THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949.
SHANGHAI DEFENCE MEASURES
Explosive Situation As Troops
Serious Charge By American Journal
Shanghai, February 14.
The Combat Command of the Nanking-Shanghai- Hangchow,Headquarters, established kero re- contly, began functioning yesterday, according to Chinese reports.
General Tang En-po, Garrison Commander in Chief of the entire area, will work in this headquar- ters when in Shanghai and part of his personnel "have already moved in there from Nanking. Nationalist military circles jalleged to have quartered them- claim that the Government have selves in private buildings during mobilised 700.000 troops for the the past two weeks and to in- defence of the triangular area crease the pay and improve the
living conditions bounded by Nanking, Shanghal
bere. and Hangchow.
belleve (Neutral observeri there is no more than 300,000 secondline troops massed on the Southern bank of the lower Yangtsc),
of his troops
soldiers Incidents involving have diminished in the past few days but the situation remains) explosive" because of the hund- reds of troops roaming around,
loaded rifles. carrying
In an article in. In addition, they said armoured
the intest issue cars and tank units have been of the American-owned "Chin rustied
declares
arcu,
the
Shanghai from Canton Weekly Bong, adequate)
and other Southern Nationalist problem of basis. Defence construction work discipline among disorganised in Shanghai has been under way
ut
Nationalist troops the ranks General Tong's ever since
asis rapidly becoming critical. command of this Rumption of
During the past few days General Tang has issued several directives to his subordinates to speed up this work. He is of the opinion that only when the Nn- the strength to tionalists have defend their territory will they have the right to negotiate with Bir Communists.
fant
worse.
Arrive In Area
Mosley Group Andre Marie Resigns
Stages March
London, February 13. Supporters of Bir. Oswald Mosley, the leader of the anti-Semitic Union Move- the
ment, marched through Jewish quarters of East London tonight for the first time since 1935.
to
of
Strong reinforcements potice rade in lorries befors and behind the column of At 200 chanting marchers. one point, they sang ‘a song the tune <1 the Nasi Moret Wassel Lind.
_It_was_the_ first political march in London since the Home Becretary, Mr. James Chuter. Ede, lifted the ban on auch proccezioni Jart week..' Bir Oswald Mosley Was not with biu men Reuter.
ER. ASANTEN
WEAKENING OF THE FRENCH CABINET
Paris, February 13.
M. Andre Mario, Fronch Minister of Justico, hos ra-
signed, it was officially announced here to night.
M. Marie, a Radical, is succeeded by a Popular Re- publican, M Robert Lecourt. M. Marie re-
Troops Pour Into Kukong
Canton, February 14. Kukong, a Northern Kwang- tung stronghold, is today a hive of military activity, according to arrivals in Canton from that city.
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The place in seething with soldiers, most of whom have come from the North, the now- comers any. All schools and unoccupied houses have, it said, been occupied by the mili tary and the conversion school campusos. and private dwellings into temporary or per- manent military comps is cons- ing a good deal of intonvenience and annoyance
educa- to the tional authorities and to the
signed for health reasons, the CHAOUPEDIN
said. III from renewed lung trouble, a legacy from two years in Nazi Buchenwald concentra- tion camp, he was to enter a special clinic to- night.
M. Marie's resignation was
LAWYERS' regarded in Paris political cir-
TRICKS ALLEGED
atomic
cles as weakening the Premier. M., Henri Queuille's, Cabinet and as a success for the cam- General paign conducted by Charles de Gaulle.
the
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their Tokyo.
conference in
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of
Is said to be strate- xically valuable and is apparent- ly now being utilised both for the tro.sing of new troops und for the regrouping of Nationalist armies which have retreated or have been transferred South from North of the Vangisa.
Military observers rocail that Kukong was one of the main autleta for the faross pushing Northwards during the Northern Expedition of 1023-28 which' resulted in the establishment on, à firm basis of the Nationalist Govern- mant.
achieved
promit.ence by staging a mutiny against the regime of General Chan Chal- tong This mutiny and its sub- sequent developments saw overthrow of General Chan and the inclusion of South China in to Chiang Kai-shek's sphere Influence.Reuter.
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No immediate Cabinet crisis was expected but it was thought Moscow, February 13.
the resignation would help
Pearl Harbour, February 14.. Pravda, the Soviet Commu-Gaullists to score a notable Bue-
Kukong is also synonymous It says that as the Kuomintangnist newspaper, today
accused cess in next month's elections for Admiral B. C. Ramsey and with General Yu Hon-mou, the power has declined the discrpline
General Douglas MacArthur present, Director of the Canton 4 SHOWS TODAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15'&.9.20 P.M. of the Nationalist troops has be-Britain and America of adopt the departmental assemblies.
At Lille on Saturday, General discussed mutual responsibili- Pacification Headquarters, for come progressively
"Alling "lawyers' tricks" in the the common Security Council to thwart the de Gaulle said that if the Gov-tics for the defence of Japan in while he was there is 1035 he too often it seems
to hold now
military recent ders and lesser officers of these adoption of the Russian resolu-ernment refused
clections in the near remnant of the defeated armies tion calling for arms' reduction general
future, the Gaullists would are themselves not Interested in and the prohibition of
The Pacific Fleet Commander "throw out the usurpers." controlling their men.
sald so yesterday on his return weapons.
Resistanco Loader
from an inspection visit. "We now hear rumours to the ¡ effect
commandera The
resolution hind Soviet SORC
He said he did not talk with M. Marie, a 51-year old bar- embarrassed" the rister from Honfleur, won the General MacArthur about payment "greatly It was further learned that the jare
even desmaneling
civic general is making all efforts to from
lenders in lowns
British American. and
repre-Croix de Guerre in both wors American military withdrawals
but and was taken prisoner 1940. from Japan. was stated. accommodation Lolo fo be evacuated in the face sentatives, it provid
Atimiral Ramsey, at a press. newly-arrives soldiers who were of Communist attacks.
whether they wanted to, or not, Released, he worked in the Re
would have to
from sald reports "Unless such payments, usually they
give sistance Movement and was nr conference, forward called bonuses for the trueps "straight
trested and taken to Buchenwald, China of a Nationalist decision to withdraw from Tsingtao were for nearly to 'protecting the town from ban-straight forward questions."
where he remained dits, are quickly handed over, the
20 months before being liberated "news to me." He said he did The Soviet Army newspaper by the Americans' in 1045,
not believe there was any foc- commander threatens to turn his
Red Star, declared today that troops loose to pillage the place.
Between the wars he had been tual basis for such speculation. States "ruling
In his visit to Tsingtao. Ad-! "It has even
circles Under-Secretary for Alance-Lor- red United been rumoured
convert Persia
Foreign miral Ramsey said, he talked to fe Science raine in 1933 und ford to both the Mayor and with the Nation examining the first lava flow in that preliminary bargaining for were to
against the Sovjet this type of payment has started bridgehead
Affairs in 1934. Elected to Union.
Military Commander for New Zealand for at least 40 in the Shanghai
area." the
postwar Constituent Assemblies allet
National
volcano He got no impression years from the chupting vol Assembly, he journal adds.-Router.
The fed Stor added that and to the Nati
Ngauruhoe, in North Island. leader
Radical that they planned to get out. of the
The Pacife priority is being given to rail- became
The told Fleet chief
Java, which is 16 feet way lines la Northern Persia, Parlamentary group and in 1946) which is of strategic importance, entered the Ramadier Cabinet as reporters he could not say whe-thick and covers a large a
ther American naval, forces has ceased to move us a and attention is being paid to Minister of Justice, He had held would leave Tsingtao if Chinese mans but large pièces are being military projects in the areas
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