The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-19
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lnterpretjn,
The War;
BY JAMES D. WHITE
SAN hNrC,c "ulIE

inclusion Of Two Jimo y, oy
w. wa, ~, nave vel. in effect been n's s,' Us1
These plain words br .
WERE etens reinforced this week (a n
etense situation in China nrsh BY F
threatened e to throw that n.. S@
t 10 civil war and could have ' sga.
this country openly agains, I ~
IN Asa 1t did not do 50. rs Aaa
ably, because diplomatic s' b p,sss
tiers already have veen ' bSs
ward OF such dire tides q. 4 t.4
The situation in Chin. ~ .'s
fusing to Americans, who S va. q
verified away by the srosn, ", :.
japanese militarism in i, ".
agony. ~ III
80 another word from n, i
Tung-chi' visiting professor a.
lltlcal science at Mills colleg.
The whole developms,r.
your history is the mova- '
Asiaward. But mentally y%
pulled back to Europe.
THE American people ,.
once and for all get rid 0. tbs
that some day, somehow, r,er
pull out of Asia. You were ~
into this conflict through ASH,
If you dodge your responsih'
in Asia. you will be called in ~
YOU must from now on pay >,
ton to every event...In Asia
as Britain must pay attepor
every event in the remotes i.
OF Europe.
Claiming American atten-,,
Asia this week were these er.
- Japanese troops were Oh.
surrender soon TO one or ban
two rival Chinese fact ons.
- These Chinese forces i:
were getting angrier at each Of
In a sharp rebuke GeneY
mo Chang Kai-Shek of the Ger
government in Chungking told
nese communist leaders to !;
their shirt on, to take no ii
pendent action in acceptng
panese surrenders.
| The defiant Reds repss
orders to their troops 10 dls|
japanese, sieze cities and rail-,
in short, get in while the gs1
is good.
- Nearing the Chinese conn |
list zone was a Russian Army
100 miles north of the Great
of China, head ,ng apparently
the coast near Peiping.
General Wedemeyr, the A,
lean commander in China, d
1T plain that American tralg
planes would be used if nece!
to carry central government
nese troops into JAPANESE
zones to occupy key points. Il
dictated he might soon mM
own headquarters to Shansha
Chungking expressed 4s
the feat that the Red m ghH
them to the big cities and
civil war might break out,
The long range danger here
that America would find itseL
tisan in a Chinese civil war
would be UNNECESSARILY sharp
if Russia should throw her SUP
to the Chinese commrn sts'
But would Russia do that'H
ly, it seemed. Moscow had
signed six agreements, lnclual
treaty of friendship, with
Chungking Premier, 7. v 81
The deal still is sore, [
American interest and milf
have been evident throu'A
Soong went to Moscow from w
ington, and returned there F"
to Pres dent Truman hnlsD
Ambassador Hartman E@
quently informed o. how the
COW talks were going.
The Chinese Communists
this. They also know Russia
had given them any materla+
Chinses Red leaders nav;
survived many years fnfoas
noring such portnets' ana u
guess now is the their osl ta.,
more for purposes Of m1
ing than for king N''
another war. II
How the Chinese ana A.'
will distribute the occupa-,
Northern China, Inner NUE.
Manchura and Korea fefi'D
be seen. vra
1t appears now that uls Nv.
will wind up occupying :, ever IT,,
north of the Great wan v! =.
does not decide the political ~
Of those areas, at least w.
sino-Russian agreemen" a"
lished. .rs,,.
Nor does it necessary .,t,5
the Chinese Communists ' WIZ
built up strong popular s' !.
their areas which cai'fl0'
looked. ID
The Oriental tropis nm,
compromise must be ;. MI M.
and the preferences u \
STA sz and America led by ~, "
and a Truman who are ne e e5
ly acquainted with easD +ar I,
with the Chinese Reds s sys+
guns do go off - as Is sp I'D
NIT confirmed - IN a. mi,