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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940.

PEKING GOVERNMENT FLOATS BOND ISSUE

If War Should Come

San Francisco, Decembør 3. The Chinese Communist govoṁnmant, in a' sorias of swooping decisions, on Friday night‍ passed a draft budget for 1950,

It announced that it would float "people's victory bonds" in order to stabilise the economy and reduce the government's fiscal deficit.. Another decision provides tee, the Chinese, Communist radio for the establishment of a said. It is not yet known what decentralised administrative degree of autonomy there com

mittees will enjoy. vast arrangement for the

Provtalons are made for East China, Centra! areas ruled by the Chinese

and Bouth Communists, the

"China, North West China, and Peking radio announced.

South West China committees, as well as a special committed for Suiyuan (Inner Mongolia). Each district embraces four to

which aro provinces

ad- ministered by "provincial peo-

Stockholm, December 3. Major Anders Grafstroem, of the Swedish General Staff, said here tonight that victory would go to the side with the greatest industrial production if war should, ever break out between the Anglo-the Saxon Powers and Soviet Russia,

Addressing a People's Defence

Conference in Haessleholm, South Sweden, he added.

This means the side with the greatest resources in skilled la- bour, raw materials, industrial equipment, transport and techni cal research, on the important condition that there is time for these resources to converted to military needs,"

Major Grafstroem

added, "Saviet Russla produces only about one-third of ibe United States' total oll production, Soviet Russin actually suffers

The budget là characterized by the mengre military allotment-- incredibly small, considering that Communists are

Chinese

waging a wor

The budget provides: Military expenditure 38.0%

Administrative expenditure

"Rehabilitation of Production"

21.2 23.8%

Other Items 10.1%% The first two items take care of the 0,000,000

persons on the State's payroll.

The bonds, which are priced "People's Dollars" (Janminpiao) nor precious metal,

neither In

are an interesting experiment In economica,

ple's

Viewing en governments.

China's unification under the Communist Peking Government as a foregone con- clusion, Taiwon is olready incor- porated in the East China districi, while Yunnan and Sikang oro South Western assigned to the

reg'on.

It is worth nothing that Tibet

--

Film Actress Tragic Death

Hollywood, December 3, Märta • Ouspenskaya,' .68- year old charsoter", netress,, succumbed today at the mo tion ploture dountry home from burns euffered while smoking in bed at her apart. ment early on Thursday.

Her physician, Dr. Marion Bakin, sald the second and 'third degree;burns ware di-

rectly responsible for her. death.

Marta Ouspenskaya, was 48 years old before she aver played a role in Engilsh. She quickly advanced to become όπο of the most distinguish. ed character matresses in both Broadway stage and Holly. wood screen roles Associat- ed Press.

LAND REFORM IN ITALY

Rome, December 3. A draft Bill for the distri- was not mentioned, although the bution of 500,000 hectares of. Chinese Communists have re- land among landless peasants peatedly claimed that Tibet is as in the Sila region of Calabria, much part of China as Taiwan.

Southern Italy, is today being Discounting the possibility that this dispersal of Peking's being studied by the Senate. Taking to heart the bitter les authority over the vast Chinese. The 15-point plan was put be.. son learned by the Kuomintang sub-continent may cause a fore the Senate by the Minister that it is impossible to holster vival of cun

warlordism, Mr. Man of Agriculture. Mr. Antonio currency by floating bonds in the Tec-lung sald that "only with Segni, last night. Identical currency, the Chinese the establishment of these strong Communist valued their bonds Ins

organisations could regional units."

things be properly done in a big an country like China. Under the People's regime, the historical conditions giving rise to feudal partitioning of the country, have been eliminated," the broadenst suid.-United Press.

from an oil shortage and cover only 85 per cent af her

needs from her own resources.

America's uranium needs are fulfilled from Canada and the Belgian Congo whereas the Soviet Union fulilla her's from Czechoslovakia and Saxony.

"The United States answers for at least half of the world's industrial production. The Dri- 1sh Commonwealth contributes about $7 per cent, and the Soviel

satellite Union and her about 15 per cent."-Router.

One such unit represents amount of 'jenminplas deter mined by the current price of 0,0 lbs. of rice, 1.7 lbs. of wheat flour, four feet of fine cloth, and 17.0 lbs, of coal.

"Ways And Means" States

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

DIVORCE

Hollywood, December 3. Shirley Temple, the golden- haired baby star of a few years ago, will go to court on Monday to tell how her husband, John Agar, was cruel her, forcing her 10 seek a divorce "after two and a holf years of trying to make our marriage work."

Shirley, a full-grown glamour girl of 21, filed a sult to divorce the tall, freckled-faced former Air Force sergeant, on October 13 after

Peking's obligation of 5% 11- Lerest p.o., and complete re- dumption of the bond issue within

ve years, is also

Finis uf these “units," the broadcast re- venled.

CARSON CHANG ON NEW CHINA

The rudio says that the "liberr-

Madras, December 3. tion" of extensive areas and the resulting increase of govemment

Dr. Carson Chang, Chairman Socialist spending, have caused the Chi- of the Democratic Jurse Communist government to Party of China, said here today

resort to the bond issue.

that he doubted whether the

to eye with the three declared policies of the new Communist Government in China.

The land, taken from land- owners who held more than 300 hectares, will go to 4,000 familles. Police today stopped peasants from returning to land seized at Surgo, Southern Italy, yesterday. Al Squinzano police arrested man described as an "agitator of the peasants."

More than 200 peasants **In vaded" land at Santeramo, near Burl, and divided it up by the usual method of digging furrows. At Torre Maggiore today, Mr. Gluseppe Di Vittoria, Secretary- General of the Communist-led Labour Confederation, lold flowers on the graves of two peasants killed during the recent clash between police and pens- ant "and squatters."

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Commenting on the budget, Mr. Chinese people would see eye Farm workers and the Provincial STARS! 2 LOVE STORIES! 7000 THRILLS!

Mig Tse-tung admitted that the Chinese Communist government facing economie difficulties, but ak:

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Dr. Chang, who is now on a He predicted that in three to cultural tour of India, said that Imonths of Hollywood gossip that ave years China will have been these new policies were their storybook marriage was on wholly rehabilitated, while inpulsory teaching Marxism and the

rucks. She did not ask elght to 10 years "our economy (Leninism in universities, a system alimony but requested custody of two-year old Susan Agar-United will see vast development," Pek-f land distribution and dictator-

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San Francisco, December 3. Mr. C. E. Steiger of the Bank of American's International De-

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Unless the Communist Govern- ment compromised with the peo- ple on these major issues, it was doubtful whether theg could establish a stable Government in China, he said.

Agriculture Association they may ge! freehold farms.

A total of 1,500 farm-workers are expected to benefit under the scheme, which comes into opera- tlon early next year.-Reuter.

LEIGHTON STUART MUCH BETTER

Washington, December 3. Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, Amerl- can Ambassador to China, is much better today but still on partment, hus been appointed most Assistant Cashier at the bank's Communist government adopted Dr. Chang said that the funde- the serious list at Bethesda Naval Kobe branch. A foreign

what Mr. Mao Tse-tung erined mental reasons for the collapse Hospital following a brain bemor.

of the Nationalist Government i rhage attack on Thursday. vice trainee since August of this "strong regional organisations."

became year, Mr. Steiner Arst

This splits China into five mill- from the beginning were due to associated with the statewide or-tary districts, each urider a mill-corruption in the army and the ganisation In 1941 as a teller at tary

administrative"

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ser-

In another decision of the ut

Chinese importance, the

and

Los Angeles.--Associated Press. "military and political commit-Government-Reuter.

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