Detroit evening times., 1945-11-14
BEHIND
The NEWS
Paul
MaIIon

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-NoS
W thing was published about
unidentified attacks made since
peace in China upon American
forces there several weeks ago
I have private but direct in
formation a United States Navy
repair ship was shot up" float
ing down river. ] have also
learned Of numerous incidents
where planes at American air
fields have been shot at. Dam
age was done in most instances
but there were no casualties.
Official authorities presuma-
bly, kept these matters quiet for
diplomatic purposes Russia -.
Instead the daily news routes
from China are being piled with
rather injured assertions from
the Communist New China
Daily News that the Unitel
States is-now don't laugh SOL
diers after the war you have
been through there-"inter-
vening in the domestic affairs
Of China" | suppose next the
Commie press will be charg-
ing us with intervening in the
affairs Of Germany and Italy,
where our troops also are.
A NYHOW, in this instance,
"A the Chinese Communists
asserted whatever we did was
dastardly of us. because Rus
sian troops were politely with
drawing from Chinese territory,
in accordance with their treaty
promise. They neglected 10
mention the Russian Commu-
nists had left them. the Chi
nese Communists, to start a
civil war against the established
Allied Chinese government.
All this means, OF course, is
that the Communists are losing
their civil war. The only inter-
probation which should he put
upon my above information is
that it points again TO the de-
feet in the American free press
system which allows foreign
agencies 10 use us for their
propaganda tends to mislead
our people, especially when or
official authorities do not care
10 give out statements OF The
facts. We need 10 bulwark our
free press against such easy
ill-use
A second way we are being
deceived is with truth. Our
professional liberals are riding
the front pages and airwaves
with assertions that Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek is a die
tator. They constantly present
TO our eyes and ears the truth
that his regime is not democ-
racy, They say no more.
Well. the generalissimo has
been what he is for many
years now No such interna-
tional attacks on him were
made during the war, or earlier
only now that the Com
muniSts have started a civil
war against him.
GONE Of these American pros
~ know their half-truths are
Communist propaganda, Marx
ist pressure. They lend their
efforts to a typical connie
trick, but other unthinking
Americans do not, and glibly
take up these deceptive frac-
tional vefitieS, 10 contribute
unwittingly to deceiving the
entire world.
The whole truth is there are
but two political regimes in
China, neither of them demo-
cratic. Chang, in the true
democratic spirit, has promised
repeatedly-his entire Kuomin-
tang movement has pledged
an election as soon as the
Communists lay down their
arms or genuine collaboration
by the Communists juStifies. He
is an avowed disciple of Chris
tian principles.
The Communists. atheistic or
agnostic diSbelievers in Chris
tian principles, only pretend to
advocate democracy. They rep
resent Stains bid TO capture
Asia--in abSentia.
TIE only choice for us in Asia
Il is between those two al
terlatives. All other argument
is immaterial.
China is suffering initiation,
which the Kuomingtang has not
combatted. II will have a ter
rife struggle 10 survive not only
the Communist opposition, but
itself. AS / reported before, 1
have authoritative information
9S per cent of the struggling
Chinese people are not much in
terested in either government.
The Kuomingtang govern
ment, however. is our ally, was
a participant with us in setting
up the United Nations war and
peace organization. II CO.
operates with us wholeheartedly.
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