THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6," 1946,
NEW JAPANESE PURGE
MacArthur Goes The Limit In New Order
Boycott Of Jewish Goods
Jerusalem. Jan. 4.
Palestine to day when the Pales Line Arab Higher Committee res pervesting six mapir Arab partik
thn may emirare and endured
IN
Black Dragon To Go
TOKYO, JAN. 4.
The Arab League boyrett of GENERAL MACARTHUR TO-DAY ORDERED THE JAPAN. Jewish goods spread otcially to
ESE GOVERNMENT TO CLEAN TTS POLITICAL HOUSE AND PURGE FROM PUBLIC OFFICE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE THOSE PERSONS, WHE
PARLIAMENT THER SMALL FRY OR MEMBERS OF WHO LED JAPAN INTO THE WAR.
WILL TWO FAR-REACHING DIRECTIVES WHICH PICK UP WHERE THE WAR CRIMINAL LISTS LEAVE OFF HE ORDERED THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT TO ABOLISH ALL ULTRA-NATIONALISTIC, TERROR- IST AND MILITARIST GROUPS OR SOCIETIES AND REMOVE FROM PUBLIC OFFICE AND INFLUENCE THOSE PERSONS "WHO DECEIVED AND MISLED THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN INTO EMBARKING ON WORLD CONQUEST “
Friday's newestia pers
are D20 Dare to Barhi xuatest Arab pur chaser of mercha alise front fac fect time workedups of Palestinni Jews, it was learned here.
Meanwhile the Hebrew prout muted sharply on a statement by J V Show. Chief Secretary of the Palestine Government, that no special government aetion hand! been taken in connection with the Threatened besielt though Bre Dy finals of the need for counter setave TRAKTALS ALTAAN
Liquidated 90,000 Slavs
5.5, кларк,
Nuernberg, Jan. 4.
A former alde to the Gestapo Chief, Heinrich Himuner, told the War Crimes Tribunal to-day that special Commandos were attached to the German army on the 148. tern front with orders to kill every Jew and Soviet political commissar in the occupied Russian regions.
Major General of Police Otto Oblendorf testified that the Ger man arany high command had full knowledge of the Commando order.
Chlendorf said his own operating with the German 12th Army in the Ukraine had quidnt- ed 90,000 persoas in the first your of the war with Russh. He sald Himmler personally gave liquidn These directives, which were MacArthur went heyondtion orders to leaders of special and some reports the first that MacArthie issued merely ordering the Japanese to after the New Year, went fur- oust Those persons who had a that they surpassed 90,000 liqui
dations." Associated Press, thur than any
which preceded hunt in affairs which led to war The new studen "Haboker" dethein in carrying out the terms for this, he anid, "will not he clared the government silence on of the Potsdam direlaration sufficient to establish a new or The Buveld encouraged agitatorn, which demanded 125 unce for der of peace and sectivity and BDressin That pace that Japan free itself of justice envisugod by the Pots-
"irresponsible militarian.
dum declaration. The first direrlive Preks tol "If Japan is to achieve
struggling peace fully inclined and respon- free Japan's [
government the greatest political parties as well as the sible
must be taken to appoint overnacht itself from the in fuence of "military na trudal new officials who wit Foster thy Telements and releas KANOTH
revival and strengthening ment of als from fear of democratic tendencies among the Bie Japanese people and who will tack by secret terrorist
respect the fundamental human ties.
rights and freedom of speech. religion and thought,”
had been anade
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without
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Pulse Line government protection.
The Arab Communist NewN-
A 10" in Hafa Wend an editorul hope that The driver will destroy Zosta 3-1 paleen rutly termos economically and politically Ax sorinted Preg
Magic Carpet Going
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most Twenty seven sovieting, of them influential nulitically,
There is no estimate immed to be abolishu were ordered They included the great Japan diately of the number of per- sons affected by the order but Renovation Society, the Greater
will be several hundred East Asia Association. Kekar they
the Washington. Jun. 4
officers in The Navy Deyrtment plans tynkaf or Black Dragon Society, ranging from:
r the Dark Ocran Kempeitai to members atart withdrawing combat ships Genyosha or Cits moh from troop carrying ciety, the East Asia League und Cabinet, Privy Council, Hous
of Peers. They are deemed to in the Pacifte, An offer Band n
come within the provisions of Bill has been missed for a full
the directive. number of warships teamsicle. available for emergency and tra TAN port duty
Within two months 03 of 353 shit in the Navy's "magic carpet" will be withdrawn. That name
the All Japan's Young Club.
NOT SUFFICIENT
Men's
it went further in that in prohibited formation of any political party, Association or was given to transport operations
Withdrawn will be six battlesnelety which might seek to re- whips, 18 crabers. 46
sist or oppose the perppatim carriers, 28 cargo ships and six | forces, support or justify ng- gressive Japanese military r sufficient quasi-military training
vocate 45 Ensination other ter- AN
roristie programnies.
other womey
The Navy said the ships con tinuing
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Lo meet transport scheduler. amented Pregu
Just A Slip Of The Tongue Maybe
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WASHINGTON, JAN. 4.
OFFICIAL INFORMANTS EX PLAINED TO - DAY THAT THE WORLD "TRUSTEE SHIP" WAS * UNFORTUN- ATE" IN RELATION TO THE PLANS FOR KOREA BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE SPECIAL SET-UP WHICH AMERICAN OFFI CIALS ENVISAGE FOR THE NATION WHICH LIBERATED FROM JAPAN,
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They nald that la any plan American officials would serk to provide for the greatest pos sible freedom" for Koreans to de- cide their own affairs without out- side interference.
WAS
SOME OVERCROWDING
San Franciscu, Jan. 4. A veteran applied for an apart
AND GOVERNORS
Fattest Japs Going Home
4 Wellington, Jan. About 800 Japanese POWs will for leave Wellington to-morroW Japan on board two American tank landing craft
U.S. ofllers describe them as the fattest and sleekest Japanese the
have
Security
Miami, Florida, Jun 4. Sonator Clingo Popper re- turned to-day from a Euro- pean tour and said there was terrible anffering in Russia as an aftermath of the German
declared invasion. No fundamental principle of Soviot"
Joreign policy in "an almost fantastic" demand for security.
"the
Ha suid Joncf Stalin asked about the ponsibility of a big loan from the United States, which Russia would repay in full-snoriated Prena.
Push-Button
War Out
EXPLANATION OF
EXPLOSION
IN A STATEMENT TO THE PRESS TO-DAY, WITH
REGARD TO THE EXPLOSION WHICH ROCKED- KOWLOON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A STAFF OFFICER OF H.Q. LAND FORCES GAVE FULL DE TAILS OF THE EVENTS WHICH PRECEDED THE EXPLOSION.
During the first month of the | glycerino oozing out from the do- re-occupation of Hong Kong by caying explosive. When tils occure
the slightest shock, such as a leggo: British forces, A very large
stone falling, will cause the explo quantity of ammunition and ex-
sive to istanate, and it in thought plosives, which had been hidden
likely that this was the cane in the in deep tunnels by the Japanese.
Argyle Street tunnel. WAA removed, and in those cases where it was in a dungernus con- WASHINGTON, JAN. 4. dition dumped into the A. MAJOR - GENERAL
LESLIE
from which vat Опе area GROVES, THE ARMY'S ATOM
of CHIEF, SAYS: "ANY stocks BOMB
explosives were re- ATOMIC WAR OF THE FU-moved was the vicinity of Argyle TURE WILL NOT BE A PUSH Street and Kadooric Avenue, BUTTON WAR."
where Wednesday's explosion
Groves told a conference an atomic energy at Georgetown Uni-occurred. versity, sponsored by the Army In. dustrial College and the American Military Instilate: "It (any nex { wor
New Salary Scales
welcomed For various reasons, however, il was not pussile to taku
away A re-
might start as a push-but-all the stocks of explosives. ton war, but what it takes in wingular check was therefore kept of war is the will to win and the all dumps, so that it would be at once known if they were either will be overcome
being stolen or deteriorating quality and thus becorning danger-
wa
018.
In
at-
the losses might suffer by home of our in- dustrial potential being overcome.
While Groves described the stom bomb as the "host" of ali wen- Heveral days before the explo porn he declared: "I cannot winston, it was discovered that war without assistance" and that tempts were in fact being made to coordination of air, around and steal from the Argyle Street tun naval forces is needed.
nel some of the explosives there. Describing the difficulties in pro and to prevent this a civil police ducing the atomic bomb, Groves guard was put on the entrance to the tunnel. Furthermore, as it wax in important to counterart decided that the explosives were the Iraperasion that it will
beby only a few months before a bomb
Washington dropped on aome other country)
sak:
"lt encountered in the Pacifie
of New This was largely the result Zealand's strict adherence to the
Conventio terms of the Genova for the treatment of POW.
The Japanese have sent # lotter of appreciation on their treatment to the New Zealand Government they and the Bed Cross saving were going back to Japan as am- bassadors for New Zealand."
During their 3-year stay in New Zealand many prisoners have be conio Christians and declare they will take this faith back to Their people.
SILVER MINE STRIKE
Not only will responsibi: per- sons be removed from office but any person who comes within the provisions will be disquali-Silver Mines fed as a candidate for any elec- tive position in the Imperial Diet or as a Prefectural Government or Mayor of a chy.
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Mexico City, Jan. 4. The country's strike in the Den faced government intervention to day, as the Labour Ovaartinent said it would act to settle the dispute.
The strike involves 30,000 miners and 28 mines Amelters.
rent Press,
Those ordered to be removed
excluded from government The workers were asking 40 per Sam inereuse-Associated service include all who have been active exponents of mil taristic nationalism and aggres- sion, influential members of any Japanese ultra-nationalistic or secret patriotic society or in. fluential in activities of the Im- pertal rule or assistance Associa tiona.
Under these provisions conta all war criminals, members of the Field-Marshal's Supreme
is
πον dangerous, construction was started of a brick wall which by would have formed the core of n Tils complete seal to the tunnel.
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Canton. Jan. 4.
A change which in unanimuvaly in the now nenie vf salary for government Institu Lloga. Provincial and municipal officials are getting $7,000 basi pilymenta plus 60 times their anlary and rige nubidy of $10.000 a month. From January the rice subsidy will be cancelled but the base payment will ho ingreased to $28,000, while the salary will be 80 times instead of BU.
Increase in prices of commodi- thes and fees charged for publie utilities have been decided and an- nounced. Bus fare will be mised from $40 to $50. Chinese dally newspapers previously selling for $40 a copy will nell for $50. Telephone charges will be doubled. -Our Own Correspondent,
"I send abories," he said, "that would not only have prevented a 5TH CORPS RELIEVED
various nations have the atomic bonib right around the corner. But. I can say that the people in
room need have no fear of such a thing. It will be a problem to be solved by my children and and I'm no! my grand-children worrying about it very much."-- Associated Presn
COMMERCIAL JEEP
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 4. President Charles Sorenson enf Willy's Motor Company,
which makes Jeeps, announced that his concern has "designed, engineered and developed thoroughly proved. a completely new low-cost mult passenger car, embodying features and basic improvements never be fore offered in cars of this class."
Associated Press.
Ceylon War Against Twin Threat
COLUMBO, JAN, 4.
Military Council, Imperial Gen-THE AUTHORITIES ARE FIGHTING THE TWIN THREAT
eral Headquarters and other military.
TO THE HEALTH OF CEYLON, WHICH APPEARED TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF NOVEMBER LAST MALARIA AT SCATTERED POINTS OF THE ISLAND AND SMALL-POX MAINLY IN THE TIGHTLY PACK- ED SLUM AREA OF COLOMBO.
thefts. but would also have been an effective blanket to any explo sion.
SECOND TUNNEL
on
Despite the police guard, how- ver, on the night before the ex- plosion. handita again got into the tunnel. broke down a part of the nearly completed wall. in effecting their entrance, and it is assumed got away with more explosiveR. It was therefore decided Wednesday morning, that as the explosives had further deteriorat- should be et the whole tunnel cicared an
and its contents dumped This action was car- into the sea. ried out, and then at the Inner end of the tunnel was found yet na- other tunnel, at right angles to the first one. This second tunnel was not shown on any of the Japanese which the British had been using in clearing dumps, and was found to be full of explosives and ammunition, all in an advan ced state of deterioration, and all therefore highly dangerous,
bians
to
the
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Kyoto, Jan. 4, The 6th Army announced today that the 6th Amphibious Corps whose Marine-Army troops fought across the Pacific from Tarawą tor Iwofima, hun been relieved of it gocupation command on Kyushu and Southern Honshu as part of the redeployment programme.
Officers and men of the crack combat organisation are embark- for Camp Pendleton, Cali- fornin
where the Corus will bo Tormally disbanded.
Ing
Marine Major-General Harry Schmidt has relinquished control
of his zone to Major-General R. B. Woodruff, of the Army 1-Corps.- Associated Press.
DUMP WINDFALL
Minneapolis, Jan. 4 William Rochi, 13, is $269 richer because he liked to throw stones
at bottles
the city dump grounds.
Six months 100 one of the Cones broke a bottle and out fluttered $260 in currency, which- William turned over to police.
The order was given to clear this second tunnel at once, but owing
poisonous fumes emanating from the dump in it, as well as the danger from frequented the cash the police turned the money over to the boy.-Associat falls in the roof, which threatened
When the time limit expired in which the owner could have claim-
to bury the workmen, it was de ed Prens. cided to seal it instead. Work was started. buy before It WIN Anished the explosives blow up on Wednesday night, shortly after the workmer had stopped work for the day.
It le Impossible to know what It is caused the dump to blow up. possible that bandite were again trying to remove some of the ex-
osives, but it is pointed out that when certain types of explosives are old they start to "sweat". This aweating" is actually pure nitro
Omeers of financial and de- velopment
111- organisation 4 volved in Japanese expansions
20 specific companies wire The Minister of Health, Dr., so far have been examined for named. Including the South George de Silva, is in constant yellow fever at Karachi only will Manchurian Railway Company. touch with the Corps of Medical now also be subjected to close Manchuria Development Com- Officers working at high pres- quarantine examination in Cey. pany, North China Development sure to quell the malaria which on. Vigorous steps are being
Central China Company,
De-they hope to bring under control taken to detect unreported cases aid that in the event i ment at one of the bureaux which
of amall-pox and enforce isola- help hunt housing for ex-service-velopment Co. and the Korean before the end of this month. that any net number of years was
Trust Co.-were included in the The drug D.D.T. is being emtion of suspected cases. Reuter, mon in this overcrowded city agreed upon as the maximum time
of ployed to reinforce other mea- believed necessary for Koreans to hall by a man who had taken his occupied territorica such later the vet was hailed in the list along with Governors
NS Aures. A few days ago it was uchieve the fullest self-govern uplication.
Korea,
Formosa, Kwantung, reported that an extra quota of ment. they would favour a Dro- "Listen." the bureau man whis South Seas, The Netherlands 25 tone of D.D.T. has been allow.
whereby thin vision
time limit would be reduced if the Koreans pered, "if you see anything you East Indies, Malaya, Franched for Ceylon by the Secretary demonstrated themselves capable of don't want call me. I've
looking for two months myself." Indo-China, Burma, China and of State for the Colonies. government without Associated Press. handling the ald.
Diplomate
It is believed likely that one of the questions the Rusaiun and American commanders in Korea will discuss noon will be an agree- ment providing for Joint with- drawal of United States and So- The first viet troops from Korea.
Auch meeting in scheduled in about 10 days, when Russian and Ameri- car commanders meet to coordinate the economic and administrative problems affecting their two zones. --Associated Press.
illegally into the Philippines from Sandakan and Borneo.
been
Manchukuo.-Associated Press.
Stranded Mothers
State Ask Grant
THE HOME SECRETARY IS CONSIDERING THE PLIGHT
OF LARGE NUMBERS OF
.
The Health Minister also took the opportunity to have talks. with Mr. M. Klaibor, malaria expert of Basle, Switzerland, who has beca in the island and had visited the affected areas.
Unarmed "Beaus" Fly To Rescue In Java
H.Q., ACSEA, JAN. 1.
In spite of these determined THE BEAUFIGHTER, ONCE GUARDIAN OF BRITAIN'S
efforts, malarla has so far shown
no signs of being conquered.
One reason that has even ad-
On
SKIES, AND A TERROR TO ENEMY SHIPS, IS NOW THE RESCUE CRAFT OF THE AIR OVER JÁVA.
three years.
Hill-
Batavia airfield, there son, of 92, Woodhouse vanced for the spread of malaria stand two Beaufighters, stripped [Road, Leeds, is also uoad to drop LONDON, JAN. 4. Is that the general resistance of of guns. As long as flying 18 warning leaflets to extrenuist the people to the disease has de- in progress, a Beaufighter and strongholds due to be attacked WARTIME UNMARRIED teriorated because of the lack its crew stand by, ready for by the R.A.F., FIO Gibson has MOTHERS NOW LEFT WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF of adequate food during the war take-off within a few minutes flown this type of aircraft for ILLEGAL ENTRY
of a crash call being received. years. MONEY ORDERED GETTING THE MAINTENANCE Manilla, Jan. 4.
More than 100 cases of email- Experience in this turbulent His navigator, FjO J. B. Wat- BY THE COURTS TO BE PAID TO THEM BY THE Ishrana San Augustin, Zam
FATHERS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF OVERSEAS pox, somo fatal, have so far been country has shown the roed for son, of 6, Birdwood-Place, Logle, boanga mjeration officer tald
reported. The appearance of immediate action when an air-Dundee, has been a co-member FORCES AND HAVE NOW GONE HOME. yesterday that there has been con-
amall-pox, which is considered craft is forced to come down in of No. 27 Squadron for nine siderable movement of Chinese The general practice, while, A proposal has been made
to be duo to import contacts territory outside Allied in-months, having joined the unit the men were in Britain, was that in deserving cases, when has raised many questiona re fuance, The Beaufighters job from the Middle East.
The other crew, WO W. Jack- Immigration authorities have for the amounts of the ordata there is no reasonable chancelating to quarantine, which in to locate the crash and do arranged with the Chinese Congut to be deducted from their pay of the payments being made by rendered more complex by air everything, possible to guide and son, pilot, of 81, Lincoln-Cres- succour the airmen until they cent, Enfield, and WIO A. G. for the deportation of six Chinese and remitted to the clerks of fathers, a grant equivalent to travel.
the Fleming, navigator, of 8770, takon in custody recently for on tho courts.
the amount of the court orders
According
to tho
Ceylon have contacted holp
Hook-road, Surbiton, have Bory- tering the. falands Illegally-Aso-
But a man cannot be touched, should be paid the mothora by
Health Authorities, small-pox ground. ciated Press.
for debts under aliliation ordera the State.
In place of the torpedoes there fed nearly three years in Beau NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE cases are invariably traceable once ha returns to his own coun-
parachute packs of food, fighters. CHEAPER PRESS NATES
"We should like to see a re- to passengers from India. The are try and is demobilised..
Now York, Jan. 4. Washington, Jan. 4. In consequence, mothers and vised form of birth certificate, yellow fever menace has also water, signalling equipment and
Honry J. Kaiser announced that Forthcoming reductions in areas childron thus affected are left the granting, withous distine- increased owing to increased air alds to cross-country naviga tion, of materalty benefit to travel. The Colombo Municipal tion. Radio sota are to be part telegraph rates between the Unit-stranded:
States and points in the BritishDuring the war yours the unmarried mothers, and a yant Council has made drastic pro- of the "drop," so that directions the United States major labour Empiro will result in an increased rate of illegitimate births grew increase in the accommodation posals for tightening up the may be passed from the pilot organisations would endorse flow of news to and from the steadily,"
of the forced landing is found. monts for people of war-torn Before the war the available in the country for un- quarantino regulations both for to the ground as soon as the site drive to collect 109,000,000 gar-
landa. United States, Federal Commual average number of such births married mothers and holt chit-small-pox, and yellow favor.
WARNING LEAFLETS
The drive, begins from Jan. 7, A stricter surveillance cations Chairman Paul, Porter pre-
hotween 15,000 and dren," commented, an affclat of dicted to-day. The reductions are varied effective April Asociated 20,000. Last year the figure the Council for the Unmarried passengers from India is being The detachment of No. 27 and ends on Jan. 81.Associated
Mother and her Child. wha02,000
dovised while all aircraft which Squadrón, led by FIO W. Glb- Press:
Press.
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