Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1949 — Page 23

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1 ainan are Kwangtung troops who have retreated in front of he advancing Communist armies since the fall of Canton. They are demoraliged. Look of Hopelessness The faces of those ashore through the surf, or climbing onto the concrete pier at a landing point outside Halkow, have the blank look of hopelessness. There is almost no organization or order in the evacuation.” On the pler where troops are debarking there is a weird assortment of equipment-—tele« phone wire, tar paper, tent pegs—

in bad condition. The majority of the evacuees are coming in as individuals or in small groups who must try to fend for themselves and find their own shelter and food. They are wet and dirty. Some have rifles

and in bad shape. Many soldiers have brought their wives, children and bundles containing all their worldly possessions. -{ The séven-mile long road from the pier into Halkow is lined with straggling soldiers and civilian

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the past few weeks hordes

and small arms but they're rusty|

alone. Most of the soldiers have

There is almost no place in the) city itself which is not jammed

with soldiers and families. They have aft up housekeeping In churches, public buildings, schools, private homes and on the sidewalks. On all the main streets

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During “daylight hours thou sands of soldiers spréad their belongings and loot-—clothing, bedding, hardware, junk of all serts ~~on the streets to sell to whoever will buy. Almost every night| there is an incident or two involv-| Ing quarrels, shootings and occa-| sional casualties.

Create Problems

The disorganized Influx of troops into Hainan has created tremendous problems ‘for Gen. Chen Chi-tang, who is head of,

Chen commands two armies-the 324 and 64th-—which together with special units total about 80,000

much of it useless and most of it|rairly good troops. But the ref- the end of the line has already

create problems without adding to the strength of Hainan's defense. |

Gen. Chen is a competent man who had used his own money to! {finance the Hainan administra{tion due to failure of the central {government to give him support. {In the last {made some progress in halting {the progress of deterioration {which has become progressively iworse since the end of .the Chinese-Ja |interview with this correspondent

panese war but in an

camp followers. On the roadside, sald he needed two years really | who, change the situation and he|(UP)— A36-year-old cattle dealer Yes, as an Omar man, he delivers delicious has been in Hainan less than a Was charged today with obtaining Omar Bread and Pasiries—iresh from the Omar

OAT. ; Time is now running out. Some Communist guerrillas already have reached Luichow Peninsula and Communist regulars are not far away. It is only an overnight trip by junk across Hainan straits, Food and money are Chen Chitang’s main problems and at present nobody sees how it will be possible to meet Halnan's deficlencies. ‘This week Gen. Chen flew to Formosa to try to obtain

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success of the mission is doubtful since Gen. Chen is not considered one of Gen. Chiang's own personal clique. The food problem is equally critical,

a month to feed the population. know how this quantity of rice

soldiers may get out of hand.

from Formosa to defend Hainan Straits. At present four small

| mainland. The air force also is below needed strength. There are now 24 bombers and six fighters on the island but only a few of them are operational. The precarious situation on

ternal situation. as well as the increasing possibility of external districts, is held by local Com-

Feng Po-chun. ~ Never Ben Rooted Out These Hainan

tionalists or Japanese.

sand men.

lenge the Nationalists

Nationalist rear. Furth

the Hainan Island special district. |

ugee Kwangtung soldiers merely!

Even in normal times) Hainan’s is a rice-deficient area and including the military refugees the island now needs to import 3000 to 4000 tons of rice’

At present the authorities do not

can be obtained and if it is not procured somewhere the hungry

The Nationalist navy today has ‘Inot sent adequate naval units

patrol boats are the only protec-| tion between the island and the

Hainan is due to the island’s in-|

threat. One-third to one-half of the island, Including most rural

munists under a leader named

Communists | have a history of 22 years of guerrilla activity and have never been rooted out by either Na-

Communist troops on Hainan! are-organized into five divisions with -a strength of 10 to 12 thouThey are not well armed, and cannot directly chal-! but by harassing attacks on communications they constantly threaten the

ermore;. according to ai réliable informant on Gen. Chen Chi-tang’s staff, it is “almost cer-| tain” that the Communists have! infiitrated the troops coming to! Hainan from the mainland. They can be expected to foment trou- | ble and disorders among the Na- | tionalist soldiers and further if

Hainan for sev-

eral Masks 41d Jb How Snoving 1 Pakhol on the mainland south. of Luichow :

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The kow is one of lusionmen

situation already is so chaotic that Increase of an sible n This lack of confidence is reflected by the fact thal many high officials and their families already have left for Hong Kong and other safer places, A highly placed in Hal kow states that inforfnal discusle evacua-

tion of Nationalist troops to {French Indo-China have already |been initiated. For most soldiers,

or, died Saturday. She was 58

Mrs. Richards, wife of Lewis J. Tipton County. survey-

her husband,’ Mrs. survived by two sons, ,. & sister and four

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{and civilians in Hainan, however,

been reached.

This morning I overheard a conversation between five soldiers| milling around in a crowd on a| Jiatkow wharf. One impatient! soldier said: “Let's get going.| Another turned and snapped back, “All right, but where are we go{Ing?" The first soldier had no}

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