Evening star., 1946-03-19
RedArmv
Breaks THROUGH
Bottle Is Reported
Raging 100 Miles
North of Mukden
BY the Associoied Press

CHUNGKING, Mar. 19.-Chi-
nese Communists have broken
through government defenses al
the rail junction town of Szep-
ingkai, 100 miles north of Muk-
den, and street fighting is occur
ring, the Central Daily News
reported today.
A semiofficial dispatch from
Chsngchun reported the chief OF
staff to Marshal Rodion Y. Malinov-
sky, Russian commander in Man
churia, had told the Chinese that
Soviet forces would be responsible
for protecting Chinese government
officials only in areas garrisoned by
| the Russians. The Chinese COM
mander had requested protection fol-
those assigned to administer Man.
churia.
Dairen Barred to Chinese.
A new attempt to obtain Chinese
access to the Manchurian port OF
Dairen-designated a free port by
the Sino-Soviet treaty-has been
rebuffed by the Russians, a Chi
nese dispatch reported.
The dispatch said the ranking
Chinese officer at Changchun had
raised the question of unloading re-
lief supplies for Manchuria at Dali
ren, but was told by Marshal Mali
novsky's chief of staff that this
question should be submitted tc
Moscow
Earlier the Russians had refused
to permit Chinese government occu-
patton troops to land at Dairen fol-
lowing Japan's collapse, forcing
them to fight their way through the
Great WALL IN many cases against
Chinese Communist obstruction.
Wedemeyer Due in Tientsin.
The Daily News said the Com
munlsts penetrated into Szepingkai
after "ferocious attacks" against the
small government garrison there
1t charged the weak government
position was due to Russian with
draWal Saturday " 'thout notice.
Associated Press Correspond
ent Olen w. Clements radioed
from Tientsin that Marines there
expected their planes would be
utilized to fly more Chinese gov
eminent troops to Manchuria
soon. There was no official an
nouncement. 1t. Gen. Albert c.
Wedemeyer, American COM
mander in China, was expected in
Tientsin today.
tMr. Clements also said de-
layed dispatches to the news
. e,v- paper Ia Hung Pao reported that
Chinese Communists are beSieg-
ing Changtoo, Tiehling and Kai-
yuan as well as Szepingkai.)
| Another semi -official report sale
government-appointed Gov. Liu O
the Manchurian Province of Liaopel
and other provincial officials ha(
escaped from Szepingkai, and tha
their whereabouts was unknown.
The Changchun dispatch sale
Marshall Malinovsky's chief of stat
told Gen. Tung Yen-ping, rankin.
4 Chinese officer in Changchun, tha
no Soviet forces were in areas soutl
Of Changchun except handful
purchasing food.
/ Rail Disruption Protested.
This same report said the Russian
officer had protested frequent dis
lruption" of rail service between
Changchun and Dairen, and tha
Gen. Tung attributed the break
downs to sabotage by nongovern
ment irregular forces.
i A Chungking spokesman for tn,
National Military Council counter.
charged that Soviet authorities hae
neither given previous notice wher
they were withdrawing from Muk.
den nor had they discussed thu
transfer of garrison duty along tn,
d, railway.
Consequently, he asserted, tn,
Chinese had been unable to sene
troops or police to garrison thu
railway Immediately on the Sovie
withdrawal, and numerous armec
irregulars along the railroad hae
been able to sabotage the line
Denies Reds Charge.
Meanwhile, K. c. WI, Minister O
Information, today denied Com
munist Gen. Chou En-lai's charge
that the Kuomintang (National
, Party Congress had undermined de
| cisions of the January political unit
conference.
, He said the congress approved tn
conference decisions. WI said Cho
willfu.ly misrepresented the situa
ton.
} "He has some motive-possibly t
/ cover Communist tracks in Man
churia, where conditions every da
are becoming more complicated,
the minister said.
He charged the Communists pos
sibly have something new in mind