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Racing Tips

By "The Turf"

RACE 1

Miami Beauly

'Airfeld

Peacock

Outsider Midnight Express,

RACE 2

Sparking eyes

Rowanglen

Jasmin

Outsider-Mlux.

RACE 3

Lucky Starter

Sookumpola

Airs and Graces ··

Outsider-Dominion Day.

RACE 4

Oldshoes

Filibuster

A Grand Time

Outsider Jump Bid.

RACE 5

'Green Velvet

National Guard

Flying Wheel

Outsider-Sana Atoul

RACE G

Golden Dahlia

Outsidler-Ben Wyvis.

High Speed

Vagabond King

RACE.7

Jorrockn

Domino

Madame Butterfly

Outsider-Uniled Victory,

RACE 8

Liberty Ship

Pay Day

Beckenham'

Outsider-Morigold.

RACE 9

Sportsmaster

Oakland Bridge

Empresa of Peace

Outsider-Lady Gloucester.

RACE 10

National Glory.

Abdul Hamid

Sulphur

Outsider-Strathamara.

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RAPHA

KITH CHINA MORNING POST, LIL

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

Russia Protests Over Release Of Jap Prisoners

Washington, May 12-Soviet Russia today pro- tested to the United States against the action of General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, in allowing the release of "war criminals" before their sentences expired.

as

A note to the State Department, delivered yester- day from the Soviet Embassy and released today,

Commander described the action of the Supreme constituting "a gross violation of the elementary stan- dards and principles of international law."

The note stated: "On) Powers in Japan, General March 7, 1950, the Supreme MacArthur, issued Circular! Commander for the Allied! No. 5, under which all the

MOSCOW SAYS U.S. ARMING TIBET

war criminals now being confined in execution of their sentences in Japan may be released prior to the expiration of their sen-

tences.

"It will be recalled thint 10 major Japanese war criminals, for sentenced to confinement the commliment of the gravest crimes against humanity by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, are serving London, May 12.-Mos-

their sentences in Japan.

"By issuing the aforesaid cir- cow Radio today broadcast the report that an American cular, the Supreme Cominander strictly mission had arrived in Cal-exceeded his

of the confined cutta to supervise

the pertaining

na) | Charter of the namely. supply of American arms to

the International Tribunal and Tibet.

the policy decision of the Far of April Eastern Commission

the apprehension, of wor 3, 1940, on trial and punishment United criminals in the Far East,

nels.

"In accordance with an agree- between the ment concluded United States Ambassador In India and the Indian Primo Minister, Nehru, the States obtained the right to transport arms, unloaded in Calcutta, to Darjeellag, on the Tioetan frontier, where the only cists milway line running to Tibet ends," the broadcast said quoting y a Prague dispatch, which, in

from New Delhi.

Uim

by the rlly. DHAN

PAROLE

"The Soviet Government in- that the United States Government should immediate-

measures undertake abrogate the aforesaid

10

illegal

turn, quoted a Telepress dispatch Circular No 5 of March 7, 1950, concerning the major Japanese war criminals convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East."

the report From Darjeeling,

trans mid, the materials are ported by road to the Tibetan ail capital of Lhasa. It sold convoys will have an American military guard.

in

sen-

former

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1950.

Royalty At Festival Site

The Queen, wearing a two-brim hat, and the King chatting to one of the workmen engaged on the Festival of Brilain site which Their Majesties visited recently. (Central Press).

Bevin Resists

To Put

Plan

Southeast

Asia In Background

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"LITTLE ELECTION :”

BRITAIN VEERS

SLIGHTLY

TO THE RIGHT

London, May 11.-Britain today veered slight- ly to the Right as the result of yesterday's "Little General Election" for the control of 378 municipal boroughs in England and Wales.

But there was a sign of a strong swing in public opinion which produced the near-deadlock in the Parliamentary General Election in February.

Bulk Buying Of Tea Not Working Well

London, May 12.

Provisional final results gave the Conservatives a net gain of 211 seats in Engilsh and Welsh boroughs, Labour, a net, loss of 80 seats, Liberals a net loss of 22 seats, Indepen- dents a net loss of 109 sents.

As at the General Election in tho Communista The February,

a re-

cou

Food Minister, Mr Maurico rained to sento desplto

cord of candidates. Webb, told Parliament to- The Conservallves were co- day that Britain's present timated to hovo gained method of getting tea ---- trol on six Councils and lost it on two, Labour was calculated Government bulk buying **

to have lost was not satisfactory.

It did not bring the best quality of tea or the best sup- piles, he said.

debate on Speaking in a stalo trading in the House of

"There Commons, he declared:

bo may

cases where

some

Cleverrument purchase obviously

needs examination.

"It has been suggested that

la la so in the case of tea. We

ella and gainoy" on six coun-

it on five.

In the Urban Council elec- tions which have been taking place during the last two days, Enbour claimed 114 gains and 32 losses. The Party reported in the a net loss of 18 seals Scottish local elections lost week.-Reuter.

MOTION DEFEATED London, May 12.-The La- realise that there are important bour Government today fought Freasons why it would be desir-off an unexpected challenge in of tea to the London Tea Aucing a motion by a Conservative member deploring tion, and we are now at work private

State trading by 131 votes to on that situation."

He added that with tea, the 03-a majority of 30. Government was dealing with a As it was not an official Op- that was subsidled. position motion there was no Government's and rationed. question of the The problem was to maintain resigning, even if it had been

under private besten.-Reuter. his structuro procurement

London, May 12.-The Foreign Minister, Mr Ernest able to hand back the purchase the House of Commons, defeat- Bovin, is resisting attempts to give Germany priority over Southeast Asia during the Big Three Foreign Ministers' con- ference, informed sources said today. The sources said Mr Bevin has already refused to discuss in detail the Fronch Foreign Minister's plan for integration of European industries,

che, 19

heavy

to

rolled

of tea. It would not be easy to work out how to do -Reuter.

Airline Appeal

Dismissed

GEN. KIRKMAN TRANSFERRED

London,

12.-Major-

May, General J. M. Kirkman, Chief of Staff of Britain's Far East Land Forces, has been appointed Cider of the Intelligence Divi sion of the Control Commission the War Ofco for Germany, announced tonight.

Colonel (temporary Brigadier).

General MacArthur announced Tokyo on March 7 that

criminals Japanese war French Military

tended in Japan would be eligible

Mr Bevin has suggested] Mr Bevin is also understood before the end of the year

have expressed the view revize the occupation statute, It said: "Although the Ameri- for parole after the completion that since such short notice t

Commonwealth Gov-and allow that the

to lakei Germany Expondituro

of one-third of their sentences. cans assert that only light arms

be consulted ever more and into the direc- Prisoners prving life sen- of the Schuman plan was ernments should 12. The French will be transported, the bulk of

foreign affairs. National Assembly today patthe freight leads one to suspect tences would be paroled after 15 given, and since the plan before any full-dress discussion lion of her own

But the process will be a slow od

was not put up to the ex- on the Schurtan plan. naval nnl oversens that American bravy arms are years.

On February 16 General Mac-

to attain the agreed objec- the who prepared

Informed an-perts Headquarters military budgets, totalling 207, also being transported to Tibet."

sources said it ap

tive of all Western powers-to! Moscow Radlo sald the New Arthur's

France was 000,000,000 francs aften a all-

restoring

to Germany pointed putnounced that about 100 Japon-agenda for the three power poured as though

The appeal brought by Delhi

report also night session.

war minór materials e convicted of that American war

Civil Air Transport, Incor- The Assembly had alreally wEl De

to the crimes would be released from meeting, the Foreign Minis-willing to agree with the United start

M. Schuman's concern about parated, against handed over

the deci- ters cannot afford to go into States that Germany should be qual status in the world,

Riven priority during the Big prison. A Tukyo of 186-Tibetan religious authorities, pared appropriations

a negative approach Foreign Minister, discussions on the plan be-Three conterence. 000,000,000 francs for the air who, under American guidance, Japanse

of French cold war came up apparently sion of the Chief Justice, forces, bringing are preparing 112 offensive Mamoru Shugemitsu. was

Brattude for the United States France's total military appron against the growing people's pected to be the first "A-Chefore it has been referred to this was in the nature of French during the discussion of pro-1Sir Leslie Gibson, in refus-

mander of the British Military war criminal to be paroled.-

having made the bulk of to

J. H. N. Poolt, Deputy Com priations to 483,000,000,000 (democratic movement in Tibet."

can aid to Indo-China svall-

heppointment of a receiver Mission to Greece, will replace Heuber. francs-United Press,

two Major-General Kirkman in the able to French authorities on State, Ar Dean Acheson, is for the assets of the the spot instead of to the State French sponsored

understood to have proposed a former Nationalist airlines, Far East He has been raised psychological cold authorities.

cam CNAC and CATC, was dis-to the temporary rank of Major-

General for the post-Repler. paign similar to the psycholo missed with costs

by the Mr Bevin, however, has in ien warfare developed during sisted he wants "thorough the war by the Allies,

Full Court this morning. cusion" un Southeast Asia's defence and

le economy. wants to frame 7

"clearer palicy" at the three power

and

ground

EDITORIAL

-United Press.

Social Welfare Pressures

THE Peking protest against Hong-

Thing's attempt to control immigration

Was M.

our

that the movements to the extent existing gross over-population cannot ewell further to bursting point obviously net in the mind of Mr J. Tan, of the Council of Social Service, when collecting the data for his com prehensive survey of the work being done within the Colony. The highly pertinent facts and figures which he produced, however, could very easily represent the clearest explanation of the directive forces compelling the Government to take action, sulllelent to convince the Peking regime that the local authorities were not actuated by prejudice or ignorance. The figures are bad enough, disturbing enough, if the assumption that

does not exceed 2,000,000 population

Actually, while accepted. people is naturally opinion differs, the belief is widely held that a minimum of 2,500,000 comen closer to reality. On that baals, the total inadequacy of Hongkong's tho resources to do

than touch fringes of genuine welfare needs, stands starkly. Expanding hospital activities have not provided more than 4,000 beds, for civil use, and more than a third are to be found in that benevolent institution, the Tung Wah and associated hospitals. Schools of repule receive applications for entrance examinations from students ten

times

the twenty

greater than maximum possible vacancies. Housing is woefully lacking, inflicting on us scorce

which of squatter settlements, menacing to the inhabitants, and to

spite health,in

of the 5.general

precautionary measures taken by the Government to minimise the dangers, nu Thousands of the refugees-rely – for!

to

more

aro

EX-

sustenance en austerity rations provided by various social welfare organisations, done by voluntary Much has been workers to improve the lot of hard-hit

the

ht building families, including tenements, let at rentals closely akin to their capacity to pay. Even so, succour a hundred merely throws back for reflection that it is no more than a drop in the bucket, that the problem in full magnitude may be regarded ne untouched. Small wonder that Me Tub, analysing the situation and erediting the many the Government volunteer groups and

the experts.

Assurance On Racial Equality.

Vietnam

Wes

to the

propaganda efforts, The States, Secretary ut

war

DOUBLE-EDGED

In a written judgment their Lordships said: "We have come

to the conclusion that even

of Mr Acheson repeated his re-apart from the question

immunity, a sufcient

..

Gorman Reds Expol No. 2

West

tate which he intends to send cent public warnings that the sovereign pollment of a German Communist Party has

Bonn, May 12The to the British

delegation to West is loslug the "cold war," case for the

"Peciver has not been made expelled its second in command, London, May 12. The the Commonwealth conference and that Rustin's "pence offen-

greater and out.!!

Herr Kurt Mucker. -United Press, Prime Minister, Mr Clement pening In Sydney on Monday. Rive" is having

An official Party statement in greater effect,

The Court comprised Mr E.

that Herr said Attlee, reaffirmed today

warned, how!= M. Schuman

Chief Frankfurt H. Williams (Acting ver, that "cold war" ever

propa- Justice), that the Seretse Khama

Mr Justice Gould Mueller, aged 47, had "main- was Gandh

double-edged case did not mean that Bri-

a foreign 12.-French Ford--that it could also (Senior Puise Judge) and Mr tained constant contact with the

Justice Scholes (Acting Puisne secret service tain

its Foreign Minister Robert Schu- velup fear, especially had abandoned

among Judge).

Power."-Reuter, traditional policy of oppos-man has warned his Big Three

which colleagues against allowing

SCHUMAN WARNS

Londoni, May

ing racial discrimination. "cold war" strategy to de would

today.

M.

the European peoples,

hurt rather than help West's efforts. United

In a letter to the Archbishop Kenerate into just an anti-Soviet the al Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey diatribe, conference sources sald Press.

NO JAP TREATY Fisher, he said that the Govern-

of the Schuman, author ment remained entirely oppoocd

London, May 12.-The West- to racial discrimination in the sensational plan for combining territories for which it was re-the coal and steel industries of Foreign Ministers of Bri- France and Germany, and per- tain, France and the United sponsible" policy in which

heps of the whole of Europe States have struck the Japancre there has been no alteration."

wants the West to take a more peace treaty from their pre- The Archbishop, in the name positive approach to the world sent agendo, it was learned o-

the British Council ot crisis,

day from a usually well-inform- the The Blk Three

Foreigned source. Churchien, had asked that Government should re-state Ministers met for almost threa strongly that Britain had not hours this morning, and again abandoned this traditional policy in the late afternoon.

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of

to

with n magnificent Job considering the appalling enlargement of the task as week succeeds week, concludes that the

Is through only practical answer Government prepared gradually

more assume more and

responsibility takes on the entire burden. until it Whether it is possible to go all the way with him is another matter. Direction by public-spirited citizens, in an honorary capacity, is in itself 'n valuable asset.. It a broader usefulness to the brings community, achieving more overall at a

Budget lesser cost.

subsidies institutions, charitable

orphanages, and tho schools

liko Bre already For Govern- formidable in dimensions. ment to finance every, branch of welfare endeavour, and the emoluments of officers assigned to special duty, would stagger the taxpayer. The recent battle increased direct taxation would pale when the besides the furore crented inevitable tax demands were made to meet social welfare expenditure. As a policy Mr Tan's proposal is admirable, and correct, but Hongkong must need wait until times resemblé normality,

over

not to discus problem of the pence settlement is

The decision with Japan or the their Far East

between American

in live chat of Seretse Khama, Germany and Austria on their believed to have been taken as a Chief-designate of the Bamang-axent. Let me tell group result of sharp differences on wato tribe la

Dechuanaland,ment to set up a special

the matter M. Schuman's coul- exiled after marrying' a London to study typist.

steel plan is expected from this military and State Department

authorities. conference.

But the Ministers pro- Long-range

At the end of the second day's

their

In his letter the Archbishop | COF sald:

have are plotting a "Grave suspicions

the minds of gramme for Germany, which session tonight, the three Foreign been created in

wiil

bring her completely into Ministers announced that they and Africans, many

even the Atlantle community

of had agreed to aland by their though theso suspicions

nations on a basis, of equality policy of maintaining they can quite unjustidable,

everything except arma- rights in Berlin, only be eradicated by a ren peated affirmation in the menta plainest of terms that

the Government is entirely, opposed to racial discrimination."

In a communique Issued here,

· EQUAL STATUS, they "noted with surprise and deep concern" Russia's state- Germany already has acment that the repatriation of Mr Attlee, in his reply, re- cepled associate membership in German prisoners of war had

of Europe, and been completed." grotted that there had been the Counel! misinterpretation of the Go- probably will win fuli

The Foreign Ministers spent Vernment's decision to ban bership before long. She already Seretse Inxime quarters, but is a member of the Marshall hours, today in the attempt to open up a new political : arii. he: had a bestation in giving Pine-organisation.

the economie future for Germany ---- On the diplomatic the KIFLITATION • naked for. Harter.

West la expected to find a way, Reuter

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