Evening star., 1949-01-30
China Reds Threaten
Acting President Ii
In Demand for Chianq
By the Asseeiated Press

In demand tor lhIdng
BY the Associated Press
NANKING, Jan. 29.-The Chinese
Communists coldly told Acting Pres
ident Ii Tsung-jen today he must
arrest Chang Kai-shek as a war
criminal or you will be punished"
without mercy.
The Communist radio in North
China accused Ii of "conniving" in
the flight of government leaders
from Marking. 1t wanted all other
government officials on the Red list
Of war criminals" arrested.
Since Chang and almost all others
on the list long since have gone
south, 1t Is impossible for Ii to
comply, even should he wish.
Ministers Not Available.
The Communists demanded a
prompt reply, but there was no
official public reaction. Acting
President Ii, inside his strongly
guarded home, was the only re.
sponsible official left in the capital.
Not a single cabinet member could
be located. The victorious Com
munist armies were idling on or
near the North Bank of the Yangtze
at many points. Coupled with this,
the new political demands plunged
Marking hopes of a negotiated set
tlement to new lows.
The Communist broadcast, by an
unidentified spokesman, also angrily
demanded re-arrest of 1t. Gen
Yasutsugu Okamura, last Japanese
commander in China. He was ac-
quilted of war crimes before a
Chinese government military court
Wednesday.
Political Trick Charged.
The Communist statement de-
clared:
I'VE hold that your present ac-
tivities are a scheme to use hypo-
critical peace negotiations as a
coven for regrouping your forces and
war preparations. including a plot
to bring the japanese reactionaries
to China to join you in butchering
the Chinese people"
The statement suggested that the
local surrender at Peiping January
% was a pattern for similar bit-by-
bit settlements covering Nanking,
Shanghai, Canton and all other
government-held territory.
1t made clear, however, that the
Reds 8-point surrender demand of
January IA must be met first.
First of these eight points was
punishment of war criminals"
Chang Kai-shek is especially
important" said the statement. The
said criminal has now fed to
Fenghwa, and may very possibly
flee abroad. to hide beneath the
cloak of American or British i'm
perialism.
Therefore you must act swiftly
to arrest this criminal and not per-
nit him to escape. You must bear
full responsibility for this: If escape
occurs, you will be punished as a
conniver, with no mercy shown
whatsoever.
War Criminal List Cited.
The broadcast referred to the De-
tcember 25 list of 43 war criminals" :"
but said a fuller list was now being
discussed with various nongovern-
ment organizations "in our terri
tony and yours" and, would be pub
lished soon.
CThe original Red list contained
IS names. Several times since,
the Communists have referred to
43, without saying which two were
removed. The two exemptions
might be acting president Ii and
Gen. Flu Tso-yi, the governments
North China commander. Lis
name has not been mentioned
since the first broadcast, and Flu
was praised in the latest state
ment for his work on the Peiping
settlementD
Marking will be informed later of
the preparatory work that must be
carried out by both sides for other
points of the eight terms" said the
statement.
This implied that all eight
points would have to be met be-
fore peace can be negotiated.
Second of the eight points Is
"abrogate the bogus constitu-
ton" Others include removed
all reactionary armies: confis-
cate bureaucratic capital; reform
the land system: and abrogate
treaties of national betrayal.")
Long Peace Work Seen.
The broadcast said, carrying out
these eight terms will be enough
and may be more than enough work
for you, for us, for all democratic
parties and groups, all peoples Or
ganizations. and people Of all circles
throughout the country for several
months. half a year, year, several
years
The broadcast said, carrying
out these eight terms will be
enough and may be more than
enough work for you, for us, for
all democratic parties and groups,
all peoples organizations, and
people of all circles throughout
the country for several months.
half a year, a year. several years"
At the same time, Nanking was
instructed to hold Its peace dele
gates in readiness to confer in Peip-
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