian Ambassador, Medren on board.

The master of the Shengking, K.M. Pannikar, was one of the first to leave the ship and was Captain D. Brotchie, sald they

without the trip met at the gangway by several made

Tha ship berthed Indian friends, Be slici, rats.cident,

Shanghel at 10a.m. last his hat And posed

Sunday and left on Tuesday. photographers.

he "Everything went well,"

Ambassador.

of Eastern Europe well-informed

In usually quarters here It was taken for muted that the British delega

supported the Yunostav lidh

The Australian the Atlantic quietening under diminish- candidature to the second ballot, The full vote on the Arst

question, courteous and seemingly effl- This would be a normal British were scores of other vessels ing winds, although the Mr K. Oficer, looking very said. "Communist officials were:

answered smillugly Mr Vyshinsky concluded vehe practice which requires ballot was: Ecuador 87, India 56,

the that also had gone through skies along the coast were from reporters as he walked the cicnt. The Chinese crew were "The Soviet delega delegation to support the * series of storms that still clouded. Yugoslavia 37, Czechoslovakia mently:

deck of the ship with his Golden allowed ashore, and ship's ofl- 20. Afghanistas 1, the Philip-tion, with full determination, de-majority candidate in the second

raged over the North Atlan- Small craft warnlags replaced Labrador which he had brought sers were given passes allowing elares that Yugoslavia shall not,

Nagy along the with him, but he, too, declined them to stay ashore from 8 am tic shipping lanes, but the general storm

to make my official statement.

Those travelling in the British be regarder here as n breach of Coast Guard reported that Atlantic seaboard.

Heavy seas and high winds

NANKING CONDITIONS

Ambassador's party were Mr the Great Powers' agreement by rough sens were

finally along the middle Atlantic and

New England consta had two Mr Officer said conditions . K. Drinkall, Private Secretary ships in trouble. The

Nanking were orderly and there to Sic Ralph, Miss U. F. Y. Coast

starcities. Foreign Coulson, Personal Assistant, two Guard reported that a call for were assistance from the tanker, nationals were not allowed out other members of his staff, Mr Miss J. M. M John Marion,

caught 400 miles aide the walls of Nanking, but J. Gordon and

tunel Capt. did not appear to be Munro, cast and southeast of Boston, ther reported one fatailly. The ten- similar restrictions in "Shangat. Donation, Naval Attache, and-

- Apart from missionaries, therr Mrs Donaldson. ker was "badly damaged" and was being escorted Into Boston by the steamship, Pueblo, which described the Marion's condition as, "Deckhouse bulk- 20. The heads cayed Iri Lifeboats man dead.

Quiet Transition

10

HE fall of Canton and the arrival of Chinese Communists on the Hong- kong border have nd few apparent repercussions on the life of the Colony'. The Hongkong nuthorities, down individual Police officers on border duty, deserve congratulation for their tactful their of the handling

situation; and refusal to become alarmed at what was always regarded KM

potentially of The feeling dangerous

ot the pleased relief

absence of "incidents" must, of course, be tempered with caution in the future, but it is reasonable

that the quiet to assume transition from Nationalist to Communist rale was no neckdent. The Communist nuthorities in Canton are reported to be anxious for the resumption of rail traffic to Kowloon. There 113 no definite indication of their attitude to air and river trafe, but they are probably keen for these services to, continue also: the isolation of Shanglini lins Been Thused not by Communist objections but by the Nationalist blockade. In the light of this the Communists are probably as enger to avoid incidents as are-the British authorities. It seems more and more certain that, they are willing to allow their distrust and fear of "Imperialism" to be overruled at least temporarily by the realisation that Hongkong is of value to them as a link with the outside world and its products. There nye been suggestions that Communist Chinn will adhere. so closely to the Russian "tino" that she will attempt in cut herself off completely from contact with the rest of the world. This is hardly borne out, by the example of the countries in Eastern Europe which have gone Communist since the war. Those countries-and even ́ Russla ́herself—are conducting n considerable volume of trade willi Britain and other countries, in the "imperialist"

bors of the Security Council

have

be fact, to come, In

by the virtually nominated

members of the 1-rmanent In

Counell,

have succeeded bloc. Same ships running the Nationalist blockade with cargoes for and from the north, and this suggests that Communist China, too, In taking a realistic view of trade with the rest of the world. Perhaps there is at too much "red tape" in Com- present munist porta, too many hardly intelligible Import and export restrictions, but the fact remains that some trade has been dune. It is too early to assess Peiping's ultimate attitude to Hongkong, but it is perhaps significant that in their promises to "berate" these arens over which they China has sovereignty—for claim that Instance, Tibet and Formosa-the Com- munists have avoided mention-of long. Indication kong. This is probably an

TIB

That China wants British recognition as much as British businessmen, want to retuin their Interests In China. The Communists,caso for recognition resta on their claim that they represent~a genuine, Indigenous revolutionary mové meat, and have the support of the majority of the population. They are,, they say, working government In con- trol of a large part of the country; and such entitled Lo international recognition. That they have the support of all the people of China is obviously not true, but there is just is obviously no organised opposition to them in the Breas they control, It might be wished, of course, that. Chinese moderaies of all political tints had some organisation capable of setting up a less totalitarian government. But Britain, and the other western Powers, must face the facts: the Nallonalists are hopelessly discredited and impolent, and, the reins of govern. ment have passed to the Comniunists. If Brilish interests are to be safeguarded, recognition of this clinngo is inevitable. Dolny will accomplish nolking..

FORM OF PRESSURE The

Soviet possibility that displeasure may be carried a far as to lead to a withdrawal of the entire Eastern bloc from the United Nations - was cognised here.

Creech Jones Reports On Hongkong

London, Oct,

But so far, statements by Mr

the Soviet position in Britain's Far carried away. One Andrei Vyshinsky,

*Mr Arthur

Foreign Minister, at Lake East colony of Hongkong is No navigation lights. Assistance Success have been interpreted in satisfactory, the Colonial "quested. Weather rough."

SHIP DISABLED diplomatic quarters in London

A scn-going tug had as no more than an explicit form Secretary,

Creech Jones, told Parlin French freighter, Caen, in tow of pressure.

ment today in reply to alto Chester, Pennsylvania, and question.

the

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It all remained the general public hope,, both among the and in official quarters, that the Soviet Government would display the sense of proportion within the Colony. Mr. Creccities off the New Jersey Coust which it has often shown in the post-and exercised on such oc- casions as the withdrawal of troops from Pervin in 1916 - and the decision to end the blockade of Berlin this year and will let the incident drop.

Gala

was expected to haul the dis- The Asked if he had any informa-abled ship Into port today. Caen broke its propeller tlon about Communist activities

Jones

that nothing was done that was prejudiciul being done

dict to low and order.

The Governor of Hongkong, Sir Alexander Grantham, had reported that the frontler was

and rodo out pounding waves and winds for nearly three days: without engines. A Coast Guard culter stood by until the tow fine could be secured.

The

no

Vernon

ALLSOPP'S LAGER

75-miles-per-hottr hur- ricone was reported to be blow-

The Forelkn Office spokesman quiet and that no incidents had Ing itself out off the coast of tonight declined to comment-in becu notified to him. There had Halifax, Nova Scotia Co any way on the election of at the time of his last report Press. Yugoslavia, but the Impression been no incursion of retiring Into Hong- prevailed here that in ometal Nationalist troups

kong territory on the mainland. quarters, too, the, news was not

though a number of refugees unwelcome. Reuter.

had arrived.-Reuter.

op-

New Job For Mountbatten

NO APPROACH Birthrate In

London, Oct. 20-Britain is Portugal Rises not at present considering any

London, Oct. 20-His Majesty the King has Lisbon, Oct. 20-Mr Araujo submission to enter into trade

approved the negotiations with the Communist Correla, well-known demo-

or Vice-Admirat authorities in China, Mr Harold appointment Eraphic expert, announced heru Wilson, President of the Board Eart Mountbatten of Burma, hla recently that the population of of Tinde, sald in n Torilementary Lord and Chief of Supplies and cousin. to be the Fourth Sea Portugal in- 1050 win reach

reply today, nor had any. 0,002,000 persons, 'He added

proach on this subject yet been Transport, it was announced that Portugal will reach the received from them, he added.

here tonight 10,000.000. mark in 1960-United

The Communist Member of The Earl, who is 40, will also be a Lord Commissioner of the Press.

Parliament, Mr Philip Piratin, ben who

He succeeds Vice- the matter, Admiralty. raised Sir William Slim

asked if Mr. Wilson would ap- Admiral H. A. Packer proach the Government of China effect from next June, In Singapore In view of the need for Britain The appointment of Singapore, Oct. 20-Flold to trade with Chian.

Flag Onteer for Malaya was also Marshal Sir William Sim, the Mr Wilson replled that Menounced tonight. He is Rear- Chief of the Imperial General Piratin was making some un Admiral H. W. Faulkner, who Staff, arrived here today on a warrantable assumption as to will succoed Rear-Admiral C. visit to Malaya, before fiying to who.. is the Government of Caston with effect from next Hongkong-Houter.

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