The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-08

Gen. Yeh Chien-Ying, chief Of staff at the Communist Sth Group Army, was said to have warned Wedemeyer against attempts to land U. S. Marines at Weihaiwc: and against any Marine attempts to advance from Chinwangtao in North China to the Manchurian bolrder fortress of Shanhaikwan.
 If you don't halt those actions, you will shoulder all responsibili- ties for all consequences and any serious development" Yeh said.
 Some Marines Wounded
 A United Press dispatch from Chinwangtao said some U. s. Ma rines in North China already have been wounded in rifle exchanges with Chinese Communist troops. Another 1000 U. s. Marines landed last at Chinwangtao, nine miles south of Shanhaikwan.
 Gen. Gnu Teh, commander of the 18th Group Army. also sent a note to Wedemeyer, the New China Daily said, protesting that:
 1. American forces occupied the Communist office in Tientsin and disarmed and questioned the office personnel.
 2. American planes machine gunned Communicated Antse in Hopeh province.
 3. American planes dropped a letter demanding that the Con1- munistS withdraw from Kuan i'll Hopeh.
 Demands Apology
 The Tientsin incident alone, Gnu was quoted as writing Wedemeyer, obviously is intervention in Chinese internal politics and damaged Chi nese sovereignty"
 Therefore, I, on behalf of my people and the army in the liber- ated zones, lodge a serious protest wiSh you, demanding the return ot the Tientsin office, the return ot arms and an apology.
 With the alleged machlne-gun- ming of Antse and withdrawal de- mand at Kuan, Americans "obVl- ously, openly and directly are par ticipating in the Kuomintang' at Jacks on liberated zones," Gnu said.
 q reserve the right to demand indemnities when reports are com plete on casualties at Antse,' he said. "Such actions of American troops in China are damaging the traditional friendship between America and China.
 q seriously demand that you guarantee that there shall be no recurrence of similar actions.
 Dispute Defensive Story
 A spokesman for the Communist government at Yenan disputed the Central governments contention that Chinese Nationalist forces were entirely "on the defensive" III China's undeclared civil war.
 The Communist spokesman sald the Nationalists were using 70 dlVl- sions of regular army troops against the Communists and had a large number of additional divisions In reserve.
 Is this defensiveP" the spokes- man asked. They are like huge floods intending to inundate all lio- erated (CommunisD areas"
 The spokesman said Communist forces had routed eight Nationalist divisions in southern Hopeh. SIX were disarmed and the other two went over to the Communist ban- ner, he said.
 KaO Led Charge
 The New China Daily said Gen. Kao Shuh-sun, deputy commander of the 11th War zone, led the former Nationalist troops who joined the righteous" Communists.
 Altogether, Kao reorganized To- 900 men from the Central govern ment's new Eighth Army into the Democratic Reconstruction Army" to fight on the Communist side, the newspaper said.
 A Central government spokesman said the Communists were 'circulat- ing unfounded rumors in an effort to throw dust in the eyes of the public However. he acknowledged UIldI hdO dIlu NICll. Ind T q Wdi oAoN deputy commander of the llth War zone, had been captured by the Communists.
 Lines Being Probed
 Ma was believed to have com mitted suicide, the spokesman said.
 United Press Staff Correspondent Richard w. Johnston reported that a battalion of Marine reinforce ments arrived at the North China port of Chanwangtao while Central government and Communist troops were probing each others lines along the Manchurian frontier only nine miles away.
 A full-scale battle may break out if the two Central government arm ies-the 18th and 52nd-massing along the frontier attempt to force the Communist-fortified Great Wall to gain a land gateway to Man churia.
 The 52nd Army originally had been scheduled to land in Manchuria by sea from American ships, but was being put ashore at Chinwang- tao after all available Manchurian ports were found to be held strongly tt, CN,,,,,,,,y,{et