'To those of us who live on the outs side' the whole reaction is extremely. pathological. Here are Government Soldiers defending the Tibetan fron~ Wer from a ruthless and terrible enemy, spending long and cold nights on the surrounding. mountains, prepared at any time to sacrifice' their fives, and yet not appreciated by those they" are seeking to protect We have frequently heard of considerable dissatisfaction and the threat to leave the frontier to Ils own evil machinations. Fortunately, however, the good and wise council of Gen.
has. prevailed and he has been ble on every occasion to rally his. disturbed troops and remind them of their duty. Gen, Li in many ways somewhat ike Lord Kitchener: he ignores and detests the mere polit lan, carrying on his warfare quietly while the mellow on the soap box yells.
"AS I write dead and wounded are! being carried in from the Daube front, Serious fighting is taking' place in that section and that several high' officers ave ost. their ives. Anyone with any knowledge of the Maoniu Gorge and the road from Kuelyong down to Danba will know frow dangerous and treacherous the country Is and how simple it would be for a few men to hold the road against "hundreds. The Communists under Mao now defend the Jarong. ]States against what appears to be combined attack from different points Gen. Li is "slit very sure of his /fround and not afraid or ashamed to report whatever losses he sustains.
lg troops suffer terribly from the [severe cold in centro of the Jarong States. The Communists in Tsonghua Jeking, should Gen. Li get D: find it dimeuit keeping up their Jong line right to the gates of Ya Missionaries Evacuate City The American missionaries had vacate that city early in November fand when Ralph Holder and Namka passed through Yachow three weeks ago the Reds were still fung from the other side of the river, The Reds, if pressed on all. sides, still Jnold" an" impregnable position Baohsing, though the food problem may compel them to make constant Falds on the Chengts Plain, "The food situation on the immediate frontier is again becoming acute. The price of rice has doubled during the past few weeks and the poorer people are having 10 live on very short rations. The Tibetan barley flour ferried in from Minya, the staple food of the Intabltants, "has now reached a prohibitive price, and th wild woollies who sell it' demand sliver rupees, as they claim the paper dollars are not current beyond Tachlenlu. A few weeks ago a salt situation threatened the very existence of this border town.
Without the slightest warning salt became as scarce as silver rupees. How was It_no one had anticipated this shortage?" And with "thousands of Government troops on the frontier. 'The authorities got busy and Tibetan salt was found in some of the larger Tibetan houses. "(Chinese salt comes as far' as Luting—near the horde: of Hsikang). 'This deliberate hiding'
Tibetan salt looked very much like part of the programme 10 embarrass land harass the Government troops along the frontier, but It failed. The Jelly is now fairly well supplied with this necessary commodity but rice, Jcorn and flour are very short, and the ce-incidence seems somewhat strange as the Communists are press-Jing at different points.
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