Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-06-26
Red Forces
Show Will
ToFiight On
BY olen Clements


munist forces showed a will to
fight today on the ground
and in the air after Red
China's radio belligerently en-
dorsed Russian cease-fire pro-
posal.
Sharp clashes spotted the 100
mile front.
Red planes made two attacks
on American B-29 superforts.
Twice American and Russian
built jets clashed.
One Red MIG-15 was shot from
the skies.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, sup
RENE United Nations commander,
flew to the front. But he said
1t was just ene of his usual trips
-"it hat no connection with
anything r. a5arding a cease fire"
Before he returned, memoir
andum came cut of his Tokyo
headquarters raising official
doubts about the latest communist
ceaSe-fire proposal. 1t questioned
the suggestion as Russian ''po-
litical move" that might give
the enemy military advantage.
There was no cessation of fir
ing on the fronts, ranging from
the 38th parallel to 20 miles north
of it. But there was no noteworthy
change in battle lines.
Bayonet fighting ragged in the
rolling hills. Fire bombing planes
swooped in close to the lines
and blasted Chinese attackers.
For the 131st consecutive day
U. N. warships bombarded Won
san, east coast port and trans
port center.
Reds mustered a force strong
enough for a major attack north
of Inje on the east-central front.
The Reds also smashed into AL
lied lines northeast of Kumwha
on the central front. Doughboys
withdrew under cover of a heavy
artillery barrage after bitter
seven-hour battle through the
early morning hours.
Peiping radio had barely finish
ed a long broadcast saying the
Chinese people were behind the
cease-fire move advanced by Rus
sia'S u. N. delegate Jacob Malik
when communists slammed anew
into Allied outposts.
And as fighting sharpened in
Korea general headquarters in
Tokyo issued a memorandum say
ing Washington officials looked
with caution on Malik's proposal.
Responsible officials in Wash
ington were fearful that the cease
fire part of Malik's proposal
might have been a cover for mill
tary advantage" the memoran-
dunn said.
If, for instance, the Malik
proposal were accepted and U.N.
forces withdraw from parallel 3S,
it raises the military question
whether such q move would be
just shift in battle lines to
place the enemy in a better po-
Sition militarily"
Allies are operating as much
as 20 miles north of the 38th
parallel, dividing line between Red
north and Republican south
Korea.
There is always the danger
of counterattack and the break
ing of an armistice," the men,
orandum noted
The idea of a demiIitarized
zone is not rejected as such and it
is recognized that this part of
Malik's proposal has some valid
ity, but not necessarily a with
drawal from parallel 49,"
simultaneously the south Kor-
ca cabinet announced amy So
called peace plan which involves
the division of the nation along
any artificial boundary is entire
ly unacceptable to the people of
Korea, north and south.
From u. S. 9Th Army Head
quarters, AP Correspondent Nate
Polowetzky reported the Chinese
were more battle-minded than
in many days. All across the 100
mile front, he reported. II was a
story spf stubborn Red resistance
to U. NJ patrols, or, in some
places, of communist attack
AP Correspondent Frank King
flew across the entire battlefront
during the day. He said COM
muists held high ground near
Kumwha, southeastern anchor of
the Reds former iron triangle"
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