The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-03
Interpreting
The News
BY MORRIS j. HARRIS
ASSOCIATED Press News Analyst
and Formerly Chief of Bureau
nj Che - MI.oSN
at Shanghai)

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General Marshalps impending
departure for China and the Con-
gressional airing of Maj. Gen.
Patrick Hurley's charges against
the State Department seem slated
to focus still greater attention this
week on the Orient.
Marshall, former Chief OF Staff,
goes to Chungking as the Presi-
dents special envoy in succession
to Hurley, who resigned as Am
bassador to China with a statement
that State Department officers
were hampering his efforts to car
ry out American policies in China.
General Marshall unquestionably
will receive a royal welcome from
Chang Kai-shek's Nationalist re-.
gime. Chinese Reds, too, have ap-
plauded the Presidents " quick
action in naming the five star Gen.
eral to succeed the outspoken Ok
lahoman, but their enthusiasm for
the retired Army chief cannot be
but less than that of Chungking.
American policy in Asia is to
support the recognized Chinese
government, which is Chungking,
and to try and bring the Red fac.
ton into it if possible. Marshall
canot be expected to depart appre-
ciably from this prescribed path.
The Communists are holding out
the olive branch to the new envoy
and awaiting developments. If
their overtures turn to vitriol it
need surprise no one. Approval of
their program is the price of the
Communists for their uncondition-
ed acceptance of any official in
China, either Chinese or foreign.
This doesn't come within the scope
Of the policy General Marshall will
be called upon to uphold as special
Ambassador to Chungking.
When the new envoy arrives in
China virtually all eyes there and
many over here will be upon him
to see what he does to try and
bring order out of the chaos that
persists in east Asia despite its
victory in war. Success in the task
may be impossible.
The job is difficult essentially
because those factions in the Far
East which we would have COOP.
crate have, according to their owr
declarations, stated that ''irre.
duclble and immutable" demands
that must be met if they are tc
merge. Each say they cannot make
further concessions.
i Substantial circles in Washing
ton claim that General Hurley ir
the course of his efforts to bring
Chunging and the Chinese Reds to-
gether told Chang Kai-shek Ameri
can policy was for about support
OF Chungking; in essence, that the
Nationalist couldn't lose with
American support.
| Then, say Hurley's critics, wa.
When he began to fade in his role
as mediator and to experience the
alleged opposition from Far Eas
State Department personnel il
Washington and in Chungking.
|, ALI this and more may be &C
copied as certain to receive grea1
emphasis from the resigned Am
bassador and his Congressional in
vestigators if the hearing ma
terialize. General Hurley ha:
stated he is ready and waiting te
start shooting" if the hearings
are public. Present indications are
they may get going Wednesday be.
fore the Senate Foreign Relations
committee.
Simultaneous with all this
Americas "best Abassadors,' the
GIs of the Army and the Navy
continue to do their good work ir
China. In the first service football
game the doughboys and gobs ir
Shanghai have had a chance to pu1
on, they took over dog racing
park and staged a rip-roaring con
test before ten thousand yellins
Americans and Chinese while Rec
Cross workers handed out 10000
i. hotdogs and doughnuts.. (The Army
won.)
| General Marshall and the GIL:
make strong team for helping
things in Asia.