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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SAIGON SPECIAL GUARDS

Cetholics Plump FOR U.S. MISSION

For Leopold

Brussels, Mar. Belgian noman Catholic clergy today urged church- rocrs to vote in favour of the return of Leopold III, exited King of tho Belgians, In

Sunday.

nationwide next LAN

ferendum. An

arc

estimated

00 percent of the Belgian population

Cathollo and the appeal is expected to have consisterable effect on the vote-United Press.

Fearing Terrorist Demonstration

Saigon, Mar. 5.-Local police and military units reinforced security measures today to insure the safety of the visiting American mission and thwart a reported terrorist "demonstration of strength."

A special guard has been assigned for the 24- hour protection of the Americans, who arrive carly this week on the first leg of their tour

Resumption through Southeast Asin. Of Sun Fo

Maintenance unist Proceedings

of

to

services.

ot the

The police doubt that any branch of the armed assassination attempt will There are white-capped Foreign Legionnaires, troopers and fols bc made against the gold-braided naval officers. Americans, but expect Com- For newsmen, it is like Pales- Ho Chi Minh's fine at the height of the ex

tremist terrorimu. guerillas to accelerate ter-

Desplie the uncertainty rorism to impress the Com-

life, Frenchmen

nccept with п traditional mission, by acts such as situation time-bombing power fachi-shrug of the shoulders and hope ties as was done during the not to be in the wrong spot at recent visit of the roving American Ambassador, Dr Philip Jessup.

Chinn.

The wrong time,

(Continued From Page 1) His Worship, interposing, re- marked that upon receipt

Nightclubs are doing good the summons he refused

business, with floorshows. Im- Issue it and then Mr Silva

ported from Paris and Philip- came to Court and supplied n

The Commission can expect to plne dance bands attracting sworn affirmation upon which heur grenate explosions, which large crowds every night. the summons was then insued.

Salgon is In the middle of) Mrre a datly occurrence here in Addressing the Court,

the "Paris" of French-Indo-the binget construction boom Silva and that he was grate-

its history, In

tlesplie the ful to Sir

Lo Man-kom

for

revolution and the Member of the Commission Vietminh that he him notice giving

Salgon is like collapse of the rubber and rice would be raising a preliminary will and that

which formed the birt he

not Paris in the midst of a perpetua markets, Wha objection,

that the basis of the country's economy. Erateful for the discourtesy in heatwave except

at boulevard Capital is mostly from French rebrandy drinkers

નામ ફેર certain of Sir Man-kom's

never know when investors in Paris. marks. For the first time in rates

from a By out his career, sald Mr Silva, he grenade may had heard a Brother advocate passing-Citroen or jeep.

(Me Bilyn) ray that he made a submission that Was

am utter nonsense. "I

nic

Commisalon members color to and Suizon most in- with plenty of ex- The city in crowded with men teresting, lanici

bul the French In uelform, representing every ritement,

authorities fre determined none of the excitement will be supplied by terrorists-United

prised, Sir, at that lack of curteay," he said.

His Worship: It is a mailer of how you take it. Me Silva. Mr Siva: It is not a mat- tir of how 1 take it I Am not in the habit of ultering notisense in this Complete Court or any other Courts in this Colony, Sir.

Sir Man-kam 14 said that

remarks

were made with

reference to Mr Silva's

Veteran Slovak Red Murdered

Mac. 5.

Prague. sub-

A

nurion as to whether this was veteran Slovak Communist,

n

stummons

issue

civil action

or not "and Ezidor Tausinger, was mur stick by those words."

dered in his office on Friday. Mr Silva: The sole

this part- the Slovak Communist Party whether raised is cular

is a summons newspaper Pravda reported to be pleaded in a criminal today. Court or whether or not a plea is necessary, and upon that I thall address you, Sir, and the authorities I shall refer to will a shadow of a chow beyond doubt that a plea is absolutely

not

the necessary. Courtesy is real legal issue in this matter. I shall nvold long argument but I

Cause completely disagree with my learned friend, Sir Man- kam, that it le not the duty of an advocate or in the tradition

of courtesy.

Pravda gave no Inkling as to whether the slayer was caught

The Prague press also nounced today that the Czech

hud loval Journalists Union

Vilem Novy, former expelled

in chief of the Com- editor munist organ Rude Prave, be

he had been unmasked Blan-ng an agent in the service

inperialists".

in though

П

he had

of

Press

Mao Back In Peking, Thanks

Stalin

London, Mar. 5.-The Chinese

Communist leader, Mao Tse- tung, hos eabled Premier Stalin thanks for his warm and kind Semaltailty to the Chinese dele-

tion which concluded Sino-Russian treaty in Moscow. the New China news agency Innnounced today in a broadcast

from Peking.

The

Mao arrived in Peking on Saturday.

The broadenst fald that Mau sent the following cable as he and his Chinese delegation re-

med to China:

"Comrade Stalin. We are ile was purged frem

nearing the border of the USSR foreign affairs post at the fore and the People's Republic of editor's China. that he lost his lime

On leaving the great job in November, according to

Union of the the official announcement, al-country of the

Soviet Socialist Republics,

as to you disappeared

and all the responsible Soviet Kovernment my deep gratitude for your warm and and wish for kind hospitality unbounded strength and pros- perity to the Soviet Union led by you."

from this post some weeks be- wish to express des in

of the legal profession to draw the attention of the Court to to the Court. any discourtery It is possible that Sir Man kom'a

experience greater Court

have might

made impression upon you, fore greater

On the murder of Tausiger, this question Sir, as regards

Pravda ld today: "On March

1950, Comrade TECHNICAL OBJECTION 3

Izidor Tausinger feli uler are hand Dealing with the complainant regarding the form of the sun-of a foul murder."

The paper sald Tausinge", an mons, Mr Silva said he would concede it was a technical un-old Bolshevist who had been

was not respon with the Communist Party of thanks to the Jection. Ho

since i was sible for the summons which Czechoslovakia

issued by His Worship. founded in 1921", was "slain by "Sir Man-kam

he is the murderer while he was at revealed no other In work". theoretically

but actual fact he is not." he said. details about the killing

WOS

says puzzled

with

the

Sir Man-kam reiterated that Red guards at Leningrad sur-

Talsinger fought

he wanted more information.

Me Silva: I took great care ing the Soviet revolution not to interrupt you, Sir Man-later kam, when you were speaking Party, One obvious remedy open to officer until

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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950.

Churchill And Opponent Shake Hands BEVIN HESITATES

Mr Winston Churchill Jenns over to shake hands with his election opponent, the Socialist candidate, Mr Seymour Hills (left), after the announcement that Mr Church had won re-election at Woodford in Essex. In the centre is the Com- munist candidate, Mr W. Brooks. Mr Churchill is at extreme right.

ABO

IN RETURNING

The Prime Minister, Mr Attlee stands”, at

Walthamstow microphones in

after the formal The that he had been re-clected. announcement banner hanging below the microphones is that of the "Returning Officer."

Poverty Behind The Red Upsurge In Far East

London, Mar. 5.-Hunger and not politics is responsible for the spread of Communism în Asia, Premier Chou En-lal cabled Lord Boyd Orr asserted today.

Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Andrei Vyshinsky. -United Press.

Tropical Tests

For Comet

Attack On

Khartoum), Mar. 6-Britain's Marshall Aid

next

Programme

and Comet airliner, the world's first Joined

Czech romerctal all-Jet plane, will | the worked He

any here

month for its 1930 when

tests, it wus officially my friend, and one which ailParly was outlawed by the advocates invariably use, is to Nazis. Ile fought in the under- make an application for furnish-ground during

Nazis, Associated Press.

theounced today,

The pilot of the aircraft wit Washington, Mar. 5.The the war and be Caplain John Cunningham, Senate Renubillean floor leader,

only man who has down. Kenneth Wherry, today urged ing of particulars which he has, was gasted three times by the the

the Comet.-Reuter. as vet, not done.

Mr Silva then asked what could be the purpose of this fruitless application today? If his fiend had applied for par- #culars he (Mr Silvo)

would

have called for a copy of the summons.

Sir Mon-kam:

now

My friend lady tells me that the

wants an order for custody plus

an order for maintenance. That

le all I want to know.

The hearing is proceeding.

CAUSE

CONFLICT

Bonn, Mar. 5.-Open con- flict between Western Allied and West German author- ties over the admission into West Germany of German refugees, expelled or about to be expelled from Poland seemed inevitable today.

spokesman foday A British cald the Allies would see that their Instructions to the German authorities to

refuse any TC- fugees not included in the lists of names drawn up under an

Jast All'od-Polish agreement November were followed."

This agreement runs counter to a warning in Berlin today by Herr Heinrich Albertz, Minister

British for the

zonal State of Lower Saxony, that "whatever the Allies decide there is not * einglo Minister In Western Germany who would drive back into

the Soviet Zone or other German who was territories a

expelled,

or had

Bed, from there."Reuter.

SIDE GLANCES

geht meth

1-24

By

Saar Agreement Denounced

TO

JOIN BIG THREE MEETING

New York, Mar. 5.-The Paris correspondent of the New York Times suggested today that "Washington and Paris were favourably disposed" towards an early meeting of the Western "Big Three" Foreign Ministers, but Mr Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Minister, was hesitating be- cause of the close British Election result.

The correspondent, Harold Callender, gave "diplomatic circles" in Paris as the source of his in- formation. He blamed the "British political dead- lock" for the Foreign Secretary's hesitation.

Callender mid that the accompanies the President, question of such a con-M. Vincent Auriol, on his ference and the scope of its State visit to London. agenda would be discussed

The correspondent assorted by the French Foreign that in contrast to their attitude Minister, M. Robert Schu-when a three-Power conference man, and Mr Bevin thin on Germany was proposed last week, when M. Schuman, October, the French are caster high for quick decisions on a level because of the urgency of the situation in Indo-China.

Husband & Wife Mysteriously Disappear

It was believed in Paris that British hesitation at a conference ference might arise also from the fact that by recognising the Chinese Communist leader. Alo Tse-tung, Britain had divergence in

created

Western polices which greatly

Atroubled the French. "who see the only hope in unlly of policy."

The Brish had hesitated so far to commit themselven to a European Payments Union and ther incastres looking towards "Integration" of Western European economies, the respondent added.

London, Mar. 5. The Foreign Office said yester- day that a woman librarian Duesseldorf, Mar, 5-Dr Kurt at the British information Schumacher, leader of the Get office in Bucharest and her man Social Democrats, today de husband had disappeared nounced the Sanr greement under mysterious circum- elving France exploitation rights for 501 over the Saar coal mines -years-ng-""the-first-prost foreign A brief message, which const the Foreign Ministers' con

political Fliccess

of Soviet tained

identified few details, Russia and, at the mome time, a the woman as Mrs Constantluyed to achieve maximum hor-

Tuccess

{ allots,"

stances.

of Germany' nation A

Foreign Office

cor-

TŁ was assumed that

this would be one question discussed

ference which would be design-

spokesman many in the alms of the three ald she was not British and Powers on all major Issues-

In a speech at a local Party was believed to be a Rumanian Reuter. conferenci at Meuse, Dr citizen.

Schumacher complained that The couple disappeared on Germany had not been given un Fridaynight. It was “presum

pportunity to make her volee ed they had been placed under arrest by the Communist nuthor- heard.

It was an affront" that the pities in Bucharest, Saar was to be admitted to the

The British information office

with rights equni to granted to Germany. Interest of Europ and France must meet offer round the table soun, he band had icclured.

man unity

Council of Europe as a member in Bucharest suspenued operu

those tions atlier this week after the "In the Rumanian governm.nt Coth Germany planes of its activities.

ca"h The woman Ibrarian's hu

no connection: with the British Legution or inc

Urmation Once, 1. Dr Schumacher raid that Ger-British

would be furthered was stated here.

The Rumanian Foreign Of- had asked the closing of

ot Bismarck's "tature.

offices in Bucharest un The first condition was the the grounds that their activities consistent with the maintenance of

function male mission.

Both suspended their

If the people in power ref-in-d

putting on "B'sın rek's Ace fortn Jackboo's Particularly as they both the Brich mi US, infor-

motion

the maximum were not

Westerr normal

freedom in

ilical "ermany.Reuter.

SPEEDING UP

SHANGHAI EXODUS

The exodus

of Chinese In- dustrial plants from Shanghai

raw

to inland cities is beginning to assume a wholesale character because of the electric partly power shortage and Kuomin- inng blockade and partly to be

the sources of nearer The former Director materials

Arrivals from the north sald General of the United Na-

electric facturies producing tions Food and Agricultural

bakelite apparatus, cigaretter, Organisation and 1949 Nobel powder, lumber, paper, silk and Peace Prize winner, said: cotton fabric

two dozen which "People who are short of food

alr:ady moved to the interior and other primary neces Itles e life and believe that there can

or are in process of doing so. In addit'on, many others are be obtamed will overthrow any

overnment or economie y contemplating evacuation, which dues not make them available,

are among some either have

New sites chosen by trans- forrige plante anen from Soo- chow, on the Shanghal-Nanking "Today the people at Asia, railway about 60 miles west of who have so long bɛrne pov rt

Shanchurin

to Harbin, in north-i 50 percent

Presiden with resignation cuit in

as some hn

tern Truman's request for a US$3 which was inevitable, have com In

majority ot cases. instal-lo $50,000,000 third-year

belleve that if they could workers are given the choice of Marshall foreign take their countries Into their ether being paid off in Shang

own hands and establish a new hal or tranferred with their order

can abolish hunge amlhes to the new location.- they and povertyplt

Reuter. This

Galbraitht on the

plan,

NOW PLAYING

STARRING

COPR. 1960 UY NEA VÉRVICE, INC. 3. M. KIG. 1. 3. FAT OFF.

"It boils down to this: we see the movio and starve, or forget it and eat!"

balance".

with

against hunger

Radio Hongkong

ILKT

The Democratle leader, bena tor Scott Lucas, maid such a re duction would "k" the pro- gramme and predicted that Con-and poverty is the fundamental upsurge of Asia, gress would approve the new cause of the

by the which is by far the most im JECA grant requested

porlant political problem of our Administrator, Paul Hoffman,

Senator Wherry told a repor-day. The like hood that it

$1,500,000,000

be will spread into other countries should

0, "Hongkong Calling"-Program: trimmed from ECA funds D-Africa, the Middle East, and

me Summary: 0.01, Children's Half 1four-Conducted by Frost (Studio); "the start of a general cam Latin America.

Tait Tour (Studio); "It Federal

was no use saying that 8.10, Portugulets Opening of Parlis paign to

reduce all

5,45, The and budget Into this spending

was just the spread of ment (London Relay!: 7. World Hc said another Communism. It was true that aws and News Analysis (Landon $1,000,000,000 shoul,f be outu. Communists took advantage Relay); 7.15 "Hul Blix Masquera. MersIntroduced by Raymond Mul. from other foreign spending, of it and promised the peopta holland: 1.30 "CHT the Record

Tonnia Gibbons spreial emphasis on tie what they wanted, but it the Presented by

Studio): 8 From the Editorials" Initas for Europe programme-

London Relay): 8.10. Linda Caler United Presby

Talks on Films (Studio): 0.25, "1 Like What I Like"-Presented by Jack Wild (studio): 0.55, "Concerto -Max Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in . Minor, Op. 20 Yehudi Menuhin Violin) and the London Symphony Back The Orchestra: 020, Erna United

"It' 030. Nightingale; German Dancing Time" With the Dance Orchestra of 1st Balt: Camerontans the Com. by Kind Permission of

the anding Officer fielny from Forces Fducation Centre. Kowloon); 10, Radio Newsreel (London Italy): 10.13, Weather Report: 19.1. Span Ish Nights-Introduced by "Bet-

(Studio); 10.30, "From Dalletgylvia" (Delibes), Bym phony Orchestra Conducted by John Barbirolti 10.40, Mule for Dancing: 11.10. Weather Raport, World News and Home News from Brain (Los- dont Relay Recorded; God Save the King: 11.30, Close Down.

“BACKSTAIRS”

COALITION?

New

York, Mar.

5. The

Now

York

Tribune today

Herald reported from London

Will

deliver the сап Cominuniste goods to milltary force stop the spread of Communism among the Ill fed people of the world."

Lord Boyd Orr returned on Saturday from the States Associated Press.

British Buses For Miami Possible Havana, Mar, 5.-The Presl- that there "backstairs Coalillan" in Bri-dent of the Miami Tr asit Com-

pany said to lay se may co tain's new House of Commons.

were slims of a

"It is recalled that last Mon- put some British built buses on

Clement Attlee, Is Miami strects. day Mr normal, called upon the King." it said. "But it is not normal that on Wednesday Mr Church ill was called

to Buckingham

Palace.

"In come political quarters it is suggested that Mr Churchill Was summoned to the Palace on Mr Attlee's advice-that the King is acting as a go-between." -Reuter.

William Fawley is in Havana negotialing for the purchase or the H vana Electric Company the city's bus which opera'ed ines by the Briti-nanced Modern Autobus Company.

Armed Hold-Up

the

AS A

A Chinese, described The British-backed Arm newspaper agent, was robbed woul-i

made of $700 import British

Lo Parkes Street Last rabber "Leyland Tiger buses for use evening when held up by a man 013 Havana's tringit lines with a revolver. The

Thas not yet been arrested.

United Press.

offices

of a diplo-

subsequently operationis.

The Rumanian move followed. Hungary's

that both request Britain and the U.S. reduce their Legation staffs in Budu-

Observers here

pointed out

that in several of the Soviet catellilo countries af Estern Europe, "ocal" employs of Bridsh and American diple- matic mission have been in- volvet 1 s enllo "esping," trials. Acsociated Presa.

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