THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH
1989
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11
COMMUNIST INFLUENCE WEAK IN CHUNGKING
GENERALISSIMO IS IN SOLE CONTROL
Chungking, February 23,
Observers of Chinese affairs are at present devot- ing their attention to two issues: the extent of Communist influence over the Chinese Govern- ment; and the strength of the Chinese armed
CYCLE AFIRE SILVER BUYING UNDER RIDER
An uncomfortable expérience. befell Pte. Oliver of the Middle- Regiment whilst - motor cycling yesterday morning.
* Pta. Oliver was driving hia motor cycle along Waterloo Road at about 10 8.m, when it and denly caught fire underneath him and was completely destroyed.
forces. Current rumours that the Chinese MR.
Communists are dominating the Government
EDEN IN
are stated to be absolutely without foundation. FAVOUR OF Before the convocation of the Fifth Plenary Ses- RECOGNITION
sion of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, it was rumoured that the Gov- ernment would be re-organized in order to al- low Communist leaders to participate, but no such re-organization has taken place.
London, To-day.
Intervening in the House of Commons debate yesterday Mr. Anthony Eden brought his sup- port to the Government's decision
to grant recognition to General Franco's Government.
The only Communist leader in the Government, it is pointed out, is Chou En-lai, who is Vice-Min- ister of the Political Affairs Department of the However, he urged that the Bri- National Military Council, of which General tish and French Governments Chen Cheng, one of General Chiang Kai-shek's utmost to see if possible that the most able and most trusted commanders, is closing stages of the Spanish Civil Minister.
Mao Tse-tun, the head of the Chi- nese Communist Party, is stated to be still in Yenan, in North Shensi, while Chu Teh, Commander-in- of the Chinese Communist Army, continues to direct the operations of the 8th Route Army in Shansi and Hopei provinces, under orders from General Chiang Kai-shek.
Other Communist leaders, such as Wang Ming (Chen Shao-yu) and Ching Pang-hsien, the observers in question declare, do not have posts in the Government, being only de- legates to the National People's Congress, an advisory body with no executive powers.
Following the establishment of the National Defence Supreme. Council, it was rumoured that Com- munist leaders would be included in the Council, but this forecast proved wrong. The Council is a body under the direction of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuo- mintang, and as such, it is pointed out, it cannot include non-Kuomin- tang members. This, they stress, is especially true since the Kuomin- tang rejected the Communist, pro- posal to allow Communists to join the party.
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GASTHREE REASONS
The influence of the Chinese Com- ummist Party, it is state by Chinese observata here, has been greatly ex- aggerated, and they ascribe three reasons for this -
1. Official allence regarding the matter on the part of the Kuomin-
2. The extensivs publicity emanat ing from Chinese Communist sourced. IMD
8. A tendency to over estimats the strength and romanticize the activi- tlas of any hidden entity. 7. f - It in quite clear, at the Kuomin= tang is not going out of its way to suppress the..
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The Chinese Communists, Chin- ese quarters declare, have only limited political and military power, and all their power in these direc tions is at present being devoted entirely to support of the Govern« ment and General Chiang Kai-shek
should exert themselves to the
War should not see a repetition of the tragic sufferings which had marked its long course.
They should try to negotiate an armistice. British Wireless.
AMENDMENT DEFEATED
Washington, To-day,
An amendment to the Trea sury Appropriation Bill, design- ed to limit silver buying by the Treasury to newly-mined domes- tic silver, was defeated in the House of Representatives yester- day by 155 votes to 135.
The Bill was approved earlier by a-standing vote of 180 to 128, which was reversed by a subse quent teller vote,
The amendment was proposed by Representative Taber (Republican) who alleged that the United States had been paying for the Sino- Japanese and Spanish wars an a result of her foreign silver pur- chases. Reuter.
NEW JAPANESE TIENTSIN MOVE
Chungking, To-day. Following the Japanese barricad- ing of the French and British Con- cessions in Tientain, puppet offi cials have received instructions to move out of the Concessions before March 15, according to a Tientsin report,
The instructions specify that
in the war against Japan. Reuter.terday and is due here to-morrow at they must bring their families.
TRAIN DERAILED AND ATTACKED
Loyang, To-day.
north-bound Japanese train loaded with troops and provisions was derailed to the south of Yucheng, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, 33 kilometres north of Tsinan, ac....... cording to reports received. here.
Chinese guerillas who had torn up a section of the rails emerged and fired upon the derailed train. They killed many Japanese and captured a large quantity of provisions Central News:
BANDITS RAID PLEASURE RESORT
SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.
IS REPORTED THAT ARMED BANDITS ON MON- DAY NIGHT RAIDED VARI- OUS GAMBLING HOUSES FAT KIAOCHOW BEACH, ON THE YANGTSE NEAR WOOSUNG.
Klaochow was formerly pular Shanghai summer resort, rea and is now under Japanese occu- Imple,pation.
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The bandits made away with several thousand dollars. No casualties are reported-Reuter.
The "Ranpura" left Shanghai yes-
about 7 p.m.
Central News.
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