The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

OuSClng Ot General StnWell
 A showdown with China as to whether she was really going to fight Japan has been in the cards for long time. Last July, this column reported that many Chin ese war lords around Chiang would rather fight Britain and the U. s. A. than Japan. Since then, comprehensive report has reached the White House giving details regarding the whole Chin csc picture and certain suspicious relationships between the Japan csc and some of those around the Generalissimo.
 For example, Wu Te-c chen, Sec- retary General of the Koumin- tang Ia position similar to that of Bob Hannegan, chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee), still owns large home on Avenue Hague in Shanghai, still collects rent for it through his own agent in the Jap-occupied areas, while his wife lives openly under the Japanese in Shanghai.
 Also, the wife of Gnu Chia- hua, Kuomintaong Minister of Organization, has travelled freely between Jap-occupied and un- occupied China, apparently with the consent and cooperation of the JapS. Finally. her goings and comingS attracted so much a, en- tion that she was asked not to return to Chungking any more.
 Meanwhile, Madame Sun Vat
 sen, widow of China's great Iib-
 orator and first president, has
 been rebelling at some policies
 of Chiang Kai-shek, her broth
 er-in-law. As a result, Mad
 anne Sun is kept out of contact
 with other Chinese in Chung.
 king.
 Where Madame Sun especially disagrees with the Generalissmo is in his failure to cooperate with the So-called Communist" or "Agrarian" armies in the north. The White House report on China tells in detail about the steady resistence these northern peasant armies are putting up against the JapS compared with the wavering, sometimes non-sexistent fighting of Chiang'S own war lords.
 All of this came to a head when General Patrick J. Hurley (HoOv- er's ex-Secretary of War; and Donald Nelson asked Chiang to cooperate with the Communist armies unedr an overall U. s. commander instead of fighting them. It was at this time that General Stilwell was busted. Chiang. who had never liked Still well, made it clear that he would never accept an American over- all commander if Stilwell were in the picture. Since then, Chi ang has cleaned up his Cabinet and is more cooperative.
 REPORT ON
 CHINESE COMMUNISTS
 U. S. concern regarding the long g-Smouldering Chinese situa- tion came to a head as a result of two developments:
 1. It became apparent that the Japs coulud not be licked merely by island o-iSland operations in the Pacific. This type of warfar' might destroy even the Japanese main islands, but because the Japs have been moving their war industries to China, a major cam paign on the Chinese mainland is going to be necessary.
 2. The United States was able to send an official mission to visit the Chinese Communists or Ag- rarians for the first time in five years. This was arranged as a result of Vice President Wallace's trip. The missions subsequent re- port, recently reaching the Presi- dents desk, convinced him that somehow or other the two diver gent factions inside China must be coordinated.
 Here are some of the highlights of the American missions report:
 l. The best equipped armies of Chiang Kai-shek's Koumtntang are used, not to fight the Japs. but to fight the guerrilla Com munists. Some of their equip