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Hongkong Telegraph.

VOL. IV NO. 289

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949.

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Servicemen's Families Late Autumn Future Control Of

Release Of Two Americans

Agreement Reached

Washington, Dec. 7 -The United States agreed today to meet the Commmunist terms for the relenss of two Amerlenna long held captive in Soviet dominated North Korea.

The Secretary Dean Acheson,

in compliance ly the North Republic" an

Mr of Sinte announce that with condki laconia Karen "Prople's American offein? will be sent to the frontier to receive the two omelats of the Fronomic Co-operation ministration Who have held since September 22

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The men will be

freed on Sunday if an authorised Ameri- ran offelal shows up at 11 m local time at the border town of Aerong, the Communist radio

at Pyongyang announced

Tuesday

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Mr Acheron said the State Department will comply al. though it is not known whether the proposal is authentie

PREMATURE

T-

This development followed closely on the presumed lease of the Consul-General, Me Angus Ward, and 18 others con- nocied with the American Con- milate at Mukden, In Com- mugiat Chino. But while thetr release promised to relieve ten sion, Mr Acheron made t plain at a news conference that disap-

proving Am

American policies re.

mat unchanged.

No Commons Representation

· For Colonies

London, Deo. 7-Mr Herbert Morrison told the House of Common this evening that the Govern- ment wero not prepared

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Bet Ep a Royal Com- mission to Investigate the problems of colonial government with Aview to considering the advis Ability ol establishing colonial presentation In the HouNG et Commons from each colony.

hir Morrison sald he did noi disagree

the with sentiment whloh inspired the Member who put the question (Mr Harold Davies) but it must be

there SECTE remembered about 50 colonies and de- pendencies which differed in constitution and tem-

perament

The Government werd concerned with developing the principle Df kelt-

Kovestment.

were

Mr Thomas Reid poluted out that if representation for the colonies was grant- ed to relation lo popula tion,

Fents DA allocated in this country, **this

would House *wamped out."—Our Own Correspondent.

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LI TSUNG-JEN

IN N. YORK New York, Dec. 7-General Li Tsung-jen, Acting President Nationalist China, arrived medien trent- here today for nicht,

thai he

soon

of

He expressed the hope would be will enough

Cinn to return to "renew my fight against Come munist aggression.

with cretaries

He restated the tion position

that 11 14 pre- mature oven to consider ۳۶۰ tending American diplomatic re engnition to Communist China The United States hos refused to recognise the North Korea

Bli regime, and so have One of United Nations except the Somenta viet bloc.

Word was still lacking

and

La

To Come ToH.K.

STATEMENT IN COMMONS

London, Dec. 7. Defence Minister, Mr A.V.I Alexander, Baid

The

in

the this

House of Commons evening that the old rule whereby only families of servicemen on the per- manent garrison of Hong- for eligible kong were passages and accommoda- tion to enable them to join their husbands had been modified to include fami- lics of all British service- men in Hongkong.

Families would be allowed: to join their husbands if and when passages and ne- avail- commodation were

able.

The Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Admiralty, Mr

John Dugdale, said that the Admiralty were making en- quiries to determine how far the rule whereby only members of the Royal Navy Dockyard police in Hong- kong, with European wives, were for the purposes of pay and quarters, counted as single men is being forced, and whether it can be relaxed.-Our Own Cor- respondent.

en-

A quiet avenue in tho. Park at Colchester, is it. by late November sun. shine, as the trees hold on to the last of their red and, gold leaves. Boyond the trees in the far back- ground is the wall of Colchester Castle.

We Borrows £4 Million REX BEACH

To Construct Lake

COMMITS

SUICIDE

landed of President Li AdministraGuardia Beld at 8,50 am GMT his wife, Two sons, re- and airdes, and WAR "reeted by Ambassador

300 te Ington Koo. about bers of Chine-&-Americndi or ganisations and representatives

Bagdad, Dec. 1-To create a the Federal elly govern-

lake, Iroq han arranged to bor- tow Before he left the plane. Pre- £4,500,000 from the World

the Finance quick Bank,

Minister. Li was given a from nident

Chibi Ismat disclosed today

Mission left A World Barsk Presbyterian to doctors

Dec. Sebring, Florida, University Medical Bagdad by air today. Columbia

Rix be spent on

Beach, whose life story The money will Centre who will treat him for

wan exciting as his tales of anti-flood relief projects, mainly a Memach niliment The doctory

shol himself to adventure, scheme to the Wadt Thurther construct a big artificial lake.death. The 72-year-old navellst suffering from a cancer Reuter

of the throat. The body was discovered at his ranch home The by lila personal

revolver He left no note.

Mr Ward, who with his Con- berkup by two of a group of

sulate party was scheduled

leave Mukden by Tuesday to board

trada

all t

Tientsia, Officials expected him

of the

to be out of communication und Frank Cotul and Frank Melency.

his arrival at the North China wet later that looked "Rick port city.Associated Press and tred United Pres

EDITORIAL

T"

The Problem Of Formosa

ME Communist successes in continental China brings today into sharp focus the problem of what is likely to be done about Formosa. The pointers are that Chiang Kai-shek will attempt to hold the island after his forces have finally been eliminated from the mainland scene, and that he will endeavour to make this the Jant bastion of Free China. But how Ruccessful he can be with his present resources is problematical. Some observers believe there are good troops on Formosa which, under American-trained General SUB, could resist any invasion by the Communiston. There is also on the Island something of an air force and some nayu? craft is available, although neither of these militant wings Bre very well supplied nor well co-ordinated. Moreover, the financial resources that Chiang has at his disposal have been seriously depleted in consequences of demands made for the futile defence of the mainland. Chlang might be able to put up a stubborn defence of Formosa but it is unlikely that he could hold it indefinitely against a really determined Communist assault, particularly if the Chinese Reds had some Soviet aid In the way of aircraft and skips: The technical political position of the island is complicated. In the Cairo Conference It was agreed, and the agree. ment was confirmed at Potsdam, that the island should be taken from Japan and returned to the "Republic of China." The Republic of China, was then, and still is legally, the Nationalist Government. Theoretically. Formosa is still a former Japanese possession awaiting return to China formally under the terms of a pence treaty. In practice it has already been occupied by military and civil forces of Nationalist China, and it lins been an occupation unpopular In some aspects

with the indigenous population, many of au Taiwanese whom regard themselves rather than Chinese, It is the military situation that is of the most immediate concern-especially to the United States. Manifestly the control of Formosa by n Government hostile to America and other Western powers would breach the existing outer arc of strategis defences, and flank both Okinawa and the Philippines. Sach a contingency could not be viewed with

It would equanimity.

weaken the defence of Korea and Japan and offer a direct threat to the northern Philippines. These are some of the considerations which have prompted the 'suggestion 'that Formosa should be placed under United Nationa trusteeship. If such a trusteeship were definitely non-Communist the gravest apprehensions in respect to U.S. strategy would be relieved. But it can be assumed that Nationalist China would accept such. a programme only in extremes and as a Inst resort to prevent the island from falling into the hands of the Communists; the Communists, of course, would fight against the proposition tooth and nail, and, vlowed from any angle, the possibility of Formosa being placed under trustee- The future of ship appears to be remote.

island must the

be taken Into netive consideration when studies are made of policy designed to contuin Communism in the Far East. Its strategical position is too obvious to need ompliasis, yet the moral claims which the Republic of China has to its possession (whether the legal Government of the time be Nationalist or Communist) are so formidable as to defy denial. Formosa' is, going to pose- dellente problem, but by naluro of its criticalness, this may; force the Western powers, out of watchful waiting into decisive action.

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In England

Soviet Exploitation Of Manchuria

CHARGES LEVELLED BY U.S.

Jerusalem

INTERNATIONAL REGIME IDEA APPROVED BY UN

Lake Success, Dec. 7.-The United Nations Special Political Committee today voted by 35. votes in favour, 13 against and 18 abstentions, to place Jerusalem under an International regime, governed by the United Nations.

The Committee endorsed the principle that Jerusalem should be placed "under a permanent international regime" and that it should be established as a "corpus separatum" administered by the United Nations.

The Committee allso decided that the Trustee- ship Council should become the administering authority of Jerusalem. The voting on this was 32 to 16, with 11 abstentions.

The term "Jerusalem" included in this decision compromised the Municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns, including Bethlehem. The Committee decided that the Trusteeship Council, at its next session in January, should pre- pare a statute for Jerusalan and "proceed immedi ately with its implementation."

Bilsed

Dr Charles Malik, of the peace and security in the Middle Committee East than the United States and Lebanon, told the Loday: If you do not interna- the United Kingdom," he added." dionallee Jerusalem now I fear "In this debate the United that it will not be internation-

spoke of don Kingdom delegate

partition and doing the best for a long time to come,"

can with the material at Anyone voling. against Inter-we nationalisation and for the hand. The debate stopped at nationalisation" and partition of this point without him saying Jerusalem is voting for the whether his Government or the eventual "Israelisation of the United States would be pro

ef Jerusalem in the forepared to give guarantees to ture" he dociered. allay the fears of the Arab

Fle said that Jerusalem was world." at the eastertimost point of the territory in Palestine occupied cised the United States view- Earlier, Dr Maik had criti- by Israel. There was an Israeli

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

thrust into the hinterland and point that the plan recommend- the 17-nation Sub- Committee for the Trusteeship Flushing Dec. 7.-The United States charged Jerusalem stood at the very end Committ

of that thrust.

Council to draw up a ̈ Statute that the today that the Russian exploitation of Manchuria

"It is proposed that

for the Holy Cly and to put it into effect could not be imple- had snatched rice from the plates of the hungryp of that thrust be partitioned

petween two nationalisms, two mented. Chinese children.

uiterly different cultures, two

religions,

Vary

two utterly

PARTITION SCHEME

The American Ambassador, Dr Philip Jessup, told different the Assembly that there is "acute fear" that Russia wifferent outlooks on life." de-

The United Nations found in theclared Dr Malik. would be "continuing Communist aggression in

**4:16 seriously entertained 1947, he said, when the partition Far East." Dr Jessup scoff d at the Russian charges

dial that is a practicable solu- of Palestine

was voted, that that the United States is guilty of imperialism.

Jon that it will boat, that it that scheme could not be im will bring about considerations plemented but it went ahend of recurity and place?”

and adopted it.

Behind the scene manoeuvring paved the way for the adoption | by the Assembly of the resolu

on that would keep Nationalist China's battle with Russia and

Match September 1. 1877. 111s the China Communists before he United Nations for another year,

was 1 farmer. He al- tended Rollins College at Win- ter Park, Fla., and the Chicago College of Law. But instead of practising law, he rushed off to the

Klondike

Jike for gold.

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On his return he became

rose to n brick salesman. Be vico-presidency, found himself with little or nothing to do, and turned to writing.

Quins Born

To Peasant

As a result of a last-minute amendment offered by Ecuador Ignorant of

the plenary

to vote

NO GUARANTEES

DI

The best way to encourage the "would-be defiers" of a

Dr Mulk asked, having regard Generat Assembly resolution to the "ste.dy growth

now would be to talk about the israuli power" in the Middir Impossibility of implementation. East and that at the cruelat ime

He challenged the United States

Bogota, Dec. 7-A Negress the United States and Britain representalve to point out a Chrislinn ten which scientinte methods always come to the help of the

their was against real internationall- of respect to the Latin-American resolu-acted as midwife when a peasant israells in

sallon.

Mr Agha Shahi, of Pakistan, tion to send the dispute to the woman at Angostura, North-urther el.kns, what guaranteer

there that

the presen)

Sub Com Little Assembly for "continuous Western Colombia, gave birth to were

study" examination and

according to

mittee's and quintuplets,

the thrust would stop in the middle supporting the

recommendations, said Jerusalem. the full Assembly newspaper Espectador here.

that the debate on the future. report to rext year,

Dr Malik answered his own of Jerusalem session The mother of the Quins

had given ex- had to give all wo expected

boys already

that nine question: "None whatever"

pression to the thought

Nations was con- Whenever a crisis had arisen the United Bocah was president of the Chiang Kai-shek's government children.

Tho father, 2 a diplomatic lease on life:

37-year-old on the Palestine problem in the verting itself into a body which Authors League of America from

miner, Eleazar Alfonso Ar past three years, the weight of readily stamps with the seal of 1917 to 1921. te was one of

always its anproval a meztiso of part the United States had

a series of fails royabe, ta writers the first

to recognise

Indian blood.

been cast in favour of Israel. accompli." the potentialities of movies for

Dr Ilomero Lafronte af

The United States and Britatu Two of his sisters some time

"IL authors. In his later years his Ecuador, following what obser- ago

approach to the Palestine underwent a sex change could provide guarantees agalast question seems to have been die- output decreased, although in

very reported had been ex- and are now males. They have further growth by Isruel, but unted by what is claimed as tho 1940 his "World In Arms" was

tremely busy Lackaluge activity. changed their names from Anu hey had made ao mention of si. Logic of crystallised situations sold to Hollywood for $100,000.

introduced an amendment to Teodora to Teodoro and from "No two powers have a greater and accomplished facts, rather Beach owned mnch at Se-

the Latin resolution. The Luella to Luis Emilio.-Reuter, positive role to play in ensuring than by those considerations of bring, Fla. one of the show- amendment refers to the Little

Justice which are mentioned as places of the area.

Assembly the Chinese charges Но was married to Edith and "any charges of violations

principles of the Charter," he She died in Crater In 1007.

contained in

sald.--Reuter,""- 1947. Beach called her his chief of the principles

the resolution which the United source of inspiration

It

SUBMARINES OFF HAWAII

BACKSTAGE ACTIVITY

Termination Of State Of War among the purposes and Competent sources explained With Germany To Be Discussed

the

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Washington, Dec. 7-Mr Dean Acheson, the Secre- STOP PRESS tary of State, told reporters today that the High Com- missioners in Germany had announced their agreement. with the German Government that they would consider the legal napects of the termination of the war with Germany.

of

Chiang Leaves Chengtu

One of his most successful States designed. book was "The Spoilers." has been made Into a movie that this would enable the in- several times. Beach did al terim committee to doal not Lypes of writing. In 1911 he only with 'past actions of Rus- In the Na- covered the World Serica for sin es contained

but futuro the New York Times-United Ulonalist charges

violations or principles. This Press.

amounted to endorsement for

American-backed resolu tion. The United States. im

that mediately announced would

He said that the question in- so far as the United States was support the amended

Generalissimo Chiang Kai- It had voted volved great legal complications concerned by a resolution Portland, Oregon, Dec. 7- Latin resolution.

It would be studied here in the Congress although a treaty was

shek flew out of Chengtu this Governor Ingram Stainback of against the original version

morning as the situation in this Howall sald today in a Pearl China's Dr. Talang apparently State Department and in con- later signed.

Ho said that they were now Harbour anniversary, broadcast agreed to this compromisei but sultation with the United States

studying the problem, whether refugee capital worsened hourly.

message wireless have ap- expressed regret that the United for the legal officers of the it would be a good thing to do. Chenglu this morning carried that submarines

Later, proached Howall "and I think Nations has not backed his own

the bare information that the they could only be Rusalan." proposal. He acknowledged that various

their ICNNECTS would put what would be the effects on the

Generaliszimo, had left, and thờ 'Shortly before his departure nations are justified in trying

their Investments in Ho rald that the question had tries, and what would be the Foreign Office Branch in Ilong- for Washington, Governor protect

kond said, they had not Steinback asserted that Howall, China, but said the Chinese to do with the termination of a effects on their relations with

Informed OR

tohla destination. eight years after the Japanese people's stake la far greater. He state of war and not necessarily Germany and with each other.

British officials said today that

On the basis of latest reports attack, "has no defences." He mined that recognition of the with a peace treaty. One way gave no? datos or speelde in Chinese Communists would be to terminate a war was by early next year legal experts of from Chengdu and Holhow it is

Another way France, Britain and the United formation on the reported op hort-sighted and warned the neace treaty.

turned to Talpeh --Uasted Press. proach of unidentified sub- Unlied Nations not to abdicate was by some action possibly by Sintos would meet to look into almost certain Chiang hus, ro

the legal aspects of the question | marinos to Hawall. Such an ite responsibility to oppose the President or by Congress

Ho recalled that the first of ending the stato of war with Incident had been reported last Russia's year-United Press.

world war was officially ended Germany-Router.

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im periallam, United Press...

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United States and on other coun-

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