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VOL. III NO. 276

Red Forces Not Kayoed

Nanking, Nov. 22-National- int orties have failed to Jam a knockout blow on the Com-

munists in the first round of the crucial battle on the ap- proaches to Nanking.

gave 11

Confusing reports cloudy picture of fighting around suchow, key defence bastion for. Nanking.

Nellable voureca sald the Communists have recaptured Nienelaug. 33 miles east of Huchow-the sector where the

the Government said

Cam. munist drive was broken last

werk.

National Defence Ministry Do Indica-

communique gave

tion

has

that Nenchuang fallen, but mald "heavy fight- WAR continuing in that

arci.

Pro-Government dispatches claimed continued Government ndrances In the outer peri- meler of the Hsuehow battle- ground-Associated Press,

Encouraging Soviet Reply

Paris, Nov. 21.-Russia was todny reported to have sent an -"encouraging" reply to a ques- tionnaire on the Berlin crisla. from Dr Juan Bramuglia, Presi- dent of the Security Council.

The problem this week enters what is considered by diplomais hero to be its decisive stage anci the chances between

success, and fallure are 'regarded about equal

Western powers

Dr Bramuglia was still awaiting replies from the to the questionnaire which he sent a few days ago. The Soviet Gov- ernment is reported to have sent its reply last night.

The questions asked were tech- nical, such ust

1.What form of quadripartite control of the Berlin currency enviroged?

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1948.

Mao Tze-Tung's Warning

To America

INTERESTS WILL

BE OBLITERATED

IF KMT IS AIDED

Shanghai, Nov. 22.-The highest organ of the Chinese Red Party-Central Committee of which Mao Tze-tung is the cliairman-today made it clear what will happen to American interests if China falls to the Communists. "Obliteration" was the word used.

The Chinese Red radio broadcast this morning carried the text of what it called an "important statement" by the Central Committee, directed squarely against United States aid to China both economically and militarily.

should

Madame Chiang Kai-shok urged “im- mediate and definite" aid on Sunday for the Chinese government as a matter of American self-interest:

In a trans-Pacific broadcast on an Amorican Madame broadcasting company network, Chiang acknowledged "the present situation in China is indeed gravely critical."

She said that if. Chiña falls to the Com- munist armies "all of Asia goes" and tho American position in the Orient~“a foothold in Japan-would be most enormous.'

"

GENERALISSIMO NOT DAUNTED

Declares Madame Chiang In

Appeal

For U.S. Aid

Describing the criticalness of China's present situation, the wife of China's president said:

"The approach of winter finds our people cold, hungry, weary and This undergoing terrible hardship. condition has come about not be- cause there is a basic lack of food and

fuel in the country, but be- Japanese occupation cause, following the devastating of much of China, the Communists have

tys- tematically destroyed communica- tions and are preventing goods from moving in large

of the arcas country.

"And on top of this, the insidious and cleverly planned Communist pro- paganda has undoubtedly weakened the morale of many of our people. It of has contributed importantly towards

some of the recent reverses."

struggle against Japanese aggression, inspires us today.

"The struggle against Communism is a new chapter in the age old con- flict which we faced in the dark 10- year agony of the Japanese war.

"We will prevail again as we prevailed against Japan, whatever be the cost in human suffering, and national devastation, for our cause is a just one."-Associated Press.

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Reservations

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FATAL EUS COLLISION

London, Nov. 21.-Four people were killed and 21 injured and taken to hospital when a crowded double decker bus was involved in a head-on collision with a private car in the south- eastern London suburb of Dulwich tonight..

Two of the injured were detained in hospital. The four people killed wore the occupants of the private

car.

Most of the injured were cut by glass shattered with the impact of the collision. Reuter,

Round The World Flyer Crash Lands

WOMAN AND PILOT UNINJURED

Tel: 27880

Queen Elizabeth

Strike Continues

alt-

Southampton, Nov. 21.—The Cunard White Star Lino nounced today that tho Queen Elizabeth will not sail for America before Tuesday. The scheduled sailing of the Queen Mary on Wednesday has likewise been deferred because of a strike of 'crew- ›

mon.

the The announcement followed strikers' decision today to continuo their

refusal to take the ship to strike-bound New York or Halifax, Nova Scotia.

They

contend that the latter | alternative would be atriko breaking, About 400 of the Elizabeth's crew of 1,250 walked off the ship an hour before sailing time yesterday. Later they sent a cablegram announcing their action to the leader of the striking American_longshoremen, Mr

been

Joseph Ryan, and received a reply from him expressing appreciation. PASSENGERS STRANDED The Queen Elizabeth's 1,000 pas- Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 21.-sengers have been stranded in Eng- Mrs Richard Morrow-Tait, globe- Innd since last Wednesday, the ship's girding British housewife, to- original sailing date, and they have sinco the marooned hero day crashlanded her pinne near lightning walkout at noon yester- Tok Junction, 205 miles south-day. east of Fairbanks, according to the Tenth Air Rescue Squadron. The Squadron said Mrs Morrow Talt and her navigator, Michael Townsend, left Anchorage, Alaska, this morning en route to Northway and four hours later, at 2.37 p.m.

Six

are

PST the accident happenquadron The Cunard Line had already lost

The Queen Mary, which has just completed her annual overhaul in drydock here, cannot move into the ocean berth for her next balling until her sister chip vacates it.

hundred

passengers stranded without accommodation in Cherbourg, where they had hoped to board the Elizabeth yesterday. The Tenth

nth Air Rescue plano accompanying Mrs Tait £20,000 up to today because of the radioed that the plane apparently

strike

on the Elizabeth and other developed engine trouble as it ap-delays caused by the American stop- proached Tok Junction feld. Tho message said the plane

crashed about Ave miles south of Tale June- tion.

A section of that statement carried the punch that No the "Kuomintang' government is now about to fall.

foreign aid to the Kuomintang government by any government can either save the rule of the Kuomintang government or protect the interests of the foreign The only possible destiny of government concerned.

is such aid or such agreements obliteration together with the Kuomintang government." The statement added, "The Com-friendly relations with all foreign unist Party in China holds that countries. including the United any military or economic aid to the States of America, and protect the Kuomintang government by the rightful interests of all nationals of government of the United States or foreign countries in China, In- other countries constitutes an act of cluding American nationals. Bui hostility against the Chinese nation the integrity of China's

territory and the people of China, and should and sovereignty must be preserved cease immediately. If the American without encroachment." governinent

dispatch its isarmed forces for, either all-out, or Referring to the exchange

partial protection of the Kuomintang notes between President Chiong. 2. What types of control apparu-

this would constitute Kai-shek and President Truman, governmení.

Madame Chiang Gold. Communist tus is thought workable?

armed aggression against the sacred

the Central Committee said "Chiungpropaganda had won over "some of 3. How would the four powers

territory and sovereignty of China. Kai-shek and the entire reactionary our people who are politically gullible" see the

reform put into All consequences currency

thereof would Kuomintang government in Nanking and "others who should know better." have to be borne by the American operation.

nre now striving to place their Replies from the Western powers government."

moribund rule under Americus are expected about Tuesday. After-

21. Venezuela's the is declaration Today's

military protection. To this end... wards. De Bramuglio, with the help strongest by the Central Committee was written a letter in the name of

placed under house arrest after dropped emergency, rations to the of the seamen's union to go back t Romulo Gallegos of United Nations experis, Is ex-since the ultimatum"

in the past Chlang

A twin-engined Beechcraft plane turned down pleas of the officials Kai-shek to pected to draw up a further list of winter in which time four U.S.

American

a call for his resignation by downed flyers, An Army truck was ballot of the whole crew

the ship and participate in a secret detalled questions.

Communist good will in the Marines were taken prisoner by the Pr

high Army officers, according to the scene of the crash

from Tok Junction to dispatched The replica

of a Communist victory." this 10

Second Reds witle on 'n hunting trip. At Referring to the report (which questionnaire will then probably be that time the United States forces in was officially denied) that Mayor friends," she said, that despite in this Dutch island off the Fairbanks to go to the assistance of

"Let me assure our American unofficial reports received today planes took off from Ladd Field at STOPPAGE TO SPREAD incorporated into a plan for settling Chin -were- -withdrawn.- The C. Wu of Shanghai hus asked

problem. currency

On the Marines, however, were

recent released Amiral Oscar Badger and Ambas- Generalissimo and I are not daunted

disappointments,

the Veriezuelan coast. traffic side, Dr Bramuglia is under- after nearly three months in custody andor, Stuart for American protec-in our determination to go on with stood to be still considering a plan for what is called "parallelism" the lifting of the "blockade" itt

moru

the

-

ted

OLIVE BRANCH Today's broadcast, however, held stages parallel with the introduction out an olive branch to the

States.

of the currency reform.

The first stage would be to open roads and waterways, Icaving the callways to be reopened on the same day as the currency change is completed.—flcuter.

EDITORIAL

|

President Truman."

tion of Shanghai and requested that

COWARDS AND BEASTLINGS

"The second class embraces the

cowards, the beastlings," the gold, and "those who hope to benefit from

war

event

President Gallegos Of Venezuela

FLANE DROPS RATIONS The Air Force plane radioed Mrs

page.

The company had been hoping to get the world's largest liner out on the noon-to-two p.m. Ude today, members either by inducing the striking crew to return or procuring

At R

dockside earlier today, the strikers.

Willemstad, Curacao, Nov. Tait and Townsend, who were seen replacements,

President

han

дго

walking around the Tait plane ap- parently uninjured.

and rescue strike.

the stranded flyers.

Army officers said the accident A complete censorship has been occurred in "very lonely country" U. S. Marines take over the Muni- the righteous

against the

Imposed and the situation in and the temperature there was near our Venezuela cipal administration in Tsingtao, the Communists who seek to put

is reported to be zero. statement said, "The Communist country behind, the iron curtain.

"anxious" with a revolt feared' if A spokesman for the Air Force "Our faith in ultimate victory is the demands of the Army and the Farty Armly opposes any

Rescue Service said Mrs. Tait and such The broadcast said, "The Com-

traitorous actions.” It concluded as strong as it was in the beginning. Catholic Conservative

-Party

Townsend "probably will be taken- munist Party in China, the People's

that the Chinese .Reds would

ns long not met, The Generalissimo and I, 1

to Tok Junction and then

flown Democratic governments in China thoroughly oppose to the end any there is a breath in 123, Bro

to Ladd Field" while their plane is cvil and the Chinese People's Liberation thing contrary to this solemn posi-going to fight against this

President Gallegos, elected In repaired.United Press. Army are willing to establish equni | tion."—United Press,

Communist throat. And if, unhap-December last by the first direct pily, we should fail, our only regret popular election In Venezuela's his- will be that we have but one life tory, has been deprived temporarily to give to China."

of all his constitutional rights, these for Amerlean reports sald. Expressing thanks aid already given, Madame Chlang said "the means and methods" of further ald "should be determined by you," but:

Painless Deflation

to he sto accepted, Britain is golug through a necessard, but ap-

not

painful very of deflation. The com-

the consumer had

JF. Litest reports

parently

process pinint thai

nothing to buy has disappeared. roods Production of consumer

his caught up with arrears of demands s0 that storca have

secre

оп

in

reasonable stocks, not yet of everything the housewile would like to buy, but of a wido

merchandise. rance of

On the money nide

the tight financial polloy Introduced last winter has exerted

suficient pressure the pockets of the publio to kill the spending rush that was till' part

of Britain's 1947. Retallers are said to agree. that last. Christmas saw the last burst of the consumers'

Betault on the stores, and there has been :s Battening" out of the amount

laid out

the counter over

by retail

bate- customers. This ment of portwar Inflation сап considered one of the recovery symptoms economy. Tho

be

healthiest

of

Britain's

effoot of this deflationary trend lisa. been manifested

on

OR

cholco

In

two

ways. Quo is a greater fuaistence in the purchase of durable

Denimmer goods; the olher."

the customer is open-minded when he enters

more

store because 'li is now money, rather than coupons that is the Timalting factor in what he purchases." "One “Interesting re- salt fa that retillers in parif- vular, are beginning to resort to "tha' old; molle that the qustomer." is always fight,

and

there is a growing pressure on wholesalers and manufacturers to give the public what it wants and price. in quality, variety

be inid that the return

I can

to full commercial flexibility in Britain

taking place now along the eight line and will leave the nation's trade better equipped when it is complete. Another sign of the country's ability to revive

fuller Incasure the home trade is the

for the

abolition rationing. It

citation

In

of cin- that in recent months

FIRE CHIEF

ARRESTED

was

MUST BE IMMEDIATE

"I only ask this-to tell you that any further aid must be immediate and delinite.

wi

OFFICIALS' DEMAND

Democratica and one Communist,

SNOW BLIZZARD

of

on the

A strikers' spokesman “said ̄today that the stoppage would spread to the Cunard liners Queen Mary and the Mauretania. The Queen Mary, whose crow is on weekend leave, cannot leave her drydock berth to prepare for her scheduled sailing to America on Wednesday until the Queen Elizabeth leaves her orean

berth

and caused heavy damage in the for a vote. North Central Slates.

Volunteers were called

drifts.

for

in

moved

against

numerical

of the

rican movie decree last night of freedom

werd

The Mauretanto is due to arrive at midnight tonight from America.

At the dockside park meeting this morning, the strikers booed and shouted

"No,

no," to seamen's union New York, Nov. 21-Scores

officials appeals to them to go back North American villages were iso-whole crew.

and take part in a secret ballot of the inted today after the first snow blizzard of the winter, which cut said the men had had and

The strikers' principal spokesman IIo is leader of the Aclon De- communications, marooned

appor- trains mocratie (Liberal) Party, which has

tunity yesterday to go back on board "We refused that as we 83 members in the Lower Chamber

did not think it was fair," he said. where the Catholie of Parliament,

The meeting was told that the tugs Conservative Party (COPE) has 16 Nebraska to dig cattle out of snow had raised steam but that their crews To Protect Western

of the remaining 27.

would refuse to handle the ship until Berlin's Equipment

"It Communism prevalls in China,

Snow started to fall again Army ofcers now favouring the

this the strike was settled. here morning and the temperature here you, my friends, will ultimately also COPEI Party were reported

The strikers picketed the dock gales to be demanding

storm the President's fell rapidly as the Berlin, Nov, 21.-Berlin's fire be suffering.

throughout the night to prevent any "For with China's

and a reform atrategic resignation

of the East.-Reuter. chief

crew from returning to the arrested by the

position,

ship. The routine aboard the grant on, resources and manpower. Government to include four COPEI Western Sector police this in Communist hands, you yourself representatives, four of the Action

ship remained nearly normal under More Girl Babies morning in a move to protect will be greatly weakened.

the ministrations of a reduced staff, Soviet seizure of Western Ber- "If China falls, all of Asia goes, The present Cabinet comprises

however nine Aelon Democratica members.

Singapore, Nov. 22-The tide is

Breakfast and In's fire equipment, American and certainly Asia's importance to

the showing signs of

turning

luncheon A

from Reuter message

served by stewardesses and others, Is not one whit Icas world peace clothing

officials announced.

Venezuelan capital of Caracas re- Singapore men in the

some of whom had never served å phasised

than that of Europe.

"I know that there is a tchool of ported the suspension by an official battle of the sexes.

meal before yesterday, bosto and shoes have been so

Fire Chief Karl Feirabend is be- thought in America which says that speech and public meetings through that in 1947 the local population in- The city's health officer reported of

The passengers include the Ame freed and the publlo has selfled

lieved to be involved in the arrest China is not necessary or important out the country.

stars.

Martha Haya cluded 878 females to overy, 1,000 and Dana Androws. Vincent Massey, down to buying these articles as by the Soviet-controlled police Jast they did when.

they

night of two American Sector deputy to the United States because you The decree, issued from the Pre-males, and the number of females the former Canadian rationed, and

foothold. In Japan. 1. should sidential Palace, was have

High Com- по

chicfs. ruore. This

accompanied is still increasing, at a faster rato missioner in London, like to point out to you that with by a Cabinet communique declaring than the men, he added.-Assoclated Charles Woolley, Governor of Bri- and other kindred trends which indicate a marked inclination on

Felrabend was taken into custody the vast China nininland in enemy "an actual state of alarm.”—Reuter Press.

tish Gulana-Reuter. ot his home in the French Sector of hands, the exposed Islands of Japan. the part of the pubile to spend

Berlin as police guarded three will be but a lenuous foothold for less clearly. show that the ztabilisation which was the

American Sector Are stations near Amèrica. the Soviet boundary to the Government's

prevent This is not ex-parte reasoning. Eastern raids to steal equipment. Just financial, polley has been largely

ask your milllary

men in

Shanghai, Nov. 22.-While set up destes on the wharf to tried to dispose of furniture, achieved. The Board of Trade

Japan." American officials pald that the

some 160 American nationals "screen" and register people apply and other articles could and index

Britain's of

wholesale

American Sector Aro

FRANK ADMISSION officials,

ing for their aid.

buyers. from Nanking, Shanghai and prloes has been steadily receding, Richard Marks and Wilselm Lip-

She quoted from a recent article

Though the ship brought

About 100 of those on board wet Chic other China ports boarded the than 1,700 pieces of buggage, most Catholle fathers, nuns and members hile the index of relati

streu, were arrested by the Soviet- by the Chinese Communist In other words, the cost of

controlled police in the Soviet Sector Mao Tse-tung. She said he "frankly naval transport Butner this of the White Russian and Stateless of missions and these will be lodged has fallen back from the Juno

admits today that he is Communist

by their organisations, prak to a tordy level and the

or two. Many had little time from head to foot and that not alone morning for ovacuation to the refugees had Hile more then cho Marks, deputy chief, is in charge the government of Chino, but the United States, various city or- pack. They were told they could Jews wishing to go to Palestino to Meanwhile, the registration of average of the last six months was only about soven

principal ganisations were busily rogis-leave only a few hours before the of equipment and Lipstreu is a United States, is his

continue for another, two above the average level of the deputy sector chief. American enemy.

been will "Can there be any question in the tering and housing 350 evacuees sailing time as it had not officials expressed the opinion that corresponding half-year in 1947. And although every observer of they were arrested for refusing to minds of Americans concerning hin of 20 different nationalities who known how much space there would

The Director of the Shanghai Almost without exception, Britain's economic affairs agrees

the Palestina: Offico turn over Western Fire equipment ultimate objective if he succeeds in arrived: hero last night from

of the Jewish that it is necessary to keep his

the Stateless Agency to the Eastern Sector fire depart-his present aggression against Na-North China on board the White Russians and

announced today that tionalist China?"

refugees had left their property hitherto more than 5,000 applications Gingers

• crossed, it'

United States naval transport in Tientsin. Hearing of the evacua-finve been made but it belloved 1a fair Interim balance sheet to say that

Aro.

department struggle re-

Madamo Chiang concludet:

tion, they threw a few things into a that n large number of these are. the unhealthy

"We in China are convinced that it Cavaller. pressuro‣ has flects the growing chasm betwenn is the better part of wisdom not to

will bog and walked out of their houses only in the nature of? a precaut= Largely gane

The majority of the group out of Britain's Eastern and Western Berlin which accept failure ignominiously but to be is tid care of the International in the clothes they stood in. system, and a normal tempera is expected to widen dally as the risk it gloriously.

tionary measure. Refugee Organisation, the Joint Dir- They revealed that it was imposal- Many Jews, have, sald that they ture has returned;

city elections scheduled for Decem-

his spirit, which pervaded China tribution Committee and the Rus-ble to sell anything at such short would go if things got hot," oiker- ber 8; draw near,—United Press. during the darkest hours of the slant Emigrants Association, which notice and those who had earlier wise they would stay-Reute

wero

TOW

percent

last night

ment

The

and Sir

150 American Evacuees Leave Shanghai

be,

more

weeks.

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