Vol. I, No.{}
CHINA MAIL
ESTABLISHED FOR OVER 100 YEARS
Saturday, September 29th, 1945.
DISCLOSES SECRET
SCORES KILLED IN SAIGON LORD LOUIS Three-Hour Siege Of American Headquarters
SAIGON, SEPT. 28.
SCORES OF ANNAMITES LAVE BEEN KILLED IN FUR- THER SERIOUS RIOTING IN AND AROUND SAIGON FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF LT-COL. DEWEY, AN OFFICER. BRITISH, AMERICAN EXECUTIVE AMERICAN AND FRENCH FORCES HAVE ALSO SUF PERED CASUALTIES BUT MOST OF THEM NOT SERIOUS,
ARE
GENERAL COUNT TERAUCH, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
IS UNDER HOUSE ARREST DER AUSE OF THE CON
THE BRITISH COMMAND TINUOUS DISORDERS
HAD INSTRUCTED RPP WOEY THAT IT WAS HIS DUTY TO AINTAIN ORDER.
Fromeli occopation Saipan buts been completed and Ferne afinen matern
the
for 'ioning. Magor Gr eral Gracey, whe left for papore to report in cond
arcival te sa on 1s
IN
AND
1 JAPANESE COMMANDER
UN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WAS
ILOUSE AR DER VIRTUAL REST TO-DAY BECAUSE OF INCREASING BRITISH Use
ON THAT THE JAPANESE ARE
THE ENCOURAGING PRESENT TURMOIL ARMED CLASHES IN Ebo CHINA.
Indo after The notion ere
Lt. Col. killed
Polen en off Chinese braken Dewey, bend of the Amerients mia out again in the ely between on to Saigon, and wounded Cript
lice Joseph Colidge in Chinese ad Thailand
improvement had
"
A
following
We eng to
Teraneki.
Bangkok also is
lustr
dissertive. Rat
three hour
and soldiers. Figures provid-siege of American headquarters.
Eight Annamites were killed in ed by the Bangkok police put the clash around the U.S. offices. The multis at four killed and
French
reported the rebellings Ammamites threatened let: jured. Reuter.
to burn down Saigon.
Coolidge was reported to be th distral rosesin
former
Calvini Américan
president.
the
SIEGE OF U.S. IQ. SAIGON, SEPT. 26 (DELAY RD. FIELD MARSHAL COUNT JUICHI TERAUCH, Coolidge, Associated Press
ARMS FOUND IN DUTCH SHIPS
BEVAN'S TASK
FOR SCIENTISTS
London, Sept. 28. Mr. Aneurin Bevan, in an inter- view at Birmingham where he has been investigating pro- in the building of now houses, said he had already eut a lot of red tape to speed building and he was prepared to eliminate a lot more,
TURK
Mr. Bevan said that onlin- nry methods would not do for He had ben this problem. looking for some system of pre-fabricated houses which
were
not overgrown rabbit- hutches. He could not see why seience euld not tizer! 012710* material that was as durable A brick-Reuter
Stalking The Stork
28.
MUST BE
HIGH COST
OF LIVING
OR THE COLONY,
THE COLONY'S STAMP COLLEC TORS. MUST BE SUORF OF MONEY.
At all events, Government, looking forward to the estab lishment of the Post Office in its former role of a TUYOTKO preducer, had quite a shock ati the close of the first day of business since the re-occupation.
THE AMOUNT COL LECTED FOR THE SALE OF STAMPS IN BOTH HONG KONG AND KOW- LOON
OVER THE WHOLE DAY WAS SLIGHTLY UNDER $350
Thia compareB with over
Singapore, Sept. 28. Admiral Lord Louis Mount- batten had a prosa confer- ence to-day and disclosed for the first time the date planned for the invasion of Japan. It was to have been November 1.
Mr. J. J. Larson, Secre- tary of State for War, wan naked on his arrival in Singapore what it was pro- poned to do about Java anci Indo-China and he replied, "This is a matter for the Foreign Office." Router.
Gracie
Fields
For H.K.?
Price 10 cts.
HIMMLER BEHIND DAUCHAU CRIME
BERLIN, SEPT. 28:- THE UNITED NATIONS' WAR CRIMES COMMISSION TO-DAY DISCLOSED: THAT IT HAD RECEIVED MORE EVIDENCE OF EXPERIMENTS ON LIVING HUMAN BEINGS,
THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THAT TESTS WERE MADE AT DACHAU BYA SCIENTIST WITH THE OBJECT OF FINDING OUT THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE AT HIGH ALTITUDES.
THIS IS SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED BY HIMMLER, THE CHIEF OF THE GESTAPO, IN A LETTER TO FIELD MARSHAL MILAH, HEAD OF THE *LUFTWAFFE.
Himmler said that he took personal responsibility for the selection of individual from concentration camps for
experiment.
this IMPORTANT
A year later the head of the CABINET MEETING
Luftwaffe reported that the tests on human beings in their endurance against cold water had been successfully carried
and said algo
that some
TWO OF FILMDOM'S LEAD out ING LICHTS, LINDA DARNELL men had been exposed naked to AND GRACIE FIELDS MAY, frost for 14 hours, WITH JUST A LITTLE LUCK, It was also announced in Ber- ¥10,000 collected on the first BE SEEN ON THE LOCAL lin Lo-day that a thousand day of the issue of Japanese STAGE IN THE NEAR FU
cempation stamps after De-TURE.
THAT
IS, IF THE ure war criminals had been
for arrested
trial. This comber, 1941.
PLANS OF A. STORET
B. ROYAL NAVY. MATERIALISE is the fourth list issued by the
Commission. Storey, show
who was connected with War Crimes
business for Reuter.
As a Post Office officin! said: THE "It looks as though the stamp
collectors missed the boat.'
LONDON. SEPT, GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO] EMBARK UPON THE ASKING OF HIGHLY PERSONAL QUES TIONS TO THE MOTHERS OF ENGLAND
1H
A questionaire is to be sent out. which will be regarded as
as absolute- SYDNEY, SEPT. 28:-
ly confidential, asking women haw SHIPS IN DUTCH THE REVELATION THAT SEVERAL
many children they have, their AUSTRALIAN HARBOURS WERE BEING LOADED WITH ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR TRANSPORT 8 and sex, and-what TO JAVA, WAS MADE BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. CHIFLEY, TO DAY. ADDRESSING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT CANBERRA, AR CHIPLEY SAID THAT FOUR OF SEX SHIPS LOADING FORJAYA WERE FOUND TI CONTAIN ARMS AND AMMUNITION AS WELL AS per to rise again notably.
The
MERCY STORES,
Government has
A prominent European stamp collector told the "China Mail" that he personally was so busy that he forgot that it was a first day until it was too late, and others must have been in like case
This
the
many years before he joined up in 1943, in putting on a show entitled "Thanks A Million" ht aid of China Relief, and all the proceeds, after expenses have been deducted, will be handed over to Madame Chiang Kai-shek for relief work.
GRESE UPSET
his
28. For the trial
London Sept. 28. Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister, was this morning attending an of the important meeting Cabinet, the first for ten days. It is understood that the agenda included commercial agreement between the United States, the meetings of the Council of Five and demobil- sation.Reuter.
Palestine Tension Electric
JERUSALEM, SEPT. 28.
Luneburg, Sept. Brst time since the Belsen started, the long dettant Itma Grese, woman leader in the pri son, showed something like u There lis a wealth of talent in scared accused yesterday when she the Until yesterday, the Colony's
the Navy, Army and Air Force was alleged to have sent thousands point of t keenest interest how postal services had been entire here, and so certain is Storey that and thousands of people to the gan
A FORCE OF PARACHUTE many more they are contemplating. ¡y free.
continued until the "show will.
down" that he chambers at Auschwitz and Belsen.
TROOPS FROM THE BRITISH It is pointed out that the aver
the 10 ufter
Queen's a.m. collection, has already booked the
The man who made the accusa-
ARMY ARRIVED IN age number of children in a family when local, postage was intro-
Theatro for a week. Tentative tion against Gress was Abraham 8TH was five at the end of the last
YESTERDAY, IT WAS RE- bat a definite announcement will who broke down yesterday when contury sed odio confch the rate of 5 cents an opening date still be October 21. Glinowick, young Polish Jew PALESTINE FROM EUROFE
family by 1930,
describing how
brother was PORTED HERE. 930, but in 1942 it unce for letters.
be made in due course. had
In an interview yesterday, put to death. The object of the enquiry
As he identified Grése ahe rose to find out whether this rise in FOOD PRICES Storey told the "China Mail" tha
has not quite completed and for a moment stood her ground likely to continue,
arrangements for the programme against the stares of the five huis THE THIRD ISSUE OF RICE yet. Asked if he did not think a dred people in court. Then for the long to run the first time a deep flush slowly red- AT THE GOVERNMENT-FIXED
20 CENTS PER show, a musical variety one, he denud her pallid cheeks. PRICE OF
replied, "There are thousands of CATTY IS NOW ON THE MAR KET, BUT IS MEETING WITH men from the Navy and Air Force NO PARTICULAR RUSH OF waiting to see it; then there are
AS PURCHASERS
CERTAIN the Hong Kong residents. Oh no. OF GRADES
HAVE RICE
In week's not too long." IN PRICE BELOW
The estimates are wanted in connection with school building
and various othe
programmes
he
པས་
taken work on all Dutch ships in action to ensure that we ships harbour with the exception of carrying
stores the Van Heutz which is being only mercy
week was too members of the would be
The worked by fully loaded.
Bath military forces-Renter.national social and welfare activi ships carrying arms and am-
Sydney. Sept. 28. munition would have to be load- ed by the Dutch thrusser] + 18. In support of the Indonesians' New steamer Karaik, independence struggle, the The Dalch
medical An
appeal to
Australian
carrying
merey
Lies. Reuter.
nd labour other South Wales trades Volunteer
Melbourn Jeft
council sent an
V. Berbert
She was marred by Lascars whe replaced the Indonesians and she went out ander her own tugboat the- steam beenuse
to take her In crews refused Low.
Evatt
Dr.
for Java to-day after being held minister now in London, to ruin up for nearly a week
the question at the current session
foreign ministers.--Associated, of fore Press,
New Sydney,
Sept. 28. The South Wales Trades and Labour Union has decided to support the Indonesian people in their move- has In Brisbane, the Watersidement for independence and
cabled Dr. iterbert Evalt, Austra- Workers' Federation suddenly an Minister for External Affairs, and surprisingly reversed its asking him to raises the issue previous decision and commenc- Parliament.-Reuter.
in
BOMBAY RIOTS PERSISTING
Dies In Japan
PALFICIAL RATE.
THE
rice centre has been establish FURTHER HONOUR ritories, and another at Cheung FOR NAVAL CHIEF
ed on Ping Chow Island, Now Ter-
Chow.
is Consideration
being given to the opening of further
at Tal O and Stanley. centres
Market prices yesterday were:
$4.00 per catty
ANOTHER LETTER FROM Peanut oil "EMPRESS OF AUS- Slab.augar THE TRALIA" BRINGS THE SAD Red beans
THE DEATH IN White beans NEWS OF JAPAN OF ANOTHER VO- Pork Beef LUNTEER, W. M., GITTINS. Beg WHO WAS AMONG THE Hen'a egka
Duck's eggs KEENEST MEMBERS OF
Largo fish THE H.K.V.D.C. AND WAS Crabs CONNECTED WITH W. C.Oysters BOMBAY, SEPT. 28.
COMPANY BE- INDIAN TROOPS ARE STANDING BY AS A PRECAUTION JACK AND
DISTURBANCES FFRE THE WAR. AGAINST FURTHER COMMUNAL AND THEY ARE ATTACHED TO QUARTERS.
POLICE
HEAD-!
THERE WERE MORE INCIDENTS During the nighT INCLUDING SOME SERIVUS-STONE THROWING.
the
His widow, Mrs Jean Git- tips; left the Colony to join their two children in Australia in HMS Vindex on Monday of lastweek, and as Vindex was
2.00 1.20
0.70
4.80
2.60
0.45
0.40
Qi
Edinburgh, Sept. 28-Admiral Cunningham was invested by His Majesty the King as Knight the Thistle at St Giles' Cathedral Both the King and Queen word the full
regalia of the Order. In the evening, Holyrood Castle, where Their Maigatles are stay
was floodlit ad thousands of poured into the grounds, giving tremendous cheers when the King
Reports current here sald the troops were being sent to strong- then measures against the alleged illegal entry of Jews from neigh- bouring countries.
Political torsión ported increasing over the increas-
Jewish ing
Immigration---As- sociated Press.
has been re-
BRITON SHOT DEAD
Jerusalem, Sept. 28.-A British police officer was shot dead to-day clone to the scene of an explosion did not involve nearby which the casualties-Reuter.
DOG SET ON WOMAN Another witnes, Unka Rozen-1 speaj, a Polish Jewess, also point- ed accusingly at Grese as being present when sho was chosen for the gas chamber. Again Grese blushed deeply.
Witness said she still had marks on her body as the result of
treatment she had gone savage through. She said a dog was set an her by Grese,
"I had to go on working after I was bitten, because if I had gone to hospital I might have cen sent to the crematorium," sho said
اله
The measures to be taken should any further untoward situation develop in Palestino were discussed here yesterday at a meeting of the district police superintendents, Amongst the measures discussed Was the security of government employees' who will be issued with The trial was interrupted in the special passes should daylight cur- afternoon when Helen Kopper, one few bo enforced-Reuter, of the accused, went into hysterica and shouted from the dock in
2.00 por catty and Queen and the Princesses ap. Polish, "Why do they beat mo?" 1.00 each peared ол the battlements. 8,20 per catty Reuter.
FORMOSA
P. O. W.
CAMP TRAGEDY
fire brigade extinguished scheduled to congregate at their proceeding direct to Sydney: "THEY CAME ON BOARD INA MOST DEPLORABLE CON-|
A Mosque was set on fire but, made to-day when Moslims were Public as the lamen before any serious moeques for prayers.
all semblies were banned and damage was done.
The casualty figures late this police were called to duty. afternoon showed 18 killed since the fighting began and between 70 and 80 in hospital-Reuter.
she went without knowledge of her husband's death.
Mrs. Gittins, with whom the the deepest sympathy will be felt,
is a daughter of Sir Robert Ho, Tung.
Carrying of weapons by public was banned. Many business hauser locked their doors.
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the national congress party, the disturbances jointly on BOMBAY, SEPT. 28. HOSPITALS REPORTED 18 police and "toughs."-Associated KILLED AND AT LEAST 75 Press.
Bombay, Sept. 28. INJURED IN BOMBAY RIOT- ING BETWEEN HINDUS AND Communal trouble botween Hin- MOSLEMS WHICH CON dus and Muslims continued yester TINUES SPORADICALLY. day with a pitched battle in Police said the decision до to Pydhoni, in the heart of the city, whether vigorous action would-be before the police dispersed the taken to stop the rioting would be crowd-Router.
KOWLOON ESCAPE HYPNOTIC ATTEMPT
SURGERY
A JAPANESE ATTEMPTED
+
DITION. IT WAS A SAD SIGHT AND TO THINK THESE MEN WERE ALL IN GOOD HEALTH WHEN TAKEN TO FORMOSA.”
Kopper was carried out, shout tary polico-Reuter
ing, by two British women in
H.K.V.D.C. FLOWN OUT
AND THE SAME RATES OF PAY?
London, Sept. 28-Ordnance factory workers in England are becoming agitated at the increas. ing rates of closure on the score of redundancy, and a letter of pro- test has been written to the Prime Minister, Mr., Attlee
400,000 STRIKE
The letter, calls on the Labour Government to. keep the factories Government establish- THAT MEMBERS OF THE| going as H.K.V.D.C. WERE FLOWN ments while converting them tog THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN OUT OF JAPAN TO OKINA-peacetime industry, competing in PROCEEDING FROM the commercial markets-Reuter. FROM THE HOSPITAL SHIP "MAUNGANUP" AFTER WA, HER ARRIVAL IN MANILA AND REFERS TO A TRIP THERE TO MANILA, IS DIS- IN A LETTER THE VESSEL MADE TO NORTHLAN FORMOSA TO CLOSED
BY NEVILLE MADE IN JAPAN ”
PICK UP OTHER STRETCHER CASES FROM PRISON WRITTEN Washington, Septy 28.
CAMP BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE PHILIPPINES. BOOKER. SON OF MR. F. E Goods, labelled "reade in Japan"
The letter continues: "It was may soon be unloaded in American and possibly British ports as the gratifying to see the numerous result of the State Department Japanese ships sunk and burn- FINDS HER Economic Advisory Mission which ed and the whole of the dock is leaving here shortly for Japan urea a complete shambles
The function of the mission will Rumour has it, we stay here be the controlling and reviving.
A SHOCK OF A PLEASANT Japanese orders as an inevitable for a few days to wait for a
another KIND WAS PROVIDED FOR part of the fundamental policy of hospital, ship from the nation's democratic ronabilita- part of the Pacific and then Clon-Router.
miralty Islands.
of
28. Restoration
BOARD, THE SOLE SURVI
HUBBIE'S ALIVE
Now York, Sept. 28. More than E BOOKER, A.S.P. ..... MY 400,000 workers in the United Neville, who is a sergeant in States are on strike and the Army the Volunteers, went to Japan and Navy Department, state that with the January 1943 draft there will be a serious oll shortage, He writes: "We left Tokyo on next wook unless the oil workers
strike is muttled. September & and flew to Okina- A message from Montreal says wa where we stayed three days that the butchers strike there har (eating most of the time).ended.—Router.
now in a camp run
proceed to Sydney via the Ad- MRS. GREENWOOD, EX by Australian troops just out FOOD FOR NEEDY
STANLEY INTERNEE, ON of Manija. left Nagoya
Berlin, Sept. 28. HDR ARRIVAL IN MANILA camp on September & left Oki-
'The Allied'' Control Commis- about 80 pounds since the fin-alon In Berlin has arranged for „TRALIA."
ish
now about 150 lbs."
increased food supplies for vic- tims of Nazi atrocities and has ulso- decreed that children, be- tween 9 and 17 should be given more food.Reuter.
husband,
BACK ON THE ROAD WE HAVE FIVE MEN ON BY THE EMPRESS OF AUS- nawa on the 9th. I have put on
London, Sept. Melbourne, Sept. 25. of a number of road transport VORS OF 20 FROM A PLANE ESCAPE FROM THE POW According to the Melbourne services is to be authorised in the WHICH CRASHED INTO THE Whilst in camp, she was, of- HOSPITAL AT LA SALLE COL radio yesterday, Australian ex- near future. At the outout, how-SEA OFF FORMOSA EN Aclally Informed more thah n LEGE YESTERDAY AFTER NOON BUT HAD NOT GOT prisoners of war, who arrived at, over, read transport will not com- ROUTE TO MANILA WITH year ago of the death of her GLENGYLE TRIP VERY FAR DOWN THE ROAD Brisbane in the 20,000 Dutch pete on routes running parallel to P.O.W.3 FROM JAPAN,
the main line railways Router. HE WAS MET BY: A hospital ship, Oranje, baid that ha
"When dropping supplies Volunteers who boarded the Ropatzlates who left Hong Kong NDO OFFICER,
from the air on a camp in For-linor in Manila: revealed that by the Glengyle arrived at Colom
London, Sept. 28. doctors in the notorious Changi BLUE TRAINS Ho
The International Shipping ferred to a P. & 0. linor at that mosa, one chute failed to opon her husband was sont to Japan bo on September 20. They trans Military Internment
for Prisoner of War Camp at Binga- Camp
London, Cpt. 28 The L.N.E.R. and four men were killed by from Shamshulpo and was part and left on September 28 for Federation held meeting disciplinary treatment.
poro, resorted to hypnoflam of
flown out some time ago den England. Mid Torro Morant London yesterday for the fin Elle attempt at escapo was patients when performing major has started ita programme for the cases falling on them
nicco of Mr. A. Morant, well- time. In six years. That mec macred also to a convidorable ex-surgical operations because, therr restoring things to normal by
"Thest accidents are so shock-Patriata!
known local businessman, was a tont by a number of gesticulating was no anaesthotics. Many am painting its crack locomotives
is now working at the passenger on the Glengyle and she decided to expel Gormer and Indignant Chinese who had putations were performed by Bluey as they were before the wars ing when the victims have been He is not surrounded him by the time the Australian doctors using nothing One of the crack Scottish express through so much during their Admiralty in Loniga with the cabled the information to Mr from the Federation. Të
Alionoral LEDDİ
Morant yesterday. Jaşkan Dornico-named.
rank of Commander, Commando officer camo up,
Buttland Bawa:=Reator
Eisenhower-Reutor.
ter.
at 129 de LAS.