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CHINA'S YEAR OF DECISION? Growing Apprehension Of Trouble
Civil War Can't Continue
(By Fred Hampson)
Shanghai, Dec. 28.
China, probably the world's most serious infection point of war and want, heads into the New Year with growing apprehension that 1948 will be a year of decision.
Ever mindful of the truism that nothing happens quickly in China, most observers do not be- lieve the present state of affairs can continue another 12 months without something crack- ing somewhere.
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Manchester. Dec. 27. Soven Manchester boys rode in a car to a football match today with une of thein, aged 16, as the driver. Three were killed in a head- on collbion with a double- decker bus near Barton air- port here, and the olher four are in hospital serious- iy Injured.
This
resembled car
one previously reported stolen.
The dead boys were the driver and two aged 13 and seven, both believed to be
brothers.Heuter.
Turkey Thanks America
Ankara. Dec. 28.
BBC Man's Taste Of Realism
THE
LONDON, DEC. 28. DERRY ALEX MCCRINDLE, "JOCK" OF
BBC'S "DICK BARTON" DETEC- TIVE TEAM AND A VOLUN- TEER COMMENTATOR IN THE CHRISTMAS DAY BROADCAST · FROM AN ATLANTIC WEATHER SHIP; IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE TOMORROW AFTER SUFFERING SEVERE IN. JURIES ABOARD THE WEA- THER SHIP.
"The Weather Observer" was 1300 miles off the Irish Cynst when McCrindle gave the com- mentary and millions of listen- ers heard him describe the ship, rolling heavily in a gale.
A few minutes Inter Me- Crindle was thrown to the deck us the ship lurched. Fle hns broken at least one rib.
The Weather Observer radio-
Civil war is no longer a ro-, munine can be halted solely by xionalised confiet largely in the war. hands of the warlords confined to certain provinces backed by an operating vecnomy controlled The remedy would be a bit- largely by foreign influence orter one for China, jealous of its: dirert foreign management. new sovereignty. to swallow and China fought that sort of war its advorntos conecde it prel for some 20 years in pre-Jaji-ably would be pretty unpopular M. Habit Nazini Kesmir, thei enese war foreign controls daya throughout the world. But Turkish Finance Minister, open- without seriously undermining they say that the time growsing the budget debate in the hee mational life. But new, nearer
to choose between the National Assembly, stressed the with extraterritoriality one extreme remedy and the kill- imperlance of United States and the foreigner pretty much ing disease. They also polut cconomic co-operation with all ed yesterday to the bare at a bystander, China's substance out such a plan might be a peace-loving countries in restor- Greenock stating that McCrindle is being thrown into the war form of showdown with Russia ing general stability. During was injured and that the ship.
thousand in the Orient.
the last two years, he said, Tur- Avns sailing at midnight to Lanes greater.
Whether a step back to for hey had greatly increased her bring him to the mainland.-- eign control is The Ruswer, resnurres jul esti in on the Reuter. something drastle must be done. land owing chiefly to United Otherwise somewhere the flood-States credit. gates are going to burst and China will begin to split up and Turkey had a comprehensive a good part of it will become plan for a general increase of Red. From the vantage point production but its suæcess would Result? Overall
of this tortured, begged down, depend on long-term exterôni tion has been too great to Shanghai, it looks as
desperate ex-treaty port of loans. The Minister staled that though the deficit in the budget would ou very much longer. China,
1948 could very will be the be met from internal ons with all her timelessness, "CANA
Reuter. not fight this kind of a war for year-Associated Press. 20 years. A lot of people, don't think she can fight ir event one more year unless som bety is valling to help her pay for it.
Not only has the war chang
from A series of localised boils to a life-draining cancer. but the nation is trying to fight it after being half wrecked by the Japanese conflict.
deteriora-
Wisdom Of Loan Doubted
The Nationalist Government |
Women's Attack On U.S. Policy
Paris, Dec. 27.
cries for foreign aid which Women deputies Ied a Communist assault
means an American loan with
out too many strings attached.
on
United States policy as the National Assembly continued its "marathon" budget debate to- day.
She included news agencies, denunciation. magazines and senators in her
she
COAL WHARF FIRE
Portland, Maine, Dec. 28.
A 400-ton coal loading tower crashed in flumes on five fishing bents
spectacular early megning fire. here today.
in
The firemen were still fighting the flumes nt the coal wharf when #1 second fire,
swept through an empty building in the rallway goods yarılı
The damage in the two fires | was estimatel at $250,000.- Reuter.
DEATHS FROM. COLD
Mexico City. Dec. 28
Polleo, today, reported 10 dead
and more than 100 in hospitals. as a result of a three-day perlod Madame Braun, in her attack of cold weather that has gripped cn United States "propaganda" the Mexico City arca-Associat in Frauer, accused American ed Press- news agencies of selling "ger- viers to French newspapers at! a cheaper rate than the Agence France Presse could afford."--- Reuter.
In the old days of foreign cón-| troj and treaty porta, the
While the Assembly debated to American consuls. The As-1 world's big nations often ec- tually competed For the pri- credits for the Ministry of In-sembly would also oppose Am- vilege of loaning China money formation, Madame Madeleine erloan economic pressure. 1 hour days, equipment? Braun, prominent militant added, for supervising loans was vas-Communist, protested vehement- .er. Security was avaliable, y against what she termed the and economie concessions were "ideological Amerienn expan. the reward. It may have been sien in France." unfair, it may have been - hu- miliating to severeignty, it may have been Beini-colonialism.
Another woman Communia it worked. Chiang_Kuf-| shek, rade to power very large deputy. Madame Alice Spert ly with the help of that system is, from Algeria, protestet | and began his job of unifying against the delay in installing China behind a string of trenty the new Algerian Assembly.
The Government, under' dollar itj ris.
pressure, was acting against Now China' is 'on' her own and the best interest of France (vin Bangkok) Mun can offer in exchange for such within and without her boun-plane crashed four blocks from e only the nebulous hope daries, Madame Sportisse said, the Leon publie square at noon, That the loan might prevent When the Algerian Ausenibly killing eight, serionly injuring Chit from going Communistic finally was convoked, it would 10, and destroying three houses. Of the eight dead, three were Unfortunately for this argu- rise in indignation against the
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