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HONGKONG TELLGRAPEL, For and on behali alison SOUTH CHINA HURNING

The

Hongkong Telegraph

BLUNT QUESTIONS Shocks In FOR N. ATLANTIC OneMonth TREATY COUNCIL

Calcutta, Sept. 15.

Northeast Assam, devas tated a month ago by one of history's greatest earth quakes, was still staggering today under shocks which arc slowly lovelling tt towns and changing the face of the "Roof of the World."

Beports from Dibrugarh, larger town near the epicentre of the August 15 quake, AIC its 50.000 Jahabitants had been terrorised by 10 treners since that simehe most violent on Wednesday, when several more buildings collapsed."

each Avork Report al brought down new building and was already cracked by the big quake 31 days ago.

Small rivers and streams have changed their Courses, over- running and raining Astom's "rice bowl," and new canyons and bills have been reported on the Assam-Tibet border.

DAILY SHOCKS Jothat, in ortant ten centre 70 mlien southwest of Dibrugarh, and Tezpur, 140 miles south- east, also have reported daily nhocks during the past month.

MÌ Ý, N. Buraychain, the Central Government's deputy Minister of Works, Mines and who has just arrived in Power, Calculio after a 12-day tour of fuit the stricken area, said report on casualties and damnge

New York, Sept. 15.

The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Mr Dirk U. Stikker, set the tone for the opening session of the North Atlantic Treaty Council, a high delega- Lion source reported today, with two blunt ques tions:

Just how are the treaty members to defend themselves if they are attacked? What measures can be taken to remove the threat of that attack?

Funeral Service

For Smuts

The Netherlands delegate put his finger right on the two problems uppermost in the minds of all 12 Atlantic pact nations as they began their secret sessions to European speed Western defence plans.

A Council accepted for con- kierntion at the opening ses- Jon of its deputies a report on measures for defending Western Europar from Communist aggres- vion.

Pretoria, Sept. 15. Thousands of mourners stood in silence today as the funeral service for General Smuts was held here in the Transvaal mother church of the Dutch reformed faith, best that the deputies coula

produce the Groote Trek.

lances."

The

A high delegation source saut he report provided for linancing, European

Among the mourners were the Prime Minister of South Africa, Dr

Daniel Malan, General Smuts children, South African political and military leaders and Commonwealth and foreign representatives.

would not be available for come As General Smuts' coffin lay

tinse.

He said 150 persons were in the church, draped with the known to have been killed by flag of the South African Union,

the

were

defences

under

the

question of

Was

circain-

rearming

Germany "was touched Eghtly." nt the opening Bession, it was appeared it would said, and come in for more serious

cussion later the day. INDO-CHINA

dis-

A spokesman for the Ameri

ไม earthquake itself and by the streets outside were thronged can delegation of the Atlantic at test by barcheaded men and weep Pact Council said nothing but falling buildings, und

All followed the European defence was discussed 500

known to haveing women.

broadcast over loud-by the 12 Foreign Ministere drowned in the lowlands, when service,

Ke con- during the moming. speakers. their COUTE" streams changed

An Afrikanser clergyman, ceded however that the question and undated riceland:

the Rev. Reyncke, who was of Indo-China, which is one of Assam's tea crop, grown on

one of those who preachie:t at the foremost French interests, the hillsides, has ΠΟΙ been

the service declared that the might come up for discussion affected much by the tremors.

death of General Smuts was by the Council later in the -United Press.

Typhoon Toll

In Japan

Tokyo, Sept. 15. Japanese National Maritime officials reported Safely Board that typhoon Kesia sank, dam- aged or washed away 07 vessels mostly snail craft.

The lyphoon, which passed over the western const Hokkalde at an. today, tuok toll of 23 dend, 22 missing ond 33 injured in Kyushu, Shikoku western Hanshu-United Parvek Pro 9.

EDITORIAL

"the voice of God to South week.

The relationship between black and white is getting more and more bitter", Mr Reyneke kaldi. "God's voler culls, Will we respond?"-Heuter.

Africa," challenging her 10 Discussing the possibility of a among the check the worsening racial re- deadlock

or split lations between her peoples. Foreign Ministers on the ques- tion of rearming Western Ger- question expected many-the to be discussed more fully this afternoon-De spokesman em- that such a situation phasised

because there 15 not possiblo 13 no voling procedure there is no veto in the Coun ell.

London Fly-past Cancelled

and!

thi Tin

He explained that all Council

must represent decisions London, Sept. 15.

of opinions. A fly-pust of 216 planes over concensus

instance when netual un London today to celebrate the only

Battle of Britain' was can-animity is required is the ques celled because of bad weather.-¡tion of admiting new member Reuter,

to the pnet-United Press.

An Ill-Timed Decision

TR Attlee's latest bolt from the blue.

Mthe decision to go ahead with the

takes a

scheme for nationalising the fron and steel industry, may not wholly deserve one of Mr Churchill's strictures, "wan- ton" but it is certainly reckless and like- ly to cause grave misgivings. The power Is there. Authority was forced through the last Parliament by the large Labour majority then prevailing to place the in- "" from dustry under State control

Wha but Impression January 1, 1951, fully general that if the precarious kald of the Labour Party as the result of the last election did not make the Cabinet a the at least circumspecl, trife more tense international situation would com- pel them to pause. For reasons yet to be line clarified, the Government precisely in reverse. The trebling of the rearmament programme for defence pur- poses is offered as the justification or the excuse, the argument being that de. lay could not be brooked in the interests of the new £3,000,000,000 defence plan. What warrant the Cabinet has for that contention it is difficult to falhom. Ex- perience of their previous incursions in- to the realm of private enterprise pro. vides no encouragement to the iden of. quick resulta. Trial and error,, and, to Home extent the use of first-class com- "mercial

the permitted brains, have Government, for instance, to get on lop of the problem of arganising the coal in- dustry effelently, but it has taken rough- ly three years. On the other hand, the rallway system" gets deeper into the doldrums, and the service maintained on some of the main lines appears steadily to deteriorate. Not all the faults can be

Inid at the door of the Government. Road competition is far mure severe today than anything

companies the railway contended with prior to the war. That, however, is beside the point. The Iron manifold and steel industry, with its branches, far-flung over different parts of the

contains complicated country, faclors not to be paralleled in the rail- way or the coal-fields, and if it has taken the National Coal Board three years to straighten out their problems, what is the outlook for steel? A time of interna. tional crisis is surely not the moment to tako risks, and the dangers of thrusting the the wheels while a spanner into interlocking machinery is being devised and put into operation cannot easily be discounted. Unfortunately, Mr Attlee has burned his bridges and the issue is to be put to the test, Mr Churchill intends to hubmit a censure metlen next week, condemning the intention, Mr Attlee has accepted the challenge and should he be defeated by vote in the House of Com- mons, the Government will resign and seek a further mandate from the coun. try. Of course, the necesally is not like- ly to arise. The Prime Minister must be confident of the Labour Party's ability to marshal sufflelent strength in West- minster to reject the Conservative mo. tion, far more confident than he could be of a comfortable national verdict in the polling booths. Nevertheless, that fur- nishes no good reason for. Introducing an element of acute controversy in Bri- High politics when momentous events foot, serious problems seek solution. The aim should be to unite the country, not to rock it

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1950.

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DIRECTING MORE SHOCK TROOPS LANDINGS LANDED AT INCHON

IN PERSON

General Douglas MacArthur, left, who personally directed yesterday's landings of United Nations forces in Korea, seen in a recent picture with Syngman Rhec, President of the Republic of Korea, right. In background Is Mrs MacArthur, (AP Picture)

Conscription Bill Passes Commons

London, Sept. 15.

The House of Commons today passed a bill extending military conscription in Britain from 18 months to two The second and third readings were both agreed to years. without a vote,

Spearheads Within

10 Miles Of Seoul

MACARTHUR'S AIM IS TO AVOID WINTER, CAMPAIGN

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Tokyo, Sept. 16.

General MacArthur throw more shock troops into the Inchon beachhead soon after dawn this morning to reinforce the Marine spearhead which is thrusting at Seoul, according to frontline reports reaching hero,

The new troops landed on north of Poheng, and gained

west coast bench with their the early morning high tide) from ! huge invasion General MacArthur reported of sprawling Inchon,

in his General MacArthur, armada of 200 ships.

to the United States Defence

before the operation, United Nations troops, striking Department tonight

that the bricing

hle by sea and air in boid assaults whole operation at Inchon is revealed to correspondents

bid to seize the vital Inchon- 120 milen behind the main front-proce schedule.

Seoul communicailons network, J. Lawton Collina, line, were late last night within

and avoid

inter campaign

Another forco of Marines, firs; objective against meanwhile, headed for. a second lite over two miles Communist resistance.-Rculer.

beach a from the first on the outskirts Washington, Sept. 15.

AL

held capital of South Korea. 10 miles of Seoul, Communist- Army Chief of Staff, commented

that he was highly gratified." by quickly throttling the rem

He told newspapermen that nants of the Communist forces. Watched offshore by General

Edward Major-General from the area were Douglas MacArthur. Supreme reports

Commander Almond,

ot the Commander,

United

States "evidence of the highest order

Seoul-Inchon beachhead, des Marines stormed the

coast of west

co-operation among the Ser.

scribed it as the "anvil against Inchon, 18 miles from vices," port of

Inland

which General Walton Walker's the n bid to seize

Eighth Army will drive North Koreans to destruction"

General MacArthur said that the

chaanellised corn- tightly

Scout, and quickly drove

the en

capital

"The

General AtacArthur also re- ported that losses word "light" armed within his Arst MCSTATES to landed in two Washington after the operation 11 hours apart, under opened.

scaling laddo

of a United Nations

waves,

the guns

ormada of 200 ships.

SPECTACULAR BID

REFUGEES of the extension in the news of the

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д

The United Nations comman.munications through Seoul and unique der, who planned the operation Inchon provided and

it is observing from a opportunity to cut the lifeline

off the cruiser

new Allled of the huge Communist force beachhead, paid high tribute to committed in South Korea, The main force went in on the "clock-work co-ordination Ninety percent of declared the high evening de after a

and co-operation between the Communist troops were con- smaller unit had captured Services involved."

centrated in the extreme coulà Wolmi Island, 1,000 yards off- "The natural obstacles com- of Korea. shore.

bined with the extraordinary

KEY TO SOUTH AS part of this spectacular bid tidal conditions demanded

The recopture of, Seoul-won 1 to bring a speedly end to the complete mustery of the tech- war. paratroopers seized Kimpo nique of amphibious warfare." the Communists-within-

of the war's out- told head-three days The Opposition had al-town and airfield, 10 miles from General MacArthur

break-would give, the United Scoul.

quarters.ficuter. rendy announced its support

Nations the key to all South Late last night there was no

Korra, NO WINTER WAR expected link-up

Seoul has been built up by three-day emergency debate between the main force advanc

With General MacArthur the Communists as a vital road

O Inchon, Sept. 15. on defence which ended last from Inchon and the para-

and ral junction to carry sup troops spearhead. night.

American "General Patton" plies from North Korea to their In three other lightning sen- tanks and flame throwers were embattled troops in the south. The bill now goes to the borne assaults, South Koreans rumbling forward tonight over One main road runs from House of Loris on Munday and seized Yongtion, cast coast port the less than one mile cause-Seoul through the mountains to law on receiving 25 trilles north of the Pohang Way linking Wolmi Island, Taegu, beleaguered he formal Royal assent,

battle area, and Kusan, on the stormed carller by Untied of the United Nations defence ered strongpoint 17 only objection today west, 100 miles south of Inchon, States Marbies, with the main-box around the port of Pusan. rome from a small group of end established a bridgehead land city of Inchon.

Seoul has been pounded by Labour members headed by immediately north of Pohang A British cruiser stood by, massive bombardment, since

pacliet,

Rhys itself.

entrench-it fell to the Communists. shelling Communist- Meanwhile, Soulli Korean meats at almost point blank Kimpo airfield, now captured

continued their offensive

range, and Marine

Navy Corby the United Nations, is one atlonal Refugee Organisa-nace from the War Minister, on the northeast front of the airs pounded Observatory Hill, of the biggest and most ion when 1,325 refugees Mr John Strachey, they with Tacgu-Pusan defence box, driy-highest point in Inchon, with valuable operational air bases rom China arrived in Kobe drew

amendment an

urging ing towards Pohang from the bombs und rockets.

In the country,—-Reuter, military

They the that this morning aboard

conscription southwest,

captured Anganent nine miles Pabang. nament feature of the British

An Eighth Army ofcial on- said that South way of life.

Korean "guerilla troops" land- at Changsadong, 10 miles

CRITICISE I.R.O.

will become

Kobe, Sept. 15. Grievances and bitter -Hicism were loudly au-

life-long Davies,

Mr

lible against the Inter- But after receiving an astroops con

J.R.O. chartered Swedishhould not ship, Anna Salen.

'be made

apor-

nouncement

BRITISH KOREA

CASUALTIES ·

London, Sept. 15.

The 8,702-ton hospital shilp,

ASSURANCE GIVEN Led converted from o roop trans- port. left Takt Bar on Sep- Mr Strachey, aid that the tember on the biggest and Government dld not think probably the last "mergencselther from a narrow military movement" to carry so-called for general point of view that

comprising the period of two displaced persons,

J'enrs' mostly stateless Jews, to Naplez.tional service was the right Italy, for redistribution" tu their countries of origin. Of Ile gave An assurance that showed that and man had been he refugees 350 are expected even before 1953 the period killed, 17 were wounded, and

would be reviewed if the In-one was missing.

situation permitted and volunteers Were + coming.

to innd in Germany..

yem for Britain.

The refugees were roughly ternutiona!

divided into four groups, main- ly from the Shanghai, Tientsin, Tsingtao and Harbia areas.

ACED AND SICK

Samuel Schornick, choirman of the passengers' committee, R. Jorysch, chief administrator of the American Jewish Joint Dis-

The first Korea casualty list Issued by the War Ofce tonight

The man killed Was Ptc. R. forth-Streeter, of the Middlesex Re-

giment.-Reuter.

"We should like that period to be decreased, the Interna- unal situation permitting. and If possible abolished altogether," he said.

"not

But the prospeels were particularly bright."

that Mr Strachey also sold

Bertha's Parents' Application

Singapore, Sept. 15. The Singapore Supreme Court

tribution Committee in Shang-the British force which was today rejected an application on bal. and other responsible per- about to go to Korca would be behalf of Bertha de Hartegh's

mally of regulars, parents to place her in rons aboard said the treatment composed

conscripts would be given the passengers by the though

custody of. the Singapore United Nations sporzored 1.R.O. was "far from satisfactory."

or

Thoy sald 80 percent of the refugees were either aged sick and wero "absolutely unavailable" for work although the passengers "were supposed to help themselves."

Included.-Reuter.

VOLCANO ERUPTS

|

the

Coretanton Social Welfare

pending bearing of the suit to restore, their daughter to them.

This suit will now be heard on November 20 instead of, October 10 as was announced enrifer.-Router,

Water Cut Off

Manila, Sept. 15. Fifty-one people were killed Thy mid that, while the crew and 27 seriously injured today members were most so by the eruption of Kibok vol operative facilities for the sick cons on Camiguin Island, north were "so inadequate." The of Mindanao, southern-moit said they had to go up, and island of the Philippines group. Householders in many parts down three. Bight of 20 steps of The Philippines President, Dr of Kennedy Town found their. 45 degrees at least three doses Elpidio Quirino, tonight mo water supply cut off this daily for their meala data {biliod all Government agencies thin the mess hall ventilation to sld the stricken, area, jug morning. The Waterworks. Deč

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