The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-26
interpreted
The War
a BY JAMES D. WHITE
associated Press VII

civil war in China. 'Ass q
Americans trying to toon.
ly on the Chinese picture e'r ns, elsas'
as it is by the past and aalUoolsd
by by the he future, might G keep S1'' ,s
First is that the situate.
completely reported. Cb ,lUn Is H.
se1-protective censorship ss sh'ns'
crates: Relaxation has hes1 sun o.
lsed' but for the future, ''' Prom
The dissident commuris+
functions in Yenan, and has, ssdil
cast many reports of the s gIva:'
slve action its troops are ~ tssi-
toward occupation Of key CHING tfA.as
points as the japanese surrsn -,.:i'
1t broadcasts accusations le'
Chungklng's Generalissimo c ;A''
Kai-Shek is a fascist and is Ga.t an'
with traitors in restorinr cs'
King influence in the Jsn. r.-'::
held part of China.
Censorship
American correspondents b,,.
visited Yenan in the past, bu, sT,'
censorship could operate to scr...
If any are there now, Chungkins.
what they might have to saw r.,
is because the Yenan transmir,,
has no formal arrangement r',
the outside world for commerci.
traffic, and press dispatches fr.s
Yenan go out by land wire v,
Chungking, where of course t5.,
are subject to censorship.
The next thing to remember +,
that the present dispute is mers,
the latest phase of long.cont;,,
ing rivalry where, in recent month.
anyway, each side has made ott4r
chiefly distinguished by provisjm,
known to be unacceptable 10 a.
other. Each meanwhile has entrs.t,
ed the other to put national inter.
ests first and forget the past
The present impasse seems nv.
cal, with both sides making subj.
faces at each other. Chungkins,
Generalissimo Chang "humbN,
asks Mao Tze-tung, the Red
leader, to come to Chungkr,
war. From the Chungkind stand
point this is perfectly reasonable
because as the head Of STATE
Chang does not 60 to others; they
come to him.
But from the Communist view.
point, this invitation is one which
automatically would place Mao a.
disadvantage in negotiating-he
would be making the first conces
sion. The Reds have built up strong
popular support and resent as
sumptions they are in the wrong
And right or wrong Mao Tze.tms
is not forgetting that Chang Ka'
shek's forces once chased him and
his ragged Red armies 1000 miles
in a bloody civil war afer Chang
became supreme in China viii
Communis help.
Not Very Promising
So instead of accepting the IN
vitation himself, Mao sends his dep
uty, Chou En-lai, and another Red
negotiator named Lin Tso-han, both
of whom have spent months IN
Chungking before this in ne
gotiations which failed. Not very
promising, to speak Conservatory
1t may be noteworthy that nel'ha'
side has proposed meeting at al
intermediate point, such as SIN
fu. If Chang Kai-shek rememOeH
that he was kidnapped at Siam
in 1886 (not by the Reds, but While
he was dickering with them a'
Red can recall that the setts
ment reached there did not laA
Each side blames the other Tor liz
lapse.
The third thing to remem'a
about the present phase Of the n'
passe is that both sides real'
they are approaching shoWdoEn-
either negotiated, or, failing 'h',
one to be fought out in tragic CIV
strife. H.
If the past is any criterion a'
makes both sides anxious 10 iNs
neuver to the last possible MONA
before a decision is forced All y
ports-Chungking, Yenan ana jap
nese forces will leave. Each wan
as many marbles in his po'A1
as possible for trading purposes
Each side thinks the ShoTdo1
may mean political life or de'
The fundamental Red demand
political equality in CHINA
Chungking fears that would n ~
the strong democratic appeal c.1
Red reform program loosed Vla-
it's rural economy which is a'.1
by the war and which mlgn !
little more than landlords ana w
ers TO be lost in a change !.
The fundamental Chunghlns \
mand is that the Reds give -. 4
their separate army and col' ~,
political independence, Inc ~. ~
fear that without guns TO oss :
themselves they would be ns- ',..
into concentration camps by VI,
they say is the Fascist elen'' |
Chungking. ., I.
There is nothing much NV i
this situation. Before the Wal ~. 4
rest of the world didn't care Fl..i
to bother, and during the w. ...a
was too busy. But now the s ~ /.
ingly irreconcilable dlffefsll'" ~.
tween Chungking and YeAdA 4.
large in Washington, M0Sc'"
London. ., IN
Chungking is the recognize n.