Show BOO oo PRIESTS DIE DIEr If ti r IN TIBET COUP v Szechwan ProvI I ss China May 28 23 Iff Dispatches UP-Dispatches Dispatches border reported from rem the Tibetan today try OO Buddhist priests priest were laIn by communist troops Invading Haug province Kr Vernacular newspapers said uld the thena thena living Buddha of ot eastern puma na or Tibet bet turned traitor to China en- en the communist hordes to en- en bling under General Hsiao Keh Ur Wr General Ho Lung and General Chu Teh F Instead of ot taking p precautionary against the invaders disI dis dis- I measures ll patches said Bald the Buddha who had hild hadI commissioner commission commission- I th the title of pacification tr er on the Szechwan frontier r militia mi- mi rifles from the local litia and fled Infuriated natives of ot were n. n reported In to have captured the living i ng B Buddha and hB handed ded him f f over ever ver with the stolen tolen rifles to the communists who made him a pris pris- Caner oner Vernacular newspapers said panic prevailed throughout the Suiching and end districts while com- com killed Buddhist priests who prayed Ineffectually for mercy i a. a After Alter the slayings dispatches said Bald the communists changed their tac- tac In order to win favor with the tho province populace offering oftering protection to the lama monks granting the people religious freedom freedom free free- dom and promising them food s One commander of the Chinese government forces moving against the communist campaigners campaigner said loyal nationalist troops were engaged against OOOO communist soldiers along the borders of ot and Szechwan provinces r Owing to bad communications lack Jack of food and the severe weather prevailing however this commander command command- er said the loyal Chinese forces were ere ere unable to make much head head- way t The communists communist were reported to have lave established new headquarters kin n Toa Fu Lu How and Kan Yiu where they menaced the provinces of t and in northwest China Ina proper |