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IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER HARD WINTER IN CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S CHINA, SAYS FRED HAMPSON, IN THIS ARTICLE ON

WINTER CRISIS THREATENS CHINA

Revere

and

le:

It looks like another hard winter breathing spell or the end of the bound ship who nently illustrated the Chiang Kai-shek's China, - battle if the latter, the Nationalis world's ills and China's inability to The Communists, slaved off at have held all the important bastions, hap her own wealth,

I London I could have an egg: least temporarily in Manchuria, have including the Japanese-built as

rupted behind the lines so to speak fengman Dam, which powers Southe week if I could buy it. In Hankow and have taken Shihchinchuang, 171 Manchuria, Both sides were badlyk fifty CERI for fifty American ...miles southwest of Peiping, major mauler, but the Contentnier casualties {cents," He said,

North Chlua economie prop.

the rele were heavlest, Fighting on

The Yangize egg export trade in One-eyed Gegeral Lio Pocheng of a purge of military leaders et at example of war-caused stagnation. and his Communist roiders still are wavering loyalty, General Chess It.out brought iniliine of foreiga macking Yangize shipping herween Cheng, and fought well in a enin- because eggs aren't moving down the

pulled hix forces together

dollars to

to China but now languishes ilankowe and Nanking. A lot ot smartly The tremendous enthusiasm

people are afraid that

that he will crous plex tactical situation. But, the lots Yangtze from Hankow. with which Landon turned out the river one of these days and cut of Shinchinchuang.

Not listent of China havn't ships enough Peiping, is giving the Reds a land won't let foreign whips ply between yesterday to make. memorable the the railroad from South Chinn, wedding day of Her Royal High- The industries in the lower Yang link between Shensi and Hopei' and Chinese ports, 50 ocean freighters

'The leave

leave Shanghai high and light 10- ness The Prinerss Elizabeth and we Dela are not going to get morb Shantung Lieutenant Philip Alpuntbatten cool from North China. Neither are audacity of Liu Fo-cheng-supposedly ward marke's hungry for eggs while the braziers of the huts of Hongkew, soundly thrashed last summer Shanghat foreign shippers gnash their (newly created Duke of Edin- and Shanghai's carpeted skyscrapers Shanurin raiding the Yangtze in teeth, thinking of the upriver cargoes burgh) hore eloquent witness to will be chilly again ton.

equally disturbing. If he crosses the which China can't and won't Chinese dollars dropped! the national joy, shared be mil-

50. Yangize and cuts the Camion Hail them bring to Shanghai's docks.

from the Marshall's proposal of $66,000,000 tions throughout the Empire, in points in the last 60 days and it takes road, blocking supplies

that to all China by next July 1, an:l a marriage which begins with all 2000 of them how to buy one linked snuh, he might strike a blow

dollar in the black market. Chiang could not survive.

growing to $300,000,000 in the fal- (thar" combines to ensure success

printing press entre

Jestres new flood

Russia's role remains vague. Proot flowing year, was a jolt in Nauking and lasting happiness. In which the Government spends faster of direct Soylet aid is lacking, which

which hoped for at least $1,500,000,- Sovien halling Dairen, now with a big slash for war and a Royal marriage that involves the chats wages can elimbs to counteract with the

Kurea Arthur, North

and big slice for stabilization. Succession to the Throne much ach new shrinking in value, and the Pr

tising level goes down aml down.

strengthening positions everywhere, t

But mest Americans here were not mure than the personal happiness

Delar credits to pay for needed is highly unlikely that they are surprised at the limited aid proposcil. hoth of the bride and bridegronin is

Imports from abroad get scarcer piling the Chinese Reds in some way. They believe and they think

hellere at stake. But few who know af

Trade

a trickle while China's

Russia's Role

Mar-bail and Werlemeyer he ideal family life in which exportables, which could bring

Economically Chiang' China has big scale ald end not be super-

an! In an October ivived

feguarded without Painerss Elizabeth has been reded dollars, liv dummed up be

Krows ever wenker, hind broken tre

transportation lines. brought up to the bloom of young

The separation sentiment in South table the Chinese dollar fell from affecting China's sovereignty and that American less so supervised and safeguarded 50,000 to 93,000 10 believe that chin is mustarkened and the poin wananlund would

would dullac The latent estimates are that it

be wasted,

itke to see Most of them would have of Connmunia

of the Government expenditures for war so not much is left for American aid to Chins wisely and ebuilding factories and

in transporta- a big measure brease they be.

lieve it

it would pay off both puliically nn line Dollar credits are dwindling and economically but they ask re hina's sources fur nore dollar peatedly "How? reits remain untapped.

heis Majesties sveld given their consent tu

19

of

a match;r. Three pron grow in num which offered their elder daugh-and off the South China coast ar in the hands of dissidents who unk ter anything less than the same ne srders from Nanking and the dis love and companionship. No contented in troubled Formosa sa less contidence can be expressed that they intend to ask the United that His Majesty early recognise Nations for Formosan hulependence

Warst

of all, the

a prospect first son-in-law tise jed in his

American aid substantial enough to qualities that fit him for the re-stabilize money and win the war, sponsibilities that will fall to hi has all boot disappeared. lot in the years ahead. Like His Majesty and King George V efore him, the young Duke of Edinburgh will doubtless find the Kuomintang National Gaverament himself too close to the throne is going ahead with plans for China's to be able to further pursue his fir efection is history. Although it to be a Kuomintang jatud. naval carcer. But the modesty, it certain to ract and good honour which ende, in which the important opposi

tion is either not able or will not deared him to his ship-mates will be permitted to participate.

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A Split Before Unity?

By W. Gallagher

Berlin. Nov. 20. of concluding peace treaties The ervation of a new Euro with such a separate German pean State--Western Germany State.

many.

concorn.

cover is by the Germans them- selven doing it.

Indirect Control Veteran Military Govern-

is regarded by competent. au- Rigged Government thorities as nimost certain to The Russian Insistence on a centralized German follow any failure by the Al- {highly Bed Big Four Foreign Ministers Government, rigged with "de- to reach an agreement on Ger-mocratic front" devices, which many in the London conference would give the minority Com- opening November 26, Vir- munists every advantage, and tually all of the Western Mill-high reparations demands, acts ry Government officials, plus oo high a price for much unity, three out four Germans, ex-nccording to Western Military nect the Council of Foreign Government officials. Ministers to remain deallocked. "It looks na if we must have a split before we can achleve Such a deadlock will leave unity" a bigh American offi same atmosphere be fly, can't the

Germany split between ensteinl explained. "The Russians London, Nov. 19.

and west. The American go a long way to equip him for servers see hope in the mere fact Sir Staford Cripps is beginning to rented here?

are gambling that we shall fail But Sir Staffords Minister for Military Government haa re.

Ger- those social duties that must fall that under such circumstances even All the public eye.

economically in Western Appointed on September 29 to be Today's Economic Affairs, not thosefrained from recommending to future the presence of a start toward demo- the

We must prove that consort of a

for of Tomorrow.

Washington that Country's firat Minister

separate Western Germany is a going Queen. Of the Princess Eliza.cracy is to be made. The elections of the

But it is precisely here that Sir 3,944 delegates to the National As Economie Alaire (and lately suc

Government for Western Ger-

Then, perhaps, they mast interesting. beth no more need he said than sembly is scheduled for November 21. ceeded Mr. Hugh Dalion as Chan Stafford becomes

muay be set up in order to will be convinced." that in relatively short active 22 and 23, and Chiang ways that cellor of the Exchequer), he has For he is the only Minister who has

Clay and his advisors will public life, she has won for hee-there is to be no postponement. been given the furtnitable task of shown publicly any realisation, that avold charges of jeopardizing

make their recommendations, self a place in the hearts of t What are the prospects of Chianz wiping out. Britain's current dollar Britain's "dollar crisis" and that of the London meeting.

However, it is learned auit is said, not in the belief that people, a warmth of esteem and and the Government riding gat he shortage, now running at the rate of Europe-in, so to speak, a permanent

thoritatively that the American in the past two years Germany bitter months of cold and crisis wrich, £600,000,000 sterling a year.

Governor, On August 7 in the House of Com Milliary popularity scarcely excelled by an important additional aid

General! has reformed and become a na- from He can only do this by increasing the Duke of Windsor in his de- without? Must observers think that exports to the lufiar arca" while at mons when he wound up the debate Lucius D. Clay, will make such tion of democrats and peace- a recommendation immediately, loving citizens, but in the be- bonair youth. All that is known he can and will, but in the same the same time reducing imports from on "The State of the Nation." he

simul- impressed all sections of the should the conference fail. It lef that the only way the Ger- must Wark of breath add the warning that he can that area. He

deeply of the happy couple, both

not go on forever.

levels the plan-House, He pointed out that America

is expected that the British, mans can learn democracy is them so richly endowed with the

taneously on two The fog of war obscures the mining level and the public relations has a capacliy to export year fact seelding to shed the heavy oe by practicing it, and the only quality of great personal charm,tary siustion more than musl. Man-level. has, indeed, universally com-churla is at present quiet, but is it a

It is an unattractive task. If he worth of goods in excess of the good.cupation financial drain, will can- way Western Germany can re-

cur in such recommendations. be back which is protected private interprise mended the Royal choice,

ucceeds the country will

The French, with their een- given release to worldwide plea

zbout where it was at the end of the is willing to accept in return. This war. But if he fail Britain's is a world problem, said Sir Stafford, tury-old fear of German ag- and centralization; million people will be in the grip of and will be with us for a long time. Kreasion he dreaded-descending-spiralin _The_tmplication__is_that Britain probably would oppone such a ment-oficiale-believe that the which food shortages and universal will have to plan to meet a more or step at the present time.

of Iras permanent imbalance of trade

However, British and Ameri-occupation forces must step in- trainers reduce the production

and lower the general standard between Europe and the Americas. Courts

can sources feel that these ob- to the background and exert Thus, while he has accepted with fections should be met by out that any German official Indirect control. They point of living, all factors inter-acting townwards.

aut demur the very limited character

"federalized” decentralized tied closely to any occupation The man choses to extricate the of his mandate, he is obviously be

Government structure, Strong in longer terms. from

its plight is a Ingular ginning to think

both the groups in

United Power's apron strings will only What he finally suggests seems like He is a wealthy retired lawyer-ly, barring political mistakes, to carry States and England have ale accused of being a colla- deal of weight-United ready announced themselves in orator when occupation forces leave, and will be removed from (From the files of the "China the United States he would be great

favour of such a step and even office by one means or another. Mail")

tescribed as a "corporation lawyer." Pren

1920 and KONT Some of the London papers the 10 years between

fortn " auīs-e, have fallen, foul of the Govern- 193 ment of Hong Kong for itsit the English bar, specialising in tifficult commercial cases. Then he course of procedure in regard to the affray which took place in ruptly gave up his attractive proce the harbour on the 15th of Oc wealthy Lord Parmour, into the tober, and the trial of the mas-abour Party seliere he was effusive- ter of an English consting veg-

welcomed! by the late Ramsay Mac- sel for the alleged piratical cap. Donald and given 3 seat in

the 10 and East the club. K-Q, he ture of a junk with violence.econd Labour Cabinet,

would not have to worry about the hearts, in which both defenders hau The "Dally Nowa" tells the tale

No Mixer

Many of the most complex plays shown a probability of mething. A at some length, and has the fol-

The House of Commons found bim lowing curt commentaries;- aldo mixer-but he has no rival own to the game can be marked double squeers would work against "The spirited and independent, the Ilouse in making a persuasive nake your contract and also as sure To prepare for it, he first had to conduct of the coroner's jury peech on a complicated issue. o succeed. They are marked as win apply the "Vienna coup" principle London, Nov. 19.

Board Di As President of the has had an excellent effect Jewellery worth £2,000 was

or combination of the two. This is the opponents Becondary honour stolen early today from the upon the temper of the natives. Trade, according to one report, he or by the bidding or the early play twice, using his own aces to set up

a telephone and just as true of intricate squeezes as Then he would run dinmenile, on 1 London home of the Hon. Mrs. But to be productive of lasting at at the end of

bruke bottlenecks in production all of the simplest throw.Ins. Even last of which West would be squeez 1. Bowes-Lyon, sister-in-law of govend heart of the tay long. Perhaps his greatest as device as rare as double "Vienna ed between spades and hearts, then Queen Elizabeth, whose daugh-lowed up the part of

sets for this job are a firstclass brain, coup-in which you deliberately set East between clubs and hearts. Hongkong Government by o tur. Miss Diana Bowes-Lyon, material amendment of their instant willingness to take respon up hostile high cards in two suits

sibility, and a transparent sincerity. will be one of the Royal brides- harbour and poilce regulations, | Even those who find his personal and then squeeze them to death-can spade 7, West playing the J ant! In short, have to carry out only. maids at Princess Elizabeth's and more efficient and judicious urity somewhat

crying do wedding. Reuter.

tish history-In- England especially, where economic dim. culties seem well-night insuper- able, the wedding has taken the entire people out of themselves for a day, and imparted a gleam lightened of happiness that has all save a few sour spirits anti given a keener incentive for the heavy tasks that lie before. Hong Kong joins wholeheartedly in the felicitations that are pouring i on the Royal Family from ever part of the globe, and in the flood of good wislics for t future happiness of the Princes and her husband. In love and

they ever harmony, maj

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It is hoped that by early next year the war crimes trials, denazification and dismantling of factories will be largely finished and any German Gov-... ernment will not be burdened occupation · power directives, with carrying out unpopular With these out of the way, any German elected -body would have the primary task of mak-

So to, the third trick he led the ing Germany self-supporting.

a positive dummy the A. Then he led the club constructive measures.

The machinery for creating 2 from dummy, East playing the Q and South the A. Then followed all a Western German Government the diamonds. When the last was is already in existence in the played, South also held the heart 10 bi-zonal Economic Council. Al- and clubs J. and dummy the spade 10 most overnight it can be turn- and heart A-7. West, holding thed into a parliamentary body. spade K. and heart K-Q, had to keep with Cabinet Ministers and an the spade, sa tossed off a heart. The elected President. That Buch

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Restion la sincerity. "We regret to add that the On the public relations side he local Government, instead od seems

be making headway. evincing any disposition to make fads that the British public is sur this use of, so lamentable an feited with "targets" and ministerial event, appears to be animated xhortalians. Sir Stafford's speeches From next Monday a new solely by a spirit of paltry anger are getting shorter. He is obviously and short form of birth certi- at the presumption of the jury trying to clear the skies of the tar ficate costing sixpence will be in reading them a lesson...imes he has called for a 10 per cent

The truth is that the comincrease in popular effort; this is 'showing only the

plicated network of politico-aver-simplification but it has the diplomatico-conmular machinery, merit of persuading the people that which has its centre at Hong the effort is within their powers. Kong, and extends its reticula-

But perhaps his greatest difficulty tions along the Chinese conate the drabness of his goal, namely herable.) from Canton to Shanghai, Is that things must not be allowed to Wen

is utterly Inofficient but for: mia get worse. He can promise, no New

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is expected. Some sources feel that the Russians might tako the first step by netting up, a socialized Central State, Gov- ernment in the cast, then call: ing for a national plebiscite on whether the Germans want a unified, socialized, centralized. Government or not.

he result of this would be alico-to-face feat of two ecóno-- mit and political systems, of the political philosophies r presented by the Marshall and Molotov plans for Western and The battle Eastern Europe. would be Intense and violent.

make any statement-political no trace of the missing Clipper They come back and report whole Right there Bouth, planned the so- If West had bid both hearts and but American and British Mill-

or non-politica)—and declined; and the, melancholy conviction i whe: rebuilt, new indurities started tire balance of his play if, as seem clubs, then leads the trade A and tary Government officials are to neo press representatives now, unavoidablo tlút all hopi universal quickening in the tempo ed likely from the bidding. Weir bád K and club Q. how; should South confident of the outcomeAS

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