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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1940.
Bir Ralph Stevenson, British Ambassador to China, who is being recalled to London for Important conversations, Bir Ralph is shown here with Lady Stevenson on a visit to Hong Kang.
BRITISH ENVOY TO ATTEND CHINA TALKS
London, September 14.
Britain's Ambassador to China will come home for vital policy talks on future relations with the Communist authorities.
A Foreign Office spokesman said that recall of Sir Ralph Stevenson, now bosed with other mem- bers of the Diplomatic Corps in Nanking, is under active study.
It has been under considera- Far Eastern situation with the American Secretary of State, tion for some time, he said.
Dean Acheson.
He would not tell, when press ed by reporters at a daily news conference, what is holding up Sir Ralph Stevenson.
An Informed source inter gave two possible explanations.
One. Is communications culties.
lim-
CHINESE
LEGISLATORS
AND U.S. WHITE PAPER
Swatow As Nationalists' Main Base?
Shanghai, September 14. The vernacular newspaper "Won Hwei Pao" said today that huge quantities of arms and ammunition supplied by the United States have been akipped to the Kwangtung port of Bwalow from the Philippines for distribution Chinese Nationaliste. The
described Swa- paper low as one of the main bases for the distribution of Ameri can arm to the Nationgilsta. -Reuter.
to the
CHINESE ENVOY'S APPEAL
Rangoon, September, 14. Dr. Tu Tuen-tan, Chinese Am- bassador here, today appealed to Burmese Government troops and Burmese robels to respect the lives and properties of Chinese
residents of Burma.
and Burma.
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, September 15.
| Strong criticism of the American White Paper on China continues to be expressed by members of the Legislative Yuan in Canton in inter views with the local newspapers.
J
A group of legislators, in a statement to the Press today, lays the blame for the situation in Ching today on the Yalta Agreement.
"We who are representatives of, the people are fully aware of the deteriorating situation in China. Internally, the main cause is that the administrative
of efficiency our Government has not yet! reached a degree considered д satisfactory to the Chinese people. and also American material ́old: was not made full use of.
"We are really fighting a yan. guard battle for the whole world's anti-Communist nations to preserve Democracy from the Rod scourge. For it must be realised that unless China is mada safe, Asia can never be made exfe.
Defeatist Policy
FLY
Alliance of 1945. Without the munists. America's defeatist ΑΜΟΥ
onc
those who are
"The external aspect of the pre- sent unfortunate situation may be "During the present world crisis traced to the detrimental effects the United States Government stili to this country of the secret adheres to ila announced policy of Yalia Agreement, concluded with- | abandoning China, discounting out China's knowledge by Britain, } China's Oghting strength, and America and Russia. Without the holding out the plous hope that Yalia Agreement, China would not| liberal" anti-Communist clements have had conclude the Sino- will some day 're-assert them- Soviet Treaty of Friendship and selves and overthrow the. Com- Sino-Soviet Treaty, the Sovieta policy goes far beyond Communist would not have been provided expectations because it has the with an instrument for misinter- effect of discouraging China from pretation to the extent of forcibly mobilising her total anti-Commu- looting strategic materials and nist strength and rather encour equipment worth US$2,000,000,000 ages
ges dissension. and allowing large stock of cap-point out that certain elements "We take this opportunity to tured Japanese arms and He expressed the hope that munition In Monchuria to fall so who called themselves liberals at into to disrupt the conveniently
Communist nothing be done
time
have come out openly in The subsequent seizure their true colours ne tools of the existing cordiality between China hands.
of power
by the Communists in Communists, who supported and Manchuria had most serious gave them orders from the In a press statement Dr. Tujeffect on the whole situation in very start. On the other hand, declared the Chinese Embassy China Proper.
upholding the here received reports that Chinese "America's polley for the past Chinese Constitution, which is the are deliberately victimized during few years of advocating co-opera-foundation upon which the Na-
tional Government Is disturbances, their homes pur- tion between the Government and posely set afre and their posses- the Communists is another in really the ones who are democra- Rions looted by lawless clements. portant cause contributing to the tie in thought and are advancing
present state
of affairs. While Democracy's cause. unjustifiable the
of National Government
"Secretary State Acheson thinks the prevention of the whole 10 or agree differ. Sir Ralphtitute without hope of restarting of a coalition government Stevenson will be needed for con-
truce Reds is a simple matter of draw life, he said.
faithfully observing the agreement, the Communists took ing a circle around the Chinese sultation.
The British Consul-Generat Dr. 7 gave the Burmese an unfair advantage to violate the Communists, allowing them a free In Canton, Mr. G. F. Tyrrell. nasurance that Chinese residing cease fire order and carṛled on a hand as long as they remain with-
in Burma are not interested in ruthless polley of armed aggres-
in China, but warning them not is also coming home for talke
to enter the territory of any of Foreign Office
ston and territorial expansion. Burma's political affairs. soon, the nounced.
China's neighbours. Mr. Acheson himself announces that the Chi- British sources said they think
"The embargo on China, which nese Communists have interna- was enforced by the United tional afliations and are subser- States Government after the vient to 'Soviet Russia, and it falture of General Marshall's would certainly be
wishful think- mediation efforts in 1946, had ing to expect the Communista to the affect of hurting only the observe a limitation of geographle National Government. The Chi-boundaries or to refrain from neto Communista were not overthrowing legitimate govern- affected, because being a linkments by force.
Also ft Is com- In the International Communiat mon knowledge that the current chain, they were in a favour Communist uprising in South East able position with respect to aid Asia may be traced to the in- from the Soviet Union.
fluence of the Chinese Commu-
Divergent Policies British and American policies on future dealings with China's Reds are at present divergent.
Once Mr. Bevin and Mr. Ache-
These vietimas of
bulit. ате
(Nanking in In the terri- son have settled the differences actions are now homeless and des- busily occupied with the creation of Asia from being overrun by the
The Na- tury of Chinese Reds.
Covernment of China Hornlist control the sea approaches to that territory),
The other explanation is that there is no point In Sir Ralph Stevenson's
until coming back
the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin,
ап.
completes hla talks on the whole the Chinese Reds soon will seek
RACIAL CONFLICT DANGER
London, September 14.
Sir
to establish an all-China regime.
The impending recall of Italph Stevenson raises the ques-
མ་ tion of who will be Charge d'Affaires in his absence.
They are law-abiding citizens wanting only peace and desiring
one way or an no involvement other in the internal political strife around them, he said.
Dr. Tu concluded: "From time
have
The normal choice would be immemorial the Chinese people Mr. John Coghill, Counsellor, who is at present British Embassy
representative in Cantan.
be
Meult
Decision Soon Lord Bailey, British expert on Since he is due temporarily to colonial administration, who retake over the functions of the cently returned from Afrien, said present Consul-General, Mr. today that political developments Tyrrell, who is being recalled to in South Africa might ultimately London for re-assignment, It will lead to an open conflict between
to bring him from the white population and African Canton to
the take charge of Interests,
Nanking Embassy. lunchena Charge d'Affaires for Nanking is The change was not due merely expected to be announced in a tew days.Associated Press and Reuler.
He was addressing the Rotary Club of London at
here.
to a substitution of Dr. Malan for Field-Marshal Smuts, he said. 11 represented an increase in the tempo of a process and a policy which had been going on since the Union got its own status and separate government in 1008.
Stressing the possibility of con- Diet between the white and coloured interests, Lord Hailey declared: "The white population is prepared to stand that in the interest of maintaining their own standards of life and their own type of civilisation.
one very
"It is, however, a matter in which we ourselves can take no hand at all; we can only watch developments.
"But for us, it has practical consideration.
"If such a confilet does ensue, and takes an open form, sither in the political field, or in a worse field, it will have a very noticeable reaction on the post- tion of South Africa in the Com-
RACIAL FIGHT
IN LONDON
London, September 14.
A decision on the choice of a
had friendly intercourse I sincerely trust with Burma. nothing will be done to harm the traditional cordial friendship be tween my country and Burma.”— Associated Press.
EXIT VISAS FOR FOREIGNERS
German Soldiers Told To Avoid "Sentimentalism"
U.S. Embargo
was
and
The Only Way
bo a
The Chinese people are cer-nists. If the whole of China, with tainly grateful for the large its huge population and tremen- amount of material aid received dous resources, is subjugated, then during and after the war. A con- the Red domination of South East siderable portion consisted of Asia and India will only UNRRA suppiles, which CNRRA matter of time. handled without neglecting the Shanghai, September 14,
Communist-controlled areas. It is About 500 people of more than
true that the war surplus sup- 20 foreign nationalities were to
"in that unfortunate even- day told to call at the Shanghai plies were sold to China at a very
visas low Agure, but surprisingly enough tuality, one-half of the earth's for exit Police Bureau
most of this surplus had delerl- surface and three-fifths of the within three days.-Reuter.
orated owing the tropical world's population would fall climate, while the kind of wor behind the Iron Curtain. Who equipment that is really suitable
can ensure = definite vlctory for use in the county did not then, even if a large supply of amount to more than $100,000,000 atomlo bombs is available? ss pointed out by Senator Know- "If America is really determined land. As far as the 1948 Ald to to maintain world peace and China Act is concerned, US$50,- order, It would be necessary to 000,000 is still held up, thus sel- mobiliso the anti-Communist ting a precedent for assistance on forces all over the world to form
a strong
anti-Communist 'front. "China was already weakened To preserve Asia there is no other at the end of the Second World way except for the United States War after having resisted Japan Government to reverse its policy ese aggression for eight long of abandoning the present Chinese years, four of which were fought Government. It is not too late to single-handedly. China had al- support China in its determined ready made a heavy sacrifice of resistance against Communist og- human lives and property for gression. Such an expression of Democracy's cause; and the Com- goodwill when the Chinese Gov- munist rebellion against the Chi-ernment is faced with so many nese Government brought further dimeulles, will earn the lasting devastation, reduction of produc- gratitude of the Chinese people tion and inflation. This is enough and will further implement the to weaken any country, and there historic friendship between the is little wonder that Government United States and China. efficiency and the morale of the troops should be affected.
Determined To Resist "We
Hamburg, September 14. ·
An order forbidding all sentimentalism towards the Russian civil population on the ground that they were used to harsh treatment was read at today's hearing at the war crimes trial of Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein.
and old
poper,
"We are of the opinion that Agia should be given the same treatment as Europe. We are in favour of the formation of a Paci- legislators who were fic Alliance, with China's active elected by our constituents in the participation. Only by lining up Another document described proper democratic munner last all the anti-Communist countries "According to the order, which the conditions in which the Rus- year, have been doing our best in Asia together with the North:
in
in
stein's staff was informed that 800 children, #
aged about 12, were| recruited for trench digging.
The
the
was for- since the first session to institute
people.
BRITISH ELECTION FORECAST
The order was issued by the 4th in the labour camps. It said that aburden to monwealth and on the Com Panzer Army under General Hol- the inmates were monwealth itself."
mann Hoth, one of the armies un- the Army as they were only preg- Lord Halley was Chairman of der. Manstein's command. Gennant women, children the Committee on Colonial Re-eral Hoth is serving a 15-years' people. search from 1942 to 1947, Chat- war crimes sentence passed by Recruited By Force man of the International African an American court at Nuremberg Institute from 1945 to 1947 and is last October. now Deputy Chairman of the Royal African Society--Reuter,
was read to the British military sian civil population
a compact worldwide line of de- court by Mr. Elwyn Jones for the cibly recruited by the Army or internal reforms by legislative Atlantic Pact signatories to for
french means and to boost the morale of fence against Communism, can the Prosecution,
em-Secret Field Police for every person
deter digging trenches bad to digging. People often clung to the present Government's detay world be made safe, for Demo plowed
from moving the
cracy."Our Own Correspondent. clear daily a three-metre ong trees or jumped
long
mination to fight Communiam to lorries Lc escape from being the bitter end is receiving the full stretch nearly two metres deep,
of the Chinese support. Other documents said that in pressed into service, it saul."
night of a single German The fact that thousands risk Kay Lanty, a 19-year-old Afri-Manstein's area of
of command 12- can from the Gold Coast, was to-year-old children, pregnant army lorry sent people scurrying their lives every day in order to
into the woods day sent to prison for 18 months women and old people over 75 of
to escape escape from Communist territory according for causing grievous bodily harm were concentrated so-called forced labour,
to a after having experienced Red document. terrorism speaks for itself. to a police sergeant and assault labour camps and made to work captured German
The captured documents alio
"We disagree with the United ing another.
in fortifications. The prosocutor said that in One document said that Man- described the demolitions to be States State Department's insist- executed in Russia by retreating eace that the National Govern- July disturbance arose between
tho widest ment is a government which has white and coloured people at
German troops on
its scale including factories and saw lost the confidence of lodging
house in South East Lon
troops and its own people. This the prosecutor noted, A knife in each hand, attacked the kept posted, Mr. Jones told the
far. 1,000,000 square miles of territory, police officers. Lanty denied the court,
The defence opposed strongly has 200,000,000 people under its either in November or June. charges and said that he was at A report was also read to the
Mr. Robinson was among the tacked by the police as he was court, in which a German lieu-an attempt to introduce evidence jurisdiction, commands 2,000,000
close
between regular, troops in the army, and 1,828 passengers on the Queen co-operation going to bed-Reuter.
tenant complained of conditions the German Army and the Nazi the navy and air force personnel, Mary leve for England. He organisation besides countless guerillas operat said he is returning to prepare Government labour which
demanded the deportation ing behind the Red lines. Far for the elections.
Regarding the tripartite talks, in itself or that Nationalist Germany in four months.
For crimes
against such Slav troops had lost the will to Gght', quite sound without being
charged by the White Papersational. Certainly they won't workers
Sauckel was
solve all, problems.” banged by an international mill- the Wallonat Government
Also aboard, was Mr. Pat Mc- able to carry on a life and death tary tribunal' at Nuremberg.
Nevada), Counsel for the defence, Hans ruggle with the Red armies along Carran (Democrat,
that this a long battle front stretching from chairman of three Congressional Latenser, argued.
Kansu to Hunan, Kiangat, Fullen Committees, one of them the evidence did not concern von and the Kwangtung border. This ECA spending watch-dog group.
is the best refutation of the esser= || Mr. McCarran repeated The court withheld a ruling.
tion that the Nationalist army is support of U.S. (recognition for *The presiding: judge Lieuten- fan army without morale, and, le Spain. He is going abroad, in ant-General Sir Frank Simpson, sumclent evidence that the spirit curumaction with ECA announced that's he would or to of resistance shown by the present and umbes expenditures, plus London of Tharuday inftantion, Government la gaining the conf-insariigration.
Routers and Associated Press,dence of the people as a whole, I Preis
own
New York, September 14. Mr. Roland Robinson, Con- servative. Member of Parlia
ment,
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