The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-21
interpreting
The News
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
APP Foreign Affairs Ar.I~.

ieis A1ialrs Analyst
Renewal of the fighting betp,.
the Chinese Communists and ca
eralissimo Chang Kai.sAek M Ta
tionalist forces along the strs+a ns'
Yangtze river impelled tbis es5c
umn yesterday to call s~ttentjon WI
the danger that the bloodv na,;n 10
cal dispute might have N 'ItI'
settled on the battlefield il We
tracted civil war. po'
While hat article was
written Americas new ambs, eng
dor to China, DR.. John Lejpb<or
Stuart. was presenting his cra
dentials to the generalissinooN e
China's summer capital, KI51i, al
Among those present for the cars
mony was General Georoe =
Marshall, President Tr9msn,.
special envoy, and later stra.,
and Marshall had a conferenna
which presumably related 10 tSs
el.oit W nalt lhe warfare and
bring peace to unhappy China '
Hard Job
Uncle Sans attempts 10 recor-
Gle the warning factions will con
tiAue but he will have performad
a feat extraordinary if he sno
ceeds, for he is dealing with tuo
political isms which thus far bavs
been irreconcilable. Moreover h.
is faced with many other difficnI
ties, among which are the gene,,,
backWardness and economia
straits of this vast country Of son
millions.
General Ho Ying-Chin, the yen.
eralissimo's top military eynsr+
who is now in the United state,
defends his country's slowness IN
becoming progressive by citj,s
that it was only as far back 20
1910 that "China threw off H.
yoke of 5000 years of Mancbs
despotism." That's a true bill. and
one we shouldn't overlook in ,,,
saying the present situation.
This huge country, which n
many remote areas is truly prjmi.
tive, is a melting-pot for a witch,
brew of troubles. For one tbirg
China is a land of vast riches
and terrible poverty-and tia. in
itself is a mighty chasm TO bridge
AS the result of the protractsd
war against the invading Japanes,
the economic position is terribly
bad. Initiation has been running
riot for years until one wonde,,
how even the rich can find tbe
cash to maintain themselves. The
prices of bare necessities are fan.
tastic.
Many Complications
A mountainous complication 4,
added by the fact that famine Is
sweeping many parts Of the coun.
try. This is due to failure Of crops,
lack of seed and inability to Sc.
cure sufficient imports. Millions Of
people are starving and untold
numbers are dead from hunger.
Whole villages are threatened with
determination. The position is 50
desperate in many areas that the
people have been reduced 10
banditry and murder TO secure
food or the money with which 10
purchase it.
There you have the altogeths.
grim setting for the fight betweel
Chinese Communism and the Ma.
tionalist government. Even if the
country had one undisputed gov
eminent, the task of pulling The
nation out of its taf1-spin would be
titanic.
The question of whether Chinese
Communism is affili ated with
Moscow will have a considerable
effect on the trend of the strug-
gle, as l see it. It's a remark.
able thing that this point thus far
hasn't had any formal official
Qualification. When General HO
.Ying-Chin was asked if there was
any connection between the two
he shot back tartly: Better ask
the Chinese Communists that
Well, I've done exactly that IN
China and have made the inquiry
from no less parsonage than Gen
eral Chou En-Lai, second in lead
ership of the Chinese Reds. He
told me that the Chinese RedS
weren't hooked to Moscow. STU
you will find many competent o.
servers who believe (but can't
prove) that the Chinese Commu,
aists get inspiration and mateEla!
aid from Russia.
The point is, of course, that Il
the Chinese Communists arr m
deed "on their own" the prospec,
of shortening the civil war mISN
be somewhat brighter,