Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kaifeng, capital of Honan province, the Communist take-over was peaceful. A U.S. woman missionary said "they came in, fired into the air and told Nationalist soldiers to lay down their arms. Civilians were told to go home-'walk, don't run.' " Commissars posted a bill of rights. One clause provided "freedom of thought and religion." Food was brought in and prices went down. Before the new policy was introduced, ton chang (the people's court) was dreaded by many middle-class Chinese. The Reds admitted regretfully that "in some places landlord and rich peasant elements...
...After All I Have Done!" Then came the Communist war-criminal broadcast-a sweeping condemnation of the entire Nationalist leadership (TIME, Jan. 3). Angrily the Gimo cried: "After all I have done for China, to be called a criminal! How can we talk with such people?" Vice President Li's name was also on the Red blacklist, but Li took a less personal view of China's crisis; he was still willing to negotiate. Other Kuomintang leaders stood with Chiang. The newspaper Ta Rang Pao railed against "peace politicians who let themselves be mouthpieces for Stalin" and "peace...
...clock that night Egypt had a new Premier: tall, stocky Abdel Hadi Pasha, former cabinet chief to King Farouk and onetime Foreign Minister. Like his old friend Nokrashy, he is a strong nationalist and leader of the Saadist Party, is expected to push the war in Palestine and continue the clean-up of the Moslem Brotherhood...
...government's main task," he said, "must be to increase its strength militarily and administratively . . . If we can't fight, we can't talk about peace. The nation will have no chance to survive." The Premier seemed to be saying that Nationalist China was ready for conditional peace, but was determined to struggle on as long as possible against unconditional surrender...
What terms would Nationalist China accept? Chen Li-fu glumly summed up last week: "One of three avenues must open before peace can be explored: the government must make a bid-it hasn't yet formally discussed the possibility. The Communists must make a bid-why should they when they're winning? Failing one of these, a third party must offer mediation-what chance is there of such an offer? And yet our situation is very critical...