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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1948.
HOUR OF DECISION APPROACHES Reds See Victory FOR NORTH CHINA COMMANDER " One More Year"
Hush-Hush On Hsuchow Air Drops
Shanghas, December 10.
Poiping, December 10.
The hour has just about come when the Nationalist North China Commander Fu Tso-yi, will have to decide whether to stand and fight for Peiping. or to make a strategic withdrawal.
He can't contract his forces further without jeopar-
dising his strategic position.
will be extreme-lack ping and possible Tungku by the Reds.
of ship- isolation
Airlift Near
A Record
Berlin, December 9. United States and British
of planes brought in 6,312 tons of supplies to Berlin in the secona
veer
operations.
wny to Tungchow And
Allled airmen mode 76% flights then
10 Peiping. might
to give forceful unswer to the Westward, toward Nunkow on
The new Russian bld to impede the Pelping-Kalgan railroad afairlift supply service, the South end of Nankow Pass. The Russians had complained of 26 miles North West of Peiping.13 instances of alleged dangerous
Now flying by American
British airlift planes,
Peiping is anxiously awaiting his decistoff. Over the past 48 hours there have been signs of disturbing activity around the The Reds North East of Pel-consecutive day of neat-recard city, Nationalist families liv-ping, instead of trying to force A news black-out by Goy-
ing outside the walls have been their ernment order has been en-ordered inside. forced on commercial air drops in the suchow area, an airline spokesman was quoted as say- ing today by the China Press.
Three airlines,
In engaged shumping Jouds of supplies 10 Nationalet troops somewhere in the Hauchow uren, have been for- bilan by Nanking to carry news - pagermen on their fights.
Most dependents of the Air North China have Force
10 safer regions been down Shanghai, Canton,, Hankow and Formos,
built.
Old Rumours
11
and
Wire
"In
Nanking, December 9.
The Chinese Communist Badio said today, that, the Red forces might overthrow President Chiang Kai-shek's regime in around ons more year and callest upon ull-Chinese women to help them.
The broadcast summoned women of all social classes to a nationwide conference next spring to map their parti- cipation in the struggle against American ingerfallsm and its stooges, the Kuomintang reactionaries.
The Radio said that beenuse of the Communist light- ning, advances it is fundamentally possible to overthrow the reactionary Kuomintang Government in one more year. -United Press.
Premier Holding Cabinet Talks
Shanghai, December 10. Chinese political circles in Shanghai hinted today that China's now Premier, Sun Fo, has been in conference from his bod (where he is com valescing from a foot operation) on the forma- tion of a new Cabinct.
Today's airlift was surpussed In the Hitle walled town of
If the Reds took Naukow and only by that in September when
tuny themselves
the 3,97
of supplies Tungchow, 12 miles East of Pei-deployed ping, barricades and other des mountains Banking the
brought to Berlin, in pass,
special fence works are feverishly being General Pur's Innd escape route show for the Russians benefit.
There was a flurry of exelte- will be useless. Fu, aware of this,
British-licenced has shifted some of his best ment when the
Northward from Tientsin.newspaper Telegrat reported that burricading **** | The Trinsiana Fu's withdrawni from points
themselves in Radio Berlin build- dangerously near Pelping hasing in the British sector, expecl- offered the general public FL ing an uttempt lo throw them Chinese puzzle which no one į nul. Hovgver, a correspondent During talks yesterday. can solve.
who visited the building Jound Sun was said to have offered only twe bored Russian sentries Cabinet posts to such Party and armed with automatte rifles.
Nu explanatim for the Govern-
Tungehow up the headquarters ment orders against newspaper.
Mallunatist
Army. of the ausdrops of the 13th pupur covZEIRO Was givia. The secretive hauls Withdrawn last month from Jehol which General Fu were first underlaken by the air-
provlace ten was forced to paurice his hold lines on Wednesday, following a
Nationalist perind of supplying Nationalist ings because of the forces ut undisclosed points recollapse in Manchuria. purlet to be all along the Peng- ps-Istusbow battle front
Before The clamped down
Government
on the releaze
DI information оп air-drops, one company spokcaman ro- vealed that it was operating 10 planes in the area.
The feet operating out of Nan- ling was expreted to complete 30 alt-rtrops, each day,
The best estimates Available Inst might showed that up to 35 ariners ate now engaged in air-
Escape Corridor
At present the Reds gathered South Wart of Pelping and on the Peiping Jehol railroad are less than 22 miles North East of this former capital.
Fighting
troops
were
MINE TRAGEDY
Dr. T Shuc and Chang are understood to favour a renewal of effort for Home sort of condition with the Communists; the others are opposed.
Ali
All six promised to Government,
declined posts
help outside
bu! the
The most optimistic theory so far is that Fu in preparing
The British denied they intend-Government veterans as Chang trap for the Reds by enticinged to force the Russians out- Chun, former Premier. W them into a poallion in which United Press.
Teh-chen Secretary-Gencial of the Central Committee of the they can be encircled.
Kuomintang, Wong Wen-ban, But even if he is doing this,
Former Premier, Chen Li-fu.
Conferences were still in pro- and there is no evidence he is.
London, December 7.
Vice-President of the Legisla-gress today. Three men trapped I the risk of follure is catastrophic,
Dr. Sun is reported after ап
Li-tze. KOR
bc-
one to intend to return to Nanking Fu's spokesman will say only. underground fire in the Hesketh Live Yuan, Shoo tween Peiping and Kalyan, Fu "You will hear good news in the pit of the Whitfield unit at time Ambassador to Moscow, on December 13 to assume office
escape couture."
Tunstall today are feared dead, und Chung Tso-yl's Westword
Chi-thang. the on December 15. according to ก National Coat Generalissimo's representative Board statement.-neuter,
in North West Chinn.
FI
GI
secret
ridor which the Reds are trying Developments have revived to seal. If they succeed, Generaloid rumours that
iniks Fa's armies have only one outlet ore under way for the creation Tonsku, the seaport of Tien- of a coalition Rovernment in drops. Their peak copacity was tsin, but even if they tried te North Chinn when Nanking falls. even as 75 Nights daily.-Router poll bul That way difficultier Some say these tolks started on Dreember 1 and are still going
CHINESE “BROKE”
IN AMERICA
Approximately 2,500 Chinese men and women studying in American universities have been laft virtually penniless by the crisis in China.
Big Push
In Europe Recovery
are
with 10-
They
threatened
they deportation unless ceive immediate monetary aid.
With their monthly_allowance from Nanking cut off and un-
be able to take employment cause of their student visas, the Chinese students have become Hable to deportation by not be Ing able to support themselves, said Troup Mathews, foreign student adviser at Columbiu Uni- versity.
Washington, December 1. Marshall Aid officials today sounded out Congressional Mr. Mathews explained that lenders on the possibility of a many were on the verge of des
living marked increase in aid funds pair because of crampedi next year, which would allow conditions and insufficient food.
The
allowance monthly US$70 from the Chinese- Government had been suspended indefinitely.
for a big push in European re- covery.
Eronomie Administration of- feials and budget experts con- ferred with Senators Tom Con- nally and Arthur Vandenberg. the future and present Chairman, respectively, of the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, which will dest rule on the amount lo be allocated for future economic recovery programme operations.
The present plans call for an expenditure
$4,500,000,000
Columbia University, which has the largest singla Chinese student group in the country, and other colleges and univer- sities are considering an bp-
ott.
The Possibilitios
The confused outlook in eleny in at least one respect; it pre- sents three possibilities' Arst, a night to the death: second, with-
Recommendations
One report emanating from his slek room conference was that i he did not shortly succeed in forming a Cabinet which would include all Party and Govern- ment factions he would imme- diately resign.-Associated Press.
On Europe Unity He "Talked
Paris, Decomber 9.
Irawal.to the North West: third, A delegation of the European Movement, of which rompromise.
Post experience coursets scepticism about any fight to the finish.
As to withdrawal to the North West-Fu has concentrated the bulk of his personal troops in the Peiping. area and
left the Tientsin-Tangshan area largely Forces. to Central Government
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As to compromise, the Reds are in a position now where they don't have to bargain and can settlement. Rumour dictate
but says they accept nothing complete submission.
Stil KOSL observers here think they would make at least face-saving concessions.--Asko- ciated Press.
URANIUM FIND IN ITALY
Rome, December 9. The Communist newspaper Unita reported today that two types of ores containing uranium,
Mr. Winston Churchill is a President, today pre- sented a series of recommendations to the five power inter-governmental committoo on Euro- peon unity.
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The recommendations urged: Isoon as possible and inclusionese is returning to Japan as d 1. Summoning of a consul-within its scope of economic, missionary. tative :European Assembly as military and constitutional mat-
Sibelius Celebrates
Birthday
ters.
■
Jucul Desmazer. 35. Blatt ser- geant bombardier In the famed 2. Increasing tife number
Doolittle Tokyo raid, left hers countries taking part in the unity for San Francisco to embark on movement to include all free December 14. He is representing peoples of Europe, especially the Free Methodist Church and Italy.
accompanied by his wife and
3. Membership of the Assem-year-old son. bly to rellect the relative Im- portance of the political forces of the country concerned.
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was a prisoner for 10 months, 34 of them in solitary He was capturod when he parachuted from his disabled plano into a Chinese 5. A laison between Eu cematory.
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During solitary of Ministers
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European and determined to become a Movement and the Assembly, missionary and return to Japan work.-United
peal for United States Govern. 15od in the manufacture of atomic their greetings by telegram. The the international Conncil of the
Press.
Duncan Sondys (son-In- to carry out his of Mr. Churchill), Chairman the Executive Committee of Movement, announced that
European Movement would meet in Brussels next February 25 to 28. This conference would be opened by the Belgian Prime
KIDNAPPED BY GUERILLAS
Helsinki, December 10. Congratulatory telegrams from all over the world con- tinuo-to pour into the home of the
Finnish
Jan composer, Sibelius.
Sibelius quietly ceicbrated his on Wednesday 83rd · birthday
Mr. surrounded only by members of law
But friends and ad- of his family.
sent the mirers in many countries bonks, have been found noar Cuneo, in the Pledmont area of great that the local post office steady flow of cables became so
North Italy.
in Jaervenpacae was flooded and "American Universities
Mining experts have
Athens, December 5. been the general office in nearby Het conducting secret operations in
United States Army Engineers colleges modo every effort
announced today that Sibellus also received a wel- and Work had been going on at the come addition to his
Mr. Churchill, M. Leon Greek guerillas are believed to stack
of Blum (France) and the fallen have kidnapped Mathews,
Larisin water purifying station cigar boxes, by friends in New Prime Minister, Signor Alcide de named Graessner in the Kozane be possible," said Mr. tween July 1, 1949 and June 30, but the present financial crisis 50 miles from Turin because of York. The United States envoy exereds their means and only the well known radio activity of
Gasperi, are expected to speak. to Helsinki, Mr. A.M. Warren.
area of Macedonia, Government action can prevent the water.
paid him an unexpected
The Movement will also hold visit,
Graessner was driving a truck Some suggestions have been the exodus of Chinese students The discovery of uranium in bringing fresh cigars to thean economie conference in Lon-accompanied by, a Greek inter-
don made that a batter and more which would mean a major blow the Po Valley was reported in cigar-loving
next April and a cultural preter when he disappeared. The composer. Asso- effective course would be to, to cultural relations beween the June, 1947.-Reuter.
conference at a placè nol yet de- truck ciated Press,
was found burnt out.- increase sharply the second two nations."
cided next September-Reuter. Reuter.
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