U.S. HAS TO ACT NOW OR WRITE OFF EAST
Findings Of
Investigator
Sent To President Truman CHOICE BEFORE AMERICA
Washington, November 20.
A Senate Investigator said today that the United States must send vast sums of money, supplies, guns and planes to China or write off the entire For East to Communism,
The choice was posed in a report to the Senate Appropriations Committee by Clark is a special com- former Senator D. Worth Clark, of Idaho. sultant to the committee.
Clark said that China, in its war against Communist hordes, faces a crisis and
this country must act now if at all,
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China Testing Ground For New Jets?
Williams Airforce Base,
Arizona, November 20.
A famous aviator of World War, 11 and author of the best-selling noval; "God le My Co-Pilot," eald today that China would be a good prov- Ing ground for new jet planes if the United States should ever go to war against Ru
■IA.
Colonel Robert L. Scott, Janu commander at this jet training centre and former member of the Flying Tigers volunteer group In China. wald if he were not in the re- 'Oular Air Force he would like to join the vatorans of the 14th Air Force, many of whom have volunteered to fight the Chinese Communlata, - United Press.
London Sees China
Crucial Problem
As
London, November 20. Continued diplomatic activity in Europe is distract- ing attention from what more and more emerges as the crucial problem of the day—the Chinese situation.
The struggle in China, most observers now agree, has altered the whole balance of international affairs.
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Above all, the world is wait- Į The deals of this interview ing for a clear pronouncement have not been disclosed. of United States polley in the The impression, however. light of the Communist chol-salning ground that for the pro- lenge to control the whole of sent American policy rests on a cautious appraisal of the military China and through China the situation in Chinn and the con- rest of South East Asia.
In Washington, Mr. Robert Under-Secretary of Lovett, the State for Foreign Affairs, has ex- pounded the American policy to the British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks.
Embassy Servants In Incident
Prague, November 20.
Two members of the British Embassy staff in Pragus wero arrested on the Czech-Austrian, border when customs officers stopped an Embassy lorry being driven to Vienna.
of
Essentials In China Unchanged
•
A report from the official
nuation of military and econo- mile aid, within the limits of exist~ ing
nad the appropriationa dictates of military advice as to where this old can be mot et- fectively given.
The fact remains that the Secretary of State. Mr. George Marshall, when he returns to Washington this week-end, will be faced with the urgent neces eity of deciding with President Truman what the American long-term policy in the Far East is so be.
Emphasis On East
The extent to which the situa- [any bus alrendy sleteriorated intany that the focus of Washing- ton's attention in foreign affairs,
British. Envoy
news arency. Coteka, sald, the Returning
Funy.
other. The
To Nanking
Bhanghal, November 21, The Dritish Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, wha baa been in Beltain for the past thrae month with Lady Stevenson on routine leave, le expected back In Nanking
today.
Bir Ralph and Lady Steven.
son. Ara sald to be travelling from Hong Hong direct to the capital by air.-Reutor.
Lang" was holding mony Horison "Furthermore, it appears hepent which in reality were most hiltle the Pimese Army is not able to
customs men found two Canchs. its beste hetimi Communist longs, avoid tremendous waste of money
Lone wearing an expensive fur jaty He said this practice served only and musterial. The wusie of matte
ent, hiken in petrol drumus Clark 1 .....' arved teses e procliners ridelattosial casualties
alties power is due in part to the
on the lorry. The lorry con- thon bons bedoe President and further dram on the Nationa-equipment that also to lack of or-
Tatred "a great quantity of Tramcam was to plunge into vote hurt resurres.
¦gamsahin. "The waste in maney is
Toys, which the official report Terence here and thuents to chl "thereuser Amerwan elvisory in pay and
vt irge expenses
alleged were being smuggled Jars in Aria art targe
and only
nwrrusel numbers of men not alifised and
into Austria. The Chiun erpara exjos tend to
authority, losses in military reverses. andvisory
New York. November 20.
Belush Erabmasy tonight The In catection with strong re these military he hipts in the best of urgent prezi remierly
The New York Tierald Tri-renßrmed that one of the men, Tratam blems which President
Chinese thro- will theruss on Modelars with the quants, sous intely weak-quests from the
resistance ring the Nationalist
"There is good reason to be- Embassy servant, has been de- visory mathority, he askel var- Secretary of State, George Blure to 12 Commons, in the shelves for American milita ad- bune said in an editorial today. named John William Dixon, an
Generalissimo
He rted. Chiang porte shall, it was understrust that the of the large majority of men in jour sources "Would the Chinese lleve
left Czechoslovakin
President tran Clack's find terviewett,
Government Nutsonnalist
accept Kai-shek's forces have stopped "By the same token real com- ond act upen such authority?" the attempted Communist ad- The Adourvis Traditi Baslergi bat authority on the part of all and noted that " every clor thevance at Hsuchow.",
the tied advising American military stall answer was affirmative." reluctant to trueith
concentrated primarily Ching Koi-jeauld
battles eaners Twise
the essential details of the story To the question "Could China be saved from the Communists isis apparently thought the fall orrculated by the Czech author- European problems, will from
had completely
es. There were two Czechs hid-how on be necessarily shifted to at this late stage whatever the Mukden
the Far East. the Notklists and ten in the lorry and some toys.
One immediate result in form and scope of aid render. moralised
He said the Briton, Owyer, a ed?" the answer was generally that the Yangtse Valley could be "Yes-If the ald comes soon."
taken erally.
Butler at the Embassy, did not pinion of many American krow that there were two European commentators may be that Washington will attempt to hurry forward the existing Euro- Pean plans to consolidate us for as possible in the West in order to be freer to turn to Far Eastern decisions without prejudice to what has already been undertaken
States an arsenal to shek's war because
it considers strategy and perhops substitute
the Generalgosok Guvern= |virtories for defeats,"
etherent, ment corrupt and
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but Churk's retent esttest the alternative
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Clark's report was submitted to the Committee whose manjuvity | The les of his long seped
more American! Chinn was the whole of the Far help to China.
Committee East to the stone farees which the soon will romider the scrond! United States are trying to haft installment of the $400,000,000 In Greere und Westein Europe. China aid already authorised.
Three "Musts"
Any programme fra save "Fallon:
China", Clark said, in meland.
1. "Immediate
Red Policy
The Currency
"China's currency can be stabilised at some point but only
would stimulate
The Tribune said the Commun-
elfim
“But to their surprise, they in-t Government troops who were rendy and willing to fight.
named Charles Dwyer, was released, A spokes- ******GBSSDSSTATUTTOSIS man of the Embassy confirmed
Czechs on board the torry. An official statement here sald one of the Czechs was a The essentials of the situation
Apy and China
Are
not, of
course.
the other
terrorist.
The
recently
if the financing of lurge deficit ¡by increased currency is halted changed by what happened near Customs officers .elnimed
and if confidence in the currency | Hsuchow, There will remains have found in their possession es and erteusive Clink reported that Chiang light among the Chinese can be res-the fundamental problem that thepanuge material relating to the Europe-Reuter.
1ared."
Works. Government lacks the popular Skola
Embassy dirett military aid" in the form him that China must have udili-. The establishment. of a new support it needs in a civil war, spokesman saiet that Dixon, the of American guns, planes and try and fiumeist telp. Chiang stable reservu
"Unless this support can be ob-man deported, was also a butter romwested immeritate all-out mili-cunidence.
tained, the Communists will con-ut the Embassy. 2. Cumbat advice on US unli- tary atd and a'loans for currency i **Industrial rehabilitation should tinue to have an advantage they The lorry made monthly trips tary experts Ant many onions, anfilisation, expressing the spin-be given third place to war aid never should have been given, to Vienna to pick up Embassy ra- Clark sald, feel that Americans that if both were granted by and currency stabilisation) and and the prospects of halting this tions, petrol and supplies for the
pre-march of Communism in China Embassy staff.-Reuter. gramme in part financed by the will continue to be poor."--Unit- ed that Ambassutler United States."---Uuted Press. ed Press.
that the Com="{
ammunition:
bat given oflects shoult combat authority" over Broja 3.
"eat the Tantent States, China might faluded in a Jong
Chinese survive {"link Francia) had to remove the Steart, reported “major portion of the war's cont trom China's eternal bulge plus poles calculatet
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fly emretes
sts adopted
11 "friendship" to lessen the $200,000 fears of Communism within pri-
vate citizens.
the to encourage Kabelraction and a
troops reromsu uc- surender of Nationalist tran
The tion. This would be coupled with and to weaken stra! Aterrian supervision of ex. Army's supply status, penakifuges.
Imag-teman arandif
Semetary Manball has sand that
"underwrite"
the Poster States must be cauifious in
tty effort to China's military and plitical future, Clark, tot, found short- coming in Chian's Government.
Heed: 1. a corrupt situation in which commanding oflcers often withhold from Chinese font soldiers their "mentre regulation pay."
Nationalist
Instead of putting to labour
or punishing captured Nationa. list sroope, the Communists of
tered freedom in return for the
Burrender of a gun. In belea quered cities entirely surrendea by Communists, a surrendered pun constituted a pass to out- kide for ex persona."
Despite much corruption in high military levels, Clark'said that
The increasing military fai- some of the Generatissimo's stall can be attributed to the low
officers have made a beginning soldier marnie,, "general lack of
Towards the confidence" in the Chinese Gov-
the correction
term
French Demarche On The Ruhr
Paris, November 20.
France will tell Britain and the United States next
wook that it would be a "fundamental mis take" to hasten any decision on the Ruhr- the German "arsenal" for two wars—until the essential character of the future German Gov- ernment is known.
of such Her-views will be given in Jeannot be separated from the abuses" by establishing trained a memorandum which will also ownership of the Huhr's mines ernment, the Chinese apathy to paymaster units which go into the urge that effective control of and steel industry. ward the Communist threat and lines and set up a card payroll the Ruhr, to which all the "rapist deterioration of American system for the soldiers "designed Western Allies are pledged. surplus military supplies already to guarantee that each soldier re- granted to President Ching.
Could Be Remedied
eclves his money."
American and Chinese military
-3. "Corruption in upper officials reporteri that the "des- levels" and the Nationalist top perate" supply situation was fur- command, "riddled with bad her complicated by deterioration
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Freighter Refloated
Singapore, November 21. The American freighter Amelia Earhart has been re- floated from a coral reef where the grounded on Thursday night 300 miles North West of Singupore.
Jungle Crash Victims
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"Sinister Plan" Against Empire
Canberra, November 21. The Acting Opposition lea- der, Mr. C. J. Harrison., of the Liberal Party, speaking on the National Citizenship. Bill which gives separate Australian tionality but retains British Kuala Lumpur. November 21.
citizenship, said today: "Legis- Names of five RAF Dakota Bation of this kind is a sinister and Spitfire personnel and one plan aimed at the liquidation Ariny officer., presurned killed of the Empire."
nu-
in two air crashes 22 miles Mr. J. Francis, Liberal Party. North of Kuala Lumpur on Interjected: "Pulling down the November 12, were announced, Union Jack."
Service at Mr. Harrison: "This legisla- Dominions, can be tion to our Headquar-fused to exclude British subjects from the full rights of citizenship
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The existing close relationship:
countries G.O.C. Malaya Army District, and and the allegiance to the Crown Alr Vice-Marshal A. C. Sonder- must not be weakened, he added. son, Commanding the Royal Air,Reuter. Force in Malayo.
Units of the Scots Guards are
expected to resume the search
for the Dakota wreck.
The photograph shows the entrance to Queen's Pler,' Connaught Road Central.
DO YOU KNOW An earlier attempt was unsucYOUR' HONG KONG?| The memorandura will also cessful. Until the location of the complain that the first the French wreck, the personnel are not off- knew of the final Anglo-American clally list dead but pilots who decision to hand trusteeship of viewed the wreck from the afr the Ruhr mines and steel indus- sald they doubted if anyone is
to the Germans was a tele-alive. Associated Press, try phone call to General Pierre Koenig, the French Governor in Germany, on November 0, saying that the decision was to be put into effect. next day,
It was learned at the French Foreign Office today that it was not likely that the memorandum would be sent before Monday or Tuesday,
Meanwhile, the Anglo-Amerl- She was refloated on Friday night after jettisoning 1,500 tons can decision to hand trusteeship of her 8,000 ton cargo of bauxite, the Ruhr mines and steel in- It was not known whether shedastry to the Germans is regard. oull make Singapore under her by the French as tantamount own power. Tugs which helped to refloat her stood by to assist her if necessary.
The jettisoned cargo was worth US$7,500, The freighter WHS bound for Maulic, Alabama.-As sociated Press,
to making the future German Government responsible for de- riding about the ownership of the Ruhr Industries.
This, the French memorandum” will point out, appears extreme- 13 imprudent-Reuter.
MacArthur Visit To Shanghai Denied
Tokyo, November 20,
It was officially dented In Tokyo today that General Dou glas MacArthur, Supreme Allled Commander In the Pacific, would go to Shanghai for talk with Generalissimo Chlang Kal-ahak
The General's pubilo refations officer sæld there was no "truth'in' a`riport (not Reuter) to this affect-Router.
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