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ARMY TALK OF SECOND DUNKIRK

COMMENT

The intention of Peking,

how far the Chinese Communists are prepared to go at Moscow's behest, is.as obscure as ever. General MacArthur minces no words when he declares that a state of undeclared

exists, unpleasing though that sounds to Mr Attlee and other European states- men striving desperately to prevent an open war between China and the United Nations.

war

For old China hands, it is difficult to believe that it is the real China which is engaged in rude aggres- sion in Korea. How could a patient, pacific, shrewd

British Veterans Guarding The Retreat South

Sensational Peace

Plan?

London, Dec. 3.

As Mr Attlee took off tonight, diplomatic quar. ters reported that Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, might make a sensational peace proposal to his Parliament possibly on Tuesday - a conference, in neutral fer- ritory, of the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Communist China and Indla, aimed at stop- ping the drift toward war.

United Press.

Pyongyang In Turmoil Of Evacuating Troops

With the British 29th Brigade, Dec. 3.

British veterans-men who fought their way out of Dunkirk, through North Africa and Italy, Desert Rats and paratroopers were tonight set for action as the Chinese Com- munist forces spread across the Chongchon River in force and enemy patrols neared Pyongyang, the former North Korean capital.

Exactly one month after landing in Korea, the 29th Brigade is now guarding the retreat south of the United Nations forces.

HINT OF It has not been the happiest debut for the Brigade.

and divided people become PEACE

TERMS

Lake Success. Dec. 3.

They took up positions last night as the first

winter snow fell. This morning, a thin, white SHARP

blanket covered the troops in their foxholes. By | CRITICISM OF tonight, after a clear, cloudless day, the snow had

MACARTHUR gone.

Behind the Brigade, the former Communist capital of Pyongyang today presented a turmoil of evacuating troops, frightened townspeople and line after line of refugees joiting through its streets.

of

overnight united, mili- tant and fanatic? Have the warlords become the meek and pliant partners{ of Mao Tse-tung? It has that appearance. The bald fact that 600,000 troops might be prepared to settle the The Chinese People's Republic have been thrown into Korean conflict with a cease-fire the bitter battle for Korea line establishing the 38th Paral- will not dissolve under lel, among other terms, source

close to the Soviet Union said wishful thinking.

here today. But to what lengths Peking These sources, known to be in

touch is likely to go is guess close

the Peking with delegation at present in New work. China was inscrut-York, outline these three addi able before the new musk tional terms:

The refugees, in their own hid the familiar features. (1) Restoration of the North mysterious fashion, had melted and now most of the reli- Korean regime north. of the away into the countryside. Odd Parallel and the holding of all-shots crackled and bursts of able contacts are

machine-gun fire rippled on the gone. Korea elections within a short Stories out of China, for time after the cessation of

guerilla activity or а nervous, what they are worth, hostilities.

(2) Withdrawal of the United

trigger-happy perimeter guard. paint a picture of stern

The States Seventh

never-ending order and discipline in Formosan waters and the cessa- equipment churned

crawling Fleet from line

of military trucks and some places and chaos in tion of further American aid to pontoon bridge across the Tae- over the

others.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.dong River tonight.

the

By dark only the plow a last-ditch stand somewhere headlights and the roar of ex-in frozen Koren would be use- hausts from passing convoys less because, however quickly disturbed the black, empty net | United Nations reinforcements of roads through the city. came in later, the Chinese could

match them manifold.

Therefore, they argued, the wisest course would be the

mac's outskirts, suggesting either evacuation of the whole Army

in

FLIMSY RAFTS Hundreds travelled across on flimsy wooden rafts, ramshackle boats and material which could be made to float.

.

on any

(3) Immediate admission of And so it has been for the last Taipeh recently claimed that the People's Republic represen-five days and nights-a mechan- there were still 1,000,000 tatives as the rightful delegates ised army flowing back towards Nationalist

of China in the United Nations. previously-prepared positions. troops in

These terms, it was under- But there could be no cliche to various areas of the main- stood, were to be communicated describe the sight of refugees- land, apart from guerillas by Mr Wu Hsiu-chuan, Peking the aged, the women, the tiny and millions of farmers representative, to Sir Benegal | half-starved children - who rising in revolt, but that Narsing Rau, chief Indian dele-crowded the river bank today, gate," who is acting as the seeking their way across to what has to be taken with a

principal negotiating link be- they hoped would be some sort pinch of salt. The capa-tween the Western Powers and of sanctuary. city of any forces still Communist China, loyal to the Kuomintang Sir Benegal has seen Mr Wu

for the second time at organisation to stage any

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. kind of effective rebellion

At his first meeting with Mr in the present circum-wu the Indian delegate was stances is highly doubt-understood to have sounded, the Thousands were still north ful. That is being realistic Chinese on the possibility of a

of the river tonight with little nat pessimistic.

cease fire and the establishment hope of reaching the other side of a stabilised military line except by swimming. On the other hand, Britain's pending diplomatic negotiations. Many crumpled on the edge exertions in support of a No specifle line was then men of the river, lit by the ruddy "No war with China" tioned but it is assumed that, glow of fires from burning policy rely on Peking. The after consulting with Peking on dumps of military stores.

Saturday, Mr Wu was authorised heavy engineering Communists can easily to propose the 38th Parallel as ment, damaged and broken start a war if they or the a possible settlement.-Reuter. down transport, clothing and Russians wish it, but the

rations were set on fire today due to the lack of transport to ship them out.-Reuter,

ANOTHER DUNKIRK?

Tokyo; Dec. 3. The United Nations forces, retreating under the. over- whelming weight of the Chinese Communist armies,. face the choice of a "Dunkirk", or a "Tobruk," it was believed by. military observers. here tonight.

Some officers cautiously men

terrible responsibility will Germany's

►

In

Role

be all theirs. And theirs will be the. greatest

Defence danger, for the one sure

Washington, Dec. 3. result; were open conflict

There are no basic differences inescapable, would be the between the United States and dissolution of their con- France over the role of Ger- trol of China. It seems

many in the West European de- fence scheme, said Mr Henry incredible that the most Byroade, of the Bureau of Ger- reckless-regime, just be-man Affairs, today,

Tons equip-

ginning to find its feet, He prédicted that an agree-tioned the possibility of ̈ä

nations will soon be announced American ment satisfying all participating, wholesale withdrawal of the forces from the peninsula. They reasoned that

will open the door to un known disaster.

United Press.

-a considerable portion of (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)

New York, Dec. 3.-

The New York Post criticised General MacArthur today for all his fantastic exchanges with American publishers, com-

mentators, editors and reporters in recent days."

"It makes us nervous to ima- gine that as the Chinese were crossing the Chongchon River, MacArthur WBS dictating સ cable to, a publisher," it said in an editorial article. "It becomes an even more serious business when some of the statements seem calculated to cover... up

for the errors of his own in- telligence service and make the United Nations take the rap."- Reuter.

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