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No. 83. Saturday, December 15th, 1945.
Vol. 1
HOODED
WOMEN IN RAID
Price 10 cts
H.K. GETS JAP WHO WAS MOST "WANTED"
THE NOTORIOUS LT.-COLONEL KAZUO KOGI, HONG KONG'S NO. 2 WAR CRIMINAL. "WAS FLOWN 'HERE FROM CANTON YESTERDAY IN A FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT AND IS NOW SAFE UNDER LOCK AND KEY IN STANLEY GAOL. BOOTBLACKS AND NEWSBOYS JEERED AS KOGI, A SUL- LEN BROWN-UNIFORMED FIGURE WITH HIS HANDS TIED BEHIND 1118 BACK, LANDED FROM A LAUNCH AT QUEEN'S PIER. ESCORTED BY LIEUT.- COLONEL P. DAVEY, OF THE INTELLIGENCE CORPS, HE HAS DRIVEN TO STANLEY GAOL IN A NAVAL CAR AFTER RE- ING ORDERED TO POSE FOR OFFICIAL PHOTO- GRAPHERS.
DUTCH PEACE
Hitler Cult Group Get Evidence Of OFFER REJECTED
Public Feeling Chief Disciple Dumped In Square
11.
PETWORTH, DEC TEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN, WEARING BLACK HOODS OVER THEIR HEADS. LAST NIGHT RAIDED KINGS BOM HOUSE. HEADQUARTERS OF THE SO-CALL.60 HITLER CULT, KNOWN AS THE LEGION OF CHRIS. TIAN REFORM. IN A LONELY VILLAGE NEAR PET- WORTH MESSEK. ARTHUR SCHNEIDER, ONE OF THE CHEF DISCIPLES OF THE CUET WAS SEIZED, GAGGED, TIED WITH ROPE AND KIDNAPPED, HE WAS FOUND LATER STILL BOUND IN THE MARKET SQFARE OF PET- WORTH, THREE MILES FROM KINGDOM HOUSE.
CHIANG NOW
IN PEIPING
overseas.
..
1
up in
The raiders knocked I' door and when Schneider epens ed it. they said. nerurding to The "Daily Express," that They were fighting offers who ind fought
Then rushed into the house. girl disciples were tird the drawing room. TIENTSIN, DEC. 14.
SI
Baker. Kawbe Captain CENTRAL
Jender of
that tealt, sabl Sehneider was badly kuneked about ati suffered injurors to his stum- ach and face.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT TROOPS WERE REPORTED 40 MILES RE YOND MUKDEN YESTERDAY, ROLLING STEADILY TOWARD THE MANCHURIAN INDUS TRIAL CENTRE OF HARBIN AS CHANG KALSHER AP- POR PEARED IN PEIPING THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.
Other Governmepl troops were moving toward Changchun, Manchurian vialtul, by air.
Tim progress of the reubution mer ment brought renes hopes that the Nationaliste would have mast important sections of Munchuria in there haarade within werks, with a minimum of blood shed.
feyw
The newspaper "Ta Kung Pao" Baid to day American transart planes and pilots may be used iz transmrting Chinese Gavernment troops into Manchurin,
It
sai! the Russian occupation authorities have fully agreed to Chinese surged for on the me thoris by which Nationalist troops will be moved qurthward, and the Russians had aereed to the use of American-piloted
fights to Changchun,
can
planes
NO CONFIRMATION
in
There is no word from Ameri-
xou rees nx to whether the Americans actually will take auch
action.
1 Cor.
28
The newspaper quoted respondent In Changchun porting a small advance airborne force already is in Chanchun to prepare for the main arrivals.
It also reported the Russians might delay still further bevond the new January 3 deadline their departure from Manchuria to aid the Chinese government forces in establishing control.Associated Preas.
MP DEAD IN SNOW
Burnley, Dec. 14.
Mr. J. E. Whittaker, 42-year- old Labour Member of Parlin- ment for Heywood and Radcliffe. Lancashire, has been found dead on a lonely part of the snow covered moors near Burnley.
Whittaker had been misring Bince Friday last week.
Were
Polica and frienda searching the mourt for him and he was found by two small boys. Apparently ho, dled from ex posure. He had been ill with in- fluenzą.
·
He added: "The raiders enroled away a number of papers which we are post anxious to recoun."
He described the rauf as "pre- arranged" and admitted that he wak very upset about the whole thing.
NOTE STORY DENIED
He continued: "It was untrue, us reported in the "Dady Evnrons". that the men had left a note be- hind. staline that the raiders were young offlers in the Services and had carried out the operation be Cause i puthorities sectard to he doing nothing to stop the setting up of a Hitler cult in England.
We
not or-German er pro- Hitler or pro-anything except pro. Christian". Baker sald. "We are We have practicing Christianity. nothing to do with palities.
When the Torni pollen were ask- nd later if he were taking any action in the etter. they report- ed: "We have no information."-- Router.
FTC
Demobbed And Elopes!
AND
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 14. ALFRED GWYNNE VAN- DERBILT, 33, MULTI-MILLION. AIRE
YORKER NEW PROMINENT HORSE-RACING DEVOTEE
AND RECENTLY DISCHARGED NAVY LIEU TENANT WLOPED AND MAR- RIED YESTERDAY.
The bride Joanna Lourdes Murray, 22, cousin to Henry Ford II
The
action KTGOT 50W
in A
P. boat in the Pacific. Before war he wan hend of the Pimlico Belmont race tracks.
the
He is reported to have inherited $20,000,000Associated Press.
Reforming
Of wives
Canton, Dec. 14.
The Central News AgeACH to-day maid that the local ad- ministration
Contrunird
with problems resulting from the Japanese soldiers and ad- ministrative personnel retieR- ing to Japan and left their Chinese wives behind.
The agency said that an an approach to the prab'em C'untant reformatusy
merrid Chinese toomen Japanese" -Furn been set up. Associated Presa.
"
for Eur
Atomic Bomb
Test In Pacific
WASHINGTON, DEC, 14. THE ATOMIC HOMB IS EX- PECTED TO GET ITS OCEAN TEST IN A REMOTE CORNER OF THE PACIFR: SOMETIMES NEXT SPRING.
-
Although the White House an asuncement that President Tru
surgested an man has
himself Army and Navy test against war- shion indestes a desire for early usting, thone in a position to know Bav preparations may require as much as five months.
In additi
Ami Lelecting prevarize target ships it will bar necessary to assemble an array of and scien- precision in trumenta
tists to work with the army and navy officials in the test. Next will came the task of moving n large dating laboratory to Like distant ocean,
Official way that The tumbing will be rated as far as possible from nopulated
mes and POTE abinuine Innes, Alsa It will be do-irable
avoid In
commercial | fishing arens where explosion and radio
would ratSC nativity inninge. scribis
Associated Prem
BATAVIA, DEC. 14. INDONESIAN LEADERS FROM SUMATRA HAVE RE- JECTED DUTCH OFFERS OF DOMINION STATUS AND DECLARED THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE UN- RECOGNISED INDONESIAN REPUBLIC IN ITS FIGHT FOR FULL INDEPENDENCE.
ACTING GOVERNOR AMIR OF THE SUMATRA INDONE- SIAN "GOVERNMENT" CONFERRED WITH PREMIER SUTAN SJAHRIR AFTER WHICH THE POSITION WAS ANNOUNCED.
Amir and three member of his staff had flown from Padang
in a British plane.
Opposition to Dutch rule was previously principally con-- frated in Java with only a few minor disturbances in Sumatra.
While the conference was in венчіот to - dny
report cane in that a Dutchman was shot and killed near an intern- ment area at Medan, Sumatra.
Amir told a press conference: "I am standing fully behind the Sjahrir Cabinet struggle against the Dutch."
H.K. Chinese
War Losses
Kogi. the infamouA Judge Advocate-General. Pub Prosecutor and Director of Pri- sons in the Colony from 1942 to 1944, and later the Supreme Military Legal Authority for the whole of Japanese-occupied
South
Japanese Still About In
Peiping
(By T. J. ALDEGUER)
SHANGHAI, DEC. 14. ALTHOUGH JAPANESE NA TIONALS, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, STILL SEEM, INGLY ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY, LIFE IF COLOURFUL
PEIFING IN RAPIDLY RETURNING TC CENT ARRIVALS HERE PROV NORMAL, ACCORDING TO RE
CAPITAL ANCIENT
else thu
China, will be charged CHINA'S
Dy
with a grim list of crimes. virtue of the punts he held in Canton and Hong Kong he is held directly and primarily res- ponsible for
The manner in which interrogn tions are conducted and the use of torture therein, contrary to Japon- est law:
The framing of the charges and the demanding of the death sen- tence on innocent persons;
The mixture of calculated cruel- callous neglect which characterised the administration of the Japanese Gaols and Prisons la Hong Kong and Canton, result- ing in the death of hundreds, if nst thousands, of persons of many races and nationalities.
than Be
Q co
uninterrupted siderabio quantity of con! in ro ponsible for this developmens which has made it possible for the majority of offices, hotels and pr vate bores to be comfortabl hunted
and
for industries to re sume operations.
Even camoin have been pressco inta service in this connection, as every now and then long caravans of these animals can be seen plod ding their way into the city inde with coal.
A strange sight in Pelping day. four full months after the Jaanene aurrender, is the number of Japanese still walking around sight-seeing and enjoying them
elvon
STAGGERED
THE LOCAL OFFICE OF
BLOODY ASSIZES THE KUOMINTANG HAVE
It was Kogi who framed the ASKED CHINESE IN HONG charges and demanded the death
One arrival said he was slag KONG TO REPORT ON PRE-enteret the "Bloody Assizes** gered when he saw two Japanes SCRIBED FORMS WHICH held in Stone Prison Chapel on
allcers, in full uniform, drive 3 HAVE BEEN
ISSUED ALL October 19, 1943, when forty-one
Lo the Temple of Heaven in LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE persons were accused of smuggling
motor car and proceed to inspec AS A RESULT OF THE WAR val drues and food into the
this ancient relle in the тор INCLUDING THE LOSS OP Prisoner of War and Internment felsurely of fashion. LIVES.
Menawhile, Japanche goods Camus and of passing taformation The Chinese Chamber of fom-out. Aan result 33 of the accus-
kinds are being offered for sal mercu and other local organisa.
In every corner of the city. They ed. whose "crime" were mainly tions have been asked
Include kimonos, Uroende obis and cor wholly of a charnoter to do
Nearly
ever onerate in rollating the necessary them great credit, were executed similar articles. information.
Chinese store is well storked with these, while on sidewalks bargains to bo had in lacquer ware any charge being given in Eng-piecegoods and Japanese military link WAA typical of Kori's uniforums.-Reuter,
to
He declared: "Like people in other parts of Indonesin we re- jeet the Dominion status for ed by the Dutch and demand full independence. Every act against the population of Java we foul directed also against ourselves."ne at No. 263 Des Vous Road 3rd floor, and one at the Tak Ming Middle School, Sal Усс Street. Mongkok.
STILL FIGHTING
Two centres have been set up for the receipt of these reports
The notice asking for these re One British-Indian soldier
parts states that it is made un was wounded in a skirmish at the notructions of the Department Randoeng. Near Ambarawn In- of Overseas Affairs, Chugg Altrating Indonesians killer
en British soldier and wounded five.
Indian
troops set fre
In
JUNK BLOWN
Bakunst near Batavia yesterday, TO PIECES
and British planes strafed flee- Ing villagers in reprisal for the TWENTY-EIGHT MEN AND
WERE massacre of British and Inrian WOMEN
KILLED survivors of a plane crash three | WHEN A 600-PICUL FISHING weeks kgo. A Japanese lieu JUNK HIT A MINE OFF POK fenuat also was wounded in the LIU CHAU, IN THE VICH |
outbreaks. AssociatedNITY OF ABERDEEN, AT new Press.
GRISLY EXHIBITS AT NUREMBERG
NUERNBERG, DEC. 14.1 SHRUNKEN HEADS AND LAMP SHADES MADE OF HU. MAN SKIN WERE SUBMITTED IN THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF NAZI LEADERS YESTERDAY. THE SICK- ENED DEFENDANT3 SLUMPED IN THE DOCK AS THE AMERICAN PROSECUTION UNFOLDED THE HORRORS OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS. HOWEVER, THE JEW-BAITER JULIUS. STREICHER, WHOM THE PROSECUTION SIGNAL OUT, INSPECT- ED THE EXHIBITS WITH INTEREST. THEY CREAT- ED A SENSATION IN THE COURT. The prosecution alleged that
Justice Lawrence made a ser!- Hans Frank, another defendant, ous effort to speed up the trial told his subordinates: "Light"| At one point he suggested ́ ́t at date the Jews yourselves and US prosecutor Dodd might don't bother the higher-ups."
and Dried in a common Krave,
This trin, which was conducted without interpreters and without
methods.
To-day he occupies one of the eals that formerly held his vic-
tima. Ruard
Whenever 2 Commando
passes the door he rises
meekly and salut.
all
Ο ΓΕ
BRITISH TROOPS
IN CHINA BEING
Wants The GiDISBANDED
Boys To Talk
Washington, Doc. 14.
Crarhart,
ORUNGKING, DEC. 14 IT WAS ANNOUNCED YES TERDAY
BRITISH THAT TROOPS IN CHINA ARE BE ING DISBANDED. TISH FORCE Re-CEEDED 1,000.
Representative publican of California, to-day de- manded that the Pearl Harbour Investigation Committee "get a real story" of the Japanere tack from the enlisted men who were in Hawait on December 7. 1941.
at- ABOUT NOON ON TUESDAY.
Pirat official confirmation of the incident was received by The Water Police from the Comman- do post at Cheung Chau yes terday.
The aule survivor, Wong Yung-tai, of Cheung Chau, was picked up by a fishing junk after being in the seu for several hours clinging on to a piere of wreckage.
The Junk, which was coming in with a catch of Esh to Aber- deen, was reported by Wong to have been completely blown to pieces.
No trace has been found of any other member of the Ash- ing crew or of any wreckage of the junk.
H.K. HOUSING
quote from documents insired MISSION
Frank was quoted as having of reading them in full. said there were 3,600,000 Jews SPEER'S RESPONSIBILITY in Poland, "too many to shoot or Prosecutor Dodd,
Speer,
poison, but we will get rid of
them.
Moscow Pleased At Big Three Talks
MOSCOW, DEC. 14.
THE SOVIET CAPITAL AWAITED WITH INDICATIONS.
OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST. THE ARRIVAL OF UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES BYRNES AND BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER. ERNEST, BEVIN FOR TALKS WITH RUSSIAN-FOR- EIGN COMMISSAR MOLOTOV.
MOSCOVITES. INTERVIEWED, SHOWED NO SURPRISE AT THE MOSCOW MEETING WHICH STARTS ON
SATURDAY.
cow.
:
One housewife said she was minialers conference In Mos- glad the meeting is being held because "It shows international still taking
Last Monday he collapsed in Manchester while on his way to London and was taken home.
He recovered sufficiently to cooperation take his daily walks over the place."
A foroman in a machino plant moors.
He had a majerity of 892 said he never doubted the meat over Mr. Wootton-Davies, Con- ing would be held adding "I am servative, at the election. sure it will be more successful than the last one, and, tho out- come more satisfactory to all
The figures were 22.601 to 71,729 and his death brings the number of pending bye-elections concerned." to four-North Tottenham (poll-
one of
DEFINITE STEPS TO- WARDS THE SOLUTION OF accpsing the Nazis on THE
COLONY'S HOUSING WERE AN- trial, said: "We say that Speer, PROBLEMS
BY GOVERN- as chief of the Todt organisa- NOUNCED tion, is responsible for policing | MENT YESTERDAY.
In direct conflict with the laws A three-man_mission, tead of war."
ed by Captain Lentaigne, of Dodd was referring to the the Commander-in-Chief's staff. bringing of war prisoners and has been appointed to proceed labourers into Germany.
to Australia to ascertain what The prosecution produced building materials are available piles of evidence about concen- for shipment to Hong Kong. tration camps, and the evidenca In addition, it is underatord, showed that even before 1932. It te proposed to appoint a focal when the Nazis came to Jowar. committee, which will examine the Nazi teadera were fully.con- the housing problem in all its vinced that without repression angles and make recommenda of active and potential oppoal- tions.. tion they could not consolidate their power over the German] peuple. Associated Press, and Reuter.
Jap Polilities
Tokyo, Dec. 14, 693,280 JAPS SENT HOME
Parliamentary party members In Moscow a United States
to-day said Finance Minister Vis- Embassy spokesman sald that
Washington, Dec. 14. count Kelzo Shibusawa holds the bad weather delayed Byrnes' ar-
The State Department rooted Inside track for the Presidency yesterday 1 rival at Moscow and that he may
total of 093.280 of the dominant Progressive Party not reach the snowbound capi- Janances have been repatriated potential springboard into the tal until the week-end.-Assuto Japan under the surrender] Premieratio.
agreement.. Goneral MacArthur Shibusawn's principal rival is ciated Press.
reported the fruse as of Dec. 2.] 82-venr-old Chuff Machida, former Including 813.818 arme. 42.862 President of the defunct Minolta navy and 380.700 civilians. Near Party,
Tication ~ow to-dav that ly two-thirds of the total has been rematriated
the United politicians may retain the Shido- States deermied one of Korea, hara Cabinet in offen until after the elections-Ammerlation Proes. Associated Press.
London. Doc. 14. Sir William Sinclair Morris. who was Covernor of the United Provinces from 1022 to 1928, has died at Cirencestor. In Gloucester. at the age of 12-Reator.
from Byrnes mado a two-hour stop-| ing Thursday) Preston and over in Paris last night on route South Ayrshire.
to the Korthcoming foreign
THE BRI NEVER EX
Maj. Gen. Eric L. Hayes, milt the British em Ary attache bassy. preparing to leave Chang king.
the expreased
conviction If China that
"can only obtab unity she will go right ahead- slowly perhaps, but curtainly and zurely."
Gearhart said he would make a formal demand for the Senate- to sub-poetie! House Committee "some of the ordinary caught in the raid.
Gearhart is n member of the Committee which began the en- quiry on November 15. He said:
-am tired-of-hearing-brass-Headquarters in Chungking fo want to know what enlisted men think."-Associated Press.
Brig-Gen. Leonard F. Field en route to Chungking to auccoed men" Hayes.
Many of the British officers and mon were old China hands, whi in civilian life were
principally missionarios
U.S. LOAN TO FINLAND
Washington, Dec. 14. The United States has agreed to lend $5,000,000 to Finland, the only nation to meet its world war No. 1 financial obligations to this country during the war period. Finland will use its funds purchase 46,000 bales of United States cotton-Associated Truss,
General
to
British
and businessmen
personnel
in China wa in a dilapidated building of the China Inland Mission, overlooking the Yangtze river. General Mayes
worket under the operational control of Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer In the American theatre commer der's capacity as chief of staf Je pald to Chiang Kai-shek. tribute to Wedemeyer, remarking: "I came very quickly to respec his fine qualities as a soldier and as a man."-Associated Press.
Marshall
Off At Last
WASHINGTON, DEC. 14. WHILE AN AIRPLANE WAITED TO CARRY HIM TO 0. CHINA AS A SPECIAL ENVOY, GEN. GEORGE MARSHALL WOUND UP SEVEN DAYS OF PEARL HARBOUR TESTIMONY YESTERDAY BY ACKNOW- LEDGING HE COULD HAVE TELEPHONED AN ALERT TO HAWAII ON DEC. 7 WITHOUT ENDAN-. GERING CODE-CRACKING SECRETS,
Marshall's telegraphed an- tween the Anglo-Saxon nations ing reached Lt. Gen. Walter and Japan." Short in Hawali after the Ja- The same message also told pancso attack had been launch the Japanese Ambassador 10 ed. Marshall's answer w3 Borlin to advise Hitler he response to a question submitted by General Short,
Marshall previously had said ho did not telephone because t was fearful the Japanese might bo nble to listen iD.
Marshall hurried from the applauso meeting room amid after finishing his testimony An airplane had been kept waiting for him throughout his testimony.
Navy documents Introduced A message from Tokyo to Hit- ler de Nov. 30, 1941, that "there is extremo. đangor - that war may suddenly break out be
time of the breaking 'out' of this war nay come quicker than any*: one dreams.”*
It said: "If the Russians join hande tighter with England and the United States and rosist us with hostilities we are ready to
ber turn upon
with all our might."-Associated Press..
THE WEATHER
To-day's forecast:-Fair to fins Moderate east winds, average tem
Yesterday's temperaturo:- paraturo, Outlook little chango,
· Maximum :---77 dégrées at 11 min). Minimum:64 degrees at 4 a.
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