The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
Behind The New.
Gen. Wedemeyp,
Facing JOB
By Dewitt MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Anai

~ oieish Affairs Analvs.
President Truman's ras
special envoy, 1t. Gen AE new
]C. Wedemeyer, has got io.'
action on his old stamn 11,o
grounds in China to carrT a~s
a fact-finding mission Tb ~,
is calculated to provide Ws 1.tA
ington with material for "' s'
overhauling of its policy r All
assistance for this imports VI
but war-battered membar II.
the Big Five
Without waiting to hear 4,
the general we know tia. - 'I!
finding this vast nation in Is
worse condition politically +a'
nomically and miiitarily ma, w.
ever has seen ii before. Ta.. Ne
millions of its h|alt-billion naoD va
are hungry unto death. gel ~,
is fantastic and the ecoraro,
the country is wrecked. Tia N,
tlonalist government d. NsnEiar
is trying to ride 8 whirlwins '1s
The civil war IS producing via,
spread and bloody fighting Cav
eralissimo Chang Kai shsE,
fresh offensive to try 10 de}Iyss
a Knockout blow to the Bos
armies finds the Communists NV
only holding their own but on n.
initiative generally, with Nav.
c..uria and great reaches of nort5.
ern China largely in their hand,
And Marking says that the C5i,
nese Reds are receiving aid FINN
the Russians.
As one surveys this chsos And
the elements Wnicn are cootr.a.,
ing to it, there would seem Ia Ia
only one way out for Chains XII.
shek and his government. and i.
is this:
l. To fling Ell ough military
force against the Commm4
armies to cripple them and h5l3
them down, and then
2. To do a thorough Job of hose.
cleaning in the Marking govern.
ment, and inaugurate sweeping
reforms attractive enough 20 gr
back that portion OF the Cl.ses.
population W h his soo>a.g
Marking to chase Communist
rainboWs.
Of these two essentials. the frs
obviously presents ali oostsce
which may be unsurmoA,a5.
The financing of an Ill out var
by Chiang's armies against The
Chinese Communists would nun
irto countless billions of dollars
a sum which would sta8ger the
imagination of tae only nation N
the world capable of producing !!
the United States. Not only
would there be the huge miI.sr
expenditures, but meantime he
economic machine of the country
would have to be kept running
full tilt.
Such an operation might essiy
last for years and the outcome
would be problematical, for there
are intangibles in volve5 r.
most important of these Is
whether Marking has the right in.
formation in saying that MosooF
is backing the Chinese Refs. II
Russia is giving such assistance,
the situation LOOKS grim indeed
There is a school which holds
that the Chinese Communists
aren't the same brand as the Rus
sians-that the celestials are Just
d.scontented agrarians. As mat
ter of fct General Chou Enla,
one of the top Chinese Commu
nists, told me in 1943 at Chung
king that there Was no connection
between M 0 scoW and Cnnp5a
Communism. However, there ale
many observers who think Other
wise, and they dom over looN the
fact that the late DR., Sun Y3'-
sen, father of the Chinese repu0'
lie, called in several Rus@-31
Communists as advisers ana That
the formation of a CommunlS
party resulted. It doesn't take
much imagination to believe thai
Chinese Communism and RJSaal
Communism aren't far apar-.
In any event, Our Uncle Sam
certainly will be faced with
mountainous decision if Genera
Wedemeyer ultimately should re
port that the two conditions set
forth above must be met if China
is to be save from Communism
and put on her feet.