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Today's Weather: Moderate east or northeast winds, occasionally freak nt. Best. Cloudy with fair periods.

Noon Observations: Barometric pressure. 1015,4 mbs, 20.00 In. Temperature, 49 der. F. Bow point, 53 deg. F. Re- Jalive humidity, 57%. Wod di❤ction. E. Wind force, 20 knots.

Low water: 4 † si 151p.m. High water: 0 fl. 2 in Alw 6.12 p.m.

Hongkong Telegraph

SOUTH-EAST ASIA TO LOOM LARGE IN BIG THREE TALKS

Paris, Apr. 12.-South-East Asia and Indo- China would be among the first items on the agenda on which immediate policy decisions would be made at the Big Three (the United States, Bri- tain and France) Foreign Ministers' talks in Lon- don next month, a French Foreign Office spokes- man said tonight.

The French Foreign Minister, M. Robert Schuman, would suggest a political and economic extension of the Atlantic Treaty when he meets the United States and British Foreign Ministers at these talks, the spokesman declared,

The Lady In

The Lake

Toulouse, Apr. 12. A body found in a packing Case In a lake near here three days age was today ientifled AY A Spanish WOTTLAB, Redemption Montane, who lived locally.

She

nalive of Torrelles De Llobrega, Catalonia.

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Toulouse police are searching for her French husband, a crower, and his assistant. He closed

hin

shop several days ago and has not been seen since- Reuter.

NOT TO

SUITED TASK

This

Suggestion, Ju Gal, would be "very carefully prom Pared

Would

urge Mr Ernest Bevin and Mr Dean Acheson to "consider how the defences of Western liberties could be ro- concited with the maintenance In the Internal uf

prosperity Western countries." The spokesman

that the present nilitary needs of The Western work "threaten the economy and finance of all The countries" and that "this problem can be tackled only at the international level."

adeles!

"The military requirements of the Western world in 1959

the threaten

economy and Inance of all the countries," the

ald. spokesman

The spokesman refused to re- veal what solutions M. Schu-

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that

would propose but said

Economic Committee within the Atlantic Treaty or an extension of the

of powers the Organisation for European Cennomic Co-operation, or the furthering of the links between the VEEC and The Atlantie Treaty were all possibilities Iteuter.

AMERICAN AIM Washington, Apr. 12. The has supersted United States that the forthcoming meeting Atlantic Council of the Nurth

Londen,

---British Apr 12, eltoolmasters spending their Eats er vacation in conference, stecided today that they disliked ex instruction in the classroom The annual conference of the National Arcelation of School masters at the Lancashire coast town of Morecambe, registered the conviridion "that education in sex is the natural and normat cuty and responsibility of the an parents and not to be delegated his to the teacher."

The mover of the revolution all that the fundamental facts

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in London be held on May 15 until May 17, it was announced here today.

of State, Mr The Secretary

Acheron, announced at

weekly press

conterence Aust the Guited States Govern- ment hart asked the Foreign stinksters of the North Atlantie heaty nations to contrm these

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< He thould be learned frum | date, for the session, parent Spinsters and young

bus own tentative behrfors were not suited to the plans for the meeting, and for task-Reuter.

(Contd. on Page 5. Cot. 3)

EDITORIAL

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950.

Italiam Strike Clashes

A woman demonstrator struggling against arrest during the recent Communist-inspired clashes in Rome when one man was killed and scores injured.-(Lon- don Express Service).

Hopes For Shanghai Evacuation

By Sea Abandoned

Dino

At the

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Reservations

Price 20 Cents

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To Solve

Big American Sweep To

The Baltic Mystery Copenhagen

YELLOW OBJECTS: A RAFT

Two Hundred Miles From Area In

Soviet Clash Protest

Copenhagen, Apr. 12. - Soarch aircraft are sweeping the Baltic vigorously in an all-out attempt to discover traces of the missing Privateer patrol bomber, now suspected to have been shot down by Soviet fighters in the Latvia area.

Malaya Squatting

New Bid To Break Terrorism

Red Threat

Copenhagen, Apr. 12— Police were rustied to Kastrup Airport tonikLt following

Communist l'arty announcement that demonstration would be held there

the American "occupation."

against

When the demonstmtion did not take place at the time advertised the polico were withdrawn.

The police, however, aro standing by for any emer- gener-Reuter,

Forty Die

An American plane late today sighted In Train

Sabotage

in the Baltic Sea an oil slick and four yellow "objects" which might have come from the unarmed United States plane which was fired on on Saturday by Soviet fighters and Lucknow, Apr. 12-Forty other search planes reported they had sight-bodies had been recovered tonight and at least 75 ed another object which appeared to be a people were known to have liferaft some distance from the oil slick. been injured in an express Bitroi A naval vessel reported at permission to pass over Swe-Station, United Provinces, that 1715 GMT i hnd arrived dish territory as is already the In the area of the oil slick and

case concerning? the Swedish had pleked up several objects, Irland of Golland in the Battle. including a yellow box similar

Preliminary investigation had The Ministry has also re-revealed

that some fish-plates to those used by flahermen for minded the American Embassy and their tockic.

dog-spikes on the track of the restrictions for certain had been removed, it was re- fortifications areas.

ported.

Singapore, Apr, 12-Highest priority in expected to be given by the Malayan Federal Coun- c to a Government report call ing for the Immediate resettle The uil dick was near Bern- ment of 300,000 Chinese squat-holm Island,

Where

The

a fcher-

train

crash

early tod

near

WASHINGTON ATTITUDE The train crashed near Biiroi Station on tho Dudh-Tirhut The U.S. Secretary of State, railway about 120 mes north-

Dean Acheson told his west of Lucknow.

ters to break terrorist activities, man reported he had heard ex- it was disclosed today.

plosions and seen "ashes" on Saturday night. It was abou 200 miles from Libau, Latvia, Mr the point at which the Russians claimed, a Russian fighter ex- changed fire with an American bomber which "Violated" Soviet territory on Saturday.

squatters were said to form

Jawlens settlements in the Jungles, providing food and shelter for Communist terrorists They

have refused to give in- formation to the authorities for fear of reprisals.

The Government report stated that the terrorist problem would last as long as the squatter problem.

can

Press contrrence on Wednesdny that the United States in mak- The engine and five bogien Ing a complete investigation of were reported to have fallen Russia's charge that an Ameri-into a dry be arcam a tho bomber fired on Sovlet train puzzed DVCT a small fitors, before 'faking its next bridge.

Villogters were helping in the The

firemen and another member of the crew were kill- driver seriously ed and the

step.

The

Defence Department is rescue operations.

Inquiry Into Mog- cow's claim.

W25 piain: burned, United States will take ita The

SECOND RAFT?

What may be the second life Informed spices here toby raft from the missing

United rushing its sand that the squatter resettle States Navy Privateer alrcraft The inference

officer sald Washington, Apr. 12.-The United States meet could not be completed in has also been sighted, a Danish

to five years Navy information less than three

Food time amel ascertai

A high railway offelal here it was unlikely that the late on Wednesday,

best it can before It this morning described the AC- The Danish emergency would b

spokesman salo į farts

answers Russla's protest.

cident as "an act of sabotage.”— bet are

then. - fleu that on Amirican C-54 rescue

The Presidential Press Secre-Reuter. plane reported sighting the ab-

Charles jeet believed to be

tary, Mr

Ross, bald he life-raft. il it heated In on area north did not think Mr Truman has ast of Bornholm island, at a been given na oficial report on

Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, announced and

tate of today that plans to remove 2,000 foreigners from colded Shanghai by sea had been abandoned.

Mr Acheson blamed difficulties with the Chinese Communists, He told a news conference that efforts would be made to obtain Communist permission to move the refugees to a North China port or to Hong Kong.

Queries About Mount Davis

FREE

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Government's attempt · to enter,

Il within reason, for hard cases, victims

of

of the neule housing shortage in the

a number Colony, by organising squatter settlements, taking care of water and sewage problems, has met with almost general approval. Under prevailing con ditions, with Hongkong grossly over- populated for reasons requiring AO recapitulation, squatters may be regarded as an inevitable reflection of the times. Apart from other inducements, a series of disastrous Dres has forced adminis- trative attention to the problem, and for health

it is reasons alone, obviously, better, when total prohibition is out of the question, for the Government to take delinite measures ensuring strict control. In that direction, much has already been done.

Some of the offleinlly prepared schemes have proved highly successful. Many of the inmates are working regularly and are economicnily self- sufficient. Unfortunately, not all the

hutment camps come into the satisfactory category. Either the site is not suitable Judged by all relevant considerations er is inadequate. There have supervision been, for instance, many complaints and crillebnis concerning the canip in the Mount Davis zone. Questions are asked, peculiar particularly, regarding the choice of site. How did the camp blossom forth lu or vitally close to a military aren? How was it that strenuous objec- tions--or ou absolute ban-did not come from the military nuthorities and prevent its development? Whether there is sound basis for disquiet, it is not onЯy dogmatically to say. But the causes are clear enough, Observers, and the camp is close to a European residential aren, insist that the camp's rendy neecss to the sea has been advantageously used. Night after night, sampons and junko

offshore, with arrive

the assumption drawn that the purpose is to disembark passengers, in addition, possibly, to the In the absence of selling of senfoods. any ollieinl restriction on the free move- ment of Chinese to and from Hongkong, at least for the time being, this trailic would cause Hittle comment normally, except that the camp is placed as it is, und, were trouble contemplated, it could be easy to strike from. Fears, it is plain, arise from thoughts of possible infiltration tactics, a well demonstrated technique. And I is a contingency which is not altogether to be disregarded. It may be agreed that observers

fully are not informed of precautions automatically taken, if there are any, of what check is made of occupants and their occupations, of how is ascertained the meanderings of the boat-owners. But the query does arise, and with it a contention that the provision of a hutment camp on Mount Davis appears on ali grounds to be out of step with realities. If the denizens are working in the Colony, it is a curiously out-of-the-way place to house them. If, on the other hand, they are squatting ni the Government's expense, austerity standards, why at Mount Davis? Why not on Lamma Island or Lantau with facilities designed to encourage farming or market gardening and lift from the taxpayer the burden of maintenance? The sole objection that assails has nothing to do with the practicability of the proposal. Ilongkong today is seriously over-burdened by an excess of population. The more that is done to assist refugees, in the pubile knowledge, the greater the influx of indigents is likely to be, Nevertheless, the Mount Davis set-up is disturbing. A finding that the facta asserted correspond to the truth

must compel investigation.

even 011

Me Acheson outlined the efforta made by the State Department to get American citizens out of Shanghai and the dillicules encountered.

ter.

Not Yet Afraid Of

Schnorkels

all

considerable distance from the the matter by the State and Azis

Given

to be an overturned reply to the Russian protest, Mr Chance To

Change Mind

point where Captain Banta Defence departments. Asked if York

Mr Truman would take a hand and other searchers

the United States carller sighted what, they said, In drafting, appeared raft.

Ross said, "Doubtless, he will be For more than two months,

Sweden today Joined Suretfully informed." the State Departinent has been

Rusla In complaining! that

Defence Secretary Louls John- pressing the Commmmiste to ap-

for

Unite!

had on conferred with Mr Truman the

States plines arrangements departure of the foreigners from Ottawa, Anr. 12-Admiral of vulated Baltic frontiers, but an this morning, but the plane - not discussed. No Shinghal, Among them and the Pleat. Lord Fraser. British Air Force spokesman in Wies-cident was

Djakarta, Apr. 12.-A special- about 300 Americans and 450 Chief of Naval Staff, sald here baden and he did not know ir top-level conference on the mat British subjects,

teady he was "are" Russia has the Russian protect specifically ter is planned, at least for they chartered Dakota wil ily 859 time being-United Press and miles from Djakarta to Macas- no super-high-speed Schmorkel concerned the malog plane.

Reuter.

my tomorrow in case the In- In Stockholm oday the Swee submarines a present "although

ronesian rebet leader, Captain we think the will have themesh General Staff complined

FIGHTING SENATOR Andi Abdul Azis, kas changed that a United States military

Senator Styles Bridges (Re-his mind about coming here to within five years".

The British val chief, whercraft flew on Monday over

publican) Luxday urged that report to the Central Govern- country's closely-guarded i on a brief visit to the United the

inent. United States combat planes be and Canada, said at a Bullte

sent on patrols over the Baltic I the plane returns empty, States

and t the United Stater the next move will be up to the press conferences that according Fikrok Information while

were observed "arm these planes to the teeth". Central Government. Two a hers present

ค about 200 under over Lyskule, Just to the north, In a speech prepared for at- The former British parn- Russia has seas craft "hot more then four they added.

livery in the Senate, Senator trooper has ignored a Central Schnorkel

United States Air Force head-Brid are of the

termed or Ave

Lite Ruslan Government ultimatum to leave which hic forces type, expable of 16 knots while quarters in Wiesbaden officially version of the ineldent

over Macassar, "Since over 450 British sub-ibmerred".

denied knowledge of the alleged Latvia "fantastic",

tonk

over ofter a successful re- "Let "A Schnorkel type capable of incideni on Saturday, when, ac- Jecta wished to evacuate in ad-

more volt a week ago, dition to the 300 Americans, and 25 knots is a thing of the future carding 10 the Russians, an American

livesco

without giving A high-level defence confer- American aircraft since the Chinese river reamer-both for he Ruslans and our-

Tachite our

nce was held our boys an opportunity to consider measures to be taken here today to themselves...let our boys could accommodate only 450 per selves." he added.

Bghters over Gunned

patrol in the latest equipment, in the Macassar situation, trip, it would have required two

Anti-submarine weapons, he Latvm.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry fully armed. Let Joe Stalin evacuate the ld, were keeping pace with

Two Indonesian Nevy Bun- trips to terry British and American eltizer," abmarine developments-prin ban mede clear to the United know if he takes a shot at an boats are on the way to Ma

cassar Straits for "naval prac- Mr Acheson said.

In Stock American plane it will be pre- developments In States Ambassador

shoot back." United | tlee," It was officially announced radar and Amite (anti-zubourine holm, Mr Mat hewa, that Ameri-pared to

must have Prese can search planes

He said that at one time they had planned to the the Anking, British vetsel in Hong Kong which had been alerted by the British authorities to assist 20 the evacuation operations.

TOO LATE

"In addition, reports from Shanghat indicated that

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would require two to five days Customs cigarance to arrange and loading after fuat per- mission had been obtained for the ferry operations.

"This would have carried the evacuation operation almost one

set by the Nationalisis even if

cinally new

detector indicator).—Reuter,

Soviet

base

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Activity

Rising Communist

Arms Aid: Naples

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Fighting

Clash

Five people were slightly in-notice will

protect peveral Rome, Apr. 12.-Twelve the Communist Central Com- [

Jured in a clash between strikers hundred doekers when, at dawn full week beyond the deadline hours after the first Ameri- mitee. dellbented ul the fand non-strikers at the navat tomorrow, they begin unloading Headquarters in Via shipyard in Naples Bay. The the first shipment of American permission had been granted at an arms sent to Italy under Party's

Shanghai outho- The Atlantic Pact arrived at Delle Polteche Obscure Die police dispersed the crowd and arms to France under the At- once by the rities," he said.

Inngle Pact. Naples. 42 of Italy's top "Street of the Dark Shops."inade several arresto.

crowd of about 1,000 Police, three gathered

companies of in The agenda included a review Mr Acheson added that its Communists

of Italy's political and economie strikers stood most of the day the Hicpubilean Security Guarda how too late to carry through Rome today to plan

their union.

outside the Union Headquarters and colls of barbed wire will this plan, since any attempt to summer campaign against Priority was expected to be in Naples awaiting speeches and block all entrances to the mill-

the mite clds American

from union run through

military and given to last night's unloading latest instructions

tary port. would entall

"A Communist demonstration serious risks."~~

by in Naples

non-Communist leaders. Groups of arined police economic aid. Reuter.

dockers of 319 tons American were patrolling the streets.

against

shipment Was Jeeploads of Carabinleri tunned for tonight A pre- In Naples, 20 percent of the arms from the freighter Exilona.

to the liminary rally today Naples has remained tenso guarded all entrances

drew workers downed tools in an

Jast

about Plazza Dunte to prevent strikers only

GO protest since the departure of the general

supporters, trainland

dispersed After of nu during the trom massing in the Square for who

Aing- strike against the unloading of

the International. They the arms,

night for an "unknown destinats procession through the streets ing

trams had marched to the railway of Naples. Buses and In Rome, the Communist tlon."

Centre and right wing trade were raml: normally.-Reu-station to meet M. Rene Anou. Linda Christian (Mrs Tyrons lender, Signor Palmiro Tagiinili,

boycotting the ter.

[returning from a month's im- Power) is arriving in Hongkong who has just returned from a unionista were

Cherbourg, Apr 12-Re-prisonment for Bassulting the by PAL tomorrow and will be short visit to Naples, gathered general strike called by the staying at the Peninstiin Hotel round him the 42 members of Communists,

publican Security Guards and police-Reuter,

Mrs Tyrone Power eight-hour

Arriving

.

the