Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-09
Chinese Reds Watch
Big -Four as Guide 10
Relations With West

by the Assoeiotsd Press
NANKING. June 9.-Chinese
Communist leaders were reported
reliably today watching the Big
Four foreign ministers conference
as a guide for relations with the
Western powers. |
Diplomatic observers here believe
the outcome of the Paris meeting
will have a strong influence on
the pattern of Chinese Red con-
facts with the United States,
Britain and France.
The foreign policy line of the
Chinese Communists Of late has
followed closely the lead Of Russia.
Failure Of the Big -Four ministers
TO ease tensions of the cold war
is expected to further strain the
Chinese Reds relations with the
West.
Explosive Issues Exist.
Already there are. potentially
explosive problems that could flare
into serious trouble.
There is deepening friction be-
tween the United States and the
Chinese Reds.
This centers on the treatment
of the American consulate gen.
eral at Mukden in Red Man
churia. The American State De-
partment on May II ordered the
consulate closed. For six months
1t had been isolated from all con-
tact with the outside.
Communist headquarters at
Peiping was advised Of the action
May 10. A note delivered by o.
Edmund Club. American general
at Peiping. also requested ia
cilities for withdrawal of con-
sular personnel and supplies from
Mukden. A similar request was
made Ia Marking by the American
Embassy.
No Reply From Reds. Il
American officials have received
no reply from the Reds. The En-
bassy feels anxiety for the well
fare of Mukden Consul General
Angus Ward. his staff of nine and
their dependents.
Britain also is experiencing diff
nculty with the Chinese Commu-
nistS.
The most serious British trouble
is trying to get the damaged sloop |
Amethyst out Of the Yangtze
River to o British port. The ship
has been marooned between Nam
ping and Shanghai since April 10
when she was fired on by Red
shore batteries. Crewnen still
aboard her are well-but bored.
. Other Ships ShelIed. |
Three other British warships |
were shelled trying to aid the
Amethyst. The engagement cost
the British 43 dead. The Reds said
they suffered 252 casualties.
The British Embassy here has
refused to comment on Amethyst |
negotiations. The Communists are
believed to be demanding an adj
mission from the British that they |
were responsible for the Yantgze
incident rs the price for giving |
the ship safesconduct downstream.
FreISknefa1s Nre viewing un-
easily Conmun ist drive
throud euth China toward the |,
Indo- G border. THIS Brings
up the possibility OF Imminent
contact Of the Chinese Reds with
the viet-Namese Nationalist who
are fighting the French. The Wet
Namese are led BY Communist
trained Ho Chi Mimi. = |
soong Leayes Pdds Ar
For u. S. to Press Aid pieo"
PARIS, June 8 (P.-T. v. Soong,
China's former Foreign Minister
left by plane for the United States
yesterday, evidently seeking sup
port for a last-ditch stand by
Chinese Nationalist.
Soong, brother-in-law of ere
tired" President Chang Kai-shek,
holds no post in the Nationalist
government now trying in Canton,
refugee capital. to keep the Com
munists from engulfing all China.
He refused to see newsmen dur
ing visit here he insisted was
strictly private. But it is known
that he talked with American dip
lomats, in Paris for the Big -Four
Council of Foreign Ministers.