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Vol. 1, No. 32.
Wednesday, October 17th, 1945.
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GENERALISSIMO RELAXES
In Good Humour At Chungking Conference
Optimistic About Yenan Accord
CHUNGKING, OCT. 15. GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK, WHO WILL CELB- BRATE HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 30-HIS FIRST PEACETIME BIRTHDAY SINCE 1936-LOOKED IN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD HEALTH WHEN HE RE- CEIVED FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS TO-DAY IN THE FIRST POST-WAR PRESS AUDIENCE HE HAS GIVEN THEM.
SOME OF THE CARES AND BURDENS OF THE LONG WAR IN WHICH HE LED THE NATION SEEMED TO HAVE DROPPED FROM THE GENERALISSIMO. THERE WAS NOT THE OLD TENSITY, WHICH SOME OF HIS FRIENDS USED TO DETECT THERE WAS COMPLETE RELAXATION.
Excitement In Portugal Mounting
LISBON, OCT. JÈ INDICATIONS ARE THAT
PORTUGAL 13 LIKELY
The Generalissimo was in good humour. He listened with keen attention to questions and ana wered them with lucid directness. Chiang was dressed in an un- adorned uniform.
When he came into the room--a unpretentious one in the unpretentious national government office in Chungking Le shook hands with each of the correspondents,
The Minister of Information, K. C. Wu, introduced him to those
who had not met him previously.
After the conference, the American
TO liesimo if he would pose for a
THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN COME TO A HEAD IN THE
NEXT THREE DAYS,
Militiamen are standing by and the Portuguese Army is op full inangorres.
HADAMAR DEATH SENTENCES
WIESBADEN, OCT. 18.]
A UNITED STATES MILIT- ARY TRIBUNAL SENTENCED
THREE MEN TO DEATH AND; THREE MEN AND ONE WO MAN TO LONG PRISON TERMS TO-DAY FOR THE MURDER OF OVER 400 RUSSIANS AND POLES IN HADAMAR INSANE ASYLUM,
Those sentenced to death by
Alfons hanging were:
Klein, Baylum; Heinrich Ruoff and Kar! former administrative head of the
attendants.
A life sentence was imposed on Adolph Wahlaman, chief medico.
Adolph
falsified death
certin erkle, who
was given 30| years. Philip Bluin, undertaker, drew 30 and the only woman de fondant, Chief Nurse Imgard Huber, must serve 25 years. Associated Press.
Over 800
correspondenta anked the Genera- Detenus picture with the group. Chiang Released smilingly agreed, and went into the open with the correspondente, waiting patiently, as the
Photo graphers snapped scenes to their
hourts content.
Although the Generalissimo has relaxed from wartime
The opposition parties to Dr. Salazar's regime state that they will boycott actions unless they are postponed for at least six pace, he still aims are dynamo months.
blems almost as immense as those They make the same complaints of wartime. The principal one,
Bulgaria, of course, is to avert ns are being made in
civil or where a similar boycott throat has and plan for the reconstruction been made by the opposition parand rehabilitation of China. ties, who point out that the opposi tion have so far been denied all
use of the radio, and that people
LONDON, OCT. 18 DECLARING THAT THE
BATAVIA SHOOTING TRAGEDY
London, Oct. 16. Since yesterday's grim_ro- ports there has been no fur- ther news of import from Java.
Since, however, last night's shooting, in which two Dutch- men and a woman were killed, the Seaforth Highlanders have been stopping all cars in Bata via and searching them for arms.--Reuter.
Diary's Revelation
half
CONFLICT OVER NEI. POLICY
BATAVIA, OCT. 18.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT. IN THE INDONESIA SITUA- TION TO-DAY WAS THE RESIGNATION OF THE DUTCH GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE NETHER LANDS EAST INDIES. JONKHEER VAN STARKENBORGH, STACHOUWER, GO4
VERNOR-GENERAL OF THE, DUTCH EAST INDIES.
·HAS RESIGNED OWING TOʻDIFFERENCE' OF OPIN- ION WITH "THE NETHERLANDS "GOVERNMENT ON THE ATTITUDE TO BE TAKEN ON THE PRESENT MOVEMENT A NETHERLANDS NEWS AGENCY RE- “PORT STATED FROM. THE HAGUE, Differences broso in the talks between the Governor-Geñoral and the Netherlands Govern- ment following which the' Governor-Genioral stated that he would be unable to accept responsibility for the line of policy laid down."
Dr. Hubertus van der Mook, Deputy-Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, who recent ly discussed the situation In Java with Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to-day described the present position in the la- land as "very intricate.”...--
HALSEY
ASHAMED!
SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 10. ADMIRAL HALSEY, ABOARD HIS FLAGSHIP "SOUTH DA MIGHTY THIRD FLEET KOTA," LED UNITS OF THE THROUGH THE GATE TO-DAY TO RECEIVE GOLDEN A TREMENDOUS OVATION
In typical Hulsey wisecracking A request from the Dutch fashion, he. remarked as his ship Indonesian Association-Asso- passed under the towering bridge: ciation of Indonesians living in people used to throw bottles off
that." Holland-for permission to send a delegation to the Netherlands East Indies, has been refused.
DIVIDED COUNCILS
ed that Japan is a fourth or fifth In a pross conference he assert- rate nation, and if a medicum of judgment is used, she never will be permitted to be anything else.
When we
we entered Sagami Bay
In London, British and Dutch official quarters were unwilling to comment on the resignation in Japan we were met by almost
tho or on the Government of the dirty, depressing. old-fashioned entire Jap Navy miserable, Dutch East Indies so that it is destroyer. uncertain whether this is to be
ashamed of ourselven attributed to disagreement over thon, that it took us' four years the allied military policy or of to finish the war with theao the Dutch political attitude in people."-Asuoclated Press. Jova, writes Reuter's Diplo
matic Correspondent.
The resignation of the Governor-General clearly pro- vides evidence of divided coun- .cils.
Criticism of the South-East; Asla Command has been DX-
#I WAB
DOCKERS
RESCIND
head-pressed in a number of Dutch DECISION
LONDON, OCT. 16.
been made available to support LONDON DOCKERS, WITH
FEW EXCEPTIONS, AGREED
Tokyo, Oct. 16, -General MacArthur's
announced to-day that a broadcasts on the ground that nese officer's diary diaclosed insufficient Allied troops had that a Eurasian and two Euro: peans were fastened to a barbed wire fence on Guadalcanal and Britain's avowed policy of ro- used as targets for bayonet prae cognising Dutch authority in the tice for six' and
N.E.I. hours. All
killed. were The atrocity was committed in the presence of captured offlcers. Questioning of superior Private NUMBER OF POLITICAL DE Tokothuaj! Nakino disclosed simi- TENUS IN INDIA HAS BEEN lar instances in China im REDUCED FROM 1,058 TO
The Allied translation and BETWEEN AUGUST IST AND rogation section quoted. Nuliro was Baying his company OCTOBER IST, MR. ARTHUR 4
CRE furnished with HENDERSON, UNDER-SECRE
live Chinese pri TARY OF STATE FOR INDIA basic training in China Hoonid DIA Boners for bayonet practice during STATED IN THE HOUSE, Or the practice was "so horrible that COMM COMMONS TO-DAY THAT CASES OF THE REMAINING it didn't last long. The men POLITICAL DETENUS WERE couldn't stomach it. They could CONTINUOUSLY UNDER RE- n't sleep nights because of night
mares,”—Associated Press.
"VERY SOON" Generalisairmo Chiang Kal-VIEW. may still be placed in concentro-ahek told the conference yen- The British Government hoped tion camps. without_trial.
The Bulgarian Government de- today that the United States that the present rapid rate of
marines will bo withdrawn progressive clares that the elections will take)
North China "very soon" maintained. place at all costs, as "the only way when central government forces to secure a just peace."-Reuter.
Parliament On China
London, Oct. 36.
from
aro
1
bo
A Marital Problem
HAVE
TO RETURN TO WORK ON OCTOBER 18. THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE AT There has also been criticism A MEETING OF THE STRI of British failure to make avail-KERS THIS MORNING. ahie transport for Dutch troops. It added: "This is to enable to the East Indies, although an the negotiation machinery to func agreement is thought to have tion and at the same time to been reached when the Dutch allow the men to got a normal Foreign and Colonial Ministers reimption of work. came to London last week,municated to the dockers in the This decision is being com- Reuter.
Northern ports and it is confident The Dutch
Batavia, Oct. 16.
believed that work will ly said to-day that the population of 18.Reuter...
HOWE agchty Aneta
resumed everywhere on October the village of Depok, 10 miles south of Batavia, was fleeing
Later. "after having suffered heavily cinded their decision to return to
The London strikers have TOS-... from nationalist looters' and mur-
work ¿Frere."
Aneta Baid it received an un confirmed report that "a consider able number of people massacred.Associated Press.
The
bo
to be held in London, and will bo A national strike conference in attended by dockera
were tives from Liverpool, Birkenhe..
Hague, Oct 16.
Van
and other northern ports-Reuter.
The Ham Netherlands government stated emphatically to-day that a report that Dr. Hubertus JA Japanese Oct. 16. Mook, Lieutenant Governor-Gener
al of the Netherlands East Indies, For Stanley indicated he might negotiate with slan independence movement, must Dr. be the result of a misunderstand. ing. The government said it had instructed him unequivocally not to treat with Soekarno-Associat ed Press.
The British foreign, office, has made representations to Ameri- sands of British wives of American can authorities in behalf of thou servicemen, who want to join their States, it was disclosed in Parlia
release might
They were satisfied, however, ready to
to relieve them.
'that anything like
general He expressed confidence that amnesty was not desirable. Soviet troops WO
would be withdrawn
Mr. Henderson, who was reply from Manchuria in accordance ing to a question by Mr. with the Sino-Russian treaty. Piraton, n Labour Member, added
He said he would leave the that there would be all reasonable. Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Shin freedom of movement for parties Chich, to answer sign a treaty wore no restrictions on the right whether China contesting the elections and there concerning northern Indo-China, of free speech, subject to the similar to an Anglo-French pact maintenance of good order repatriated Trusbands in the United Trade with China was the sxbin southern Indo China, but de- Reuter. ject of questions in the Commons clared: "Conditions which face yesterday, to which the Under- Britain in Indo-China ATO not Secretary for Foreign Affaire | exactly similar to those which replied.
face China: Asked what steps were being taken to augment British official and unofficial representation in The Generalissimo, in good Shanghai and other important respirits and speaking plainly in occupied Chinese centres the
response Lo questions, Baid the Vecretary
government is not considering a of the British Em-shift to the old capital of Peiping, in Obina had been in that would be reestablished bassy Shanghai for some time, where the Nanking.
when conditions. British Consulate-General was now proach normality, being reopened.
Α
said that
GOING TO NANKING
MOSLEM THREAT
Borabay, Oct. 18. Moslem leaders and newspapers declared today that India Mes lems would rally behind the Palestine. Arabs if the Arabs de clare war on Britain over the immigration of Jews-Associated
at Press.
ap-
He said he hoped to visit the
number of representatives of United States, Britain, Russia and British firms had also arrived Trance as soon as time there. Arrangements were being
made for
Asked if the Premios permita
a farther party of Soong, negotiated credits to back
British businessmen to proceed to Chinese currency during his visit China.
It is hoped
to the United States, Chiang to reopen the British Consulate at Ticntain and
replied: other liberated Chinese citier at an early date.--Reuter.
Special China Mission
Tokyo, Oct. 16. President Truman's person nel Representative, Edwin N. Locke, has been conferring
This will be announcol when the proper time comes. We had better leave this question to Dr. Soong when the occasion arises."
consultation.
closer
with General Dougins as He onl Russia had notified
*ment.
hend of the Indone
H. K. DOLLAR APPRECIATES
Hector McNeil, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affaire, in answer to query, sald: "The question is continuously occupying the atten- tion of the competent. American listen nuthorities with whom the respon- sibility rests and who are fully alive to the hardships involved. We already have made representa- tions to the United States authori-
tics." Associated Press.
Another Herring On The Hitler Trail.
· LONDON, OCT. 16.
JACK SMYTH, REUTER'S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,
CABLES THAT A FORMER JAPANESE STAFF OF-
FICER OF THE JAPANESE NAVY TO-DAY TOLD HIM
DETAILS OF A PLAN HITLER MADE TO ESCAPE ANTO JAPAN WITH EVA BRAUN, FORMERLY HIS SE-
CRETARY.
....
NESE OTVANAN IN PERJALA FROM WHITFIELD BAR- RACKS TO STANLEY WAS COMMENCED YESTERDAY WITH THE NO. 3 COMMAN- DO BRIGADE TAKING CHARGE OF OPERATIONS.
TRANSFER OF
The Japanese will be moved at the rate of 800 a day by ferry. Iaunch to Queen's Pier and by bus or truck from there to Stanley,
The price of Chinese gold has dropped to F.K.$680*** tool.
No. 44 Commando provide "Curb" market exchange rates escort guard up to Hong Kong show an appreciation of the Hong and No. 1 Commando Kong dollar against, all forms of charge from there on.
take foreign currency,
Exchange rates are H.K.38,80
for C.N.$1,000, H.K.$17.50 for £1
Sterling: HK$12.70 for £1 Aus Lion of Isted tralian H.K.$7 for U.S.$1,
11.K.51.20 for bho Chinese; silver Home Again
dollar; and HK.$0.00 for one Portuguesa dollar. An American. silver dollar fetches H.K.$4,
US. BEHIND HAND
BERLIN, OCT. 16, DENMARK'S FAMED LION OF ISTED HAS GONE BACK HOME AFTER AN ABSENCE
·OF 80 YEARS.
monument
THIS YEAR WHEN FINAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE FOR TESSARNING EADQUAR front of the Adolf Hitler: barracks
MADE FOR "RESCUE.""""""":
in Berlin, loaded it into a truck
Bont Pross
́STEP TOWARDS AMITY, US
The Describing the Nationalist-Com
was erected by. PARIS, OCT. 10.
the Danca to the patriots of. 1850 minist talks which concluded last
LACK OF SHIPPING SPACE
who died in the war against week, Chiang said they were "a
HAS RETARDED FOR NEAR Germany as inspired insurgents. step toward amity.
THE JAPANESE OFFICER CLAIMED THAT HE ATTEND-LY A MONTH THE UNITED It was stolen by the Germans in Ho hald he was sure. unity can be achieved
ED A SECRET MEETING IN TOKYO ON MARCH 3,
1884. STATES ARMY'S PROGRAMME achieved through further
American troops found it. In SOLDIERS TORS ANNOUNCED TO DAY. plebiscite to deber
Hitler promised the Japanese plies left a naval buso at Yoko It said that additional
additional shipping mine whether Oator Mosgella that if they provided, safe re-huma for Hamburk The sub-spa should
ould become independent start- where he will carry out a spe- Bram, he would give there was commanded by his only son. only 100,000 men loft in Europe Mr. Locke will visit China ed-October 10 and should end fuge for himself and for Evamarino; the Japanese olleer said, be provided if the plan to have cial Presidential mission, holp is watching the voting red loans, which ho guaranteed Fourteen days after the sub- by the year's end is to be carried ing China to re-establish large Nationalization of foreign-owned would win the war in the Pa-marine left Yokohama' for Hun-out successfully. Industries in Manchuria und utilities in Shanghal is not yet cified woman tanker for the south coast of India of her shipping is one of the
burg, it kept a rendezvous with Withdrawal by other liberated provinces.
contemplated by, the government,” Hitler also asked for, and was and after refuelling went on its retarding Tactor Mr. Locke is leaving for he said Associated Pr
"resu."
Tiyou assurance by the apungre Imperial General Stoff that after A the Japanese had conquered -
On April 17, an orgent enquiry kn
Arthur.
..
Chungking on October 17 to
*
discuss with Generalissimo MORE PUPPETS ARRESTED trai and America, they would was received from Hitler i Berlin SHIPPING CONTROL Chiang, Kal · Shek" the best methods of applying American Yokohama, Oct 10 help him to regain control of asking if anything was amies as
The U.S. army counter-intalli Lorope so that
industrial experiences in ald-1 gence announced to-day that thres
ing China's economy, Router more Chinese members of the
A Singapore, Oct. 10.
The first real shipment of Mala-
them
Gor the submarine was two days over-
the duo, w
Two Germans made. Immediate
some
szociated
London, Oct. 16. The termination in March: next
It homeAssociated
RATIONS CUT
Wefabaden, Oct. 20. The⠀⠀ United States military
government; hus reduced the aver
- ngościvilian ration for the next four weeks to 1,945 calories a day, The accepted minimum for main taining health is 2,000Assocint rdPress.
Nanking were arrested at Kami ARAN PERWO" AThere he courts, to trace it but wc of the United Nations Maritime Byrnet Drumright war; }
Japanese puppet goverment at
gulies northwest Thoy, wora
yan, rubber en route to England ·TORED. THIS
consists of 2,304-tons louded; et frati sverotary Singapore, and 3,000 tons loaded ombanay at Poning, at an estimated fois); Fang Men-chi, both": valno of £600,000.—Router, Go
Marchi, Hitler had apparently
Washington, Oct. 18....
Cena, the officer said, " were Authority has had little-effect on named to-day as Chief of the
of trust nobody in Germany for he unazed, when abbrtly afterwards the freight charter markets Itate Department's division of u-nen, bpecifically requested time adap we learned that the Russians had lag anono submarino should be sent to taken, Berlin and that the bodies Germany to pick him up. of bath Hillar and Eva Braun As dawn on March 5th, a sub-were reported to have boon found marine carrying ainety days supRouter.
is fully realised that, some form Chinese Affairs ta micceed John of control will become necessary Carter Vincent; who recently was after the de-requisition in order appointed Director of the offico to keep freight rates on a run of Far Eastern affairsAssociat munerativo, level-Reuter, clicca s