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VOL. IV NO. 270

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1949.

PEKING REPUDIATES DELEGATION TO U.N. Telegram To Romulo From Chou En-lai

CHOU EN-LAI

PEKING

PLANS AIR SERVICES

San Francisco, Nov. 15. A plan to resume air ser- vices between Communist China and other points was indicated tonight by Peking Radio quoting a cable sent to CNAC and CATC per- sonnel by the general mana- gers of these two Chinese air lines who last week went over to the Communista.

NATIONALISTS DESCRIBE REDS AS MUTINEERS

LAKE SUCCESS, NOV. 15.—THE CHINESE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT TODAY REPUDIATED THE CHINESE NATION.

ALIST REPRESENTATIVES AS THE LEGAL DELEGATION OF CHINA TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

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HUNDRED AND THIRTY TONS OF POWER AND SPEED

A fine picture showing the size of the 180-ton Bristol Brabazon, the world's largest civil air- liner. Having undergons exhausting trials, the giant British aircraft amazed visitors to a recent aircraft exhibition in Bri- tain, Present plans call for the Brabazon to make her first trans-Atlantle flight early next year. (AP Picture).

ATOM TALKS

BEFORE YEAR'S END

Flying Cloud Holed By Nationalist Fire

New York, Nov. 15. The Isbrandtsen Steamship Company notified the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, today that a Chinese Nationalist warship fired on the Isbrandtsen steamer, Flying Cloud, as she left the Yangtse River.

Hundreds of shells were] Waller McConaughy, American "at" Shanghai, Both said their information was

The

Officials said the reports were boing studied immediately.

Two British

The repudiation was contained in a dispatch broadcast in English to North America and picked up by the United States Government's radio monitoring service and made available here.

"The liberation war of the There was no immediate

victory. nation-wide decisive

Kuo- comment from the United Chinese people has now won a Nations Headquarters. The The remnant reactionary U.N. President,

fired at the Flying Cloud, Consul-General General mintang Government

her captain said in his mes radioed from the captain of the STOP.PRESS Carlos P. Romulo, to whom damentally doured

Was ad- longer qualified the repudiation

the Chinese people.

sage. Several holes were Flying Cloud "On behalf of the Central

torn in the side of the ship. Government of dressed, was presiding over

the

One of them was 18 inches of China, I the session of the General People's

Flushing People's Republic Assembly at

in diameter. None aboard formally inform you that the Meadows.

was killed or injured, Central People's Government of The message, which was also

TEXT OF MESSAGE

occurred on Incident Republic of China the People's

Johannesburg, Nov. 15.-| sent to the two Corporations

The intercepte dispatch, as repudiates the ice so-called Three Dakotas of the South Hongkong alaff, said: "We are

London, Nov. 15. A Monday night as the ship lert

Woosung for available by the

Fusan, Koren, the delegation of the now working on a plan to re-

Government monitoring price, Chinese Nationalist Govemment African Air Force were to- Foreign Office spokesman on her scheduled sume the air services".

sald:

"Peking, November 15. attending the present session of day working an ambulance disclosed today that Anglo-world service.

General At It added: "We hope that all

remaining

Foreign Minister Chou En-jal the United Nations the

personnel

today sent the following bale-sembly, and holds that it cannot shuttle service between Tre-American talks on atomic notoria and the scene of this energy in Washington are Hongkong and the areas await.

Krom to will, unite to

the President

of the represent China liberation ing

at expected before the end of Nations Generat their vigilance, United ge her, raise

Nation Waterval Boven, in Western the year. repudiating the legal right to speak for the Chinese morning's railway crash

the United sembly smash the plots of the reaction- arios, shoulder the responsibili- status of the T. F. Tsiang dele- people in

Minister of the Foreign lal, ty of protecting all properties gation sent by the so-called Organisation. Signed, Chou E. Transvaal, in which the 62 natives and one Euro- and awal. further instructions." Chinese Nationalist Government'

to attend the present session of Central People's Government nf death roll is reported to be The two general managers, Mr

General the People's Republic of China.

The latter was W. pean. United Nations

General Romulo sald he had Liu Ching-yi and Chen Cho-lu, the

Chou's

Green, the driver of the havo now taken ofte, as chiefs Assembly:

"Carlos Romulo, President of not yet received

train.. Kram. of the two air Corporations, the General Assembly, care of Peking Radio added.

In a letter to Mr Chou En-lai, tie, Lake Success, New York: the Communist Prime Minister Chairman Mao Tse-tung of the and Foreign Minister, Cen.ral People's Government of they pledged "to study humbly and work hard for the building up of the civil aviation of New China under the guidance of the great Chairman, Mao Tse-tung." -Reuter.

EDITORIAL

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AB-

Secretary-General, Trygve

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BAND OF MUTINEERS

One hundred and six natives The Chinese Chief delegate, and four other European mem- Dr T. F. Tsiang, sold the Kuo-bers of the train's

British Film Crisis

TT is a sad chapter in the story of British film production that the Rank group which has proved itself capable of such of the adult contributions to the art cinema "Hamlet" and "The Red Shoes" should be faced with collapse. Mr Rank, presenting the annual accounts of the group last week, announced a fall of more than £4 million in the group's profits, which, he said, reflected a produc- tion loss on last year's films of more than £3 million. He said that the group would contiane to make'filma on a reduced scale until June next year, but might have to stop production altogether unless the the entertainment Government reduced

to

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HANGING OVER SIDE

One coach left hanging over he bridge spilt many of its passengers to their death below. All the bodies are now be loved to have been recovered. The very seriously injured to Pretoria, and were flown

w.crc the lester casualties

in towns hospitals taken to near the scene of the crash.

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captain

round-the-

anchored

the

On October 8 last, the Under secretary of State, Mr James E Webb said that the United Staten not recognising the lega lity of the Nationalist blockade, would consider any attack "ori an American vessel as a very serious mantler, Mr Webb. de- the port for clined at a press conference at teamer outside

say what action to determine that time to in examination he extent of damage, the Line might be taken laid. He was attempting to

PLEA TURNED DOWN :lose the holes by bolting

outside and

placing

The State and Navy Depart- ement boxes inside the "hun.

meņis weeks ago turned down a The message to Mr Acheson

Com- the line had notified the plea by the Isbrandtsen

pany for armed escorts for its Chief of Naval United States

merchant ships in that aren Operations, requesting that the

One point officials want clear- US. Navy determine the Flying

and furnish ed up is where the attack took Cloud's situation

whether. place.

in Chinese any necessary assistence.

erritorial waters or on the high ACTION REQUESTED

seas. The recognised rights of a warship "On October 5, the message

to halt a-foreign said, "yuu❘ vessel differ under the circum- Acheson

the

stances. announced that States Government view seriously any al- merchant on American

Nationalist Chinese

poroplanes

inid

Jates Commenting on a report that Washington

to had decided mako full information

de- American postwar atomic velopments available to Britain rnd Canada, the spokesman said that there had been a full ex- change of information between the United States, Canada and Britain in the field of atomic energy.

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With

so far.

decide on

Koreans Hold

Americans

As Hostages

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NO COMMENT

The U.S. State Department re- ceived the reports of the incident without comment.

Reports of the incident came from the Isbrandtsen Steamship

Mr McConaughy said "In his message that the Flying Cloud's master advised that the incident took

place at the mouth of the

He said Yangtse river.

the

or chant ship was anchored whic

repairs were being made. Associated Press.

The attack or the Flying was confirmed by he Hongkong agents of the ship. Cloud

his moming

Ships Freed. One Detained

The Naval authorities in Hongkong announced":"at that the two hoon today. British ships, Tainan and, Wasabg, which were inter- copied and detained by the Chlaceo-Nationalist Navy.on their way out of Shanghai, have been released and are continuing their voyages..

The British ship, Elio Moller, was do'ained" by the Chinese Navy yesterday sbe.. at- morning. when tempted to leave Shanghal with cargo, reports Central News from Taipeh, quotide Chinese Naval Headquarters.

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The detention annarently took place off Woosung. The message added that Inspection of the ship's cargo was being made.

THE HONG KONG DISPENSARY

1949

JANUARY

IS AT YOUR

crew were

accident Occurred at the People's Republic of China mintang Government is the only injured,

Observers here conclude that | co The this morning.

officially officially declared to the world in one that has the support of the

with the train, filled he proclamation of the form people. He told the press that

500 natives the exchange of information in Ringle official of Central People's not n

home to Forlyguese the field of atomic weapons has United to urning ton of the

East Africa from the Rand gold been more limited. The United would (Continued on Page 5)

the Mc- lack Government of the People's Re- "bogus Communist government" public of China of October 1:

crossing the flood-States Congress and mines, was

forbids assels by Act, which swollen Crocodile River. As the Mahon two engines pulling it reached the disclosure of military secrets. warships the undermined far bank, they to foreign powers, have been the tempting to enforce Nationalist latest word was that the mer crashed over, toppling even two factors holding up a full China's purported blockade

announced port closure order coaches full of passengers into three-way exchange the river 20 feet below.

the disclosure of the on June 23.**

The message said Mr Acheson atom explosion some An uninjured European, mem-Soviet 40 percent cinemas to show at least

ber of the crew ran back thrce observers predict that Washing-ald he had notified the Chinese a more Nationalist Government by um British films, and "mulcting", el cinema

miles to get help. Half dressed ton may

Waterval Boven liberal_polley owards Britain clol memorandum takings by the Treasury. Mr O'Brien

villagers of Jurried to the rescue of the and Canada, who both made lockade was in violation of in- urged that £20 million of the money paid

"You further.notified us," the should be screaming passengers trapped in vital contributions in the early ternational law. in taxes the Treasury

the crushed conches in the river days of atomle research-Reu-isbrandtsen message said, "that he US. government would a form of

bed, Many were drowned,

nny returned to the industry Da

lake appropriate action if subsidy. His justißcation for this policy

be made attack should American merchant vessels. W appears to be based on two argumenta.

now request you take appro- Firstly, that the film industry has impor-

priate action itunediately in this tant export possibilities, and secondly,

case of our Flying Cloud." that full employment should be maintained in the industry. On the other hand, it is unreasonable to expect the Government: to maintain full employment in an indus- try irrespective of the selling quality of Its product, of its efficiency, or of the remuneration expected by those who work; In that Industry. Extravagance is a criticism which has often been directed at the film industry. Rates of pay, from clerical grades up to the stars, have been too high, and the times taken to make films have been too long. A still graver criticism seems to be that with only a few exceptions the industry has been unable to bring to light sufficient creative talent. This fallure has sometimes been blamed on the film monopoly, which Mr Raak has so quickly built up in Britain; the critics allege that independent pro- ducers and directors, men with ideas, financial. have been frozen out by interests. Some light may be thrown on this critlefsm by the Board "of Trade committee which is at present Investiga- ting the structure of the industry.' Obviously it is in Britain's Intercats to have a flourishing film Industry, but if this committee Ends any evidence that the monopolistic system hinders, rather than helps, the Industry, there is just as obviously no case for Government help, Only if the Alm-makers themselves can put their house in order will there be any case for special support for the industry.

tax, which last year took £10 million of the £27 million paid by the British public for admission. Mr Rank lald part of the blame for the industry's losses on the Government order made in August 1947, imposing a heavy import duty on foreign, films. This order resulted in American companies refusing to send films to Britain for almost a year, and, the Rank group consequently expanded production to fill the gap. This, said Mr Rank, resulted in British "flm-making talent being spread loo thinly over the tilms which were produced; quality was sacrificed for quantity. Mr Rank claimed that the burden of entertainment tax had been so increased that the companies had been unable to pass it on to the public, and consequently had Insufficient money. left over to pay for the production of now Aims and the operation of cinemas. His criticisms of Government policy were supported by Mr O'Brien, a Member of Parliament, who is himself secretary of one of the film employees' unions. He blamed the "calamity" which had befallen British Bims on, the arbitrary Imposition of a crippling duty on American aims, the quota system which forces British

The Department of Justice Washington, Nov. 15Company of New York, operators

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the vessel, and from

Mr

Union Leaders'

Homes Rocked

is to make a special inquiry as The Communist regime in ot well as the Rallways Admis tration, since the crash follow-North Korea admitted.today ed so closely in corller one this that it had seized two Johannesburg Americans, and added that year, outside when 74 natives were killed they may be held as host.

Pentiar, Michigan, Nov. 15: Associated Press.

ages until the United States

dynamite chargea recognises the. Communist-Planted

rocked the homes here of two regime as Korea's. govern trade union officiais, Dan Keat- LEWIS PAYS

ing, the business manager of ment.

Local 014 of the American HUGE FINE The Americans are Albert Federation of Labour, and of

Villa of Brooklyn and Alfred his accretary, Louis Linteau.

Remembering recent attempts Washington, Nov-13-The Meschter of Kinderhook, N. Y

Both

th: to assassinate two Congress of are employees of anian leader. Mr John L. i roromie Co-operation Ad-Industrial Organisations' union

nd his United Mineworkers'

ministration They have been tenders, Waller and Victor Union today paid $1,429,20 missing since S:ptember 22 Reuther in Detroit, the police Anes for falling to obey a court when the Korean crew of the went into action swiftly to in- order to end a 1848 coal strike. South Korean ship. Kimball F

vestigate the cause of the explo alons. Counsel remarked that the fine Smith, mutinled and took every was "probably the biggest, ever

to: Communist- paid by a

defendant in the one aboard

Korea. ontrolled North

dis Federal courts, certalay the big-

The first report of their

came in d gest ever paid by alpbour

appearance, which Communist broadleast from Supreme Pyongyang. capital of North

...

The United States Court declined last week to hear Korea, said they were receiving

ei appeal against the fines of humane treatment" and might

Damage was reported to ba confined mainly to the garages in bath houses.-Reuter

Thailand Drops Legation Plans

Bangkok, Nov. 1-Thailand

the fines paid today, $23,000 was he returned if the United States has cancelled a plan to estabilah

Mi by fur contempt of cours Lewis personally and $1,500,000 for contempt by the Union,

The whole aniqunt was paid by the Union--Rauter...

o requested But on for the a Legation and Consulate- Valted: S'ates has refused to General at Canberra, Australia. have any such dealings with The Foreign Minister Php! the Communist regime, United Asarmalo, announced the change. Prod

said in plans United Preas

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