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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1949,
PEACE APPEAL COLLAPSING
Reds 90 Milės From Shanghai
Nanking, January 28.
Yangtse elver, 90 miles North West of Shanghal, fell this morning to the advancing Reda belonging to General Chen Yi's army, according to reporta tonight from Chin- Klang, about 40 miles West.
Along the river, the Com- munista were attacking other National North bank outprate at Kwachow and Shih-Er.. Wei opposite Chin-klang, Un. confirmed raporte sald that Kwachow has also fallen.
The Nationalists, who you. terday ra-took Yangchow without resistance, withdraw this morning to Chinking on The Nanking Shanghai Fail. way.
The Communista 4th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 13th columna are enld to be marsing on a £0.mile front on the North bank, mainly at likely cross. ing, points.
Foreigners Held In Peiping
Li Waits For Answer
From Communist Leader CABINET MEETING OFF
Nanking, January 28.
The Nationalist peace appeal to the Communists was reported here today to be in danger of complete collapse as President Li Tsung-jen awaited the Communist leader Mao Tse-tung's reply to his dramatic early morning peace message.
Premier Sun Fo, the Deputy Premier, Wu Te-chen, two-thirds of the Cabinet Ministers and three of the four-man Nationalist peace de- legation have now left the threatened capital. The Cabinet meet- ing arranged for tomorrow has been postponed.
Meanwhile, Nationalist troops defonding the Yonghe River have been ordered not to attack the Communists now massing in force at sov- oral places on the North bank ready for the crossing.
Gold Yuan Nosedives
President Li's pence message | mu enrly today was said to have followed the sudden depar ture by train for Shanghai of the Premier and his deputy. Reliable sources said that they had not been consulted when the President . drafted
message.
Cabinet Split
his
A Cabinet spilt appeared to be developing.
Peiping, January 28. The Communist military. cordon around Peiping was today ordered to prevent for- eigners leaving the newly oc- cupied city to travel about in today. He is expected to remain the Communist countryside.
In Shanghai until the Communists
News of the Premier's departure was not known in Nanking until
The military informant pre-replied to the President's mes- dicted, however, that as soon a sage. It it is unfavourable, he the coalition government is operat is expected to go to Canton where
Tng, the ban will be relaxed,, The (the Katonastary will
does not apply to air flights to Shanghai and other Nationalist eilles.
The Peiping Joint administration may be expanded to serve as an Interim government for all North China Including besieged Taiyuan fcapital of Shanni province), the last Nationalist Island in the North.
resume work on
President Li informed the Chi- nese Communist lender, Mr. Mao government
Tse-tung, that the accepts the original night Com- munist demands of January 14 RS D a basis for peace discussions, nccording to informed quarters...
General Ll's.ncceptance of the eight-point Communist' peace pro- gramine, contained in a personal Despite the delay in working out message to Mr. Mso, again urged detail or the joint administration, troops of both sides continued to the Communists to speed up in
naming the adhere strictly to
time and place of the conse-fire while waiting for oriers to move peace talks,
Shanghai, January 28. Dwindling hopes for an carly cessation of the civil caused Nationalist war
China's currency, the Gold Yuan, to sag to new-low levels today in terms of foreign gold.
currencies and
In spite of the, scarcity of cash, the United States dollar soared to 450 Gold Yuan cach this morning in the open market alter!
General Li's official ncceptance of the eight-paint Communist pro- gramme is believed to spurred
by indications that the Communist | field forces are massing men and supplies near the North bank of the Yangtse opposite Nanking for an all out assault on the National- ist capital.
Reports from across the river said the main Communist force of 100,000 men la gathering :20 miles North of the river bank, while spearlieads probed · within two miles of the river. This main force is moving slowly Southward by train truck, art and foot, while other transport is bringing in huge amounts of supplies for a sustained attack.
opening at 300, while gold Troops Dig In
bars--roso to GY$27,000? per ounce
about GY$20,000.
Unconfirmed reports that the Communist nu- thorities in Tientsin had banned the holding of for- eign currencies failed to linve any offect on the local rush to buy United States dollars-Reutor.
Facing the Communista, accord- ing to Nationalist offiders, is a small force of 45,000 government troops dug in around Pukow ac- ross the river from Nanking in A
an effort to keep the Communists beyond artillery range of the capital,
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NATIONALIST TROOPS REBEL
Peiping, January 28.
regiment of Nationalist -troops revolted today in the Southern suburbs of the city when ordered in Red torri- Acting President Li's appeal | tory under the. Poi- was despatched while heads of
ping peace pact. government-about all remaining now-foreign delegations and the city's population tried to predicí
Troops loyal to General Fu stand that this demand was only what will be the city's physical | Teo-yi engaged the rebellious However, the Acting President the opinion of the Communist fate.
Fu's into or out of Peiping's suburbs.
headquarters Nanking's position as the troops, rbeinformed the Communist chieftain news commentator and does not capital ends a week from today. Settlement of the currency re- that the Nationalist government represent the official Communist
claimed they were suppressed. form alley appeared to be the could not be expected to accept attitude, major obstacle la completion
The engagement lasted sev- eral hours.
foreign
of
the eight demands blindly before peace talks began.
on the
He agreed War Criminals
Officially Canton becomes the capital on February . Actually, it will be little more than a de- signated base for major sections
unita
The troops belonged to the 94th of the government. The men who | Army and
were among head those sections plan to remain under the
Acting
are
U.N. Ready To Vote On Indonesia
Lost In Ship Collision
Sha nghai, January 28. Hundreds of lives are reared lost in the coll: ision yesterday afternoon between the Chinese steamers Taiping and Kienyuen,' off Bonham Light in the Chusan or- chipelago South East of Shanghai. Survivors said that the Kienyuen sank in five minutes, and the Taiping, with at least 500 passengers aboard, 20 minutes later. Fifteen hours after the accident occurred details were still scanty. Five hundred passengers were carried on both ships.
This is . season of sea hanya
tragedy in China's winter' of
woe. The Ning For passenger Inauguration
ship Kiangya, sank off the
Yongtse mouth in November Of New Cinema
after an unexplained explosion with the loss of about 3,000. Last night's tragedy claimed no such toll, but mariners and own- ers of both ships were afraid # might run into hundreds.
The Shing Company's 2,700-lon freighter Kienyuon,” bounti Cor Shanghai with Formosan cont. and the China. Pacific Line's 4.000-ton freight passenger ship Taiping, on charter to the Chung- Heu Company, collided off Shusun eland, 100 miles South Eust of Shanghai.
The Taiping is a regular pas- senger freight ship plylug "be- ! tween Shanghai and Keelung. port of Formosa's capital at Tai- peh.
Swarms of Refugees
It was loaded with the usual swarms of war refugees, many of them government workers' laking their familles to· ·China's luland' possession was not known whether any govemment or other notables were, aboard, but this "was"likely sifre every pRESCONST
The new first-run Main - Jand
cinema, the Liberty Theatre, was officially opened
last night by bir Alexander Grantham, the Governor, bo. fore a forge gathering of distinguished officials and business men,
Mr. Wong Fook-hing and Mr. Harry Odell welcomed the Governor and his party, including the ADC and Mrs. J. Scott
RUSSIANS STRIPPING GERMANY?
Berlin, January 28.
The German Socialist Party
list to Formosa these days con-Preis sald todny, the Russians tains some prominent figure had taken goods worth seven The Australian destroyer Warr-billion U.S. dollars out of Ger- amunga, which was enroute from many for reparations in the Japan to 'Nanking to replace the.
British navy sloop, Black Swan, last three years.
was the only vessel quickly on the The party orgari, Bonfal Die- scene and picked up a group of mocrat, based its calculations 35 survivers, who were landed at upon figures available for the Woosung this afternoon.
39 past
months. United States
It said it learned from reliable navy Bources here said early this evching that
sources that the "Ruslana 40 survivors had been found, but now employing 900 German train this information did not appear crews solely for such traffle et a conclusive since other ships may time when by Soviet admission, be in the vicinity.
rail transport in
in the Russian zone
wero
Ono Marine source said he is in a bad wayported that in
thought the Taiping probably The newspaper carried far more than her passet-30
but her
report
sold.
at
months more than 17,000 the new government.
ger list of 500. One report said goods-laden trains had gone from Tientsin,
she had 1.500 aboard, (in
Germany to Russia, carring about the Comunat only to the eight points as a busis military control
Lake Succesa, January 28, committee last for discussion,
operator, Chungilen Company, de 11,000,000 tons. The United Nations Secur- tied this. The Taiping left Shang- night ordered
the conversion of
In addition, probably or much Informed quarters said General
prepared hal January 27, for Formosa... The first of Mr. Mao Tse-tung's Wanking as long as possible. Shih Chu, bitter opponent of a today to vote on the four-tugs and rescue craft in the aren currencies for People's Li's message did not refer to the
command of General ity Council finally
cargo had gone to Russia by ship Both companies had salvage from Baltic Sea ports, the paper Bank notes and provided a better demand of the North Sheusi Com-eight points, however, demands the That is the expressed decisions of peaceful settlement of the Pei-nation plan for bringing peace the afternoon of January 28, but exchange rate for students, work-munist radio commentator that the punishment of all Nationalist war the ers and poor people).
President, cabinei plng siege. The original Commembers and others.
and freedom to Indonesia.
The none had made any
"said the Ger- newspaper government arrest and turn over criminals, to the Communists all those per-munist list contained the tame of
The Netherlands planned to nightfall.
than crews were used to transfer sons named
General Shih reportedly went give today's meeting its views on Communist retired President Chiang Kai-
British navy
enrgues ranging from livestock Forclpn establishments
sources sold the to finished textiles, chemical pro- South after the January 22 cause the amended version of the Am-collision was caused probably by list of war criminals. The Na-shek and Acting President Li him-making little more than a gesture Are order.
erican-designed programmg for heavy Log. tionalist government has taken the self.
which
ducts and metais. The shipments of protocol by agreeing to send
setiling the 16-month-old dispute. throughout the night,
prevailed
are transported in sealed trains. representatives to Canton. The Other units of his command
The long-delayed vote was ex- also are reported to have istored pected shortly afterward.
Survivors were expected to be
It claimed the United States, for example, in-
Russians also landed by the Waramunga some
had taken about 1,000 German structed the removal to Canton of orders from Fu's headquarters to
The Dutch delegate, Dr. J. H time tonight ncor only Minister Lewis Clark with a move into Red territory as the Van Royen, yesterday was grant
Shanghai. Jocomotives, and 'much - rallway (Continued on Page 18) l equipment—Associated Press. stal of 10 assistants and clerks, cease-fire Bgreement provided. ed a 24-hour delay in voting in' The rest of the extensive United | They assertedly demanded that order to obtain his government's States diplomatie physical per- they be sent back to their South revelion 10 relatively minor
FAT CHOY sonnel setup is remaining in Nan- | China homes,
amendments put forward by the iting.
resolution's sponsors-the United Meanwhile, circles close to Fu States, China, Norway and Cuba The British Embassy today re- said his headquarters would he-and-by Canada.. • ceived instructions from London, dissolved on February 1 and a The resolution calls for the im which were delivered to the Chi-joint committee to administer mediate release of Imprisoned nese Foreign Ofce. Mr. John Peiping would be Installed the Indonesian leaders, elections by Percival Coghill, Embassy Coun- same day.
October 1 and final independence
It is generally believed that the Nationalist commander, Genera! Nu Tso-yi, will remain here long enough to complete the transfer of authority to
the Communist-led Coalition government but will not
e in it. municipal police, the tele- graph offices and other local or. ganisations have already completod Arrangements for the change over. in and around Felping is ranidly retur
returning to normal.
While the National, and Com-
muntat armies continued to main-
War Not Imminent
But Is Possible
Washington, January 27,
tain armed patrols around the per- The Army Secretary, Kenneth C. Royall, said today
Inter, which last week was a
hattle zone, they allowed Chinese
trafle to pass unmolested.
Red oflcers receive brisk salute, from Nationalist guards an they paw through the checkpoints.
WOMAN, MP. IN SAKE TROUBLE
The
Tokyo, January 28. former Dal member,
that war is not imminent but is at least a pos- sibility.
Mr. Royall said there is little | chance that the international tension will ease ́for a number nt years.
He festified to the House" "Aria- ed Services Committee, opening bearings on a bill to fix the Army strength and authorize, a 70-
group Air Force.
Mr.
Royall said: "Our best
Mrs. Haruo Yamashita, who estimate of the world situation made news recently over a does not indicate that war is im drunken affair with the Finance minent. Minister, Sanroku Izumiyama,
Rangoon Isolated By Rebels
-Rangoon, January 28, Rebel warfare in Burma in- creased, on widening fronts to-
"However, war is at least a day as Rangoon was isolated by at a Diet make party that cost possibility and therò appears to cutting of the railway to Man- the Finance Minister his post, is be Uttle ilkellhood for a num- now in more sake party trouble, ber of years to come that we dalay.
with
sellor, has been Instructed to The committee would be innde for Indonesia by July 1, 1950. preced to Canton with an appro- up of four communists and three. However, the plan side-steps relate stuff. The remainder of the nationalists. British divicnatie mission, Irelud- Ing the Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, le staying in Nanking Other foreign embassies are be lleved to be planning similar De tou, but officially have not › yet {" been instructed from their own foreign offlers--Reuter and United Prese
funy preciso schedule for Dutch- Peiping residents
troop withdrawals and merely are being would empower the strengthened psychologically their new rulers, who so far have Good
prepared for United Nations Commities of remained in the back ground periodically successive stages of Ofices. to recommend Associated Press.
lovacuation-United Press.
STARVATION IN REFUGEE CAMP.
London, January 28.1 „The British Red Cross Soolety
In London today" reported slow starvation in a refugee camp in
"Flying Saucers Seen In Japan
Tokyo, January 28.
She has been summoned by will be free of an international
situation fraught the police for giving a buko party
Rebela blew up a bridge on the Northern *danger
Transjordan. ·· Their Following reports of mysterious "flying saucers” în for prospective voters during her and subject to marked ductus Rangoon-Mandalay line, stopping Commissioner. Dr. W. J. Craig,
Australia, a number of persons in Japan report. election campaign in violation of ins
the service, which is the capital's in clection laws.
The bill will not in itself pre- last surface link with the rest of his first report from Trans
sighting "luminous" flying saucars flashing lordan, said that in one of the Despite her efforts, Mrs. Ya vide a biggor army but will Burma.
camps he had visited, there were
across the sky in Japan around 7.40 p.m. on 1,021 refugees whose food ration
Tuesday.
mashita was unable to win Diet seat-Reuter.
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