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PEASANT REVOLT FLARE-UP
Washington, March 2. General Li Tsung-Jen today told President Truman, the Defence Secretary, Louis Johnson, and the. Secretary of State, Doan Acheson, why he has challonged Chiang Kai-shek's right to resumo the presidency of Nationalist China. The 105-minute conversation occurred during a luncheon Mr. Truman gave General Li. The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Wellington Koo, interpreted for General Li. Nobody would reveal later raced through the remote what happened. Mr. Acheson billtop villages-of-Calabria-in told the United Press that the boing-fated-at-an-Embassy ---- FG- Southern Italy, rallying coun- tryfolk for the latest upsurge of the peasant revolt.
Catanzaro, March 21 Peasant couriers, riding on mule-back and sometimes running barefooted, tonight||
Relays of courlers carried the three-word
**TO the TREBKAGE: Land" from village to village. Within minutes, only the infirm and babies were left behind. Men and women-old and young-and children grabbed mattocks and ploughshares and streamed down the hillside on to derelict estates and hunting grounds of land barons and staked their claims to the virgin soil,
Practically the whole of primi tive Calabria Province has tonight | joined in the latest uprising.
An estimated 100,000 acres of uncultivated land have been ple- keted out between individual families and village co-operatives. -In-many-cases-it-was-the- samty land from which the peasants, sullen and resentful, had with- drawn Jaxt November after mingled threats and promises from Government and landown- ers bad stilled their march.
The peasants, remembering the seven nen shot in clashes with the police during the November uprising, vowed tonight that they would not be prised off the land again, elther by force or by per- suasion.
The police, meanwhile, have made no move to eject them be yond format requests to evacuate, These were quickly spurned by the peasant leaders.-Reuter.
Bayreuth, March 2. Martin Sommer, former SS ser-
Com- geant, a former notorious
and mandont of Buchenwald Auschwitz concentration comps.
General Li will return to New York by overnight train after
White House Press Secretary,bers of the Chinese
ception to be attended by mem-
Charles Ross, would make any here. announcements. Mr. Johnson the sold he would defer to statement-maker, Mr. Acheson. Informed sources understand
that General Li told President Truman his rea- sons for break- ing with Gener- al Chiang, and
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community
No backing now American oMojale do not rule out the possibility thas General LI
may eventually amarga, na fender of the more -ilberal elamente in China; but can find no reason to warrant official backing of him at the time.
Mr It is recalled that
Dean Acheson, in this comment on the State Department's White Paper which
wrote off Nationalist -China, expressed the hope thal the United States could encour- age all developments in China that worked toward the end of reasserting that country's indi- vidualism through democratic and liberal groups.
his hope for the emergence of a democratic
bernt China un- der his (LA's) leadership.
Dr. Koo sald the luncheon was most cor- -dial--but ·rew. fused to say
thor.
LI TOUNG-JEN anything
fur-
mi
General Li is to return to New. Yorkt tonight. He was met on his arrival by Dr. Koo, the State Department Acting Chief of Pro- tocol. Raymond Muir, and about 100 members of the Chinese community here,
General Li sald upon his at rival that he had nothing more to say about the Chinese poli- tical situation at this time, but Inight have a statement later.
U.S. caution
As Dr. Koo and General LI were driven in their limousine from the station, they were fol- lowed by a cavalcade of about 20 cars belonging to Chinese re- aldents and flying the Chinese Nationalist flug.
station.
General Li-shook hands personal ly with each member of the Chinese was caught by the German police community awaiting him at the He appeared in good here today, Reuter.
sprits and exchanged jokes In Chinese with those who greated him. Dr. Kon Chich-how, who is General Li's aide, also attend- ed the luncheon,
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American officials are stoor. ing a caroful course to avoid becoming entatighed-It-the quarrel over who is the pre- aldent of China.
Informed sources sald there is
no
diplomatic significance in the fact that President Truman entertained General Ll. The meeting was arranged at General Li's request weeks ago when General Li was still recogulsed by General Chiang as Acting President. Mr Truman at that time had agreed to grant General Li's request for an interview with himself as well a other senior American officials,
While General Li took ad- vantage of
Dusseldorf, March 2. Gederal „Kurt Hasse Von Manstuffe), ex-Nax). Panzer Corpe Commander" sald to- day that he had offered to raiso 30 divisions for Western Union Defende.
The contingent would con- sist of an armoured "core" supported by infantry, he told the. Wost"
German поже agency OPA.
Van Mantsuffal, who has been linked with the Bruder. schaft órgaṇleation of German -ex-Army-Genorais, was_gles. Ing detalls of a Western das fence memorandum submitted to the West German Chan- cellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer.
He want
Fo Europe to strong enough to resist attack for at least six months before the United States could throw in its full power,
He pointed out that West- ern Europe's dafence. fines must be farther East than the Rhine
In the Interarts of French security-Reuter,
SWISS EXPEL VIETNAMESE
Berne, March 2, Switzerland today' expelled While General Li comes closer Nauyem Kuun Lal, Communist to this definition than does Vietnam student, who was offi- General Chiang. American cially forbidden to enter Switzer- ofcials nevertheless think that land to speak at a Communist the time is not ripe to start backing any third parties in the rally in Geneva last night.
China trife,
Chinese circles here are split on the Chiabg-Li dispute. Some Chinese businessmen declined
Lal, who had entored Switzer Innd from France without a visa, was arrested in Neuchatel, while on his way to Geneva,
The Swiss authorities said to-
Dr. Koo's Invitation to the Emn-day that he had bean escorted by
bassy reception for General Li.-- United Press.
PACIFIC PACT. ADVOCACY
the pollen to the frontier and bad bean Informed that he could. never enter Switzerland again.— Reuter,
HARRY LAUDER BURIED
Hamilton, Scotland, March 2, Sir Harry Lauder was buried today beside his mother in the cemetery at Hamilton,
Humble miners in shabby rain-
rubbed shoulders coats
with
Washington, March 2, Republican Senator William Knowland today urged the formation of a defence pact Scottish peers and notables in the uniting the United States with parish church where the funeral service was held United. Presa. Pacific island countries un- der the authority of thei United Nations Charter.
In a speech prepared for Se- nate delivery, Senator Knowland said the pact should Include Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan-after
peace
is concluded-and the non-Com- meinist Chinese government in Taiwan and Halnām.
Senator Knowland said, "An altack upon Pacific pact foland nations would, as in the case of the Atlantic community, be con- sidered an attack against one is
attack against all'."
an
If Korea and South East Asia were excluded from the pact the United States should
continue to give them economie ald And supervised
-military assistance whenever they request it.
He said, “At the same time we
press his meeting to ex-Lshould make it clear that we are.
on the strength of his personal position in China as contrasted to that of General Chiang, President Truman and American officials made no-com- ment,
No involvement
While it is known that General Li is ideologically more palatable to American officials; than General Chiang, it is believed
not
that the United States can affard to become involved in. Ka internal squabble which appears to have no folicitious ending in either event.
While
extending hospitality and other courtesles to General Li, Dr. Koo is, understood to be
thoroughly out of sympathy with
Li in this disputo. Dr. Kod's position is that General El's action has weaken-
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not disinterested in those nations In the event that they are faced with overt Invasion, Our posi- tion should be that in that event and at that time, we and the na tions associated with us will take such action as our nationa! in- teres terest and malatenance of inter national law and order
requires In no event should the United States write off South East Asta and Korea as lost to the Com- munista "Communism is no less destructive to human freedom in Aula than it is in Eastern
Ku- rope," he said.-United Press.
MR. MACDONALD DENIES REPORT
Singapore, March 2, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald,
ed the already tottering Chinese Malaya Commissioner-General, in position at the United Nations statement read on his behalf at and can do no good. However, Kuala Lumpur today, denfed a in the Oriental tradition, he has
statement i was alleged to have extended full Embassy hospital-made to the Foreign Ministers ity to General Las Vice-Presi-
Conferenes in Ceylon in January that there are between 4,000 and dent of China and. thus
avoided creating an unpleasant situation.
tion 5,000 armed terrorists la Mainya. This afternoon.
The report is both unauthoris General'. LA pald
Phi |ød and: Incorrect", the statement visit to the United States Ambassador to Chine,-Dr..
1** || said, --adding, “Our information Leighton Stuart, who is at a terrorists in Malaya
indicates that the total number of Naval hospital
is abouti There was: no definite Information
what
| 8,000"--Reuter. - they discussed; but sources close to General Li said it was prima=. rily a personal call to pay res pecta
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