1948-12-16 — Page 11

PEIPING ISOLATION VIRTUALLY COMPLETE

Paiping, December 15.

Chinese Communists completed the isolation of

Peiping yesterday.

They cut the railway to the sea after the Government

itself had closed the city's airfields. Authorities disclosed that all traffic to Tientsin was

cut when the Reds attacked and destroyed sec- tions of the railway near Langfang, 30 miles South East of Tientsin.

Repair gangs were proceeding reduce the ferritory held by the in North China, Authorities Nationalists to the scene, bul

Ly straight were in the dark over the num- which is uited ber of Communists operating in time from Pelping, through Tien-

Babour. the area. The railway often tsin, down to Tangkit

The evacuation of Latat was has been cut by guerilla raids indertaken following Lay

Communist forver closed Authorities

the Southpearance of

behind the Nationinf troops in airteld, the lost airlink with the

the veiny of Chating, 70 kilo outside world The city's West

#n Tenisin, On Monday metres marie bed was clowed

fighting has occurred, Words Nationalist ground troops are re-98

fo the laird the Wet to tear a pall to be looking

withdrawal,

Cett

With The Communists based Northward,

at Yutjen, directly

Papsones trade was halted an the Pripingt-Denison railway. the one and line to the nisice at Intan, the whole alway which the Cusnamnals de

control The avion

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not stretch beyond Tangku with thinnerable to the Communist druts end to disruption, which might

owing to troop manveraends,

The closing of Perputs twal roult in the isolation of Gene marbell

not readily plained

Preparing For A Siege

The situation around Pelling;

I growing Increasingly Carlour with military trucks, troops, supplies congecting the

with streets And

into

the

refuseca

Ancient

forces Chu Chi-l's taken lato immedurtely

leaving Tengshan).

who

let

Meanwhile, General Fu Tec y's hendquarters

Peiping 415 been removed from Th Western suburb Incide the capital following

Com the munist advance.

General's Appeal

Simultaneously,

Santa Claus Plane For Berlin Kids

Berlin, December 14,

A "Panta Claus" Skymaster Jaden with Christmas toys. sweets and clothing for Barlin children landed today at Tempelhof Airport

the United States sector of the capital.

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andreds of children greet-

plane, whoas

cargo

ad the

came from Americans In

Western Germany.

and

Americana In Berlin the United States Zane have

$20,000 for collected

230 parties for about 28.000 Ber. In children,-Reuter.

Chemical

Industry Control?

London, December 14. The Government is to insti- inquiry into the Lifts: chemical industry. Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Bourd of Trade, announced today.

The Government should know capital while the Authoritien

its long-term plans and probable anic, commuurennes of development, lie are preparing for a alege.

ков British 1lichting

Los with the new Zonas at and the Association las Simultanody,

Manufacturers had occurred between

mad Fatal midway between Tangkhenient Poping

reason been a ked to prepare a riport Fengir, the South East approach Harbour and Tongshan, to the ancient capital

intricate on the lines he hid indicated. 19 - ond the latest reports

the Tant

Nationalista have

The Trade Union Congress inad metres away Later in the moaði.

agreed with this Jille DI ep. evaru the positions there. Ing Praze of Communists

leout proach, Mr Wilson adied. The Tientsin- Carrion thus outside peared

Reuter's Mr. Free Wighton, Kwannen, South Western quarters advancing

wrlies: political correspondent, Lauluah ni Verpent, and

henry few from mudnjela to 8.00 The pality that the Guveru- gure was and audible in the wide me Garrison Commenderment will apply sine forms of General Chin Chang-obeh, 1- mational control to the lenical Air. 1.00

a statement after The Mayor.

Yturruert

;1 duy industry has already been the rumburs.

hyer of speculation. chung, told weann torlay That wall

end. General Pu Tagen dass night re- ceived the Governor of Hoper, popolare from falling Viet Mr. Chu Shi-rturs, the Chanman the Communist proptranda of of the Peiph City Counell, Mr.fensive in

elly.

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war's

the

discouraging

the

to

the Nutionnina Fem

Hsu Bwed to and tunelf and and the accompanying whipped through them

TURI

song De population:

patience

nce me campaign.

assuring

He urged calmes, during the

them that foot and eat wave present cited situation. Buffetent for reveral months.

Tempontes hospitals ale 2011- templates and dest and corps are

organisert

Frizer

ordered

M

Well-infonned

Stripers General Chow That

Falk bead of the Chinese All Porre,

11 planes

Cirattal The point where lighting oc- without consulting curred

respings Tan Y, Nationalist Commander Inday Western subur chude Papan the Northern fronts, shan, close to the Murco Polo Bridge where the China Incident) originated' in 1937, and Metou-{ kou, where British-owned 'mines are-formiert

H.Q. Evacuation

About Over

Aserviates Press euvoaspen-

A conubierable xxly of opinion. thinks, however, that the indus try with its compilations, woul

stand itself to nonalisatiani

the arrepton sense. Reuter,

Red Menace

To Australia

Sydney, December 14.

Newspapers in Sydney are warong that the Communist advance in China is a menace Le Australia.

dents reported that 195-National-id on editorial that Austra

Sydney Bally Telegraph e-operation with the United States should become closer than

ist plans from Peipin had ar rived at Tsingtao Whore Ameri- uver. ear Marines are bared and an

Pro-Government reports in equal number at rowded, sky, dicate that the Nationallatsfelds around Nooking).

"Hitherto, we have planned or detence along lines which

stationed in Lutal have al. The withdrawal deprived up with Britain, her Navy

rendy joined the defenders of General Fu of air support ag ̈a Hetro. only 40 kilometres most critical time. from Tientsin.

All signs indiente that the days The Hunku Operational Head-of Nationalist rule an Peiping quarters is expectedl to be are about endent.-ndareciated evacuated. This will drastically' Press and Reuter.

" he possessiones East at Suez,"

the Telegraph said. "We now Bhatron far more emphasis on our laboration with America, "I the U.S. needs bases in our area, she should have

them." Associated Press.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1940.

Chinese Cities Get New Attack Of The Jitters

Shanghai, December 15,

The big cities of Chino suffered another attack of `recurrent evacuation jitters as reports from the North indicated Peiping might topple any day. Four hundred evacuees sailed out of Tientsin on an American Navy LST a few hours after the Reds cut the. Peiping-Tientsin railway behind them.

Fifty American men, women and children

ม pulled Shanghai on board a converted destroyer bound for Tokyo, And the USS Breckenridge WIS FOM ported to be on its Way here to plek up 2,500 ore.

In Shonghal

O ometalk of swung into 24-hour schedule

screening 1,700 to Bish found for Palesține...

Utter Confusion

DP

Morris Oxford

Home Leave! - and

Shanghal itself

of is. scene uiter confusion. A visitor-

here are few

today... ducking: at Shanghai's sky. scraperline Bund would think he'd come face to

to face wit» 131) Century, bedlin,

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IIMS Loudon is dus here next week. together with MS Amee

to take their places on Whangboo's battlesha

Mayor Yang Sen of Chungkkig, wartime refugee capital of the Nationalist Government, invited his President Chinng to ove Government there ogas in face of the advancing Communists.

(Well-informed ROUTLEN sald the President refused the invita 1lon, but it pleased him so much to that he invited Yong Sen Nanking for talks.)

From Tientsin. 1ST 853 puited out in its second evacuation mis- rion with Do pry cent of the 400 fleeing evacunes on board state less refugees under protection of IRO.

shadow of the threal les athwart this

Red

once the

look!

stately thoroughfare and teeming, writhing mazs of peo ple that blot the view like they're scurrying madly t got out from under it.

of „Thoueands

refugees pouring into the city from the surrounding countryside to add

the contusion.

**

Trable in downtown sectio of the city is ch-ken to slower Liza a snails pave 12 took K motorenr 40

Yesterday minutes

There was fear and tension to travel live short blocks on the

on the dock as news

arrived Bund, that the railway behind the re-

has been cut by fugtes Reds and that Peiping,

Trums for most of the work-

hre thefing day

immobilised home wheel-barrows and rickshas ten

along

to most of the evacuees, was into ati immovable mass isolated by land and ale from the tracks, unable to go forward the rest of the world.

In the excitement, one Italian evacuee from Peiping Tell ndo

Th

back, or

And the conversation in down- town offices during the day and

the water but was quickly putt-in private homes in the evening

centes m ed out.

whole in store for Behind them lo Tientsin,

Shanghai when Der Tag comes, refugees left 600 foreigners an

what the Reds will do when they 800 Soviet Russions, aut, of A' ome and chances for getting original colony of 2,500 to eign-out before they come-Associat-

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