THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946.
IN THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY Peasants Take Over Historic Dwellings
Bodenreform
In Saxony
(By Richard Kasiselike).
BERLIN, JAN. 23. GERMAN PEASANTS IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE ARE LIVING IN THE HISTORIC MANOR HOUSES OF THE HAUGHTY MILITARISTIC JUNKERS THEY ONCE SERVED, AND FARM CHILDREN ARE AT TENDING KINDERGARTEN IN THE SPACIOUS BALLROOMS WHERE THE JUNKERS AND THEIR LADIES DANCED.
THAT IS BODENREFORM THE GREAT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS BY WHICH 7,000 ESTATES OF PRUSSIAN JUNKERS IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF OCCUPATION, TOTALLING MORE THAN 4,000,000 ACRES, WERE REDISTRIBUTED AMONG NEARLY 300,000 SMALL LAND HOLDERS,
Laud reform is an old issue werbe district, estimated hel in Eastern Germany, and after; price was only a fraction of the Hitler's defeat iia proponents, land's last known market price,
approval of the probably between 10 and with the tacit
10 per Russian military governmerit, cent. brought their
programme into being.
Provincial governments enact- ed lawa providing for the break- ing up of every estate of more than 100 hectares (247 ires) and even smaller ones if they be longed to active Nazi. By this process they liquidate holdings of feudal families which sup- plied the German army with 60 per cent of its generals and 66 per cent of its officers.
The first American correspon denta to visit the Russian zone saw an example of bodenreform on a 677-acre cstate at Burg- werbe in Saxony province. It was owned formerly by Karl Reinhardt, one-time explain in
the Germany army.
The Reinhardts had lived in the place for 40 years. In 1758 it had served Frederick the Great as a headquarters during the Leipzig battles of the Seven Years War,
SLICED UP
The Reinhardts had ontployed 147 permanent workers and 15 seasonal helpers in the produc- tion chiefly of grains and sugar beets.
BUILDING HOMES The government has adopted)
The
farmer gets directiona from the government as to what crops to plant, A general plan is drawn up by the provincial president after consultation with farmer committees.
Graft
Tokyo, Jan. 23. The "Nippon Times" in an editorial to-day stated that the public received only emall portion of the vant military supplices of food and clothing which occupation forcee
turned over to the Home Ministry for peneral distribution,
The paper said that "a con- siderable quantity of food and clothing had been illegally sold by the officials in charge.”—Associated. Presn.
Lichfield Beating Charges
LONDON, JAN. 23.
Corporal Ellis D. Abcock, of the nine onlisted men and two officers, charged with cruelty to fellow-American soldiers who were prisoners at the camp, told the court repeatedly that they were from five to 16 or 20 "Wo were told to them and
Gouin Accepts Job As French President
PARIS, [AN: 23. FRANCE'S GOVERNMENT CRISIS APPEARED SOLVED PRESIDENT WHEN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FERIX GOUIN, SOCIALIST, AGREED LATE YES- TERDAY TO BE A CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED GENERAL DE GAULLE AS PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY ANNOUNCED SUPPORT. OF HIS CAN- DIDACY. GOUIN'S DECISION CAME AFTER THE CONSTITU- ENT ASSEMBLY MET IN BRIEF SESSION AND POSTPONED UNTIL TO-DAY THE ELECTION OF A NEW CHIEF OF THE PROVISIONAŁ GOVERN- MENT, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THE ELECTION WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE UN- TIL THURSDAY,
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Gouin was proposed to the So- cialists as a candidate by tho' Communista earlier yesterday, as they withdrow their own cdnj didate, Maurice Thorez,
Kimmel Gets
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