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The tapes churcolind by the Power that, after democratic the defeat of Hitler, General Francu would bow to the inevit- Able and voluntarit tetire from bave the Spanish political scene. not been sealisen. Sidder num

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1946.

Unification Of China No Nearer Now

(By HAROLD K. MILKS)

CHUNGKING, MARCH 24, THE UNIFICATION OF CHINA'S DISPUTING FACTIONS. WHICH APPEARED NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT PRO- BABLE WHEN GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL LEFT 12 DAYS ACO TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO PRESID. ENT TRUMAN, APPEARS TO BE FURTHER AWAY EVERY DAY THE FIVE-STAR GENERAL IS ABSENT FROM THIS COUNTRY.

THE OPTIMISM THAT MARSHALL EXPRESSED AS HE FLEW TO WASHINGTON TO SEEK FURTHER ASSIS-

انه

MENINGITIS

Shanghai, Mar. 24. The Barena of Public Health has warned parenta to keep their children out theatres and public gatherings because of minor outbreake of spinal men- ingitis. At the sent time, the local quarantine sorgira ways that ships from Fukien - province must go through quarnating to percent the Apread of the plugue from Foochow and Amoy to Shanghai.

Afrocinted Prces.

TANCE FOR CHINA HAS BEEN DARKENED BY THE AUSTRALIA

GROWING EVIDENCES OF DISTINCT NON-COOPER-

ATION ON THE PART OF THE CHINESE COMMU

NISTS AND THE KUOMINTANG LEADERS.

Foreign dilpomatic sources la taking an ex- intervention, together with the Chungking re

majlitenance of fall diplomatic re-tremely pessimistic view of the Russians To

Jations, have failed to create the internal situation. They say

tion.

tures

g here for a boodle mansi Marshall's powerful personality

On the contrmy, Franco and influence were the dominat. Leave Manchuria

ing factors in foreing the uni-

of

Kuomintang

agreements

were

AND CHINA

Chungking, Mar. 24. Doctor Douglas Copeland, new Australian Minister to China, presented hia credentials સ Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek yesterday.

fic area."

under-1

At a news conference, Cope land sald Australia would take has lately grown in arrogance fication agreement and without

a sympathetic interest in China' Chungking, March 24. and strength. He has tightened it, the situation is "apidly get-

The Chinese Government has effort to promote national unit his grip on the internal political ting out of hand."

and commerce, a great task o received 5 note from the national reconstruction life of Spain, rebuffed the over-

During the past few months. of the Monarchists, and when Marshalt

Government stating (Chiang Kai-shek's distinguish was struggling Soviet loosed his executiones among the to first cobinia the cente fire that all Soviot forces will be leadership.

He added "Australin reco- from Manchuria imprisoned leaders of the Left. agreement and then to bring the withdrawn

gnises also that a stable, strong It was never the intention of the Communists Western

Powers that Franco heads together in the question by the end of April, it was China is a fundappatal condi tion to pence in the whole Paci of unification, Gavernment vio announced here to-day. should remain in power. His re-

He said father that Dr. Wang shib-chich, Chin-wool, wheat, steel products and gime was condemned at Potsdam,lations

Bevin usually attrilened to peor com- and mente recently M.

ese Foreign Minister, told the farm machinery products could munications or the personal nm- spake for the British people as bitions of local Commanders, People's Political Council today be exported to China from Aus well as for life interfuent wherTo-uny defects from the that China will respect he expressed his "detestation" of path toward national unity can Sino-Soviet Treaty but we give tralia, freely-Associated Pres the Franco dictator hip In nous not be ever up by these old further concessions. of the demortalic countries is it excuses, sine the people must that concerned are in the very high for forgotte Franu was brought to power by est positions on both fretions, the atted intervention of Mus- sulini and Hitler, with whom he subsequently tonnived

posed

1

Bignent

in the

Significant

the

Under the Sino-Soviet trenty signed last August, China and each to give Russia agreed

in the postwar period, to work

together in close ceoperation General thout En-lad, Con-and to respect each others enver world conspiracy Low bring munist number two and a mem-eignty and territorial rights.

Nuremberg Franco ber of the powerful committee Reuter. mud go, and sine one method of three, sounded the keynote of

party's issutistuction of lastening his departure as his failed, ancher must be tried. the press conference wherein he The French Government has be-threatened that his party would gain the process of severing rela- withdraw from the prospective tions with Spain, and it is to berganisation of the national

in

800,000

Readers' Letters

Good Pickings For

Bandits

Yangtse

Chungking, March 24,

UNEASINESS IN HARBIN

Chungking, March 24, Contral News reports that thore is a strong currant of

This should be a profitable year for one "economic group" | uncasinoss

which an

Harbin into estimated 5,000

in China the bandits of the upper Yangtao River. These gangsters, though usually they resort to a show of Communists have infiltrated, arms and persuasive voices rather than actual violence, Į although Soviet troops are have had some extremely poor pickings during the garrisoned right at the city limits to prevent the entry of long years of the Sino-Japanese war.

unauthorized armed persons With the transfer of the in-, supply enough guards on every tional capital from Chungicing to river transport to give adequate or forces. Nanking crowding every available strength for protection-because if transport from tiny junks to the that le done there is no room on biggest up-river steamers, gangi the boats for the passengers. who live by preying an river travellera are preparing for a busy season.

Another despatch reports that the Communists are continuing their attacks on Shansi, a town That is why the Yangtec ban in Chungyang, which has been dits are licking their oops and under selge for the past ix waiting for the river to rise to

Hundreds of government key bring an end to their long period months. The despatch also said Most river tra-that Communista are attacking officials and their employees will of starvation.

rail town of Wensi, in fly the 1000-mile trip to Nan- vellers, when budgeting them the

Shanai, which the government moves selven for their Nanking trip, wil South-Western

under Beige for the king as next month, but thousands more probably include a few thousand has been must take the water

route as national dollars extra, for the last two months.

on a the unmer floods raise payment of the "river passage the waters of the Yangtse from tax."-Associated Press. ila present low-point, which is at the minimum level for more than 40 years. If bandit leaders have

them "passage teller will pay theis way, every olther volun

tarily or at gun-point.

Cost Of Living In Canton

Canton, Mar. 24.

Other Chines despatches said that Chinese Government

troops are advancing toward

the communist-held rail june- tion city of, Ping Kai, of Sze- Ping-kai, 100 miles North of Mukden, us Communista tinued to sabotage all forms of Mark- communications between den and Changchun.

con-

These bandit gangs have been infesting the Yangtse River for so many years that their power to halt river travellers and de-

Cost of living in Canton has mand monetary assistance has be

per cent Despatches say that in view como almost a legal right. During gone up another 20

travellers on the during the past several days, of the difficulty in taking over normal times. Yangtos busts usually allow su attributed in part to the jump the North Manchurian province dollar to of Heilungkung. all Govern- cient money beyond the stated cost of the Hong Kong

ment appointed officials are leav of the ticket, to pay one or more C.N.$435.

Many goods such as cassin. ing Changchun for Peiping "taxes" to the bandits.

vegetables and even rice were shortly.

Normal Approach

homewards.

по

forces.-

WONG WEN-HAO

TO RESIGN?

The "World Daily News** re- The normal bandit approach is ment to Hong Kong because of that of being Teraz soldiers the higher value of the Hong

"perts-a-large-number-of-Gom Tokyo, Mar. 24.

who are seeking to reach a die-Kong dollar.

At the an time various munist troops are mussing in It is estimated that 10,000,000

several hundred at home. At the boat landings victims.

Yangtse, uniformed men supplies come from abroad via Jchol, where it is believed they "new attacks" along the wor

vessels board the thousand families who lost rela- often

dollars.against Government urmed ment in Hong Kong

value went up Associated Press. 000 repatriaton other all possible economic help tives during the war, and 15 little or no attention to the paying Hong Kong, which require pay-are planning

require public

In Toky soldier guard which the govern- Therefore its assistance in Japan. alone, according to Kynde News ment assigns to nust vessels,

The spokesman of the men, or particularly on March 19. Prices of these imported gonds are go- that they are Agency, there are over,

unfortunate

Retief rice is coming in al- households requiring assistance-bandita, explodier whom the ing up, especially canned food. Associated Press.

Government has abandoned with- out money to buy food to continue most daily and various ways of distribution were announced by

is yet It is obvious that the show of the press. There arms is a great support to the official announcement of plea for assistance and usually distribution of the relief voluntary contributions are forth which is urgently needed. "Bachelors Qrs."

reported only so long as he is in support coming. In some cases

The coat of living in Canton rofused Sir, have a few suggestions of the oppressed, so long as he is here, when hope that the British and Ameri- mintank ceased what he called

against the existing them, the bandit, used violence: 18 belleved to give to correspondent "Volee complaining

whose peace state of affairs.

slaying all the crewmen and pas- highest of cities in China, but Governments will quickly its efforts to preserve one party in the Wilderness"

of business in general in sinck. by prostitutes Is this the object of art? To

sengers and looting the ship

The Central Bank of China - follow suit, There are other rule in China'

Chou En-lai's strong attack living around.

moan and groan because the social ita cargo:

The Chinese Government will is not yet selling exchange raten e usefully bel measure, th

Doctor T. V. Scong has been Τυ prevent prospective cus-system in any particular country search of prostitutes is that which the people deserve?

vez make every effort to outwit the although such facility has been taken. The Americans propose a against Chiang Kai-snek's party

in Shanghai Hince quoted as saying that the re- Society has been evolving since hungry outlaws. Larger junks and available

signation is likely not to be three-power declaration condemus significent in view of the fact toners in

cardboard, on which is the dawn of mankind, and in each steamers are transferring govern March 5. Many people here sa

ne competent accepted because ing the region and urging the was Chout himself, who in knocking at our door, my husband

urgent need recent weeks, hus een parii- posts a

Qrs,'

ment personnel and their families age the people have had exactly

available: Asso- to order successor is has the re- Spanish people themselves to escalarly outspoken in demanding boldly written "Bachelors"

the kind

Currency of organization they to Nanking. and they will have they are in

social special

ciated Press. the an interim Government that

them on our door. This Communists

most suitable for, were tablish

quired effect. until such time as Spain can ex-selves give ground in order to

Whenever

I go out into the evolution boing an automatic pro- guarda.

of toward a press her wishes at the pulls. preserve the march

street I take the trouble to carry cess, synthesising all aspects

individual, The life. the nation's light cane basket with me, and France has agreed to this course, unified China.

Several times, during Mar- and Britain should do so. France

which immediately preceded his

Cafe

mobilise pressure

Government,

nless the

Kuc

Communist Objections

f

The

is

#

taken awBY

am even free. from the courting or group of individuals, is but a

of the Johnnles."

B

twin evil,

woman

speck of colour in nation

the whirligig

As

i

can see of

but

Government against its Central the U.S. State Department will publish the documents it has pre-spokesman described Chou's disease. Ine Soviet pared fromı

captured German statement au other published longer had to face the humiliation whole, to give his unbiased at material showing Franco's war-pronouncements by Communists of an ancient and scorned pro- "propaganda and smoke-fession," wrote Miss Rose Maurer time complicity with the Axis. as

WOMANHOOD. On many questions which have screen," designed to cover the of America in "Survey Graphic."

scize arisen since the end of the war Communists' efforts to

the United Nations have shown military control or Manchurin, little unity of purpose

But on

the need for getting rid of Franço

the former Allies see eye to eye. Firm concerted action would dis lodge the last of Hitler's satellites and rid the world of a mischievous element subversive if peace and urder..

Canton Needs Cholera Vaccine

The Communista particularly cbjected to these matters;-

411

*

Modern Vorse

money A

escorts

Chungking Mar. 24. The Ministry of Economic the Affairs confirms the report that rice. Doctor Wong Wen-hac, Vice- the Executivo President of Yuan and Minister of Economic Affairs, had submitted his re- signation and that it is under consideration by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

to be meng

the

of reinforced American But it is imposible to goods-Assaelated Press.

China Pacific's Most Serious Problem

▸

of

"SLANDER"

Moscow, Mar. 24. The withdrawal of the Red Army from Manchuria has been speeded by warmer weather, the army newspaper "Red Star" said yesterday. It said the withdrawal was originally delayed by two Chinese requests and then due to

cold thepader

weather conditions.

blamed "Chinese

Washington, March 23.

China until the Maintenance of American armed, forces in

Nationalist and Communist factions have united is vital to the future of the United States, says Repre-reactionaries" for the slanderous sentative Peage (Democrat of Texas).

Upon his return from a tour of the Pacific with a Congres-

sional Committee, the Texan said in an interview that the Chinese situation is by far the most serious and fundamental of all the problems facing the United

· States in the Pacific.

•

of criticism.---ÅLESO-

campaign" cinted Press.

STALIN'S SPEECH

Moscow, Mar. 24. Thousands of people queued all

Rescue Party Reaches Crashed B-17

has also suggested that the Span-shall's tour of "trouble areas" eytitution is history-old mosaic which is the

economical whole. From what I our ish question should be brought night to Washington, Chou En-vice inherent before the Security Council of lat, in the words of Marshall system. As long as our present it, the modern poet identifies him ver back- economical system remains, there self with one of those groups and U.N.O. This too, is a sound himself. "Icnoct

evil. But there is at his feeling and energies are con- proposal, for it is necessary to wards" to ease the friction with is this

world Bined to that focal point. least one country in the

with this The true artist does not permit which has done away the greatest possible the Central Government.

evil. "The land of the yellow himself thus to become a part of: on the widest possible

endeavours to ticket' rid itself of prostitution the conflict front. It is to be hoped that

tremendous and made

strides stand outside the whole confusion. veneral

From this position he is best no qualified to see the nation as

tention to art. Unrepresentative of any particular part of the mosaic, he is more fitted to touch the Aner feelings of all. Speaking purely from the artistic point of view, how can a confirmed city- dweller know how to frame his Sir. "Philosophia" asserts that art to inspire the country-dweller?

"It is perfectly clear that we course for the United States to over Moscow to buy newspapers Press is that which it has featuring Generalissimo Stalia's

Associated to responses (1) The reported decision of I have consistently (I'd written or vice versat Similarly, can the

must keep 4 adequate force follow the Kuomintang Congress that only one letter!) ignored his con- out-and-out Red design his artis the Kuomintang must approve tention that if we re-unile these tie efforts to elevate the feelings there until the Chinese achiev adopted, granting independence questions on the prospects of

countr. of this the standing

"lead of "Pravda" and Izvestia" in selections of other parties for factors (the Inhumanity of life, of the Tory?

Really fine music is acclaimed some real unity and establish an To do otherwine world impair peace. All papers followed the the state and the sentiment of art) they

of all effective government" he said..

is a very throughout the Orient."-Asso- giving top place to the story- "Otherwise there representation

Associated Press. which, Communists will produce a unified humanity as such by music-lovers

ehades

of political opinion. Uso council

to produce strong possibility that the en-ciated Press- say, shows thunt sae party rule and sentiment in both spheres"

If he re-reads my letter he will your unilateral art has not been abolished,

And that, far from Ignoring the words for the same and the appre-tire area will be occupied by (2) What the

The foreight forces, Communists

matter

devoted a paragraph to clatioh will be diminished.

"Just now a relatively arali no further true fine feelings are in the nature needs it which said wore efforts by the Kuo- mintang to urgmise 51 labour emphasis. definition of Philosophy intellectual bins on the art

of every human, but if there is an

It force of American marines are corps in violation of the agree

preventing any aggressive actior On the

China without any ment redus.ng the Government I see that "Philosophia" is dadul-feid will be restricted.

"Philosophia's claim for mo-in North

As long as this force military forces to 50 divisions: ging in sophistry. Of course

(3) The failure of the Cen- an aware that anything which is dern verso that it is "broad" in conflict. Dr. Frank H. Herrington, Chief

no trouble. illusion. Its breadth is that there will be

before Medical Officer of the UNRRAtral Government to approve the the product of humans must have its approach thus turns out to bo remains there, It seems probable Kwangtung Regional Office, left request for sending trace teams humanity in it, therefore, on this on

present to Manchuria immediately to reasoning, Philosophy, must have governed by the political views of Should it be removed yesterday Shanghai to

its exponents, who will not, ap- China is able to protect herself feeling personally to the UN.RR.A, and

there halt hostilities there and to in-

le chooses to overlook a pre-parently, allow those whose politi-it is entirely likely that C.N.RR.A. headquarters

vious statement I made, that, "the cal views differ to be really artis would be forced a little later on the grave necessity of sending to vestigate conditions,

the feeling allowed to creep tic. When the non-political Canton at least one million doses

ourselves from the in the nearer the truth must be or artist of opposing politicato use vastly greater forces to

in protect his art t

foreign-controlled of cholera vaccine, a quantity of

threat of a I could overlook the pucts' poll- China."

much more for carrying out an immunization watched developments with the o

The party falled to report tre, the message from the re This readily if they would only imit

whether there are any sur-scuers made no mention of sur ing apart from feelings,

Lieut-Gen-vivors, Dr. Herrington urgent mission koonest laterest assert that both to take an objective view, tand- tical use of vers

The Texam declared that the vivors, announced Communist and Kuomintang should be readily understood it the fact instead of attempting to

Location of the exact spot of the wreck in the Formosan area General Marshall's absence to the judgement and are a barrier have appeared in those columns. a result of conferencen of the eral Ennis C. Whitehead.

Chinese factions "ara most hope- Meantime planes from the where terrain is as rugged as We have been regaled with

and added that "if It I

18th air force in Luzon are the wildest section of the Ameri attempt to gain the advantage to the intellect's better function frequently.

- "mirror of life" ful,"

paratrooper rescue over the opposition.

can Rockles, in dificult to de- One observer sald Marshall's of philosophy it la inevitable that 153 cases of cholera there in the personal influence is not only art will eventualiý bócyme dopriv- tion of life as an integrated Government in China it will carrying

In an attempt to locate. and so on, ad ith. "Pallo- shortly be possible to reduce our parties cruising over the area termine from the existing maps which do not show a village list- Arst 22 days of March. Sixty-two important; without it the agree-od of feeling, death bare been reported.

ments thus far reached would

the Philippines reach the wreckage which thused as the nearest settlement, After having written so much phla", who professes disapprov foreds there."

While in never be developed. He has the against the cheap and nasty al of abstractions, must surely COCKTAIL PARTY

ability to take the opponents in products of sentimentality it in have noted, this vagneness when Peage and the other Congress far has not been sighted from said Whitehead. He said the carrying the sssary equip the Chinese Internal dispute strange to seo Philosophia" out it comes to defining just what men had dinner with President the air, sald Whitehead who in

cine Sergio Osmena. OL the siton Commander of the Pacific Airplanes cruising the arenar ment for moitida and other aid much of Introducing The Maharajah of Jaipur was and bump their heads together to show that there to centiment in modern verzo in They

A message from Formosa to and to establish radio communi- Rucat of tonour at a cocktail until the argument is settled the modern post varty held at the Gloucester Hotel without giving, either side of First Soubimont in the great reality into art are able tion there, he said: "undoubted Command

gnomy, the evil to be avoided in chary of facing the reality that ly there are a lot of ruenis ther's yesterday evening, Among thone prosent were

Lord Tenso. But he had better harry art, And then we are whowa; that their art has solitics as basis, who in a secret ballet would vote Whitehend said that the ground cations at the scene in the event there are nothing more than a smoke can't openly come out with such "burned wrack" of the plane, as is known there are no land- Apparently rolayed by natives ing fields anywhere near the Fraus, Admiral Sir Cecil Har back, if progress toward the contemporary poet is sentimens All the high-sounding definitions against independenta, but the rescue party has reached the they can find this spot. So far

A position court, Air Commodore W. A. D. onding of the civil strife, made taller

I think the only to the neureat repatriation con scene Associated Press, Personally, Brooks, Commodore P. Everett before he departed, is to be con- I suppose the modern poet. £: tinued Associated Press permitted to be sentimental, but and Colonel Welch,

DDT. and equipment necessary for the purification of water and

programme.

- Foreign Opinion

Loss

the philosophy." I will add now opinion. produces

prepared

Foreign observera who have that if one wishes to find "pure" labelled "Sentimental".

he must be philosophy

is necessitated by the increase in factions are taking advantage of] is admitted that the emotions blus prayide theoretical bases such as

the number of cholers easca

According to information

Canton, docured by the U.N.R.R.A. head quartors from Fong Pin Hospital authorities alone, there have been

Admiral

Most Hopeful

If art is to fallour in the path" "the observa-possible to secure a real uri

sorban.

PLEBE

TYE

Tokyo, March 23.

A rescue party from an American repatriation mission has made its way on foot through rugged terrain in For- mosa to the wreckage of the Army B-17 which has 19 with Major-Genera! boan. mining since March James Parker, 'commander of the 20th air force and nine others aboard.

and