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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, IMd.

CHIANG DIGS A DEEP LASTE

DITCH ON TAIWAN

By JOHN LARRAINE

The Chinese Ambassador was called to the Foreign Office..pr cently ca:58 told that ung dilempiris; exforce blockade praniet-held, Chixove, porte by se rial attack an uncymed. merchantmen would be regarded as on illegitimate and act of the cirfelds from which planes could opérate British shipa is on the land of Tatoon This article tells that Appening on the island today, and of the man who is hoping to make it a fortress

island unti last Chiang himself begu around

Squeezed out or

before Shanghai fell

that he could be bet every – provinge tried to dent

was an island an ditch defence, re sively, he began and money there

When the citizens of Can-. top woke up one morning last month, they found the tall green-clad soldiers, af. Red leader den Tee-tung guarding every street corner.

A new

Auttered at the mastheads in the harbouş red with five gold stars

in one CT- Except for a single power ma- tion blown up during their rety.own business? The war lords of Yet 60 years ago Taiwan war cat, the Nationalist forces had, today believe that Mao and his but a battleground for head bin without a fight, given up China's strategits wind fall in the end. ters and smugglers Then the Among these new war lords is rising empire of Japan took" it greatest Southern city and one als

in the Far East:

one who demands a very special ever from Chilia's nombtar over strength, or his chances in the Japanese immigrants, farmers for future, but simply because a few and industrialists changed it

a treasure house.

nor

K

Moving In

First to go was one

general, Chen Yi man

munications should be addreség / the rain ports in will for than in theition, bot "En account of his lordship feer, a bidet: varand‡ Zinted by

to the Company CHINA MAIL LTD.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

in

A memorial service for the late Major T. 4. Zee will be held St. Andrew's Church, Nathan Road, Kowloon, on Sunday 20th November at 4.30 pm The Zee family would be grateful if their friends would send their donations for St. Andrew's Church Organ Fund to the Vicar St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, instead of. Rowers.

THE SERIOUS VIEW

7.

a serious view. All the more

It was all as simple one night, the whole face of mo- dern China had changed are

was no longer any Central GUS: 4 months ago he was stil" At a time when China,

together in

alissimo Chiang Kai-shek,

arament to speak of despite the claims of a few hundred Nation, dent and dictator of China, one had but a few miles Alist officials bandled

of the Big Five" whose picture lines. Taluan was already far away Chungking, weathered Plastered on walls all over, the by a twostfack line which":

world embodied the very name of all its main ports China in the eyes of foreigners.

Frum: Manchuria to the of French Indo-Ching the Com

unit, and behind them. Soviet Russia fared the broad: Pacific, the United States-held Japanese islands; and, farther away Ameri- ca hers

Disintegration

The rest of China disintegrate Unbeaten Nationalist General Pai Chung-hi led, his army into his native Kwangsit

In the North West, the rump of the Chinese Musika armies still barred: tae Commanists way, In the extreme: South, in Yunnan,

General Lu Han barred the door

treme fragmentation of too: vast

Cannot Give Up

Quakes Defied

bamb

Tast

aking repor

chedland

demands

Sehat. It 15thportant hat steps should be taken to de

this ence al cor holdings in

vernor General's palice.in

He named his nephew of or the Fortabsa. Developmá Corporation, which

applied the Continental squeeze to The D land's economic lifes Today, his myth exploded, "his: Unbeaten by the fact that Chen and his relatives sold Part of the world. popularity gone, his reputation Taiwane experienced use minor 500,000 tons of Japanese r Shattered Chiang takes up the earthquake every day and had and kept the proceeds; Japanese fight again for no other reason hot, steamy climate, the Japanese war material was reconditioned, than this he cannot give up cultivated the paddy Belde, maited Rapanese stores were plundered San batile which began 20 years ago.hree crops of rice a year. From and what was of no use to Chert

Chiang has barricaded himself the deep forests of the island, they was sold to the civilian in Taiwan There he has assem- extracted two-thirds of the on bied, 300,000 well-trained troops world's

50,000 whose leaders obey film blindly they dug

From the billis,

ounces of

Grover

armed camp beg

"As Canton fell Besides troops, well-to-do Chinese island business men have reached the

Job For Son

Chiang Kai-shers

fine.. is this last great adventure. He sold every yearus mend pays them out of his personal waibe word's third Ergest sug

Sefentine plantations produced, base chest, worth £100,000,000.

harvest The Japanese From there he directs the sun cane It is the proper custom to to all. Nationalists and Commun-prisingly successful sea blockade built power stations and, thanks

wald

the past few weeks to em, Taiwan produced 2,000,- regard with due gravity any ists alike.

of coat, aluminium, old "Perhaps." China Bands has almost squetsed the life out 000 tons intimation from one Govern ment to another that it takes perhaps, China is going of Shanghai His, first aita is roppar "ni sulphur

back to war lordsiswa."

clear: to hold Taiwan is a per- By 1941, nearly 7,000,000 at night It might well be that the ex-social Kingdom against all comers.

lived next to range until Japanese perple And Tarwa ba is pretty good Taiwan's 7000,000 Chinese and so when it comes from two Governments. Both Mr. Be- an empire which so often in the place to hold for, this giant of the island's foreign trade was his vin atd Mr. Dean Acheson past has Gefeated the tales off the last war The size of Bel- large as the whole of China's.

Chiza

Would the Communists rum, it is among the most tadThen came the war and have again commented on re- cent incidents along the Chia se to overcome this ten- dem of all Far Eastera lands, 1945, Japan had 16 hand Taiwan

dency to split up, to keep the though it is little known to back to Ching

No one thought much about the coast of the two the US. neighbours away, to rum one's Westerners: Secretary of State was the more specific He was re- minded by the owners of the Flying Cloud of his statements that appropriate fefion would be taken if any American ship were attacked, and that the legality of the Nationalist blockade was not recognised Her has ow; announced that a protest- swift pro fest had been duly lodget It was not stated exaotir where it was lodged, but that is a mere geographical detail The protest was based on humanitarian grounds, but it was clear that the letter of the law also applied in con- sidering what sort of action is to follow the protest

THE

ON

HAGUE AGREEMENT A FREE

INDONESIA

stage in the By "WINDRUSH"

The ending of the Figue ference is another sta transformation of the East L Hatta, the Indogusian leader, sald in the last ceremonial stage the conference that it marked the passing of the old colodillism.

Most of South Asia und East Asia has been wider political cofffrol of Western tries of Tue

for more than a centur some of the

Astan Indonesia among them jection has tested even. Now Asia has been, ema- It must be determined The central event in this grea

revolution hús whether the ship was on one volition

the withdra side or on the other of the forme

India and imore or less imaginary; and.

The

of

(Special. Correspondent).

undam Both countries remain, associated-under the titila sidency at the Dutch moun. This

ent of so many Thought Has Chinese, they have in Seen fairly docile

tist trused:

| lieutenants are hold

tions, his hardstnie, soft, Chiang We-Kuo, bis Propaganda chief Wang chie; the headset police

the Arezold kito hsiang and, his best adanthis: tor, K. C. Wu, the former mayor of Shanghal

Chiang himself is now "in" Thi wan for good, ring in ange

nesia is lucky to have no land country house on the outskirts of frontier with China.

Taipeh. Sull Kalve 161, dally touts his

It would be rashid statences ati-at-s

Nevertheless

think that it will be plain Hadérésient there sailing for the In

still consicurabin, divisi between the main parties, Republicans and Federal may mean moeb, or practically nothing, according to the way indonesia-jacks money,

events and opinions:mave imme

me experience conrgbation int the Dutch in the Indonesia

sia union does not provice: cousues in me

23

for anything like, afte

like afferal cot- next tes

nection: at the two states as

The waton is as linse as that gover

of the pend ta sout the

definitely muddy, line of the Pipericans emancipated water mangealth - Butelik deals with its econ

at

with or maintain,

Chances of sub

The agreement territorial waters. the Hague conferenca-means

stt. the Thitch can with, or

Its 1.It must be determined also the Durch are followi

TELEVER the conficace por Mw increased there is

there whether the ship had been They have inqu

may in the from Indonesing

abroad itionally their given orders and had refused the East Indies (except in few future be a surprisingly close co-atement that

operation between the two be drawn up for to follow them.

ples-just as there is between assistance is there Bbbat; will be"

It must be determined

Guinea)

Freement at the 213

whether a warning shote

hanks to an end the British and free india, viz. 3

fired, by the Nationalist war- ship. LA BENJ

Has been

the main con- between Indonesian' na-

Hague settle and the Dutch which sequences of the Hague going on since the end ment?

of He

The latter point in turn will of the Two year ago it Holmd is unlikely to sufer Lan, presumably depend on the seemed very unlikely that the the hardships which fength of interval between the

heating of first result of, gies Dutch would way as they diehards have prop Arst shot and the second The time, the discovery that they conflict will be

be a large financial tempo and volume of succeed ould not put down the nation- Fasting for the Netherlands Gov. ing shots are, of course; bealists by military force, economic crament, s

the if this had to Recently, it lads, had strain, and the pressure of world yond the letter of the law opinion, led them in the end to

about £100,000,000 save in the sense of aggrava change their minds

treet

in tion:

The British Foreign Secte tary tried to clarify: Britain's attitude in his statement in Parliament. He said he had

Favourable Settlement

inyes Futur ment in Indonesia, may prove 15 be

contentare, the Defn, over

RELEASEMELY have boom sayed. At In the circumstances the Dutch have made a settlement widen, is the Hague confer In the whole favourable to them poped informed the Nationalist Gov-They have induced The Indo- ernment that attacks of un nestans to continue & formal guard armed British ships one of

which took a beating from from ABS both sides at Swatowwill be evil for great good, and notes regarded as illegitimate and of protest will lose the dis unfriendly, even if they fake, tinction of rarity,

this

The

failed

possess, one guaran

Guinea part of

uite true paper ally Ne

linked with

Supplies Needed:

undertakings

have aboon chance of cala Sng therexia, sums, they,

soonide Zabondégives, Drich Sprotectionft desires,

the molection dosedan fradr

place in Chinese territorial We hardly need to remind waters. The Nationalist Goy-the Chinese of the intenselys of foreign, serial

recovery of their more or ernment has also been told practical view both Com- devastated country They W that Britain-is-entitled" to munists and Nationalists-took realise that inthey Boot respect kive naval protection to Bri- of trade between the lines existing candal investment, they tish merchantmen outside during the civil war trade territorial waters.not only in commodities but It seems to us high time to even in armies and equipment Consider what ought to be rchy may be regarded as done about this business, misplaced when really serious rather than what we are views are taken in very high can keep power, nobody entitled to do. From the very quarters, and when incidents beginning of the Western ap- grow in frequency and proach to Chiba the trading-gravity. The truth about the motive has been paramount blockade is that it only re And even in this time of cold motely affects the fanda- Biates being a Some of war trade has risen-superior mental issue in China, which read threatening to el tal ideology. Britain doês runs broad and deep. It the Hague agree quite a bit of trade with the doesn't prevent trade, while the Soviet Union, as everybody making it as unpleasant

knows. If trade is really desired with the Chinese, it ought to have effective protec ton. If it isn't wanted ships should be refused clearances

If it is and it isn't to to speak, we shall fall between two stools, incidents will mul-

darmed shout-stustre renta din statis but can truly keep. rest of the a

She Dutch," sizning Hand "factional^arrides:

va

possible for everybody. I doesn't influence Communist policy, except to make it Champ easier for the Communist doctrinaires, 10 move further to the left. And in the end at mayaoeven deter anxious sirpcipe Chinese shipowners with a fost nista. This

tiply, the harrowed feelings of idle tonnage on their hands

or

U TEGLANS

of the Seamen's Union will be from pursuing the current If they could

with the

problem

ot

repulse

form pa

Factly the

•New

not a is.

be

Here are

Australian

Greater Indonesia,

Moslem State

at Weg

he briefs his commanders, e

World was established in

147 this is trúe. Eve a sus- It's going to Adamtise a other: effies l the land of

Abording to Mirtie's, grand-

a wenn driver a bind "to make a 1: one thing ar

talks on Commun- 72

irrelevant?

of

voice or

husband, child or

Early Birds He.

think

good

never oughter

To tell its face and rear apart.

porary quite Mr. saying "It seems Justify having full di- to

ations with the Siviet

phile eyen de facto a denied the Chinese

oreign Office has obvious-

Aieving througė murky:

atas

Be has taken Taiwan in hier. Bevin has told the Na "rples it like an independent head

Ests that "attacks on US-

of state, not even acknowledging. med Bish' merchantmen `will; the thority or the "Chungking Government, which he believes iså uni Zoomed,

Holding On

que nice, in fact, even if

it is all done" "in-fita.

-Said "the thrifty-young->RESIO! What can. Chẳng : hope": 10 "We'll be married without adolfog achieve by this spectacular step? A: idol costs-too much, what with Becently, when he. welcomed tie hire ch place, and the cater- Some visiting Journals's, he landing and drinks.

We shall höli a “hedgehog posle

den here on the fringes of Com- munist Asia for years.

be

Military

abservers agree that

the most Be can a

He cannot re-conquer China. His.

éan fight occasimal sorti

army is too sa 20

any long campaign,

But it is believed that

his

strategists

Map and

Europeean

ccent the

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then appeared at the time,

to the mentory work of the

come too deep for words as trend of "defection." Indeed, minist attempt at revolution in United Nations Commission for they weigh service to the the greater defern cause against the safety of is the fear that

the person, the Silent Service would forthwith be

will be more embarrassed manered for an

in thas

Taiwan,

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