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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1940.
NEW TACTICS IN CHINA'S CIVIL WAR
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which is still known as the tary conference and early com-Fu Tso-y of North China, but parties, and the complexity of This elegant 16th-century, 1ta- | 'Princes' Garden." pletion of the reorganisation of apparently only recently, found prevailing world relations pro-lion-style tharaian, which stands Time hus marched on. the Ministry of National Defenen favour with the High Command. clude any possibility of finding aloof from the hustle and bustie day, it in the children of Brent- are among measures planned by The adoption of guerilla thelles any quick or gasy solution. To of the Metropolia the Chinese Government as
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pre-by Government forces comes at a brag about wlping out the Reds, beauty of fomel R the calm ford, Chiswie!; and Duke's Men-
picturesque dows who spent many the Chinese parations to go forward to meet time when
Com say in six months or a year, has gardens, avenues of cedars and hours there, Flaving their inter- Communist on-muntats seem to be forsaking become a standing joke.
grovča · ជវ
beech, onic; minable games of make-belleve. sinughts during the coming their alt-and-run strategy for 11 just as ridiculous to pre- chestnut and plane trees stric Part of the grounds has become
hedstes autuinn and winter, it is learned positional warfare, which has al-tened with a serious revolt in clipped
of yow and
cricket field for the youth of ready won them auch fortified diet that Nanking will be threa-
myrtle, with statues,
vases, Turnham Green. Rit the old {Editors ...
24354 The Defence Ministry reorgan-strategic centres
Loyang October or that it will collapse in peclesials, temples and pavilions, House, when restored, will be- sation scheme, under study by the (north-west Homin), Yingkow
a matter of months. Things are obelisks, u lake and a cascade, come once ngala as perfect a gem Reporters & General Office 32312 Legislative Yuan (Parliament). (auth Manchurian port) and not that simple in this country. and other pedimenta of the of architectural beauty as
is designed to simplify the direc- Wellsten (in north Shantung.) "There is still a long and hurd romantic era. În just been no- miniature palace at Greenwich (four lines)
tion of the vast Nationalist war This switch in taction between path to be gone over before the cepted by the Ministry of Worksƒ and, in its own perfect setting. machine.
China's civil war opponents has civil war can be brought to un as a gift from hiddlesex County will have no rival save the Petit Patterned after the American nian affected their political pro- end. I will take years, not Council and Brentford and Chis-Trianon at Versalles. But this defence system, it will conter paganda.
months, to reach the journey's wiek Borough Council under the time it will be wholly accessiblo greater powers on the Minister of
Ancient Monuments Acts.
to the people of Britain.. HK.$18.00 Defence (General Ho Ying-chin),
General Ho Ying-chin, who ha Only in this way will the com- making him responsible for
been busy revamping the armed plete decay ani drappearance of H.K.$36.00 policies concerning national se-
forces since his assumption of the one of the mon praceful land- H.K.$72,00 curity and military organisations,
post of Minister of National Demarks in the history of English
The fence, told reporters that he was architecture be avoided, such as planning and reviewing national defence policles and co
"reasonably gratified" with the local Counell dal not have ordinating mobilisation activities.
morale of the Nationalist Army, resources to repair and maintain The malo effect of the change,
which he described as "excellent the historic house, and it however,
nly deteriorated; the woodwork that the Chief of
and the fighting stamina demons suffering from dry-rot. the General Staff, presently respon-
trated by
the officers and men 16 sible to the President alone, will
under his command recent #lding from the wear and tear two centuries, and parts of the Over
wecks. be an administrative officer under many the
Minister of National De- strange things have come tence. out of Shanghal, but few of Meanwhille official Chinese them have created a greater sources claim that a new strategy shock than the tactics of in dealing with the Communists, being tried In North China, Is General Chiang Ching-kuo, producing unexpectedly good re- Communists. son of the Generalissimu, insults.
t
THE PHILISTINE
the
years
Scorched Earth
By THOMAS ALDEGUER
merce.
willo
No person In China is ready
False
were suspendlet
the
Volcano Refugees
are
Want Aid
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The Nationalists, realizing that He added that he would pre- grounds themselves, which
to stream-pen to the public, have also been successful mobile guerilla warfare severe in his efforts
neglceled. A certain amount of depends to a great extent on the line the Nationalist war machineegle
repair work was done on the co-operation of the rural popula- 50 as to bring about sy building between 1930 and 1941.
Washington, September 14. tion, are now continually harping victory over the Communists after which all urther attempts
reform,
General Ho stated that in over- on agrarian
The Philippine volcano dis- the the to win
con-hauling the armed services he had
hopel that Chiswick aster now' presents the problem and been gulded by two high prin House will eventually be used as of caring for 25,000 people for Idence
industrialists of his campaign to make the Its features, o explained by businessmen their fight for ciples-the conservation of man-
month, Philippine new gold yuan stick. No- Chu Isi-chun, the sollier large cities and Industrial cen- power and materini resources and public art and picture gallery at least a
Manila one is likely to believe it Rovernor of Hopei province. In- Tres, are propounding
A liberal the increase of efficient operation. That would be in keeping with war relief officials in
the aim of its creator, the informed their home office here altogether until the names
clude mobile instead of positional polley towards industry and com.
third Earl 'Architect Ethe warfare.
toxtay. of those indicted go still
of Burlington, whose Piccadily residence now houses the Royal deeper into the hierarchy of
Mr. Walter Davidson, executive to predtet how the change in He branded as false current re.
Academy,
director of PWR headquarters high finance in China, al-
tacties will work out. There are ports that only Chinese staff col-
here, said the Manila manager, though the detention of the
no two opinions, however, that lege graduates were being given Fashionable Residence James McCall, informed him
command, asserting! sun of Tu Yueh-sen reveals
the civil war will remain a long top military
by cable today that the need for that promotions had been made a boldness and determination
He designed his 'vita na medlent relief and social welfare only on the basis of merit, kind of multiplied drawing-room services under
undoubtedly will con. that must command respect.
He disclosed that, in answer to to exhibit the collection of paint-tinue for several months, but the Then, too, many of the de-
rumour mongers he was contem- Ings and could not be defended,
culptures he had immediate problem is to provide velopments while indicating
plating the conferment of milli brought from. the Continent, and foo ahelter und medien! He suggested that in evacun- Weekly Review says: "The vas-tary school degrees on any officer took as ruthlessness, also expose a
his model the famous for at least 25,000 people for one.
and food, Ung such an aren, not only allness of China's territory, the so- or man who had come up from Villa Capra in Vietnza, Northern month or longer, harring possible refusal to acknowledge real-the troops there but all local in-
the the ranks and had rendered meri Italy. For the embellishment of epidemies which would further ities. To arrest a few for-habitants must be withdrawn, and character of
torious service in the fight against | Bre interior, chimney-pleces, cigners is mercly to make materials in large quantities re- scapegoats, for in the wild moved. inflationary scramble
Governor Chu said the success of the new thetics depended largely on accurate and efficient intelligence work and the willing ness and "sacrificial spirit" of the people to apply a scorched earth policy in cases where an orca
Foodstuffs, household equip.! con-ment and forming Implements nected with the flight, from that could not be carried away National Currency, foreign must be hurled or hidden, he con currency transactions
were tinued, everybody's
business,
in
Primitive ex-curts--still the principal means of transport in China's rural districts-musi their own interests. Many, be dismantled and buried separ- no doubt, for practical busiately. All drinking wells must be ness reasons were involved filled up.
port.
drawn-out affair,
Standing Joke
As the American-owned China
the war,
Downfall
On Steel
Predicted
Mr.
the Communists.
core
dour-casex, cellings and plaster complicate the problem.
Employment also would be a work were designed from draw-problem, Mr. McCall added. ings by Inigo eones, and there
General Ho said that "to ex- plore our itin success, we must
was nu elaborate candelabrium Mr. Davitison said Mr. McCall · improve considerably the treat with a lamp in the form of had appended to him for US$20,- ment of our military personnel, ship. 1ts formal classtent style 400 for the PWK medical rellet but the Government has failed to had a tremendous influence 9 programme among refugees, He to this because of the paucity of the
of Britain's architecture
sairl many families of evacuees the military budget."
stately homes, while the fund-had become separated and Gov-
11
Mount Hibokhibok an Carl-
emment and private ogencies Minister Ho said, by way of scape gardens set a fashion which
swept across Europe.
directing the relief programme Illustration, that a buck private If all these Instructions are In bigger scale operations,
gels only 136 Gold Yuan (34 Although it was described all would have to cure for many of London, September 14.
these. out, Governor faithfully carried
United States cents) as compen- the time as "too small to live in but if guilt attaches to the
Alfred Edwards, the sation when he is wounded, and a and too large to sald, the Communists, when
A hang to adoption of obvious precau- they move in, will fad no drink Member of Parliament recent- full General 22.30 Gold Yuan watch," when the properly pasa- tions then there can be fewing water, no food, no way to re- ly expelled from the Labour (US$5.32).
ed to the Devonshire family, arduin Island renewed activity yes. in Shanghai without guilt.plenish their dwindling ammunt Party for his criticism of the
two wings were added, it became erday after a two-day lull, but For the maintenance of a rifle, A fashionable residence and the evacuee problems are under con Had China possessed any-tion supplies, no means of trans-proposed nationalisation of iron he further disclosed, the Govern scene of celehrted parties grac- trol.-United Press. thing resembling a stable
and steel, said today that helment appropriates only one Gulded by the The Hopel experiment is in believed the Cabinet hud the currency,
no Yuan cent a month; for an artil- monarchs. subterfugesine with the gradual change in would have been unnecesNationalist strategy
heart for the nationalisation lery piece ten Gold Yuan cents sary. The endeavours to been discernible in recent weeks, scheme and that it might well (two and a half U.S. cents); for a establish one have probably from fixed positional warfare to bring about the Gavernment's truck 16 Gold Yuan cents (four
downfall.
U.S. cents), and for a jeep 11 mobile guerilla operations. required General Chiang's
Guerilla Tactics
"I think the Government wilt Gold Yuan cents (2.75 U.S. cents). ventures into the spectacular,
lose the next election i this This change had long been legislation is carried through." ment," he added, "to say
be an understate- and his programme has un- doubtedly earned more ap proval than otherwise.
Be
which
has
advocated by the Nationalist he said. Army's leading commanders, in
"It would
these
Mr. Edwards, who represents paltry sums are too small to an- Furliament the steel centre of swer our needs."-Router. that as it may, it could easily******************* Madlesbrough, and is himself. end up by defeating its own
director of an iron foundry, was Jhunching a siect defence fund to oppose the nationalisation of the Industry.
object should it be overdone.
Russia In Asia
~Russian-polley-in-Asia, as in Europe, has two arms. Its right arm is nationalistic, imperialistic, the inheritor of Czarist ambitions, a con- tender for the position of economic
domination left vacant by Japan's collapse and the crumbling of old
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Insurgents
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Rangoon, Septembar 14. The Bürmeso Government today announced the loss of
"I this Buille for Steel' is lost, prices will
up and pro- FO duction will go down," Mr. Ed- "You know what wards snid.
prices go up exports will be jeo- pardised."-Reuter.
Stool Production
the towns of Shwegyin-and--that means to every other manu Kyaukkyl In the Toungoo facturing industry It Ricel distriot, 100 miles north of Rangoon, to armed Karena.
The statorment sald local police surrendered without a night to the haren leader, Aung Seln, who is leading the opposition to the Govern- ment in that sector-AND- alatod Press.
China Navy Blockades
the new nationalisms of the Island Group
East. The right arm
or
Shanghai, September 14.
The steel production In Britain last month was at on annual rate gf 14,117,000 ions the highest rate of output yet recorded for any
Britch August, the
Iron and Steel Federation announced.
Production for August compar ed with a rate of 12,084,000 tonя and with 12,170,000 tons
fn
July
in August a year ago.
Produc-
fion usually falls off in July and August, traditional vacation months,
The Industry said that now the holidays were over and produc- tion was back to its annual rate
First Since Sanhedrin
crais
RUMANIANS TO TRY BRITON
presence of foreign
Georgiana, Duchess of Devon- shire (Reynolds' "Beautiful glittering court Duchess") held there, her visitors including the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and Mrs. Fitzherbert, Fox, Chatham, Burke,
Pitt, Sheridan, Canning and Pitt. The Russian Bucharest, September 14. Emperor, Alexander 1, and the Mr. Alexander. Walter Evans, King of Prussia, with their gen one of the former executives of Blucher and Platoff stayed the Stenun Romana and ***there in the year before Water-
fon, while thirty years later an-Romans American Oil Com other Tsar, Nicholas 7, attended panies in Rumania, will be tried Rumanian a garden fele there with Queen on Thursday, the Victoria. the Prince Consort and news agency sek tonight. the King of Saxony, 700 distin-
According to the agency, he has guished guests were present at been charged with misusing cre- this exotic party, for which die franted for production. Xt giraffes, kongaron, elks, emus is reported that Mr.
Evans, and Indian bulls were brough represented British and French into the grounds. These
Interests in Steaua Romana, was not the first alien animals
LG arrested on the Hungarian fron- roam about Chinwick Park, for atler last June
on charges of huge, elephant had already pro- having misued 8,200,000-Lei, vided an air of Eaetern pageon which he was said to have cashed [try.
from the Oil Distributing Com- pany, but had failed to pay into the Steaua Romana account.
The British Minister in Buchar Another Prince of Wales, later est made a strong but unsuccess- becomo Edward VII, leased ful protest against the arrest.— the house is a family residence, Reuter.
Jerusalem, September 14.
Five farnell High Court „Judean took the oath of In- stallation here today to form
Jewish the first
Supreme Judiciary in the Holy Land
since the biblical Sanhedrin 2,000 years 'njo. The Zionist colours of blue and white were draped where, a fow
montba ago, the Belfish Royal coat of arms hung above the banch.-Reuter.
BIGGEST
AID SUM
Washington, September 14. The ECA today announced
1 of 15,000,000 tons that prevailed the allocation of US$47,087,179
before July,, Industry is well
United Kingdom.
"strong arm" of Soviet policy.
ahead of the 14,050,000 tons rate in recovery authorisations, the invites countermoves from The Chinese Navy Head- of production set by the Govern- largest daily total to date in- the West in the rough game quarters today ordered ament as output targets for steel cluding US$33,400,000 for the of power politics.. Parti-week-long blockade of the this year.---Reuter. cularly it invites a rebuild Cheklang coast, for an all-out Chusán Archipelago, off the ing of Japanese power-a campaign to wipe out a Com- move practically hazardous munist force.
in the case
of economic
Pitied Mother, Killed Her
Bridlington, England,
September 15.
to
Time Marches On
The first post war shipment of
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The authorisations brought the totals for all ro- covery nations to date to US $1,495,201,557 also included the in Brst purchase authorisations Argentina. This was for bizoriai Germany to procuro US $360,036 worth of goat skins, horse and cattle hides.
•
power, morally revolting. In All shipping will be banned during the week in which the case of military power. Naval arilta, teinforced by The sinister left arm can- ground troops, with seek to Communist not be countered by force liquidate numerous
bases on the _group of 'Isiels with much hope of success. which General Chu Teh, Com-
Today's authorisations provided It calls for determined ex-mander-in-Chief of the Chinest Eric Cord Wigglesworth, for about 80 per cent of the re- periments by the West in the Red Army, tried to develop into 22-year-old Leeds University covery purchases to be made out-
one of the most "politics of attraction"-sur- coastal outposts for
Important student, was comtnitted for side the United States.
possible trial on Tuesday on a charge of render of imperialistic privi- major military operation in the murder for the morey killing tion to Britain were: Bizonal Ger- Other authorisations in addi- lege, co-operation with native East China provinces.
The Navy also notified the of his widowed mother, a bed many $0,210,001 for wool rágs, reform, "humanitarian and constal authorities in adjacent ridden asthmatic:
hides; Austria $2,322,008; the educational ald on a large waters of the campaign and re- Ho pleaded not guilty at the Netherlands $2,261,107; Denmark scale. Such a programme mainland
questod a
on the preliminary police court hearing $1,820,023 and cancellation $0.300; must regard people as people enemy boats from Landing Red on Tuesday. The prosecution al- Greece $810,160 and cancellation and not as pawns.
leged that Wigglesworth told a $70,700; Norway $187,800; Trieste pirates. The humming of glapt Naval operation against
This is the second major doctor he strangled his mother $123,000 and cancellation of $1,-
tho
on July 27 as he could not stand $90,000-United Press dynamos in Siberia may Comumnists along the China the sight of
during suffering make the more ideal cab. | Coast,
severe bout of coughing siderations
The Naval units, many of The prosecution: Also alleged seem #little
which were former UB. vessels he wrote to his dancee. "I was
Bangkok," September · 147:- ptherworldly. Yet only by and, are manged by American to upset to goo hér agony after Two Chinese school boys were keeping a tough realism trained Chinese Navy personnel, her struggles of the last two and killed" and 10" injured "When f aligned with the politics of darly this year captured a group a half years. I could sturid It no known asaltants threw.. hand; attraction can the peril in the Sovietheld port of own son, killed her a Associated of the targest Chiness schools Yes, sweetheart, 1, her grenades into the classroom of ane
here today, Reuter.
thai Fort-i
close watch const to provent
off in of tonger.
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