Moscow-Trained Red Leader
Faces Bao Dai in Indo-China
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BO CHi-MINH, Red leader. BAO DAI, Annam emperor,
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Two leaders face each other
1: Indochina's tug of war. Be
hind each of them pull opposing
nationalist forces.
Ho Chl-Minh, Moscow trained
Communist leader, faces Bao
Dai, peasant leader and heir to
the throne of Annam.
Ho, called the "One Who
Shines" and the "One Who Sees
Clearly," was born in Annam,
tate of Vietnam, 56 years ago.
He was the son of a mandarin of
the Annamite empire who held a
position corresponding roughly
to that of lieutenant governor of
a small province.
In 1910 Ho's father was re
lieved of hi position. The
French said it was because of
drunkenness. Ho's friends say it
was because his political ideas
were too far advanced for the
good of the French cause.
Bo Traveled Widely
As a young man Ho worked as
a servant on French steamer
and visited the United States,
Britain and France. He stayed
in Paris, educated himself and
took up left wing politics.
In 1923 he went to Moscow as
a delegate to an international
meeting and stayed to study un
der the Communists.
Two years later he turned up
at Canton, China, nd made a
plunge into revolutionary work.
In 1931 he directed an unsuc
cessful revolt against the French
in his country. By this time he
was Comintern agent ior south'
east Asia and landed in a British
prison for 18 months. He was
sentenced to death, in absentia
in Indochina. '
Chinese Jailed Him
After the outbreak of World
War II the Chinese Nationalists
put him in jail for a year. In
1944 he slipped over the border
into Indochina with 700 follow
ers and organized the Vietminh
or "League for the Independ
ence of Vietminh." With allied
support he fought a guerrilla
war in Indochina against the
Japanese.
He became "Uncle " Ho to
many Vietnamese who saw in
him the symbol of their passion
for independence. Indochina had
been under French influence
since 1787, under French control
since 1887.
Ho became the hero of a wide
following of Communists and
nationalists. A wispy bearded,
snaggle-toothed politician, hp
has a beguiling oriental person'
ality. One American woman cor
respondent, anti-commun 1st,
came away from an Interview
with him and called him a saint,
Others regard him as a benign
opportunist using a muddled sit
uation for his own ends.
Ho, despite his Moscow train
ing, never has admitted a Com
munist purpose although Com
munists have been strongly be
hind him. Ho's Thailand repre
sentative told interviewers in
February, 1950, that Ho would
fight the Chinese Communist
troops, then at Vietnam's bor
ders, if they Invaded his country.
Roving U. S. Ambassador
Philip C. Jessup, who was in
Thailand at the time, said there
was no doubt Ho s movement
was Communist.
In his fight ' against the
French, Ho was backed by thou
sands of troops trained in a
guerilla warfare extremely ef
fective in a land of mountains.
lungles and great river deltas.
Some of the troops were trained
by American OSS agents during
the war to use guerrilla tactics
against the Japanese in Indo
china. .
Hideaway Headquarters
Ho's headquarters in his fight
against the French, was at a
hideaway capital northwest of
Hanoi, near the friendly Red
China border. For several years
he was not seen by any visiting
newspapermen in Indochina.
Rumors spread he was dead.
Another rumor said his fanatical
Communist lieutenants had tak
en charge.
Against Ho was a French
army of around 100,000 to 150,
000 troops, including some
15,000 German war veterans in
the French Foreign Legion.
Bao Dai, the man they sup
ported, is a 37-year-old heir to
the dragon throne of Annam,
now central Vietnam. Bao Dai
means the "great protector".
He's a Religious Leader
He was given seven years of
schooling in France before he
became the puppet state ruler
and head of the Annamite relig
ion, a mixture of Buddhism and
ancestor worship. He is married
to the daughter of a Cochin,
Chinese businessman. The Jap
anese retained him on the throne
when they gained control in
World War II.
Bao Dai, stockily built, likes
American sport clothes and good
food and is considered a shrewd
politician.
After he was called back from
exile by the French he signed an
agreement to become provision
al chief of state. It was agreed
that general elections would be
held for a constituent assembly
after peace was restored.
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Kagawa Heie
Thursday light
Dr. Toyohiko Kateva, out
standing Christian Mer, Jap
anese evangelist, aulje and so
cial worker, will licjre din
ing an open meeting t be held
at 8 o'clock Thursdtynight in
Willamette universip gymna
sium. I
In addition to his enngelistic
work, Kagawa has ben active
in union work in Japa; In 1918
he organized the Ljbo Federa
tion and in 1912 iouded the
first labor union in fapn among
the shipyard worka-s.
Dr. G. Herbert 3nJi, presi
dent of Willamette, wl preside
over the Thursday evening meet
ing. Rev. Brooks Moore, pastor
of the First Methodist church
and Dr. Arthur H. Haynard, as
sociate professor of religion at
Willamette, will have a part in
the program.
Musical number will be play
ed by a string quartet composed
of Thomas Facey, Salem, and
Doris McCain, Gold Beach, vio
lins; Martha Bernard, Portland
viola and Wilma Aller, Yakima,
cello.
The meeting will be open to
the general public.
Dr. Kagawa will appear at
Willamette chapel Thursday
morning in the First Methodist
church and will be dinner guest
of the Cxford club, university
organization for students plan
ning to enter the ministry at
naxter hall in the evening.
Morale Booster Jean Car
lyle, 18 (above), of New York
City, and five other patriotic
models have decided to boost
the morale of GIs who don't
get many letters. They plan
not only to send a cheering
message, but a pin-up picture
as well.
Descendants of the ancient ce
dars of Lebanon are planted In
Arlington national Cemetery.
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