CHINA MAIL
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Vol. I. No. 90.
Monday, December 24th, 1945.
CHINA PUZZLE
Story A Trife
Peace. Story Premature
CHUNGKING, DEC. 23.
THE LATEST DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA'S CIVIL WAR ALREADY LOOKS LIKE FIZZLING OUT IN THE INTER-PARTY HAGGLE LIKE SO MANY OF ITS PREDECESSORS, SHORTLY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON DEC. 20, CORRESPON. DENTS IMAGINED THEMSELVES AS WRITING NEXT DAY SUCH LINES AS "PEACE IN SIGHT" OR WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF WAR IN CHINA WILL RE OVER"
Joe E. Brown A Killer----Of Japs
COLUMBUS, ORIO, DEC 2. THE PAMOUS COMEDIAN JOK E. BROWN TO-DAY CON FIRMED HE HAD KILLED TWO JAPANESE IN A NOR THERN LUZON FORAY LAST JUNE DURING A TANK AT TACK ON THE
TOWN 014 HAMBANG.
An official spokesman of the Communist Headquarters gave out that the Communist Party had proposed immediate phent ditional cease fire a patirgul armistice. if transpires than the "proposn!" was made by the number twe Communal Gen eral. Chon Ea-lni, nt a dimmer given by the Communista Shao Lit-ze, former Ambassador Russia and one of the eight Kuomintang delegates
the Political Consultative Coane'L.
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The Government. spokesman: since retorted that the Continuin ists had godt innp the proposal,
theially or
or formally in the Central Government."
Bevin Not Optimistic
Informed
Moscow, Dec. 23.
report
sourcer
that the "big three" foreign ministers Save achieved measure of mucerna
in their conferences world pro on blema, including re-establish- ment of their wartime operative spirit.
Price 10 cts.
JAPS. GETTING SOME OF
OWN MEDICINE
URAGA, JAPAN, DEC, 23.
IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS AT HOME THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER, BUT HERE IN JAPAN GAUNT, HUN- GARY TROOPS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE EMPEROR ARE, RETURNING TO A GRIM, CHEERLESS SCENE. SOME COLLAPSÉ FROM HUNGER AND WEAKNESS AS THEY STAND IN LINE.
THESE ARE THE MEN WHO DID GARRISON DUTY ON THE CONTINENT AND FOR THE FOUR MONTHS SINCE HOSTILITIES CEASED THEY HAVE BEEN "LIVING OFF THE LAND." THEY ARE COMING HOME FOR DEMOBILISATION IN A LAND THAT HOLDS LITTLE COMFORT FOR THEM.
America Learning All About Japan
ረ-
borne
U.S. Secretary of State Byrnes was reported as feel. ing there has been a major accomplishment in that re-
bret British pard,
Forrign Secretary Bevin was reported 201 bring no optimistic over eventual results. Anna- ciated Prens.
Patton To Lie
With His Men
ON
ile desertbed the Communist ONE OF THE BATTLEFIELDS
release as pemenda, that when two months
The incident was disclosed by Maj. Gen. Robert S. Bengiller, Commander of the 37th division, ¦ Government proposed
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TOKYO, DEC. 23.
W18 War
down the
climbed As they sides of the transports that brought them back, they see the alcok liner "Matsonia" :.earby. On board the "Matsonia" were 1,100 Japanese-Americans from the United States, who had re- nounced their American citizen- ship.
Beside the dock where the troops land la a barracks. There they walt patiently four abreast
BITTER LOT This is entirely a Japanese There are no Ameri- operation. can personnel helping.
Grim Picture ·
Budapest, Dec. 23. Wholesale faming in Hun- gary this winter "agoma un- avoidable" Food Minister Karely Baranyas said to-day. Baranyos, toho a member
the Small Holders Party, Baid that the Chief Medical Officer in Budapest has pre- sented "Larrifying statistica with mortality exceeding birth ver 50 per cont and illnesson whoineate through malnutri tion and
starvation."--A BIO~
ciated ProsB.
Afraid They
Wouldn't
Understand
WHEN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN IS CONCLUDED, ' for trucks to move them to n
KWAJALEIN, DEC. 23. AMERICAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES WILL KNOW separation centro two miles JAPANESE REAR-ADMIRAL MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE WAYS OF❘away.
SHIGEMITSU BAKAIBARA THE NIPPONESE THAN ANYONE EVER HAS Every few minutes you hear a ADMITTED THAT HE HAD KNOWN ABOUT THEM BEFORE MAL-GEN. CHAR-Ittle commotion as some soklier ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF 08 AMERICAN CIVILIAN stand no WILLOUGHBY, GENERAL MACARTHUR'S AS- who can
Jonger eol- SISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, SAID TO-DAY.
EMPLOYEES OF PAN-AMERI- Inpses. A Japanese nurse jabs CAN
WAKE AIRWAYS ON SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH HE LISTED AS HAVING a needle into the unconscious
BEEN LEARNED TO DATE ARE:
man and he is put into a truck 1SLAND, ON OCT. 7, 1943,
On trial with his executive off-
Sakai A stretcher. Japan developed u alrobatinately refused to realise the on
cer on chances of murder, bara told a Military Commission antisubmarine
circling opportunities Japan offered them.
Morale of the Japanese torpedo which had possibilities
here yesterday that he had led to a weapon, but because the high up to the end of the
the. American Investigators when after following the Government
he said under oath that the pri nations had no gyroscope con-blindly through faith in the Em-
sonere had been killed by Amori- trol units, work on it was stopperor, but the people Wero not The Japanese soldiers are 40
oan bombs api Japanere sentries to 60 pounds underweight, when they tried to prepared adequately Tor surrender
escape. He and since the occupation they have Their cheeks are hollow. There mid: "I am afraid the Ameri- fallen into disunity and mornicare untreated aures
the ng their cans would not understand has dropped.
lips. They are silent and true story." Willoughby raid supreme Allied patient like living dead.
He amerted that the slaying by ftring Aquada wan headquarters is making reports of
a matter of On the "Masonis" it has been
military necessity because of the every phase of Japan and Japan different. The repatriated Niseis ese life and "preparations for
dangers of prisoners aiding the force which the Japanese expected wathering of technical Intelligence have been cating American food for about Japanere
and
in living
comparativete hvade the island. He said the and scientific advancement of the Jap-luxury.
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ped;
Reporta that the Japanese troops used highly effective camouflage face paint for scouta and jungle patrols were false;
The
never Japanese army was able to reach its goal of one dental officer for each regi-
although 5,000 ment
civilian dentists were drafted into the army as privates
The Germans ARVO the basic plans for production of fuels for -propelled airplanes and rockets HEIDELBERG, DEC. 23.
and BURIAL
Live:
Japanese immediately A SOLDIER'S
built plants, but the shortage of WHICH HE LED HIS skilled engineers and raw under- recalling ON
the TROOPS IS BEING PLANNED iale kept the plaats from RA
producing more than 25 per cent. FOR GEN. GEORGE 8. PATTON Man broth
BUT THE SITE HAS NOT The
BEEN SELECTED DEFINITE- LY
and Brown reluctantly confirmed | sudes issue cense fire orders,
fommunist reply was a request to
The famous actor said: "Maylee (the Government to issue such an Meme people will wink 1 shouldn't order to its forers without men Juave done t Ioniv was going toning the operations of Commun
Ist troops
what everyone else Levin
D
W:EM
Be
sing help win the war. sidey the Japs were shooting at
Beughtles
Bronen insisted at the front, be on saving finally naked the comedian if he would like to burlacipate in the
Bamban
Brown popped out of the lead tank and berin dang
at the
When the skirmish was over. Brown and a colonel had a friend
over who died th by Regume Te two Japan The infanterio settled it by awarding Brown the Navar ote of the Javanese carra d
Associated Press,
F
Sino-Russian Negotiations
́ ́ ́TEIFING, DEC. 25. THE NEWS OF THE ARRI- VAL IN CHINA OF THE NEW US. AMBASSADOR, GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPEEDED THE TOUCHY CHINESE-RUSSIAN NEGOTIA.
OCCUPA TIONS OVER THE TION OF MANCHURIA WHICH
In defence of the Communista, it abould be pointed out that Par
Minister Dr. Wang Sleh- cign chich and the Goverunt of Sze ahuen, General Chatur Clain, were It in also deviled to the dinner possible that their inability to al tend nine have deneived the fune tion of any official status it might otherwise have had
NOT CONFIRMED The Communists, up to a late hour hat day, would not connem that the were submitting pro- dosula, "formally and in writing" to the Central Government, though They indrated that they probably would
Whether they to or
not, the "New Communist Newspaper China Tady ws" has charged Che Kuominta with upholding dielatorship" and being determin- ed to carry out civil war. The estitorial suggested that the evil war be stopped without delay and mvcondidionally, nợ that the Ku- mintang muropolised government be recognised and that the Kuo- matlan and Communist troops be nationalised. Reuter.
THE WEATHER HAVE ALREADY EXTENDED |
MONTH LONGER THAN
To-day's forecast:-Moderate to ORIGINALLY EXPECT. fresh easterly winds. Cloudy with occasional alight rain. Rather cold,
A
WAS
Within the special emissaries, who reported to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheki In Nanking, have returned to Man- churin.
past 48 hours,
The Chinese administrators de- signated for Harbin, Mukden and Dairen who euoled their heels in Peiping for weeks headed north to bake over their posts.
There was a indication that Central Government troops would erapy Mukden soon. Assurinted 'read.
VIOLENT STORMS IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, DEC. 23..
AL-
Yesterday's temperature:-- Maximum:-69 degrees, at noon.
of theoretical capacity.
ever
resources
anese has been under way for Bui this morning they care years," although this is the first ashore in snow and marched
has had chance any nation
down the rond to unheated, win- range. study Nippon. at close
dowless barracks Associated Press.
BARRACKS TRAGEDY
S. SIXTH ARMY
HEADQUARTERS.
Prince Fuminuaro Konuye, who committed suicide on Dec. 16, told It was believed, however, that
areupation force officers that he the brilliant former Third Army knew from the first that the war with the United States was hope- commander who died Fiiday even
From auto-loss and most Japanese leaders ing of completions mobile accident injuries would be realised the cause was lost when interred at Metz or Fennkfurt.
Satnan
Call He told authorities
hin
unly One of the greatest triumpho of
was to offer his troops was the capture of the objective in China fort at Metz for the first time leadership to the Chinese in realis in the city's 1,000 year military in their destiny as a real Uries:ED AND 2 OTHERS SUP) history.
tal people and he had no thought of depriving them of political or reminie ladenendence at the time of the "China inefcent."
Mr. Patton has conferred with Army officials on the turmi site and other funeral arrangements. Flags flew at half mast through gut the Amerkan-ecupied zone of bermuny.
Associated Prova.
Xmas
KYOTO, DEC. 23.
Now they are Japanese, thar- Ing the bitter lot of a defeated nation. Associated Press.
day before the civilians were kill- ed an air raid had destroyed his airplanes and damaged many guns leading him to
imminent. He Maki the prisoners received better food than the Japanese.
vasion was
believe
that in-
The prosecution has reeted ite
-Associated Press,
case.
Britain Recognises New Yugo-Slav Rulers
WASHINGTON, DEC. 24.
TWELVE AMERICAN OP-THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN FORMALLY RK- PICERS AND MEN PERISIE
FERED BURNS BAD ENOUGH TO REQUIRE HOSPITALISATION IN A MORALE DROPPED
"FLASH" FIRE WHICH DES Konoye said he considered RTROYED A TWO-STOREY unfortunate
the
FRAME BARRACKS HOUS- ING THE 24TH DIVISION'S 24TH MEDICAL BATTALION ON SHIKOKU.
that
Chinese
Headaches
For Mr. Attlee
LONDON, DEC. 23. THE BRITISH ARE CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST
CHRISTMAS IN SEVEN YEARS, BUT FOR PRIM MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE AND HIS GOVERN- MINT, THE COMING HOLIDAYS ARE FULL OF TROUBLESOME PROBLEMS.
COGNISED THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF YUGO- SLAVIA YESTERDAY. THE AMERICAN STATEMENT SAID THE RECOGNITION SHOULD NOT BE INTER- PRETED AS APPROVAL OF THE YUGOSLAV GOV. ERNMENT'S POLICIES OR METHODS. OF ASSUMING CONTROL OR ITS FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT THE GUARANTEE OF PERSONAL FREEDOM WHICH IT PROMISED ITS PEOPLE
No Democracy rapidly In The Army
of an-
on
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said in instruc tions sent to Ambassador Ric- hard C. Patterson, Jr., and made to require public by the State Department
IN
In recognising the regime beaded by Josip Broz. better known as Tito, the United States Origin of the fire was un-and Britain thus gave legal sanc- determined. The names of the flon to the liquidation
other victims were not announced.
of Europe's The flames brake out at vanishing monarchies. 6 R.M.
and consumed the bar King Peter was ousted racks in 10 minutes. Bodies of Nov, 29 by a law rushed through the victims were found huddled the constituent assembly.
HONOLULU, DEC. 23. THE ARMY NEWSPAPER near a stairway around the win-
STARS AND STRIPES" dows, indicating a desperate at
ITS LATEST ISSUE SHARPLY tempt to escape. Senres of
CRITICISED THE UNITED OUTSTANDING PROBLEM IS THE CONTINUED UNDE others were treated for burns
STATES ARMED FORCES AS CLARED WARFARE IN JAVA, WHERE MOUNTING not severe enough
INSTITU- UNDEMOCRATIC BRITISH CASUALTIES HAVE ATTRACTED SHARP hospitalisation. An investiga that the Yugoslav Government IONS FOSTERING AN ARIS tion was launched immediately had not made good its pledges TOCRACY-PEASANTRY RELA TIONSHIP BETWEEN OFFI It was the costliest tragedy to extend basic freedonus to ita :0- The matter of Spain is pressing.
CERS AND ENLISTED MEN. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bovin thus far in the occupation. The people.
The editorial advocated
cqual fire was discovered by a guard The elections of Nov. 11, he treatment and said the relation- told the House of Commons
not provide a free ship has a counterpart nowhere Dec. 5 that Franco's regime was walking his post before daw. said, did "detested by His Majesty's Gov Fanned by a strong wind, the choice of representatives for the else in American life and it is ernment but the Foreign Office has
assembly.
notably at odds with American Withheld comment on the Paris flames roared out of control and
Patterson and spread to a number of adjoining
em-idoals of quality and democracy." It alleged that the inequalities Amerien on a possible severance buildings despite the prompt phasine that the American pea- of relations with Madrid.
arrival of a fire truck.
ple and Government have "only were causing thousands of men,
hodnes hating The situation in Greece also is As dense smake cut off escape the friendliest sentiments" to-to return to their critical. With increasing infladown the stairways, many who ward the Yugoslavs and expect and dotesting military life. It tionary threats, economic chaos la were trapped on the seconil oor developments to make possible would be treatment of officers and suggested that a partial remedy certain unless financial bulworks smashed windows and leaped 30 desirable political and economic enlisted men alike after working are obtained.
foot to the ground, suffering Discussions of the troubled Iran broken limbs and lacerations.-- affairs are going on in Moscow
CRITICISM.
Military leaders want creased forces but Attlee's Gov ernment la reluctant to approve unless the Dutch show they are willing to settle their dispute
with the Indonesian leadere.
Half a dozen other headaches Minimum:-02 degrees, at 10 p.m. are plao plaguing Britain.
British Move To Protect
Investors
PRAGUE, DEC. 23.
BRITAIN HAS ASKED CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO PAY IN POUNDS STERLING FOR NATIONALISED INDUS TRIES IN WHICH BRITISH CAPITAL IS INVESTED, A FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN DISCLOSED TO- NIGHT.
note, nounding out
Britain
on
but there is no indication of Soviet Associated Press, withdrawal from the Aserbaijan province.
DEBATE DEMAND Meanwhile, the House of Com- demanding a debate in mons is
the Palestino carly January on
The issue of Indian indepen
ed soon.~*
Show-Down Near In Korea
was told to
relations Associated Press,
Japanese P.W.'s Stoned
Manila, Dec. 20. Filipinos. should censo stoning Japanese prisoners of war or run IN A NOTE HANDED TO THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GOV-issue, and Bevin tentatively has
the risk of being shot by, the ERNMENT BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN PRA- agreed.
American military police, Colonel SEOUL, DEC. 23, GUE, BRITAIN HAS ASKED FOR AN ASSURANCE
Josiah P. Holland, Provost Mar- A VIOLENT CYCLONE FOLLOWED BY AN EARTH
OF "ADEQUATE COMPENSATION" AND MADE IT denco is also engaging parliamen- ADDRESSING OVER 40,000 shal, wrote to the Manila Muni
THE HIGH cipal Council. AS TREMOR DESTROYED CLEAR THAT CZECH CROWNS WERE NOT RE-tary attention, and an announce PERSONS
At, every army camp at Manila SCORES OF HOUSES AND GARDED AS ADEQUATE SINCE THEY WERE NOT ment of a joint parliamentary POINT WELCOME, HOME OE-
committee to visit Indinis expect-LEBRATION FOR THE LONG and others on Luzon, and Leyte, FISH CANNERIES IN. AL- ACCEPTABLE OUTSIDE CZECHOSLOVAKIA,
EXILED PROVISIONAL Japanese soldiers are policing HAO, PROVINCE OF
Attlee's five month old regime GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT the grounds and removing debris British investments includer GARVE, FAMED MOORISH he big Skeda: plant, Imperial
successfully rade out of its first KIM KOO PLEADED FOR UNI-from ruined buildings. political atorms, The Opposition FICATION OF KOREA'S POLI- They are gbamnteed protection CITY IN SOUTH PORTUGAL, Chemical Industries and Uni-
under the terms of, the Genova censure was defeated, 381 to 197, TUCAL FACTIONS, THE NEWSPAPER "DIARIO | lever..
and critics were moundly whipped rigrist od
so-called domberatie Convention-Associated Press. laas week on the American Lour party
in the cole and Bretton Woods Monetary bration arrangements. Conspicu- Flan, as well as on the nation lisa only absent from the parade and tion of the Bank of England.
reception were the liberal peoplas Nationalisation of British coal army, communist party and ro mines will be debated in the House presentatives of the peoples, ro- of Conmens lato next month public organization, Associated Próss. ** 3 **
man
Panama Fracas
DE NOTICIAS" SAID TO- The Foreign Office spokesman DAY.
said that parallel reprosenta-
Panama City..Dec. 21. tiong may, have been made by Tho tell in last night's brief the United States.
but violent skianlah at the police eight wounded while authorities ordered a country-wide, round up of followers of former President Arnulfo Arias. **-.
Since his return from exile month ago, Arida is allowed to ava boon waging an aggresive campaign, authorities said.
Major-General Archer L. Lurch, Military Governor, attended."
TEHERAN REPORT
hours. Associated, Press.
POLICE DRAGNET IN YORKSHIRE
OLDHAM, DEC. 23. HUNDREDS OF. POLICE FROM OLDHAM, IN LANCA- SHIRE, AS WELL AS POLICE FROM THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, TO-DAY JOINED FORCES IN ONE OF THE BIG- GEST CHECK-UPS EVER
AT- TEMPTED IN ENGLAND.
They throw a nat of many uare miles over the moorland
. territory on the Yorkshire-Lanen- shira bordor. Motorists were stop- ped and their cars searched and pedestrians were asked to produce their
Identity cards Reason for the operation Was the increasing numbers of largo- scalo poultry thefto in the aron, and Food Ministry officials co oporated in the search,
square
The police swood resulted in the arrest of many found in the po soasion of poultry-Router.
TOKYO DEVASTATION.
Several were injured and one was killed, the reports
Tohotan, Doc. 23. Bald, and thousand of, workers. It was understood that the station slood ́· at six dead” and
: A General Staff officer here to- were Jcblogs and a number British note did not raise ob
day stated that there were reports mado homoles.
jections to the nationalisation,
of the presence of armed civilians To-day marked the fourth day as such, bul insisted that Bri-
and a concentration of Russian that the stormha have swept the tish investors: be protected.
MUSSO'S SON TRIED It is hocaming Increasingly tanks and troops at Gambar" .connt of. Portugal, flooding The note suggested that a de
ovident that a show-down is ap- about 75 miles north-east of sevoral towns, villages and the cision by Czechoslovakia, not to
Rome, Dee: 23. propching between the provisional Teheran.Associated Press.
Tokyo, Dec. 23. lower districts of Lisbon.
pay. In pounds sterling might
Vitorio Mussolini, son of the government newly returned from
One year after the frat Supor-1 Five persons have been killed have an adveras influhaco on the
Late Bonito Mussolini, and former Chungking and the peoples' Re
fortrens raida on Japan, the me- and goveral hundred injured future of British credits and
titor of the newspaper #Popolo poble for the control or
tropolitan polles board rovanled Associated Prede.
The Amerlena Military Govern-
605,358 homes or buildings within British purchness of Czacho
d'Italia," will po un trial at Milon to-day-Associated Press.
ment is scrupulously trying to The wrock of HMS. Hoctor, the metrovolitan area
worn doo zlóvakjen products Madrid, Dec. 20, The Forelan Oito apoles
Bangla Honolulu, Doc. 23. The loftist : group · ́is · rohowing | Booo air craft in Colombo Tharbour. | Kyodo, sald the number of fami- Nina pärschepie were killed and man said Prague had, ackney- Arias himnolf has not yet boen Over 2,000 Koreana to day, sailí | chargos that," the y American me boon reficated.
How which lost their hoga totalled 71 others injured when the Madrid Barcelona express train ledged the note but had unde arrested, but that his house in od for Jimmon, Korea, aboard the Government is favouring consor It will be bached until arrange 1,128,000 while over all
Burvellanes Angoisted transport "General Ernst, Ansel yalive aloniente. Associated ments are made to dispone uf. H. damage approgimated 5,759,000,-- anda, locomotive collided near no formal reply.Associated under
cheted Fronn
Prens
990. Ten Acociated Pres Guadalajara,Accointed Press Press.
A movernment statement desert od the attack against the police atation had boon sarried out by
partienne of Arias,
"HECTOR" RAISED
Colombo, Dec. 23.
"It" was offlolally"?: Iénrood tastatura nga again and toyquteinse days-faction but Berhich was hit and sunk by Japm trored." "the Freed, published by
Fress.
DEMOLAGANJOHURARAKAUNANardin uden rettGO NA SUCH MORE PAN