The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-02

The News
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Ap.I.L

dN 81
General George c. Msrsb.u
Americas special envoy to co.,
gave the people of that area+ oo.'
try a grave warning when he V ,u,,
them on Memorial day at Nant .U,a
that they now tremble M
verge of an even greater caI.n s1e
ty' than they so long bavo
oured - meaning a terrible ci ~iI
war. O'Vu
The general. who has been ...;,
ing nightly TO end the etr; ,,'''
and who several times has sson
to nave success within his orsSn .''
called on the Chinese to aban5o.
the suspicion, hate, bitterDa..n1
and al the other evil passion,
The situation" Most certainly o.. "
mas four hundred millions
tremble on the verge of a. sr wv"
greater calamity" - so great
deed, that if Marshall is ab,o %
avert it ne will be a miracle.m..
Out Of Hand
The conflict at arms betw,.
the Chinese Communists ana caa
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek M
tlonallst government has Rome g,
far that it is difficult to see how
1t can be settled in any oths- W.,
than on the battlefield. Nv a.!
ISOLATED Press colleague, speors,
Davis, who has just returned T..
New York after a long tour ="
duty in China, sizes the s.tuato.
up like this:
The way things now stand i
looks like a fight to a finish
Speaking militarily, the Chimes.
Communists are not in an unfayor,
able position, They have a sfr5r,
grip on Manchuria, with IFS graal
agricultural area and hish,y d.
veloped industries, and on p5e
richest parts of northern China
Once they have consolidated ,bpi,
positions, their resources will bs
far better than those of the 7ensr.
alissimo.
AS for fighting forces, the Chi.
nese Reds have between 3OOOM
and 500, 900 men who are we'll
equipped with light arms. Chiarg
on the other hand, has more Than
a million men, besides special DO.
lice and provincial troops. How.
ever, these are scattered through.
out China so that actually the Chi.
nese Reds have more troops in
northern China than does Chiang
Deny Connection
The Chinese Communists main.
tain that there is no relation be.
tween them and Moscow. Genera
Vhou Bp-lai, number two Chinese
Communist leader and envoy at
the Nationalist capital, told me in
Chungking in 1913 that there was
no connection between the two
isms.
The fact remains, however, that
there most assuredly is an affinity
OF fellowship, and that by remak,
able condolences the Chinese Red
troops entering Manchuria have
slipped into the positions held by
Withdrawing Russian Red troops
with the greatest of ease. The Chi.
nese Reds also have found arm!
and ammunition ready at hand in
numerous places.
The strategy of the Chinese
Communists is to drive CAiangs
troops out of northern China alto.
gether and consolidate that great
area under a Red government H.
dlcations are that they intend then
to pursue their conquest of the
rest of China with the idea of d.g-
ing Chang Kai-shek and his Ma.
tionalist government out alto
gether.
The difficulties of bringing is
Communists and t h e Nationalist
into the same government are
obvious. Their political views are
utterly at variance. The Comm
nlsts are, bent on breaking up Tie
big estates and redistrlbua1g
them among the small agricgl-
Within the Nationals
ranks are the great vested inter.
ests of China. Observers believe
that Generalissimo Chang Ka-
shek would be able to compromise
and create a coalition government
but for the opposition Of some Of
the moneyed interests.
However, even if a coalition
were formed, it is doubtful if it
would last. The differences be,
tween the two political isms are
too vast.