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Hongkong Telegraph 0.9

VOL. V NO. 231

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950.

Seoul Streets After Many U.N.

Littered With Debris Of War

BY JACK JAMES

Seoul, Sept. 28.

The smoke cleared from the skies over liberated Seoul on Thursday, just three months after the South Korean capital fell to the Com- munists.

Its streets are littered with the debris of war, Trolley and power lines hang from poles and criss- cross the pavements. Sandbag barricades, fox- holes, fallen buildings and telephone poles menace traflic. But Seoul is free.

It liberators-wolellers and Marines who fought one of the Titterest battles of the war- rule through the Lown Ju

Indonesia Given tanks, jeps and sometimes in

Seat In U.N.

Flushing, Sept. 28. Indonesia was admitted to the United Nations by the unanimoux vote of the Grueral Assembly today.

Indonesia thus became Lite 69th United Nations member.

"berated" vehicles. Citizens clapped and cheered "mansel" --"ten thousand years of life" |

nd waved hamil-made South Korvan and American Bags,

There Was Hone 11 the hysterical excitement which expected.

who

ot'

might have been however. The Koreans. like to do their demonstrating had not been or- unison, election I

ganised and could not clap the

shout in ranks today. General Assembly" was by

and there old Here

friends acclamauun and no vote

inet, #poke, shook hands, and! was taken--Reuter.

parted after few words.

Irr

South Africa

And Britain

Agree On Defence

London, Sept. 28. defence talks

น

There was little excitement ini reunions, but there Wits obvious feeling of relief.

NO PARKING

Communism

the

the

loft much of American Influence intact,! Street signs on major streels had "stop" In English. still Across

from the street United States embassy hung an

"Post Exchange. I English sign, Beverage Store." Nearby waa aj sign, "AMIK (American Ma-| sion in Korea) Bus-No Park between ing South Africa and Britain have been "atisfactorily concluded" en Ministerial level and are their carried forward on were now to be The staff level, the Ministry of!

ments. Defence announced tonight.

The found and with

The

In a communique it said that Mr Francols Erasmus, the South Afrim Defence Minister, 363 setiay resumed discussions with Mr Emanuel Shinwell, the De- fence Minister, and Me Patrick Gordon-Walker,

the Secretary

of State for Commonwealth Re- JLLONS.

fly afternoon, some Korean

had got civilians

tinck into blasted homes and few sweeping their pave-

had Marines, however,

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SPEARHEADS THRUST TO

Forty familles who had been evacuated from their homes at Richmond, in Surrey, returned eight days ago when "Baby Bessie" was rendered harmless and dragged through a warren of shafts beneath ground. The bomb, a 2,500-pounder, (London was removed by former German prisoners of war under British officers.

Express Service).

Western Traders Vyshinsky Ready

Look Dubiously At Hongkong

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Sept. 28.

The proximity of Hongkong to Red China and the traditional trade ties between them are causing concern among Western business men.

They fear that exports to Hongkong will find their way into Communist hands.

Latest

country

to

clamp Hongkong economy. 11:

the

a Communist armoury | down on exports to Hongkong first seven months of this year,

were Atting each other rusty words and old Russian made carbines. - United Press.

THANKSGIVING SERVICE By Alex Valentine

Seoul, Sept. 28. The sounds of war died away and life begat to Dow buck lui The talks were "on defence | shuttered Seoul today. mutters of mutual interest, with On the steps of the blackened particular reference to the de- | Capital building, bathed in the fence of Afrien,” the communi- ¦ morning sunlight,

Army que sald,Reuter,

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 1)

EDITORIAL

A

Canada, Mir Howe. the Trade Minister said Ottawa that new export controls would be brought into force to pre- vent ratestic materials reach- ing Russia and its satellites.

Lal Ministry spokesman aid there was evidence that strategie supplies from Canada had been sent largely through Hongkong behind the Iron Curtain.

Hongkong imported goods worth £1,700,000 from Canada, made up of items such as foodstuffs, light manufactured articles and paper. Her exports to Canacia in the same period were only

£110,000,

of trade with The turnover Canada was less than one per- cent of Hongkong's total trade

These Agures, tumover.

-

To Talk

Flushing, Sept. 28. United Nation offlefab from Mr Trygve Lie down today denied the much- published Jumour thal North Korea had sued for peace.

The position at present this, according to the most reliable sources:

Is

(1) No communication of any kind has been re- ceived from North Korea by either the United Na- flons Secretarial or aby leading delegation:

(2) Mr Andrei Vyshin- sky. Soviel Foreign Minis- ter, has let it be known through "hinia" that he would like to have a pri- vate talk with Mr Dean Acheson, American Secre- tary of State, on Roviet- American differences,

These differences, Soviet Bourcea

Include slate, many other subjects be- sides Korca. notably Ger. many and Japan-Reuter,

Challenge videntally, show no appreciable

Hongkong Imports

It remains to be seen what increase in effect this move will have on from Canada over 1949, which suggests there has been no rush

Statue Square Desolation

towards INDIVIDUAL offitudes

the intention to converi the erstwhile Statue Square Into a car park by substitu- ting tarmac for trees, turf and a pleasant evening strolling ground for dwellers in the congested city area depends, very prabubly, on whether the person happens to be an owner driver who brings the cor down to fown habitually, or he is the user of Shunks's pony appreciative of the only garden atmosphere to be found in the ely. Beyond doubt, none enn witness the desecration without a feeling of dismay that one of the last of our central ameni- ties has been doomed. There is much to support the fear that a square that once was our civic pride, scene of ceremony unet memory-awakening Occasions 112 inspiring surroundings, threatens to Ivennie an object of civle shame, The Cenotaph must suffer in dignity in spite of the very natural effort to offer konte protection. On the other side, of course, there is also much to be said to justify a decision causing a good deal of heart. burning. For all pinetica}

purposes, Hongkong, as the result of our remark. able post-war prosperity, carries far too many cars on its roads. The remarkable Fattern of orie-way streets and pedestrian crossings which we call traffic control has achieved excellent results in breaking up bottlenecks and minimising the risk or protracted hold-ups—the sort of thing often seen in London, twenty minutes to travel 200 yards-but the parking space problem will defies reasonable solution. No such preasure was fell at any time before the war, for the simple reason that the number of vehicles passing through the central district In the busy hours of the day was probably less than one-third of today's fraffic, and parking

the

was easy tu obtain in the most convenient places. These days, late-comers and al too frequently, from their angle of approach, a search for twenty minutes places them in a spot twenty minutes' walk from the office, which means a waste of forty minutes when the day is out. Having necepted their taxation and granted a driving licence, the Government has an obligation to cater to motoring needs if it is at all pussible. The question is, could no alternative scheme be worked oul? Was and is it necessary to crash into this one green spot in ullitarian Hongkong? The suggestion has been mude that car parks could be built under the Square, under the Murray parade ground, and în conjunction with reclamation scheme now contemplated on the Praya. Regarding the first two sites, the cost would probably be prohibitive, but there is much appeal in the iden or building large underground car parks simultaneously with the filling in process. How this can be done without incurring excessive expense it is the job of engineers and technical experts to devise, but the layman foresees no particular dilleulty because the plan Is associated with the reclamation and obviously an enormous amount of Giling, baring to be carried long distances, could be dispensed with. Much Insi on the roundabouts would be gained on the swings. There are not so many private cars that can be accom. modated on the present Statue Square encroachment scheme as to prevent reversal of the decision. They can wait until more acceptable project can be brought into being. Desulauan of Statue Square has been termed vandalism and that is right on the mark.

a

to import goods from Canada for shipment to China.

GRIMWOOD FIGHT

Labour

To

Party

Canberra, Sept. 28.

38TH PARALLEL Airborne Troops Dropped On Kumpo Rout Korean Reds TAEJON TAKEN BY STORM

Tokyo, Sopt. 28. United Nations forces wore tonight within a fow miles of the 38th Parallel, starting point for the North Korean invasion three months ago.

General Douglas MacArthur said in a communique that troops had reached the town of Yongjong-Ni, north-west of Seoul, and twelve and a half miles from the old North-South dividing line. But his headquarters spokesman said that patrols had probably driven several miles farther north. during the day.

The American 24th Division - the "Old War- riors" of the campaign -stormed into Tacjon and

Korea Reds fought their way through the streets, supported

Massacre Prisoners

n

who

by the whole weight of the Fifth Air Force.

On the southern front an advancing spearhead was reported to be six miles north of the coastal town of Ulchin, just below the 38th Parallel, and was believed to have gone on still further during the day's fighting.

as an

North

in

Tasjon. September 28.

Lieutenant-General Walton 11. Troops of the United States Walker, Commander of the Uni- 24th infantry division enter ted Nations Army in Korea,

Tacion today

found the claimed the "destruction

force" of bodles of 40 American soldiers organised

Korean troops had been murdered

caged by the Boeing North Koreans

South Korea. and into a trench.

He did not think the "cazed" occurred on Wednes Koreans could effectively re- on the

American troops group their forces, closed in on Tacion.

Other

Communist burned And dynamited

dumped

atrocities

day

The

troops

Shanghai Buses Run On Gas

San Francisco, Sept. 28. Shanghol buses have falls and they do not run on petrol,

Iteporting this tonight, Peking Radio said, "In June a batch a

The Communist defence of 18 Tecjon crumbled rapidly, and new buses appeared in the

American prisoners at Chong- gave way to sporadic small

South arms are.

Ju

Iest Friday, Korean soldiers

Ave

who escaped

officers

at Osan today. Communists

The

also

shot

South Korean

from the Reds told American Taclon was one of the last 400 hands on the road from Pusan

important towns in Communist

war prisoners. to Scout. The soldiers reported that the murders at Chonghu, 65 miles southeast

fed

streets of Shanghal with talli behind them, equipped to us coat gas as fuel","

The broadcast claimed that

kas producer

the

units were

different from and an improve-

mont on those which had been General Walker estimated that developed in Europe and Amer of Seoul, occurred the Comunista had lost recira. They produced no adverse of the armies. with ect on the engine and caused when the North Kortans learn quarters

that United

which they originally States forces

crossed no encumbrance to the vehicle.

The device has been invented across advancing

the the 38th Parallel. He believed river some 40 miles that all the units south of the

Communists Seoul-Tarjon-Theku

the would be annihilated.

DESPERATE BID

were

Naktong

to the east. The

voured gasoline over

building

cans

in which the Ameri were held prisoners, then blew it up with dynamite.

only survivors of the The Tacion Massacre were Private Ralph

Peters of York, Ohio, and Carey Weald of Hickman Hills, Missouri. They were found in

1x house across an alley from the

The Australian Frime Minis-ejon police station where the

40 American

were prisoners ter. Mr Robert G. Menzies, to-

murdered.. Com- the Grimwood, the day Mir E.G.A.

reintroduced

Bill

"Yesterday, they led us all Hongkong Government's repre- munist Party Dissolution sentative in London, revealed in the House of Representatives together and shot us," Weinald

challenged that he had Just and

the Labour said. The bodies of the Ameri- to me today won a fight with British manu-Party to force an election on the us were uncovered in a trench that had been hastily filled facturers who impoed a valun-sque.

The Hous: approved a guillo-with dirt in the courtyard tary embargo on certain exports

the the police station. At one end, requiring following Hongkong

Mre timetable

the the head of a dead American through passage Churchill's statement that Bri-D's tish machine-trols were clar House on October 3 in readiness soller showed through the dirt. chipped behind the Iron Curtain for re-submission to the Labour. In other piness, blts of Ameri- uniforms could be seen controlled Senate on October 4. enn Mr Grimwood explained 10 The Senate rejected the Bill, through the loosely scattered

to

rc.

the trade associations who had) imposed embargoes on exports three months ago.-Reuter. to Hongkong that strict qulations were already in force there to prevent Day strategic supplies from being}

e-exported.

the

They were satisfied with explanation and the embargoes were removed.

New Bridge For

carth-United Press.

of

Reds Thrown Out Of

Duesseldorf H.Q.

Duesseldorf, Sept. 28.

German police today threw Communists out Korea Goes By Air of the headquarters of the West German Com- munist Party to make way for British troop rein- forcements.

The

Kimpo, September 28. first bridge ever moved entirely by air is ready today to The new five-storey building was requisition- Han river for a push to ed last night. The building, containing 150 rooms,

was built out of Party funds.

equipment across,

carry heavy the the 38th parallel.

The task was completed 10

three days by 70 airlift planes The Communists had only After the British moved in, of the Far East Cargo Com Just occupied it after the West no one thought of hauling down mand. A FEAF (Far East Air Forces) spokesman said 1 was the biggest airlift and the first airborne bridge in bistory,

German Communist

of the

Partythe red fing on the rook

here One British official said that "in a flithy tho bullding was Com-sinte."

West

its headquarters moved from Frankfurt.

rom The Air Force's Flying Box- Herr Waller Fisch,

The pollen then threw a cor- COTS participated in the air. munist Member

one on round the area, to prevent German Parliament, was lift-United Press.

of the last to be hustled out. a

repofition of last night's Arguing with the police, ho demonstration when Labour Gain shouted. The police, without hundred Communists,

The

any reason.

have struck

several mostly our blue-shirted members of the Leicester, Sept. 20. women."

"Free German Youth," defled Labour Government's The building was plastered police ban and marched towards majority was increased tonight | overnight with the printed the building shouting "Giva through a bye-election victory | slogan, "Built with the penus back, our headquarters."

The police' " drew ibeir at Leicester and the death ofnies of the workers-stolen- by Conservative Mamber at Biz-, the

Tomales-we, shall be truncheons, charged and arrested mingham-Reuter.

Kilave demonstratorester,

back.

highway

by, Chang Teh-ching, 52-year- old chief engineer of the Shang- hai Public Transport Company

-Reuter.

Morocco Flood

While United Nations speur- were thrusting north-

Casablanca, Sept. 28. heads wards from Seoul to the 38th Eighty-six people died in the

In

which the floods

washed Parallel, Communists

away extreme south were reported to whole villages in the Sefrou preparing a desperate at- arca cast of Fez, in the middle of Morocco, on tempt to break out of General Atlas MacArthur's cago and escape September 26, according to the in the north.

latest official account published here today.

They are moving north-west- wards, apparently in finat- tempt to swing round Taelon (Continued on Page 5 Col. 3)

Brea

One thousand head of cattle were lost and damages estima- ted at one million Irancs caused.Reuter.

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