CHINA’S COMPLAINT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27259, 9 December 1949, Page 7

CHINA’S COMPLAINT

Charges Against Soriet Move To Keep Case Before United Nations NZPA—Copyright Rec. 9 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. The United States today announced that she would support the resolution to keep the dispute between Nationalist China and Russia before the United Nations. This action followed a lastminute Ecuadorian amendment to the Latin American proposal for referring Nationalist China’s charges to the Little Assembly for continuous examination. Ecuador’s amendment would give the Little Assembly power to deal not only with past Chinese accusations, but also with any future violations of the principles contained in the separate “ hands off China ” resolution. Besides asking all nations to keep the hands-off policy regarding China, it urges them to respect the Chinese people’s right to choose freely their own form of government. The vote will be taken tomorrow. American Recognition The Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, reiterated yesterday that it was premature either to recognise the Communist regime in China or even to consider the possibility of recognition. He said that a continuous exchange of views on the China situation was in progress between the United States and other countries, but no proposals had been made for another meeting of the British, French, and United States Foreign Ministers in Paris to discuss the Far Eastern situation. Restricted Trade A Hongkong message says that at the request of the Communists trade on a restricted basis has been resumed on the international raliway between Hongkong and Canton. A Hongkong official said: “The Communists are realising they cannot do without us and are increasingly prepared to negotiate on friendly terms.” For several days the Communists have sent empty freight trains into Hongkong territory to load badly-needed coal for the Canton power station. Hongkong agreed to the traffic on condition that the Communists promised reciprocity, and already* a quantity of goods is being transferred manually between the trains at the frontier. There is no indication yet when the Communists will permit resumption of passenger traffic across the frontier. According to a London message the Karachi correspondent of the Associated Press says the British High Commissioner in Pakistan has refused to grant visas to officers of the Chinese Nationalist army bound for Hongkong. So far about 250 have reached Pakistan from Sinkiang province and still more are arriving. They hold Chinese Nationalist Government passports, with visas for Pakistan. The Karachi Government is now faced with a problem, as their transit period in Pakistan is expiring in two or three days’ time.

Permanent Regime

A Bangkok message says that Dr S. C. Leung, who has for 40 years supervised YMCA work in China, told the East Asian Christian Conference today: “ The Communist regime has come to stay in China, and Christians are compelled to come to grips with it just as the early Christians had to come to grips with pagan Rome.” He added that no external power is in sight to destroy the Chinese Communist regime unless it destroys itself. Dr Leung said that Communism’s challenge to the Chinese Christian was a “ challenge to self-examination, a challenge to a more vital Christian faith, and a challenge to seek new doors through which to spread the Christian message where old doors are closed.”