PARTITION OF CHINA

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24653, 24 August 1945, Page 6

PARTITION OF CHINA

Sir,—His Majesty the King presented a sword of honour to our Communist allies; the Dean of Canterbury presented them with a word of honour after a considerable sojourn amongst them. Such a deed and such a word from such sources testify to both the martial and moral worth of Communists. The malice expressed by. “True Peace” sounds like the ghost of Hitler. Partition in China would prevent civil war and grant time that should eliminate the differences between the contending parties, while war will accentuate and perpetuate those differences.—Yours, etc H. J. BUTTLE. Darfield, August 23, 1945. Sir,—“ True Peace’’ should make himself familiar with facts before putting his worn-out opinions on paper Evidently he does not know how the Kuomintang, the body which rules China, or rather portions of China, is elected. Its members elect themselves, which, though very convenient for the Kuomintang, is scarcely democratic as we understand it. The so-called “Communists” represent a large proportion of the nation, who wish to throw out this form of government. The area of country occupied by the “Communists” has been blockaded by Chungking troops, although the “Communists” have been resisting the Japanese. Great strides have been made in the “Communistic” south-west in education, medical relief, and co-opera-tives, rllhough supplies have been cut off.—Yours, etc., DEMOCRACY. August 23, 1945.