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Pilgrims Alarmed

VOL. V NO. 77

Vailean City, Mar. 31-

Alarm

spread through

4,000 pilgrims today as 76- year-old Pope Pius, pro- paring to

Many for нау them in the Vatican all of Benedictions, suddenly withdrew to a private room to all down.

Vallcan Diletats salú he

had been overcome by "a

light in/spotion,

It was nothing serious, they said. A rew minutes

later the Popë returned to the Altar, For nearly two hours he stayed with the pilgrim, first saying Masy And then chatting with them. He showed no H. effecia from hts earlier attack.

He spent the rest of the mornlig granilig audiences. to other pilgrims, and in the afterech he took his tu alrfur l the Vatleau garden-Reuter.

Living Longer

In Spite Of

Austerity

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1950,

Galleon

MP Disputes Treasure HK Telegraph Editorial

(OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Mar. 31.—The Hongkong Telegraph was called to task in the House of Commons this afternoon by Air Commodore A. V. Harvey, Con- servative MP for Macclesfield, when he raised the question of the 71 aircraft in Hongkong handed over to the People's Government of China.

Air Commodore Harvey vigorously denied the allegation he said was contained in the Telegraph that he had been the victim of high pressure lobbying in taking up this aircraft question.

He quoted the Telegraph an saying the Air Commodore may have been the unsuspecting vic- tim of high pressure lobbyin for it is no averet Buat pressure is Being brought to bear." Though he had engaged in aviation in China for a number of years, Air Commodore Harvey continued, he had no interest in this matter whatever, except the peint at issue,

SIDE-TRACKED

London, Mar. 31.--Britons! learnt today they der lying Zonger despite tausterity rations and the biggest lux worries in "I have not been quilty of the world.

receiving high presare libby- The annual report of the Init" be declared. Ministry of Health showed to Commentingt OIL the Teler day that Brithis bad at: wwagraph'a report, Harvey declmed

1048-that had It uppenzeel in a news rala on reward

rape in this country it would Ive been a breach of privilege.

leath

49.

Sir William Jameson, Chief McHe Onteer, instanti ideal But in spite of Air Commodore wrader and an ihsure of in« | Harvey" (efforis, the mirint

Plane Runs

Out Of Fuel

Baghdad, Mar, 31-A Viking of Mia (Egyptian) Air Lines, overdue on a flight from Cairo) u Teheran, made a forced land- ing near Lake Van, 60 miles in- | T

fron side Turkey

the Iraq frontier.

I ran out of fuel. This news was given here to- day by the Manager of the Air Lines' agency after Noyal Air |

Iraqi planes Force and soured the area of the Wadi Khamazin in Western Iran. where the plane Was carlier

feared to have crashed.

haut

Latest report said that the

Found

London,

Mar.

31--

Britain thrilled today to the news that Royal Navy divers had discovered 3 sunken Spanish treasuro galleon reputed to hold a fabulous hoard-doubloons, of sight, gald ducats, pleces plate and gems worth £30,000,000,

The divers are digging the galicon out of 15 feet Of

mud and sand under Tobermory Ray today in Die Western Isles of Scot- land. They hope by Mon- day to get inside the vessel to check the belief that treasure-sought for zen- erations-les there.

The galleon, the Duke de Florencia, sanft in the bay 150 years aro.

The divers report that her Umbers of African oak are still hard as Iron. The part of the galleon which bas so far been "outlined" under the seabed appears to be the poop. The trea- sure Ja

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Severe Fighting Trouble In Cochin-

China

Vietminh Forces Suffer Heavily

Saigon, Mar. 31.-Heavy Vietminh (Com- munist-led insurgent) losses in three days of fight- ing in Cochin-China were claimed today in a French communique.

The French losses were slight, the communique | added.

A usually well-informed source said that two Vietminh divisions were engaged in the fighting, which was still going on.

Put Clocks Ahead Tonight

Summer Time comes into effect in Hongkong tomorrow morning.

Everybody, therefore, should put their clocks one hour FORWARD before going to bed to- night.

Japanese Troops In Luichow?

In Asmara

British

Stabl

Asmura, Mar few rules, tightened bet today, ordered why one- including Britis' trong Indoors from 7 p.m. follow- ing street.fighting in which A British soldier was stab- bed last night.

Italian railway workers struck: and schools remained shut lo protest against the death of a Tallwavman killed In a Shifta (nro-Ethiopian) rald et Zazzega, 10 miles 10 the north-west," yesterday,

The insurgents were said to be equipped with Tokyo Newspaper's in Asmara and went down tho

modern arms, which were recently received from

China or Siam.

Lnst night's incident began when tour men of the South -Wales - Borderers - left their club

central rond, belts in the al

They met h

Report

Tokyo, Mar. 31. The and n quarret Four French battalions were reported to have newspaper Mainichi reported soldier, being heen sent to the

The sources put the on Friday that the Chinese stomach.

One of the I French losses at 30 men.

Communists have moved went back to Fighting was also reported in Tongking Pro-36,000 Japanese, including his companion vince near the Chinese border.

The

sector.

French Headquarters communique said parachutists | were dropped en Wednesday to help, rescue French posts. A all number of Irench watch

Suenza as lule to make the question-that of the hirerafle Turkish authorities has New Arrangements lowers were evneunted or take:

year "minorable f healla point of view,

the han been Bite-tracker until

April 221.

The fotal death-rate of 100 per thousand reflected a 20 per- ent decline, in the mortality at all ages compares with 10

years apo.

Infant mortality.

raised the

matter

When a Member question whether the would not be subjudice in view of the court claims, the Minis- ter of State for Columbal Affairs, audi deaths Mr John Dugdale, declared the

tati maniter was subjuice April 28,

fron tuberculosis, measles, nenriet fever and whooping <ough all dropped low figures.

10 record The Speaker led that if the

rubjurice Nr were

the plane with petrol and that it was continuing the flight to Teheran. It was raid to carry a crow of live, but no passenge reported earlier,-Router.

Announced

by Vietmink troups, but all the innin posts stood up to the at- tacks.

Viet- mint attach, the communique

Washington, Mar. 31.- Artillery and aircraft sup Secretary of State Dean ported the French action. Acheson disclosed on Friday i The objective of the that new tentative arrange added, appeared to be to blow ments are being made for up the French system of posts the evacuation of Ameri-and watch towers set cans and other foreigners triangle Tienean Mar. 31-Seretre Khama, exiled from Communist - held the mouth

SERETSE KHAMA ARRIVES HOME

Bechuanakud,

Caberones,

chief of the Bamangwate ar-Shanghai.

by plane from Landion

arranting

up the

Caunan

Empire Assembly Proposed

(Our Own Correspondent)

London, Mar.

Marlowe, near Anthony Donau-In the territory

River.

uf the

Included in the

31.-Mr Con- "Mekong servative MP, has tabled a

to

battalions were now counter-at-

30,000 soldiers into the 20 of them can original comba Luichow Peninsula to take int close by It part in the invasions of had been ment Innan island and Formosa.against the Zit."

CROWD

Many of the Japanese are bellevel to be veterans of By a coineld. Japanese landings in the Central | he came to art and South China campaigns oftish "reinforce

the scene. 1. the thirties and early forties.

joined in the

Fortunately, pasred by and on board fired in dispersing the colliers and the lightly hurt, in iman labbed.

The Mainichi based its article on a hrge number of letters received in Japan in the pact few weeks from Japanese who years ago were reported to be in Manchuria and North China.

letters from the Lachow

The

milliary the

between

a cle-

FORCED MARCHES Canete death mcreated by Hate was out of order.

motion urging the govern- The Mainichi reported It patrolled The Comervative Member for rived 1,087 10 30,537 compared with

the repart Norwich, Me dobio Fuster, grill-Huday after getting a glimpse of Mr Acheson told his Press 1947, but chiefly,

objectivement to convene an Empire traced more than one hundred all British troop ended without f the cutting of roads lead conference to "investigate Peninsula, and said some of the was sand, because there were moro eisest Me Durdale for an attempt his white wife, whose love cost conference that the State De-in to the area, where French what common ground existsetters it mentioned had been Itations and the Brillsh

There has bee him his tribal throne,

partment

tension here persons then bying at ages most 10 restrict the debate. subject to cancer.

My Dugdale replied, "I only

charter three ships in Manila to tacking to clear the country of for acceptance of the idea of rent from Haikong. Khoma's plane flew low over rendezvous off the Yangle Britain, it was maintained, said it was subject to Hongkong

to Malalayae airfield before land- estuary

pick

the legislation." was ahead of many other coun-

Fuster described

who will be ferried tries in its treatment of cancer

asing here. A wild demonstration Ar

evacunes, occurred his favour

at downstream by Chinese Com-

A French military communi- the principle a small "monstrous" the possibility of in

Francistowa when

he tantied munist shallow-craft vessels.

that the qua reported number of fully equipped hos-depriving the House of an un

there earlier-United Press.

The Secretary of State sald gents killed two nokliers and pitals-Reuter,

[portunity for debate,

on

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EDITORIAL

An Overplayed Hand

MERICA'S patience with the

ex-

10

traordinary witch-hunting exhibi. flons by Senator McCarthy, persistently endeavouring to prove grave Communist iniltrations into the State Department, must, like that of outside observers, be getting frayed. What the underlying motive nuy be, a calculated effort

Acheson. undermine confidence in Mr the Secretary of State, or whether it represents 20 perverted state of mind spurred into irresponsibility by breakdown of faith in everyman, it is difficult to say with certainty. Or whether It is more correctly stigmatised 118 a Republican attempt in the Senate to sabotage the bi-partisan foreign policy of the United States, and for that reason to be more spiritedly condemned-there is no completely satisfactory answer. The only general agreement is likely to be with President Truman's conclusion, that the

offer the McCarthy furore could greatest set that Kremlin could wish McCarthy to have. Whether Senator can so bedevil the issues with political aims A to prevent a sober asscks- ment 18 quite another matter. The slashing uttack on Me Owen Latti- more, well-known in the Far East ng one. timo politient adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at the behest of the late President Roosevell, one of the most respected students of Far Eastern affairs, and regarded as Mr Acheson's principal architect of Pacifle palley, looks likely to he as idle as it is misconceived. It hears, in fact, all the hallmarks of the stupid campaign against Britain's new Secretary of State for War, Mr John Strachey. Doubtless, as an intellectual. Mr Strachey has thought at some time or other in terms of Socialism as a panacen for the world's ills. Doubiless, too, Me Lattimere,

on

thrown into close contact with social dis- tresses in this and other parts of the world, was capable of expressions in nt the liberal thought, ensily accepted

ime they

likely to be were made but distorted against a background of a cold war by the Soviet against the West, and Jikely

to be creative of suspicion and But Just as "niggers in the woodpile."

to able

dispose Mr Strachey Ans adequately of his traducers, it may be taken for granted that Me Lattimore can deal purposefully with Senntor McCarthy. Ignoring the Senator's failure to offer opportunity to make personal rebuttal, it Is only necessary to review Mr Lattimore's comments läßt year the sweeping Communist successes in China. Among other things, he advocated strenuous American efforts to stimulate constructive economie stabilisation in Asia to minimise the further spread of Communism. He contended that the clear fact must not be lost sight of, that with the heat on the Communists, and their domination of Chinn, they had, also, inherited the head- aches. On the

Russian prospects of Incursion, he did not dismiss it, but auggested that perhaps the United States should invelgle the Soviets to take over Chinn, because the kick-back they would get would be something terrifiel For n person branded as a Soviet agent and high up in Communist clrcles, this is strange counsel. Perhaps, affer all, the McCarthy campaign can be dismissed. The tactics resemble the familiar one, of Ifting the id in the hope of finding an explosive brew: Heretofore, nothing more alarming has been discovered than a damp squlb. The preliminary "sound and fury" goes over the hend. McCarthy in overplaying bla hand and gains nothing in reputation,

מן!

the insurgents.

MANY AMBUSHES

it b

the

Italians have accused Britons creating an Empire Assem- bly, and to consider to what

Aramaki, a former captain, of beating up Italian citizens,

The police today offered £500 reward for the capture extent Empire countries canald ht group left Chenyunit in

Hunan province Inte in

of whom

Insur supply goods at present im-arched through the erekcale Hntle, a Shita that the Shanghai Communists four civilians and destroyed 17 ported here from dollar Kwangtung border area, march they alleged was responsible for

had agreed to let locally owned | civillan vehicles in an ambush sources. small vessels carry the for-between Bienhoo and Dalai, eignir down the river. But about 60 miles from Saigon.-

NOT FEASIBLE

Mr

day, and, after arriving in the

were

killing the Italian railwayman in an average 10 miles per at Zazzega and two others.

Italian railway workers de- Marlowe told the House Luichow Peninsula, established elded to send their British the agreement came too late for Here the insurgenta had ar-of Commons this evening that a hospital in Halkong.

General Manager a letter ask- those vessels to meet the ranged A cries of ambushes there was a fair amount of sup-: American liner, General Gordon,supported by many automatic port for his proposal both in

Another letter from a nurse, Ing for greater precautions for. to her their safety. Terada, 25, weapons and mortars. A train the Conservative Party sad in Matsue

who The two raliwaymen de- was derailed during the attack Empire countries,

mother in Kyushu, was

kidnapped at,Zazzega la idea was that an Empire scribed, as the arst to her mo-

were later released some miles Walling to be taken out of but no one was injured. Shanghal are 400 Americans and "Protective forces and aircraft Assembly should be modelled her in four years

away.

A Senior British offeint visit- She said she was at Mu Tand 1,600 other foreign nationals. Immediately reacled and repelled on the Strasbourg Assembly of

the ed in Manchuriant

the drea today and later The General Gordon arrived in the insurgents, inflicting heavy the Western European countries. Chian

recommend should be appointed war's end, joined the "Libera stated he would 011 her Honolulu

regular losses," the communique udded. Members

"Tho on Friday, but Mr

from each Empire country andton Army" schedule

and that the village be fined £1,000- attackers left dead and

at Aushan,

be pald If the murderer Acheron said it would cost weapons on the field, the cop- they would be in constant sea- then marched south. The letter to

not given up by th slon to discuss matters of com- was dated January 33 from the were dollars munique said. "almost half a million

back to

Lulchow Peninsulo, United villagers within three weeks. In North Indo-China, neaimon Empire interest. to tum the Gordon

unother

Reuter. He proposed that one of the frontier, China

Pross. Shanghal. He said it was not the considered feasible" to do this communique rald French troops

frst problems to be tackled by

was the Empire Assembly In view of the

and took 350 Vietminh prisoners atta expense, and

question of Intex-Empire trade that arrangements to charter captured a large amount of arma

with a

a view to dollar economy. three vessels in Manila

had and equipment in a successful

The

also been substituted. He said that action north

Assembly should of Bacninh, 23

consider Ways of two LST which had waited cft miles north of Hanol.

modifying

an

the Yangte unsuccessfully for Vietminh troops continued imperial preference_agreements

the Communists' permission to their harassing action in the go up the river and pick up the Haiduong area 40 miles from evneuces, were ordered back to Honol in the Red River delta. | Japan.

Usually rellable sourers re-

bc-

attacks,

and eliminating fariffs,

I

Libern1

31,-The Prime

clear ported a large-sente arins traffic Mr Menzies Mr Acheson made it that, although the Communists between Communist China and

where had agreed

Vietminh Warns Senate to permit the Tongking,

forces evacuation

ces control the border on Jocal shallow-

tween Lanlay and Caobung. uraft vessels, it was by no means

Canberra, Mor. - Recent Vietminh certain that they would extent their

authorisation so that these they said, were supported by Australian small ships could meet the artillery and mortars received Minister, Mr Robert G. Menzies,

from China. three vessels from Manila.

The Vietminh were building wide broadens tonight that if Mr Acheson cald the arrange roads to the frontier and the it blocked Government legisla ments were "subject to securing Chireso arc improving com-ion the Government might call the approval of the Chinese munications on their side, the for a new general election.

authorilles," Communist

The same sources added-Reuter,

constitutional position added: "Wo assume they will

was that if flo-Senate blocked accordingly are

by the House approve, and

legislation by

ΩΣ

proceeding with the plan Food Rationing

United Press,

LUCKY DISCOVERY

To Cease

warned the Senate in a nation-

Representatives the Government

could seek dissoluilds of boih Houses of Parliament and send

the country to the pic, Mr

The Australian

and give it

д

Bonn, Mar. 31-A1 ralloning of food in Western Germany Menzies, said, did not Clect a will cease on May 1 when sugar Government Munich. Mar. 31-Americans cards will no longer be issued, sweeping majority to see it ond Germans digging in Her- a Government spokesman said frustruled by the Senate.

The treasure

today.

to meet demands.

mona Goering's Feldenstin

Australia's general `etection Castle uncovered $1,000,000 Supplies, he said, are amplo last December gave the Liberal- worth of rare wihes, liquors and

Country

76 other precious articles today,

Party grouping The only commodities in West

In the House of was discovered Germany still officially ration-members in un underground concreto ed aro coal and petrol

Representatives and Labour 45 chamber of the castle in the For some time past, however, members--a Coalition majority Bavarian village of Neuhaus, it had been possible to purchase of 31-but in the Senate the the Davarian police headquar- these tema without coupons. Labour, Party still has a majority ters reported.-United Press. Reuter.

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