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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948
IN JAPAN
DRUNKENNESS IN J
Considered As A Type Of Insanity
Rowdy Elections Feared
Manila. Jan. 28. Prospects of gun-olay when the Philippines olet its first Indopen- don't President on April 23 were Paterday minimised by Filipino nrmy officers. However, they ox- pressed the belief that the Loftlat "people's army" will be allowed to romain armed until after the elec-NO tions.
Japs. Can't Hold Spellman
Their Liquor
(By James White).
Arouses
Soviet Ire
Moscow, Jan. 28. Discussing the newly designat.
The
Iran May Request Shelving Of Appeal
LONDON, JAN. 28.
THE IRANIAN DELEGATES TO THE UNITED NA
TIONS ORGANISATION STOOD READY TO PRESS IRAN'S COMPLAINTS AGAINST RUSSIA BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO-DAY, WHILE AWAITING POSSIBLE NEW INSTRUC- TIONS FROM THE NEW IRANIAN PREMIER WHO IT IS REPORTED IS-FRIENDLY WITH THE SOVIETS. SPECULATION INCREASED THAT IRAN MIGHT ASK THE COUNCIL TO SHELVE THE DISPUTE PEND- ING DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN od Cardinals, the newspaper "Is- TEHERAN AND MOSCOW. vestia" yesterday said that Arch- bishop Francis Speilman of Now
Iranian Shah confirmed t The Iranian delegation said "in York was waging active Vatican the appointment of Premier Ahen- now note to the council yester politics in America and trying to ad Qavam es Sultaneh on Sunday that Russian "interference" Grouse America's support for day, and Teheran dispatches add can be "fully proved." General Franco,
that Sultanch loft immediately ACTED INDEPENDENTLY It added that "this new Car-for the Foreign Office to bond now A delegation official said dinal defended the Vatican, whon instructions
the country's Iranian Government had not in the
structed the representatives to attack by
A spokesman for the Iranian file, the note and that 'the delega Pearl Harbour and after many delegation said that no advice hadtion had acted independently of act of criminal Japanese imperia-beon received and added that the new instruction."" selves as drinkers but it was the favourably received the delegates were proceeding "with The 2,000 word document wELS general observation of foreigners Japanese Ambasador."
n uncertainty" with their plan in reply to a Russian momoran that in the main they could not The official, Government news to demand Security Council inter- dem, opposing, the Council's con hold their liquor. When drunk paper said the naming of fourvention when the Council convenes sideration of the dispute, they generally became sentimental new
the United on Monday. Cardinals in
The Soviets Brayed that their States and one each for Canada, Iran's charges of Russian arm-position in Iran was legal and... and worny.
England and Australle was an ed interference in the Azerbalfan tuntifiable under a
1921 treaty, effort to gain strength in Anglo- province were listed third on the The Iranians answered that the Saxon countries.
Council's tentative agenda, com- 1921 pact was not relevant" and It accused Archbishop Bernard ing before the Soviet's complaints that it was desirable that all for- nignate, Grifin the English Cardinal de-againt Britain for military ac ejen troops leave Iranian terri-
of making slanderous tion in Greece and Indonesia. tory immediately. speeches against the Soviet Union.
Azaociated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, JAN 28. WHAT DO THE JAPANESE THINK ABOUT DRUNKS, PARTICULARLY DRUNKS WHO GET VIOLENT? THIS HAS NOT BEEN. BROUGHT OUT IN CABLES FROM JAPAN. ON THE CASE OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WAS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWO JAPANESE FOLLOWING WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A DRINKING BOUT. DOUBT, THE FIRST JAPANESE REACTION WAS THAT OF ANY OCCUPIED PEOPLE WHO SEE A Brig-Goneral Macario Beralta, Philippines Army doputy Chief
MEMBER OF THE OCCUPYING FORCE, GO OUT OF HAND WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF of Staff, said the strength of the Hukbalahap or People's Army is TOO MUCH ALCOHOL. exaggerated and that it had no
nore than 10,000 serviceable guns But behind this is the rather and little ammunition. Ho added contradictory attitude which the The Flipino military
police re Japanese have shown in the past cently were
10,000 toward thipos men do when they armed with tommy guns to show people in
are drunk. central Luzon "we still have a covecoment and still such a thine ings frowned upon
Traditionally, Japanese teach
any form of as Law and order."
excess but in recent years such The Hukbalphan Popular Front teachings have been ignored or and Democratic alliance norted to be negotiating with the taristic Japan. Still, the problem perverted in many cases by mill- campaign manager of President of drunkenness appears to be re- Sergio Omena possibly to suplatively a now one in Japan.
In the five years I spent behind port him against his opponent
Senate President Manuel Roxna. The Japanese Women's Chris- the Japanese lines in China, the
Associated Press..
Han Temperance Unter was for worst thing I heard of a drunken
PRAVDA'S VIEW
are ro-
Moscow, Jan 28,
ed
BATTLE PSYCHOLOGY A survey remains to be made but it likely that relatively few
but much more often under battle Japanese atrocities were commit ted under the influence of alcohol. and victory psychology.
to
treachcan, one year after the UN.O. representatives.
Japan on
50 years ago but, according to soldier was a time when one Texans Petition
the Japan Year Book, it concen- trated on reducing licensed pro- stitution and the Gelaba traffic. The Year Book mentions
no
The nowapaper "Pravda" yen W.C.T.U. activity in regard to on a Ne New Year. It was
terday declared that the Greek
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There was a prohibition league in Japan which claimed 169,000 Pravda's foreign observer said members. It worked 20 years to the raising of the Greek and Ingat prohibition for minors through doncsian question be the
Soviet the Diet but the Year Book credits and Ukraino delegates "wait with no other success. warmly supported by the dome-| eratic organisations of these two countries."Amsociated Press.
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The customary drink in Japan. is sake, a light wine made from rica. The Japalices drank it at banguets and parties and the
only wealthy could afford to indulge in it regularly. The Japanese cot making what was alleged to be a passable
wisky some years ago. Before the war you saw a good many drunks in Japan and in Japanese occupied Asia. These principally were soldiers with
money to end, the wealthy and those with generous opponse ac counts. Often they fancied them
FEATHERED VICTIMS OF WAR
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President
Tokyo, Jan. 28. Told that
bearing a petition
signatures approximately 76,000
BRIDGE NOTES
gered up to an elderly British Indy missionary.
her on the cheek, saluted
and wished smartly her a
Year's
Day. In Ox- plaining this particular case a Ja- Dane army officer stressed that
A good billiard player usually the Japanese Jaw holds that of east Texans had been forward manage to get a succession of easy drunken person is not responsible ed to President Truman Brotest plays, causing the spectator to low inx against the "savere sentence"ght of the skill which sets up such for his actions considering it as type of insanity. If. his excuse is d on Pvt. Joseph Hewn simple positions. In the same way a Japancso-fins Bridga player makes plays which true it would know what the Japanese people civilians, General MacArthur to- look perfectly simple and harmlost, rot
Interesting are saying to-day
"not are really responsible for the outcome day replied that the about the American boy who stabbed two within the scope of my authority." of the hand. For example:
A measge
signed by Mary Foley Cruce, of Beaumont, Texas, asked General MacArthur for "mercy and leniency in your re Viow
his sentence." MacArthur replied that alaco
be
Japanese.--Associated Press,
to-
Interests Of Small Nations
London, Jan 28.
for the killing of two
EXUALI
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.com-D; 62 manders and given to the War Department and President Tru-O. Q 10 7 2
Hlows was condomaed to, death The U.N.O. General Assembly by a firing aquad after a court has received a 10,000 word memo-martial trial-sociated Press randum from an organisation known as the Nation Associates for New York, urging the exclu
ston of Argentina from the
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UNO. Offelal announced that the first item on the Council aganda on Monday, after the for- mal adoption of the agenda it- self, would be the consideration. of Albanin'e application for mam- bership in the United Nations.
Iranian issue would be
considered
013, followed by a
of the Greck and In- diamutes.
Iranian and other U.N.O. sour
ces said that it was doubtful that the Iranian caso, would be entire ly withdrawn.
Eivena "shelving" of the dis- pute at the Iranian delegation's request, however, could save the Council from considering the con- troversy.--Associated Press.
TOKEN STRIKE
Colombo, Jan. 28. A one-day token strike of all Indian workers in the Island has been called by the Ceylon Indian National Congrees for Feb. 12 to draw attention to the Indian pro blem and to press for al fran chise and citizenship rights for Indians Associated Pre
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West opened the deuce of clubs, Autant Secretary of State East winning with the Ace. And then
The United States Department | 55ons assumed under the United/ William Benion in a radle broad-East made the sort of "simpia" play.
Way
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discrimination.
Note that Bouth was unable to make
of the Interior in a report; yea, Nations Chatter. terday abated that thousands of auts, murrca, puffins, seagulls that
that the
it was not considered probable co-ECCOSS and ducks perished during the for membership would bo dis- and freedom to transmit nown track's defeat war along with unknown quanti cussed during the present session from ane country to another with- ties of whales.
The arenda for the London ses The birds were vlotims of oilsion of the Assembly is well on Bentan said the State Depart the contract after winning the trick.
tho which penetrated their on the 303,
to being cleared, but menta "plans bo do everything The bad trump break made it impossible feathers and ruined them as amone important items not yet within its power along political for him to draw trumps before mock- covering which considered is the selection of 15 and diplomatic lines to help break the opponents could run the entire ing out the diamonds Ace, for ther water-proof means they aank
members for the International down notificial barriers to expan-club muit. But if he knocked out the Whales are said to have been Court of Justice.
eion of privato American news diamond. Ace before drawing trump killed in the coursE
Thus far tho amallor of sub-
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As from the 28th January 1946 Delarates of the small nations, ameusted aboard has been ap cards had hoon slightly differently our office will be removed to howoyer, fought all effort to pointed to select and recommend focated. West might have had alther the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank weaken the position of the A-temporary officers for regularrod King, instead of the spade King Building, 3rd floor. sembly by frankly sticking to commissions and in the Marine (with the same distribution, however gether to gain a majority in the Corps. The Board will begin to and East's low diamond load would rulings of the Assembly-Asso-review applications early next indicate the best dalence. clated Press,
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