THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1948.
HEAVY TROOP MOVES THREAT TO SHANGHAI
IN PEIPING AREA
Chennauli Sees Soong
A
from
Shanghai, November 25.
Chinese
raport Canton ald today that
General Major
Claire L. Chennault, President of the Civil Air Transport and former Commander of the United States 14th Air Force, arrived in Cantan on Wed- nesday and called on Dr. T.V. Boong, Governor of Kwang tung-United Press.
Freighter Lost In Atlantic
Newcastle, November 24.
and belleved kut in
Tientsin, November 25.
Heavy Government troops movaments have been reported along the Paiping-Tientsin section of the railway line throughout the past 24 hours, upsetting passenger traffic' and leading to a crop of rumours among intending passengers. While morning trains between Peiping and Tientsiņ`
were subjected to delays, traffic was at a standstill in the afternoon. No regular after- noon trains left the port city for Peiping and all were eventually cancelled.
It is believed that the curbit a mine on the Peiping-Kai- rent troop
Nuskou movements along railroad South of this stretch of the railway are and 25 miles North West of Pel- Na-ping. The number of ensunities conneried with: reported
Repairs tionalist
on both not been disclosed. operations
were being rushed.
sades of the track centring on und The North, Wuching, Antze, to the South.
Simutuanomedy, the pubile bus service along the highway
be
ཊྛི བྲཱ>+**ཏྠ། Tenisin and Shengfang, Daly 37 miles to the West, was zusprolet.
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Central Bellve
U.S. Arms?
TEMPORARILY REMOVED
Shanghai, November 25,
The Chinese Rad throat to Nanking and Shanghai appeared today to be removed for the time boing. The second Communist offensive on' Hsuchow has
slowed down if not stopped. Despite the fact that there is alill no clear-cut picture that can be drawn in today's battle situation, these facts stand out: The trapped Government forces under General Hunng Po- tan, while suffering losses estl- mated up to 70 per cent in the battle of Nienchuaug, 50 miles East of Hauchow, fought out of <mcirclement and re- the Red Jaloed rescue columns 20 miles Enst of Hsuchow.
1.
Govt Still To Handle ERP Grain
Washington, November 25. The ECA Administrator, Mr 2. The Importance lies not so much in the remnants escaping Paul Hoffman, naid today after us in pinning down strong Red a meeting with President Tru- Y} man that the Government Spencer grmules under General Chen
for more thig a fortnight, en-would continue to handle grain sabling other Nationalist troops to purchases under the European
recapture Suhalen and clear the Recovery Programme. real lifeline between Nanking and
fsuchow.
Asociated Prea Mooss
reporla from Palping that current rumours strong to ignore" way that Am. erican arma from Japan reaching North China. General Fu's headquarters re- un the reports.
The Comminea Hope have been rather lufety and by capturing Sheng-fused comment
triti
Al-
The owners of the Newrastle have ploted a seriessible indication they may be freighter, Hope Star, now ne
Imer only 30 miles West of Tien well founded,
Chiang Kai-shek is known to days overdue
is located close have agreed Shenglang
recently to direct Antze where Nationalist
hipments of arms to Fu's armies, reported lantic, were told by Loyals to-operations have
which need them badly. day that 21 mest intensive over the week-orul. search for the ship Is in pro-
Kresa
No word has bewers heard from her since November 14 when her master ratine that heavy wen- then 200 1ặes East of New York had dangerl the ship's deri water tank
The Hope Star was crossing the Atlantic in ballast to pick up a cargo of grain at Philadel phia for Alexandria. Ahe left the Tyne on Novembar 2.
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Die Master is 33ufte of Tham City.
F. H.
have been
Tungku, port of Tientsin, is the Patrol contact East of Tung.
only point where shipments for miles East of North Chinn could unload. 10 chow, about Peiping, indicated that there
deatre for Communist little
Info plunging
RO immediate engagement and they will with. draw to new positions at Paoli and Chibsien, within an Arc threatening Peiping.
Railway Destroyed
The Nationalists on East Hopei, ANDING area, of the crew of 4, 30 at Tv-bryonal the l
the nesling.
have demolished rompletely railway between Lundston and Subasen, about as tolles East of fasten.
The Nationalists are nise
In New York, the Coastguard the ship had ut it helpsă sunk, and there is little possibil-
ity of VIVOD. Reuter ami As-gated for a reducing the rall
suttacker! Prenos.
POLICEMAN KNEW BETTER
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WION
1unlisten notween Kusch, about it des Westward. froin double track to ti shagle ties. Accumulated demolished rails will he used for laying an additional track between Tong shan od sathe Irudiately he Jow Tutku.
Chunwanging is normally an alternative port but it has been
put off from rail communications
with Tienisin since September 12. --Reuter and Associated Press,
Arms Case Sentences
case
Cardi, November 24. The results of a
at Cardid in which it was alleged that an attempt was made to shup 35, armoured transport trucks to Palestine, were heard today.
of
The ECA had proposed to turn 3. At the same time the Reda, back to private dealers on De- who sought to by pass auchowcember 1 all grain deals for and
drive Southward toward Enr countries, but the plan was Pengpu, another Government opposed by
the Secretary Agriculture, Mr. Charles Bran- ann, who wanted the Commodity Credit Corporation to retain Its. purchasing authority.
atronthold North of Nanking. were set back on their heels.
The Communist attempts to cross tha
utili Grand Canal, further East of Hauchow, word stopped.
Canal The area between the. And the sea, which af one tire appeared to be an easy route for
Mr. Hoffman said after л 15- minute
conference with Mr. Truman that the President felt. it desirable under the present
to return conditions not
pur-
the Reds to follow to the mouth of the Yangtse, appears to chases back to private dealers, cleared of the Communists, A fled | Mr. Hoffman also said Mr. Tru- drive Southward along that cor- man told him he wanted him to
01 | man ridor would have places them opposite to Chinking, threatgas ang river communications from the Pacific 10 Shunghat and Nanking.
KIDK.
However, the Reds are still in considerable strength further lyr the North East and North West of suchow.
Some neutral military quarters have
think that the Reda sull
other posibility against Nan- klet and Shanghai,
Drive On Nanchang? All the defendents were found.
of the elarge of being the
That involves a wide swerping ty exporters of the vehicles.
drive from a point West of Hisu- The New York and Eastern i chow
Wuhsil, Southward 10 Trading
lined, which
the up
river from Company was £500. James Simmonds, the Nanking just after the Yangtse Managing Director, WIR Bned bends Southward, then on around Actual work starts Inlay on this project which is important 560 or 12 months imprison-10 Nanchang which is South West
ment, Cecil Englund £250 or of Shanghai,
for movements and nounced dead yesterday by a transporting Kailan Mining Ad-nine munths, Mrs. England £250
mie fir
New York, November 25. Mary Grey 25, Was
with
for
A successful Red push to both would give them months, Henry Epps either or
direct in or six months and Richard highways and rail itues Epps £30 or three months. toward the two elties as well as country where fast On behalf of Simmonds 11 was n rolling stated that he did not appear at marches could be made.
cause of the realisation that he had made certain mistakes in the evilence.-Reuter,
hospital attendant
the ministration enal to Tank for ambulance which responded to shipment Southward and to Cen-
tral China. an emergency cali.
A Joint transport office is bes Today she in recovering from an uvertese of sleeping pills being established by the Peiping cause a policeman, Richard Pet-Mukden Railway and the Tang-the last hearing of the case be-
per-ku Itarbour Bureau to accelerate rovine, detected bears of spiration un hir brow and found enl shipments.
General Fu Tae-yi, Nationfist mirror he indst gathering on a
North china commander, ro. placed before her mouth.
ported that all Reds had been Petrovine applied artifical res-
called piration and
cleared from Taingiungwan. if tutar.
true, this will lessen the dan Mary was sent to hospital, where her condition was described
ger to the Southern half of the fair. United Press.
Peiping-Tientsin rail line.
say
COUNCIL FOR
WALES
London, November 24.
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Planes Active
Fu also reported that Nation-
alists struck North froo Tienisin
in an attempt to link with an- other force maving South froin An
It
just an idea but it is not discarded in the long range view of what might happen. United Press.
Americans Flock To Aid China
Pittsburgh, November 24. unofficial movement to reorganise Major- General Clairo Chonnault's Flying Tigers and send them back to China is drawing thousands of volunteers.
in order to meet Welsh com-the aren East of Peiping. plaints that Wales has not enough At the same time, Nationalist her own affairs, the Bri-planes attacked the Reds at Chi- tish Goverment today proposed listen and other points near Pei- a Council for Wales and Mon-ing in an action which appear- mouthshire. The Council will con-ed as an effort to keep the cheny sist of representatives
The plan received the en-volunteers here last night. of Welsh spread out. local authorities, employers,
Hendquarters claimed that Na-dorsement of Chiang Kai-shek, men were instructed on proposed workers, and other organisations. tionalists in Sulyuan
continued but cannot be put into opera-training plans and given progress It would now be up to the to expand their holdings around tion until the United States reports on efforts to have the re- Council to see that the Govern-Kwelsui, provincial capital. Government agrees to send aid organisation approved by the
Government.United Press.
ment was adequately inform- Forces were reported moving to war-torn China, the execu- ed on the trends of Welsh opinion West toward the approaches 10 tive Vice-President of the
in the economic and cultural fields Poolow, Western terminus of the Association and on how departmental activities į Peiping-Suiyuan railroad. affected the lives of the Welsh Meanwhile, a Nationalist arm- people.--Reuter,
oured train was reported to have
BI-CENTENARY OF HYMN COMPOSER
London, November 24.
Britain this wook celebrates the bi-contanary of the composer of one of the best-loved hymns in the English-speaking world, Isaac Watts, author of "God Our Help in Ages Past.”
(Mr Willem
Arther) said today.
ali
Pending the Government's sponsorship, the Association recruiting volunteers from
of the Darts
country. Mr. Arther, formerly a Lieu- tenant-Colonel, is heading the muvement in place of the Asso- clation's President, General Casey Vincent, who is still in the ser- vica.
General Chennault already has notifed Mr. Arther he would be willing to resume leadership of the Flying Tigers, and, Mr. Arther Bald. thousands of veterans are -volunteering to return to duty. The organisation would prise at least 200 pilots and 1,800
com-
for
In the two centuries since He collected money for mis-ground men and after a refresher Watts' death, this and others of sienary work among the Indians; In the United States would move
"Harvard and to the island of Formosa his hymns have become more lound donury for and more associated with great acted as Trusice for two út that training, then to operations in occasions of Thanksgiving and university's important funds. He China. The men would fly P-518
also helped in the choico Remembrance.
of and A-255. and profes- The Association held meeting Whether sung in humble vil-Harvard textbooks
of about 385 Pittsburgh district lage churches, or in great cathe-sors. Reuter. drals, such as St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, the hymns:
·reffect in simple verso a nation's
thankfulness.
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Walts wrote nearly 700 hymns,
of which are still sung by
many denominations
With the publication
Songs"
of
"Hymna and Spiritual in 1707 the English people begun to sing Hymns re- gularly at their church meetings. this was considered an important factor in making services more cheerful and lightening religion during the 18th century, thus paving the way for the great Methodist revival led by John and Charles Wesley,
Watts was a dissenting clergy- man. Yet his interent spread far beyond the conflice of his own parish, or even his own, country, In later life to know leaders of the colony of New England. His homa in London became the clearing hous for American
problems.
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stay on as recovery administra- tor and indieated that the former Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Averell Harriman, would 2011-
ECA tinue as
roving Amhas- sadkor in Europe.
There hnv been reporta Mr. Harriman might take over the top ECA pest or perhapti became Secretary of State f Mr. George Marshall resigns.
Mr. Hoffman said Mr. Truman did not indicate how long he wanted to continue grain pur ebases through the Coveeminent. The Administrator
explained that he had wanted! to try each method for six months to see which
operation WES the i
more economical-United Press.
Indonesian Accusations
of
Paris, November 24.
sincere desice Pledging its for new negotiations with the Netherlands, the Republic Indonesia today charged the Netherlands authorities with! four major violations of year-old truce in Indonesia.
The
the
Republican Government claimed in a statement circulat- ed to delegations at the United Nations General Assembly" that continuous Dutch charges of truce violations by the Indonesians are untrue and are disturbing the proper atmosphere for the ro- opening of negotiations,
"The Republic of Indonesia sincerely hopes that the efforts of the Security Council's Committes of Good Offices to renew negotia- tions will meet with success," t added.-Reuter.
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