BISHOP'S PLEA FOR HONG KONG ORDER

From John Luff in Hong Kong
RISHOP BIANCHI of N-m Hong Kong has called upon all Catholics "and all who have the true interests of Hong Kong at heart" to dissociate themselves from demonstrations of a disorderly and illegal" character.
The Bishop's plea was issued amid violence and demonstrations being fanned by pro-Peking Communist sympathisers.
He said that the Church had "repeatedly championed the just cause of the world's workers," but "the present unlawful methods being used by some groups in the name of the workers are to be deplored.
"Those who use such methods of protest can only injure the good name of all workers and harm their true interests. The disruption of the economy can only bring lair
ther insecurity and hardship to
wage earners," the Bishop said.
"When peace and security returns," he continued. "those who have the true good of the workers at heart will be able, by legal and just means, to renew their efforts to bring about improvements in the social conditions of our workers."
Another leading churchman
commented on the riots this week, He was Archbishop Caprio, Apostolic Internuncio to Nationalist China, who was on his way from Taiwan to Rome.
The Archbishop said that the Church was concerned about the refugees who could not leave Hong Kong in the event of an upheaval resulting from the present crisis.
"Where can we send them?" he asked. "The Church is deeply concerned over this strictly human aspect of the disturbances. Humanity demands that we do not wait for eventualities, but start planning now for the future."
The riots which have disrupted life here continued during the week. The rioters are directed from the Peking owned Bank of China-a skyscraper building in the middle of the colony-which blares out messages through powerful loudspeakers.
They began on Thursday afternoon, May 11, in Sanpokong, an industrial suburb of Kowloon, after a local labour dispute became a political issue.
The disturbance began outside the Hong Kong Artificial Flowers Factory when some left-wing agitators, chanting Mao Tse Tung's thoughts, joined up with some hitherto fairly peaceful picketers at the factory gates. In no time, the crowd swelled to an unruly mob which made an attempt to swarm into the factory. At that point the police intervened, As the day passed. the crowd grew, and by evening, the police had an ugly situation on their hands.
The Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. E. C. Fates, ordered companies of riot police into the area, and at the same time, called up the Auxiliary Police. With nightfall, the disturbance spread to adjacent areas, mainly to the huge resettlement blocks built by the Hong Kong Government for refugees.
By midnight, there were three areas of violence, Rioting followed a pattern in all three trouble spots.
Earlier that day, posters appeared on the walls of the surrounding buildings, saying: "There is a blood debt which will be paid with British blood."
The most alarming aspect of the situation occurred during Friday morning when left-wing vernacular newspapers appeared with banner headlines calling on the Chinese to attack any Europeans they saw on the streets,