itlined AJDON—The program : agenda, he said. In ad- he announced that legis- vould be introduced to re- > trade disputes act, which estrictions on the activi- trade unions in general as prohibiting the affili- f civil service unions with ides Union Congress. ating that controls over y and prices will be re- at least during the period onversion to peacetime ion, the King said that fernment will seek “such as are necessary to se- e right use of our com- and industrial resources distribution at fair prices ntial supplies and ser- In addition, he cited the nent’s - intention to vre- e air transport and to nto effect broad educa- ‘eforms. = EC ARCHERY 9ers of the Pro-Rec Arch- ups will hold their Eighth Tournament — Sunday, 26, at Lower Brockton = 2.00 pam. Ss will be awarded in the ig’ classes: nced Men, Advanced Wo- d Novices. : ) ADVOCATE — PAGE 9 Democratic Control of Central | Government Main Issue In China A bleeding Chinese baby cries beside bombed railroad. An aged French woman searches through ruins of her home. Dead are heaped high in German concentration camp. An American soldier, weary to death, rests and gives thanks he is alive. No Illusions Held In we ritish Labor Victory TORONTO, Ont.—‘‘Labor’s defeat of toryism in Bri- tain is a great victery, but don’t build up any illusions and don’t expect the ampossible,’ " warned Alderman Norman Freed in a speech here last week dealing with the British elections. While the Zabor Party has won political power, the big bourgeoisie still retains all of its economic power and how far the former will go in challenging the economic strength of the tories is. unknown. “There is no doubt,” he de- clared, “that the people in their desires are a few steps ahead of the Labor leadership as demon- strated by the friendship of Brit- ish and Soviet trade unions. This augurs well that the people will demand that the program be earried out to the fullest ex- tent.” _ The election results: were, he said, a setback to toryism and a ,definite contribution to de- mocracy throughout the world, adding to the progressive march of world events. But to describe the Labor party as “socialist” is erroneous. While the base consists of its trade union rep- resentation, the new govern- ment in essence is a coalition of labor and large sections of the middle class. It has actually in- herited and replaced the Liberal party which has been smashed. “What we are going to see now,” he suggested, “is a sharp- ening of the class struggle and class relationship in Britain. When the tories begin to use their economic strength to balk the Labor Party’s program the test of the government will come. We will then be able to see if it is ready to: carry out its full program of far-reaching reform short of socialism.” There were two dangers in judging the future of the Labor government. On the one hand, its importance could. be overrated; many assume that the colonies of Great Britain will be given their independence at once whereas there is no sign of this. On the other hand, because it is a Social-Democratic govern- ment some argue that it will do nothing. “You can’t judge Social- Democratic -one of democratic control of China’s central government, new issues involve postwar control of those areas in north and central China richest in industrial sources, occupation of major cities such as Peiping, Tientsin, Tsingtao and Shanghai, and pos- session of arms surrendered by the Japanese. In evident fear that the Com- munist-led Eighth Route and New Fourth armies, one million strong and backed by over two million armed militia, would become the decisive force in.China, General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek ordered re- the Japanese and forbade them to accept the surrender of any enemy forces. . At the same time, Chiang sent & message to Gen. Yesuji Oka- mura, Supreme Commander of the Japanese armies in China, stating that Japanese troops “are temporarily permitted to re- tain their arms and -equipment for the maintenance of public order and ‘communications their present positions.” , These Kuomintang moves were alleged by the Commun- ists, in a Yenan broadcast, to be “out and out attempts to instigate civil Using their most outspoken Janguage since the previous ten years civil war ended in 1936, the Communists called Chiang a “fascist chieftain” and stated that by his actiens he “admits his policy of treating enemies as friends and friends as ene- mies, and illustrates his meth- ods of dealing with the Japan- ese and puppets while trying to exterminate his political opponents.” The government named its mayors of Peiping, Tientsin, Nanking and Shanghai, and, after conferring with Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, command- er of U.S. forces in China, and in war.” Kuomintang Democracy in every country by the same yardstick,” he stated. “There is a vast difference be- tween the Socialists in France and Italy with those in the Unit- ed States.’ At the present time it must be judged in Britain by the class relationship and by the underlying mood of the people for drastic action to manifesting peace with full employment and security and by the changed world conditions arising from a just war. them to cease all action against | Communists Call For Assembly By ANTHONY JENKINSON NEW YORK-——With the surrender of the Japanese in- ternal dissension in China, smouldering since 1938, threat- ened to flare up into large-scale civil war. While the central sfissue between the Kuomintang and the Communists remains U.S. Ambassador Patrick J. Hur- ley, prepared to rush American- equipped troops by air to occupy these cities ahead of the Com- munist armies. Meanwhile, the latter were ordered by their com- mander, Gen. Chu Teh, to ignore. the Generalissimo’s instruction to “remain at their posts’ and instead to “intensify their war efforts and summon the Japanese to surrender with their arms.” Acording to the Yenan radio, the Communist armies “are rapidly pushing northward into Suiyuan, Chahar, Jehol and Lia- oning’”—where it seemed cer tain that they would form a common front with the still-ad- vancing Soviet armies. In an apparent last minute at- tempt to avert civil war, Chiang invited Communist leader Mao Tse-tung to come to ‘Chungking te discuss “many. international and internal problems awaiting settlement.” While this invita- tion was being sent, however, a Kuomintang spokesman’ stated that whoever disobeyed the Gen- eralissimo’s order to take no in- dependent action against the Japanese “becomes the common enemy of the people.” In the light of Chiang’s invi- tation to Mao to visit Chung- king, certain statements of the Communist leader to the Seventh Congress of his party in Yenan last April have spe- cial interest. ‘Tire principal ruling clique within the Kuo- mintang,” he said, “is still up- holding the reactionary policy of dictatorship and war. They have been, and especially are now. preparing to launch a civil war and are only waiting till Allied troops have driven the Japanese from _ certain parts of China. They also hope that the Allied commanders will in China enact the role of British General Scobie in Greece.”’ Regarding the Communist pro- gram for China, Mao said: “Af- ter victory in the war of resist- ance, a National Assembly based on broad democratic foundations should be called to form a demo- cratic government embracing all parties and groups and non-party representatives. The government should be a coalition no matter whether the Communist party is a majority’ or minority in the National Assembly.” On the hotly-disputed question of the independent control of the Communist armies, Mao stated: “As soon as the new democratic coalition government and a unit- ed High Command are formed, the troops in China’s liberated areas will at once be handed over to them. But all Kuomin- tang troops must also be handed over to them at the same time.” SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945 = Sees