Show I l lI TOLD TO HALT ORT OF MANCHURIA M MArth Arth r Told bid r T To Halt HaL Drive Below Manchu Mach WASHINGTON March i 27 INS General INS General MacArthur i does I not have the authority to carry the war in Korea again to the Manchurian border Defense Secretary Marshall declared Tuesday Marshall told a news conference In my opinion the world situation now v is more serious than it was last December He explained that the commander of the United Nations troops in Korea has the authority to to cross the parallel only so far as is necessary to protect the security of his command He added that no definite line has been drawn n but an advance I to the Manchurian border would I be he too extreme W V WASHINGTON A ASH S H 1 IN N G T TON O N March 26 INS INS INS-A A high military source said Tuesday that Gen Gel Douglas MacArthur l has been ordered by bythe bythe bythe the joint chiefs of staff to clear through Washington any future statements on political aspects of the Korean warThe war ivar The action was reported to have resulted from MacArthurs MacArthur's recent peace appeal to the Chinese Chinese Chi Clu- nese Communists Sources said that this statement by the general general general gen gen- eral was not cleared with the Pentagon nor approved by the State Department In his statement MacArthur called for a Chinese surrender in tine the field and implied that the I United Nations forces could bring about the military collapse of Red China itself I The Defense Department officially officially would concede only that the order may have been sent I II to MacArthur This attitude of I II an official spokesman indicated I that the joint chiefs would not have have sent a directive on their own initiative or for military reasons The spokesman made it plain that any directive to MacArthur i I concerning peace talks had to I II come from tremendous pressure on the part of the State Department Depart Depart- I ment I Great Britain reportedly is extremely extremely ex ex- I ex-I concerned about the I generals general's remarks as they apply to China proper I I i I I I I I I I |