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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950.

Tibet's Complaint To

Lake Success

APPEAL FOR AID

Lake Success, Nov. 13.

The United Nations Secretariat today re- ceived Tibet's complaint of aggression by Chinese Communist forces.

The complaint, addressed to the Security Council, is being circulated to members of the Council.

It gave a long history of elations between China

own but for lack of British visas to leave India.

While negotiations were pro- and Tibet and asked the ceeding in Delhi, Chinese troops, Council to take up the without warning or provocation, question of Chinese inter-crossed

vention.

The Tibetan complaint asked he United Nations, to “iuterevie 2 our behalf and estrain these aggression."

the Dre Chu River, which has long been the bound- ay, at a number of places in Offcher, the cable stated.

"Little is known in the outside world of this sneak invasion, Long after the invasion had The appcal, made in the name taken place, the Chinese a:1- the Tibetan Cabinet and I nounced to the world that they National Assembly, was dated had asked their armies to march Jovember 7.

into Tibet."

I said, "We understand that he United Nations have decided stop aggression whenever akes place."

The complaint, cabled to Lake uccess from Kalimpong, on the ndian side of the border, hore he signature "Tibetan Delega- on"

Reviewing Chinese Tibetan elations, the cable said that Tibet maintained neighbourly riendship with the people of hina, but never agreed to the hinese claim of suzerainty in 919.

NOT ENFORCEABLE It added that the nominal | uzerainty conceded to China as not enforceable because of on-signature of the treaty by he then Chinese Government.

Tibetan neutrality. in the econd World War showed that he had asserted complete in-

ependence, it said.

The treaty of 1914 still uides relations between Tibet nd India and the Chinese, not eing a party to it, may be taken have renounced the benefits hat would have otherwise ac- rued to them from the treaty,"

added.

It said that the "act of aggres- sion" was in complete disregard of a solemn assurance given by the Chinese to the Government of India.

A NATION APART It had created a grave situa- tion in Tibet and may eventually deprive Tibet of

her long- cherished independence

"Tibetans feel that racially, culturally and geographically they are far apart from the Chinese.

"It the Chinese find the reactions of the Tibetans to their unnatural claim not acceptable, there are other civilised methods by which they could ascertain the views of the people of Tibet or, should the issue be purely juridical, they are open to seck redress in an international court of law.

"The conquest of Tibet by China will only enlarge the area of conflict and increase the threat to the independence and stability of other Asian coun- tries," the cable concluded.- Reuter.

"Tibet's independence thereby Britain To

cassumed de Jure status."

DIVERGENT CREEDS The appeal said, "The slender e that Tibet maintained with hina after the 1919 revolution ecame less justifiable when hina underwent a further re- blution and turned into a full- edged Communist State.

"There can be no kinships or mpathy between such diver- ent creeds as those espoused by hina and Tibet."

said The cable toke off diplomatic

that Tibet

Send

Envoy

London, Nov. 13. Britain is to send an Am- bassador to Spain in due course, the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, said today.

In a written reply to questions in Parliament, he said: "The British Government have re- peatedly stated their intention to abide by the decisions of the

Princess Margaret,

wearing a coat of Mediter- ranean blue velvet with beaver collar, and blue velvet hat, cutting the tape to open

the new Kingsway when she visit- ed Swansea in the course of her tour of South Wales.

Assassination

Of President

New York, Nov. 13. President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud of Venezuela las "been shot dead, according to an announcement quoted today by New York radio stations.

Senor Clialbaud, a for- mer Defence Minister, took power in November, 1948, when the Army overthrew the Govern- ment. He then arranged the broadcast which told the people that the Army had assumed complete con- trol "to restore social peace" as the Govern- ment Party, the Liberal- Democrats, "was taking Venezuela to bankruptcy." -Reuter.

Taft Backs

Europe Aid

Washington, Nov. 13. Senator Robert Taft thinks

5%

Princess Margaret On Visit to South Wales

New Statute For Germany Nearing Final Approval

London, Nov. 13.

The draft of the interim revision of the Ger- man occupation statute had now been submitted by the Allied High Commission to the British, French and United States Governments for final approval, a Foreign Office spokesman said today.

He added-that-en-announce- ment of the revision was ex- pected

Bonn.

to be made shortly in Russian Jet

The interim revision was understood to cover the follow- ing points as agreed by the three Foreign Ministers in New York:

Was

100 Mph

Faster

1-The granting to the Ger- of Federal Government control of foreign policy.

man

Tokyo, Nov. 13.

2. The granting of Federal Lieutenant Russel Brown', Government control over inter- who shot down a Russian-built nal legislation,

3.-Permission to exceed the 11,200,000-ton level on steel production provided the excess be exported to the West, and

4.Permission to build ships for export only, larger than the present limit of 7,200 tons and 12 knots.

PRE-WAR DEBTS

MIG-15 last week in history's first combat between jet fighters, said today that the”. Soviet aircraft was at least 100- miles an hour. faster than his American F-80 Shooting Star.

The handsome, 25-year-old! Pasadena, California, pilot said the Red swept-back wing plane pulled steadily away from the It was understood here that Shooting Star on a left climb- the German Federal Governing turn over the Korean bor- ment had accepted in principle der town of Sinuiju before he West Germany's assumption of thot it down,

The British spokesman pointed out this morning that the three-power Study Group at present meeting in London had not been studying the interim revision of the occupation 'statute.

relations United Nations Assembly in this the United States must continue pre-war debts.

He said, "I cut inside him and ith China and made the Chin- | matter.

let go with my guns but he kept e representative in Lhasa leave vote in the Assembly of Novem- but that

In consequence of the military aid to Western Europe

pulling, ahead. I was going the whole problem ibet in July, 1949. The Chinese had used devious therefore proposes in due course

ber 4, the British Government should be re-examined by the

around 300 miles an hour and be was making 400, I should judge. ethods to intimidate and

new Congress.

Then he did a wing-over and to seek the agreement of the

leader The Republican dermine the Government of Spanish Government to the ap-cussed his

dis-

dived for Manchuria. That was views on European bet.

pointment of an Ambassador in aid at a news conference.

his mistake. I followed him all The revision will be finally the way down at 600 miles an Madrid."

He would accept the 1952 Re-

hour right on, his tall and he Members of the United publican

Presidential nomina- approved at Government level. Nations withdrew their Am-tion if it were offered to him,

The Study Group is charged finally caught fire in the right bassadors from Madrid in 1946 but would not campaign for it with reviewing the prohibited side of the fuselage and explod

industries agree-

ed a little. I had to pull up on a recommendation by the He doubted that the session of and limited, Assembly.

Congress to meet on November ment, the Allied Charter and when I saw the Yalu River in Last Monday the Assembly 27 will accomplish much be- the tripartite control agreement, my gunsights." He thought the

A it will have only about

sub-committee It asserted that the Tibetan rescinded that recommendation cause

studying pilot may have believed he was

safe after his wing-over. ission to China had been by 38 votes to 10, with 12 ab-three weeks to work.-United foreign nations' claims on West

United Press. hable through no fault of their stentions.-Reuter,'

Tibet recognised that she was no position to resist. She

ad, therefore, agreed to nego- ate on friendly terms with the hinese Government, the cable ated.

SNEAK INVASION

NANCY

Turnabout

WILL YOU HOLD MY KNITTING FOR ME?

O.K.

Press.

---IF YOU'LL DO THE SAME SORTA FAVOR

FOR ME

COME ON

SURE

Germany met today.-Reuter.

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