Evening star., 1945-12-20
Marshall Lands
AT Shanghai as
RedsSeek Peace
Trumon's Envoy Due
To Talk to Chang in
Marking Tomorrow
Hy the Associated Press.

NunkIng Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.-Ger
George c. Marshall arrived to
day on his mission to end in
ternal strife in China-and as h
stepped from his plane Chimes
Communists asked the govern
ment to agree to an immediate
unconditional cessation of hos
tilities, Lu Ting-yi, Communis
peace-parley delegate, told thu
Associated Press.
Gen. Marshall is expected to NEE
with Generalissimo Chang Kai'
shek at Nanking tomorrow to dis.
cuss the situation. They last me-
at the Cairo conference.
Associated Press Correspondent
Spencer Moosa, at Chungking, re-
ported the Communist move toward
a cease-fire agreement, and saio
Lu also informed him that the Rec
leader, Chou En-lai, would seek an
audience to present the Communist
case to Gen. Marshall.
Confers With Wedemeyer.
The American special envoy STEP
ped briskly from a C-54 transport
plane from Manila at Shanghai's
Kiangwan airfield this afternoon
and proceeded to the Cathay Hotel
for conferences with 1t. Gen. AL
bert c. Wedemeyer. American COM
mander in China.
In Chungking yesterday, central
government and Communist leaders
alike were reported ready to "go
the limit" in making peace con-
cessions to impress Gen. Marshall.
The date of the forthcoming peace
parley between the two parties has
not been announced.
Gen. Marshall and Chang are ex-
pected to fly together to Chungking
later in the week for long confer
ences. Chang, who has expressed
pleasure over Gen. Marshall's tenn
porary appointment to succeed Am
bassador Patrick j. Hurley, arrived
in Marking yesterday to await Pres
ident Truman's envoy.
From Yenan, Communist strong
hold in Manchuria, Associated Press
Correspondent John Roderick quoted
party spokesman as expressing
sincere hopes to reach a compro-
mise with the Kuomintang party.
The spokesman for the powerful
Red Central Committee recalled
there had been many American dip
lomats and Army officers who had
been extremely fair in their deal
ings with Communists and, by their
impartial reports, had made fnvalu-3
able contributions toward the growth
of Sino-A American friendship"
He expressed belief President Tru-
man and Gen. Marshall were aware
Of "the fact there had been others
who had been less helpful"
Barley in Welcoming Group.
In flag-bedecked Shanghai, Gen.
Wedemeyer and Walter Robertson,
acting American Minister to Chung
king, met Gen. Marshall.
Also waiting, while an army band
played American and Chinese an
thems, were Vice Admiral Daniel
e. Barley, commander of the 7th
Fleet; Rear Admiral C. Turner Joy,
commander American Yangtze pa
troll; Paul Josselyn, American Con-
sui General in Shanghai, and Chi
nese dignataries and military lead
ers.
Paul v. McNutt arrived from
Tokyo late today for talks with Gen.
Marshall, Gen. Wedemeyer and
Chinese financiers regarding Phil
ippines- China trade,
Mr.. McNutt, American High Com
missioner to the islands, expects
to return to Manila Sunday.
Gen. Marshall reviewed crack
platoons of the new Chinese 6th
Army and greeted officials in the
crowd, before riding with Gen.
Wedemeyer down streets lined with
cheering thousands to the Cathay
Hotel.
He declined newsmen's request for
q press conference, but agreed to
meet them over cocktails at his
hotel.
In Chungking, 1t was generally
expected that Chang would an
nounce a date for the unity con-
ference on his return there from
Nanking.
The Communist request for an
Immediate cessation of hostilities
left the next move to the Central
Government, which observers said
might ask safeguards such as q
hating of Communist troop move
ments during the proposed truce.
A government dispatch alleged
that detachment of japanese sup
ported Communist forces in an at
tack December IA against the port
Of Tsingtao in Northeast Shantung
Province.
The unconfirmed story said that
after q night-long battle the Com
munists were repulsed and their
dead included three Japanese. It
was alleged also that more than 80
japanese rifles and two mortars
were recovered by government
troops.
New Fighting Is Reported
Near Peiping, Tientsin
CHUNGKING, Dec. 20 tR.-The
Communist New China Daily News