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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 1)
A TOLERANT SOCIETY
Token Strikes ‘A New Phase Of Disturbances’
GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS
“I believe strongly in a free society - as free as we can have,” said His Excellency the Governor, Sir David Trench, in a radio and television interview last night.
He made this statement in reply to a question whether it was necessary to tolerate radical organisations and political parties in the Colony.
“We are a tolerant society,” said Sir David. “We like everybody to have their say within the law. Personally, ’I think it is much better that people should hear what others with a different attitude, a different outlook have to say, so that they can judge for themselves whether there is any force or truth in what they are saying.”
- Intimidation -
He agreed that the substitution of token stoppages for the earlier violence represented a fresh tactic and a new phase of the disturbances. “They carry with them an element of intimidation,” he commented. “Without the intimidation, there would be virtually no stoppages, because there isn't enough support for them.
“The Government’s attitude and its actions have received and are still receiving, the unstinted support of more than 95 per cent of the people of Hongkong. This firm response by people here has been a very marvellous and a very remarkable thing.”
Sir David said he had discussed with Sir Arthur Galsworthy, Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Office, the possibility of the British Government assisting in the speeding up of the production of new labour legislation, which the Governor described as a “continuing process.”
- Reason Prevails -
“To our friends overseas, I would like to say ‘thank you’ for not losing faith in Hongkong,” Sir David went on.
Good sense and reason were prevailing Hongkong’s courage, determination and resolution would pull the Colony through' its present difficulties, just as they had done in the past.
Sir David recalled the background to the disturbances and noted that they had in turn, led to the Chinese Government issuing a statement which he described as “much more strongly worded than the events actually warranted.”
Certain “unacceptable” demands had been made locally and the British Government had made it clear throughout that the Hongkong Government had the fullest support in maintaining law and order.
Sir Arthur Galsworthy’s visit was an “exciting" demonstration of this backing. Support for the demands, however, had taken the form of “clamorous petitioning and protesting” at the gates of Government House, he said.
“Every resident has the right to petition me and it is a right I am, of course, very reluctant to restrict,” he stressed.
But the petitioners had become excessively disorderly and were endangering school children whom they had managed to involve in the disturbances. “I had to call a halt.” he said.
Sir David said it would be foolish to think that things in the Colony were completely back to normal, although they were nearly so.
- Calmness -
Calmness and resolution would restore complete normality. Government would use whatever methods were necessary to achieve the peace and calm everybody desired.
It would also do everything in its power to prevent workers from being intimidated into taking part in token strikes. Those who were intimidated should call the police, he urged.
Regarding his talks with Sir Arthur on the possibility of Britain assisting the Colony in speeding up new labour legislation, Sir David said: “I hope that some way can be found to help us, but there is nothing I can actually say about it at the moment because we talked in general terms.”
Sir David also paid warm tribute to the Colony’s Police, whose “patience and marvellously controlled conduct had won the very highest praise of impartial observers.”
He said that the Colony was still getting many visitors and its trade was booming. As an example of the confidence still expressed in Hongkong, a big bank proposed to open a branch here within the next few days, he said.
“The confidence in us that our trading partners abroad have had for so long is being maintained,” Sir David added.
The interview was conducted by Mr Barry Haigh.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 1)
DETECTIVE TO PREVENT INTIMIDATION ON FERRIES
Plain-clothes detectives are now travelling on board ferries of the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company to prevent intimidation of crews.
This precaution follows Thursday’s sudden “Star” Ferry strike and is intended to counter the possibility of a similar stoppage being forced on HYF crews.
“Industrial disputes are one thing, but cold-blooded intimidation for political ends is another and cannot be tolerated by law," a Government spokesman said yesterday.
Any worker who was threatened or intimidated into joining a strike in support of leftist protests should inform the police immediately, he said.
Referring to token stoppages which have affected public utilities over the past few days, the Commissioner of Transport, Mr A. J. Shephard, said yesterday.
“Although their effect is minimal, and causes no more than a temporary inconvenience to a public already weary of such demonstrations, there is no reason why workers of our public utilities should continue to give in to pressures from irresponsible minority groups.
“Token stoppages of this nature prove nothing. It is hardly conceivable that any gesture could be less indicative of positive support.
- No Reason -
“But this is still no reason why we should accept them without resistance when they are forced upon us.”
The authorities were aware that the majority of workers were against these demonstrations and they should not submit to threats, he said. “We will do all in our power to protect them.”
Mr Shephard added that the HYF company was itself determined to keep its services open.
In the latest stoppage, about 750 postmen, mainly members of the Hongkong Postal Workers' Union, went on a 22-hour strike yesterday in protest against “atrocities of the Hongkong Government.”
Most of the Post Office pillar boxes in busy areas were fully stuffed with letters which had accumulated as the day wore on.
Some of the pillar boxes were so full that some letters could easily be extracted.
There was no delivery of mail during the day, because of the postmen's strike. Other postal activities were not affected and Post Offices throughout the Colony remained open.
- Mail Untouched -
Piles of mail were left untouched at the Kowloon Post Office at Tsimshatsui. Vehicles used by the Post Office for delivery were idle.
The stoppage, according to a spokesman for the union was decided on at an emergency meeting on Thursday night. Postmen who were members of the Union stopped work at 8 am and were to start again at 6 am today.
Mr A. G. Crook, the Postmaster-General, said last night it was interesting to note that 16 postmen serving the Tsun Wan area were all out on delivery yesterday morning.
Mr Crook said a large number of the postmen on strike had been intimidated and he felt certain the majority had no wish to strike at all.
The strike would have no great effect on delivery and postal operations in general, in the next few days, he said.
“The inconvenience, of course, would be to the public themselves,” he added.”
The stoppage was one of a series of strength-showing manoeuvres by the leftwing Hongkong Federation of Unions. Already this week there have been strikes in the transport, gas and power and food industries.
Rightwing union men have predicted that there will be more “token strikes.”
The Taikoo Dockyard workers, totalling about 3,000, sat down yesterday for the second time.
The stoppage went on for three hours from 1 pm, after which work returned to normal at the yard. There was no incident.
Artisans at the Government dockyard and some crews of Government launches also stopped work from 8 am to 11am.
- Stoppage -
The token strike, staged about 250 men in all, affected about 57 Marine Department craft.
A Government spokesman said the stoppage was peaceful and no public services were affected.
At the Taikoo Sugar Refinery in Quarry Bay, 152 workers also staged a one-hour sit-down. They stopped work at the start of the morning shift at 8 am.
In the commercial field, the price of commercial gold increased by four points to close at $272 a tael yesterday, compared with $268 on Thursday.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 1)
PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS FROM MACAO?
An official from Peking has arrived in Macao to direct the latest phase of the anti-British campaign, our correspondent in Macao reports.
This includes installation of a loudspeaker at the Apollo Theatre which will broadcast Communist news and propaganda from 8 to 10 pm every evening, and the production of new posters.
Another plan is to take over Radio Vila Verde, a private radio station, to beam propaganda to Hongkong for the thousands of people who listen to dog racing results.
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SCMP, 27 May (Page 6)
Man Says ‘Too Old To Fight With Police’
Unlawful Assembly Charge
A 57-year-old man denied in Central Court yesterday that he had taken part in an unlawful assembly, claiming that he was too old to fight with the police.
He was really minding his own business when he was arrested, Tong Wan, a taxi driver, of 16 Shing Wo Road, ground floor, Happy Valley, said.
Mr N. P. Power, the magistrate, was told that Tong was arrested in Des Voeux Road Central on Monday.
Tong told the magistrate in evidence that he was merely passing by to see some friends in a tea house. He was not involved in the rioting then going on but was walking on the pavement.
He said that there were railings along the pavement preventing police from reaching him. All he knew was that someone told him he had blood on him, and he was asked to go with some policemen.
- Visit Scene -
Mr Power will visit the scene this morning before continuing the hearing against Tong.
In another case, Lau Po, another taxi driver, was acquitted of taking part in an unlawful assembly. He claimed that he was an innocent by-stander who had been arrested in the confusion.
Mr Power found him not guilty, but gave him a stern warning: “You are a grown man of 53 years of age. You should have more common sense than to be round at such a time.”
Four other men charged with unlawful assembly were found guilty and were sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. One claimed: “Although I have been found guilty, I refuse to believe that I am. Later on, someone will prove that I am not guilty.”
Another man who was found guilty of unlawful assembly on Sunday was remanded until today for sentence.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 6)
Police Children’s Education Fund Exceeds $2m
The Police Children’s Education Fund stood at $2.15 m at 5 pm yesterday, Mr J. D. McGregor, the Deputy Director of Commerce and Industry who was collecting the money on behalf of the Fund, reported yesterday.
He added that the postmen’s strike did not prevent people from donating to the fund yesterday. They called personally at the department throughout the day and handed in their donations, both large and small.
The amounts included $1m pledged by the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club.
Among the contributions was $100 from Sir. Arthur Galsworthy, the Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Office, who had been here for talks with the Governor on the disturbances.
The Armed Forces in Hongkong, who have been spectators to the events which have disturbed the peace of the Colony in recent weeks, contributed $5,000 to the Fund.
In a letter which accompanied the cheque, Lieut-General Sir John Worsley, Commander British Forces Hongkong stated that the donation was made jointly by the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force.
"At: the same time I would like to express the intense admiration .the Services in Hongkong feel for the magnificent conduct of the Hongkong police in the present situation,” Sir John added.
- For Operation -
Several amounts were for the policeman who was injured in the eye in the riots and a policeman’s daughter who is going to Australia for a hole-in-heart surgical operation.
A blind harmonica player, arrested and prosecuted by police 68-times in the past-seven years, has donated $1 to the fund.
The street musician, Tang Tak-shing, 36, who was playing in the subway leading to the “Star” Ferry on Hongkong side, his donation was meant to show his respect for the Police.
“If it weren't for the police, I wouldn’t be able to make a living,” said Tang.
‘The Rotary Club of Hongkong Island West yesterday decided to donate $5,000 to the Fund.
The following are contributions to the fund received yesterday:
Total brought forward, as published previously . . $989,627.35
(Names and donations)
Accumulated total: $1,107,939.75
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SCMP, 27 May (Page 6)
ANTI-GOVT LEAFLETS IN CENTRAL
Leaflets were distributed yesterday calling on Chinese residents to resist “the atrocities by the British imperialists in Hongkong.”
Printed in red Chinese characters and signed by “a group of compatriots,” a large number of the leaflets were dropped from Marina House and other buildings in the Central District. It was believed that this was the latest move in the Communist propaganda battle with Government.
Accusing the authorities of utilising labour management disputes in collusion with the U.S. imperialists to implement “a premeditated sanguinary suppression” of Chinese residents, the leaflets called on the residents “to stand to struggle and to make a counter attack.”
It assured the residents that they were backed in their struggle by the 700m Chinese in Mainland China and their Liberation Army.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 6)
Bowden’s Message To Governor
‘WARM APPRECIATION OF POLICE EFFORTS’
Mr Herbert Bowden, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, and Mrs Judith Hart, the Minister of State at the Commonwealth Office, have sent a message to the Governor, expressing their appreciation of the untiring efforts of the Hongkong police during the recent disturbances.
The message said:
"Would you please convey to the Commissioner and all ranks of the Hongkong Police Force our warm appreciation of all their untiring efforts during the recent disturbances.
“Their great restraint and devotion to duty under the most trying circumstances has been exemplary; and as they may know, have been fully appreciated in Britain. Their efforts in the preservation of law and order must be a great comfort to the people of Hongkong. Their deservedly high reputation for discipline, courage and impartiality has been enhanced.”
- Congratulated -
The Reform Club last night issued a statement congratulating the police and Auxiliaries as well as other Government services on their handling of the situation. It also congratulated the vast majority of the citizens for their patience and loyalty.
The statement said:
"The Reform Club, one of the first organisations to come out in support of Government, would like to congratulate the Hongkong Police and Auxiliary Police Forces and all the Government Services on their handling of the difficult situation which has developed over the past few weeks.
"The Reform Chub equally wants to congratulate the patience and loyalty of the vast majority of the citizens of Hongkong who have suffered as a result of the disturbances created by a few.
"The Reform Club urges all employers of public utility companies and other essential services not to be swayed by those who want them to depart from their duties at this critical time and urges them also not to be afraid of threats.
“Finally the Reform Club reiterates the hope that the Government will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any legitimate disputes are settled at the conference table.” .;
Twenty-six lawyers and a doctor yesterday issued a statement pledging full support for Government.
In a joint letter, sent to the Attorney-General, the group, said:
“We are all professional people (lawyers and a doctor) who consider Hongkong as our home and most of us are natives of this Colony. As such we feel that we should give such active assistance to Government as we are able and we propose to form ourselves into a group and to offer our services to Government in such capacity as they may deem fit.”
Support also came from the Hongkong Council of the Church of Christ in China and the Association of Practitioners of Societies’ Clinics Ltd.
Another 24 representative organisations have publicly announced their support for Government’s firm action in maintaining peace in Hongkong, bringing the total number of such organisations to 388.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 6)
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AUXILIARIES GET 81 NEW MEMBERS
Eighty-one new members of the Auxiliary Police Force were sworn in by Mr P. T. Moor, Senior Superintendent of Police (Auxiliary), at Auxiliary Police Force Headquarters in Queen’s Road East yesterday.
Following the ceremony, Mr Moor welcomed them to the force and urged them to keep up to the standard of the force, which enjoyed a very high reputation in the Colony.
Mr M. Gotfried, Deputy Commandant of the Auxiliary Police, addressed the gathering.
He congratulated the recruits for their progress in training in such a short time. He told them that once in police uniform, they would be regarded by the general public as regular police and they should be very careful in their behaviour, especially so as the Police Force in Hongkong had set a very high standard.
He said that they should be prepared at all times for any situation until more experienced regular police came to assist them.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 6)
Jail Terms Replaced By Fines
Jail terms of three to nine months, imposed on five men for breaking a curfew order, were reviewed by Mr F. de F. Stratton in North Kowloon Court yesterday.
The magistrate allowed fines from $750 to $1,000, but if these cannot be paid, then reduced jail sentences will be served.
Three men jailed for nine months were given fines of $1,000 or three months in jail. A young man jailed for three months were given a $750 fine or three months, while an 18-year-old youth had his six- month sentence reduced to a $750 fine or three months in jail.
In new cases, the magistrate put a 20-year-old man on a bond of $200 to be of good behaviour for a year when he pleaded guilty to taking part in an unlawful assembly. For breaking a curfew order, a 16-year-old youth was fined $750, or three months, in jail.
In the juvenile court, three youths appeared on charges of disorderly conduct, breaking a curfew order and unlawful assembly.
A 15-year-old boy was out on a $100 bond with a $250 surety to be of good behaviour for 18 months for disorderly conduct. Another 15-year-old was put on a $100 bond to be of good behaviour for 18 months for unlawful assembly, and a 13-year-old was remanded for two weeks for a probation officer’s report when he admitted breaking a curfew order.
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SCMP, 27 May 1967 (Page 8)
LEFT-WING PAPERS HIT AT ‘RUMOURS’
Extracts From The Chinese Presses
THE Colony’s non-leftist Chinese newspapers this week reiterated their full support of Government in maintaining law and order, following Monday’s riots on Hongkong Island.
They also applauded the warm response to the Police Children’s Education Fund, which was established a week ago.
Comments were also made on the British Foreign Ministry’s rejection of Chinese demands and its offer to negotiate differences.
The left-wing papers, on the other hand, continued their attack on Government and charged Government with fabricating rumours. Yesterday, they carried on the front pages full reports of a rally in Peking denouncing Britain and reiterating its five-point demand.
The New Life Evening Post said the warm response to the Police Children’s Education Fund had an unusual significance. It believed that the public would change their unfavourable attitude to the police and would readily understand that the Police and citizens all belonged to one family. Without the police efforts in maintaining social order, the paper said, the future of this family would be unimaginable.
The Wah Kiu Man Po said the fund was a token of public gratitude to the police for the gallantry, determined spirit and restraint in the recent disturbances.
- Vindication -
The praise by Mr Brook Bernacchi, who had in the past been most critical of them, was a vindication of the manner in which police coped with the recent trouble, the paper added.
The Wah Kiu Yat Po believed that Britain would never accept Peking’s five-point demand. It pointed out that Britain had, however, left the door of negotiations open. In fact. It went on, there were many outstanding problems between London and Peking that needed a reasonable solution at the right time.
In another editorial the Wah Kiu again called for an early settlement of labour-management disputes.
Commenting on Monday’s riots, the Kung Sheung Daily News called on Government to adopt more resolute action against mobsters.
On the disruption of public transport earlier this week, the Wah Kiu Yat Po called for a united effort to maintain public transport, and the Kung Sheung and the Hongkong Times paid tributes to those workers who painstakingly kept buses and trams in operation during stoppage by left-wing workers.
The Wen Wei Pao, commenting on the various token strikes during the past few days, claimed that the leftist workers had control of the various trades. These strikes, it said, were but “initial efforts which had already disclosed their strength.” They were also a rehearsal and a grave warning to the British authorities in Hongkong, it said.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 1)
‘Britain continuing suppression of Chinese in H.K..’ Chen Yi charges
HOPSON WALKS OUT
Peking, May 27
Britain's Charge d’Affaires in Peking tonight walked out of a reception here when Marshal Chen Yi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, accused Britain of continuing the “atrocious suppression” of Chinese in Hongkong.
The Charge d’Affaires, Mr Donald Hopson, was at a reception given by the Afghanistan Ambassador to mark his country's National Day.
When Marshal Chen spoke, Mr Hopson moved forward from where he stood with other Ambassadors mounted the steps in front of the Chinese Minister, shook hands with the Afghanistan Ambassador then calmly walked out.
He was followed out by the British First Secretary, Mr Raymond Whitney, and their wives.
Marshal Chen repeated the demand made by his Government ten days ago that all the demands of the Hongkong workers be met.
He said the Government and the people of China supported the just struggle “of patriotic compatriots in Hongkong and firmly protest against atrocities committed by the British Government of suppressing Chinese residents in Hongkong,
- ‘Protests ignored’ -
The Foreign Minister said that in the past ten days, Britain had disregarded the Chinese protests and demands and “continued its atrocious suppression with redoubled efforts.”
Marshal Chen also said the Chinese Government was much concerned about the situation in the Middle East and attacked “United States and British imperialism.”
Earlier, Chinese demonstrators threw paint on vehicles and flats of British diplomats and made new protests against the handling of unrest in Hongkong.
A pot of whitewash was hurled at the windows of a small bus from the office of the British Charge d'Affaires which was taking wives of diplomats to a shop to buy food.
In another incident inside the guarded compound for foreign diplomatic families, orange paint was daubed on another small bus and a paint pot was thrown at a member of the British administrative staff who tried to intervene.
- Buildings daubed -
The six-storey red brick apartment building where British families live inside the compound is being daubed with painted slogans. Posters have been pasted across outsides of windows of ground floor flats and on walls and stair landings.
Chinese staff employed by the Mission continued a strike they began yesterday and demonstrated outside the office.
Mr Hopson again invited them to send a deputation in his office to present their protest over the Hongkong situation, but they refused and he would not go outside to accept their petition personally in the Street. - Reuter.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 3)
To mount guard at Govt House
The Hongkong Regiment (The Volunteers) will mount the Guard for Government House on the occasion of its foundation day anniversary tomorrow.
The officer in charge of the guard will be Lieutenant E. R. Carmo and the Guard Commander, Sergeant Wu Ping.
The Governor, Sir David Trench, will inspect the Guard in the morning.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 5)
Life returns to normal in Hongkong
OVERWORKED POLICE ALLOWED USUAL LEAVE
Life returned to normal in Hongkong yesterday with the ending of the 22-hour postmen’s token strike earlier in the morning.
And for the first time since the disturbances began about two weeks ago, the overworked police force returned ‘to normal duties yesterday.
A police spokesman said that police personnel were now being granted leave but the force maintained “a state of readiness.”
All postal services in Hongkong are now back to normal. Post office workers returned to work earlier than usual yesterday morning to deal with the backlog of mail.
Normal mail deliveries have been resumed.
- Good business -
Cinemas in all districts were well patronised and shops in the tourist area of Tsimshatsui and Mongkok were doing good business.
All public transport services in Hongkong and Kowloon as well as cross harbour ferry services are again running as usual.
It was announced yesterday that Upper Albert Road and the Slip Road, which were closed for the past few days, will be reopened to traffic from 6 am today.
Night life on both sides of the harbour, which had been hit by the imposition of the recent curfews, was also back to normal.
Meanwhile, more representative organisations yesterday joined in congratulating bus and tram workers for their sense of public service in resuming full services.
They were echoing the remarks of Mr Szeto Wai, Chairman of the Transport Advisory Committee and Mr A. J. Shephard, Commissioner for Transport.
These organisations are: The Hopeh and Shantung District Association, the Leung Chung Hau Tong Clansmen’s Association, The Wai Chow District Association, The Ng Wah District Association and the Sheung Shui, Tai Po, Yuen Long, Tsun Wan and Ping Chau branches of the Wai Chow District Association.
Another 21 representative organisations have publicly announced their support for Government’s firm action in maintaining peace in Hongkong, bringing the total number of such organisations to 444.
- Latest list -
The following is a list of the 21 organisations whose names were recorded yesterday afternoon:
The Li Kau Ching Shin Tong, Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
The Yun Ping Chamber of Commerce.
The Wah Dak Mansion Landlords and Tenants Association.
The Hongkong and Kowloon Residents Association.
Larm Clansmen Association.
Sun Wui Shek Tsui District Association.
Pun Clansmen Association.
Po Tuck Mansion Landlords and Tenants Association.
Shanghainese Association, Hongkong.
Preparatory Committee of Sun Wut Shak Po Natives Association.
Hongkong and Kowloon Youth Football Association.
Landlords and Tenants Management Committee of Man Sing Building, Man Wai Building, Man Ying Building, Man Yuen Building, Man Fai Building, Man Wah Building, Hongkong Kowloon Building and Stone Mason Workers Union Shing Yee.
Chung Clansmen Association.
The Hung Clansmen Association.
The Society of Natives of Chung Fa.
Kiu Kong Wan Fow Club.
Hongkong and Kowloon Fisheries and Agriculture Members’ Association.
Lions Club of Tai Ping Shan.
To Ching Countrymen's Association.
Hongkong Flowers Dealers and Workers’ Association.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 6)
Courage will pull us through says the Governor
(Photo)
Good sense and reason are prevailing, and Hongkong’s courage, determination and resolution will pull the Colony through its present difficulties, just as they have done in the past.
This assertion was made by the Governor, Sir David Trench, in a televised address.
Sir David said the token stoppages replacing the earlier violence were a fresh tactic and a new phase of the disturbances.
“They carry with them an element of intimidation. Without the intimidation, there would be virtually no stoppages, because there isn’t’ enough support for them.”
Sir David stated that the demands made locally on the Hongkong Government were unacceptable.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 7)
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Man sends 3 cash coupons to police
A man, identifying himself as Mr Chu, sent a letter to the Police on Friday, voicing his firm support for Government’s action in maintaining peace in Hongkong. Enclosed in the letter were three cash coupons of $20 each.
In the letter, Mr Chu denounced the plot to cause disorder in the Colony.
“I support the police in their action to maintain law and order and the Government for its decisive measures to protect the lives and property of the Colony,” he stressed.
Mr Chu also expressed his best wishes to police constable Wong Kai-hong, who will get married soon, to Police Constable Chan Mang who sustained injuries in his left eye during the riots and to the Police Children’s Education Fund.
The cash coupons are for PC Wong, PC Chan and the Education Fund.
The letter and coupons were sent to the Hunghom Police Station by Mr Chu’s son in person. They were received with thanks by the Sub-Divisional Inspector Hunghom.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 7)
More than $2.4m for Police Education Fund
Contributions to the Police Education Fund up to 1 pm yesterday stood at “well over $2.4m,” it was announced yesterday.
The following were yesterday’s donations:
(Donors’ names and amount of donations)
Accumulated Total $1,290,348.25
The above contributions do not include the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club contribution of HK$1m and contributions received at 1 pm yesterday from several Hongkong textile factories amounting to $135,000.
The Fund is therefore already well over HK$2.4m.
Commerce and Industry Department Staff will continue to receive and acknowledge contributions to the Education Fund.
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SCMP, 28 May 1967 (Page 14)
Trade unions’ political ties
Of all the facts spot-lighted by the-disturbances two, we, think, stand out.
One is that are genuine labour grievances in the Colony but these can be remedied by negotiation.
The other is that a small, well-organised hard core of workers owing allegiance to a political philosophy which is entirely alien to the Chinese way of life will walk out whenever the political agitators want them to for reasons entirely unconnected with working conditions or rates of pay.
No one who knows anything about Hongkong can seriously believe that there is any reason other than political for the series of token strikes that have plagued us for the past week.
These men are not sweated labour. They work for good employers. They walked out (thereby seriously inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of their compatriots) solely because a political party told them to do so.
Can there be any now that the cause of trade unionism (and therefore of the workers themselves, and of the Colony as a whole) would be better served if our local unions were to become just that - and not mere appendages to a political machine which will not hesitate to involve them in actions not even remotely connected with the purposes for which unionism is supposed to exist?
The benefits of separation of unionism and politics have been proved in a number of countries.
Perhaps some of our local labour leaders would benefit from an extensive study of trade unionism, say, in the United States and Canada.
They would find union leaders who are staunch supporters of free enterprise (and who are not regarded as traitors to their class because of this).
The reason? That they believe - and experience backs them in this - that free enterprise is the surest way to promote the interests of the working man.
In both these counties union leaders sincerely want companies to make big profits. They even suggest methods of improving production.
Were they tied down by political allegiance they would not be able to do this.
These unions are among the most militant anywhere. Their leaders fight for workers’ rights by legal means but their policy is not dictated by a political dogma which in the end does not benefit workers but lands them in a slavery from which there is no escape.
We are a long way - a very long way - from this system in Hongkong. But it should be our objective. And the sooner employers and workers set out to achieve this the better.
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SCMP, 29 May 1967 (Page 1)
Big Boost To Police Education Fund
JOCKEY CLUB TO HAND OVER $1m TODAY
A sum of $1,000,000 representing the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club’s contribution to the Police Children’s Education Fund, will today be formally handed over to Mr T. D. Sorby, Director of Commerce and Industry, trustee of the fund.
The presentation will “be made by Mr W. T. Stanton, acting Chief Steward of the Jockey Club, at a brief ceremony at the Marine Police compound, Arsenal Street, this afternoon.
Contributions to the fund will be used for the higher education of the children of all ranks of both the regular and auxiliary police.
The Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr E. C. Eates and representatives of rank and file of the various police divisions will be present.
Following the establishment of the fund by’ a number of local commercial and industrial firms in appreciation of the magnificent performance of the police in maintaining law and order, the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club offered to in match public contributions dollar-for-dollar up to a maximum of $1,000,000. The million dollar mark was exceeded last Friday.
- Appreciated -
In a letter to the Jockey Club, the Commissioner of Police writes: “I can assure the stewards and members of the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club that not only is their great generosity fully recognised and appreciated by the police, but also that the objects of this generosity will be universally welcomed. The police in their turn will endeavour to maintain a high standard of duty and to make their full contribution to the stability, prosperity and progress of Hongkong.
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SCMP, 29 May 1967 (Page 6)
Fine Gesture By Kowloon Resident
Community leaders, representative organisations as well as individual residents have come forward in large numbers to praise the Hongkong Police for its handling of the recent disturbances.
But none is more heart-warming than the personal visit paid to the Kowloon Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon by a Nathan Road resident, Miss Lum Yuk-kwan.
She called at the office of Mr C.P. Sutcliffe, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police, in order to express her personal appreciation of the police efforts to restore peace, and the bravery shown by all ranks of the force during the disturbances.
Miss Lum brought with her a large bouquet of beautiful red gladioli.
Mr Sutcliffe was not in when she arrived, but Miss Lum was not disappointed. She was received instead by Mr C. J. R. Dawson, Chief Superintendent of Police, Kowloon.
Mr Dawson thanked Miss Lum for her fine gesture and assured her that her message of appreciation would be passed on to all members of the force.
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SCMP, 29 May 1967 (Page 7)
‘PUPIL HUMILIATED IN LEFT-WING SCHOOL’
A local newspaper on Saturday published a front-page report stating that a 17-year-old schoolgirl in a left-wing school was stripped in front of her schoolmates after she refused to take part in anti-Government demonstrations on May 16.
The: report also said that the girl’s grandmother was making enquiries and preparations to bring legal action against the school on Hongkong Island.
A Government spokesman that the police had so far received no such report.
The report claimed that the school was instructed to have all pupils take part in demonstrations that morning.
The girl refused and was humiliated in front of all the schoolchildren, it stated.
The report added that the girl was later forced to put on a China-made shirt, a pair of grey trousers and a badge of Mr Mao Tse-tung, and join a parade.
Her grandmother learned about the matter afterwards, became very angry, and was filing a complaint with the police, the report said.
(Photo at right)
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SCMP, 30 May 1967 (Page 1)
Pupils In Left-wing Schools Victimised
REFUSED PERMISSION TO SIT FOR EXAMS
Pupils of left-wing schools who refused to take part in the recent demonstrations have been barred from taking the Chinese School Certificate Examinations, it was learned yesterday.
A Government spokesman said recently two children were refused admission cards to sit for the examinations by their headmasters.
In this way, he said they were being punished for refusing to be exploited. At the same time their educational prospects were put in jeopardy.
Other evidence also confirmed that young children had been used “without a thought for their future.”
The spokesman said statistics of attendance at last Saturday’s geography examination for the Chinese School Certificate showed that most left-wing schools prevented their pupils from taking part.
- Pretext -
No children came at all from one school. The highest attendance from a left-wing school was 60 per cent while their overall attendance was less than 30 per cent.
He said: “The authorities believe that it is the headmasters of these schools who are holding back their pupils from this important step in-their careers. In some cases, it is believed, the pretext for refusing to give out admission cards is that the pupil had been absent from school without permission.
“But the fact is that children stayed away so that they could not be forced to take part in demonstrations with which they did not agree.
“If this is so, the attendance at Saturday's geography examination is a telling indication of the reluctance of the pupils at leftwing Schools to be exploited by the handful of irresponsible people who have staged the recent demonstrations.”
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 1)
KUK MEETING
Row Over Support For Government
The harmony of the Heung Yee Kuk was disturbed yesterday when, at the monthly meeting of the Executive Committee, two members questioned the Chairman's right and asked him to withdraw the support which 35 members of his Committee had given Government last week.
The meeting ended in an uproar amid shouts of “I protest” when the Chairman, Mr Pang Fu-wah, called an end to the discussion on the ground that politics had been introduced which did not concern the Kuk.
Altogether 35 of the 50-member committee attended the meeting yesterday.
Mr Lee Bing-lei, Chairman of the Saikung Rural Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, led the attack on the Chairman. He referred to a newspaper report that 35 members of the Executive Committee had given their support to Government and questioned their right to speak for the Kuk without first consulting the body.
He also questioned Mr Pang’s right in claiming that he represented “600,000 N.T. inhabitants” in giving his support, Mr Lee added that by using “35 Executive Committee members” he had given a false impression.
Mr Lee demanded that the 35 disclose their identities.
- Did Not Sign -
Mr Pang replied that after he had consulted with the 35 members, he would disclose their names to the newspapers.
Mr Pang added: “And if Mr Lee feared that people may think his name was included in the 35, I want to make it known now that Mr Lee Bing-lei did not sign the support pledge.”
Mr Lee’s stand was supported by Mr Chan Wing-fat, Chairman of the Tsun Wan Rural Committee.
Mr Pang said that they had supported the’ Government to maintain law and order because almost all the people of Hongkong desired it. He added that when one recalled that the population had swelled to the present number because of people coming here to seek peace and order, one could appreciate how important it was that law and order be maintained.
Mr Pang then declared the meeting closed.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
Nearly 500 Bodies Support Govt
Nearly 500 representative organisations have come out in support of Government's firm maintenance of peace in Hongkong.
Yesterday, another 32 names were added to the list, bringing the total number of bodies in support of Government to 492.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
Police Education Fund Now Almost $3m
The Police Children Education Fund amounted to $2.95m by 5 pm yesterday.
Mr J. D. McGregor, Assistant Director of Commerce and Industry, who is the initial trustee of the fund, said he expected the total sum to pass the $3m mark today.
Another list of contributions would be released today, he added.
At a dinner party of the Yaumati Kaifong Association last night, Mr Lai Sing-man, Chairman of the association, handed over a cheque for $2,000 to Mr C. C. Chan, Division Police Superintendent of Yaumati, for the fund.
Mr Tsan Yung, the association’s President, also presented a framed scroll to Mr Chan in appreciation of police work during the disturbances.
In return, Mr Chan presented the association with a photograph album on the disturbances.
More than 160 officers and men of the Yaumati Police Station attended the function.
One of the many donations received yesterday for the fund was one of $150 from the proprietor and fokis of a timber yard at Shek Wu Hui in the New Territories.
- Admirable -
“Most of the money came from manual workers at the timber yard. These workers have small income but they feel that they should express in some way their appreciation of the police efforts to maintain peace in the Colony,” a Government spokesman said.
Their donation was the more admirable in that some of their colleagues had been made under pressure to contribute to the so-called Anti-Persecution Struggle Committee because they remitted money to their families in China, he added.
Members of the New Territories Women’s Association donated $215 to the fund.
In. a letter accompanying the contribution, the association again voiced its’ support of Government in maintaining law and order.
“Members of this association feel deeply indebted to the police for what they have done during the disturbances, and are appreciative of their perseverance and patience,” it added.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
SEEKS REVIEW OF SENTENCE
Mr N. P. Power, reserved his decision in an application before him in Central Court yesterday for a review of sentence.
Hui Wai-nam, a teller, of the Commercial Bank of Hongkong, was sentenced to eight months’ jail for unlawful assembly by Mr Power in Central Court last Wednesday.
Mr G. Shears, defence: counsel, said in mitigation that Hui “is an employee of a reputable bank which supports the Government of Hongkong.”
“Are you suggesting that this bank is one of the organisations that has overtly supported the Government?” Mr Power asked.
“Yes, but I don't want to go into personalities,” Mr Shears replied.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
TOKEN STRIKE
Some workers at the Waterworks Depot in Wanchai went on a two-hour stoppage of work from 8 am to 10 am yesterday.
A spokesman for the Waterworks authorities emphasised that this stoppage of work did not affect water supplies.
“There is no need for any-one to draw extra water for any reason. Indeed the only thing that could possibly lead to a cessation of water supply would be that people should draw more water than usual, so lowering the pressure in the system.”
Following the stoppage, the men returned to work without any incident.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
Tried To Burn Govt Staff Quarters
A 26-year-old fitter was jailed in North Kowloon Court yesterday for 21 months for trying to burn Government staff quarters during a riot.
Tong So, of 18 Tai Nan Street, first floor, Shamshuipo, pleaded not guilty to attempted arson and rioting in Wongtaisin on May 13.
He’ was sentenced by Mr D. A. Davis to 21 months in jail on the attempted arson charge and 15 months for the riot offence, the terms to run concurrently.
Staff Sergeant Chan Tse-chin told the court that he led an anti-riot squad to Tung Tau Village Road near Tai Sing Street to disperse a crowd of rioters.
He saw smoke coming from the Wongtaisin Resettlement Staff Quarters and noticed Tong climbing up an iron grille between the ground and first floors.
“Tong was throwing a burning basket into the first floor of the quarters. I shouted to him to stop but he jumped down and tried to escape,” said Staff Sgt Chan.
Tong was arrested shortly afterwards, he added.
In his own defence, Tong said that he was returning by bus when it was stopped by a mob and everyone had to get off.
Tong claimed that shortly after leaving the bus, he was arrested.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 6)
Walkout In Protest Against Left-Wing Intimidation
A seven-hour walkout in protest against left-wing intimidation was staged by more than 200 morning shift workers of the Central Textiles (Hongkong) Ltd in Tsun Wan yesterday.
A spokesman for the Hongkong Cotton Industry Workers’ General Union said yesterday: “We are doing this to show what we cannot be controlled by a few left-wing worker who are now quite isolated.
Another reason for the walkout, the spokesman pointed out, was that the management who was told of the left-wing intimidation, did not give any assurance for their safety.
“So before we were given the assurance, we withdrew the workers,” he said.
The spokesman stressed that the walkout was not against the management.
Work later resumed at 2.30 pm after the management's assurance for their safety was given and there was no incident throughout the day.
The spokesman, also disclosed that on Monday, about 40 leftist workers of the Nan Fung Textiles Ltd in Tsun Wan stayed on after their shift was over and refused to allow the relief workers, numbering about 500, to work.
“They resorted to using iron bars, and poles to threaten the workers and to force some of the girls to strike,” the spokesman said.
He said the workers reported to the management that it was impossible to work and when the leftists’ “token” strike ended, they walked out in protest.
He added that the same “token” strike took place on Monday at the Wyler Textiles factory in Tokwawan and that all the three mills were reported to be operating normally yesterday.
- Sit-Down Continues -
Meanwhile, workers of the Green Island Cement Company continued to sit passively outside the plant reading newspapers provided by left-wing unions.
The Commissioner of Labour also announced that the management of the cement plant was still seeking help from his department to resolve the month-old dispute.
“I invite any worker or representatives of any group of workers who wish to enter into discussions with the management to call in person or to telephone the Conciliation Section of the Labour Department in order that arrangements can be made for such discussions,” he added.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 9)
CREATION OF H.K. CITIZENSHIP STRESSED
A Reform Club candidate in the Urban Council election last night stressed the need for citizenship in Hongkong.
Mr Patrick Wong Pok-toh, who was one of three candidates speaking on radio, said: “We must have Hongkong citizenship if Government wants to have the allegiance of the local population, if we want to build up a sense of belonging to Hongkong among the people and if we want Hongkong to move forward on a sound foundation.”
He said this was of prime importance and the base of all reforms.
He pointed out that the gap existing between Government and people could never be removed or even shortened without the creation of a Hongkong citizenship which would impose rights and duties on both Government and the people.
“By giving us Hongkong citizenship, we the local people, will certainly have the obligation to fulfil our duties in assisting Government and obeying the laws and in return Government will ensure that our rights and liberties be granted and protected,” Mr Wong said.
He said another step that was needed was the adoption of bi-lingualism.
Mr Hilton Cheong-Leen, who is seeking re-election on the Civic Association ticket, said the best guarantee of political stability in Hongkong was a social security system that kept pace with economic growth.
Mr Cheong-Leen said: “We (the Civic Association) will endeavour to channel the energies and ambitions of the younger generations into constructive paths. In effect, we will create the conditions that will make our young people true citizens of Hongkong with a full sense of responsibility and participation, and of belonging to Hongkong.”
- Industrial Relations -
He added the Association would do all it could to improve industrial relations, to urge trade unions and their members to adopt peaceful and law-abiding efforts in seeking acceptance by management of their just demands.
“We will urge management to adopt up-to-date and forward-looking methods in their relations in labour,” he said.
He urged voters to vote for the five Civic Association candidates if they believed in political stability, social progress and economic prosperity for Hongkong.
Dr Pun Chung-chik, also a candidate of the Civic Association, said particular attention should be paid to health education.
“A portion of our population seem to have no idea at all of hygiene and cleanliness - they are in the habit of spitting and dumping their refuse anywhere, anytime and anyhow. If we are to keep our city clean, the public must be taught the value of health education,” Dr Pun pointed out.
He suggested that publicity campaigns should be conducted periodically throughout the Colony in which Government departments, voluntary organisations and, in particular, kaifong associations should take part.
He concluded that the provision of move facilities such as more libraries, parks, swimming pools and other recreational amenities could alleviate, in part, the problem of juvenile delinquency as they would offer our young generation an opportunity to be kept occupied by keeping them off the streets and out of mischief.
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SCMP, 31 May 1967 (Page 10)
STRIKES AND RETALIATIONS
COMMUNIST-ORGANISED “flash” strikes are a major irritation to the public. But they are self-defeating, since they must anger not only right-wing unionists but neutralists and the ordinary man, woman and child in the street who only wants to get to and from work at the proper time (especially in this hot weather). If, as is beginning to be suggested, Peking feels it has been misled by local activists, it will not be mollified by a lengthening list of pointless interruptions to the ordinary life of Hongkong, especially if these at the same time tend to reduce earnings of overseas currency and to drive business elsewhere, as Taiwan and the Philippines already claim will happen though without, so far as can be ascertained, any foundation in fact.
Meanwhile sporadic suggestions for the formation of “vigilante” groups and triumphant demonstrations, processions and parades continue to be made. While these may be well-intentioned they are ill-conceived. The Police Children’s Education Fund and the show of support for Government from hundreds of organisations are thoroughly commendable ways of expressing public sentiment (though the smaller the element of politics the better). But the whole principle on which Government has worked - and which has won the admiration of the world - has been the maintenance of law and order by the forces of law and order. “Vigilantes” who took the law into their own hands may have been all right in the Wild West of the frontiersman. They would be nothing but an embarrassment in the modern community this Colony aspires to be. And the same applies to proposals for processions, rallies and so on. It does not matter who is doing the marching or the rallying. Experience has shown that the best way to start a riot in Hongkong is to form a crowd. It has been said that even a Salvation Army band in Nathan Road might be enough. And once the mob gathers, how are the police to distinguish between the sheep and the goats? The next idea would doubtless be red shirts, brown shirts, black shirts… No, thank you.
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31 May 1967 [FBIS]
‘GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY’ IN HONG KONG IS DOOMED
Peking NCNA International Service in English 1631 GMT 29 May 1967--W
(Text) Peking, 29 May--Today's PEOPLE'S DAILY sharply condemns the British imperialists for sending the aircraft carrier Bulwark to the sea off Hong Kong at a time when Chinese compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon are conducting a heroic struggle against British fascist persecution. This is a shameless threat and intimidation by British imperialist against the Chinese compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon, the old 19th century trick of imperialist ‘gunboat diplomacy.'
PEOPLE'S DAILY said this in a Commentator's article entitled "The ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’ Was Long Ago Thrown on the Rubbish Heap!"
The article refers to the clamor made by the British Hong Kong "governor," David Trench, the archculprit in the bloody suppression of Chinese compatriots, that the British Hong Kong authorities have the British Government's "fullest support in maintaining peace and order." ‘This means that the British Hong Kong authorities, backed by the British Government's "gunboat diplomacy," want to carry out an even more unbridled suppression of the Chinese compatriots in Hong Kong, the Commentator points out.
He warns the British imperialists that "the Hong Kong-Kowloon compatriots, guided by Mao Tse-tung!s thought, will settle all accounts with the British Hong Kong authorities for their towering crimes," and that "the Chinese people, who are armed with Mao Tse-tung's thought and who have scored great victories in the great proletarian cultural revolution, will duly punish you!
"U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, and British imperialism is also nothing but a paper tiger. U.S. imperialism has been beaten hard and is in a predicament in Vietnam. In staging provocations against the Chinese people, the completely decadent and moribund British old-brand imperialism, which is dependent on U.S. imperialism to prolong its feeble existence, is just beating its head against a stone wall."
"Gunboat diplomacy" was a product of the old days when imperialism and colonialism acted lawlessly. In the 20th century, especially after World War II, history has ushered in a great new era of the world revolution in which the revolutionary thunder of the people roared, while imperialism is breathing its last. By resorting to the "gunboat diplomacy," long ago thrown on the rubbish heap of history, British imperialism is courting disaster and will come to a miserable end, the Commentator states.
"The imperialists always miscalculate the situation," he continues. "Proceeding from their reactionary stand, they can never understand the great strength of the revolutionary people. As our great leader Chairman Mao says: 'We have personally seen many counter-revolutionaries, the Ching dynasty government, northern warlords, Japanese militarism, Mussolini, Hitler, and Chiang Kai-shek, fall, one after another. They committed mistakes in their thinking and actions and it could not be otherwise. Every imperialism at present will also make such mistakes.'"
That is how it is with British imperialism, the Commentator says. Eighteen years ago when the Chinese people's revolution was about to win victory throughout the country, wasn't it British imperialism which miscalculated the situation and sent warships into the Yangtze River to stage provocations against the Chinese people? The result was that they were dealt resolute blows by the Chinese people and ran like thieves.
Eleven years ago, British imperialism again miscalculated the situation and used its “gunboat diplomacy" in the Middle East. It launched the Suez Canal war of aggression and was badly beaten by the Egyptian people.
British imperialism, which has not learned even a (?bit) of wisdom from the lessons of history, has now again miscalculated the situation. It pins its hopes on wielding batons and butchers! knives in Hong Kong and anchoring warships in the sea of China's great proletarian cultural revolution and the extensive spreading of the great thought of Mao Tse-tung. "This is sheer daydreaming," the Commentator states.
As early as 1949, the Chinese people had risen like a giant. Now, after 17 years of socialist revolution and socialist construction, especially as a result of the present unprecedented great proletarian cultural revolution, the Chinese people are a hundredfold stronger. “In this circumstance, there are still some elements who persist in having a trial of the strength of the Chinese people. Of course, the Chinese people will never hold back their strength," the Commentator declares. “Should British imperialism persist in acting arbitrarily, it (will--ed.) reap as it sows."
Radio Version of Article
Peking Domestic Service in Mandarin 1000 GMT 29 May 1967--W
(29 May PEOPLE'S DAILY Commentator's article: "The 'Gunboat Diplomacy" Was Long Ago Thrown on the Rubbish Heap")
(Text) At the time when our patriotic compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon are courageously unfolding a struggle against persecution, the British imperialist aircraft carrier Bulwark suddenly sailed into the sea off Hong Kong on 26 May. In the past several days, six British warships have arrived in Hong Kong.
This is a shameful threat and intimidation by the British imperialists against our patriotic compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and a vain attempt to again play the old trick of imperialist ‘gunboat diplomacy’ of the 19th century.
Let us tell the British imperialists flatly: A few of your wrecked warships means nothing whatever in the eyes of our courageous compatriots in Hong Kong and is not even worth talking about to the great Chinese people. U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger. British imperialism is also but a paper tiger. People know clearly how much Strength you possess!
U.S. imperialism has been badly beaten and is in great distress in Vietnam. Being the most rotten old-brand imperialism, and relying especially on U.S. imperialism to prolong your fading life, your provocation against the 700 million Chinese people is like an egg hitting a rock. You have really miscalculated your own strength, haven't you?
The ‘gunboat diplomacy' was a product of the old era when imperialism and colonialism were riding roughshod over others. By the 20th century, and after World War II in particular, history entered a great new era of world revolution. The people's revolution is growing like storm and thunder, and imperialism is nearing its end and gasping for breath. The 'gunboat diplomacy' was long ago thrown on the rubbish heap of history.
Now the British imperialists are again practicing this rotten policy. They are only looking for trouble and for a little courage to calm their fear. They can only end up in a deplorable situation.
The imperialists always miscalculate the situation. Proceeding from their reactionary stand, they can never understand the great strength of the revolutionary people. As our great leader Chairman Mao says: "We have personally seen many counterrevolutionaries, the Ching dynasty government, the northern warlords, Japanese militarism, Mussolini, Hitler, and Chiang Kai-shek, fall, one after another. They committed mistakes in their thinking and actions and it could not be otherwise. Every imperialism at present will also make such mistakes."
The British imperialists are just like that. Today British imperialism has failed to learn anything from the lesson of history and is misappraising the situation. British imperialism (?mistakenly) thinks that the Chinese people are concentrating their attention on the great cultural revolution, and therefore it might be able to take advantage of the opportunity to get something out of it in the Hong Kong issue. It hopes that the waving of police clubs and the stationing of several warships off Hong Kong can stop the great influence of the Chinese great proletarian cultural revolution and the broad popularization of the great thought of Mao Tse-tung. This is entirely a daydream.
The Chinese people rose like a giant in 1949. After 17 years of socialist revolution and construction, and particularly through this unprecedentedly great proletarian cultural revolution, the Chinese people have now become a hundred times stronger. And, in this situation, there are nevertheless some people in the world who are itching to test the might of the Chinese people. Of course, the Chinese people will not be stingy with their own strength.
We would like to warn British imperialism once again that the patriotic compatriots in Hong Kong and Kowloon, who are under the guidance of Mao Tse-tung's thought, will certainly and thoroughly settle the account of the towering crimes you committed in Hong Kong, and the Chinese people, who are armed with Mao Tse-tung's thought, who have achieved great success in the great proletarian cultural revolution, will certainly give you due punishment.
Let the imperialist 'gunboat diplomacy’ go to hell. If they insist on going it alone, the British imperialists will surely eat the bitter fruit of their own making.
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