Evening star., 1949-12-08
|Chiang' 'sRegiine
Quits Mainland,
Goes 10 oFormosa
Guerrilla Forces Left
Behind to Continue
Horossment of Reds
BY the Associated Press

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Formosa today and virtually
abandoned most of the mothe,
country to the Reds.
The sweeping move was de-
creed by the cabinet. It could
mean the end of large scale war
fare in China after % hectic
years.
Guerrilla forces were left be-
hind to keep pecking at the Reds
But the main Chinese force was
in or headed for Sichang, behind
Sikang's snow-covered mountains,
Formosa, on Hainan Island, 300
miles southwest of British Hong
Kong.
Stronghold Prepared.
Formosa is Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's stronghold which has
been armed and equipped for a
last ditch stand against victorious
Chinese Communists. 1t is China S
fifth capital this year.
The emergency cabinet session
also decided to make Sichang, in
Sikang Province west of Chengtu,
general headquarters for opera
tionS on the mainland.
The cabinet accepted the resig-
nation of Gen. Chang Chun from
the post of director of Southwest
China headquarters. Gen. Ku
Chu- -tung was given this job in
addition to his present duties as
chief of staff.
Gems. HUI Tsung-m and Yang
Sen were named deputy directors.
2 Guerrilla Forces Set Up.
Two guerrilla forces to operate
under southwest headquarters
were established. The commander
of the first force is Gen. Wang
Tsang -shu. The commander of
the second is Gen. Tang Shin
tseng.
Setting up Of guerrilla forces
virtually is a Nationalist admission
they have lost the China main
land. It does, not. however. mean
they have lost completely the
great war against the Reds which
has been going on since 1927.
The Nationalists evidently hope
they will be able to consolidate
their remaining forces and con-
quer the Communists in the same
way as the Reds beat them.
A Taipeh dispatch received in
the San Francisco Office Of the
Associated Press said Yen had
arrived there from Chengtu.
Only yesterday he stripped
down his government from the
thousands of oficeholders who
were in Nanking. Canton and
Chungking to a bare lot men.
He said he was making it mobile
to get to another mainland seat
of government from threatened
Chengtu. which now has the rec
ord of being the shortest lived
capital of China in all her his
tory.
Chang Kai-shek was reported
by Chinese newspapers in British
Hong Kong to be flying to Hal
nan. Gen. Pal Chung-hsi, for
mer Central China commander
and close friend of Acting Presi-
dent Ii Tsung-jen, is there. Ii
is in the United States for his
health.
Delay Urged on Presidency.
A Taipeh dispatch said it had
been learned reliably Chang was
not going to take over the presi-
dency Immediately. His advisers
we're said to be urging him to
wait and watch the United States
attitude toward China. They also
suggested that Chang observe Lis
three months constitutional right
to be absent from the country as
head of the state.
Shortly after his arrival in Tai
peh, Yen said his cabinet would
begin functioning today. The
premier said Chang was concen-
trating on military matters now
and was not considering resuming
the presidential post from which
he retired in January just before
the fall Of Nanking.