PARTISANS OF PEACE MOVEMENT CLAIM 10 MILLION SIGNATURES IN CHINA

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• Publication Date: July 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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PARTISANS OF PEACE?MOVEMENT
CLAIM 1 MILLION SIGNATURES IN CHINA
STARTS WORLD-WIDE CAMPAIGN -- Peiping Jen-min Jih-pao, 15 May 50
The mass petition campaign of the so-called Partisans o~ Peace, insti-
tuted at Stockholm in March 1950, by the World Committee in Defense of Peace,
has already claimed 10 million signatures in China, 3 million in North Korea,
and is receiving enthusiastic response all over the world.
The Partisans of Peace Petition calls for prohibition of atomic weapons,
strict international control of the atomic bomb, rod branding as a war crimi-
nal the first government that drops an atomic bomb.
HOLDS RALL'1 IN PEIPING -- Peiping Jen-min Jih-pao, 15 May 50
Peiping, 14 May (IIsin-hua) -- More than 6,000 people representing all
circles in Peiping held the Defense of World Peace Rally on 14 May 1950 to
propagandize the appeal to sign the World Peace Appeal Petition.
Chung-shan Park, the scene of the rally, was decorated with large por-
traits of Stalin and Mao, 38 flags of People's Democracy and colonial Asian
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countries, and was bedecked with such slogans as We demand unconditional pro-
;.ibition of the use of atomic weapons," "All peace-loving people of the world
unite," "Al.l Asian peoples unite to oppose imperialistic aggressions," and
"Struggle to uphold world peace."
Many speeches were made at the rally. Chanulace~including religiouaei-
ping, made appeals for the 2 million Peiping p p ,
groups, to sign the peace petition. Wu Yao-tsuag said that all religious
groups in China are determined to destroy imperialistanumbernrefersito ap_and
carry on destructive activities. Ch ien San-tan (1)
pended characters] stated that all progressive scientists of the world oppose
atomic warfare and want to use atomic power to benefit mankind.
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PROPAGANDA CORPS LEAVES FOR STAN -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 17 Jun 50
Canton, 16 June -- The Cliiaa Peace Appeal Propaganda Corps, which includes
Pai Yun, gsiao San, Ai Ch'ing, Chao Chung-ch'ih, and Huang Chen-sheng, has com-
pleted its mission in Canton and will leave for Sian via Hankow oa 17 June.
Pai Yun was at one time chief of Tsun-hua Hsien in eastern Hopeh Province.
10 MILLION SIGN IN CHINA -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 21 Jun 50
Peiping, 20 June (Hain-hua) -- Acrording to incomplete statistics, more
than 10 million signatures have thus far been obtained for the Partisans of
Peace Petition in China. The number cf signatures obtained in major cities or
areas is as follows:
No of Signatures Remarks
City or Ares
Peiping and Tientsin Over 1.000,000 As of end May
" 500.000 ? ,~
Shanghai
Chun in y;0,000 Total population:
Bk B 1,200,000
Wuhan Over 410,000
Canton 400,000
gangchow Over 200,000 As of end June
ThTu-hu " 100,000
Sian 250,000
Foochow Over 150,000
Tsi.ngtao .100,000
K'ai-feag 100,000
Hunan Province Over 730,000
" 3,400,000
Northeast China
WIDE ISSUES WOMEN'S MANIFESTO -- New
York Hua-ch'iso Jih-pao, 26 Jun 50
Peiping, 14 June -- At the 9th ExecutivheldurecentlytingHelsinkiWoFinland,
International Democratic Federation (WIDE),
the memi~ers passed the World Women's Manifesto which calls on all peace-loving
womr_,n of the world to uphold the Partisans of Peace Aiovenient and to encourage
others to sign the petition. The manifesto states in part that women are op-
posed to ~;ar irhich will seriously endanger their hAppiness, their homes, and
their loved ones.
The Executive Council includes members from USSR, China, France, Rumania,
Hungary,. Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, German Democratic Republic, Korean
People's Republic, Mongolian People's Republic, Greece, India, US, UK, Italy,
Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and two other countries. China wsa represented by Pai
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PAI Y~JN ACTIVE I1Q PEACE APPEAL CORFS -- Canton Nan-Pang Jih-pao, 17 Jun 50
Canton -- On 15 June, Pai da Corpahewhichtia led by HslaoeSan andsisP
the China Peace Appeal Propagan
making a tour oP ma~oi? Chinese cities to gather signatures Por the Partisans
of Peace Petition.
Pai Yun s~ecently returned Prom the 9th Executive Council meeting oP the
WIDF, held in Helsinki. She is, at present, the chairman of the Tang-shah
Women's League. She spoke before the Prepare*..ory Committee of the Canton
Houaewive's League on the proceedings of the WIDF meetings and her experience
in the women's activities in T'sag-shan. Making an appeal for peace signa-
tures, she said that women of the new democratic countries in East Europe and
oP countries in Southeast Asia are opposed to war.
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