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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1949.
NANKING'S POLITICAL CRISIS
Legislators Plan Ousting
Of Premier At Yuan. Session
INTERPELLATION TODAY
Nanking, March 7.
as
Nationalist China is heading rapidly for a political crisis
legislators continued meetings busily today to map out effec- tive parliamentary strategy to oust the Prime Minister Dr. Sun Fo, from office
Dr. Sun, ignoring legislators' advice to resign voluntarily, announced he would appear before the Legislative Yuan tomorrow morning to make his administrative policy report and to answer interpellations.
***** | Present indications are that he is running straight into a hornet's nest of prepared broadsides which, on a basis of past experience, is like- ly to doom his cabinet.
Re-Building Of Consulate
The
British
Canton, March 7. re-building of the Consulate - General
offices in Canton, which were destroyed by the anti-British riots on January 10 last year, WHE
be started on April 1. Work will be carried out
at British expenses, following thonths of fruitless negotia tions with the Chinese Gov. ernment over the compensa. tion question,
About seven British build. Ings, all on Shamoen faland, ware lestroyed in the flats, but most of them have al ready ceen restored at Bri. tish poblin or private ex.
peano. Damages to buildings and other property opused by
the ricts was estimated at the vicinity of £300,000.-Rou- ter-AAP.
Canton Bus
vainly attempting to persuade Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to go abroad for the sake of the smooth progress of peace talks, according to unconfirmed hut
reilabio Chinese
roporti
It is estimated that at least two-thirds of the legislators have lined up against Dr. Sun. Political observers are baffled by his insistence to stay in office under such conditions. One legislative Yuan
today. source
General Chong Chih-chung hinted he
have been
Inner Cabinet Minister. wir ordered to stick it out by sume-
undertook the mission with Me one else.
Wu Chung-hsin, llaison oMeer Tomorrow
promises to be between President 11 Taung-Jen memorable one in the short his-and Clang Kai-shek, arrived In toy 01 the Legislative Yuan. Shangbal fast night for Fenghua, giving anti-Sun Fo members, à
en route back to Nanking, bul feld day.
refused to reveal the outcome of
m
may
In addition to a prepared land- slide against the Premier, the legislators also are expected to probe into the sudden remova* of General Chen Yi from the governorship of Chekiang and the appointment
of General Chen
his trip.
Last Effort
More Supplies To Be Traded With Red China
Shanghai, March 7. Exchange of supplies be- tween Nationalist South and Communist North Chiria is going to be extended to in- clude more products.
Regulations pre now belag drafted whereby South China will send cotton yarn and cigarettes to North China in exchange for salt and soybeins.;
A barter programme was Well-informed Chinese sources started (a month ago when flour Cheng as Director of the Foo-however, claimed to have learned shipped from Shanghai was trad- chow Paelfention Headquarters that his journey proved fruitless,ed for conl at the Red-held port und Governor of Taiwan and and that the last effort would be of Chinwanglao. Fang Tien as Governor of Klang sí, respectively.
The anticipated : Tandslide
agalist Dr. Sun Fo, li is said, would be centred on:
Men Strike Three Queries After Fight
Canton, March 7. The city's bus drivers and conductors were on strike to- day, "following an incident this morning, when conductor died after being beaten by gendarmes and soldiers.
Two gendarmies were detained tonight and some busmen were demanding that they bo publicly shot.
1. His removal of the Execu- tive Yuan to Canton.
2. Corruption of some of hir ministers, which is now under Investigation
by the Control
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U.S. To Give All-Out
Support To N. Atlantic Pact, Connally States
Washington, March 6. Chairman Tom Connally of the Senate Foreign Ro- lations Committee assorted today that the Molotov-Vishinsky diplomatic shift will not cause the United States to "budge ono inch", from its all-out support of the North Atlantic security alliance. He indicated this would be the 'stand no matter how tough. Russia gets about it.
It was sold that General Wu would appeal to the Generalissime at least to refrain from doing anything likely to hamper the Nationalist peace effort
if he should refuse to leave the coun- try at
of present. Meanwhile,
China I will suffer outflow report said that certain high
of officials in Nanking were foreign exchange and essential pecting the Communist author commodities needed at home ties to modify their
the Reds go elsewhere to trade, for the arrest and punishment these circles believe.
the
Shanghal businicas and Indua- trial circles point out that in- crease in North-South bartering activities will help stabilise com- modily prlees in both areas, It also will discourage Red trading will foreign countries for pro The ducts which can be supplied by the South,
3. His.connection with a far-of eign woman who obtained. Enrough alleged irregular pro- cedure, a large amount of com- from the Govern. peneation ment for her property auction. ed as puppet property.
manong his resignation.
Chinese
preca
demand
State Department, meanwhile, stayed silent on the Kremlin shake-up. A spokesman said the Department's official stand is that "it's their business not ours" who manages the Russian foreign policy.
NEW ATTACKS NEAR MANDALAY
Rangoon, March 7. Heavy fighting was reported by tonight's military communique at Maymyo, miles North of Mandalay, Karens had launched counter attacks. The communique said Government troops had entered Myitnge, seven miles South of Man: dalay. It claimed that Myingyan, a rail town 60 miles South West of Mandalay was now completely in Government hands.
Karon and Communist rebels attacked a villago near Pantanaw, in the Irrawaddy river West of Rangoon, the communiqua added.
A British officer was wound- The Karen tribesmen liave been
own in-
ed by a stray mortar shell battling the Government in an at- during the fighting at Maymno tempt to set up their hill-station, the British Em-dependent state of Karenistan bassy announced here today. Reuter and Associated Press, The other 50 personnel attach- ed to the Maymyo Services Mission, and about 120 British civilian's were safe; the Em- bassy added,
Fighting In Thazi Arrangements had been made to send them food until plans for their Evacuation, to 'Rangoon by road and air were completed, it snid.
Government troops meanwhile, were reported to be battling Karen rebels in Burma's largest railroad city, Thazi, today.
Thari
is 300 miles North of Rangoon.
To Break Deadlock
At Rhodes
Tel Aviv, March 6. The acting Palestino Media- tor, Dr. Ralph Bunche, sent his
Earlier reports said fighting had two senior advisere here today passed Thnzi az loyal forties press-to try to break the deadlock ed on to Meiktila, North Burma which has stalled the Rhodes Army headquarters ocupied by armistice talks between Israci the rebels on February! 19.
and Transjordan. Another official report said the Karens were bolding Mylinge, seven miles South of Mandalay, despite heavy enqualtion.
Missouri River
On The Loose; Ice Gorges Break
Chicago, March 7. Missouri Valley residents today
fought to save their homes na "Big Muddy" and its tribularies surged to record levels and at Home points flooded 175.000 acres and left at least two persons dead,
Missouri's glant ice
General William Riley, the Me- diator's Chief of Staff, and M. Henri Vigiera, his personal repře- sentative, went into a conference with the Jewish Chief of Operay. tions, Colonel Ygai Yadin, and the head of the 'laraell delegation to Rhodes Immediately after arriv
·ing.
Mr. Rouvain.Shiloah, the Jew- Jah delegale, returned to Tel Aviv' from Rhodes yesterday to "report to the Israeli . Cabinet on the standstill in the negotiations with Translordan did not confirm a
General
Damascus report that Syria has agreed to open peace talks with the Jews, but said that their re ply was expected tomorrow or gorges Tuesday,
Nationalist-so-called] Angreement for. "resumption noted with relief that.Moscow. rope which, would. put teeth" broke on Saturday and Sunday. The second main subject dis
Governannt,
and
resumed
at
above
tomorrow.
press
Denying foreign troops were
not and
radio
Privately, some high officials fed States arms shipments to Eu-
"war criminata”
did not immediately use to a permanent of shipping between
the into the alilance.
creating a week-end of terror for North and ban on their participation Inl
shift as a Springboard for a new
lowland dwellers law, Nercussed today by the United Na South has been concluded at
tions any future Chinges Coalition
aimed between
Sharp Debate brockn, Missouri and Kansas na to ocials, and the Jews was Communist "peace offensive" Tientsin
postponed Lebanese armistice the pent-up waters poured down- lenders and Shanghat shipping weakening Western unity be- The busmen have chalked up
The composition n! this their demands for revenge on the
The follow-up arms programme stream tolling enkes of broken agreement, now expected to be But
General
Alley and M. Vigier Coalition was generally expected esentatives. Telegraphic com-hind the security alliance.
Was munications
is already stirring a sharp Con lee on their turbulent crests. side of the buses and threaten to
lust other officials Two letters in Dr. Sun Fe de- to be based on the unimplement- Saturday between Shanghal and developments may come swiftly Senator Harry Byrd complained created at 26.6 feet, and all-time Beirut, the capital of The Leb-
cautioned that gressional debate.
are expecte At Atchison, Kansas, the river Democratic
expected to leave tonight for involve
seamen and rallway
which ed Agreement reached at the All-Tientsin, worker if they
Tangshang, Tangku, do not obtuln was inflinted by the Hupeh legis-Party Politicnt Consultative Can-Chinwangtao and Chinghsi. Post when the new Soviet team gets that repeated inquiries have fail-record, six test more than the non, and then go on to the bor- satisfaction.
lators and the Democratie free-ference at Chungking in 1996 for at service also has been re-lab- down to work. Senator Con-ed to produce any administra- Rood stage. Then the river drop-dor town of Ras El Naqura for nom lice, are now
the Tegotiations being cle-
representation of all emups-shed between Nationalist and ally shared that view. Hetlon estimule of what the pro-ped more than four feet as the culariseti for signatures.
Legislators also are preparing Press and Reuter.
right, left
centre.-United | Communist areas. Assoclated told the United Press that the Bramne will cost although an- crest passed. The previous re
estimates range
reports that card was 25,4 feet, set in 1881. "rent test" of Russia's intentionslein! resolutions demanding the return
U.S.$1,000,000,000. He and he Another all-time record was
leave the "Arıdı of the cabinet to Nanking and
will come when the United would call Slate
an Iraqi source in Am- States and
Department/ set at 'Nebraska City, Nebraska, trig to other Western omleials before his said: "The Iraqi army has Kow the impeachment of Dr. Sun Fo
by the Contrel Yuan,
powers sign the pact.
the buckwaters to a level of 25,8 | neither withdrawn from Arab- reduction of Federal expenditures reet, six feet above the previous held Palestine nor handed over Senator
for an explanation unless one is record level set in 1843, United the administration to the Trans- Connally, who has forthcoming Iaboured hard to
thcoming soOTI. handle Mr.
Jordan Arab Legion."-Router Andrei Vishinsky at several. In ternational conferences, made it clear that he would not be sur prised if the Soviet response is increased pressure against the West along that line. But he said, "We shouldn't budge an inch and we won't budge an inch."
The incident happened at the kus terminus opposite the Joon Canton Hailway station, Bye-witnesses say that n bits crew refused to start a bus when eight or nine gendingnes and soldiers entered the vehicle and refused to pay their fare.
These steps are supplementary verbal broadsides prepared for tomorrow's session to blast Sun Fo out of office.
It is reported that Dr Sun, in
Dragged To Station an effort to appease his legislator- The gendornies and solijers be. | Vp1orents, lready has ordered the cessation of further removal of
caine
angry and
attneked
Press.
No Drastic Change In Soviet Policy
Moscow, March 6.
conductor. They threw him out Executive Yuan organs and per- The placing of Andrei Gromyko in the number two
on to the road where one man soepel to Canton.
kbid him down as the others al-
The
Premier also hatten the
list in the Russian Foreign Ministry was viewod horo as an indication that no sweeping change in Soviet policy is in the offing.
Gromyko has been the outstanding spokesman since 1943 for the policies of V. M. Molotov, who was released on Saturday from his duties as Minister but kept in all his other jobs including that of Deputy Prime Minister.
Common Action
the Senate Finance
Chairman Walter George of
also said that
Committee would be obliged" to give speci- the Department
fie estimates of the cost.
United
States oficials, who took a "walt and see" stand to- ward the Kremlin change, point- ed out that the next few months will bring new reasons and new oppertunity for Russle to show Its genuine concillatory attitude. Fliting action to Senator Con- They said that within a fow nally's words, Secretary of State months the Atlantic pact should Desk Acheson arranged semi- be in operation and the Marshall final treaty
negotiating session plan
on plan will be starting its second tomorrow. The tentative draft
of the pact may be made pubile year and Western Germany will by the next week-end. It would factors may break the East-West public have its own government. Those
Britain, France, Belgium,
legedly beat him with rifle bults construction of housing accom-
sticks.
The conductor was modations in Canton for incom- then dragged
to a nearby gen- | big government depyetments and darme station,
personnel ordered th proceed to The alarm was given and n Canton were told to postpone force of gendarmes was despatch-their departure. ed from General Headquarters to
While the light between the intervenc. The conductor dled on, Legislative Yuan and the cabinet route to hospital.
pushed the important problem Within half an hour, all the of peace to the background, top- city's buses left their routes and level discussions, about 200 congregated in the were continuing to draw up a vicinity of the Municipal Govern- concrete peace plans for presenta-safd that Gromyko had been that he was likely candidate for land, Luxembourg and Norway West definitely has the upper
An announcement early today had already expressed the opinion ment, offices, where a deputation im to the Communists.
and possibly Denmark, Italy and walled on Mayor Auyang Chu.
The 10-man committee en-named us irat Deputy to An the vacant post, tonight, it may have to he refer-plan now split into three sub-cessor, as head of the Foreign from direct charge of the Foreign whether "action" would include
with drafting a peace drei Vishinsky, Melatov's suc- They had also expressed the Portugal to take common action hand.-United Press,
opinion that Mololov's release country would decide for itself against any aggressor: But each
Ministry.
Ministry meant no change in So- viet foreign policy,
military force.
Soviet propaganda
red
If the incident is not settled by usted
however, still
to General Yu Han-mou, committees as follows: Director of the Canton Pacificn- ffon Headquarters.
A kookesman for the busmen fold Reuter that the bures will not resume running until satis- faction has been obtained. ↑ Ho
added: "Ve, want blood for blood,
alle for à Hfe.”.
extend the strike to shipping, Despite the busmen's throat to
owners believe that their em- ploveen would continue to work tomorrow-Neuter-APP..
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The Weather
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spiracy"
against Rużsin.
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phasising that the Western extends to B China and Indo-China Chang Chun, Dr., Shao Li-isesia's pose in the Security Coun committee composed of General served from 1940 to 1948, Politburo.
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