The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-09
Interpreting
The News
. BY JAMES D. WHITE
Associated Press St,ss

san san FRANCISCO. ' Dec. writer Writer
n oantkn1 designated by ( c5i,s-
once more the nat on's c.n pecone
likely to repeat Chungkingg p KALI
when it cores to over S history
and other discomforts. 'O"alAg
This is according to
dispatch from Spencer Moos sps',al
co. correspondent in ch ungEii1asP
where winter nlists and eo Il Y
turning the thoughts NJ "a. a|e
every one toward the ilnoe e,edssy
return to Marking. N'-uINs
The move back is expected
take place by March or Anil ~. %
IN the meantime the Chinese b a,0
announced that tn e eyecr ,,sns
Yuan will meet in Nanking @ Vt.
Dec. Is and that Premier : y!
Soong and 1900 government wo, "
ers will go to Marking fairly sCa~
Officially, however, the oo,o..
ment will remain in Chungkino n
til early spring. w.
Some Have Embassies
Some foreign diplomats loot;,.
ahead to the time when thew u.s
follow the government down III,
river, have visited Nanking y,
house : hunting expeditions Sora
nations, like Britain and Amerir.
already have Marking embassies
which probably will have to be 70,
paired. But many countries dont
and their diplomats figure that tho
cost of building is going to he
high. One questing diplomat was
asked S50,e00 in U. S. money for
a flimsy structure.
Correspondents, too, are think.
ing about going back to Marking
but this week were advised by P
H. Chang, the cabinet spokesman
that they would be more comfort
able in Chungking this winter.
Its very cold in Marking he
said, and there's no coal or other
comfort
Moosa reports, meanwhile, that
some of the diplomats are mur.
muring about what they consider
the indifference d inconsider.
alton of the Chinese foreign Of
fee in helping them to find suit.
able quarters in Marking.
The foreign office takes the at.
titude that it is doing the besl It
can und er the circumstances,
which a d m it tedly are rugged
against anyone who hopes to do
anything with a city occupied by
Japanese since 1887.
From the way the japanese
looked after Marking it doesn't
seem as if they planned to stay
there permanently" commented
Chang after a quick trip to the
recaptured capital.
Built Little In China
He says the japanese let the
roads and streets 40 without re.
pairs, and that tho housing short
age is acute. He might have added
that the japanese generally built.
little in China except for expol'
tation purposes, and that what
they did build was pretty junky'
They made shoddy or ruined near
ly everything they touched.
Diplomats in Chungklng, how
ever, says Moosa, are gripping in
a genteel sort of way that the
Chungking foreign office hasn!
done too we'll by them all along
They say that when they set out
for Chungking at various times
they were told by Chinese dlplo'
mats in their home countries lha'
excellent h o t Ell accommodations
would be available in Chungkng
but upon arrival they found them
selves in the rat-infested Chlallng
house where they were given one
or at most two-small rooms
They found the food poor no
running water, and no heat except
for charcoal braziers, which are
dangerous in small rooms. There
was no better hotel in Chungkln8
an emergency capital in a war
that lasted eight years.
The diplomats remark bitterly
that the only way the ChIal'4 u
house compares with a flrs'ra's
hotel elsewhere is in its rates,
which average more than Sc per
dav for a small room lacking some
of the ref'nements common eve.
to servant quarters in a hi2h-ciaSS
pre-war foreign home in Shan2nS !,
They wonder, says Moosa' i
Marking will be any bet'ef'