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HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1948.

REDS RESUMING OFFENSIVE

Fighting Reported Near Hsuchow Again

THREAT TO PEIPING?

Nanking, November 21.

The Communist forces around Hsuchow, whose first main onslaught was beaten off last week, today appeared to be on the offensive again, with pro-Government despatches reporting fighting deve- loping with increasing intensity East, South East and North West of the Government stronghold barring the Communists'

march on Nanking.

Agitation

In some sectors, 'Instead of retreating as earlier reports had indicated, the Communists were being reinforced to lash back at the, National- ist armies.

For Peace The heaviest fighting was reported to be raging

Spreading

Nunking, November 21.

The agitation for peace until recently conned to unofficial

around Janchuon (Nionchuang), 35 miles East of Hsuchow, where Communist General Chen Yi's forces, after being hurled back on the Grand Canal front, had turned around to assault the Government positions in reinforced strongth.

circles has now penetrated into | A communique issued by the the Government's highest level Ministry of Defence this after- as two top ranking officials--noon admitted the heavy at- Chang Chih-chung and Shao tacks were being nude on Jan- Li-tze-recommended the rechuan. The communique con- sumption of peace purleys to flimed earlier pro-Government Generalissime Chiang Kal despatcfies of renewed lighting shek the United Press learned in this area. today.

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Bat the Generalisho was guld!

The Ministry said General Chen

vi had rushed reinforcements

hav stedfasily refused to from the Southern Shantung con. Lately from his announced zie- tres of Linyl, Tenchuang. Lin- determinations to fight to the bitter cheng and Yihsten to rescue the Communist troops remaining on ile West bank of the Grand Canal.

end.

General Chang Chi-chung, now supreme political and military chief of North Western China, sát with Mr. George C. Marshall, now U.S. Secretary of Stale, and General Chou Enlai, Communist leader, on the powerful three-man committee steering the Kuomin mag-Communist

pearn negotia-

Durs during the mediatica days,

Wei Nationallet army, which began marching Northward # few days ago

from the North' Anhwel city of Yingchow to

the

Reds operating Hsuchow. bad

East and towards

out/tank North West of swerved North

pushing PO'N Suhalen sector.

River Crossing

Was the

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This column, estimated 50,000 strong, was said to have already, crossed the Kwo River in

The communique added that North the Communists around chuan wern at offering ra slelance without retreating and wald that the Government was cantinuing to bring pressue on

them.

Auhwei, about 40 miles

PICTURE OF THE DAY

He Fights For Malaya

A Molay special constable stonow guard at a centry post on a rubber catate. He is one of a great armed and trained forcs four of more than 24,000 speelal contables raised in the past months.AP Photo.

President Truman To Start Peace Talks

Key West, November 21. President Truman will end a two-week holiday today and fly back to Washington for important peace talks.

Jan-South West of Suhalen after sent- tering, shree Communists units at- templing to cheek their advance. On the East Hopel front, the

ence He Defence Ministry of National coramuniqué said the Communists were cuntinuing their attempts to move Southward.

The Communist reinforcements Mr. Shuo, also a Lev Govern- which had been rushed to this the is, 4th, Oth, ent representative in the un-area included successful talks, is a leading Kuo- 10th and 13th Armies and mintang Liberat na is now a Kwanglung-Kwangsi bridge.

Laittee of the Party's Central Heavy Fighting

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mber of

the Standing Com-

Fecitlive Committee.

This followed a a similar sugges-

tion reliably learned to have been

maste

Government

a

reinforcements

On Friday night, they were en- caged by strong Government units

Jarts: the ping-Kupefl.w

sirtil Heavy lighting continued

noon yesterday, whic

when the Reds began retreating North Eastwards

suffering heavy casualties.

Fu In Tientsin, General T'so- yi's Headquarters has announced

after

by the American Ainbas from suchow were approaching, that martial law, embracing vir- actor, Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, in Payichi. Other pro-Government tuntly all the North China areas bis personal capvelty as a friend

China, which the envoy dents arts described

. Shanghai.

Feeling Of Defeatism

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S'HAI UNCONCERNED ABOUT CIVIL WAR

Shanghai, November 21.

For a city whose fata, may hang on the campaign of Hruchow 300 miles

away, Shanghai remains raucously unconcerned, An arrival here expecting to find Shanghai tense, nervous or excited under martial law and. threat of Red domination finds the tension,

nervousness and excitement only in the hust- ling and honking and hallering which is the audible trademark of this great city where.West meets East.

Down in Nantag, the old Concession now formed "Little Chinese section, а restless Moscow" because of the number of Russians living there--the shifting surge of men and

Chinese seem unconcerned. women and children shout

As do some Russians, many of their unconcerned ways along whom are renouncing the Soviet narrow cobbled streets ault-citizenship they accepted at the

able for Sax Rohmer charac- [war's end, ters.

Occaforally a man or woman drops out of the mass to enter a serene temple, an island of silence where red-lacquered Agures guard the secreta fold a 'benign- faced God who accepts the offer. ings of Joss and candles through

fat malling priest.

of Shanghat too--auch ая the old French

In other sections

Bullitt Has Talks With President

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Little Effect

As they have done for years, men row out Into the muddy Whangpos River in the morning to ships on which they work or to whosa pasngers they paddle their handicraft.

The sight today of hulking grey United States Navy trans- port here possibly to evacuate Americans and of a lean British destroyer do not cause Secchow Creek boatmen to lose a stroke at their cara.

Martial law seems to have done Nitle to Shanghai except crimp the hours at the night clubs-and the Shanghal cooliestruggling for enough to eat and wear is not, much concerned with jazz bands and floor shows.

Nanking. November 21.

There are some Chinesa sol- Mr. William Bullitt, repre- dlers around, a few of them senting the Congressional in- looking like over, stuffed men in vestigation committee, dined padded winter uniforms. But with President ́· Chiang · Kai- „ihere are no machine-guns shek last night for the second mounted in the streets or tanks time in a week, holding an-patrolling the roaring dirty bund. other two-hour informal talk Foreigners Pessimistic with the Generalissimo.

Even news of the nearby war Mr. Bullitt also conferred with does not seem to exclle much at- the Minister of Education and tention. In front of a newspaper concurrently President of the office in Nanking Road'. this United Nations Association of morning there were more Chin- Chiba, Mr. Chu Chia-hun, yester-lese looking at the picture of a day,

prize-winning rooster than at the According to Central News, Mr. adjacent North China war photos. Bullitt cald he was deeply im- Out In the suburbs where pressed by China's support for Shanghai merges with China the innt international body people work unconcedly in the Among other Chinese leaders helds. Few bother to look up at the congressional leader saw the transport planes carrying terday were the legislators, Mr. Americans away from China: Chang Ta-fan and Mr. Fu Su- pien, the latter a well-known his-tired of rolling with the punches, Possibly Shanghai Chinese are

under the The date of Mr. Bullitt's de- perhaps they figure

Recta Dar ure from Nanking is still not cult than living as they have would not be any more dif- A meeting with his Cabinet, certain but it is believed he will done, under international con- the first since the election, is love the capital shortly to visit trol, under

and the Japanese other, Chinese cities prior to re- turing to

the United States under the Kuomintang. The President also will talk about the middle of December.-

There seems more concern about with W. Averill Harriman, United Press.

China-among the few foreigners Ambu Midori but {"roving" ECA

Fare than among the Chinese. the time of the appointment has

eigners are gloomy and pessimis- not been fixed,

tle about all of China-not only Hscuhow.Associated Press.

will meet there with the Secretary of State Mr. Marshall, for the first in a series of conferences to review the nation's foreign policy in all trouble areas of an uneasy world.

Teachers To probable on Friday.

Abandon Strike

heavy fighting † sugg

under Nationalist control, would cailway North

mid- become effective as front Subsien, halfway between

tonight. night chów nad Pẹngpu.

Affected by the mensure are Ministry's communique

Hupel, the three main centres of said that 2,000 casualties had been peping, Tientsin and Tongshun, Peretratum of the peace agita-inflicted on the attacking Beds In

s well as Tangku, 27 miles South Government's up the tion hit the

East of Tientsin, Chinghai, 32 level provided evidence of a gen-st 24 eral feeling of defeatism in Na- From points 12 miles

miles South East of Tientsin, and tionalist China.

West of Hsuchow, the Communists Langfang. 40 miles West of Tien- This means President Chiang

Besides promising were also reported to be launch-sin along the Peiping-Mukden Kai-shek, according to excellent ing concentrated atlucks upon sourcer, has rejected four peaon Nationalist

held positions

by

area during the

South

railway.

appeal within the last two General Chłu Ching-chuan's Reds Spotted

werks, Including one made by 120 Nanking professora Nerdes by Professor Liu Pu-tung, and Professor Ni Taing-yuan. Sources close to General Chang Chi-chung and Mr. Shao Li-tze sak the two Government leaders navocated a peaceful settlement because of the bleak military out- look with virtually no prospects of obtaining cffective American

id.

General Chang was belloved to have transmitted a Russian offer of mediation which was reliably reported to have been conveyed to him last year by an unnamed Russian military attache,

forces.

Here the Communists, dety. ing heavy casualties, were said to be making repeated attempts to overwhelm the Government Tires Ten milles to the North West of Hauchow, part of 3 Communist Kwangtung and Ks.angel armies, anulated by several independent bridgades, were stated to be pounding

Government hold points in co- ordination with an offonalve nction launched in the other sectors around the Government bustion in North Klangad.

Lines Shattered

to

ای

torian.

Snow Storm Kills 13

In America

Prince

Girl Drowns In Car Tragedy

Miss Anna Broga, 16- year-old daughter of Mr. A. J. Braga, Singapore barrister, Was drowned when the car she was rid- ing in ran Into the ясп from the end of Queen's Road West at the Kennedy Town praya late last night. The two other occupants of the car, Mr. Braga and Mas Amy Wong, managed to extricate themacives from the car after it fell into the water and escaped with light injurler and shock.

The accident occurred at 10.45 o'clock last night when car No. 567, a Stan- dard 14, driven by Mr. Braga, falled to make the curve Into Connaught Rond West and ran over the praya.

A passer-by Immedinic- ly jumped into the water

In an attempt to ald the two survivors. The pollco and the fire brigade were summoned and two am- bulances as well as the No. police launch were quickly on the scene.

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Attempts to reach the car, which was submerged In 12 feet of water, falled, however, and by press time carly this morning Miss Braga's body had not yet been racovered.

Misa Braga was to have marked her 17th birthday on Wednesday, “

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14 Killed

In Luzon Explosion

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Manila, November 20. Fourteen were killed and 12 others badly injured in

box accidental ovplosion of a of dynamite today in the vill-. age of Pinaud in the town of San Ildefonso In Bulacan Pro- vince.

The

The President is known to hope Secretary that he can persunde Shanghai, November 21. Maraholl to delay his retirement-

PRINCE AXEL The White House clamped tight Classes in all Munlelpal pri-

In an tragedy occurred IN MANILA

vacuation centre where about mary and middle schools are the lid of secrecy surrounding its Kal- expected to be resumed tomar-consideration

Chiang

Manila, November 20. 100 families are living temporarl- to the of shelt's personal appeal

Axel row following the success

Chicago, November 29.

of Denmark, ly after fleeing from the Huk- American a new

The Mayor K. C. Wu in persuad-President for

Thirteen were dead and grand-uncle of the Danish King, Constabulary battle areas. policy

of support for statement

Inst night identified dead Included soven ing striking teachers to return

the hart! pressed Nationalist scores were marooned by tow-arrived in Manila

Pan-American plane women and one child not yel to work.

Government of China.

ering snowdrifts in the wake board

from Shanghai for a 10-day un-baptised. to ask the

It made public

neither the of storm which swept across ncial visit to the Philippines. An Investigation; disclosed that Municipal Finance Commissioner

Chinese President's letter, nor the great plains through the lo issue an allowance equn!

Mr. Truman's raply.

North and Central states and 150 per cent of the pay to li

The Secretary of Defence Mr. Into the Great Lakes region. teachers, Mr. Wu said that he was Forrestal, llew down on Thursday Howling winds dled down and arranging for the purchase of rice alter ordering 1,200 additional the storm lost fury as it moved

Eastward, marloes into Tsingtao.

The United States Weather Bureau nt Detroit' reported that: the storm centred today over the

th

and

am

Bi-partisan Policy

However, he and the President North end of Liite Michigan, discussion of the maving slowly North East. Heavy

The announcement followed for rattening to them. reports that Chinese Air Force The Mayor revealed that he had reconnaissance had. spotted asked the Minister of Finance to General Lin Plao's Manchurian adjust immediately the pay scale troope sending supplies by cart for public school teachers

"I myself Shunyi, Ganho, Chihalen, civil servants. Yutien and Paoli, stretching among those suffering from the postponed from the North East to the high cost of living," the Mayor Chinese situation to talk of the snow continued to fall in a broad European picture and the ques-band across the North and Cen- Bouth East in a semicircle about emphasied.

of rearming Western

tral states and temperatures fell tion

as the storm moved to the East. be-Europe.

Mr. Truman made it clear the United States will not participate in reparate four power talks until Soviet Russia lifts its blockade of Berlin.

SAILING OF LINER ,NOT CERTAIN.

43 miles radius from Polping. The Major is reported to have This move represents either staken for fully five hours threat to Peiping ar an attempt to fore the teachers decided to call foin ranks with the Communists off the strike-Reuter. in Central Hopei. Any further advance Westwards by General Lin's forces should bring the A relleble source said the Gen-

Communists into contact with erallssimo rejected both offiélais

General Fu Tse-yl's patrols. altitude of hopelessness impolitely

The Nationalists are at present and brusquely, maintaining it all

Reports from Hsuchow alleged

the amounts to a demand for his re

The Nationalist Air Force con endeavouring to safeguard

railway by. signation. He was said to have tinued taking a heavy toll of the Pelplig - Tleatsin

operations against the Communists told them that if he goes the Red forces as it carried out.day- the Autze district South of the whole anti-Communist front in log sweeps almost without opin the

rallway midway between Pçiping forces, and Tientsin.

The operations is sold to have their objective the checking of the any attempts by the Reds in cen-

position,

Government

ground

China will go with him.

President Chiang, it is under-pushing Eastward from Huchow stood, is still pinning hopes on a final victory in the Hauchow, bat under continuous air cover, were

reported to have shattered assistance

visors that no chances should be Janeliyan, where, the Communist Reuler.

Thousands of cattle and sheep were marooned and died as the snow cut off their pasturage, but no accurate estimate of the total loss could be made - avalable until communications are restored and roads cleared..

The Weather

He emphasised that there will be no interruption of this coun- try's bi-partisan foreign policy by At. Oakley, Kansas, stockmen designating John Foster Dulles, estimated that 1,000 sheep perish- Gouthampton, November 21, top Republican advisor, as acting cd-United Pressph Sixteen hundred passengers chairman of the United States day fined the rails of the Queen United Nations delegation during Marshall's absence, from Elizabeth and walled anxiously to Mr. learn whether the stelking crew-Europe.

The President I keeping him; met would go back to work.

Pickets still milled about the own counset on a shake-up of his the luxury Uner administration-Associated Press. angplanks of and strikers' representatives met brave the reported threats frons striking Now York long haromen. If the Elizabeth mirace the de at 1300 GMT she will not all today,

officiala said—United Press.

ile and American against warnings by his close adeommunist lines at Tahsuchis, tral Hopei to sever the Pelpingo decide whether they would

and Tientsin section of the rallway halfway between Hsuchow

ferees, numbering 30,000, warz hitterly contesting every inch at

taken-United Press.

ON OTHER PAGES the Government advance.