The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-30
Interpreting
The News
BY RICHARD BERGHo1z
Substituting for James n

Nouus'itutihg Tor James n u,.
CRNHsIEN, Manchuris ria "nl'el
More than 1000 Chinese co ~ :
lists IN a prison camp boro ,l''ua'
being gwen intensive ",o5.a az
training to erase their cp pulacal
list philosophy and instil1 N4 +h1
OF the Kuomintang central ' aa
ment' national army leaders WV
The prisoners, who ranga report p,
piping-vo ced youngsters IS non
3D. stopped old farmers s w gaa'l
ing lectures every morn Ti nea'
afternoon designed to create an and
IN and allegiance 10 the 1' ct lala
Kal-shek government. N4an3
Our main job here is re..sn..
tlon'' Maj. Gen. Liu Kuare 1uoca'
told me. He is political sdn;5a'
the central government ar rSef i
Manchuria. N''iIy ~
MOST OF these people will r,..,
likely become good citizens rs n mos
said, because they are MT ,+' ,,.5 a
communists at heart" ''a4'
Crowded
General Lu, who is in cb,.
OF al! Communist prisoners in N.Y.
churla, operates this camn in , s1
was formerly the Chinese dis f-is
jail, Most of the prisoners Tv.
barred cells. saw many cell, t en- III
housed SIX or seven men. And i'a
one small cubicle l co,,btads a
men. -'e0 Il
The General ordered all q.
LIB prisoners out TO stand q a.'
tent ON on the drill ground for WV
visit and agreed to my reor r,
to select individual at random a't y.
questioning. He remarked ba~
ever that all of them disclsims,
any part cular utilization v+.s
communist theology or The com a
mun'st party. '''
One youngster said he was Kv,r
kslng-hau, II, a farm-bred kon
who had been working as cIerE a
mine when he joined the Com.
munist police guard.
Kwan said he had been give,
two weeks of training by the Cam.
mum SITS, that they armed him with
a japanese rifle, which thew said
they had obtained from the Rus,
slams, and told him the Commn.
SITS were fighting for a greater
China and that the central govern.
ment and the United States were
mo good"
Another prisoner with typjca
story identified himself as Liu
Cheng-wu, 80, former peddler
who was drafted by the Commu.
lists north of Tientsin and had
fought against the Japanese. He
said his Communist superiors told
him the central government was
corrupt and that the United States
was supporting it while the Rus.
slams were supporting the Com.
munists.
General Llu said he was giving
the prisoners mass instruction in
spiritual cultivation, ethics Chin.
csc history, world politics, com.
parative study Of political prin.
ciples and general citizenship
One of the text books, he said, was
Destiny o. China" by Generals
simo Chang .Kai-shek.
The General called out one young
| boy from the ranks and handed
/ him a slip of paper. The boy turned
to face the ranks and read aloud
from the paper, the prisoners
shouting the words back at HIN
in unison.
The General translated this re-
sponsive reading as follows;
1--WE sincerely acknowledge our
mistakes. We sincerely want TO
reconstruct ourselves. Support the
Generalissimo sincerely Obey The
orders Of General Tu Lining
government general commanding
in the northeast! Long live me
Republic of Chinai Long live Inc
Kuomintang! Long live the Gen,
eralissimo! Long live the Unl'ea
States of America"
General Liu said the prisoner
went through this route twice
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