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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950.

Peking Blocks Labour Under Tory Fire

Channels

Washington, Mar. 30 State Department officials Bald today that the Chinese Communists had closcil the last two dirret channels for conddential messages between the American Go vernment and its repre- sentative in China,

Hince that time, offlelat communications 10 111 from Washington tuye bren

sent via comumeretal radio facilities and in clear text.

These messagen have gone through without api- parent interruption.-Res- ter.

Sudden Death Of Mr E. McLaren

The death occurred in London yesterday of Mr Ej Mclaren, a senior member If the staff of Messrs Butterfick and Swire, are cording to called advice re ecived this morning.

Mr

For Handling

Of Malaya Terrorism

London, Mar. 30.-Strong criticism of the British Govern- ment's handling of the guerilla war in Malaya may be voiced in the House of Commons next week.

Conservative opposition speakers are impatient to express them- selves on the subject.

The opportunity may jpemoteness of any satisfactory come next Thursday, the conclusion to the trouble,

Tuy will demand to know last day before the Easter the Government's future policy recess, if the Speaker of the Eof supplies and manpower for House of Commons, Colonel he queria zone and what

to be expected from the recent | Clifton Brown, approves,

of Major-Tienerni į Conservative crifier

pointment

as Director | anxious over what they regard Sir Harold Brings In the apparent failure of the of wati-guerilla

prezent campaign

against the antava. banditre, and are worried at the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Melaren first rame out! But Do They Live

That Long?

Clash Of

Politicians

Donn. Mar,

30.-The

Journalist

in

the

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West operations in German Parliament today re- Jected a call by the Social De- Thi di cugin would venti-i

mocrat Opposition to set up If only part of the Oppost-Permanent Under-Secretary for dont ereen over Far Eastern Foreign Affal afatas After The Easter res The Social Democrats wanted en they are experled to pro- the new Under-Secretary to be Chan- mote a debate on foreign affairs establlard, under with melal emphasis on the cellery, not as a reparate offler. For East Router.

Led by De Gerhard Lutken, PROTECTION DEMAND they attacked the Government': Descried -led London, Mar. 30-Mr Waiter foreign policy. They

that it was conducted through Fletcher,

todiy Conservative,

dis- foreign

while to Chiam in 1924, and was at-

urred better protection regarding Parliament. They als tarked the B. and S. of, in

Communist eritlas for mans

Government for various parts of the country.

ofers in Malaya iesponsible for attacked the

offices Party employing but principally in Tientsin and

He left Shanghai

in and rubber production. Shanghai.

He told the House of Con- favourites and sometlines poll-

Lically dangerous people. 1948 and

Joined the Hongkongj

Konrad

the Adenauer Dr at the age mon that the e mange re were afflee.

Irreplaceable

West German Chancellor, de- In August last year. Me Me-of 45 is not just a local experi-practically

is becoming that new recruitment was more fended his polley, and invited went on have, toisether ment, and that it

Dr Lutkens to visit him in his 10 intere Reueral with his wife and two da lands in our am-baked Empire.

certain other and more difficult

The Colonial Sucretary, Mr Chancellery where he would ters, and his death occurred afte The scheme appare

that Inform James

Jum thoroughly Griffiths, replied exists in a short mess. He was 17 years parts of Africa.

of the h know

dimculties. forelin polley, particularly on Nigeria, of age.

question of a Franco- san! likeable per- the Gold Coast and other West The authorities in Malaya re the A penis

engnised the need to give the German union-Reuter.. African colonies enjoy this sonality. Mr McLaren was Pre- #dent of re Shruthal Stacial burden on taxpayers, and frentest posable degree of pro- Andrew's Society in 1947 and a, in all fairness I must admit there tection, but he would forward Me Fletcher's representations Le member of 1

light Justtention in Houtka k some

the High Comminaoner-Ret- branch. He was pho are och elitnales, but not in Bont- mender

Hongkong Club one. and

nanber

of the Rogal Hongkong Gulf Crch,

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Hoth the flags my the offers of the B. and 5 and at the Horuf- kont Club were at half-mail: this morning.

Full Accord On

Master Plan

Shy--it is probably of sotne to know that relirement from inletest to Hongkong taxpayers Service

Clovernment

Take Nigeria, for

example Walker v. Malan When the Harmattan (wind)! comes from the desert Inden with tine that, a dryness parches the tips, cracks the skin, and maker

iling an apony. (I cannot understand what they have 19 Intle about) 1 thoukt mention that I am quoting from a book written by a District Officer who { number of Sears in

Take for another example, the

#ittle Batrybut

troubles

Future Of

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South African

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One Of The Wealthiest

One of Europe's wealthiest

men-he

ON A TELLER'S COUNT

Britain Barred

5

From Marshall Aid

IRISH PARTITION ISSUE!

Washington, Mar. 30-The House of Repre- sentatives voted today to defeat_an_amendment which would have made a new reduction of $150,- 000,000 in Marshall Aid funds.

The amendment would have barred the Mar- shall Plan Adminstration from using the $150,- 000,000 carried over from last year's appropria- tion

It was defeated by 101

volen to 103.

It had been proposed by

Mr Lawrenee Smith

French Drawing

(Republican Representative, Rights On

Wisconsin).

The Marshall Plan All- ministration hnd

requested

Sterling

$2,950,000,000 in new cnrih London, Mar. 30.-The Anglo- authority for the third year of French Economic Committee here today to recom- the European Recovery Pro- decided gramme, plus $150,000,000 which end to the Organisation for had been saved from the pre- European Economic Co-Opera- vius appropriation,

tion thint France's Sterling

The House, sitting as a Com- drawing rights against Britain the 1040-50 Intro- mittee, has tentatively cut the under

sebeme payments new cash request by $250,000,000 | Furopean and followed this up yesterdayhould be cancelled. by voting to block Marshall A

A communique issued by the

to Britain until partition in Foreign Office tonight snid that

Ireland was ended.

Tentative votes taken on

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Committee, at its one-hatır "reached completo

Both these, however, weresion,

on matters left for agreement turther

by the meeting secureseller's count" and are subject held on February 0.

study" enormous revenues from the Monte Carlo ensinos and to a tinul roll-call voto when There

15e were the revision of

the

drawing rights

ights granted by pleasure visitors-Prince Rainier of Monaco leaves the the Bm la reported to the full

Britain

to France under the Vatican after a Holy Year visit to the Pope.—(London | Home

The general

expectation in intra European payments Express Service).

Compress was that the vole

scheme for the 1940-50 Marshall Barring Britain from Marshall Aid your and arrangements.

BELGIUM CRISIS

NO

Arms Aid

NEARER SETTLEMENT Coming To

Devezes To Make Last Rid

S.E. Asia

Washington, 3r. 30-United Stales officials sall today thi

ponts of Ameries arms

jahortly.

to Soghat Alia will boy The reials said that "intr- live 112! Dexible apportion-

vided for Southend Aria nader

Leopold's return, said here today that he would Protectorates

to London. Mar. 30-The Come The Hague, Mar. 38. The which the old bely is subjected-monwealth Secretary, Mr Patrick United States Defence Secretary, W

when men don't know that Gordon-Walker, told Parliament Luis Johnson, mid today that! MANA the Western European Chiefs of alive and try to live to today that there would be no

forty-live, Maturia, yellow Statt had

venereal disense

Mysentery, CHIN

reached unanimousleping sickness and agreement on defence strategy in the event of war and no ron

need be aired troversing Saturday's meeting here of the

Defense Ministers

nation,

of the

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continues 13M

question

of Transferring the Protectorate of Bechuanalandi, Swendland and Basutoland to Tuberculosis, cerebro Sonto Africa without the 12- phad incringitis (which "clains habitants of the territories and it victims by tens of thousands, the British Parliament being at a time.") One must not over- look such trifting drawbacks

alnea

Woven

tr In

corrulted,

Thes

Mr Johnson private taik: with each of the as hookworm in the intestines | plying to Ministers who we te mept un- der his chairmanship on Satur-harzia in the kidneys, lunacy day to ratify the master defence and blindness, plan. He said the talles were aimed at establishing a close personal relationship between:

planners of Western

ton

j Surely, our kinomen pioneering, under such conditions deserve a ton at the age of 45--they're reach that dama lucky if they strategy.

If it were not for the rig "I was delighted to learn the of dying of saustroke, they would uld Chiefs of Staff reached manobably take off their hats to Hongkout for considering itself meter agreverserrat at Thursday'a į

as petdential a spot as that in conference." har sak. Thry

which they try to exist. After all, Informed me there are 'no con-

fellow-feeling makes dots kind.

troversies to be reported to the Ministers Council," United

Press.

#15 Won-

FORTIFIED FORTY-FIVE.

Lattimore Denounced

As A Soviet Agent

(Continued from Page 1)

Brussels. Mar. 30.-M. Albert Deveze, the veteran Belgian Liberal who is opposed to King continue his efforts to form a Government,

Just returned from an interview with the Re-the $75,000,000 pad- gent, Prince Charles, M. Deveze firmly denied the role erns aid propramon reports that he was about to abandon his efforts.

Tribesman's

Ambassador Campaigns

IC Minister, who was

alded: # question,

the The general policy of United Kingdom Government

practical steps to to take all encourage the political develop- ment and coconemle advance of these three territories.

"Every suitable opportunity 1s basador" of the South African take like to develop and improve wibesmen, on whose behalf he the system of devolving appro-cently addressed the United priate functions and respunts

Nations, is to star! a nation billes on the native authority."

London, Mar, 30. The Ite-

Scott, verend Michael

ון

in Britain to

le Woodrow Wyatt. Labour, wide campaign said that the South African awaken the conselence of Chris- Prime Minister, Dr Darest tune in Britain to the relour Mulan, had said that he would

IL Was announced | problem," lay claim on the British today.

Government to have the Pro- tectorates handed over to South: Africs-Reuter.

fre

CALCUTTA RIOT

Calcutta, Mar. 30.-Three people were killed when police opened

riolera on Calcutta's northera suburba early today.

The West Bengal Government

leaving would carry armed thing.. He did not tant

when

man Calcutta

An official comm hasn't got a chance to answer." escorts.

Senator McCarthy said, "Some said that Howrah, near Calcutta, of recent Gerious people shed crocodile tears for the

disturbances, WIT the suffering of these traitorous communal individuals. Ne

the quiet tostay-Reuter. cald Senate committee "knows where ftet facts." Senator

which, he said, he was turning spectacle of this highly impor-announced that trains over to the FBI.

n veal the source.

The afdavits told of a vidi to Lattimore's home the night Ifore the arrests were made

"Amerasia Case in the 1943

The persons signing

the

amdavits allere they were It

visiting

serne

Lattimore's home and Lehman protested that Senator SIDE GLANCES tinding there Service and Lt. McCarthy "refuses to give full

Andrew Roth, who were

rested

that

T

day. the next

Department and

facts" but goes on to "damn and Amerasia case concerned charges people who may be innocent."

blacken the reputations of many McCarthy Although Senator

the alleged sald

meeting in

State

defence documents were turned

over illegally to the magazine. Service and Roth were arrest- Lattimore's home took place ou

ed. Service was not Inleted: the night before the arrest, the

the indictment against Reth affinit

which

was squashed.

Mc- Senator One of the Carthy read quoted Lattimore said that Roth and

affidavits quoted Lattimore us as having

saying that the group was "de-Service had been arrested be claredfying" secret

documenta enure of a "fead" with some

in favour of some of their

A common Washington

McCarthy expained

he had not taken his informa-

tion to

Washington offeluls.

PHOTOSTAT

did not

Mr Truman or to the Senator McCarthy Justice Dentment because he explain the apparent incon- had lost confidence in both onsistency in time. He also dis- Kovernment loyalty matters. nlayed a photostatle copy of the

SHARP EXCHANCE tetter allegedly signed by Lat- Senator McCarthy clashe1 more on June 15, 1943. Lat- high official sharply with Sunntor Herbert Limore was then Lehman (Demoernt) in an rx- of the Office of War Informa- sald change that brought both aption. Senator McCarthy plouse and laughs from the the letter "directed OWI security officers to get rid of nil Chinese galleries.

Senator John Sparkman, who employees who were loyal elther war presiding, warned the to the Nationalist government or visitors that no emonstrations the Japanese puppet govern- would be permitted.

ment in China." He said the Senator Lehman nsked It letter niso ordered" the Senator McCarthy had given Ing of new Chinese employees fetters about Lattimore to the from among a group attached to Senate sub-committee. The the New China Daily Nov. McCarthy Answer "Senator McCarthy

Senator which

is

no,

said bluntly. Senator Lehman described as a "Chincan Com- demanded, Why Is the Senator munist Paper in New York." He unwilling to submit his facts to did not read

the

committee?" Ho said letter.

the text of the

Senator McCarthy had made Senator McCarthy said the "eliminations to mult his pur-letter was written to Joseph

pow" trending Letters and Harmon. Lattimore's "boss" in the submits them "here to make alowi-United Press.

1.12.

har been reached.

!

A would be reverred on the affecthig trade between the two

roll-call.

The Houre was todey con- indiart the debate on President Truman's $3,372,450.000 foreign rid programonis.

He had anked for $2,050,000.- onu in ne cart nuthority for Europe Sinn non,680 for Korea. about $100,000,000, for the non- Keneral area of Comatinis! Chim, $3,450,000 for Pale: the and $45.000.000 under- the world's Arab refuper

developed arog-Reuter. to help

INDIAN WINS APPEAL TO PC

Landon, Mar. 30.-An Indian, Oficial, nude it clear that the He disclosed for the first rms shipments would go Sambasivam, sentenced to death and by the Supreme Court of Johore, Play! Indonesia,

Malaya, In March, 1049, for time the plan with which he indo-China.

a revolver, today won Carrying hnd hoped to secure nation- j

They indicated that Formats appeal to the Privy Council. Sambasivam, a Tamil clerk, wide approval for King Leo-and Tinna might get scond pold's abdication in favour priority. They stressed that the had been sentenced under the amounts for e ca eountry have Emergency tegulations of 10-18 of the Crown Prince.

trial for carrying "not been dednitely set and in a second had been, be that published! report:

that the weapon without a flcence. His intention

The Judical Committee of the said, to summon a joint resina Indo-China would get $15,000.-

SID,000.000 #nd Privy Council is to give Its rea of both Houses of Parliament 000, Tholland to recall King Leopold. Thenflonesia $5,000,000 were "utjons later for he would have asked the King of date."-United Press,

10 address the joint Houres.

Thus King Leopold's transfer

of power to the Crown Prince could have bern decided full accord with his Majesty" and in "loyalty towards the na- the tion, the monarchy and dynasty," he declared,

"But

sorry to I am

say 1 emmntry's failed to rally the three parties in support of this solution," he added,

KEEPING ON

Explaining the purpose of the campaign, the Reverend John Collins. Chairman of the

be went Before

to see the Christian Action, which is or

Deveze and s using Mr Scott's campaign, Regent, M.

the Churches

Liberal Party Executive had a said tiny that

meally had not felt able t

conference with lx of their held Party members who very Live Mr Scott il

Gaston of fellowship Cabinet posts in M. couraging hand "because of the delleate pull-↑ Eyskens' outgoing Government, teal problems involved in the

they Afterwards

Issued a matter."

communique declaring that M. Deveza would continue his ims- sion, at least until he has met Leopold in Switzerland King and half reported the outcume of his negotiations to him.

Meanwhile,

Socialist its un- to King

But he added that many mome ver of the Churches will be present unomeially at the first mecting to be held in London Fon April 17-Reuter.

By

Galbraith

DOP. 1960 BY NEA SERVICE, MC, T. M. Ika, U. £. PAT, OFF.

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"Those people are big shots all right-Mom is putting on that phony volcs!"

the

Party has reaffirmed wavering opposition Leopold's return.

BT1

M. Deveze also said that to-

ask for night

he would audience with the King at his Lakeside villa at Pregny, near, Geneva, "Unless new develop- from his talks ments resulted

with

Party

the King."

the Catholts will have to face

its

responsibilities and from an all- Catholle Government, "he add- ed.-Reuter.

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