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VOL. V NO. 257

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1950.

China Mail People's Troops

N Wednesday, Novem- ber, the China, Mail will cease to be published as a morning dinily, and, under the management of the South China Morning Post, Ltd., will become the Colony's only English- language full-sized evening paper.

The new China Mail will be the cort of afternoon paper which the English-rending public of Hongkong have long wanted- 12 paren la clze and crammed with

International and local news a well as innumerable features possessing apechil read- ing value.

Here is what the new China Mail will contam:

•

Four pages of spot news. weluding reports of local events.

with

Two sports pages, particular comphasise on Hong- itung sports.

The fourth volume of Winston Churchill's wor

memoirs "The Hinge Of Pule".

O A remarkable series et special articles dealing with one of the greatest mysteries of the world since the end of the Second World War-The Flying Saucer,

Gerald Heard, in the course

Advance 96

9 Quizzed By Korea: New

Miles Into Tibet

NATIVE

ARMY

LED BY

CHINESE COMMUNISTS

Kalimpong, Northern Bengal, Oct. 29.

Tibetan "People's troops" officered by Chinese Com- munist commanders and accompanied by Chinese Communist political advisors have advanced 96 miles inside Tibetan terri- tory, according to a Tibotan trader who has just arrived here from Lhasa.

The troops were advancing from jyckundo along the Nakghu-Lhasa routo, he added.

He left Lhasa on Thursday and said that then the "People's troops" had advanced "deep into Tibet."

Tibet.

The trader said that no Chinese forces had entered inner

Tibetan "People's troops" were also reported to have advanced from Jyekundo to Riwoche on the River Oechu (a trading town near the Eastern frontier of Tibet on the caravan

of an fuvestigation, has collected route to Lhasal by-passing the south-western fortress of

dath and evidence on the sub- ject and I makes absorbing, of times even startling reading.

⚫ Cartoons and comic strips: The China' Mall will contain cartoons by internationally- famous David Low, Giles and Cummings, Gribraith's "Side Glances," the Inimitable "Dumb. Bells" Pocket Cartoons, the following pupular strips: "Mandrake," Huzar," and "Pop."

Chamdo.

Detained Ship

Fishing Again

Newsimen

Left to right: Halph Izzard (Daily Mail), Monty Parratt (Reuter), Frank Owen (Daily Ex- press), and Major John Willoughby (1st Ba, These troops had not gone e considered it unlikely

Middlesex Regt). Wil- beyond Hiwoche. the trader that Tibulan Government troops said, but had taken up positions would offer any resistance since

loughby, Just back from blocking Chando fortress, the

battle patrol in Korea is "People's troops" were risoned by Tibetan Government heading for the Tibetan capital

quizzed by the newsmen. troop in division strength.

in the munc mathe

The battle was of the Punchan

going on Lam

reported 16 10

the other side of the Numbun Monastery in Talughai,

hillerest. Western Chinn, surrounded by Communist advisers.

The Panchan Lorna's pre- decessor had with a dissident group following gone to China

differences with the 13th Dall Lama-Reuter.

This would place the People's Hull, Yorkshire, Oct 23.

rous" I a position by which Bould prevem any aid be- The cwners of the Hull trawing given by the Chamdo gar- er, the Hugh Walpole, reported risen to Lhaga. te day that their vessel hadi The trader said that the resumed Ashing after being fourney between lyuboutin fran detention in a Lhara would take about 10 the | Rursion port.

days. A radio message from the Jyckundo is one of the opera- Bawler's captain. H Clayton, tional buses of the Chinese Contract Bridge and Chessal: "Delayed by Russians for Second Field Army, the other

eight days, Ali crew on board. being at

Batang in Sakang Procaing daling again."

Province, about 130 miles

and comie

"Johnny

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A daily Women's Page.

A daily sectio children,

for

•

problems.

The latest cummercial #nancial news of the day.

The new China Mail which, starting next Wednesday, will

published shortly

and

1:3

lat

the

was escorted

southeast of Chando.

NEW INDIAN VIEW

ini

New York, Oct. 20. Sir Benegal Narsing Itau, India's permanent

Indian

delegate to

Government position that if

A Rusion gunboot arrested the Hugh Walpole on October 21

The route for the troops along the United Nations, said here White

Sea fishing the Nakehuka River is fla: that the grounds, The Hugh Walpole pastureland and easily traversed, may take the

into the Russian though it is guarded by Tibetan the Chinese Communists had after 3 prt of Vladimir on the northern Government forces,

been seated in the United Na tions, as Indlu had advocated. the Communist invasios of Tibet might nut

have taken place.

In an interview with the Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent Larry

p.m. will be indispensable to

e1, ned 300 Roubles on a The trader sald that he had anybody who desires an Infer- Lebarge that site was fshing a

not heard of uny skirmishes mative and entertaining news-territorial water, and all her between the "liberation" forces paper.

Intel confiscatel-Reuter. I and regular Tibetan troops.

EDITORIAL

THE

Colony's Travel Facilities

THE Colony's facilities and conditions for travel are, for the most part good. Nothing during the past six months has been more striking than the improvement in the Star Ferry services, The Company now operates a genuine five-minute ser- vice at any given time of the day, and its employees handle the vast rush-hour crowds intelligently and expeditiously. It can be acknowledged thal at the present time the Star Ferry services are as good us they have ever been and only the most carping of critics will deny the Company the credit it deserves for this happy state of affairs. In Kowloon the feet of double-decker buses has made rand travel much more comfortable and caster and the bus company maintains an excellent time table. Kowloon, too, in especially well served by its ubiquitous taxis which are cheap and fast. On the island the tram and bus companies face greater dificulties in catering to

the public's needs for. quick and ready transport, and while there appears to be an inordinate number of public cars on the city streets it is not always simple for travellers to obtain immediate transport. One measure which might contribute toward easing the problem would be the presence of small taxis plying the level areas of the island. They could be beneficial in two other respects: they would not require so much parking space as the present goliath taxle and, because their fares are cheaper, they would help the purses of those who, unable to board “Full” buses and trams, have still to get somewhere in a hurry. „The stock objection to small taxis on the Laland appears to be that they are unable to climb its "mountain roads.” Yet the little British cars can be seen every day

of the week racing up the slopes to Repulse Bay, or on the Kowloon side, bound full speed for Fanling over the "slight rise" en route. In fact, with their gears expertly handled, they have been known to beat the big American models en these climbs because of their quicker getaway after a slow-up. With the pre- sent overtaxed transport facilities on the island it is time that something oficin! was done about allowing small taxis to operate within as well as outside the city aren. The ordinary trams and buses cannot, with all the will in the world, cope with demands even after the peak rush hours. Possibly the ideal type of public hire

car for the island would be the London taxicab-that compact little job of work which requires the minimum of parking space, ls extremely manoeuvrabic, can carry four passengers at a time (and the present small taxis in the Colony are permitted to carry only three) and has a separate luggage container alongside the driver. Moreover, these sturdy cars can tackle stiff hills with no trouble, have low petrol consumption and, even in London, are today still cheap travel. The island seems to be entitled to a type of public car other than the existing glant taxis which take up far too much parking space and must, of necessity, charge higher fares than the small taxis in Kow- loon. There has been considerable ovidence these last two or three years of real interest being shown by the Traffle Department toward the Improvement of traffic control within the city, but for some unknown reason this major point of smaller and cheaper taxis has apparently been overlooked. We commend the sub- jeet to the Authorities,

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French Abandon Yet Another Tongkin Fortress

Saigon, Oct. 29.

A French spokesman today announced the evacuation of Dinhlap, a fortress 120 miles north- east of Hanoi, because of its bad geographical situation. He said the fortress was menaced by the surrounding hills and Communist forces mobi. lising north and northwest of Dinhlap.

The garrison withdrew to a new fortress "some miles" to the southeast without fighting, the spokesman saki. He added that the civilian population had been completely evacuated from Laokay, western anchor of the French defence line protecting Hanoi.

to

un-

By British

PENETRATE MOUNTAIN

Tokyo, Oct. 29. British Commonwealth forces, covered by an in- tense air bombardment, cracked tho western corner of the Communist moun- tain hideout in North Korea today.

They advanced on positions manned by groups of the 17th Communist Brigade, who had ben ordered to fight to the death to protect the coastal ap- proaches to the northern border stronghold of Sirulju, according le frontline reports.

United States fghters and bombers made one of the flercest attacks of the campaign to smash opposing armour bo- fore Commonwealth troops battled their way tonight into Chongju, 60 miles cast of Cloverment has fod

Sibulu where the Northern

On the cast const. 27,000 in- fantry men of the United States Seventh Division made an un

pposed landing at Iwon about 16 miles from Manchuria and 100 air miles above Wonsan Over 50 ships took part.

Communists, in Mvage, pre-dawn

attack drove Bouth-ICoreans out of the hotly

the

disputed town of Okjong for the second time in four days. Casualties were reported to be heavy.

The Southerners regrouped and struck back tonight when a Aece battle was raging in the

CA

BATTALION DESTROYED

Other fighting was going

24th

Com

сп

close by. at Unsan and at Tacn Bon where the United States" Division destroyed а Communist battalion and was westwards towards advancing Kusong.

Intelligence offers estimated total Communist casualties at 333,000 up to today. The Com-

were munists

estimated to 37,000 troops, in- stragglers, remaining

have about

Korea.

cluding

The officer repeated earlier stalements that there was no adication of open intervention by Chinese Communists, though unoonfrmed reports

ho said that they were taking part in the Onjong fighting.

A line of lorries on a high-

north-east Korea one week's instruction cartler-borne

led Corsair planes Saigon and another week of today to well-camouflaged training at a base farther north Communist stronghold hidden before starting combat flying in the mountains, and capable in the Hellcats-United Press, (Contd. on Page 5 Col. 4)

The spokesman said the Three United States Navy elegraph communications of officers and 10 enlisted men, Lookay with the outside world dereribed as a "mobile training| had been cut. He denied

(cam", were London, Oct. 29.

aboard the Dix- ports that troops had been with- British housewives will drawn from Laokay, but added:

mude. They are expected to

In Indo-China stas

for some pn be visited by scientists, "The ligh Command will take Sir Benegal said that he had no who will ask to watch the he lives of the Laskey garrit

measures necessary to save time. The French pilots will way in official confirmation of the in-women at their chores. And ↑ son. vasion, but added:

It is not considered an possible that

"It is quite my Government

is they tackle their most important enough fortress may take the view that if the tiring tasks-lifting buc-justify defending It new Government of China had cols from sink

conditionally." been seated in the United tions, the very fact that it mystarrying coal and mangling troops were holding out against have been called upon to the weekly wash the; the Communist attack

which count for its actions before a scientists will take notes, world tribunal might have de-

began on Friday but that the For back in their laboratories Communists were terred any invasion."--Reuler.

growing the

experts whil perform the stronger and

stronger, and "ano tacks and measure the

threatening". nunout of energy used-or wasted--and try to work out

SCIENTIST ARRESTED

Menden, British Zone.

Oct. 29.

The German rocket scientist,

to floor,

easier ways of doing the job.

The spokesman said French

at the Flyer

of

Torces

ACROSS RIVER?

The investigatlan, which will About ont mile south efinanced by the Government, Penguin, Communist Pins 1e reduce the fatigue backed by mortars were attack- that Jiarustes millions of ing the French entrenchment women.

fork. French Professor G. P. Crowden, of planes renewed their bombing he London School of Hygiene, of rebel · concentrations along who is carrying out the inves-the east bank of the Red River Waller, Zimmermann, arrested here tonight on a war Scientifle and

gallon for the Department of southeast of Laokey, where rant issued at Goettinger yester-

Industrial Re Vietminh rafts

were spotted. search, said:

The spokesman said some Vict- day, the West German pows

"night" already agency, DPA, reported.

"It is no use our just staying minh troops

the river, in the laboratory. We have got have crossed

but He was detained

the yesterday to watch actual people at work, that French firmly but was released after examina-Each woman runs her work

con- trolled river areas west and [tion.

south of Laokay, where Some Zimmermann,

for aged 30, dis- appeared four weeks ago. The Monday morning, others spread ed

instance, do all the washing ongements were reported.

The Communists also attack-, polies at first muspected at it out over the week."

the village of Hoanhom. he might have been kidnapped

about 23 miles northeast by the Russians

other sectors,

different

way.

no

Gf

The "fatigue" investigation Dinhinp. In from whose Zone of Germany ho fled after only part of an overall effort to Communlits attacked a village

hazes science to home tasks, way employed in the which was started recently by British Zone at a new electrical the Ministry of Works Reuter, plant for special high-frequency

the war.

Ha

near. Hann and Inflicted "some losses" on defending troops, sabotaged reservoirs near Cap St Jacques, 40 miles southeast of Saigon, blasted two French watch towers in Southern In:15-

and sabotaged bridges.

The spokesman sald French Thomas forces, backed by artillery,

NEW COMMAND China

London, Oet. 20.

Sir

two

police said that a special two-wa turning latho WALA missed from the plant the day? he disappeared. After he was

Air Marshal found yesterday, they said that williams, the Commander-in-killed- six Communists and took his disappearance had no "n-Chief of the British Air Forces hany sational background.

prisoners in a sweet Zimmermann

in Germany, is to become Air through the hos protested

Anson forest. He nacer, Commsading-in-Chietxald doods continued to hamper and said that he had not com- Home Command, on March 16, military-operation mitted an act endangering state the Air Ministry announced to Indo-China.

in Central security, DPA reported. The day. S police at Dortmund Bald he had

American Navy Al Marshal Bir

pliots will registered with the police at Foster, the Commander of Air the 40 Hellcat planes which Robert teach the French how, la fly Menden on September 28 and Forces at Home since last Octo arrived in Saigon on Saturday had since been working there, ber, is to succeed hins In Ger-aboard the Zrench Mirekt op the report added.Reuter, IMIKY ----Reciter

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