Evening star., 1946-08-29
Stuart Reported
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Coalition Move
Committee of 5 Said
To Have Chang OK
For Peace Effort
BY he Associoted pyess

NANKING, Aug. 29.-General-
iSsimo Chang Kai-shek was re-
ported reliably today to have
approved the creation of a COM
mittee of five, headed by Amer
lean Ambassador John Leighton
Stuart, toe clear the way for a
coalition government taking in
all parties.
This was regarded here as the
most hopeful development in the
Chinese situation in recent weeks.
1t came as fighting in the North
increased sharply in intensity, and
as the Communists announced they
might set up their own separate
national government" rather than
accept any new constitution in
which they did not have a voice.
The primary objective of Mr.
Stuarts committee would be to
bring the Kuomintang and minor
parties together in a 40-man state
council which would serve as an
interim coalition governing body
until more permanent administra-
ton is formed at the November IL
national assembly.
SoOng Calls on Stuart.
Premier T. V. Soong called on
Ambassador Stuart today and pre-
sented the names of the government
members-Wu Te-chen, secretary
general of the Kuomintang, and
Chang Li-sheng, Minister of the In
terior-who are slated to serve
around the same conference table
with Communists Chou En-lai and
Tung Pi-wu
The government choices are sched-
uled to leave for the summer capital
at Kuling tomorrow to receive in
structions from the generalissimo
The committee probably would not
begin functioning until early next
week.
The most difficult problem be-
fore the group would be to strike
an acceptable voting balance to
satisfy Communist fears of being
dominated by the K,lomintang.
Yenan wants veto poWer-two-
thirds vote instead of simple ma
jority-on all questions affecting
decisions reached by last February S
all-party political conference. These
decisions laid out the course the
nation must follow If it is to achieve
constitutional democracy.
Ambassador Stuart was said to
be optimistic that these procedural
"details would be disposed of by
men of good will"
Formation of the council presum-
ably would bring an end to hostilities
and give Gen. George C. Marshall
and the Communist and National
members of his committee of three
a free hand to proceed with the
military reorganization of China
and the restoration of disrupted
communications.
Kalgan Fight Likely.
A fight for Kalgan, Communist
stronghold in Chahar province, ap-
peared likely as government troops
pushed their northern offensives
with feverish fury.
Government circles, meantime ex.
pressed fear that the Shansi prov
ince rail hub of Tatung. under Com
munist siege for nearly month
finally had fallen after Withstand
ing two dozen attacks.
Communists at Kalgan were re-
ported strengthening the outer de-
fenses of that second capital in
the face of government movements
to the south. Government sources
said the Communists had taken the
initiative in fighting at Mankou,
strategic pass south of Kalgan, and
along the Peiping -Kalgan railroad.
Casualties apparently were heavy
on both sides, said the progovern-
ment Peiping newspaper Hsin
Min Pao.
The Communists Yenan radio
broadcast the wholly unconfrmed
report that another 5000 Kuomin-
tang troops were wiped OUT on
Tuesday near Jukao, just north of
the mouth of the Yangtze where
three Nationalist regiments have
been reported encircled. Yenan
claimed one government plane was
shot down during the fighting.