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Show World News Today China Urges Global Communism Fight SaW Betas sr. OT. ors ea- canape Bane Barries a Is a statement eanmemorataur the fourth anniversary of victory vic-tory ever Japan, acting President Li Tsung-Jen of Nationalist China appealed to 'all peace-loving: peoples of the world" to Join in a fight against International communism. Li said, "Unless our freedom Is protected, our sacrifices during World War II will have been made In vain. The brutal force employed em-ployed by the CommunliU and their totalitarian ideas far surpass those of the Fascists, and their threat to the cultural and spiritual achievements t mankind Is even more dangerous than was that of Hitler, Mussolini and the former Japanese militarists." ' la Tokyo, Premier Shtgeru Yoehlda told ths Japanese people they should pay back ths money Japan has received from the United States for aid since the war. Only la that way, he indicated, would Japan maintain "its old reputation an road as a natios which never defaulted on Its foreign obligations." Notionalists Sm Bitter Canton Battle) A Chines Nationalist official predicted a bitter battle for Canton and said that Communist fifth-column activities are a grestar threat than Red military strength. Maj. Can. Chang Yl-tlng, defense ministry spokesman, declared that Canton s fate may be dadoed by a major battle a norUrwaat Hunan province "if the Reds will fight" He claimed that, since suffering a defeat southwest of Changshs two weeks ago, the Communists Com-munists are resorting to "maneuvering" and political weapons rather than military action. (Reports reaching Hoag Kong said the Nationalists may be pre-parmr pre-parmr to evacuate Bwatow, a port 300 miles east of Canton. Tea transport vessels were seen In the harbor. (Heavy fighting wss reported in Fukien province, with govern- meat forces struggling to check Gen. Chen Tl'S advance on Amoy,' major port 120 miles north of Bwatow.) - Thirty Firms Loso Gift Parcel Pontiff The Desnses of M firms from eight countries which had distributed distrib-uted gift paieels la Germany have been revoked, the American military mili-tary government reports. The h census were withdrawn tat connection with the investigation investiga-tion of the so-caned "illegal gift parcel racket" by United States customs authorities la Germany. Boms others wars canceled previously. pre-viously. A group of IT German and Greek nationals la Bremen were arrested ar-rested recently. At the same time the license of a Danish firm was withdrawn. A U. S. military government release Identified the firm as the Peter Gay Shippers. ..... ' Cxochs Jailing 'Noninformors' Ths Prague press said that Ciechoslovskla state courts were sending to )ell cttlssns accused of having knowledge of antlgovera-aunt antlgovera-aunt plots and falling to Inform ths police. Tbe preav todicated, howivca, that a-aumler ef these "noninformors" "noninform-ors" had been been Jailed la conn actios with the armed revolt plot which tbe government announced Tuesday that It had crushed. ' The government said ths plot was foiled just as participants were moving to seise strsteglc points tn this capital city. Meantime the government ansounced that an current passports Including dtntomatto will bseome Invalid Nov. 0 and must he as- nil ii ii S An iml In an accompanying decree the government ordered that bsnoe-forta bsnoe-forta all Csecha traveling abroad for more than 10 days must submit their passports for registration at Csech legations in the country Where they are staying. Western dtpromatte observers Interpreted ths move as a "sort of passport purge." They predicted it would be difficult for many Czechs now holding passports to get new ones and would fores numerous numer-ous Csecha now legally abroad on passports to return home. |