CHINA'S TROUBLES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25345, 29 October 1945, Page 5

CHINA'S TROUBLES

DEADLOCK IN TALKS "DANGEROUS SITUATION" (Real. 10.10 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Oct. 28 The discussions between the Government ami the Communists have deteriorated to an extent which both parties admit amounts to a deadlock. Virtually no advance has been made since early this month, when General Mao Tze-tung, the Communist leader, left Chungking for Yenan. A Communist spokesman said that nationalisation of the Chinese A my and a reduction of the Communist forces to 20 divisions was contingent upon an agreement for the administration of the liberated areas. The Communists earlier denied that] they were making civil war. They made a counter-charge that the troops of the Central Government had been responsible for starting the fighting. Fighting Continues A Chinese Government spokesman said that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had decided in the meantime not to make any statement on the situation, as he wanted to give the Communists every chance. Both sides admit that a very dangerous situation exists. A 'Communist communique claims that Communists have captured Linmingwang, a railway town near Tsehsieu. South Hopei, after killing and wounding the greater number of 5000 puppet troops. The Associated Press says this claim would mean that the Communists have interposed themselves directly in the path of the Government troops moving toward Peking. The communique adds that fighting continues against Government forces, which are alleged to be obstructing the movement to the north by Communist troops from Eastern Chekiang. The Communists, in offensives to force the Japanese and their puppets to lay down their arms, captured several stations along the Tientsin-Pukow railway. Communist Allegation Communist, troops lost Anyang, a railway town in North Honan, also Tsehsien, which is an important coalmining centre.

The Communists claim that two Japanese brigades armed by the Central Government are now fighting with the Government troops attacking Communists, on a 60-mile front from Hsuchow, at the junction of the Tientsin-Pukow and Lunghai railways, to a point near Kiashan, north-west of Nanking. General Yen Hsi Shan, -formerly one of China's most famous war lords and at present Governor of Shanshi Province, reported during a visit to Chungking that 55 of 105 districts in Shansi were under Communist control.