| Show t SEES NEW PERIL y i PY JI j 1 v Jt 4 f. f l i. i 7 S Sr r t r r ih r A i i a I V. V r i i l s f s. s AP Field Commander Fazes Faces New Grave Crisis I Lt IA Gen Walton alton II H. Walker left gets a word ord i I of encouragement from his hio chief hiel Gen Gln Dou Douglas la laI I I MacArthur prior to allies' allies offense kickoff which I now no nois is reeling under new neu China red attacks I u. u N. N Force Reels Under Red Stab TOKYO Nov 28 Combined AP and UP General UP-General General Douglas MacArthur warned Tuesday that the non-Communist non nations face an lIan entire new war with the red Chinese hordes crushing down on his retreating troops in Korea He said also in an extraordinary that he lacked authority to cope with the undeclared Chinese belligerents who now build their massive offensives offensives offen offend with ith immunity from allied air attack in Manchuria The commander of troops representing representing representing rep rep- resenting 53 non-Communist non nations nations nations na na- na- na spoke poke out at a time of gra gravest vest crisis His cosmopolitan Eighth army of hardened battle-hardened troops was as in retreat all along a flaming mile 75 front in northwest Korea His hope of ending the war by Christmas was a shattered dream His hopeful war the offensive offensive offensive of of- launched only five days das ago had turned into bitter reverses MacArthur conferred in Tokyo with his top generals until the earl early hours Wednesday morning on the critical situation He had abruptly summoned his two field commanders Lt Gen Walton Vallon H. H Walker of the Eighth army and Maj Gen Edward M M. Almond commanding the corps in northeast Korea Three other generals attended including Maj Gen D. D O. O Hickey MacArthurs MacArthur's acting chief of staff The generals met for four hours The conference broke up at 1 30 am a.m. am a.m. Tuesday M S ST. ST T. T There was no announcement Associated Press correspondents the only ones at the scene were not allowed within the grounds of the U. U S. S embassy where the urgent conference was held The correspondents waited until the generals left They were given no opportunity to talk to the gen- gen MacArthur urged that the U. U N. N See Seo Page 2 Column 1 Allies Facing New War As Reds Smash tines Lines Continued from Page 1 and all governments seek seel a solution solution solution tion to the developing developing- crisis of Chi CM- ChInese Chinese nese Communist intervention The high commander said red China had hurled troops against U. U N N. forces in Korea and andis andis I is throwing more thousands across the border from the privileged sanctuary of Manchuria Field dispatches underscored the developing eloping crisis They said masses of night-fighting night Chinese reds were pouring through a widening gap gapIn gapin gapin in the Eighth army's right flank This Thi was in the area where fierce Communist assaults I threw back tree three South Korean divisions di divisions di- di visions as much as 20 O miles I Swarm LiI Like c Locusts Air observers reports said Chinese Chinese Chi CM- nese hordes were swarming like mC locusts along every road every gully and every ridgeline for 35 miles north of Their Theil goal obviously was to turn the line and cut off nine allied divisions divisions di divisions di- di visions including the American Second and First aIr alry As the Chinese seized the offensive offensive offensive of of- and rocked the allies es back backon on nn the defensive MacArthur l is is- is n n sued a bristling statement accusing accusing accusing ing the Chinese of hurling the major part of their fighting force against the U U. N. N MacArthur said Chinas China's full- full scale intervention in the Korean war posed issues beyond his author authority authority au au- au- au I thor ty and asked the U U. N N. what they wanted to do about it Hopes Shattered In a special signed he said red China had shattered I his high hopes of an early end I to the Korean war that would get American troops home by Christ Christ- mas The reds assaulting on the northwest vest front were moving along a line 13 miles south of the point from which the U. U N N. N offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive started Friday One and perhaps two enemy regiments were reported to be moving west along the Taedong river near Communists pushing west threatened the he torn remnants of the South Korean Second corps which was trying frantically to organize org a defense line along the United States Eighth army's right flank Threaten Supply Line Lino Officers said if the reds succeed succeed succeed suc suc- in driving west along their present line of advance they will threaten the main allied supply line from the former North Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ko- Ko rean capital of ot Pyongyang which feeds the river front The ground forces called for desperately needed air all support and allied planes went out to pour bullets and bombs on the Communist Communist Communist Com Com- ComI I flood But they could not I stem the red tide Air observers said there were more targets than they could handle A report from First corps headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in Korea said the United States Second and divisions had been dr driven cn back about 10 I II miles by red hammer blows on the northwest front The Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans were pulling back behind the northeast sector of the river line while rear-guard rear units traits fought a desperate delaying action reminiscent of the series of United States withdrawals early in the war Second Division Retreats The entire Second division had I withdrawn below the Chong-chon Chong river and by night had moved back 11 miles from to the vicinity of Won Von Elements Elements Ele Ele- ments of the division were trying to hold back a Communist force estimated at three divisions to enable the Second division to withdraw its artillery and vehicles To the west the division was being pushed back under the impact of a Communist advance that threatened the walled city of Informed quarters interpreted MacArthurs MacArthur's as a I plea to the U. 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N to g give ge e him authority authority au nu to handle the situation in accordance with military necessity sity To military men this meant the thc right to strike back across the I Manchurian border at Communist China MacArthur said China already had sent into Korea a major segment of its continental armed forces with the obvious intention of reinforcing them from the to reserves beyond allied reach in Manchuria Jump Enem Enemy Estimate His estimate of more than Chinese in North Korea was nearly three and a half times I greater than that given at the I start of his ill-fated ill allied northwest northwest northwest north north- I west offensive three days ago I Then allied intelligence estimated that there were Chinese and North Koreans massed before before before be be- fore the allied line Savagely attacking C Chi Chinese ii i n e s 3 e horsemen and infantry poured through the gap near and to a depth of 20 to 30 miles toward a linkup with some passed by-passed Korean guerillas in the central mountains I |
