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Acting President Said Ousted By Chiang MAY FLY TO U.S.

Acting President General Li Tsung-jen of Nationalist China who arrived in Hong Kong yesterday for medical treatment may fly

to the United States later. He may relinquish his post.

Pai Chung-hsi

Conferring With Chiang

Chungking, November 20 The Kuomintang dying government, trembling-be- cause of the military reverse, got a new blow when Acting President Li Tsung-Jen's de- parture for Hong Kong was the officially announced by presidential office today.

What changes possibly will arise after General Li's ab. cence are hard to predict at present. It is generally taken as a heavy blow.

Top Importance was 21- tached to the conference today between Generalissimo Chiang

Kai-shek and General Pai Chung-hel who flew here with the Acting President's per sonal message to Chiang and a written statement for press release.United Press.

U.S. Diplomats Arrive From Chungking

Led by Mr. Robert Strong, the United States Charge d'Affaires in Chungking, sever.

Reliable sources told the "China Mail" lêst night

that General Li is being forced by Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek to relinquish the Pre- sidency of China. His arrival here for treat- ment of on intestinal ailment, they added, is mainly to rest before visiting America.

A source close to General Li said that there is a possibility that the Vice-President may fly to the United States if proper medical treatment is not available here.

However, General Li in a special statement issued from his private ward at the Tai Wo Yuen Hospital to the Press return committed himself to to China to fight Communism to the end.

special police squads prevented, anyone from going near the aircraft.

Smiling and lifting his hat as [he came down the plane's gang-

General Li Way.

immediately stepped into a special car which

He said that after medical treat-Was waiting for him only a few

hent he would return to China.

paces away from the aircraft.

He added that he is convinced He was driven away from the that the Chinese

by people would airport escorted oppose

.end.

the Communists to the spectors.

police in-

+

Later he issued a statement to

Acting-President Li Tsung-jen the Press explaining his trip to was accompanied by his personal the Colony. secretary and a few aides on his

flight from Nanning to Hong Kong wa Liuchow. He wore civilian elothes and sun-glasses.

The statement read as follows.

"The purpose of my recent Inspection trip to the provinces in

the South West was to inspect_

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Nationalists Try To Check Red Drive On Chungking

Chungking, November 20.

The independent vernacular the local military and political The Nationalists today moved troops Eastward in

of both

"Wah Kiu Yat Po" in a message situation there From Chungking said that the trip in order to split between Generalissime morale Chiang Kai-shek and General troops there Li is beyond any hope of being hexled.

U.S. diplomats arrived here Chiang To

from Chungking in a United States Naval aircraft.

The party consisted of two Take Over

members from the U.S. Consulate

at Chungking, three members from

the U.S. Embassy at Chungking,

one U.S. Assistant Military At-: The newspaper's report added" tache and one member of the that the Generalissimo may short- Joint Commission for Rural Re-ly take over the reins of the Gov constructions.

I also made the

encourage the civilians and

in- after my "Originally, spection trip I should return to

an effort to arrest the Red advance on Chung- king and to give the barassed government a longer breathing spell, but the atmospherë... here remains heavy with uneasiness.

my post with. the Central In Kweichow, a Nationalist Army commander was executed by a firing squad for dereliction of duty.

Government. However, be- cause the trip was very tiresome together with irregular diet, my Intestinal ailments again occured when I arrived at Nanning from Haikow. i am now suffering from intestinai haemorrhage and am therefore very weak.

"Tais old lness of mine start-

Enment and that there is little ed in 1938 when I was a com- According to Mr. Strong, the Ukelihood of General Li visiting mander in action in Hsuchow. U.S. Consulate in Chungking is Chungking in the near future. Later while I was in command c closed and Americans and Ameri-

The journal in a second mes-the battle of suchow. Later it can properties in Kansu, Ningsha, Szechuan

are being sage: from the Nationalist tem-again occured to me while I was and Tibet

said that Marshal Lauhckew in Hupeh province. taken care of by the British Con-porary capital sulate in Chungking.

Yen Hsi-shan. Premier and De-

When asked whether U.3. fence Minister, may be appointed Advised To

diplomats will follow the Chin-ever-all commander of the navy,

ese Government to Chengt i army and air forces so as to co-

the latter moves to that city, ordinate and consolidate the Be Careful

Mr. Strong said that temporarily et forces to the fight against the

they are waiting in the Colony, Chinese Communists.

Due to the uncertain condition

in China, the diplomats may not:

go to Chengtu.

E

U.S. Missionaries

One member of the party sald that at present in the four Chinese provinces there are about 200 American missionaries. They are! mostly in Chengtų where * large Chinese University is located.

He said, that many people in Chungking are planning to leave

advised me this

An unconfirmed report from "My doctors also Hanning, refugee capital of the then that in the future it

should Provincial Govern- illness Kwangal

again occur,- 1 Generalissimo should be inspected by a doctor ment, said that

if possible undergo Chiang wants to resume direct and control of the government and operation. They also advised me Ito very careful of what I eat, step has asked

be down.

otherwise my health will greatly influenced by the illness.

General Li to

The crux of the situation is whether or not General Pai Chung-hsi will serve under the Generalissimo.

the city and go to the country- General Pai is a close personal

side

de but due to lack of transporta-trend of General La Tsung-jen.

leaving the city.

an

"Due to this reasch 1 cannot. help but go to a place where there is a well equipped bes pital so as to receive medical treatment.

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COMMONWEALTH AGREEMENT ON RECOGNITION

London, November 20,

Eight British Commonwealth nations are reported to have decided they would recognise the new Chinese Communist government. But when is still a question.

Official sources disclosed that representatives of Britain and seven other Commonwealth coun- tries met in London lost Tuesday and all ac- cepted the principle of recognising the Peking regime of Mao Tse-tung.

India and Canada were said to favour an early move, while South-Africa and New Zealand advocated deferring action as long as possible.

The British Foreiga Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin, was reported te bave taken

HMCS Haida Rescues 18

middle-of-the-road U.S. Airmen

stand. The others, were represent- ed by their High Commissioners in London. They are Canada. In-

New Zealand dia, South Africa, Ceylon, Pakistan and Australia.

Mr. Bevia, informants said, told the meeting that Britain herself is unlikely to art before the Arst et second week in January for these reasons

U.S. Position

Hamilton, Bermuda,

November 19. Eighteen United States air- men, too weak to discuss their ordeal, were rescued from the stormy Atlantic today by a Canadian destroyer after they had drifted for three days in rubber lifeboats following the crash of their B-29 Superfort.

Two other fiers were believed (1) The United States has told

to have gone down with their Britain and France, it would plane which "ditched" on Wed- nesday right after a 4,000 miles be "most unfortunate” if any

sight from March Field, Call big Western power recognises fomnia, when the pilot was unable the Peiping government out of to find Kindley Field in soupy concert with its partners---at |

Sca

was

least until the United Nations Weather and ran out of petrol, it General Assembly ends talks on The missin

missing plane touched off the dispute between the Chinese one of

peacetime the biggest Nationalist government and the search operations in history. Soviet Union.

The four-day air search officially called off late today af (2)

The Netherlands has told ter the rescue of the 18 suZVÍVAR Panama City, Panama, her North Atlantic Treaty part- Scores of planes and ships bad

November 20. ners that premature recognition Police Chief Col Jose An- would give new heart to indone been kept on the alert even al-

te

the survivors were found tonio Remon said today that sian Communists and might upset when a search a plane

Went

for recent had the President Daniel Chanis

Dutch Indonesian I hours without reporting in. It agreement to set up the United suddenly renewed radio contact The announcement was made as States of Indonesia before the 10 miles off Bermuda and the rebelius police commandes new year search each held virtual control of Panama

resigned.

(3)

The Australian general

Diverted From Cruise:

The Canadian destroyer, HMCS Haids, a Tribal class destroyer which did convey duty to Mar- mansk during the war, was

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Strike Violence senting Italy and the other with a strong replace them.ese Nationalist authorities have dian and British vessels, Halda,

In Nigeria; 17 Killed

Lagos, Nigeria, November 20. Seventeen people were re- ported killed today when police opened Are after the wives of coal hewers had set fire to the houser of mine had attacked managers and strike breakers.

Some 1,500 striking minert in this British colony are

demanding

The city remined quiet, City. however, as a rumoured police elections, on December 10, and threat to attack the Presidential the New Zealand elections, on palace if Mr. Chanls would not November 30, would be out of the way by fast time, and the Chinese quit failed to develop.

Telephone service was suspent football of Commonwealth party diverted from a training cruise

issue would not be risked as ed on orders of the insurgent

to Charleston, South - Carolina, The diplomatic colony in police leaders, who had stationed politics.

and the West Indies to take

Part Chungking was reduced to two policemer loyal to them through

city after the

President It was reported here that Chin- in the search with other Cana First Secretaries, one repre-out

Chants had tried to.

guard about the placed orders for $15,000,000 under the command of Lieutenant France and both seeking pas- Presidential palace, Mr. Chauls worth of arms and ammunition Commander T. G. Madrwick sages out.

was a virtual prisoner there. in France, Belgium and Spain. of Halifax, N. S. radioed that the Chinese silver surrency weaken-

The rebels, led by three

said four firms survivors were in the rough seas. that obtained the orders were A message tro the ed still further. Que U.S. dollar officers whom President Chand The informants

said ship fetched eight silver dollars in had ordered sacked carlier had told they would be paid in Ameri- she did not have the names of The notes.

placed troops about the Frest-

dollars i can

from the missing men. worth dential Palace and throughout the United States-Associated Press.

The One silver dollar was

18 survivors were report- $3.80 in notes, although officially city. They also had seized three

after ther ed to be exhausted ordeal aboard their two rafts in both are at par.

new police officials appointed by:

sear so rough that rescue_ships The Central Bank of China the President in a shake-up of

rolled from trough to trough and limited conversion of silver notes the department. The rebels also to silver dollars in coin to 10 per were in control of bizele LEAVES FOR MALTA

were hampered In their

painstak station. They also seiz

ing zigzag search in which Minister of Government.

ed States Navy Coast

ast Guard

Vessels and ineshant marine ships took part.

person.

Resident permits were staraped such transactions so to record all

President

Charis

the

called the

direct

ELIZABETH

London, November 20. Frincess Elizabeth left by

she

from

to

was proceeding Hamilton under forced draft at 20 knots and expected to arrive there on Sunday morning (about

11 am EST)United Press

daily basic wage of 5/36_ The Nigerian

as to prevent further conversions. seizure of the new police officials

People who could prove they by their busted predecessors dan plane today to join her husband, A radio message from Haida Government has opposed the

were not simply speculators were act, of rebellion." He earlier had the Duke of Edinburgh, in Malta sald increase on the ground that

allowed to buy up to five ounces said he would remain President on the second anniversary of their It would add 2/60 a ton to the

until I am killed because I am wedding. Her fight had been of gold at official rates. price of coal, with a con-

were also determined the law will prevail" postponed 24 hours by fog-As- These transactions

President Chants had said he isociated Press. sequent increase in electricity

recorded on their resident permits. corts

loss of exporta and

General Lia Po-linz, com-had decided to remove the three markets-in competition with "

Nationalist police officials because of irre- mander of the 89th about South Africa --for

cattle Army, was put to death Friday on cularities in the beef 150,000 tons of coal-Reuter,

business and int Chungking's approval of the re-slaughtering commendation by General Kue commercial bus routes. Associat Chung-lum, governor of Kwei-ed Press,

Poles Arrest Three French Diplomats

chow.

The Governor ascribed the INDIAN ENVOY TO

easy, swift Communist capture

of the Kweiyang capital of Kwalchow to ineffective resist

inge by the commander.

ITALY DIES

Rome, November 201

tion only a handful succeeded in He has some 200,000 well-trained "At present the situation in our

The Indian Ambassador to command in country is very critical and as I It was rumoured in Chungking troops under his

General Liu, he charged, not Italy, Diwan: Ram. Lel, died in Kwangi. One report said that he a heavily burdened with res-

only disobeyed orders but pocket-ome at 2.20 am, today of a that people attempting to leave would be willing to serve under ponsibilities given to me by the the city by air

Paris, November 20.ed money intended for payment heart attack.

Diwan Ram Lal, who arrived were paying the Generalissima provided he is nation and its people, I dared not gold bars for air passage to the appointed Chief of Staff, This to select my own chalce

The Polish Embassy has to his troops.

in Rome only two months ago to three France that

Drive On Chungking Colony.

take on his appointment as India's post would give him direct, con- "Especially to push aside my notified Mr. Robert Rinden, Second

duties towards

Despatches said the Communists first Ambassador to Italy, was the enation just French diplomats had been trol of the army. Secretary and Captain Edward L.

Generalissimo Chiang is said to because of illness.

arrested in Warsaw on charges driving on Chungking had so far formerly a judge of the Panjab McAllister, Assistant Military Al-have offered General Fat the post, furthermore, believe that the of espionage the Polish Em- not been able to push beyond, the High Court READE

His death followed heart at teche, were among those who ar- of Minister of Defence or the entire. Chinese people is against, bassy. information service said old city of Fengshui, 25 miles tacks during the night at his home

Premiership. Neither of these the tyrant-like ruling of the today..

East of Chungking

Nationalist reinforcements were in the Parioli district of Rome. posts, however, would give Gen-Communists

The annotmecment said one of

was with "I have already wired Premier the three diplomats had [eral Pai the authority over the

con-oved by truck to this troat Savitri Devi, his wife,

The Ambassador leaves a son Jardy as this of Chief of Staff Yeu Hsi-than instructing him to tessed to the spy charges and where government forces claimed him until he died.

and three 'dangktem. After crema- would, according to existing attend to my official political and will go on trial before a Polish to be holding the new city of Nationalist practices.

The two

the Ambassador's others will be Fengshui, divided from the old by tion in Eome, One of General Li Tsung-jen's on recuperation

"My daily work at the Pre-The Foles said the French Reports, however, At 0600 GXT (1 pm EST) entourage said yesterday that typhoon le centred 506-700 miles East of General Pal Chung-hsi was due sidential home will be taken care diplomal, Andre Robinean, had the Reds thrusting from Lichuarda and scattered in the River Nant Luton moving WNW or Wat to leave Nanning for Chungking of by Haw Chong-wel, First confessed about 16 knots. The anti-cyclone over yesterday for discussions with the Secretary, and General Liu Shih-Robineau China appears to be losing intensi. Generalissüno.

rived yesterday.

The Weather

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trough extende. BW acrom the China.

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Arrival In

Hong Kong

{militery affairs while I am away plled from: Poland. the Chien Rivendicated that lashes will later to be taken to

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TYPHOON ALLYN SLOWS DOWN

the

Ganges-Boater

- Hupeh had gained ground in was arrested in their drive on the Yangtse town Warsaw

ON OTHER PAGES on Friday as he was of Wanhsien, 140 miles North preparing to board & Polish Air-East of Chungking lines plane for France.

From the positions givch, Page 2. The Polish Embassy release Reds were about 35 miles from said Robineau, a French attache Wanhsien, which is the third big- Page 3

Stet- test elty in Szechuan. It has a at the old German port of

Page 5 zin, which is now in Poland, cont fessed to taking part la an es population of about 200,000

Despatches from Kwelchow re- Manila, November 20. milder, slower Typhoon pionage ring centered around the ported a new drive by the Com

French

Embassy and consulates munists General L was originally ex- Allyn moved into the Philippine through

Country:

This was along the highway throughout spected to come here on Saturday Weather Bureau sphere. But it The announcement said thening Southward from

atternoon, however, he did not still packed a 90-mile-per-hour Polish police had taken several arrive until 11:45 am yesterday, Wallop at its centre,

documents from Robineau con- Machangping, 45 miles East of He was met at the Kal Tak

Advice from the Bureau locat-firming his espionage activities Kwelyang, to Luchow in Kwang-

on Equals 1019, 30, Feches airport by Mr. KY. Leges the blow at: 600 miles, East North The embassy listed the other Reports said ··

de Bros as Aymer two diplomats Secretary to the local Chinese East of Viracy on Cantanduanes

70 miles and Bernard i progress mearing mas Commissioner (Foreign Affaig Island, 230 miles East of Manila. Beneaux. They will be asked to Bouth East of Kwaida

Kwangtung and Kwangs

The typhoon was moving West leave Foland immediately. It said Despatches said. Nationalist North West at 10 miles an hour a note announcing the arrests forces engaged in this area be- As the Acting President step- and was expected to be 410 miles vas delivered to the French For-longed to the armies of Centra _ped gown from his plans, North East of Virac by 2pm. eign Office on Saturday night China Commander Pai Chung-hs

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