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Internal threat to Communist party in China

|Noutral political observers are of the opinion that one of the gravest threats during the next fow yours to the Communist programme of creating a totalitarian China may como from within the Communist Party itself. This threat is diversionism, which has already crop- ped up among the rank and file of the party and army

The existence of liberalism,, democratic individualism, nationalistic patri- otism and laxity in party arid army discipline has been openly admitted by Communist newspapers

Incorrect implemenkalen of pofieles ut the part of Com

administrative aferals muust Land a relaxation in the ierulu -

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Spirit crystalised in the seatinerat of "now that w have goll let's take it easy have been reported.

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1950.

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U.S. interest in elections

The wonderful windfall from Australia has won

American approval for all Compensation the British. We are being for blockade

smiled upon and winked at Christmas carols are being crooned in our special direc- tion.

If the Americans had master- minded the free-enterprise cam- paign themselves they could hardly be happier, and any minute now they expert Robert Menzies to be revealed as part-American himself, having a New York balle Į as mother and A rock-ribbed

Yankee as grandfather.

Techmeat mon faction and "po- istical men" faction in Shanghai.

Diversionism as yet is confined to the minarity the Communier-ranu-and-Bier] The UBoquer Poluojant to- but it to spreading And ap claim credit for anything worth- parently is regarded with Con while, in convincing itself that it cern by the Communist higa | played some part in ejecting the Labour Government and return-

command.

Many Communist cununandera, } ing Mi Menzies, to power. meluding Mau The-tung. Itu Po- Chen and Lim Pino, had on ne veral veenston publicly tepri Branded

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Nunking purly neeling Held lost September to conduct a streng- of themght" ant then organisationtal disciplue,

The Ry of Communit mendaves are, it is generally em redest by neutral oliservers, sÜl conscientious and loyal revolu- Lothal des "They Lik univeran pantser for their devotion to thea revolutionary canst an denta and the spirit of self-demot anti

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I am pleased and astonished at tho anerious American interest

in the Australian election. It wha A front-page store right across the country" and today is the sub Ject of hundreds of editorials.

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Out of hand

There is even a naive bolief thal Britain's Socialists follow New Zealand's and Australia'n into the discard the deflar pro- blom will solve itself, prosperity wid abound, and there will be Amitless steaks, beer, cigaret'en, petrol, and pensions for all Eng- lish-speaking people.

runners

Talpeh January 6. The Chinose Communists have promised to reimburse shipping times if their vessels are damaged in running the Nationalist bibokade of Com- munist-held porta, according 10 well-informed sources hora,

Theno sources

the Dald owners of the American abip, Flying-Arrow-bawa-been-08- sured by the Communist that they would assume responel- bility for damage to the yes- sol, or any injuries to crew.

A Chinese ship, which was sheiled by the Nationalists, wma paid compensation by the Communista, according to these sources-Reuter.

number of crimes in the Under- ground railways.

There have been so many stab-

bings, sluggings, and canon of robbery and assault that the sub- way police force has been doubled,

Crime has löcreased by 68. per cont, since 1939 and hundreds of thousands of petitions are being demanding pushed, under, doors action from the mayor, William O'Dwyer.

The mayor, recovering gradu- ally from a nervous and physleni

collapso, promises, action, The proposal to increase his salary from 26,000 to 40,000 dollars a year has been received critically by the newspapers, but warmly by the public.

Hoard around town: The latest evening fashions make avery woman look like a lady - Lady Godiva

Seantors recently returned from Europe say their trips have made a hole in their axpenses, There has been very little profit in them for the country, either.

Shirkers should remember that liberty can perish from erosion ne

haps, the most miserable people well as from sudden earthquake. on earth."

Who is Cecil Palmer? And what sort of man lo he to run his own country and people down bofore an American audience?

He is a nost miserable spokes- man to nond here. He does him- self, his party, and his country disastrous disservice by this wall- Ing and weeping out of school.

I want to the farewell lunch for David Webster, of the Covent Garden Opera Trust, this week. We were there to do honour to Mr. Wobator for the great triumph of the Endler's Wells Ballet hero. Mr. Wabator took it very much in his stride, and I hope we don't get too overweening because of our ballet's colossal success.

Part of that success in due to the extraordinarily generous way In which American and Canadian

Poace and good will have been This American enthusiasm is a Incking from the American scene bit out of hand Already somethis wook, although we are all big firms here have plunged deep hung heavy with holly and mis-audiences took it to their heart. into our election campaign under Lotoo. the mistaken Impression that they have sine claim in our affairs.

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There has been another absurd scaro over the atom bomb. In an outbreak of hysteria, deliberately nd-whipped up by radio commenta

tor Fulton Lewis Junior

(with emphasis on the Junior), the late Harry Hopkins has been smeared as a tool of the Russians, who handed over atom bomb secrets to the Kremlin.

a manith de pan het mater Bvertisements in newspapers and 'It magazines headed You can't Fat Hate." and saying: "The and Spequlists in England gloat over then success in destroying the rich," and worse

The rath of over-wart k Labis fng condit20911;. Ove number of years bas. T

bowever, telling effects on the henk the minis

This gave rise to the popular complaint

the "ultra Amonk Leftists" that "To be a

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to be a new revolutionary. And

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This dialike of the new 74 volutionaries is evidenced in the action of lower-runking Commas

ist offelals in adopting a "glose 3 door" policy in the adusissrun of members to the New Heinoerae Youth Corps which, accadung bes regulations laid down by

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Cominuaist high command, open to youths of all creeds for indoctrination as potendal mem- bers of the Communist Party. nudilion, there are signs divergent sentiments in sever il basic political lastes Fou tr stance.

Communist member told this correspondent in pel vate conversation That China would ght all Imperial- ists including Soviet

Russia she is found to be also imperial istic Surh

seniment doubt about Soviet Russta Laboo in the eve of the doctri. naire Communists whose

viction is that Soviet Russia can not be imperialistar

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This unsought advice and abstine emuld boomerang and help rather chan handicap Britain's Labour Party. And a lot of space and attention is being given to visiting Tortes with extrome views, who do the Conservatives more harm than goud.

For instance. Mi Ceel Palmer, described

writer nn an English and publisher, has been headlined tis saying here: "Four years of Socialisation have left the British frustrated, regimented, under- Inourished, dispirited, und por-

Resignation of Greek leaders

Athens, January 5. Greece's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant- General George Cosmas, rosigned tonight in support of Field Marshal Alexander Papagos, the Commander-in-Chief, whose resignation carlier today precipitated a Government crisis.

The Prime Minister, M. Alexander Diomedes, handed he resignation of his six- months old. Cabinet to King Paul when two of his Ministers resigned after Field Marshal Papagos announced his decision.

agonda stunt" and nut changeable state poliev In

Fleid Manshul Papugos, who conversation with faend

are the Greek contingent at Bri this correspondent the offer

tain's Victory Parade of 1940, re- advised him to tell his American signed suddenly because of re- friends not to worry about

marks a speech yesterday by "propaganda stunt."

the Populist Deputy Premier, M. Rival cliques

Constantin Tsaldaris.

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There are also signs of ell- quism in the offing. These signY are most evident in the East China area, where for several months General Chen Ye Third Field Army and Liu Po-chen's Second Field Army exercised

joint control. There were known cases of wrestling for technick! personnel between the two fall army commands and also cases of wrestling for power between army commander Chen Yt's men

The War Minister, M. Panayn- ils Cureliopoulos, a Populist, and the Deputy Promler, M. Sopho cles Venizelos, a Liberal, follow- ed suit

elections will be held curly Jn March.

The

Bad business

charges have been in- vestigated and proved groundless, First dead man in strenrod and then he in cloared. It has been and business and lot of people should feel ashamed.

The clearing of Hopkins's name put more spirit into the Lib- Brais. At last there is a mutiny against J. Edgar Hoover's Fedoral Bureau of Investigation and its Thought Police.

For months young G-men have been quizzing and querying_tax- payers on their own and their em→ ployees' political beliefs, reading habits, political companionship, likes and dislikes,

I have had agents call on me and ask whether an office girl, I employed in the Daily Mail office rend Karl Marx and expressed subversive views.

Public roused

When I asked what all this was. to do with the G-man he said: "The girl has applied for a job as a Post Office clork-all Govern. ment servants have to be investi- gated."

This nonsense has finally ja- furiated large sections of the population, who believe it is their own business what books they read, which people they arest. which politics they embrace, or, what cocktails they drink,

Field Marshal Papagos' pos) tion will have to await the and of the political crisis. Reports that, he had' decided to stand for election himself could not I trentod New York's water

be confirmed tonight.

shortage Jocularly last week, but Marshal Papagos has two biit is no joke now. The shortare military, triumphis to his

credit. ja approaching crisis. All build- When Italy declared

An Ing and car-washing le. banned, Graeco

on October

1940 | and there will be a test this week General Papagon was appointed during which averyone will be Genernissimo of the

Greek Baked not to use water for any Army, and, his armids, not only purpose at all for three to six threw back the -Italians but hours, marched into Albania, takin more than 20,000. Italian soners.

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M. Venizelos has liggested to After the German occupation. the Prime Minsiter that he advi-Papagos was arrested and

put

The city is in danger, and if 'his drain on the water supplies continues, there could be ́difficulty is handling a big fire.

There are prayers in churches: Give us this day our daily bread and water." Tens of thou- sands of water wardena have

se King Paul to speed up the into a concentration camp. He general elections, due next April wasUberated by American for- "to avoid agitation which might ces in May, 1945. have jeopardised the recovery His next success was his com- been mobilised to prevent waste, olTort."

paign against the guerillas In

M. Ventarlos Baid he thought a Greece After * three-year Crime increase

45-day pre-electoral campalga campaign he announced the com-" and his political commissur Jag would be enough. If his oug- pięte defeat of the guerillas Shu-tih's men, and between the 4gestion, is accepted by the King Christmas Day,

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