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VOL. V NO. 255

Chinese Reds'

March On Tibet Not

Yet Started Armies Poised Along Border

London, Oct. 26.

Tibet, monastery land in the mountains be- tween India and China, today awaited attack from Communist China. But there was no news that the march in had begun.

Communist armies long poised near the border are under orders to "liberate" the Tibetans from their cen turies old rule by the laman. But Peking, which an- nounced this last night, gave no confirmation that the troops had yet moved.

of

The Indian Government, which the only non-Communist news. has n mission in Lhasa, thenon there-reported that Tues- Tibetan capital, had no informa-day's official announcement tion up to noon today of any the attack orders came as a sur- attack, Tibet Itself preserved prise in the Chinese capital. its traditional allence.

Up to noon today, his dis-

with

torial integrity" he said.

the

ed that there had been Irouble or border incidents,

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950.

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ATOMIC CONTROL

MASSING Russian

Proposal

Christened Assailed

Two-way Assault Against Royal Baby French Is Indicated

Saigon, Oct. 26.

Within hours of the reported fall of Banphict, near the Western bastion of Lackay, Vietminh insurgent forces were to- night reported to be massing for simultaneous attacks at both ends of the French line in Indo-China.

A Fronch communique reported important enemy movo- ments along sections of the border road captured in the north and cast.

It was increased pressure which forced the French to evacuate Banphiet, only three miles) northeast of Laokay.

French military observers interpreted these

Peking's

movements to mean preparations for a southeast-Price For wards advance and new large-scale attacks on French strongpoints in the northeastern and cen- tral sectors of the Tonkin delta perimeter.

Headquarters

on- Skimming through cloud-

Diplomatic

today that covered gorges and round high Relations

i

Vietminh patrols,

attacked mopped

and

French scattered

Forty milos

FQUCES sald the

tom

The christening of Princess Anne, baby daughter of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh took place last week at Buckingham Palace. The picture shows the royal parents with Princess Anno in her mother's arms, His Majesty the King, Queen Mary (great grandmother) and the Queen, holding Prince Charles-Central Press. (Another picture on Page 5).

S. Koreans Get There Without Opposition

Cat & Mouse Gamo

Alloged

Lake Success, Oct. 26. Britain warned the Unit- ed Nations on Thursday that any Big Five agree. ment attempted while Rus sin holds its balance of military strength Was scarcely moro realistic "than inviting a mouse to negotiate with a cat." The Soviet proposal before tho United Nations main Poli tical Committee for atomic control and arms reduction should therefore be reject- ed. said Mr Kenneth Younger, the British Minis- ter of State.

that

Mr Younger charged while Russla spoke of disarma- ment, she maintained

***Soma

25,000 tanks in her own armed

forces." He said Union

alko

the Soviet maintains under arms more than 4,000,000 organised

In more than

active divisions.

Answering

men

130

the Russları *F- gument that the United States was leading an arms race

the

mastery.

of western nations to zain

of the world, -

to Russia's strength,

and

of

present armod Younger pointed declared: "In face of these tremendous guros, determina- tion to build the defences Western Europe

up to scTRO- thing like 60 divisions repre- cents No more than`

CVETJ moderate understanding of the phrase situations of strength. and to consider it evidenc a desire for world mastery 1s too. ludicrous to require further comment from me.

BITTER EXPERIENCE

ot

A message from Kalimpong.patch said, there had been Bengal, said that Tibetan nouncement of operations In ofcini atated there tonight that Tibet. the Tibetan Government had so, silent.

The Pelting press wan for had no information from her eastern borders about the move- He had reported earlier that ment of Chinese troops.

French the Panchan Lama, one of the Tibet's borders are

earlier covered two priestly Tibetan rulers whounced network #

of wireless ho

Vietminh pressure was contain tops, been living in Western

French stations, and we would be the China, was preparing to return Laokay, the

tinuing to be exerted against carried Arst to tell the world of an into Tibet.

isolated farthest work, the

through **successful" French communique vasion, as it concerns our terri-

west outpost of the French said.

By HAROLD GUARD He is a 12-year-old boy said defence system.

Vietminh elements have con- The officiel, who has been in to be surrounded by Communist

This

follows yesterday's nn-

London, Oct. 26. constant contact with Lhasa, Advisers.

tinued to probe the new French His predecessor had nouncement that civilians were Tonkin

Admittance to the United delta Uno added that he and received a td to China with a dissident voluntarily

leaving

between Nations appeared on Wed. Laokay Dinhlap telegram from

Tibetan Group leaving the Dalai Lama, and

and Lang that French

Thung forces had

Communist Capital which clearly-indicats chief political authority evacuated Muong-Khuoung, north of the delta capital of nesday to be

HunoL supreme in Lhasn

miles northwest of Laokay,

China's price for establish- Sources

Two villages were unsuccess- ing full diplomalle relations cluse to the Chinese New French positions bave fully Government, the PTI corres been established

at the con- forces

with Britain. up Kalimpong and Lhasa Fondent sald, blamed the Tibe-fluence of the Red liver and

Ometal by way of Gyantse functioned tans for China's resort to arms, its tributary, the Namsi River,

of British Government still had southeast "as usual".

that the Chinese it was reported here tonight,

not.received a reply to its June Hanol, Vietminh forces, Government A Tibetan mission,

French artillery πίνει after

and ghlei

peng- Tibetan

trated the dcita's

17 note asking for a clariica southern waiting nine months in India

tan delegation ample time bombers have been bombarding

veriphery at the

tion of Peking's village of

attitude for permission to no to Pelding to come to Peking for talks but Vietminh forces in the arca,

Chidien, the Tibetans had failed to take

which was

attacked wards an exchange of ambassa¬ An Army spokesman sald negotiations, moves back advantage of the offer.

without serious results.

dors. The note was in reply to that there tomorrow to the caravan trade

had been patrol

Vietminh The last date

grenades Chinese Communist note of mines, route town of Kalimpong

set for their clashes in the Western to arrival, it was stated, had been urea today, where the incur- French in a sweep after some for an elucidation of the Brush battle and shells were captured by the May 8 in which Peking asked try to contact its Government. mid-September,

Mr Younger said it was. It expects to return to India

senta were reported to be build- Oghting in The Chinese Embassy in Newing rafts

the southern delta main questions. Firstly, Chinese government's attitude on two

"shameless hypocrisy for the 16 miles In a week and fly to Peking by, Delhi said that

down the sector near Thaldinh-Reuter. representation in the United they had no Red River from Laakay.

Soviets to propose a one-third way of Hongkong.

Information about reports of a

AIR POWER THE KEY

reduction in arins of ill forces Seeking

Nations: out Vietminh The mirton's leader, Sepon march in

secondly,

Chinese

In view of the present balance :Shakabya, declared in Calcutta Unofficial

Paris, Oct. 20. centrations, French observers in

State property in British terri- plancs

of world military strength.

He. General Indian

covered

Alphonse capital expressed

both ends today that if the Chinese had view that entry or garrisoning beleaguered line. Sorties to the gist, before leaving Saigon by tish note clearly explained the reach the Manchurian border today

Juln, torg. of their France's leading millinry strale-

added: "We have leased from Omcial quarters said the. Brin already entered Tibet it was of Tibet by

bitter experience that in the Communist troops

north and east pounded military air today, told M. Andre Blan- British viewpoint on these two

absence of a rather glore rea- because hin delegation had been would create a new situation targets in Cabang and Lang-chef, he special correspondent questions, but that no further a day after the North Koreans launched their invasion

sonable balance delayed in India due to

of strength difficulties".

The Indian Government had all son, the French frontier posts of

than we enjoy at the present the Parke Conservative communication had along favoured a peaceful set-lost 1 the Vietminh A stat comerpondent of the tlement of the problem-Reu-along the China frontier in the final

sweep evening paper, Le Monde, that ceived from the Chinese Com-

across the 38th Parallef,·

time, to, try to reach a free. and falr compromise over Vietminh|munists.

with victory Press Trust of India in Peking Iter.

the They met no Communist re-tralian troops along the Sinanju.

Soviet Government is (the Communist-led insurgents)

is scarcely would be won by air-power

On United Nations member-dash to the mouth bank of the

to sistance on their final 20-mile Pakchon road, met no resistance, more realistic than Invita "as in Korea.”

chip Britain has sald

negotiate with

with a cat. it will icy Yolu River, which divides

The Commonwealth Brigade Mr Younger sold the debate Juin added: "We vote for the Communists when North Korea from Manchuria,

was last reported to be striking on a Rusion "peace plan" had are now on a predetermined a majority of the Security linc. awaiting

A battalion of the

cut along the road running west become an an enemy who Council supports them.

He annual farce. will And It is bla turn to be

Korean

from Pakchon to Sinulju, new declared that Russia each year Sixth Division

oc-| North cupied Chosan,

Korean capital on the failed to show any counterpart a few miles Yalu River opposite the Man-

in action to match its from the River in the centre of churian port of Antung.

"One words" for world peace. He saidl Peking Government's the peninsula, A National Defence Ministry view has since been made clear

the Stockholm

peace appeGRI Capitol loses its point since it organi spokesman said in Paris to through the unofficial Chinese reaching the frontier at 5.50 Division, continuing its advanco sers claim to night that he knew nothing Communist

have ablained delegatior

local which 'p.m. about an Impending transfer of cane to London

time. They im up the east coast, was last re- "enormous numbers of signa- on September❘mediately rødlood news of their ported to be at General Juin to a High Com-29 at the invitation

Tanchon, 78 tures in North Korea from of the success back to headquarters in

imiles up the coast from Hung- mand

in the

very people who were at Atlantic Pact Dritain-China Friendship As-Seoul, military organisation,

South Korean

time engaging in mounting capital. ported in French newspaperssociation. After receiving instrue- Chosan is

about 123 mile Uno"

The United Nations "bomb- | powerful military Campaig lions from Peking for the north of the fallen Communist

now reached the backed by armored divisions delegation to return home. Me capital of Pyongyang, and 150

(Continued on Page 5 Col. 6) and artillery.-United Press. Liu Ning-yl, the leader of the miles from the Manchurian elty delegation, made a point of telling

of Mukden. Some British cabinet ministers

who attended an

EDITORIAL

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vi

the

the

last month.

The New Task In Korea

of

WITH the military situation practically

resolved, new considerations urgent importance take form in Korea. One is the rehabilitation of the country. Humane and political factors alike point to the desirability of speedy and compre- hensive action. Damage by war and its personal and economic dislocations have been exceptionally severe in Korea. Winter is nearby, and winters are harsh in most of the peninsula. There must be large. scale relief if intense human misery is to be avoided. There must be prompt ship- ments of food and clothing and there must be a supply of building material as quickly as it can be made available. Beyond that first emergency relief, some of which is already gelag forward, there must be broad planning for the rebuilding of the country. An early item of great urgency is the restoration of the systems of trans- portation and communication. Likewise, military operations have cattsed a severo crippling of most of the industrial instal- lations of the country and the outright destruction of a great

many of them.

These will be badly needed in the future as Korea straggles to come back, to life, and their restoration should be planned at once. There are also several aspects to the pollifcal urgency of this matter. First is the effect that sound and generous planning should have on the North Koreans themselves. There is much evidence that the Communist regime forfeited most of whatever popular sup port it ever had through its harsh policies, This is obviously, therefore, a good time

win converts to

for another way of thinking and behaving by a demonstration of good purposes and good performance. The United States and her friends havo additional reason for action in that their motives in Åsla have been repeatedly -chinllenged, not marely by the Communists, bat others who profess Irleddship. Some of the Commmlet propaganda... about

con-

"concealed imperialism" appears to have bome fruit. Therefore, prompt support for a broad Korean rehabilitation pro- gramme can offer some concrete evidence to refute these charges. It has been repeated often enough that the Western powers (und America in particular) have no designs on Koren. Future actions can bear out these statements and will, naturally, carry more conviction than even the most emphatic of protestations. The United Nations has a big stake in the Recovery of Korea. The Republic Korea came into existence under United Nallons sponsorship and the Liberty of that Republic has been defended

of

with

а дет

United Nations action and sanction. This is one reason why Dr Syngman Rhee's reported decision to flaunt United Nations authority in the creation of vigorous, united and peaceful Korea must De deplored. Dr Rhee has proved himself to be an ardent and faithful patriot, but .hla government, unfortunately, by no means fully lived up to the trust which had been reposed in it both by the United Nations and the people of the Republic. This future security of the whole 'country must be assured and at this time such an AssurÁNICE Can come only from the United Nations. The country cannot noW permitted to, aink into ruin through factional political strife without casting a (shadow upon the wisdom and benevolence of the course taken up to the present by the United Nations. All the apparent factors urge swift and sweeping action to bring about the physical recovery of Korea, and this can be greatly helped by› the willing co-operation of Dr Rhee and his colleagues for the successful comple tion of the plans laid down by the United Nations. There is a place for Dr Rhee and his compatriota in the future political structures of Korea, bat individual nisbitforam minust not be allowed to interfero with the country's needs of the moment.

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General

·been re-

placed In dificult country. PEKING'S VIEWPOINT The enemy must be struck, i pursued and destroyed."

Reuter.

EUROPE

as re-

FEELS COLD

The

Mr

cificial luncheon, that his govern

considered Britain was

ment

being unfriendly to the New

China.

Tokyo, Oct. 26.

South Korean troops drove through light snows to -four months and

Patrol then

South

chased ahead, The South Korean

Earlier, an unconfirmed re- port from Seoul said that the Sixth Division had run into a force of 1,000 Chinese Com- munists. There was no con-

Ons source reported Britain firmation of this report here. London, Oct. 20. has put out feelers regarding Tokyo has been flooded with Europe felt the cold blast of China's acceptance of Sir rumours of Chinese Communists winter today. Reuter cobles Esler Dening, former head of making forces in Manchuria for from the various, capitals the Foreign Office's For Eastern the past 24 hours, ported:

department, as British ambas Choson is a few miles from

announced

It was the River in the centre of the that Sir Peninsula. It is about 17 miles

Paris: France's first snowfall sodor to Red China. of the winter was reported from [officially“ the eastern end of the Pyrences. Eslor was being raised to the north of Kojang, which the In Paris the temperature at status of‘ambassador. He left South Koreans captured yester- 6.30 0.m. was ong degree Cen- |Londen

ligrade.

mountain

on Thursday on dny.

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Communist

SLIGHT RESISTANCE

last

Frost is forecast for Far Eastern tour on which he The lightly armed and quick tonight.

Was 10 report to Foreign moving South Koreans were Helsinki: Temperatures of Secretary Ergest Bevin.

carlier reported to be climbing minus 15 degrees Centigrade

palha up the Ever sincs Britain accorded the crude were recorded in North Finland, de jure recognition' to the mountain range before the River. locked in a sudden hard frost. Peking government on January from Hulchon in last two days.

They had advanced 40 miles Ozlo: Several of Norway's 10, 91 Eslor has persistently

have roads

been been named as Britain's most closed for the winter because probable choice as ambassador be

of huge snowdrifts.

A Oslo had to China-United Press,

menge from Eighth Its first below zero tempera-

Army headquarters this after- ture last weekend.

MR KESWICK'S VIEW (noon asked for reconnaissance Copenhagen: Denmark ni-

Bombay, Oct. 20. planes to help located the exact ready well into the long North- A leading British business. Position of the leading cle- emn winter, today had terapera man

ments working in

of the Sixth Division, tures only a degree above zero. China has declared that it is run into bad weather.

which were reported to have Prague: The first snow of the impossible to predict the future

Snow winter fell here today.

fell at Pyongyang, for foreign traders there, the captured Frankfurt: Snow feli

Communist capital, on the Press Trust of India reported today and the weather was be Bavarian Plain today. Tom-from Peking today.

Beved to be much worse in the peratures dropped almost to Mr John Keswick, breezing point over West Ger-director of the Jardine Mathe

senior remote north

An American spokesman said many.

The Hague Winter brought

Company, before, leaving today that the British Common- Wealth Brigade had met acab Holland a sharp east wind and Peking on his way to London, Weal

resistance "The new Chaire north

at Pakchon, some night frost but aches were said:

of the west coast peri blue.

squaires `a`now approach. But of Sinanju yesterday. Resis.... Itore: Heavy raise and thun- | gives pesce -- and goodwill- Inance & stopped after, two hours, derstorms in the same two days the world it seems that China's he added. ** bare ckused flooda in many parts international fender will Gayne InThe American 241, Derision, [of the" actinktys-Reuter,

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