The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-04-16
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envoy an chief peace mediator in
the spreading civil war, Chang per-
sonally interviewed in dragging In
ter-party unity talks in move to
bring opposition leaders immediate
ly into the Chinese government.
Tea Party
Summoning leaders Of the politi-
cal consultative conference to a tea
party In Chungking while full-scale
battles were raging 1900 miles to
the northeast, Chang told Commu-
mist and other party officials he ex-
pected full agreement on new
coalition government within three
days.
In Changchun, according TO a
pooled dispatch from five American
correspondents who few there Sat
urday, there has been heavy and
continuous firing since the seige
began. The dispatch said 10000 to
$4,000 attacking Communist forces
were armed with artillery as we'll
as machine guns, anti-tank guns,
mortars and rifles.
Government sources In Chang
chun said the Communists wee
fighting with Japanese weapons
handed them by the Russians few
months ago.
For the defense OF the Manchur-
Ian capital, the Chinese government
was depending upon some 1000
members Of the peace prevention
corbs-4,000 regulars flown In from
Peiping several months ago and
5000 additional green local recruits
slit Trenches Used
These troops were concentrated In
the center OF Changchun In slit
trenches, behind road blocks and
emplacements and In strategic
buildings commanding approaches
to the city.
Maj. Gen. Chen tsen, COM
mander Of the defense forces, was
optimistic about holding off the
Communists until the hrst army ar
rives from Szepingkai. He told
American correspondents the Com
munistS will wear themselves out
against the city's large, well-forti-
fed buildings.
Chiangs unprecedented personal
intervention IN unity negotiations
was believed TO have been based on
a desire TO present some concrete
results TO Marshall when he ar
rives. Chang named three OF his
top-ranking officials 10 confer with
Communist and Democratic League
leaders on the composition OF the
new coalition government.
Meanwhile Minister OF Informa.
ton K G. WI, answering Com
munIst Leader Gen. Chou En-Lat's
charge that the government pro.
voked civil war in Manchuria, said
that II was actually the Communist
capture OF Szepingkai which
touched off the conflict,
Move Challenged
He said Communists have no
right to occupy Manchurian cities
because they will not be officially
part OF the Chinese army until
Chinas armed forces are reorgan-
ICED.
II was reported that Azerbaijan
Democrats who control the town OF
Zenjan, 100 miles north Of Hama
dan, have been carrying out expe-
ditions south into Hamadan prov
ince within so miles OF Hamadan
which Is on the main Baghdad-
Tehran highway.
The Democratic forces are es-
timated at 1000 men, armed with
heavy and light machineguns and
mortarS.
No Resistance
The forces were meeting no re-
siStance from government troops
1t was said, but have clashed with
several private armies belonging to
feudal landlords who have mobili-
zed their serfS and armed them
with rifles.
The serfs were said to open fire
on the Democrats and then dis
perse as soon as the mortars go
into action.
The raids by the Democrats were
believed here to be counter-mea-
sures against attacks made on them
by the AfShar tribes and by the
anti-Democrat!c leader, Mahmoud
Zulficari. Among the landlords was
said to be Yadullah Khan BaghdaH
master-at-arm under the late Per-
sian dictator Reza Shah Pahlevi.
Americans spend .$10.000,0O0 a
year saying please" in kilograms.
Next most polite word is thanks"
The two words average more than
SIS 100000 combined in kilograms
every year.
1t was reported that the landlord
forces captured 20 Democrats and
found them using Brno rifles
which is standard equipment in the
Iranian Army. They took their
prisoners to Razan on the Kasvin-
Hamadan road and asked that they
be locked up III the police station.
The Democrats were said to have
declared that their objective was to
cut the Tehran- Hamadan-Bagh-
dad highway.