Formosa Betrayed

by George H. Kerr

Peng and his aides let no opportunity pass to make clear that “interventionist” or “independence” sentiment was equated with “communism” and would be punished accordingly.

Prominent Formosans were compelled to sign up as members of a New Culture Association, declaring themselves emphatically opposed to the very thought of trusteeship. Provincial, municipal and local councils, schools and private organizations were expected to subscribe to these declarations. To hesitate was to lay oneself open to charges of Communist subversion. Signatures by the hundreds were recorded on manifestos opposing intervention and these documents were forwarded to...