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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY, OCTOBER 12, 1948,

JUNE 16-totten day, Felt THE THIRTEENTH INSTALMENT

worse than any time during the siege. Little better at night

JUNE 17-Two weeks of this koddam jaundice, All Mendei-" john can suggest in to go`awny.

JUNE 194-A Chinese general (name deleted) came in "Asked him if Chiang K'al-shek could be moved (to 'attack Burma). He ald might be able to do it- Fertainly nobody else could. Bellerated that ro one dares tell

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He has never taken the trou blo to muswey any memo I have given him. He won't clean up The Chiness Army,

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war councils, presenting maintaining U.S. policy; (4) re presentative of President on all Lend-Lease matters; and (5) II U.S. Army officer, sworn to up- told the interests of the U.S.

Ying-ch'in is the leader of the But he double-crossed me fr{ (2) Plan for the counter offensive, aged the 4-engine bomber truns-

[scheme] by saying 24354 litry, group but he does not Burma., He never gave me (the (pasis of 500 planes (in Chuita), port

a month (aver didn't want them, I won't k 37312e tell the G-me there in any-kun fang (oficint sent) as sum and 8,000 tons

ing wrong." Asked him if the

su ling (commander in chlef). Hump). I threw in the artillery for anything, of course the G-mo was really worried. He worked direct with Tu. La training scheme and I caught War Department won't send it,

id "In his heart" he thinks he Wel, and Hon.. He did not net on Chiang Kai-shek's fancy,

Me In general, I'm an s.o.b. I the

at them, telling H.K.$18.00 hul he is putting on a big Yu Tei-peng or Yu (5th Divi-would think about it. Well, yes, it right back

il could

be done. He'd think them what I had asked for, II.K.$30.00nt of being in full control. The sim) or Tu.

Chinese goverbment is a structure

some mo

inviting attention to priorities besed en fear and favour, in the

"Then the old question of cum tomage allotted for May to Octo- nds of an arbitrary man. It is

and (for the Chinese Army inber perlod. Explained the g terlaced with family and finan-

India) came up. I sald leave bottleneck, and the airfield but- cial tles and influences, which

The question row la. What do Sun (Li-Jen). "Too Junior" tleneck.

| John “Lu` got the map [from the densily tear it to places if 1 dhe next? Just sit here, or re- | Well, Be'd null it over. Then rapidly and finally came down Chinese staff with the divisions 30. ullest out. Faced with

to a walk, but I'm afrald 1 am for the China front marked on he pulled out. September PEREIRA, OR

better JUNE 2-Better and

Madame went over the schieme now suspect. Also, I'm afrakl it. The Bureau of Military 1948 at the General Hospital,gency, it has no alternative but Shayighal,

Doc again and I said Tu would have the War Department is using me Operations refused to give him al Louise (Meme) on, and none of these Inter-

Appetile improving, ocking interests predominate to brought some candy. Radioed to come home. Would I accepting a whipping boy. "In a fum,ist of commandera. Kavier Pereira, aged 53 years, | MUN

Brereton: No women to Chira, La (Cho-ying)? O.K. if I co-blom it on Sillwell." dearly beloved wife of Mr. the extent that any one of them

JUNE 22-Surprise radio from trolled the training. tatiz Pereirn, mother of Jould take over and clean house,

JUNE 30-L Cho-ring JA. JULY 3—Madume Chiang call- ven if the necessary patriotism 'T

Shong rin Washington). Su she went and talked to and grandmother of John epil

re present. Only outside in- Through Machame (Chiang). E- Calang Kai-shek and that's the Long talk about India. He was 1 »1 {t

huence can do anything for China į „fied w bueftet of soft soup all agreement. + contaard; I con- more concerned about the name

either eremy action will snuish

Mis

tendance floral tribute.

COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE

much time

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How

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Chiong Kul-shek nok at me? I believe he realises

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vague international projects tions of the present economic The most important is that self a bit)

In late June, an incident oc. dame says, "We won't talk about

Conference

says

JULY 2-Paper work all nun.

sail

et for my report to Washington -nød got it, without recommen- She got hol on this about the JORN me. First word Fyo ban tral training; Lo runs administrat

bawi me Workerl

back Pho nd started to e or some regenerative Iden from trim. It seems they all tion and discipline. (It was me training.

ut, I sit I should like to see Gradually clearing up. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. must be formed and put into et

listen to us the US, and won't of those sicers turn-arounds and papers,

Iver Kept me waiting till Ton get busy and wire the War Des Chiang Kai-shek "even, went su

got there, brought in Pear! Ch'en JULY -Conference, Madam Madame MC da Ron and drumhy

Recretary1 Chinng's intent to keep on sending stuff far as to say we could send in thank all relatives and trtottes

Chou and Mao, (of hand took own everything I Maybe he 108 bnc 30,000 (Chinese troops to India Chiaruk, the

LESSON sent of

Chinese Air IN PSY-

Force) Chennau Obvious mud as hell. She hat serious shipping by air.) for the tund condolence mi fell Rum the truth, which s [na

All rigged b. Thew terent bereavemen), at, he ignores. I am (a) convenientation But something is up CHOLOGY How to handle Chi- Bissell, and 1.

;napped the whip and the stooge fsgebond. "Hinw the funeral and wars by which he can sidestep and some leverage may come out nese commerders. (Chiang Kai

many pinnes de

hail not come across, and she'd "I have to Be you want. Magun, with 20 the British. He thinks that by an of it.

shek speaking:)

reported to Chiang K'ai-shek der to me (Aren't you my chict NE 24--Mactame Chiang atawake nights, thinking what fool per cent monthly replacements." that I bar. My position: the

Then 1

1 How many do you want, Chen- of staff) he can make use of any 5:0d. She made a few equcks and things they may đ

whole thing was simply a clarifi- units i cane brick at her. Ching Kai- weite American supplies and

and tell them not to

20 per cent All Available.

knows I am shek nie in early,

these things. But they are so

right, now we'll tell cation of the second of the three prely to China and expects me a Conference started badly dumb, they will do a lot of foolish Washington, and T. V. will put minimum demands, and so had passed beyond my province to *s present the Chinese side of (Chinese) troops

General in Ira Just ress unless you anticipate them, on pressure, and

comment on, till called on by my question favourably, I rest and I loult out for them,

JUITL

This is the secret of handling well can get busy and tell them, A conference of Dominions

was call- government to do so, Get busy on the Big pleture (1) them-you must Imagine every-¡ too." (In substanen.) This

West in and given the orders of Prime Ministers is a notable the visible sign of American sup-

(3) Plats for stabilisation as is. thing that they can do that would an elucidation of the second of Chiang K'al-shek, on the sub- event.

minimum Some feel that this

be wrong and warn them against the three

demandaton!

jeet. one might with advantage

11. That is why I have to write What they want now is P-51s or "And What would I recom-

(Apparently, P-47s, or as third choice, P-389, have occurred earlier; British call to action is that it should of it. A clear-headed realisa- so many letters,"

the question and recommend people have occupied too be heard and understood; the tion of these facts will lead my dig got under his skin, and That's all. They ignore entirely mend it asked?" I would study

he felt called on to explain him- the limit on stocks of bombs,

what was feasible and defect of loo

what relatively on

many exposi- to certain conclusions.

ammunition, and gas. As Ma-

would help win, the war, if li turned out to be 800 or 1,500 that they never at the United Kingdom end curred that was to signal, the | that. That's your job and too little on matters of crisis is

get it

planes. "But doesn't your posi- tion as chief of staff give you practical family consultation, reach the true and inner con- must be abandoned the habit long personal struggle between in."

Chiang and Sillwell. This was Madame made, a bad break. But let us forget that now. sciousness of the ordinary of saying that "we cannot the sudden withdrawal of Ameri- She got me alone, and said she wt that I felt I was being given the right to speak up? I repeat- The Conference which opens work-a-day individual willi- afford to luse man-power" can air untis from india so bols wanted to go to the States soon orders. I then showed her how shove off the programme tied in on the today comes at a time of im-out whose labours there can and that, at the Australian fer the perilous situation in the and that she would

end must be abandoned the Middle East, where frommen when I had "gotten a good start freight line, and what 5,000 tons mense and dramatic sigul- be no recovery,

Whatever a Prime Minis idea that "we don't want this happened, Stilwell foun Chinese, a stooge that plugs the plane

For the gates of Alexandria. When

with the G-mo"-I'm to be a facross the Hump] meant (304 ficance for the world. There

on newcomers who will compete imself suddenly confronted welt U.S. for anything and everything and enlisted men on ground, five

crews, 3,400 отест planes, 275 chew has never been a more imters'

a Chinese ultimatum-the famous portant setting for a meeting great matters is world news. with the native born."

Nor can we deal with the Three Demands: Chiang demand they want and then she fell in Belds each end, each to take 50

She began of the highly accredited and It will instantaneously reach

led

United States "And we're going to see that you

Lo that three

transports),

Ket are made a full generall!" Th

some light. (I took some of the authoritative representatives a great audience. If it is in migration problem in isola-divisions be dispatched forthwith

front; that 500 hell they are, of the British family of itself dramatic, it may have tion. In truth it is the pro-to the Burma

Instead of making allowances us as a matter of fact I should

have thrown the raw meat nations. This is, above all,dramatic results, and today blem of the re-distribution planes with concomitant replace-

ments be assured him; that the for unexpected crises, the C-the floor at the first). But I told 1t:

inted Statys guarantee him a time for a ringing declara-dramatic results are needed. of Empire population.

nese just abuse us for not doing her I thought the G-me wanted tion of our essential unity. We hope for an effective cannot be considered apar!5,000 tons month of airborne more. They have got away with a soldier und not a rubber stamy over the Hump by bluff and abuse, and apologies or transmitting agency, And I overwhelmingly supplies We have devoted too much family consultation

from the President and Chief of also told her that at the first algn time to the assertion of our future of Empire trade and important problems of Em-A This ultimatum was presented Staff.

wanted to independence of each other. productive development. We pire defence. of Empire de- to the United States with guard-henry Now they got not over the of Inck of confidence,

going to Egypt go home. She had me dictate for threats of Chinese defection

the "Three Minimum The time has

to have fallen into two errors velopment, of shipping, of en come

At this Demands"-three US, divisions lu about the message to

the G-mo what I wanted to say the War notify the world, and in par-in our post-war trade nego- the movement or establish- from the Allied cause.

dur-the sad summer of 1942 India, 500 combat planes, and Department, so I did.

(I also ticular those who threaten tiations. One is

cont! 5,000 1015 that we ment of industries,

month Lover The told her the three demands had Clearly a good deal of use-spase from her, oum campaigns the world's peace, that on all have pursued the will o' the the great matters which wisp of multilateral charters ful collaboration. has been were going to the embattled Bri. Hump), all by the end of August come out of a clear sky, with no

the Russiaus Utterly Irapossible, but they

Kopportunity for me to study or touch and concern, the free-of trackless vagueness, which going on

between British ish at Cairo and

at. Stalingrad. Three U.S. divis we'll promise it. The alternative advise. Just a direct order form

is that they

will "make other Chiang Kai-shek.) were nowhere available. dom of man and the defence ignored the truth that it is Empire countries on matlers ions

"China cannot Developed gut ache and had it of his untrammelled spiritual much more sensible for two of Empire defence. It would Plane production had not yet arrangements."

"The pro- all night. growth the British are one nations with mutual under-be unnecessary and indeed its stride. Transport carriers de go on without help."

signed to fly the tremendous Jap activity is very strong." Try- standing and interests people.

in unwise for anybody to re:heights of the Hump had not ing to throw a scare into us. I JULY 5-Now Lauchlin Currie But, apart from this, what common

a special quire publicly the details of yet been designed and wornout think they are making a bad coming out. They [the Chi- do we look for in a Prime bargain with each other, and such collaboration: But as a C-7's were bringing into Citing mistake. The President's answer nuse] asked for Harry Hopkins. was quiet and dignified and pro- They're off on the wrong foot Ministers' Conference, this keep it, than for cach of them British family we should primately 100 tons a month.

mlsed nothing.

again. Apparently, now that the to look for 50 or 60 nations make públicly clear to forced to reject Chiang's de-

Madamo wanted me to trans- stooge [Sillwell] won't como 1048 symbol of unity?

Many of us will hope to to make a general bargain, threateers of the world's mands, and Chiang's incandes mit the clarification of the 500- across, Soong is sending some-

plane point, with recommenda- body that will. see the Conference clarifying the practical results of which peace that we shall stand to-cent wrath was focussed on Sill-

tions, and give her the gist of the Blood count showed worms. So the minds of British people nobody can foresee.

gether in the defence of the From then on, though Chiang's

message. I take the stand that I swallowed five doubtful-looking everywhere on the question. The second error is that we things we believe in, just as suspicion of Sillwell fluctuated it's still on ultimatum from the pills at noon. I knew there must Generalissimo to the President, be something the matter with of Western European Union. have too readily accepted the we have already done twice intensity, it was never to rest It is foolish to talk about ultimate abolition of Empire in this century. Valuable as permanently was onceler and so beyond my province, Took me. Full list of "Medicine," 30

Stilwell's conceived.

the occasion to explain my status hours; spirit of peppermint; paru- legalistic European preference, which has proved a round declaration is, how-In Stilwell's mind, at the same

he as (1) chief of staff for G-mo: gorie; sulfathiazole; cough syrup; federation as practicable. It its value, has helped to ever, it must be pointed out time, prew the feeling that

commanding general of vitamin pills; mugnesium sul-

sunic

to make

the from on

the

at the resources America

well.

American govemment மாச

011

is equally dangerous to settle stimulate world trade, and, that a complete concerting of was webbed about with plot and (2)

conspiracy. A mcksåge of United States Army Forces of phate; luminolj hypoderme. Feel-

-

China; (3) U.S. representative an (To Be Continued Tomorrow)

Bright

down into an

attitude of after all, merely seeks to es- Empire action in the future President Roosevelt to Chiang the China-Burma-India theatre Ing better!

Stilwell was with responsibilities outside of blind opposition to co-opera- tablish among Empire coun- will to a material extent rest firmly supporting tion between the Western tries an economic co-opera- upon the perfecting of Em-never delivered to Chungking by the Chinese Embassy in Wash- European Powers. But there tion falling far short. for geo-pire communications.

ington. Distinguished emissaries are many sincere lovers of graphical and national rea- There has been opposition flow from Washington to soothe the British Empire who feel sons, of the complete infernal to proposals for an Empire and placate Chiang, but Wash- uneasy about Western Euro-free trade of the USA or the Secretariat on the groundington failed to offer the Chine theatre even a mininfum of the Soviet Union,

that any centralisation of supplies necessary for waging pean Union,.

The CBI theatre had a It would be a great service We got our strength from Empire administration should war. to the world if the Confer-unity. We shall lose it only be resisted. Let us recognise priority lating lower than that ence of Prime Ministers could by disunity.

this opposition, whether we of the Caribbean. Stilwell was left to argue the Chinese Army indicate that in a growing We hope to see the migra- agree with it or not. It still into reorganisation and battle by association between the tion problem put in its proper leaves open the important persuasion alone,

JUNE 25-Bang! Brereton to Western European Powers perspective. So far it seems possibility of having a decen- go to Egypt with all the heavy on practical problems,, lead to have been regarded in tralised Empire Secretariat bombers and all the transports he ing step by step to increas isolation, as something to be By that it is meant that reeds. Banal The A-298 are to ing co-operation, a more in discussed and dealt with-to there should be. for example be held at Khartoum and divert- telligent living together, and take Australia as a sample at Ottawa, an Empire Secreed to the British. Now what can any to the G-mo? We falt ini perhaps ultimately to organic by an Australian Minister for tariat containing representa- all our commitments, and blithely association, there would be Immigration at one end, andtives not only from Great tell him to just carry on, old top. found something not hostile some particular. Minister at Britain but from all Canada's The AVG is breaking up, to the interests of the British the other.

sister Dominions; that there people are dead slow about re- plucing it. the radio net operators

have on the. record is tho

our

Rad

world but greatly to be de Between the census of 1921 should be a similar secre don't arrive, and our boys are stred by it. The brotherly and that of 1933 the popula-tariat-in South Africa, and brand new at the game. All we preference and mutual aidtion of Australia increased by in Australia, and so on. which British countries ex-approximately 22 per cent. The point to be emphasis-hshio show. (The first Ameri- tend to each other we should Between 1933 and 1947 it in-ed is that the one set of circan bombing rald on Lashio by B-255; nine B-259 set out on this under by approximately cumstances certainly not deny to those creased

which

mission from India planning, io Western European Powers only 14 per cent. Since there might be basic Empire bomb Lashio, and then lend in would arise | China. Only two planes landed whose present divisions and 1933 the rate of net annual disagreement disorders are so. inimical to increase has fallen to under from the taking of a decision successfully in China, the radio the survival of civilisation.one per cent.---

in London which had not been operator of one of them denda

his panel.)' We hope for a clarion call But there is another fea-fully discussed, and with full JUNE 26-11:00 am.) Fut the right hard word on Chiang Kai-shok. to all British peoples for àture, more significant. The information, at the

with the British He was primed, I believe. Sald concerted productive effort birthrate falls, but medical time by all British countries. The skill and public hygiene im-Dominions. On these and the President, had assured him importance of the call cannot prove. There are fewer re- other issues a great lead may the Tenth Air Force was for use be over-estimated. The eruits to the national rovula- be given and indeed great of It, diverted without notifying people of Britain in 1940, tion, but they live longer. In decisions made by the Con- him? He was fed up and couldn't Know thời with France collapsed, with round figures, in 1940 40.000 ference which is now about believe the. President. the triumphant hordes of out of every million of Aus to meet. If it takes its op- facts. In any case, I was to radilo Germany just across the tralians were aged 65 years rortunity, speaks with fire and ask for Yes or No on the Channel, had all the courage and over. By 1946 third and in positive terms and is maintaining the Ching then-

ord (50 * did.) in the world. But it needed had risen to 78,000. By 1975 lavs strong foundations for tror the call of a Churchill to give it is estimated that it will be practical and

in China. Why, then, was part

Is the US. Interested

urgent co (5:00p.m.); Madame called Lens, radio from T. V. [Soona). Now I'm the vilipin.. I sabotaged the. (Chinese) transport grab by saying we couldn't use more than 100 [transport planes sabot-1

it form and direction; to 120,000. This is a grim pros oneration, this great Contor touch it to great issues and pect for a nation which be ence may alter the course of to treat endurance.

loves that most of its active history and do a great ser The essential thing about a and developing life is in front vice to mankind.

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