The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-11
CHANG ALOOF
AS REDS CRY
FIGHT: JAPAN
Generalisssimo Is Cold to
Program for United
.r"- Military Front T.
By EARL H, LEAF
United prexx Staff Correspondent


TIENTSlN, Dec. ii. CUP. -
The proposal for u United Front"
against the Japanese is receiving
the support Of leftiSt organiza-
tions and red armies in China, but
Gen. Chang kai-Shck is ice cold
toward the plan.
SO far he has indicated that he
will not accept the support of the
Communist armies in fighting ia
pan and, conversely, will not &C
cept the support of the Japanese
army in fighting Communists.
Communists for many months
have offered to forget their dit
ferenceS with the Central govern
ment and the Kuomintang to fight
the Japanese. Under the catch
word of popular 'front.' patriotic
intellectual organizations, student
groups and others Increasingly
have urged the GeneraiSSimo 10
accept the reds proposal.
NORTHWEST MORE RESTLESS
The anti-JapaneSe sentiment IN
the Northwest - kansu. Shensi,
Shansi and Suiyan Provinces
daily growing more intense and
the old Manchurian army under
THE Young Marshal" Chang
Hsueh-liang, is growing more rest
less. They are demanding orders
to flight our way back to our
homes" in Manchuria.
On his visit to Clan recently, the
generalisSimo was urged on all
sides to make peace with the Com
.muniStS in tn enorthwest corner of
China and 10 consolidate all his
efforts toward resisting Japan.
q The old Manchurian army is
tired of fighting COMMUNISTS, &C
cording to the most reliable re-
ports. In fact. they are no longer
fighting them but are;fraternizing
with the red forces. and even sur
reptitiously supplying them with
arms and supplies. entral gov
eminent troops in the northwest
are the only military units resist
ing the Communists in that Sec
ton of,the country today.
100000 RED TROOPS
There are 100000 Communist
troops who are Offering TO lay
aside all political and theological
differences and Join in national
defense campaign. Gen. Chang
Hsueh-liang's troops number about
100, GOO and Japanese reports say
that % divisions of Marking
troops have been Sent TO the north
west during the past two months.
The situation is precarious from
many angles The reds are fight
CTS and they have a spirit not pos
isessed BY any other military force
iin CHina, but they are handicap
\ ped by lack of regular supplies
and modern equipment They are
\ virtually knocking at the gates OF
4 Lanchow, capital of kanSu, where
Gen, lYh Hsueh-chung sits as lsov-
ernor and commanders Of the anti
! red forces Gen Yu is more bitter
! toward the Japsnese than even
the COMMUNISTS. lit was the jap
anese military who ousted him
from the craftsmanship of Iiopei
province, and there is no doubt
that he would bewiiling to fight
! side by side with the reds, the mo-
raent such orders came from the
! generalissimo. 80 -. ... zee -
! In addition to the red menace
is the threat OF invasion from
.Chaha.r by Japanese inspired
! Manchukuo" troops under the
command of Gen. Wang 'Ying and
ifGcn.' III Shou-shin, who arc pre-
ltparing for a largc-Scale drive in
TO Suiyuan, which territory they
hope to include in the autonomous
] Monpolian regime. ft~t -.