Evening star., 1946-09-19
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want the Chinese civil war placed
before the United Nations Security
Council on the grounds it consti-
tutes a potential threat to inter-
national peace, Gen. Chou replied
IF the United States Government
abandons its position as mediator
and sides fully with the Kuomin-
tang, in other words, if it con-
tinues its present policy, America
will find herself called upon to rem
der an account to the world and to
the Chinese people. However, the
Communist party has not yet con-
templated placing the case before
the United Nations"
Demands Committee Meet.
Gen. Chou said he would return
to Marking to resume peace ne
gotiations only If Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek agrees to recon-
vene the Military Committee Of
Three-Gen. George c. Marshall and
Chinese government and Communist
representatives.
The committee was set up in
January in an effort to effect q
truce in China's civil strife, but has
been impotent since June because
of Kuomintang Communist differ
ences.
Gen. Chou termed the Nanking
negotiations 'senseless" and said
they were designed ito camouflage
the true civil war situation and
black out the truth from the Ameri-
can and Chinese publics."
He said American policy in China
has resulted in a military situation
"of the full stature of nation-w
civil war" He reiterated that the
Communists would fight regardless
of the amount of American assist
ance to the Kuomintang:
THE Communists will fight even
though they lose Kalgan, Harbin
and Hwaiyin, as well as major rail
communications. They never will
surrender to the Kuomintang"
Prepared for Losses.
Gen. Chou indicated the Com
munists were prepared to sustain
heavy losses If necessary and warned
"even the loss of the national cap
ital does not mean final defeat"
He described Gen. Marshall's
position as difficult: "On the one
hand he does not want to side with
the Communists against the Kuo-,
mintang. On the other, he cannot
find any proper basis for opposing
Communist truce demands"
The Reds demand that Gen.
Chang order national armistice
before they will sit down for politi-
cal discussions; Gen. Chang has
insisted that political peace precede
any military truce.
THE Communists do not ask
United States help, they only ask
that America help the Kuomintang
establish peace ains CHINA peace
creating coalition government
under which the Communists
already have agreed to reduce their
armed strength to one-sixth of
Chlna's total army.
THE outcome of such a peace
would be democracy of the Lincoln
pattern. 1t would enhance Sino-
American cooperation, the eco
nomic development of China and
promote reciprocal trade between
the two nations"
Hits Dumping Of Surpluses.
Gen. Chou said American policy
in China is proceeding counter to
this aim and already has resulted
in destruction of Chinese industry
and small handicraft" through the
program of dumping surplus Ameri-
can war materials on the Chinese
market.
He asserted that in Shanghai
American commodities are glutting
the black market, frequently under
selling Chinese products, and that
bread is cheaper than rice, phe-
nomenon which in the last two
months has produced hundreds of
small coffee and toast stands along
Shanghai's crowded streets.
This state of affairs also de-
stroyed the enterprise of honest
American businessmen who are try
ing to establish normal trade with
China because of the lowered pur-
chasing power of the Chinese peo-
pie" Gen. Chou said.