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They are now almost outnumbered by the ubiquitous Sikh watchmen. The Japanese polite and deferential now are careful to restrict themselves to their quarters, A Japanese chauffeur returning alone in a car was stoned by the populace and badly injured on one occassion, But the populace are very keen to eradicate all traces of their occupation.
Finally, if one sought to surarise the confused after-war situation in one word, one would call it optimistic. In spite of food difficulties and mutual racial suspicions, SINGAPORE seems to have recovered from the days of the occu- pation. One feels that it is alive and resurgent.
SPECIAL APTIRDIK.
SUART OF A 10) ITICAL AND I ILITARY SINUAZION
IN CHINA
(1) KUORINTANG AND TIM CO. J ISTS
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With developments during the past week still oriinous Chinese generally believe a war betwe.n the Nationalists under CHIANG KAI-SMI and the Cornists to be unavoidable. stubborn attitude of the Comunists in RO:BI (formerly known as CHILI), SAMUG, SI and IR ONCOLIA shows that every attempt, including the disruption of principal r. ilways in North China, will be made to prevent the tionalists from entering lanchuria. Lieut. Gen, ALBERT TOMMYOR's repeated statements that the WIZED STATES vill avoid being involved in China's new civil war may mean that if the gr ve situation dous not improve in the near future, the ALPICAT marines ry even withdraw from Worth Chino, This means tilt the Nation alists will encounter the greatest difficulty in t king over liberated recs evacunted by Jup „nese,
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One reason why CILAT KAI-SI is still anxious to settle peccofully with the Communists ir because he is cutious over what attitude the Coviets may adopt. ith Russian help, a civil war in China may prove to bo a disaster to the Nationalist regime.
(2) KIANGSU.
Reports from Centr: 1 China say that 20,000 Comunists re attacking Government forces in northern KIANSU ne...r VMCG, north-west of SKATGHAI. This is most important bec use strife in this region may end nger the Nation list hold on MATLIG and SAG AI nd considerably d lay the return to MANKING of the Chungking, "overnment, although this has been tired to t ke lace before next March. In the event of a war with the Reds, the Nation lists will have to remin in CHUNGKING for sone considerable time.
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HOPEI.
South OI, which is near SUNG, is said to be one of the main objectivus of th. Con unists bucause they realise that the influence of the Nationalists has n ver been extended to 101I for the following reasons. Firstly, HOPEI, before the Sino-Japanese war in 1937, was under warlords who made that province and DWLING and TIMESIN & semi-independent state though outwardly they took orders from CHIANG. TITTS IN and PIPING fell into Japanese hnds within two months of the out-break of var in July 1937 and iron ten onvrd 10 BI's political re ltions with the Mtion lists wore severed until 1st August when Japon collapsed. Secondly, the ETO I TAG has not yet est .blished a firm hold on HOPI and it mat take the HOPEI people some time to get acquinted with the KUOLINTANG.
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