HOLLAND MAY RECOGNISE
BAO DAI TODAY
But Indonesia Says “No”
Washington, Apr. 10.—Informed sources said today that the Netherlands would announce within the next 24 hours its recognition of the newly- created Vietnam government of Bao Dai and of the Kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia, all semi- autonomous states within the French Union,
INDONESIA WANTS
Sources said the United ILN of Indonesia, States
the equal partner with Netherlands in the Indo- Union, nesian-Netherlands
would not recognise these
three governments at this KPM SHIPStime, but had advised the
The Hague, Apr. 10- of the The Government United States of Indonesia
Hague that it had no objec- tion to Dutch action.
It was explained that In- stonesia, while recognising the for the Netherlands necessity 10 take this step, had two prin-
has proposed taking over ciple ressons for not doing so the whole fleet of the Royal Itself: Netherlands
Steampacket
1. Indonesian dylematle rela- lons with Communist China,
Company, KPM, in Indo-wels is backing Bao Dai's rival nesin, it was learned here to Chi Mith, today.
It was
is truly
of the Viet-
2. Indonesian unwillingness No offend la, which has sald reliably understood it does not yet belleve that the that, during the period of payBao Da coverument ment, the present mauugement representative would tinue to control the
namese praple.
Indonesian unwillingness to company but the ships would
lve offence to India in South- sall under the Indonesian flag.
ast Asian relations stems from of the Fifty-one
Indh gave con- e fact that percent
forceful
moral would be in the share capital handy of
Indoncalan backing to the Indonesians In the Government and 19 percent in
their struggle for Independence. the hands of the KPM under the new proposed arrangement.
It was pointed out here that the KPA would still continue to occupy a monopolistic posl. tion in Indonesia if it accepted the proposals.
Shipping circles added that would explain why the this Indonezian Government has no plans at present to subsidise or new Indo- partleipate in the
company. nesian shipping
"Jakarta Lloyd."
Mr W. H. Hens, Director of
the KPM in Indonesin, who is now in Holland for talks with management, would
the Dutch
not confirm or deny the report of the Indonesian offer.--Reu- IcT.
Pakistan Air
Force Crash
12
The Netherlands would be the 27th country to recognise Viot- natn. Leves and Cambodia shee the form aguation of the in January.—— Volon French United Press.
Big Tokyo Conference This Month
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950.
BIRTHDAY STRIP FOR · BABY BRUMAS-HE IS FOUR MONTHS OLD
Eren baby bears have to be washed.
Picture of a real bear hug from mother Ivy.·
Nurse victim of smallpox outbreak
Glasgow, Apr. 10.-The smallpox outbreak claimed it aixth viclim here on Monday, as Miss Catherine Wilson, 20-year-old nurse, died in the Knightswood pital, where she had
Mis Wilson was one of the 16 smallpox cases being treated here.
ien days.
smallpox
There have been no new reported in the last Doctors in this city. troubled meanwhile walched Klousty for new suspected cases In the two-week-old outbreak.
Health Officer Stuart that Laidlaw announerd April
10 w be "all clear"
day if no w cases are reported in the meantime. The six dead and fifteen killi III, were all infected in original contacts from
Knightswood, Íress.
United
Starvation
Name of his loy bear7~~~Brumes of course)
cent of the
Sixty per
textile machinery
in
India is worn out
Follow-your leader. al
толц
London Expres Berpice.
Jaur
MILLIONS OF
CATHOLICS
WIPED OUT"]
"Republicans Pronounced Korea's Death Sentence'
99
Washington, Apr. 10- Senntor Brion McMahon (Democrat) today charged that the Republican Party and not the State Dopart- · ment wrote the "aentence of death on Korca"..
In a Senate speech, Senator McMahon attacked Senator William Knowland (Republican) for his "Implication" that the Slate
had been Department "Influenced" by Owen Lattimore in ita deallogs. with Korca,
Senator Knowland had sharp- ly criticised the State Depart- Anent nolo
demanding thei Korca Bet "Its economic house In order." Senator Knowland fighing, a
krid Korea Was
"worm war"' against Com munist aggression and hundreds of raids had
made by
Communist
her borders,
bean
irregulars
He said that if
Korea were to balance her -Vatican budget she would have to cut
Vatican City, Apr. 10-her military expenditures
added that the Secretary The Vatican tonight broke
of State, Dean Acheson, trendy its long silence on the state had told Koren in effect that of Catholicism in Poland she must defend herself, when with a bitter report claim-he said in his speech of Jan-
of our defence perimeter
Senator McMahon and Bend- government was "enslaving"
"unfortunnie"-United Press,
Bombay, Apr. 10.—India's textile industry is less worrieding that the Communist unry 12 that Korea was "outside about Japan's re-entry into the world market as a competitor u "wiping out" 21,000,000 tor Knowland's Implication was than solving the problems of replacing worn out machinery and Polish Catholica.
Out of the nearly 400 uncertain internal labour conditions. mills in the country, some 240 or about 60 per cent, are using worn out machinery and produce cloth of inferior quality.
The machinery installed in a good portion of the others is obsolete and labour's go-slow policy, coupled with demands for more pay and less work is causing managements a headache.
can
reasons
customers;
If they
solve the Hopes that India will be able Inbour problem and get to hold her own in the export enough modern replacement eld are based on the following machinery, Indian indus- Firstly, Japan is a hard cur- area and there is an trialists feel they cannot rency only maintain their exist-acute dollar shortage in coun-
tries which
are India's present ing foreign markets but
Secondly, the bulk of India's also expand them.
this exports goes to the sterling area The main reason fur
which India, because of b: Hef rims from the fact that fem
large proportion of India's er dollar semcity, must targe
her needs so that the expert trade in textiles is limitly buy
payment to adjusted intellectuals and ed to few varielis such as balance of
Of these, greys form printa, nounced today that Ameri- Turkish Communists watch-Breys, bleach: sheetings and easily;
the bulk of the xports, 1 can officials from Washing vil
They are priced to low that ready market in they flod a
Washington, Apr. 10-
-or exile
Ankara, Apr.
The State Department an-Turkish
10.
#
Malaya and other Tar Eastern the Middle East, countries as well as Africa and
anxiously
43 today Nazim Hikmet, the nation's ton and Asia would attend a. five-day economic confer-top Communist and poet, They will went into his third day of ence in Tokyo, meet on April 17-22 to dis- hunger strike "to the death" in a protest against the cuss trade and related prob- lems affecting the Far East. Government's determination
The Department said the con- to keep him in exile.
Hikmet has refused to eat a ference was similar in purpose
or drink a to meetings of American officials single bit of food Karachi, Apr. 10-A Takis-held periodically in various re-single drop of water since April Although 8th and said to the press today,
in shall continue." located this Instance In
Doctors feared that he would tim Air Force Bristol Freighter,glous of the world.
inen Tekyn, the conference will be! carrying 10 officers and
economic problems be able to live only a few days devoted to ctorhed in wild mountain coun-
if he did not at least take soms Kilgit, Kashmir, try between
On Saturday, of the entire pren. and Peshawar
The chateman will be Williamliquid, but all attempts to per- MacArthur'ssuade the steely. curly-haired was learned here tonight.
Sebald, General
The and dark eye poet to cat or
have falled, United This drink **Press.
Search parties, beating their acting political adviser. way through rain-storm over eating Washington officlat at- Assistant rugged terrain, had not located tending will be the
the scene of the crash late to Secretary of Commerce, Thomas day.
any Heuter.
on il.
Blaisdell, Jr.
le will be oc-
The plane,
routing companied by State and Com- weekly flight, was not carryinmerce Department oficials who
are experts in specifle felds, bigh-ranking ofices-
officials attending the conference with come trom Korea, the Philippines, Thai- land, Burina, Pakistan, Vietnam, indonesia, Formosa, Hongkong, tudia and Singapore,-United Press,
Bloodstains On His Clothes Guam, Apr. 10.-An uniden-
tifled man wearing blond-stain- nd elothes was picked up by the nuthorities
uspect the savage
todny
Snatching Incident
Miss Elma Kelly, of Cathay aLtd., had her handbag snatched on Sunday on one of the paths was found stabbed 17 tinies in lation in MacDonnell Road. The the face and body with a six-incident
45 murder
of 27-year-old Anna Gogte, who
lexing up from the Peak Tram
close occurred
10
Road and the autcher got easily nway.
Inch knife on Saturday,United MacDonnell Press.
So keen the demand that the allotted export routs of 200,000,000 yards for the 12. 1. period, September month 1949 to August 31, 1950, has al ready been sold out and it is reported the government is a ektering releasing another 150,- 000,000 yards out of the ensuing year's quota.
In the production of preys, is obvious. India's advantage The cloth is of corse variety and lower-ecunt cotton is used.
cotion type of abundantly in India.
grows
India agrees to Owen Dixon as mediator
Thirdly.
the domestically
but!
The Vatican Onservatore
newspaper Ramano devoted a
ll parce and half to the sub-
than 14,000
Jeet, with more words of "documented evidence"
and
Church
lettem of protest on the situation in Poland.-- United Press,
CARDINAL VISIT
Reuter adds that the Vatlean
portion of its export outlets to
manufacturers, Japanese here again the currency problem authorities today confirmed that nay staral in Japan's way. |Cardinal Adam Sapicha, Arch- Unless there is a change in bishop Cracow, Poland, was Japan's currency status from expreted shortly in Rome on
a semi-hard currency Hoty Year visit. hard to and so long as the dollar short-
The 82-year-old Cardinal was oge continues in India's present
formerly Gentleman-in-Waiting customer countries, the chances, to the Saintly Pope Plus 18th, of any threatening Japanese textile trade advance against whose beat!lication is expected India interest into those coun- this year. tries are not considered great—"} United Press.
produced tower grade cotton Prison For Mercy
Lon
Killing
of his
which goes largely into the manufacture of Freys and in the production of which In-
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Apr. dia holds almost monopoly. Is the price advantage In 10.-Harold A. Mohr was sen- tenced today on prison tern that Japan mest Import cot of tree to six years for the so- Lon and prices for foreign eniled
merey killing celton are very high.
brother, who was ill with cub- Is becoming Fourthly, India
cer. Mohr was convicted on Industry-conselous increasingly
of voluntary man- and w
wants to export us much Friday
slaughter. The judge also im- Anished products as possible. posed a fine of $500 on Molir,
the availability 36-year-old tannery worker, A Consequently, of India's short-staple cotton to jury of four men and eight
will buyers foreign
women had recominended mercy stricted to those grades which in nding Mohr Kuil y canot be used by Indian mills;
CHEAP LABOUR
be re-
Finally, Indla now has more trade and diplomatic envoys abrond than ever before en-: gaged in building up and im proving trade connections. And Connections once built stay for long time if the customer gets satisfactory goods.
than a
The principle advantage which Japan has over India is cheaper Jabour costs. Japanese looms are automatic with one more mill-hand attending to
whereas In India duzen,
cannot attend to a mill worker
pair of looms. more than
Since labour costs are a very Is trying important item Indlo
of modern
New Delhi, Apr. 10. — The Government of India have informed the Security Council, through their representative at Lake Success, that they agree to the appointment of the Australian jurist,
the importation Sir Owen Dixon, as mediator in the Indian-Pakistan to reduce them by encouraging dispute over Kashmir, it was authoritatively extite learned tonight.
the
In Lake Success, Security Council's Kashair Group had not heard from
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith either India or Pakistan
gathattheon
2-10
DOPR. 1980 BY MCA BERVISE, MÉ, Y. DU REYA U. 1. PAT, OPT.
"Your personality has made quite a favourable impression on my niece, Mr Baldwin-aren't you, the young man with the 1950 convertible?"
DR HATTA'S UNITY PLEA
machinery equipped with automatic looms.
At present the number of automatic loom mills is such very low and great efforts must still be made to modernise the ather mills before the cost པས་་ production drops any appre
trade extent. However, ciable (Continued from Pare 1)
clrcles believe it will still be a The Indian and Pakistan de-
textile legations said they were sul Macassar can
only be zolvert "few years" before Japan re-
Kains her pre-war awaiting replies
the basis of our national strength and during the inter-
about the proposal.
from their
Governments to the communica- unity." liona handed to them by the
cil on April 4.
Although Kashmir
mat
had come
of
Dr Halla denied that
the
val India will be able to make
great headway.
In prints and sheetings, the superiority of the Japanese pro. duct is so well-known that it is realised that India may lose a
Radio Hongkong
11.1.T
8. "Hongkong Calling-Program- me Summary: 6.00, Light Orchestral by Selections; 0.22, Organ Recital Arnold Jilchardson (UBCTS): 6.30. Cantonese by Radio-Given by Mise ine Wai-lan and Mr B. Let Studio); 650, Three Cowboy Songs: 7.15, "Letter from America" -- by London Promenade Orchestra Altair Cooke (London Relay Re ruded); 7.30, Slags and Screen Alleen Woods Favourites" by
President of the Security Coun- Republic in Jogjakaria wanted 10 Incorporate the State of East Indonesia, "But we must not
Indo to be regarded here as the main forget that the whole
people look upon the between Indin and Design problem
Republic as a national symbol." Pakistan, the recent upsurge
He hinted at the possibility the less understood minorities problem had supplanted even that "n third power is using Kashmir as the "key" to Indo- the revolt of Azis to undermine and it was our unity in pursult of its own Pakistan unity, openly said that if the minori- aims." I did not elaborate or tics problem was solved, other say whieli power he meant. including Kazhnile, JOINT STATEMENT problems, would solve themselves.
Leaders of the delegations to conference here Leading United Nallons diplo- the tripartile
sald Bey had noticed with on the revolt at Macassar, in a gratification
statement tonight, said the reception Joint
there was clearly no in- given by a "cheering" Parlia- that
ent to Pandit Nehru'a an- tention on the part of the Re-studio): B. World News and News nouncement that an important public of Indoesia to incorporate Anaiyals (London Relay): 8.19, Beri principle of democratic accord any territory into its jurisdic-Gillette at the flammond (Relay from the Forces Education Centre); had been embodied in the two tion.
630. The Blue Danube" The TrUZ and Prime Ministers agreement. On the contrary, the people's Bary of the Strauss Family
would b This reflected the concern felt desire
decisive Editoriais (London CRY): 9.10. Their Contemporarica; 0, "From the here at earlier reports that cer- for any change in the political weather Report: 9.11, "Forum of the Air Guest: Rear-Admiral Wo tain
elements in the Indian structure, the statement added. body politic were opposing The statement, said that the Andrewes, CB, CBE, DRO, Member: Len Starbuck. Qursilon Master: Nor- participation in the agreement, three conferring parties had hillips Coombes Bit Barry and
agreed that, "In view of the man Tucker (Studio): 5.40, "Dancin A PRECURSOR
dimculties which have arisen of Time With The Dance Orchestra in of ist Batt. South Stanfordshire Re- concerning
from the The Pakistan Prime Minister, late, the question
Force Education Centre, Kowloon); 10.10. Mr Liaquat All Khan's affirma- the State of East Indonesia will it (Relay tion of Pakistan as a non-be settled on the basis of the "Lucinda and the Birds Blary theocrate State and in particular firmest possible unity of the from Northern Ireland by Joseph Tomelt. 1018 "ondon Studio Con. Rend by the Author his statement that "I look upon indonesian nation."
Delegations from the Easteris- Tha Waminater Orchestra this agreement as the precursor
the conducted by L'arence Raybould Government,
(BBCTE); 11, Radio Nowerren! (Lon don Relay): 11.18, Winther Raport
dod save the Klug: 11,50, Close Britain London Relay Recorded) OFL down.
of a new understanding between Indonesian India and Pakistan" are wel-Jogjakarta Republic and the comed as hopeful, auguries for Federal Government met in World Nows and Home News from corresponding concurrence in the Djakarta on April 9 for talks. United Nations-Reuter.
Reuter,
muslaughter-Reuter.
Vatican sources said that the Carlinol's visit did not neces- sarily simify any improvement In the relations between Churchi and States.-Reuter.
GROUCHO SEEKS DIVORCE
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ile and his wife have been married for five years and have three and a of a daughter aged half-Heuter.
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