Evening star., 1955-01-29
Peiping HurIs
Threut to Fight
If u. S. Moves
BY The Assoeioisd Press


mist China rejected today any
suggestion OF a cease-fire with
the Nationalists and warned she
would strike back with heavy
blows" If American forces try to
stop her from taking Formosa.
Peiping Radio in a broadcast
heard here termed the idea Of a
Formosa cease-fire absolutely
unacceptable" and declared:
I'VE are determined to lib
crate Taiwan (Formosa). If the
United States armed forces dare
to attack US. we will firmly strike
back with heavy blows"
President Eisenhower already
has pledged to use American
forces to protect the Formosa
stronghold of Chang Kai-shek
and the neighboring Pescadores
Islands against Communist at
tack.
Quotes Newspaper.
The broadcast, quoting an ar
ticle in the Peoples Daily, an
organ of the Red Chinese gov
ernment, said:
1.-The so-called cease-fire be-
tween the Chinese people and
the Chang (Kai-shek) traitors,
planned by the U. s. Government
and its followers is absolutely
unacceptable. The Chinese
people must eliminate the
traitorous Chang clique.
"Taiwan (Formosa) is terri
tory stolen by that clique and 1t
must be liberated by the Chinese
people. There is no cease-fire to
discuss"
The broadcast was the first
Red Chinese comment since
worldwide moves yesterday to
arrange cease-fire between the
Communist regime and the Ma
tionalist government. But the
radio has been blasting the idea
of a cease-fire since Red Chi
nese Premier Chou En-lai said
in a statement last Monday that
his government would not agree
to such a move.
Text of Broadcast.
The Peiping broadcast said
further:
ITO have a cease-fire with
the Chang nest of traitors is to
sell out the interests of the
Chinese people. It would mean
allowing the United States to
perpetuate its occupation Of
Taiwan and the Penghu tPesca-
dores) islands.
Such a cease-fire would In
effect force the Chinese people
to submit to the U. S. war men
ace. tolerate U. S. division Of
China and place the national de-
fense line of the United States
on China's territory.
"It would be tantamount to
tolerating the establishment of
military bases by the United
States on China's territory that
would be fed as a springboard to
extend aggression against China
and prepare for a new war"
The broadcast said the United
States on the one hand was
matching a plot for a so-called
cease-fire through the United
Nations and on the other STEP
ping up operations and war
provocations.
"The United States Govern
ment completely disregarded the
solemn condemnation by the
Chinese people made by (Red
Chinese Premier) Chou En-lai
January "a tin which Chou re-
ferred to the Communist plan to
take Formosa.l
Cn the very same day, Eisen-
hQHler submitted to Congress q
special message on the so-called
situation developing in the For
rnosa Strait
"As can be seen from the mes
sage. the United States Govern
ment is trying by means of these
war provocations,. including d
threat to use atomic weapons.
to compel the Chinese people to
tolerate United States interven-
tion in China's internal affairs.
THE Chinese people resclutely
oppose and soIemiiiy condemn
this United States war pfoyoca-
ton. We are determined to lib.
crate Taiwan. If the United
States armed forces dare attack
us we win firmly strike back with
heavy blows