Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-14
Reds Artillery
Pouring Shells
Into Tientsiin
Peiping Also Reported
Under Bomburdment
From Communists
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, JAM. 14.-Com-
munist Smelling of Tientsir
was stepped up today, and sew
eral big buildings in the city's
business section were reported
hit by artillery shells.
Casualties were said to be mount.
ing and hospitals were reported
damned by wounded.
Meanwhile. Mao Tse-tung, Chinese
Communist leader, today demanded
abrogation of treaties between China
and the United States as one Of
eight prerequisites for peace.
A Marking report said the Com
munists also had begun to DROP
both artillery and antiaircraft shells
into Peiping. At least one person
was reported killed and severa
wounded when one shell exploded
near the east gate of Peirings for.
hidden city.
IA Shells Cause Casualties.
Antiaircraft shells fired at gov.
eminent planes caused other casual.
ties in the city, the Marking reports
said
(The Communist radio in a
broadcast heard by the ASsoci-
ated Press in San Francisco, an
nounced an about assault to
take TientSin was started by Red
troops at 10 am. Chinese time.
The radio added that many
troops had entered the city and
were exploiting their successes"
(The radio said the attack fol-
lowed a 24-hour cease fire order,
which had not been reported
previously by any other source.
The Tientsin Red commander,
Gen. Liu Ya-lou, gave National
troops that period in which to
lay down their arms, the radio
said.
The Communist general warned
that II the Reds were forced to
take the city the National lead
damage to Tientsin, the radio
said.l
Reuters Office Hit.
Reuters. the British news agency
received word in Shanghai late in
the day that its Office in T1entsin
had been hit by a Communist shell
and was being abandoned by the
staff.
Other reports reaching Shanghai
said several streets in the city hae
been roped of because Of uneX-
ploded shells.
Several government buildings in
the North China city were reported
hit by shells.
Spencer Moosa, Associated Press
correspondent in Peiping, reported
earlier that foreign sources sale
Tientsin underwent it's heaviest
Smelling by the Reds in 21-houl
period starting yesterday at 4 pm
The Reds began Smelling the ware.
house district on the northern bank
of the Hal River, these sources said
The district, between the Aston
House Hotel and the Leopold Build.
ing, contains the city's tallest struc-
lures and includes the American
Consulate.
Mr.. Moosa said some shells fell
into the former French concession
and that dud fell on the new and
yet unoccupied Office Of the United
States Information Service. 1t is
next door to the French consulate.
He said some shells landed in the
warehouse area of the British ship
ping firm of Butterfield & Swire,
but did no damage.
There were no known foreign
casualties.
Trials Also Demanded.
In addition to abrogation OF
American treaties, Mao Tse-tung
in a Chinese Language broadcast
heard here, also demanded trial of
war criminals" presumably to fol-
low any peace move.
Mao, accusing Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek of warning against
the Communists because he was
lured by the glitter of American
weapons, called on the Nationalist
leader to show the sincerity of his
desire for peace by accepting Macs
conditions.
Mao said Gen. Chang was de-
pending on American support
against the peoples will. He added
that Red soldiers will liberate them.
Eight peace conditions were given:
l. Trial of all war criminals"
Gen. Chang heads the Red list Of