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THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER: 15, 1049.

The Confession

Of Li Li-san

The man who walicourited By A Special Correspondent

upon to appose Chinese Com-7

munist chief Mao Tse-tung,

in the event of a split within compromise with a rural devia the Chinese Communist Party, Lionist Mao Tse-tung. L1 Li-tan has publicly confessed his was forgotten, past crime of "leftist adven- turistic deviationism."

unions

Li's Return

In a lengthy address before the Early this year, when the tide World Federation of Trade Un- of Chinese Communism was vic- tons-sponsored conference of toriously sweeping Scuib, the Astan and Australasian trado Chinese Trotsky › returned, no which met in Peking, doubt a chastened man; for dur- capital of Communist China, Ling his Soviet exile he had seen ba Li-san referred to the internal the Russian Communist Party struggle of the Chines Com-compromise with reality and de- munist Party, in which he had viste from the path of orthodox, a prontinent part until Marxism by adopting a policy of forced to yield party leadership nation-centred Communism: The result of Stalin's victory over to Mao Tse-tung.

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Admitting defeat and guilt, he said: we adventurously or- ganised offensives and openly or- ganised workers strikes and de- monstrations, and, even armed struggles. As a result, the revolu- tionary organisations and, rovolu- tionary forces in the cities suffer- ed severe damages and

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YUNNAN AND INDO-CHINA

The French High Comis. stoner in Indo-China has made a prompt and emphatic de- claration of policy in regard to any possible entry of Chinese troops into that territory. Vietnam, he said, would deny refuge is any elements llable to affect the security of the frontier regions and good with neighbourly relations adjacent States. This was ob- viously a reply to the recent Note from the Peking Foreign Minister. Chou En-lai, ad- dressed to adjacent countries, and particularly to France and Vietnam. The Note said that the Communist forces would pursue the Nationalist forces even into adjacent countries if they took refuge there.

Small bodies of Nationalist troops, carrying white flags, have already appeared on the border, and General Pal Chung-si is reported to be in

Put In His Place

In 1927, following the purge of China's Lenin, Chen Tu-hotu, the greatest single force in the birth. of the Chinese Communist Move- ment, Li Li-san had taken control of the Party. Chen had advocat- ed a go-slow policy of co-opera- with the tion and compromise

hourgeoisie. For this crime, known in Party-jargon as "right- in deviationism" he was purged. The Third International put L1 LI- sun In his place,

However,

when Li announced that Marx had made no pro parts for the peasant and that the Party would consequently have to con-

centrale

Ballet And

Bard Are

"Later on, owing to the correct leadership of Comrades Mag Tee- tung and. Liu Shao-chi (Vico Chairman of the People's Revolu• [... tionary Military Counell highest TND authority in Communist China); who sternly criticised this mistake of left' adventurism, We found the correct direction:.

Cash Hits

Good Morning

"Chifley's gov In Canberra:

They probably had good

reason

"Reds charge US$7,000 for Ward travels.","

This makes Marco Polo Look pretty sick

By CECIL WILSON "Within the Chinese Communist

Britain may be down on 14 Party," he continued, "a struggle

but Britons still have was conducted on. two fronts uppers,;.

Defence counsel for Kostov in against right opportunism and left enough life in them to dance and adventurism. The Party Ob- to act. And, it seems, enough of the Softa trial spent more than an hour condemning his 'client, tained the leadership of Mao Tse- that culture to spare for export tung which unlied Marxist-Leni

Consider,

first, the fabulous adding that it was a pity he had nist theory with practice in China. success of the Badler's Wells not been executed seven years The banner of Mão Tse-tung thus ballet company's American tour. became the banner of llberation

You would think the

the Ameri and victory,"

L:

Is this the man who, as some claimh, was sent back to China by his Moscow masters to foment in ternal strife and thus force a weakened

mand Dánta feeders.

Boys

run

·

also

"Kostov's mother is reported to claiming sho should have do Mille, be cans, with thele. Agnos their Oklahoma viinity, and strangled him at birth: att that good food, could produce their own Fonteynn Shearers and he cond annual dinner of Helpmanns, wholington. But no, the society was hell last night..."

At least, so it appear lavished from Che company from Islin

According to Myrtle, most men Chine Communist royal reception, they have

over 35 are either married or arms of the on the Sadler's Walls dancers. Party back into the

Time magazine, in a 4,000-word singular. successors to its godmother, the

Fonteyn, juulogy of Margot Third Internationali

"Not only does Mrs. MacArthur

but sho the home, the company has restored as much destruc- Or will Li Li-san live up to the glitter to Britain's tarnished tiora

place of the general." MacArthur, tion, creating terrife losses, and role of the repentant sinner and as any mission the English have appears at some social functi

the lesson which sent abroad since the war." at one time even leading to the take to heart destruction of all'organisations by Mao Tse-tunk has taught him, i

New York critics have written, works seven days a week." the enemy,

viz. that Marxism is till Marxism of "this brilliant set of ballerians." Let's keep our personal feelings

out of these news reports. even if the proletarian's place is

Wells has They

Bay Sadler's taken by the peasant (the "rural

Don't know what the civil war be proud

A proletarian"), and Marxism there-brought how life to the danco

Nationalist coming fore

censes to be Marxism and and all England can becomes Neo-Democracy?

fot a great artistic achievement.

The cash result of the furore is naval captain spurns a bribe of US$500 and calls it Krave an all-time box-once record for insult. ballet. It is costing £200,000

did be Dash It-how much tour the 80 dancers, stage and expect, anyway? business, staff, but

." myself have committed serious mistakes on this question and therefore feel deeply about this historical lesson.

Catholic Europe

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Bomo howlera,

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ed to more than

3.5

Visitors to Central Europe mise for the future? It is hard and grossed $107,142.

to answer. To some extent ite

It is now breaking recons A monologue la a conversation come back with reports of the

political importance may

across the States, and the tour between two people, such ever growing political power been exaggerated. In the Enst

husband and wife. extends to mid-December.

Possession and activity of the Roman European countries peeple

by As with the ballet, so with thei

spirits Catholic Church. Perhaps not looking to the Church, not for Bard. For it Sadler's Wells has feeling like the devil since the Middle Ages has the political guidance, but for spiri

tual consolation in a world which bowled

arc

over

now

means

Americans, The çmu is the name of the to flooring the noise made by a cat. Stratford-on-Avon Its activities on the Catholic Church been So they and increasingly unmanage- } PHOTO-O Just

the Australians.

A comme is what a medium towns, dissent became rampant active politically as at the pre-able.

Memorial Theatre Company from falls into.

is get- A vacuum is an empty space This "Titnist" reaction against the

Shakespeare's birthplace Thay despair of any good com-15m

welcome and where the. Pope, lives. Moscow-appointed radical was led sent time. by Mao Tse-tung.

The

Paul's is Western. Germany, for ing out of political action. They ung the sort of

dome of St. May soon won over the Party example. A viattor to a Dominion seek comfort by contracting out doing the sort of business--that

and devoting them-followed the Oliviers on their Old supported by eight peers, all of ar priory in the Rhineland sends of politics

Much Vle tour last year... In selves to a religious life. to his policy of land-reform upposed to Li's proposed uprising back a characteristic

Take

story.

of an armed proletariat which was the library of the priory, white the same kind of thing happened to take by force China's indus- trial centres, Li was labelled

leftist deviationist," and, follow- ing his fight to Moscow. became known as the Chinese Trotsity.

The Moscow Politbureau,

livid

By "WINDRUSH”

from

Genuine Power

This is the first time a Strat- ford company has loured abroad since the present theatre built in 1932.

'A Smash Hit'

was

The whole company, lidaded by

smash

*

which are unfortunately cracked.

*

"Washington woman loses sult to airport restaurant."

There now, Myrtle, you see the dangers of playing strip poker Just anywhere?

Did I tell you about mine?

"Miss Turn is undoubtedly the

this season."

of aden,

Hanoi to negotiate the passage at the expulsion of its appointer,

élège world at the time Director Anthony Quayle' and of his troops through Indo-refused to recognise Mao's pastor-robed Dominican fathers were in the andlegt

Theluding China, presumably to Hainan. at version of Marxism. It was busy at their,studies. They were of the decay of the Roman Ema Wynyard, was flown out operation sensation of Europe

two stage manager,

managers, speare as we dream of him." The ful- He is hardly likely to succeed not until two years later that the not reading the Fathers of the pire. At that time the disillusioned there 34 all told,

citizens stage director, carpenter, electris "Melbourne Herald" eritis called tasks

and all in his mission, because it has Third International admitted the Church Instead they were mak-people turned away

existence of a "rural proletariat" Ing a card index of quotations filling their

it "one of the best and most

productioris been ruled that any Chinese

and endorsed Mao's land-reform from Marx, Lenin and Stelin the and became converts to now re- clan, wardrobe mistress,

entertaining ammunition for the great Catho-ligious faiths, of which Chistian- the costumes for "Macheth' and troops crossing the frontierrogramme, as correct.

I have ever · Shakespeare Hic anti-Communist campaign. Ity proved eventually to be the 'Much Ado About Nothing".

Every passenger cost £500, and The Melbourne Sun" announced: will be interned. Moreover,

Rather than Jose complete con-

most attractive.

shipment of scenery and other wonderful company has come. any Nationalist ships entering trol over the Chinese Communist The stations of the Cross in the

production expenses brought the

to town." the territorial waters of Indo-party, Mosgow had stooped to chapel show Christ crucified by

total bill to £35,000 even before There were similar "raves" over soldiers looking uncannily Like

the curtain rose. China will also be interned.

Russians.* Training courses for

Anthony Quayle's production of The tour opened quietly in Mal- "Macbeth" with himself in the Happily, the situation in

Nevertheless, the Catholic Church is one of the genuine bourne, but within a week Shake- title ole. South Western China seems tion of the Indonesian pro- Catholic Trade Unionists are in

political powers of Europe today.

It'

will be Sydney's turn this to be clearing up in a manner blem, within much the same content session at the priory.

month. After five weeks there the far less embarrassing to Indo-Į kind of framework as is pro-

The Church is fighting against its leaders feel themselves called spare had become "a

Running costs are £0,000 China and the French forces vided by the Franco-Vietnam Communism with every means at upon to head, or at least to r

la Brisbane and

a fortnight lo Western Ger-inforce, the defence against Com-week-which means a total outlay company moves on for a fortnight there than had once been fear- agreement independence its disposal.

ties home on February 1 after 24 most straight into rehearsal for ed. There has been no fight within the Union The main many the atmosphere la favour-have been willing to bring up to of: 284,000 before the company Adelaide. Then home, to go. al-

able to. it.

date the social and economic week's tour. But last week along the 1850 Stratford season--this ing either in Yunnan or on trouble is that Nationalism, in, the border and no mass re- Indonesia is predominantly. By the division of Germany, the theories of the Church. Then it took 48,000 and it reckons it time with Gielgud playing as wall

producing. in Protestant North East fell. In the commise now that in the 19th cen

Even if the tour does irent of Nationalist troops. anti-Communist, while

pay its drift: into an attitude of hos-finish.

way the stars have already agreed Germany, the Catholics formed a Most of these, together with Vietnam It is largely pro- Russian Zone. Thus, in Western fury the Church allowed itself to it just about break even at the as

Press Praise the total -tility to the vital forces of the age.

to play for half their normal the provincial forces, have de- Communist, with the Moscow-high percentage of

***It disliked industrialism and op-

salarles. They consider that a fair / clared their allegiance to the trained Communist leader Ho population.

posed Socialism,

The opening play-John Gel-price for the prestige and the Australian new Communist regime. If Chi-minh as its commanding The political prestige of catho-

They perceive that where the gud's production of "Much Ado thrill of hearing an there is any problem at all, it

libisp grew considerably at the

Church is out of harmony with produced this headline in the audience cheer itself hoarse over Many people have been end of the war because it was lies with the Peking Govern-

'Argus!!! "Ehakes-a cobber caled Shakespeare. ment. It has to decide whe- very pessimistic about. any recognised that the Catholics had the fashionable secular thought Melbourne ther to send a large body of early solution, and especially conducted the most effective re- of the time, it can have little in- sistance last Germany to Hitler fluence on contemporary affairs. its 'regular troops into Yun-about the standing of the very small proportion of They are therefore attempting to nan, or accept the defection of Vietnam provisional regime Catholic priests compromised with harmonise Catholic thought with the most up-to-date ideas of so- the troops already there, and under the former Emperor the Nazis, as compared with a

mont all over the continent of leave the rest to indoctrina- Bao Dai. The British Com-deplorably high proportion of Justice. Hence the develop

Protestant pastors.

Catholle radicalism and Christian tion and the posting of trusted missioner-General in South

Socialism: By demonstrating that officials to the province. East Asia takes a different Shortage Of Priests Christianity is consistent with 50

clalism, they hope to forestall Communism.

leader.

Little more than this seems. view. Mr. Malcolm Mac

...

+

.

Yet, whatever shapiclon may caused by the Calholte Church today, it must be admitted that in one respect its Influence fra) healthy ong in European politics. Catholicism teaches that, over- riding all secular law, stands God given moral law. By this Governments must be judged as well as individuals: This is", u

strictly necessary, for Yunnan Donald recently made a fairly The chief party in the present has always been an isolated extensive tour of Indo-China West German Government, the Liberals in Europe-regard_this province, by geography and On his return he issued a Christian Democrat Union, has by choice. Firm Communist statement declaring he had an intimate connection with the activity with some alarm. They Bishops of the thineland and remember, the past record of the control of all the adjoining seen "impressive evidence of Bavaria. The one great weak Catholic Church They draw from the fact that provinces seems sufficient the steady progress that is ness of the Catholic Church in consolation guarantee against misbe-being made in the pacification Germany comes from a shortage often in the past whenever the haviour. But the Nationalists of the country by the French of priests Offsetting this is a Catholic Church achieved notable revival of devotion amongst the political victories # roused against found it.necessary to send a and Vietnamese forces. "In inity, and a great rebirth of intel itself secular forces which held it

check. number of their own troops Tonking and Cochin-China," lectual activity among the Catho-in

lic orders, especially the Dominf into Yunnan, and the Com-he said, muniste are insisting on their I made tours of consider cans and Jesuits.. departure and their replace-able areas and met the local In Italy the present govern- mant by some of Liu Po-leaders, and people in many ment is preponderantly a "Chris- cheng's troops, Whether they towns and villages which tian Socialist one. It is favours

ably regarded by the Papacy. want more than this remains were formerly under the conThe parish priests use their to to be seen. If this proves to trol of the Communist-fluence politically in its favour, be the final form of settles dominated Vietminh, but in a way which would. Ahock ment, there will be a real which now firmly and freely Catholics in England.

In the countries further to the valuable corrective to the teach- sense of relief In Indo-China, support the Vietnamese Gov-

East the Catholic Church da on Ings of Fascists, and Communists though suspicion and anxiety ernment" ebay may take a long time to dle Already Vietnam controls the defensive against the Com- that the needs of the State over- down..

its local and provincial affairs, munist attack. In Hungary It has rule all other considerations. lost the first battles, largely be very s It would also allow the The transfer of the Central cause, of bad tactics by the inex-The gist of the position of the next stage in the settlement of Government of Vietnam is perienced Cardinal Mindszenty. Catholic Church was well stated the Indo-China question Mobchoduled to follow in duel But in spite of lis political rever-in a recent leading article in the sca the Catholle Church in Hun-Tones.The Roman Church is proceed in a favourable at course, but is being held up is by no means broken. In the largest single Christian com mosphere. The conflict thereby tedious negotiations and Budapest, the number of communion Behind the Iron curtain has been, far more costly in legal processes. The course municants each Bunday mid toit provides the only organised re- Tradition in thought" and morals, lives and in money than the of the Indonesian negotiations be much in excess of pre-war presentation of the Western In many countries it is being trouble in Malaya. The people was no less difficult and tire. as a whole are sick and tired some, but in the end a solu: In Czechoslovakia and Poland Mercely persecuted. In Western of the civil war and want tlon. Was found. There is no the polluelans and bishops are Europe. It has inspired political Saloo indo-need to despair of an ultimate circling round each other, each movement which, fighting, under

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