HONG KONG SURRENDER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 227, 24 August 1945, Page 6

HONG KONG SURRENDER

BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY

(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 23. -Arrangements are being made lor a British commander to receive the surrender of Hong Kong, said the Prime Minister (Mr Attlee; in the House of Commons in reply to a question by Mr Churchill. The House cheered when Mr Attlee added that plans for the re-establish-ment of the British Administration in Hong Kong were fully prepared. Mr Churchill said: “May I presume that you recall that on numerous occasions, particularly at the Cairo Conference in 1943, the Govern-

jnent made it plain that it did not contemplate any modification in the sovereignity of His Majesty’s territories in the Far East.” Mr Attlee said: “I fully recollect the statements and will hear them in mind.” The Press Association’s diplomatic correspondent says the Hong Kong area is in the sphere of Chinese military operations, but the British Government feels that it is its paramount responsibility to care for the population in its own territory. The Chinese Premier (Dr Soong), who is Hying to London early next week, has not given notice that lie will bo raising the question of Hong Kong.