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Peiping, November 8.. Immense importance is attached here to Nanking's reported decision to provide General Fu Tro-yi with more arms and give him a free hand in North China.
Some quarters think this decision, late though it is, might still save the day for the Nationalists. In the past General Fu has had to have Nanking's approval for almost every step he took. Also, he did not have the his tents and move West, leaving best weapons Nanking could North Chine a vacuum for the provide nor enough. Nanking Reds to fill. was evidently afraid General Fu might become too powerful and bite the hand that fed him. Now, when anything might happen, Nanking seems at last to have decided to back General Fu to the hit.
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NO CHINA PEACE WITH COMMUNISTS
London, November 8.
China does not intend to seek peace with the Com- munists despite her recent reversas, a spokes- mon of the Chinese Embassy told the Asso- ciated Press on Sunday morning.
Ammo Ship Walk-Out
He said the information was based on the latest official in- formation received from Home. Dr. Y, S. Chen, the Embassy Prexd Attache, was commenting on rumours of Imminent peace moves in China' following a Tass (Bus.jan News Agency) an-
Honolulu, November 8, nouncement on Sunday that Gen-
Crew replacements are being eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek, The first thing General Fu.must+Chinese President,
had cabledflown from, New York for the do, his supporters say, is try 10 greetings to Russia on the occa-Panamanian ship Virginia II, raise the fighting spirit of hission of the 31st Anniversary of delayed here on Saturday when troops, undeniably affected by the October Revolullon there. 16 seamen demanded extra pay events in Manchuria,
Toss Bald that the greetings to sull with a load of ammue Then there is the question of were addressed to Mr. N. Mnition for China. bolstering defences
North Shvernik, of
Chairman of the China, particularly around Shan Presidium of the Supreme Soviet haikuan, where the Great Wall of the U.S.S.R. Dr. Chen sald: meets the sea.
"It seems here that Generalis- shino Chiang Kai Shek's cable to Moscow was
munisti.
The ship is to depart for Shangha! today.
The 16 Latin American crew-
Chinese quarters again predict
men walked off the vessel when courtesy. He has their demand for a bonus, was General Fu's command might be
not met. They asked for the ex- extended to embrace what is left frequently conveyed greetings to of Nationalist Manchuria an area the Kremlin during the war at tra mount upon learning explo much less than one-tenth of one ome ngainst the Chinese Com-sives were to be loaded at Pearl
Thero
obviously Harbour. per cent of that vast territory.
General Fu at last in expected would support the reported rum-tive
nothing in the cable itself which Mr. Warren Titus, representa- for Thomas H. Davies, to get what he has long asked for
ours of coming peace moves in Limited, Ships Agent, said the The Catholic Archbishop of
direct delivery of the army. China and all our latest informa ship's Captain offered to pay a These Westminster, Cardinal Bernard
ese presumably will he unload-on from the Chinese Government bonus but could not meet the ed at Tientsin.
indicates strongly that China will fallers "high demands." Grifin, sold in a Remembrance Day sermon, broadcast tonight Fa is enabled to hold out against
Some quarters think it General{fight"on""."
Dr. Chen added that while I want an extra
The crewmen were reported to from Middlesbrough Cathe-the coming Red offensive in Horth had been frequently
US$600 for the said that China voyage. drat: "Communism with
had its China and the best talents avail-Moscow was supporting the Com- offered 15 per cent above their
The captain denial of God and oppression Juble are employed in the other munist fighters in China, the regular wages.--Associated Press of man continues to sow the theatres, the Red de might yet fallegation had never been made sonds of hatred, revolution and be halted. Others though, think it officially by his Government. anarchy.
is tou Inte.-Associated Press. Associated Press.
"Tyranny, worse than that of the Nazis, talks the face of the earth.
The principles so readily proclaimed in the Atlantle Char- ter have been ignored, and the United Nations Organisation has become a babble
of opposing volces and rendered useless by Russia's constant use of the vetu.
"We should support all the efforts to secure the recognition of human rights. Man's rights cannot be swept away to suit the neexis
of some new tyranny.”~ Reuter
Stooge Union's Demand
Berlin, November 7, The Communist controlled free German trade unlon, as work- sociation, representing ers in the Soviet Zone of Ger- many, has asked the Council of Tradu, Unions in the West- ern Zone for
an immediate inter-zonal trade union "to prevent any further 'deteriora- tion of workers'
tions in the Westerng condi-
Zones."
'Something' Big Brewing
Nanking, November 8. Tension rose steadily today in this nervous Chinoso capital, where it was felt "something big" was browing on both the political and military
fronts of the civil war,
Unofficial reports indicated a battle was developing slowly but steadily for the Suchow defence line that guards Nanking.
Chiang Kai-shek continued North West of Nanking. This his week-long series of day would expose the flank of gov and night conferences behind ernment forces defending Pengpu on the Guchow railway, 100 miles closed doors.
from Nanking.-Associated Press.
Most official sources insisted President Chiang was determinet to protect this and other great Yangtse Valley ellies from tho rampant Communist armies. They said he would not consent to cupitul nor erek move China's peace negotiations.
Rumours of both these possi- bilities persisted.
Attention focused
today's regular weekly memorial meeting
on
"It is with grave horror that went the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
view the daily deterioration of our colleagues working conditions in the West," the letter said.
"Workers and employees in Western Germany are brutally and innocently suppressed by proft-seeking hyenas,
"Only close collaboration be- tween the workers of all four. zones enn effectively combat the dangers of hgiher profits and ex- cessive prents."-Reuter.
t
was believed Chiang might give some clue at that time.
Hundreds of government off- cials were urgently attempting to move their familles from Nan- king. Among them were many who still insisted publicly that the US was "premature" in warning American citizens to get out a government war dispatches sald Communists were belleved to have
Fengtai, captured
120 ralles
Jap Scientist's Cancer Claim
New York, November 7.
COMET SIGHTED BY PLANE
Adelaide, November 7. The pilot of an Australian Birliner today reported sight- ing a comet which Mr. George F. Dodwell, the South Austra- Han Government astronomer, belleves it is a new one.
The plane was flying from Perth to Adelaide when, at 3 a.m., the pliot and passengers saw a comet which the pllo! described as of the first magnitude of brightness and about half as intense as Venus, which was visible nearby.
The passengers said the comet was visible for about 90 minutes until dimmed by the daylight. Reuter.
Hirohito's Speech To The Diet
Tokyo, November 8.
Emperor Hirohito today said that, thanks to the goodwill and assistance of the Allied powers, plus the efforts of the Japanese themselves, there was now • "gleam of hope for the re- habilitation of our country."
Aussie Mine Strike Over?
joint session of the House of Emperor Hirohito told the
Representatives and the House of Councillors, in the latter's Chamber. "It has also become possible for us to be hopeful that the livelihood of tho people, elther materially
The New South Wales coal- spiritually, will begin nearing miners may end their three- stabilisation."
or
Sydney, November 7,
day old strike on the Govern-
He stressed that the Japanese ment's terms, sources close to must exert "unremitting efforts State and Federal Ministers hereafter In order that our com- sald today,
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worthy of in cultural State, may the miners' lenders that Unleas covered a powerful disease-transmitting agent be readmitted into the community work was resumed drastie action which causes cancer in rats.
of nations and may thus regam would be taken. This would in the
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under the-old constitution. report again raised the question
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The Diet had been called into force. The strike, which is costing sident of Osaka Municipal Uni- Virus and whether its coccus versity and Vice-President of the sessiert einpryd o pins the 50.000 tons of coal a day and In measures already successful
MacArthur-Inspired revision of threatens to paralyse Australian with other virus-induced diseases. Japanese Medical Association and the national public service law transport and industry, arose from
case for the past seven years has been which would deny The scientist said the new can- President of the Japanese Cancer workers the right to strike and some tunnel workers who are not Government an' Inter-Union dispute involving cer-transmitting substance w Society. discovered accidentally during
bargaining. United members of the Miners Federa-For Dr. John Bittner, University of collective
| 1ton-Reuter.
the war when research scientist Minnesota scientist, injected potassium · arsenite into
ad
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who identi the virus-like milk factor 12 a stock rat which already been treated with an azo com-years ago by which mice transmit breast cancer through the mother pound. The rut was then sent to mouse's milk, sald Dr. Kinoshita's Dr. Kinoshita, who found that it
description of the new
agent "meets the classic definition of a virus"-United Press.
Was
of the developing cancer, connective tissue, with totally different characteristics from all animal tumours so far known".
Dr. Kinoshita found that fluid from the rat's abdomen contained. malignant cells in a state of suR. pension and he began a long ser- Jics of testa which demonstrated that highly patent tumours could be transmitted from the rat to other rats in many ways.
Federalist
-Union Meets
Rome, November 7.. About 500 delegates from 12 nations attended the opening of the second annual congress Awesome Tumours of the European Union of He found also ihat fluid from Federalists in the Palazzo the infected rat's stomach, dilut-Venezia here today.
ed 100,000 times, still carried the The Italian President, Luigi transmitting agent. When this Einaudi, told the delegates. he Buid was injected into the body regretted that "my position pro- Cavity of rais, tumours "awesome vents me from taking part in the in size and number" developed a Congress."
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