PEIPING ISOLATION VIRTUALLY COMPLETE
Paiping, December 15.
Chinese Communists completed the isolation of
Peiping yesterday.
They cut the railway to the sea after the Government
itself had closed the city's airfields. Authorities disclosed that all traffic to Tientsin was
cut when the Reds attacked and destroyed sec- tions of the railway near Langfang, 30 miles South East of Tientsin.
Repair gangs were proceeding reduce the ferritory held by the in North China, Authorities Nationalists to the scene, bul
Ly straight were in the dark over the num- which is uited ber of Communists operating in time from Pelping, through Tien-
Babour. the area. The railway often tsin, down to Tangkit
The evacuation of Latat was has been cut by guerilla raids indertaken following Lay
Communist forver closed Authorities
the Southpearance of
behind the Nationinf troops in airteld, the lost airlink with the
the veiny of Chating, 70 kilo outside world The city's West
#n Tenisin, On Monday metres marie bed was clowed
fighting has occurred, Words Nationalist ground troops are re-98
fo the laird the Wet to tear a pall to be looking
withdrawal,
Cett
With The Communists based Northward,
at Yutjen, directly
Papsones trade was halted an the Pripingt-Denison railway. the one and line to the nisice at Intan, the whole alway which the Cusnamnals de
control The avion
# vid
not stretch beyond Tangku with thinnerable to the Communist druts end to disruption, which might
owing to troop manveraends,
The closing of Perputs twal roult in the isolation of Gene marbell
not readily plained
Preparing For A Siege
The situation around Pelling;
I growing Increasingly Carlour with military trucks, troops, supplies congecting the
with streets And
into
the
refuseca
Ancient
forces Chu Chi-l's taken lato immedurtely
leaving Tengshan).
who
let
Meanwhile, General Fu Tec y's hendquarters
Peiping 415 been removed from Th Western suburb Incide the capital following
Com the munist advance.
General's Appeal
Simultaneously,
Santa Claus Plane For Berlin Kids
Berlin, December 14,
A "Panta Claus" Skymaster Jaden with Christmas toys. sweets and clothing for Barlin children landed today at Tempelhof Airport
the United States sector of the capital.
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andreds of children greet-
plane, whoas
cargo
ad the
came from Americans In
Western Germany.
and
Americana In Berlin the United States Zane have
$20,000 for collected
230 parties for about 28.000 Ber. In children,-Reuter.
Chemical
Industry Control?
London, December 14. The Government is to insti- inquiry into the Lifts: chemical industry. Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Bourd of Trade, announced today.
The Government should know capital while the Authoritien
its long-term plans and probable anic, commuurennes of development, lie are preparing for a alege.
ков British 1lichting
Los with the new Zonas at and the Association las Simultanody,
Manufacturers had occurred between
mad Fatal midway between Tangkhenient Poping
reason been a ked to prepare a riport Fengir, the South East approach Harbour and Tongshan, to the ancient capital
intricate on the lines he hid indicated. 19 - ond the latest reports
the Tant
Nationalista have
The Trade Union Congress inad metres away Later in the moaði.
agreed with this Jille DI ep. evaru the positions there. Ing Praze of Communists
leout proach, Mr Wilson adied. The Tientsin- Carrion thus outside peared
Reuter's Mr. Free Wighton, Kwannen, South Western quarters advancing
wrlies: political correspondent, Lauluah ni Verpent, and
henry few from mudnjela to 8.00 The pality that the Guveru- gure was and audible in the wide me Garrison Commenderment will apply sine forms of General Chin Chang-obeh, 1- mational control to the lenical Air. 1.00
a statement after The Mayor.
Yturruert
;1 duy industry has already been the rumburs.
hyer of speculation. chung, told weann torlay That wall
end. General Pu Tagen dass night re- ceived the Governor of Hoper, popolare from falling Viet Mr. Chu Shi-rturs, the Chanman the Communist proptranda of of the Peiph City Counell, Mr.fensive in
elly.
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ap
war's
the
discouraging
the
to
the Nutionnina Fem
Hsu Bwed to and tunelf and and the accompanying whipped through them
TURI
song De population:
patience
nce me campaign.
assuring
He urged calmes, during the
them that foot and eat wave present cited situation. Buffetent for reveral months.
Tempontes hospitals ale 2011- templates and dest and corps are
organisert
Frizer
ordered
M
Well-infonned
Stripers General Chow That
Falk bead of the Chinese All Porre,
11 planes
Cirattal The point where lighting oc- without consulting curred
respings Tan Y, Nationalist Commander Inday Western subur chude Papan the Northern fronts, shan, close to the Murco Polo Bridge where the China Incident) originated' in 1937, and Metou-{ kou, where British-owned 'mines are-formiert
H.Q. Evacuation
About Over
Aserviates Press euvoaspen-
A conubierable xxly of opinion. thinks, however, that the indus try with its compilations, woul
stand itself to nonalisatiani
the arrepton sense. Reuter,
Red Menace
To Australia
Sydney, December 14.
Newspapers in Sydney are warong that the Communist advance in China is a menace Le Australia.
dents reported that 195-National-id on editorial that Austra
Sydney Bally Telegraph e-operation with the United States should become closer than
ist plans from Peipin had ar rived at Tsingtao Whore Ameri- uver. ear Marines are bared and an
Pro-Government reports in equal number at rowded, sky, dicate that the Nationallatsfelds around Nooking).
"Hitherto, we have planned or detence along lines which
stationed in Lutal have al. The withdrawal deprived up with Britain, her Navy
rendy joined the defenders of General Fu of air support ag ̈a Hetro. only 40 kilometres most critical time. from Tientsin.
All signs indiente that the days The Hunku Operational Head-of Nationalist rule an Peiping quarters is expectedl to be are about endent.-ndareciated evacuated. This will drastically' Press and Reuter.
" he possessiones East at Suez,"
the Telegraph said. "We now Bhatron far more emphasis on our laboration with America, "I the U.S. needs bases in our area, she should have
them." Associated Press.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1940.
Chinese Cities Get New Attack Of The Jitters
Shanghai, December 15,
The big cities of Chino suffered another attack of `recurrent evacuation jitters as reports from the North indicated Peiping might topple any day. Four hundred evacuees sailed out of Tientsin on an American Navy LST a few hours after the Reds cut the. Peiping-Tientsin railway behind them.
Fifty American men, women and children
ม pulled Shanghai on board a converted destroyer bound for Tokyo, And the USS Breckenridge WIS FOM ported to be on its Way here to plek up 2,500 ore.
In Shonghal
O ometalk of swung into 24-hour schedule
screening 1,700 to Bish found for Palesține...
Utter Confusion
DP
Morris Oxford
Home Leave! - and
Shanghal itself
of is. scene uiter confusion. A visitor-
here are few
today... ducking: at Shanghai's sky. scraperline Bund would think he'd come face to
to face wit» 131) Century, bedlin,
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IIMS Loudon is dus here next week. together with MS Amee
to take their places on Whangboo's battlesha
Mayor Yang Sen of Chungkkig, wartime refugee capital of the Nationalist Government, invited his President Chinng to ove Government there ogas in face of the advancing Communists.
(Well-informed ROUTLEN sald the President refused the invita 1lon, but it pleased him so much to that he invited Yong Sen Nanking for talks.)
From Tientsin. 1ST 853 puited out in its second evacuation mis- rion with Do pry cent of the 400 fleeing evacunes on board state less refugees under protection of IRO.
shadow of the threal les athwart this
Red
once the
look!
stately thoroughfare and teeming, writhing mazs of peo ple that blot the view like they're scurrying madly t got out from under it.
of „Thoueands
refugees pouring into the city from the surrounding countryside to add
the contusion.
**
Trable in downtown sectio of the city is ch-ken to slower Liza a snails pave 12 took K motorenr 40
Yesterday minutes
There was fear and tension to travel live short blocks on the
on the dock as news
arrived Bund, that the railway behind the re-
has been cut by fugtes Reds and that Peiping,
Trums for most of the work-
hre thefing day
immobilised home wheel-barrows and rickshas ten
along
to most of the evacuees, was into ati immovable mass isolated by land and ale from the tracks, unable to go forward the rest of the world.
In the excitement, one Italian evacuee from Peiping Tell ndo
Th
back, or
And the conversation in down- town offices during the day and
the water but was quickly putt-in private homes in the evening
centes m ed out.
whole in store for Behind them lo Tientsin,
Shanghai when Der Tag comes, refugees left 600 foreigners an
what the Reds will do when they 800 Soviet Russions, aut, of A' ome and chances for getting original colony of 2,500 to eign-out before they come-Associat-
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