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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1950.

Democrats Rally In

With

Disagrees

Eisenhower

Key West, Florida, Mar. 27The Hecretary of De- fence, Mr Louis Jalinson, · wald today that the

de-

fraces of the United States were

for adequate

time being.

He was replying

press

the

nt a

conference to quen-

tlona on the slatements by General

Dwight Eisen- feared the defences

hower that be

United State

had fallen below the safe-

ty level,

"I think the nation's de-.

fences, as worked

the Budget, are unio the needs moment."

out in Mufficient

of

Mr Johnson said. Mr Johnson had a two and a half hours' con-

ference with President Truman-Reuter.

Death Of Old

The

Resident

at his drath occurred residence curly this morning of Palonjer Talati, Mr Merwani J.P., A prominent member of the Indian community in Hong- kong.

A native of Bombay. Mir Talati, who was about 85 years of age. esme to Hongkong During his nearly 50 years ago. Jong residence in this Colony he founded the import and ex- port company bearing his name. At one time he was elected President of the Parsee Zorons und Chanties trian Itelligious Trust Fund and was an lion orary patron of the Indian As sociation in Houtkom. He also served as member of the Hong- kong University Court and was unofficial Justice of 1nade 21

the Prace many yearN PRO.

The late Mr Totall vived by his widow.

is ur-

Funeral will take place at the Parse. Cemetery at 4.30 pam. Rodiny.

Seretse Case Debate

London, Mar. 27.-The Houze will delate the at Conumon case of Skreise Khama, claimant tu Barangwato chieftain- shit tomorrow,

That there will be no vote on the British Government's con- with duct of the negotiations Seretse.

51 had been expected that the debate would take place after normal business (on a motion for the adjournment) on Thurs- day night.

Liberal Members will raise critles Die matter and Labour of the Government are likely to speak.

For the second day in cuc- resion Sercise Ratna, exiled young chief of the Danangwatu | tribe, was helt up by engine trouble in Khartoum today in f:vin London. his air journey, back to his English wife. Buth. in Bechuanaland.

He is expected to be able to leave Khartoum tumorrow...---- Reuter.

Suicide Pact Of

Young Couple

Manila, Mar. 28-A yo snan and his 15-year-old sweet- heart attempted suicide yester day by swallowing an overdose of sleeping tablets because parental opposition

inarriage.

of

to

their

Ester

Adolfo Dizon, 20, and Manalar, childhood sweethearts and high school students, re- Kistered as man and wife in a hotel, downtown suicide note and swallowed the pills.

the girl

wrote

A

The hotel owner later found them unconscious. In hospital, recovered -conscious- but doctors were still working on the young United Press.

ness,

man.

Ship Afire With Explosive Cargo

Panama City, Mar. 27-A tre tug today sped to the ald at a ship whose crew was battling to keep a Are from spreading

to

a dangerous cargo of explosives. The Grace Lines steamer, Santa Rita, radioed from 200 miles out of Balbon that there a fire in her No. 1 tower WAS hold, smouldering near 211 tons of explosives-4.250 cases dynamite

and 3,450 ultramon.

of

cases f

The 8,207-ton ship has a crew The but no passengers.

ATF-02 Jeti

53 of naval

Are lux Balboa to go to her aid.-United Press.

Roschin Back In Peking

27.-

Mar. San Francisco, Peking Radio reported tonight the return to Peking of the Soviet Ambassador, Mr N, V. Roschin, and Mrs Roschin- Reuter.

Aid Battle

BRITAIN'S STRUGGLE

A MAIN ISSUE

Washington, Mar. 27. --

Marshall

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives to- day renewed their fight against Republican demands for cuts in Marshall Plan and other foreign aid funds.

They were hacked by a strong appeal from President Truman for Congressional passing of the full amount requested by the Administration.

The House was-deinting) the Foreign Economic A-1 sistance Act of 1950.

In the version already passed!

Affairs by the House Foreign Committee, Marshall Plan coun- fries would receive $2,800,000,- 000 in cash and $1,000,000,000 worth of surplus United States farm products,

The House was today told that if Britain lost hee Inter- national position through the ending

of Marshall Alat would cost the United States about $1,000,000,000 a year to

the vacuum.

Strachey Lays Pacifist

Bogey

27.-The London, Mar.

Mr War Minister,

John Strachey, ridiculed the iden tonight that Britnin hael any thoughts of an attack en Soviet Russia.

The warning was made by Representative

Jacob Javits "I should have thought that (Republican Liberal, New the size at the forces which we York) during a heated debato 'can raise at this time made any on the foreign aid bil

such suggestion extremely un Defending the Marshall Plan realistic", be told the House of debate on the against threatened

Mi Commons in a ents, Javits sold that the programme | Army. must be continued us the most effective weapon against Cum-

minişin,

He sak that the amount pro- Britain in Marshall posed for Add in the coning year was about $600,000,000 more.

Mir

A POSSIBILITY

Javits said # had been estimated that "if the United Kingdom should, because of in ternal breakdown. Es compelled to relinquish its international

on

role, particularly jn Germany, in the Far East and other parts of the world, the vacuum ercat- ed would increase our buddet on this item alone by not less than $4,000,000,000 a year,"

He and that there won a possibility of an internal break-

was

*

to

Mr

He

replying Emrys Hughes (Pacifist Labour had aske! Left-winger) who

future role of the what the Army wit

Members, he said, had talked jabat sending

an army to the Continent against the potentia

"which WITC oneany Russians with their 120 divi- sions".

the

Ar Strachey said that Britain was Lending all her efforts to in her contribution to the defence of Western Europe as she could, taking pidly as into account other calls mate im her-Reuter,

down in fritain if we pulled Year's Gaol

the plug on E.C.A."

Me Javits proposed an amenti- ment on the lines of cuestion made by Senator Arthur Van- denberg, Republican foreign polley spokesman, that a Com- inition should be appointed to study pronomie problems which

Television PEKING REGIME MAY GET TO

For Vatican

The Pope has been presented with a television station, a gift from French Catholics Television receiving sets have been installed by French engineers in the Pope's apartraent at the Vatican, the Papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, the Quirinal palace, for the use of President Einaudi, and in the office of Signor de Gasperi, the Prime Minister, Photo shows the Holy Father blessing a delegation of French

Catholics headed by M. Paul Claude). (London Express Service).

Film Annoys Sharp Exchanges

Britain

London, Mar. 27.-The Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr Ernest Davies, foli Farliament today that the Foreign Office was aware resentment caused of the

In Britain by the showing of thie anti-British Alm "Titanie", in the American Zone of Germany.

The matter was being considered," and actively he hoped a decision would Mr he reached very soon. Kenth Rabingon, Labour, had referred to the resent- ment caused by the film in what asked Britain ant

Government was do the ing about it.-Reuler.

Reduced

Prices In

Soviet Zone

Berlin. Mar. 27. The value of the East German mark rose today as reduced into effect in prices went

"free State-owned

the

For Contempt shops in the Soviet Zone.

Upheld

Court

Both East and West Berliners lined up to tulce advantage of a 32 percent reduction in the price!

to

In U.N. Meetings With Russians

Lake Success, Mar. 27.-Russia walked out of vet two more United Nations bodies today-the Human Rights Commission and the Transport and Communications Commission.

TOKYO COUNCILS

Recognition

Angle

Washington, Mar. 27.-Diplomats said 'today that if one more member of the Far Eastern Com- mission should recognise Communist China, it would pave the way for that government to replace Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Commission member- ship.

Already six of the 13 members have recognised Mao Tse-tung's administration. The sixth to do, this was the Netherlands, whose decision was made. known today..

Previously, Britain. the Soviet Union, India, Pakistan and Burma had done so. One more would make seven anil form the majority of the Com mission.

Diplomato sald that, practi- cally speaking, they expected n

Chaotic

Conditions In

majority of votes favourable to Soviet Camp

Red China probably would be suficient to eat the representa- tive of that regime in the Coin-

Motr Hanover,

27.-Harr

nission The United States, tieinrich Albertz, Minister for

Britain, Russia and Nationalist Refugees in Lower Saxony, sald that conditions in the China had the right to veto, today

although in the past on purely Soviet zone camp for German banned procedural matters Commission refugees from Poland decisions have been made on a trom entering West Germany

veto. majority vote without a

were "chaotic"

He hnd received his Informa- The United States has already tion from a priest in the camp, declared al the United Nations which is at Heiligenstadt on the

that the question. of electing Communist Chilnu to the Seeuussian side of the ronal bor

der, rity Council would be considered

Herr Albertz claimed that procedural matter from the United States view and para-several old and sick people in

that

Lack

doxically the Soviet Union, which the camp hatt already died bo has boycotted recent commission cause of the conditions. meetings because He China was of food and medicines were the not admitted, had maintained worst problems,

He alleged that the Western questions were membership

could be invoked. The Soviet ble for

situation ta Russia now boycotts 16 specialised organs of not procedural and the veto Alles were indirectly respons the United Nations in protest against the attend-unlon would probably defer 10 Heiligenstadt.

the United Stater view in the "There was no obvious need ance of Chinese Nationalist delegates.

слов of Chinese Communist to ban these people from the

he said

the

Countries which so far have not recognised Mao Tse-tung, besides the United States and

Observers had hoped to hear and Czechoslovakia joined Rus-membership. a reply from the Soviet delegate, sia in walking out.

M. Tsarapkin told the Human M. Trapkin, to the recent plea

Commission that Unitad Rights Trygve of Mr

Lle. Nations Secretary-General, for a special Security Council meeting with the heads of Government or their foreign Secretaries sit ting on the Council to compose East-West differences.

In each of today's cases the walk-outs, came after resolutions moved Soviet delegates call- or the ing for the exclusion

delegates Chinese Nationalist had been ruled out of order, and the Chair's ruling had after been sustained.

"

elther

the

Nationalist

China,

ΠΤ the New

Thilippines, Australia, Zealand, Canada und. France.

were

Faid Diplomats

there reports in official circles here last week that Canada was con- sidering recognition but nothing has come from Ottawa to con- arm that.

Australia ond Countries ke New Zealand and perhaps others who have not recognized Red China probably would

whether doing

now

50

right of China as a member at the United Nations has bee usurped here by a few represen tatives of the Kuomintang group do not represent who China or the Chinese people.

of the interesia United Nations thin tense situn- tion must be liquidated with out delay. In order to achieve this it is necessary that the Kuomintang representatives he the excluded from all organs of the United Nations and that real representatives of the consider Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt (Units Chinese Republle be given the right be constructed as an u

thei

Friendly act

United by the of taking ed States) presided aver meeting of ine

States. The U.S. State Depart- Human Rights opportunity

that Places," Commission and declared

After Mrs Roosevelt's ruling ment had not put any pressure

to withhold un them

recogni- the Soviet motion could not be

tion, but diplomats do not con- She was supported by that the Soviet motion was out voti. 12 votes to two--Yugoslavia and of order, M. Trapkin obser- rider that would necessarily be ved, "Our problem is to clarify done in view of the obvious the Soviet Union.

Later, in the Transport Com-the atmosphere and to set up complications of the matter.-

The United Press, mission the vole in favour was a working climate here.

represented by Mrs Soviet Union, country 11 to four-the

might perhaps not advantageous to yunoslavia, Poland and Czecho- Roosevelt

clarify the atmosphere and to dispel doubt."

of industrial goods and 28 per face Marshall Plan

Washington. Mar 27. The restuction in the prices of nations after the ald programme Supreme

today iphvid | femistuffs. ended in 1952, and to consider the contempt of Congress con- what it measures the United viction against Eurene Dennis, The police were called States could then take.--Reuter, ecretary general of the United maintain order before many of

the shops where goods were old slovakin, off ration at higher than con- trolled prices. The price cuts the to increase were ordered

Building For The Future?

States Communist Party.

of the depreciated East-

In this case Poland consider it

Prefer New Kind Of Liberation

In live to two split, the tribunal hell that a Federal employee could be a fair jurm

u the trint of a Communist. value

Dennis was convicted in 1947 mark- hy Federal Court Jury which

When the cuts were announced contained Tokyo, Mar. 27-Tho Gov-

seven government

one Westmark Saturday, Je entitends that or ernment

Today party today pushed workers. through

Federal Dict

employees, subject as bought 8.2 Eastmarks. committe

Cur- approval of a bill authorising they were

checks, the rate was eight to one.

West rency exchange offices in 1Berlin

are accepting only timies quantity of Westmarks from a customer because of drop in the number of persons Eastmarks. United

the

to loyalty

the construction of 2.000 more could not give a Communist a housing units for the Ameriens fair trial.

occupation forces.

of

The court sakt the fact that Construction houses for a government worker had to be rental to occupation personnel cleared under President Tru-selling

month was ordered last

by man's loyalty programine did Press. General MineArthur.

ut of itself make him biased To insure speedy enactment, in the trint of a Communist.

Denals The bill bad to be handled as a

sentcneeil to n separate revision of the 1930-51 year in gaol and fined US$1,000 for con- his conviction budget bill, which still has not after been passed. The opposition tempt, for defying a sub-poena parties protester the "imprece- to appear before the House Un- denter procedure." United American Activities Committee.

-United Press. Iress,

SIDE GLANCES

was

VENIZELOS CABINET

swore

11

their

ATTACK ON U.S. After the vote, M. Tsarapkin Iatched an attack on alleged

Slates

10 ald Government

finited

Nationalist

referred to "the

ot

the und bombing of women

and thousands children" from Formos by "the Kuomintang clique in American ufanes".

Later.

tola M. Tsarapkin

that the Sovict

in the

to

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 27.— trade Malayan Leading unionists today strongly Government was ready to cu

United Nations operate in the

WAS legal situation condemned the British Com- when a

Com- which the to created in munist Party's call

of China dockers to ban the handling munist Government of war materials for Malnya, could take part.

Asked when he expected the Mr P. Narayanan, newly Communist representatives elected President of the Ma

"Ask the United States Goven- Jayan Trade Union Council, said be at Lake Success, he replied, Athens, Mar. 27-King Paul that as trade unionist he com-

mrut". in three other

pletely disagreed with the Bri- today

Transport Speaking statement des- members of the Liberal Govern-fish Communists'

Soviet dele- present ment formed by M. Sophocles cribing the esent terrorism Commission, the

They

liberation rate, M. Nicola! Klimov, id in Malaya

the "Kuomintang clique" were M. Evanchelos

themselves "cold- unionists in hnd revealed the

of murderers a former Minister of Supplies, ultry and trade

Minister becomes

of Malaya looked on Communist blooded who

Chinese population" by National Economics, M, Loukas terrorists skulking in the jun

bombing raids from Formosa in Koutropetales, also former gles as enemics of freedoni.

who now becomes "But for their campaign of American planes and should be Minister,

M. murder, arson,

and terrorism, "In the dock" rather than sitting

table of the Minister of Labour, and

country

have at a could becomes this who John Politis,

achieved real progress both Cons-Router. Permanent Under-Secretary for

after the economic and social Foreign Affairs,

war," Mr Narayanan said.

Another leading trade unionist

ת"

By Galbraith Venizelos on March 23.

"Averoff, movement". It was plain ban that

as

"George says pretty soon wo'll be able to afford a television set and we won't have to be visiting you.

so often!"

с

the thetr

United No-

tersely commented, "If British Radio Hongkong

M. Politis, who was Foreign Voulgaris tho Minister in Government in 1845, succeeds Communists consider

M. Panayolls Pipinellis in the ore being liberated

that we by their

1.K.T.

post the latter filled before he friends in the jungle, we have gramme Summary: 6.02. New Con was appolated Foreign Minister had enough of

in the caretaker Government led liberation."-Reuter.

by M. John Theotokia-Reuter.

Partnership

The Key

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58

DECIDE TO Tango Orchestra. GO HOME

the

at

the

0.00, Hong Kong Calling-Tro-

Novelty this kind of test

Ensemble Lino Organ 0.20. D'Acosta (Vocal):

Hadio. Solo: 0,30, Cantonese by Given by Silas Lee Wat Lan & B. K. Lee; 6.50, Mario Mein and 11ls 7.00. (Studio); World News and News Analys iLondon Relny): 7.15, "Letter from Cooke, lo- Amerien- Antair

Alleen j Munich, Mar. 27. Fifty-eight lay flee.; 7.30. Stage and Screen

Favourites Treschted by of the 85 air passengers who woods. Istudio): 0.00 "From arrived at the American air base Editorials," London Relay); D.10. near here three "unscheduled" "ox 200" nert Gillette

6.30, Forces Education Centre); Toronto, Mar. 27-Canada's planes from Czechoslovakin lust Hammond Organ, (Relay from the

two GermanThe Dius Danube" The Tr

and German-Czech Story of the Strauss Family French Canadian Prime Minis- Friday, left in

Their Contemporaries. (Ep; 45); B. ter, Mr Louis St Laurent, said buses for the

"Forum at the Air"-Members: P. Dekker, Tho lodny that the. free world might border tonight.

9.J. Among those who decided to 5. Cassidy, Alleen find in Cannda's dual English-

N.D. on this side of the "Iron Rev. Father T. F. Ryan.

wan French nationality the key for

six-months' Guest: Christopher Rand.

Question Master: Norman Tucker. The Now Concert In the cold | tata) ultimate victory

pregnant woman and two com- (studio): 9.30. war.

Radio mercial pilots of the Czech Air Orchestra: 0.37, Pland Recitat by

(Studio): 10, Yuca Lines, both of whom fought un- treno yue (London) Relay): 10.15. Nepoct; 10.10. Lendon Weather der the Royal Air Force Com-

Studio Melodies The Melactrina mand during the war,

Orchestra. (DUCTS): 10.45. Dancing The two plots, one of whom with Glenn Miller & His Or

the Distinguished

Weather Report, was wearing

chestra 1.10,

Recorded): Flying Cross, described earlier World News and Home News from today hor they and another British (London Relay

(od Have the King: 11.30, Close Down pilot organised the escape from

New Czechoslovakia with 85 people

• Correspondent for the York Herald Tribune. In thrae DC-3 planes-leuter.

"Lasting peace and harmony between nations can only come about through the development among the nations of the world of partnership of the kind which we have developed be tween the two great races here in Canada," Mr St Laurent said An address to the Canadian Club Reuter.

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