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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1947.
NANKING GLOOMIER THAN IT
WAS IN 1931
Chinese Communists Have Upper Hand
Isolated Pockets
In Manchuria
(By Miles W. Vaughn)
Nanking. June 21. The Chinese capital today is more gloomy on the civil war situation than it was in 1931 when the Japanese Kwantung army' in the course of three months gained effective control of three vast provinces in Manchuria.
Chinese Communists-using mostly equipment seized directly or indirectly from the Japanese army but an entirely different strategy-now appeared to have gained an overwhelming up- per hand in the fifth offensive of the year and threatened to:
RED GENERAL CAPTURED?
Nunking, June 21. General Fu To-y' forces captured Communist General Yung Chi-chen, commander of the Fifteenth Division, advancion
Manheim
worth Chehar. The Central Neien reparted today.
If the report in True add be the first Red general mphired by the Nationalist... Pulted Press,
'Moskvich"
Car On The Road
Moscow, June 21. Factory tests have been com- pleted on the first 100 Moskvich low-powered, low.priced AL tomobiles, and they will go in- to mass production soon,
The new ear, which bears some resemblance to the British Austin or the American Cross-l carries four passengers.) would hun a 23-horse-power motor, de-i
sectar siner a complete with ley.
1. Drive the Nationalists in the defence of the salient less drawal from Manchuria the Mmat! Meetion south of Man- difficult despite the Communist be the biggest blow for the gay-velops a speed of 55 miles an
sucress tu disrupting lines of ernm churin near the Great Wall:
with of eommunications highly-publi-proper.
2. Atmihilate the cream the government's
cized American-equipped
American-trained divisions;
3. Wreck or deprive the gay Crnment forces of control of whd was left of industrial and mining stallations after the Soviet removal
4. Gula fu'l control of Mau- churia II༥ AL lh{ས{qit• future operation against the Nation. alists in North China
th
base which chielly spalatand Japan's four-year war in China and four more yearA of war against the Allies
Koreans Fighting
forn Hot P
prestige and would fraur, and gets 30 miles to the China give the Communists the strong-gallon of gas,
At bargaining power in the Informed sources also argued jevent that pence negotiation [that the government would most are resamed, which seems most
Mukden (unlikely.-United Press, strenuously, hold the
Government Troops Fighting Hard
Peiping, June 21.
Strong detachments of the Government's best equipped soldiers are pushing rapidly toward besieged Szeplngkai from Changchun and Mukden as the Generalissimo's headquarters denied reports that evacuation of Manchuria is under way.
the heart of Szebingkai Nationalists and Com- munists were blasting away at each other from big buildings.
Denying rumours that the Nati mallets
evretzate
Government circles are partie cularly gloomy aver internation-¦ al complicationast in the Man- chiar situation in view of resi parts thus far unconfirmed by In
that Koreans from Russian-erenpied North: Korra were fighting alongside the Chinese Communists.
Rellah'e furriya saturres, how-¦ Manchuria. the Generalissima's foreign supres that Korean Mukden Headquarters declared were among the Chinese Coms that the purpose of the Chinese munists, probably of the former | resistance against Japanese ag- Japanese Kwanting Army.pression was the liberation of
· Those suuyers also placent the the northeast provinces, All number of Koreans in netive Manchurian cities should be an- combat #a The northeast ader government control and the around 16.0mm as compared with Communists should be crushed.
the Chinese report's 150,000.
the headquarters said. Xeutral RollTVON estimated General Sun Li-jen. Ameri. ¦ that there are 200,000 Nation-ent-educated strategist. Was alist troops and 380,000 Com back in Mukden with the latest munist troops in Manchuria, instructions from the Generalis- ¦ They also expressed the opinion isim, other messages said –
that unless the Kovernment
"Coal Offensive" forces manage to pull out from isolated pockets. quirk
enough, they might lose most
[ of their American equipment.
Isolated Pockets
Rate of oroduction or price of the ear were not revealed, but froluction is to reach 60.000 an-; nually the next four years," according to the Moscow News.
It is utented that its price) will make it available to what the News called the “general| layer."--United Press.
REPORT ON INDO CHINA
Paris, June 21. The Inner Council ย thr French Cabinet' mit this evening and beard a report by M. Emile Bollnert, French High Commi- sioner to Indochina. The Council without discussing the report mid- Journed.
cabinet direussion of Indochina WHS schedutry For another Cabinet meeting early next week. --Reuter,
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MacArthur Favours ORIENTAL
"Early Peace"
Tokyo, June 19.
General Douglas MacArthur's peace proposal and sharp- pre-election policing featured activities in Japan during March, SCAP reported today. Gen. MacArthur told newsmen he favoured an early peace treaty, the lifting of economic barriers around Japan and UNO's Tesponsi- bility for Japan after a peace pact was signed. Even while he was speaking, ¡tions and ralties decreased. of a Communist "cond offen-Japanese politicians were whet- There were no reports of viol- sive" in North China is seen. ting the appetites of voters ence or disorder. The Chinese
reported with platforms and promises, Health surveys showed the Communist attacks on the Tung-¦ designed to attract affirmative Japanene
eating fuwer
In the meantime the possibili-
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The Intest reports from Man-shan coal mines, 65 miles north-ballots in the MacArthur order calories but there was no up- charia“ indicated that the Nu- cast of Tientsin, and the Men- ed national election. The plat-swing in the number of com: tionalists who controlled the en- toukou coal mines, 18 miles east form planks ranged from in- municable disease enses report- tire South Manchnerin' and Cons of Peiping.
dustry nationalisation and ex-jed, tral Manchuria were at present Martial law was proclaimed propriation of certain land as cut up into two main isolated in Tangshan after the Com-| iaid down by the Communista' pockets and one salient
with munists tore up the tracks west to a repetition of policies out- main communications Unes with of the city.—United Press. China proper badly disrupted.
The two pockets are located north and east of Mukden and the northern pucket is most in-
U.S. Medal For
portant since it has Change Ambassador
as its centre. The east packet is reduced to a small
Harrison'
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Black Market Funds for educational BAC were increased and Japanese contributed a por-
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The Home Ministry urged with the then Liberal Premier the Police to "smasli the or- Shigeru Yoshidn's handling ofganised black market." But cconomic affairs. He wrote to
The overall effects of the Police Yoshida that it was "impera-efforts in carrying out the or- Bangkok, June 21.
tive" the Japanese Government bastions since the Nationalist The Siamese Ambassador-de: maintain wage and price con-
der were negligible.
lind withdrawal from Antung pro-signute to
Japanese, whalera who London, Mr. Nai trols and strict ratloning. He hunted fa Antarctic waters Dirck Chainum, who is expect-warned that-outside-assistance have bagged 1,175 mammais. vince bordering North Korea
All indications show that goved in Britain at the end of this to this country was contingent The Japanese Government erament atlicials realize
awarded the that month, bus been
upan the Japanese helping was ordered to dissolve the in- continued holding out of Chung- United States Medal of Free-
ternational Telecommunications | chun means isolation and produm for his wartime service to bably annihilation of all garri-the United States and the Al-
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Yoshida answered with vague investments in the conquered
ITS DYNAMITE SET TO MUSIC! Army, veteran of the Burma The Ambassador-designate, prominen, The Japanese them- territories of the military gov- campaign unier Gen. "Vine who worked against the Japan selves evidently were dissatis-ernment.Associated Press. gar Ja Stilwell. While officials ese during the period when, Ja-fed with the ultra-conservative refused to confirm or deny re-pucese influence was paramount Liberals. In the April voting orts from Mukden, they indi-in Siam, is one of a number of they cust more ballots for, the ented that a strong column has Siamese underground workers Social Democrats who presently already pulled out from Chung-who are to be honoured by the hold a plurality in both houses chun and is fighting its way to United States.
of the Diet and whose leader, the south,
The medal will be presented Telu Katayama, is now Pre- in the United States when Mr.mier.
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afa in Changchun with orders she, was admitted in January in production
to fight to the lust man.
Meanwhile, informed sources, discredited
of this year--Reater.
some ma.
hinery, textiles, abrasives and leather goods. The national. Rome, June 21.." debt Boared to 255,000,000,000 | 621 reports that the
withdrawing Twelve were government le
wher two [completely from Manchuria and Trieste
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the "Perossa" last night, aing a general strike-forbidden MacArthur-settled Rehiforced by troops with Trieste despatch to the Mes by Gen,
ar-down to the election prepara- drawn, from other fronts the sagero stated today. "One
Itions and labour demonstra- government troops should find rest was made.-Reuter.
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